Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 205 Uprising on the Front Lines
Hearing the news of Zheng Tingfeng's retreat on the radio, Wang Gensheng smiled and then began his work of salvaging the warship.

That's right. Back in Tashan, after Wang Gensheng damaged the Congqing with a cruise torpedo, the remaining four warships, each about two thousand tons, were no match for him and sank with just one torpedo.

However, despite this, Wang Gensheng did not give up on the idea of ​​these warships.

The sea area around Tashan is shallow, with a depth of only twenty or thirty meters, making salvage relatively easy.

After all, if the water is thousands or even tens of thousands of meters deep, Wang Gensheng wouldn't have the ability to salvage it even if he wanted to.

Given Wang Gensheng's current physical condition, his maximum diving depth is only four or five hundred meters.

Even if Wang Gensheng went any deeper, he would be in danger. As for ordinary people, being able to dive to a depth of 100 meters is already considered very impressive.

A water depth of twenty or thirty meters is relatively easy for ordinary people; diving into such deep water is quite effortless.

However, sinking into the water and being dragged on the surface are two different things. The silt and mud at the bottom of the water are so heavy that even if you brought the Congqing over, you couldn't move it, let alone a warship of a thousand tons.

To move a shipwreck on the seabed, it must first be lifted off the seabed and removed from the silt.

So Wang Gensheng ultimately decided to use the newly repaired Congqing as a jib boat, that is, to sail the Congqing above the sunken ship and use its buoyancy to pull the sunken warship out of the seabed.

Of course, Wang Gensheng didn't do it openly during the day, but chose to do it at night. He had no choice; the old man's fighter jets were still very intimidating.

Although the Qing-class warship has strong anti-aircraft firepower, it is still best to avoid bombing by warplanes if possible.

Perhaps only when anti-aircraft missiles appear will fighter jets dare not bomb warships indiscriminately!

With Jinzhou captured, Changchun breached, and Liao's army annihilated, only Shengyang remains in Dongbei.

Therefore, the surrounding areas are naturally turning their attention to Shengyang.

The original Shengyang army had 300,000 troops.

However, with the destruction of Liao's army group that was advancing eastward to support Jinzhou, only about 100,000 soldiers remained in the entire Shengyang.

The old man's advisors naturally thought of withdrawing the troops, withdrawing the remaining 100,000 troops from Shengyang, and preserving their strength.

However, Old Man Gu flatly rejected Staff Officer Gu's suggestion:

“Shengyang cannot be retreated. Wei Lihuang is the culprit behind Dongbei’s current predicament. Didn’t Wei Lihuang say that he wants to hold Shengyang, refusing to reinforce the west or retreat to the south? Now that the Jiefang Army has come knocking, let him defend it! Tell Wei Lihuang that he cannot retreat and must live and die with Shengyang. Even if he retreats, I, Jing, will personally kill him!”

However, just as the old man finished speaking, another person reported:

"Chief, have you noticed the recent frequent troop movements of the Third Field Army of the PLA? The area around Xuzhou is extremely turbulent, and the PLA is estimated to be about to launch a larger-scale battle."

However, the old man dismissed this report, saying:
"It's just a small-scale battle. The big battle isn't over yet, and I don't think they'll open a new battlefield. Tell Liu Zhi to actively prepare for war according to Guangting's battle plan. In Shengyang, tell them to try their best to hold off the Jiefang Army and not give them any opportunities. Also, in Huludao, the troops can withdraw. Before they withdraw, destroy everything that can be destroyed."

However, just as Lao Zi was thinking of having Sheng Yang hold out to the death, Wei Lihuang, the general in charge of Sheng Yang and the commander of Dongbei, was already preparing to retreat.

The plane was all ready, but just as he was about to leave, he received a call from Lao Jing. In response to Lao Jing's question, Wei Lihuang replied:

"The relief army has already reached the city gates, and our troops are preparing to defend!" However, Lao Zi naturally already knew about Wei Lihuang's planned retreat; after all, it was impossible for Lao Zi not to have spies. So he stated directly:

"Your plane is almost here! Don't think I'm exaggerating. Doesn't Sheng Yang have eyes? Can't he see you're trying to desert your post?"

However, Wei Lihuang responded with righteous indignation:

"Things are beyond saving. If we continue fighting, all that will be left are more corpses. That's right, my plane has arrived. It would be a relief for me, General Manager Ling, to leave now, so that the people below can act more easily."

Old Miko was immediately furious that Wei Lihuang could say such things so confidently:

"Wei Junru, what do you mean? You think you can just run away and let the men below surrender at will? Where is the dignity of the nation? Where is the respect of soldiers? Shameless!"

In response, Wei Lihuang slapped his thigh and said:

"Dongbei is beyond saving!"

"You're telling me all this now, but back then! You kept delaying the deployment of troops, which caused a major setback. You ruined the strategy of the Jinshen Campaign all by yourself. You are a sinner, and you'd better remember that."

In response to the old man's accusations, Wei Lihuang immediately retorted:

"Don't you understand yet! Am I really the culprit for the nation's defeat?!"

"It's you! Wei Lihuang, Wei Junru!"

After saying that, Lao Jing angrily hung up the phone! After Lao Jing hung up, Wei Lihuang shook his head, turned around, went to the airport, boarded a plane, and left Shengyang.

With Wei Lihuang's departure, the garrison in Shengyang was in even worse shape. They quickly scattered and fled, and those who couldn't escape surrendered on the spot. This scene proved the saying that a defeated army collapses like a mountain.

Of course, there's a truth to that: at least this way, the casualties are much smaller than those caused by fighting to the death.

There was an army commander named Zhou Fucheng in Shengyang City. After the city fell, he decided to revolt and surrender. Such a thing was naturally not allowed.

Only surrender uprisings that occur before the city falls and before any fighting takes place can be considered surrender uprisings.

After the city fell, surrendering and revolting were out of the question; they could only be treated as prisoners of war.

After all, if this counts as an uprising, then what about those who risked their lives to surrender?

So on November 2, 1948, the last city in East Bei occupied by the Lao Ji was lifted from its defenses, which naturally meant that East Bei was now completely undefended.

The lifting of the defenses of Shengyang also marked the end of the Liaoshen Campaign, a battle in which both sides committed as many as 1.6 million troops.

Of course, the victory in the Liaoshen Campaign was not just a simple victory. More importantly, the victory strengthened the determination of the military command to fight a major battle.

However, on the very day that Shengyang was captured, Lao Jing's family wanted to celebrate Lao Jing's birthday. After all, the previous battle had been intense, and Lao Jing had been flying around Shengyang, Nan Jing, and Jinzhou, so he naturally had no time to celebrate his birthday.

However, this was not a good day to choose, since Shengyang had just been captured!
(End of this chapter)