bullyxtreme Chapter 129 Breaking through the Longhe River defense line and making a killing for the Northern Fro
Chapter 129 Breaking through the Longhe River defense line and making a killing for the Northern Fro
Ande City is located in the northern part of Qidong Province, bordering Zhili Province, so it has also become the front-line headquarters of the Longhe Defense Line.
The commander-in-chief was Fan Ziqian, deputy chief of the Northern Frontier Army, who was also one of Yuan Shicheng's representatives in the Northern Frontier Army.
He graduated with honors from the Fuso Military Academy and after returning to his country, he joined the Northern Frontier court and served the court.
At that time, his superior was Yuan Shicheng, who was just starting out.
It can be said that Fan Ziqian was also a direct general who grew up with Yuan Shicheng. The two sides prospered and suffered together.
It was for this reason that Yuan Shicheng was confident in handing over the army of more than 200,000 to him.
But Fan Ziqian is not in a very good condition now.
The Fuxing Army used hundreds of cannons to launch a large-scale bombardment on the Qiyang front, causing great damage to the riverside positions, and the Anwu Army also suffered heavy losses.
This proves that the Qi Yang line will be the focus of the Fuxing Army's attack.
"The terrain along the Qiyang line is flat and the river flows gently, making it very suitable for river crossing operations.
It is normal for the Fuxing Army to choose to cross the river here.
but......."
However, the artillery fire of the Fusion Army was too fierce.
According to the information he received, the Fuxing Army also used hundreds of artillery pieces in the battle in the direction of Yuguan.
As a result, the Fuso army's attack was frustrated and suffered heavy losses.
The Fuso army didn't even dare to launch an attack easily anymore.
On this side, the Fuxing Army deployed hundreds of artillery pieces.
Where did the Fuxing Army get so many cannons?
How is he going to fight next?
There is simply no solution to aiming so many heavy artillery at the Qidong line.
"Commander-in-Chief, could this be the Renaissance Army's tactic of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west?
They used a large-scale artillery bombardment to draw our attention to the Qiyang line, and then launched a river crossing operation from other places to catch us off guard."
At this moment, a voice interrupted Fan Ziqian's thoughts.
"Do you think it's necessary?"
Fan Ziqian just asked a question in return and the person who was speaking was left speechless.
Yes, is it necessary?
The Fuxing Army used cannons to tell them directly and openly, I will cross the river from Qiyang, what can you do to me?
In the face of absolute strength, all the fancy tricks are useless.
The only option they have now is to use the tactic of adding fuel to the fire.
Continue to send reinforcements to the Qiyang front line until there are no more soldiers left.
This is an unsolvable conspiracy.
But that's not what Luo Qing meant.
He just wanted to force his way across the river from the Qiyang line, but he had no intention of using the opponent's refueling tactics to consume the manpower of the Northern Frontier Army.
Instead of using the tactic of adding fuel to the fire, it would be faster to directly fight a large-scale annihilation war.
As long as they can cross the river, these more than 200,000 Northern Frontier troops will definitely not be able to escape.
After all, he has the strength of an armored division, a mechanized infantry division, and a motorized infantry division.
Although the number of troops is slightly less than that of a 20-strong army, it is not impossible.
The shelling lasted for an hour.
The entire Qi Yang front line was basically plowed.
In just one hour, the Fuxing Army's artillery group poured more than 3 artillery shells into this position which was only a dozen kilometers long.
On average, each gun fired more than a hundred shells.
Such high-intensity artillery bombardment was absolutely a devastating blow to the position.
Not to mention the 20 huge cannons with a caliber of 308 mm and 600 mm.
The Anwu Army suffered more than 3000 casualties during the one-hour bombardment.
It is equivalent to one tenth of the entire Anwu Army's strength.
Luo Qing's order was a four-hour artillery preparation.
Only an hour has passed now.
After receiving the Third Column's request for coordinated operations, the Second Air Force also dispatched a large fleet of aircraft to assist in the operation.
Among them, there are 2 heavy bomber aviation brigades, 1 medium bomber aviation brigade, 4 fighter aviation brigades, and 2 attack aircraft aviation brigades.
各型战斗机480架、186架伊尔-10攻击机、186架B-17G重型轰炸机以及93架B-25中型轰炸机。
Among them, the B-25 medium bomber is a general-purpose tactical bomber selected by the Air Force.
Specially designed to perform various tactical tasks.
After all, not all missions require the deployment of heavy or strategic bombers, as the cost of using them would be too high.
What's more, no weapon can conquer everything.
Therefore, the Air Force added the B-25 medium bomber and the B-17G and B-29 bombers to form a three-layer combination of low, medium and high.
Currently, the First and Second Air Armies have begun to serve this medium bomber.
So many fighter jets were not put into battle at once.
Instead, they were sent into battle in batches.
The first batch of bombers began to enter the area after the bombardment lasted for more than an hour.
93架B-17G重型轰炸机、93架B-25中型轰炸机携带着大量的航弹入场了。（B-25载弹1.3吨，速度438公里每小时，航程2173公里。）
The bomber group advanced along the direction of the river bank positions and then dropped bombs on the river bank positions.
