readx;? Chapter 2 Chapter 6 Domination Section 119 The Last Fight (4)

The situation in Qinghe Mansion seems to have become a little delicate all of a sudden, the troops in Fucheng have moved frequently, the Third Heavy Cavalry Division, which had been stationed outside the city, has quietly moved south, and the Sixth Ranger Regiment also seems to have converged, and the two divisions of the Twelfth Army Corps in the south of Qinghe can finally breathe a sigh of relief, they have never expected any big victory, and it is quite satisfying to be able to maintain this relatively calm situation. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The high Second Division also quietly sneaked south, and the Fifth Division, which had been serving as an auxiliary force, took over the defense of the original Second Division, and the garrison of Qinghe Province was once again strengthened, and they would take on the tasks of the original Fifth Division. Of course, on the surface, there is no major change in Qinghefu City, but I believe that it will not be long before the surrounding forces will notice this abnormality.

In their opinion, as long as they can firmly hold the mouth of the Asakusa Valley, it will be difficult for the Western Xinjiang Army to take advantage of both cavalry and infantry, not to mention the strength of the Western Xinjiang in Qinghe, they have already seen that there are only two infantry divisions and a heavy cavalry division and a ranger regiment that has been fighting with them endlessly, even if they have faced their own side of the Western Xinjiang Army, they can deal with it calmly, the narrow corridor makes the cavalry advantage of the Western Xinjiang Army very restricted, and if they want to break through forcefully, they can only pay a heavy price and gain nothing. So the two divisions appeared more relaxed. Of course, it still maintains a fairly smooth communication channel with the main force of the northeast ground line to ensure that the orders and messages of the upper peak can be delivered to them as soon as possible.

However, when they got the news from Shangfeng, it was already a little too late, the 3rd Heavy Cavalry Division of the 3rd Army Corps in Western Xinjiang had already appeared on the plain outside the Asakusa Valley in the south of the Qinghe River, and the Ranger attacks and offsets were once again frequent, which made the two divisions of the 12th Army quite nervous, could it be that the 3rd Heavy Cavalry Division of the 3rd Army Corps in Western Xinjiang would force a breakthrough with heavy cavalry and rangers at all costs?

Although I didn't believe that the Western Frontier would be so mentally retarded or arrogant and risky, the Twelfth Legion, which had been frightened by the Western Frontier Army's mystery, was still quite nervous. Not bad. Forcing a breakthrough through such a narrow front would certainly have cost a considerable amount, and even the hoplites could not have risked such a loss with such losses. In particular, this risk is likely to be unrewarded, and even less so for the Rangers, a terrain that is simply designed to fight the Rangers, who only need to use the barracks and trenches to withstand the charge, and the ranged weapons and crossbow bolts will turn this place into a graveyard. But what does it mean that the hoplites are here? The people of the West are not going to be so bored and put the hoplites here for drills, unless they can force themselves to withdraw from the Asakusa Valley Mouth, or take control of the Asakusa Valley Pass.

The doubts of the officers of the 3rd, 5th, and 2nd Divisions of the 12th Army Corps were finally answered a few days later. After learning that a large number of people in the western Xinjiang had cut off the flow of the Maxi River and began to build dikes to fill in the lowlands at the mouth of the Maxi River, the officers of the two divisions of the 12th Army Corps were terrified. You must know that filling up the lowlands along the river and cutting off the southern mouth of the Maxi River will turn a considerable area of the southern part of the Qinghe River into a water town, and of course the Asakusa Valley will be annihilated at once.

The large-scale reclamation of the mountains and soil at the mouth of the Maxi River by the people of the West Xinjiang almost plunged the 3rd and 5th Divisions of the 12th Army Corps into despair, although the amount of work was large. But it is not unachievable, especially now that it is early autumn, and the amount of water from the upper reaches continues to flow into the Mashi River, which is in the middle of the wet season, once the Mashi River is really broken, the rolling river water is enough to swallow up the entire Asakusa River Valley, and even if the two divisions will not feed all the fish, they can only go up the mountain. But once they go up the mountain, the Western Xinjiang Army will definitely take advantage of the situation to advance, and if the valley is controlled by the Western Xinjiang Army and there is no logistical support, I am afraid that in less than a week, the soldiers of the two divisions will have to be savages.

But is it too late to retreat now? Looking at the rangers and ironclad cavalry staring at the valley, they were almost certain that if they moved their camp, these fellows would pounce, and the officers of the two divisions had never been so delusional about confronting these wild and fierce cavalry in the plains. So what to do?

Seeing the day passes. The cut-off works at the mouth of the Maxi River are progressing quite smoothly, while the lowland filling works are also in full swing. The two divisions knew that if they didn't make a decision, they were afraid that both divisions would have to be thrown in this Asakusa Valley, and maybe it would be necessary to take an adventure.

