Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

"Brother, news came from the two regiments that just went to clean up the battlefield, saying that they have captured Hirose Mitsuwa and An Zaixian." Zhao He walked quickly to Lin Yi and said to him.

"Caught?" Lin Yi was overjoyed when he heard Zhao Xi's words.

Caught two lieutenants at once, this was the biggest fish caught since the war started.

Even one of them was a lieutenant general of the Goryeo Servant Army.

"Bring them back and keep them in good custody. I have use for these two people." Lin Yi ordered.

"Yes!" Zhao He nodded, and then said: "There is another thing. The brothers we sent out to guard the east said that the two Korean divisions coming from Korea have stopped."

"They are building fortifications near Jinban Village. It is obvious that they already know the situation on our side."

"Jinban Village?" Lin Yi heard Zhao Xi's words and immediately started looking for the location of Jinban Village on the map.

Jinban Village is a small village east of Dandong City, only three or four kilometers away from the border between Daxia and Goryeo.

A large river is the national boundary between Daxia and Goryeo, and on this river, there is only a two-kilometer-long railway bridge connecting the two places.

"It's stupid. To build a defense here, it's better to retreat to the bridge." Lin Yi cursed with a smile.

Indeed, the location of Jinban Village is very unsuitable for defense.

The entire Jinban Village is a plain with no danger to defend. With the river at its back, it is a deserted land.

If the railway bridge can be taken down, then the two Korean divisions stationed in Jinban Village will be equivalent to being surrounded.

The southwest direction of Jinban Village is Dandong, and the entire east and south are rivers. The only passage was three kilometers northeast of them.

What's even more terrible is that Jinban Village, including the railway bridge and the bridgehead near the Goryeo end, are all within the coverage of the Maokuishan artillery position.

“Since it’s meat delivered to our mouths, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t eat it!”

"Instruct Zhang Yanyu's fifth division to march quickly towards the railway bridge and cut off the retreat of the two Korean divisions."

"Order the First Division to move towards the enemy's positions, and order Zhou Chuyun to have his artillery ready for fire support at any time. If the enemy is found to be moving back to Goryeo, fire immediately without asking for instructions!"

"This time, I must keep these two Goryeo divisions on the west bank of the Yangtze River!"

"Yes!" Zhao Xi heard Lin Yi's order and immediately ran to convey the order.

It has to be said that the Daxia Army is equipped with a radio. To convey orders, it is no longer necessary to send messengers to run in front of the opponent to convey orders.

Although, the current radio station is very large and can only be equipped at the division and regiment level. But it's enough.

In less than ten minutes, Zhang Yanyu and Zhou Chuyun received Lin Yi's order.

Zhou Chuyun quickly turned his guns and blocked the retreat of the two Korean divisions.

Zhang Yanyu, on the other hand, asked his soldiers to mount their war horses and prepare to seize the railway bridge first.

As I said before, Zhang Yanyu is under Lin Yi, and the entire division can now maneuver quickly.

This is due to Zhang Yanyu's background as a horse bandit, who has a large number of war horses in his hands.

Regardless of whether they are cavalry or not, soldiers always ride war horses when they are on the road.

Even for artillery, Zhang Yanyu also found some horses to transport it.

However, in order to maintain high mobility, Zhang Yanyu has fewer heavy weapons than the other four divisions.

There is not a single VZ-14 heavy howitzer. The artillery equipment of the Fifth Division was only the 75-caliber Schneider artillery, and there were more than a hundred of them. There are more than two hundred Maxim heavy machine guns.

However, in order to make up for the lack of firepower, many light machine guns were equipped.

Again, the lack of firepower is directed at the other divisions, but rather that the fifth division's firepower is really weaker than the Sakura Kingdom division.

You know, in the battle sequence of Sakura Kingdom, the 75 mm caliber artillery is already considered a heavy artillery.

The firepower configuration of the Fifth Division is already the optimal solution at the current stage. If you want to increase the firepower of the Fifth Division, you can only motorize the Fifth Division and equip them with trucks.

Otherwise, the Fifth Division, which mainly uses animal power for transportation, really cannot pull so many weapons.

But even so, the fifth division's movement speed is still the fastest in Daxia.

Zhang Yanyu received Lin Yi's order and moved to the railway bridge in just half a day, easily cutting off the retreat of the two Korean divisions.

So the question is, are the two commanders of the Koryo Division really that stupid and don’t know how to retreat to a safe zone?

Of course not, even animals know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, let alone humans?

It’s not that they don’t know how to retreat, it’s that they can’t retreat.

When the sound of artillery was heard from Dandong, the two divisions got off the train. They knew that if they continued to stay on the train, if a shell from the other side hit them, their casualties would be huge.

Therefore, after the two division commanders discussed it, they asked the soldiers to get off the train first and spread out their defenses.

Then, while they sent people to Dandong to inquire about the situation, they contacted Pyongyang, hoping to allow them to retreat to the east end of the railway bridge.

That way, they could splice railroad bridges for defense.

However, when their telegram was delivered to Takeda Hiroshi, based on his distrust of the Koreans, Takeda thought that the two Korean divisions were timid.

Therefore, Takeda Hiroyuki ordered them to garrison on the spot. If they dared to take a step back, they would be sent to a military court.

Later, Takeda Hiroyuki asked someone to contact Hirose Mitsuwa and wanted to ask him about Dandong's situation.

In Takeda Hiroshi's view, even if the Daxia Army could fight, it would not be possible to eliminate Hirose Mitsukazu's [-]th Division in a short period of time.

But what he didn't expect was that Mitsukazu Hirose fainted as soon as the battle started.

The Ninth Division and the Twelfth Division of Korea were immediately disbanded by Lin Yi.

(Hirose Mitsukazu: My family, who knows? Who would have thought that the person on the other side, so ignorant of military ethics, would use hundreds of cannons to sneak attack an old comrade like me.)

No matter how he contacted, Takeda Hiroyuki could not contact the Ninth Division.

Even the two Korean divisions stationed in Jinban Village sent electricity to Takeda Guangxi and told him that the artillery fire in Dandong City had stopped. After repeated requests to retreat, Takeda Hiroyuki never responded.

After a long time of contact, Takeda Hiroshi still couldn't contact Hirose Mitsukazu, so he could only accept the words of the two Koryo division commanders.

At this time, Takeda Guanghi urgently ordered them to retreat to the east of the railway bridge for defense.

However, it was too late at this time.

Zhang Yanyu's vanguard, two regiments, had already occupied the railway bridge, blocking the retreat route of the two Korean divisions.

Zhang Yanyu's large army will arrive in an hour at most.

Within half an hour, the First Division could also launch an attack on the two Korean divisions.

Coupled with Zhou Chuyun's hundreds of artillery pieces, which are watching eagerly from Maogui Mountain, it is now almost possible to declare the demise of the two Goryeo divisions.