Dense bombs fell into the position like dumplings.
Mixed with the shells fired by the artillery group, it caused a larger explosion.
The entire position seemed to be engulfed by flames erupting from hell. The scene was very spectacular.
The addition of the Air Force made life even more difficult for the Anwu Army.
The mentality of many new recruits who were hiding in the positions and being bombed had been shattered.
Some people couldn't bear it anymore and rushed out to die. They didn't want to go through this kind of torture anymore and thought it would be better to just die.
At this moment, the morale of the Anwu Army reached its lowest point.
The four-hour bombardment felt like a century to the Anwu army.
The moment the gunfire stopped, they seemed to wake up from a dream.
Some soldiers burst into tears. They finally made it through and felt a sense of relief.
However, these surviving soldiers were driven by officers to the position which had become a ruin.
On this position that is more than ten kilometers long, not even a few complete trenches can be found.
This shows how outrageous the density of shelling and bombing was this time.
On the south bank of the Long River on the Qiyang front, every BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle has opened the wave-breaking panels on the front of the vehicle.
In addition to its wave-breaking function, this wave-breaking board can also provide a certain amount of buoyancy for infantry fighting vehicles.
Then these BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles plunged into the Long River.
The entire river surface was crowded with BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles.
"The Restoration Army has crossed the river. The Restoration Army's tanks have crossed the river."
The Northern Frontier Army cannot distinguish between tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.
They saw that the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle was equipped with a 76mm low-pressure gun and thought it was a tank.
The voices were filled with fear.
"Fight them! Fight them! Don't let them cross the river."
Soon, soldiers emerged from various positions and opened fire at the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles on the river.
Dense bullets and mortar shells whizzed towards them.
The counterattack of the Anwu Army's front-line positions by the Northern Frontier Army was also met with a counterattack from the Fuxing Army.
Mortars of various calibers, recoilless guns, and regimental 105mm howitzers fired at the front-line positions of the Northern Xinjiang Army.
Directly suppressed their counterattack.
Located on the first line of defense were the 117th and 118th Divisions of the Anwu Army, totaling more than people.
When the Fuxing Army's infantry fighting vehicles began to cross the river, the Anwu Army Headquarters immediately sent reinforcements to the 119th Division on the second line of defense.
The two divisions suffered heavy losses in the previous artillery and bombing, and there was even a situation where all the soldiers in a position were killed.
So at this time the 119th Division had to provide support.
But the extended artillery bombardment blocked their way forward.
Between the first and second lines of defense, dense artillery shells fell without stopping.
Although the density and intensity are not as high as before, if they dare to step into this area, they will surely be greeted with intensive artillery bombardment.
This is blocking shooting on the battlefield, and it is also one of the commonly used tactics.
It means continuously bombarding this area to prevent the enemy's reinforcements and combat supplies from arriving from the rear.
The consumption of artillery shells is huge, but the effect is very obvious.
The 119th Division now has more than people, but is unable to provide support.
It doesn't take the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle long to cross the Long River, which is several kilometers wide.
When they got ashore, the engine started roaring and rushed towards the slope.
When they reached the ramp, the rear hatch opened and the soldiers jumped down one by one as quickly as possible.
A large number of Renaissance Army soldiers were released.
Then they launched an attack on the Anwu army position under the cover of BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles.
At the same time, the pontoon troops also began to build pontoon bridges on the river using bridge-laying tanks and various engineering vehicles.
It is expected that all pontoon bridges will be erected within 18 hours.
The Long River is too wide; it’s not the kind of river that’s only a few hundred meters wide, so the difficulty of building it is not on the same level.
Being able to complete the installation within 18 hours is quite fast.
Under the cover of BMP-1 tanks, soldiers from the 16th and 47th Mechanized Infantry Regiments of the 48th Mechanized Infantry Division of the Fuxing Army rushed into the positions.
These soldiers were different from the ones who attacked the Fuso army's positions before.
When the Fuxing Army rushed into the position, few soldiers of the Northern Frontier Army came forward to fight.
Their first reaction when they encountered the Renaissance Army was not to fight back, but to drop their weapons and surrender.
Unsurprisingly, the Anwu Army's first line of defense was breached.
After taking the first line of defense, the two mechanized infantry regiments did not stop.
Instead, they waited until the 51st Mechanized Infantry Regiment of the th Armored Division was in position, and then joined forces to launch an attack on the Anwu Army's second line of defense.
This is also the opponent's last line of defense.
As long as this line of defense is broken, the Fuxing Army will gain a foothold on the north bank and then begin to implement the tactic of encircling the enemy.
It is extremely easy for mobile troops to quickly penetrate the battlefield.
The news of the fall of the Qiyang defense line soon reached the Ande front-line command.
When Commander-in-Chief Fan Ziqian saw the battle report, he cursed the enemy as a good-for-nothing and a waste.
The loss of the Qi Yang defense line means the collapse of the entire Longhe defense line.
An army of 200,000 is in danger of being surrounded.
Now there is only one way for Fan Ziqian.
That is to evacuate the defenders of the Longhe defense line, gather in Ande, and fight a large-scale blocking battle.