Capturing Guihua City will immediately allow the Western Front of the National Defense Forces to sit back and relax. At the same time, passing through Guihua City as the starting point, we can enter the Houtao Plain that we covet.
It can be said that with the fulcrum of Guihua City, the Hetao area is already within the grasp of the National Defense Forces.
Moreover, using the existing city in Guihua City, the Second Cavalry Division can also get a good rest in the coming winter.
In this way, the National Defense Forces only need to defend the north and monitor the Khalkha Mongols, which greatly saves troops.
At this point, the entire northern battle plan has temporarily come to an end.
The first snow has fallen, and the northern strategic cluster and northwest strategic cluster have begun to enter the repair stage.
The focus of the Central Committee and the Headquarters shifted from north to south, to the southwest region.
After capturing Sichuan, the Sixth Front Army has been seizing the time to recover various parts of northern Sichuan and at the same time prepare to march into western and southern Sichuan.
According to Zuo Rong's report, the Sixth Front Army will return to action in February of next year.
Although there are no strong enemies in western and southern Sichuan, the rugged geographical environment and rising altitude will be a severe test for the National Defense Forces.
The 10th Division has even begun conducting high-altitude training in the high mountain areas west of Chengdu in preparation for its future march to the plateau.
The one currently taking action is the Seventh Front Army.
After learning that the Annan Mo Dynasty invaded Guangxi and the people were tortured, the Seventh Front Army quickly dispatched.
After learning that the small court of the Can Ming Dynasty had escaped, the First Division quickly crossed the border and advanced into Guangxi.
Taking advantage of the convenient waterways of the Xiangjiang River and the plains on both sides, the First Division advanced very quickly.
Quanzhou surrendered without a fight, and Xing'an's defenders quickly chose to surrender after the city wall was blown down.
After all, even the imperial court has fled, so how can the soldiers below still have the will to fight?
In just seven days, the National Defense Forces captured Guilin and captured the northern gate of Guangxi.
Emperor Yongli and the Nanming court who fled to Liuzhou were frightened when they heard the speed of the National Defense Force's advance. They did not dare to stay for a moment and fled westward.
They originally planned to escape to Qingyuan Prefecture to wait and see the situation, but now they felt frightened and decided to go directly to Yunnan to meet Mu Tianbo.
Faced with such an opponent, the biggest enemy of the National Defense Forces became a long and rugged march.
However, compared to the 1st Division, the 15th Division has always been in the middle of a battle.
After the 15th Division entered Wuzhou from Gaozhou Prefecture and Luoding Prefecture, it has been encountering resistance.
The chieftains are rampant in this area, and all of them are unruly and unruly, just like local emperors.
The local Zhuang and Yao ethnic groups had conflicts with the Han people, and under the instigation of the chieftain, they resisted extremely fiercely.
The chieftains in these places even declared that they would use wolf soldiers to drive out the National Defense Forces.
"Since they are stubborn, let's not be polite. Tell all the ministries to let go and beat them until they are convinced."
Yan Hongshan, the commander of the 15th Division, is a well-known fierce general. The more fierce the enemy's resistance, the happier he is.
Because these are all real military exploits.
The 15th Division was established the latest and is a veritable little brother. It must be tempered through more battles.
Although the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers have become famous in the past years and were even relied upon by the Ming Dynasty, in the final analysis they are just a chieftain army with primitive fighting methods. Apart from their brutality, the rest are not worth mentioning.
Even if it fights locally, how can it be compared with the National Defense Force?
Guangxi's complex and changeable terrain can further hone the 15th Division's ability to cope with various environments.
After all, the target of the National Defense Force is not only Guangxi, but also Annan.
Following Yan Hongshan's order, the 15th Division changed its previous soft appearance and showed strong combat effectiveness.
After the 57th Regiment captured Yulin, the local wolf soldiers fled into the mountains, hoping to rely on the familiar terrain to resist and cause trouble for the National Defense Forces.
The 57th Regiment remained unmoved and firmly blocked all exits going down the mountain. Then they cooperated with the local government in Yulin to distribute farmland to each household and disrupt the relationship between ordinary people and chieftains.
A large number of Han, Zhuang, and Yao people were released from slavery, regained their freedom, and were assigned land. They also received the chieftain's property as compensation, and they immediately changed their stance.
There are young men and women in these common people's families who serve as wolf soldiers in the chieftain's army.
Then they would come forward to quietly contact their relatives and inform them of the empire's policies, quickly shaking and disintegrating the morale of the wolf soldiers.
In just one month, more than a thousand Wolf soldiers fled down the mountain and surrendered to the National Defense Forces.
The National Defense Forces fulfilled their promise and only confiscated their weapons, restored their freedom, and distributed land according to population.
People's hearts and minds quickly drifted away in such competition.
The chieftains hiding in the mountains were all frightened and uneasy, and they tightened their control over the wolf soldiers. Anyone who disobeyed orders would be severely punished.
But this approach made ordinary wolf soldiers more and more alienated.
The wolf soldiers who escaped down the mountain also provided important intelligence to the National Defense Forces.
"Luo Lilang is entrenched on Luojing Mountain. According to Wolf Soldier's confession, there is a secret trail that leads directly to the village. Luo Lilang has been living in Yulin City before and has not gone up the mountain for many years. He is not familiar with the mountain environment at all.
.This path was voluntarily developed by the wolf soldiers who go up the mountain to cut firewood all year round. We can follow this path and catch him by surprise."
The power of mass work was quickly demonstrated.
The local chieftain Luo Lilang thought that he could fight in his hometown and use his status as a local snake to suppress the national defense army, which was a cross-river dragon.
But having lost the support of the people, he had no idea that the National Defense Forces already knew everything about him.
In order to cooperate with the 57th Regiment, the Sixth Squadron of the Second Special Forces Battalion was also dispatched.
Squadron leader Jing Wencheng is very decisive.
"That's it. Your 57th Regiment will attack from the front and cover our Sixth Squadron to get up from this path. Use the colored flares as a guide. If you see the colored flares, it means we have entered the mountain stronghold."
The battle plan was drawn up and the two armies went their separate ways.
After the 57th Regiment arrived at the foot of Luojing Mountain, they quickly launched a strong attack.
The terrain here is indeed complex and steep. The chieftain troops commanded by Luo Lilang were entrenched in key passes and fought back from a high position, making the 57th Regiment very difficult to fight.
However, the weapons of the 57th Regiment also caused heavy losses to the Wolf soldiers.
After three days of repeated fighting between the two sides, Luo Lilang lost all positions on the hillside and had to retreat to Kowloon Bay.
There is only one road up and down the mountain in this place, and it is extremely narrow with nine turns, and there are high hillsides on both sides.
Standing below, you can't see the situation above at all, and the people above can just throw stones at will to cause huge damage to the attackers below.
However, thinking that the Sixth Squadron had begun to lurk, the 57th Regiment was not afraid of difficulties and still launched a strong attack.