The anomaly of the Northern Army stationed at Asakusa Valley Pass was soon confirmed by Choi Xiuxian, who had been observing the enemy's movements, and the 12th Army Corps did not withdraw immediately, but they were obviously making some kind of preparation, and the defense of the front line was still very tight, did they really intend to hold on here? The scouts soon brought back shocking news, it turned out that these guys of the 12th Army Corps were preparing to retreat on the one hand, and they were also actively taking countermeasures, and their battalion continued to dig hundreds of meters of criss-crossing trenches, and the Northern Army also used the excavated earth to build a dam, preparing to use this way to resist the flood impact of the Western Xinjiang Army, and fight to the death.

The resolute attitude of the two divisions of the Twelfth Army Corps was somewhat unexpected by Cui Xiu, but this was also expected by him, he never thought that the enemy would give in easily, many people did not shed tears when they saw the coffin, and they would not easily admit their defeat until the last step.

When all the attention of the Twelfth Army Corps was attracted to the cavalry in front of them, the Second Division of the Third Army Corps led by Gao Gao, and the Fourth Division that had been withdrawn from Longquan North after the City Guards had given up the plan to capture Longquan and went south, also appeared in front of the two divisions of the Twelfth Army Corps, which were working hard, and the defenders of the Twelfth Army Corps, which occupied the geographical advantage on both sides, were quickly offset by a large number of long-range weapons brought by the Western Xinjiang Army, and the entry of the two infantry divisions into the battle brought a psychological blow to the two divisions of the Twelfth Army Corps, and Cui Xiu did not passively deal with these new situationsWithout stopping at all, the two divisions launched an attack on the Northern Army, which had not yet fully completed their huge project, with the cooperation of the 3rd Heavy Cavalry Division.

When the two infantry divisions of the Western Xinjiang Army cooperated with the heavy cavalry to advance step by step, and used the advantage of long-range weapons to suppress the geographical advantages of the two sides, this war seemed to have little suspense, and it only lasted for one day, and the Northern Army, which had been overwhelmed by the continuous work for several days and nights, was broken through the defense line by the Western Xinjiang Army, which once again proved that the cavalry could fully wield their impact and breakthrough power under the favorable geographical conditions, but in the case of complex geographical conditions, they had to rely on the infantry to achieve the final victory。

When the defensive line was broken through, the Northern Army could no longer hold on, and in the face of the absolute superiority of the Western Frontier Army, the Northern Army, which was fighting separately, reluctantly struggled for a while and quickly laid down its arms. In fact, before the two infantry divisions appeared, the Northern Army realized that defeat was inevitable, and the reason why they relied on Asakusa Taniguchi was that they thought that it was impossible for Western Xinjiang to draw infantry to join this entanglement that looked more like a conventional conflict, but they didn't expect the Western Xinjiang Army to be so risky and bold, not only to pull out the second division in Qinghe Mansion to go south, but even to take the risk of pulling out the fourth division in Longquan Mansion。

The battle in the south of the Qinghe River took so much energy to achieve a complete victory, and even Cui Xiu himself had to admit after the war that this battle was really not a record worth boasting about, and even in his long military career later, he was ashamed to mention it, after all, he used nearly 100,000 horses but only annihilated the enemy's two divisions that were not first-class, and also mobilized a large number of civilian manpower to build momentum, which is indeed unsatisfactory for his glorious war history.

But this battle was achieved in the case that the Twelfth Army Corps was already a frightened bird, and it can be regarded as commendable, especially the battle in the south of the Qinghe River completely eliminated the threat of the Northern Army to Longquan and Qinghe, whether it was the Northern Army or the Imperial Central Army, in fact, it was no longer able to pose a threat to this hinterland of the northern war situation, and the Twelfth Army Corps lost two divisions in this battle, in fact, it could basically be crossed out from the entire corps of the Northern Army's battle sequence, and the performance of the Twelfth Army Corps, which only had two divisions, could only be described in two words, that is, mediocrity, and if you were not polite, it would be bad。

However, Li Wufeng fully affirmed the victory in this battle, after this battle, the Northern Army no longer has many troops that can be mobilized in the northern hinterland, and the western Xinjiang can even be transferred to a strategic counteroffensive here, without the containment of these two divisions, the troops that can be assembled on the Longquan and Qinghe lines can be freed up as many as 70,000 cavalry and infantry at once, and the Northern Army, which has retreated to Cangzhou, only has four divisions and regiments with low morale, and the dawn of the strategic counteroffensive seems to have begun to show little by little on the land of Western Xinjiang.