bullyxtreme Chapter 231: Three-Nation Alliance? Just a Clown
Chapter 231: Three-Nation Alliance? Just a Clown
The telegram sent back to the country by Lieutenant General Ross Lewis attracted the attention of Prime Minister John Carlson and senior officials.
Not only do they have a lot of interests in the ancient country, but they also don't want to see a unified ancient country pose a threat to their Far East.
In addition, they have already provided SAARC with so much financial and arms aid.
So it is impossible to just watch them being defeated by the Renaissance Army.
“We cannot just sit by and watch the ancient country unify and order the Far East to immediately withdraw troops and land at Yangcheng Bay in the ancient country to support the Southern Alliance’s frontline operations.
At the same time, inform Citigroup and Gaul and ask them to dispatch troops to participate in the battle."
After the meeting, Prime Minister John Carlson contacted the President of the United States, Dennis Bradley, and the President of Gaul directly via overseas telephone.
President Dennis Bradley of the United States has seen the rise of the Restoration Navy as a major threat to their position in the Pacific.
But the situation in the United States was not optimistic at that time. In addition, due to the Neutrality Act, even as president, he was still unable to mobilize troops to participate in the war.
However, he promised to provide them with logistical supplies.
The Gaul Kingdom stated that it would draw troops from its colonies in Indochina to participate in the war.
At this time, they did not forget to contact another country.
This country is the Fuso Empire.
In this matter, they have a common enemy - the Renaissance Army.
The Fuso Empire, in particular, hated the Restoration Army to the core.
In addition, they were unwilling to see the Renaissance Army unify the ancient country.
An ancient country unified by the Restoration Army is definitely a nightmare for the Fuso Empire.
So when the representatives of the three countries asked the Fuso Empire to send troops together, both the navy and the army agreed without hesitation.
After consultation between the Emperor and the top leaders of the two armies, they decided to form an ancient country expeditionary force consisting of five divisions, a heavy artillery regiment, a tank brigade and an entire aviation division, with a total strength of about 15 people.
John's Empire also dispatched three divisions and two Royal Infantry Brigades, a total of nearly 50,000 troops, from the colonies in Southeast Asia and the White Elephant Colony.
The Gauls only dispatched one division, one infantry brigade and one artillery regiment, with a total force of 2.
The three kingdoms jointly sent 22 troops, who gathered in Yangcheng from Yangcheng Bay and the Central-South Railway, and then took the train to support the battle in Tanzhou.
After stabilizing the defense line, they waited for an opportunity to launch an attack on Hongcheng in the east, threatening the rear of the Fuxing Army's troops attacking in the direction of Nanjing. At the same time, they continued to launch an attack along the railway line towards Hangzhou to rescue the Shanghu front.
As long as the above strategy can be completed, it will help the Southern Alliance to stabilize its current basic foundation, thereby realizing the division of the ancient country into north and south and containing the Renaissance Army.
From this we can see that the strategic goals of the Three Kingdoms Alliance are very clear, but it is not so easy for them to achieve them.
The most important question is whether the major fronts can hold out until their troops arrive?
It would take at least a month to transfer, assemble, transport and send them to the front line.
So they also informed Wu Zhichang and asked him to stabilize the front line for a month.
The news that the 22-strong army of the Triple Alliance would soon support them gave President Wu Zhichang great confidence.
The Restoration Army is indeed powerful, but John and Gaul are among the most powerful countries in the world. How can they possibly withstand the attack of the powerful countries?
He still has high hopes for this coalition, and this is his only hope at the moment.
So he firmly believed that the Three Kingdoms Alliance could help him defeat the Restoration Army.
So Wu Zhichang gave Chen Rui a direct order, asking him to defend Shanghu at all costs, and he would find a way to transfer troops to reinforce him.
Wu Zhichang was promised more than just reinforcements from the Triple Alliance.
John, Gaul, and even Citigroup will reinforce him with twenty more divisions of equipment.
This equipment will be drawn from the nearest colonial arsenal.
This is also a preparation for the Southern Alliance to continue to increase its military strength.
The great powers led by John also took great pains to deal with the Restoration Army.
John and Gaul were making frequent moves, and it was hard for the General Intelligence Agency to avoid noticing them.
One of the top-secret intelligence also attracted the high attention of the General Military Intelligence Bureau.
In order to obtain this information, the General Intelligence Bureau sacrificed an entire line of more than ten undercover agents.
"John, Gaul, and Fuso's coalition forces?"
Jiang Hua was still a little surprised after seeing this information.
I didn’t expect that in order to interfere with the unification of the ancient country, John and Gaul would take such a big action.
"Find out the route they took to enter the ancient country. Once they get in, no one will be able to escape."
Even if the three countries unite, what can they do? They are just clowns and cannot hinder the overall unification.
Because unification is still the vision of the grassroots people across the country, as long as there is some understanding of the Renaissance Army in any area, they all hope that the Renaissance Army can come, distribute land to them, and lead them to live a good life.
How could they stop the iron torrent driven by the people's will?
The war is still going on, and the breakthrough point of the entire war is still Shanghai.
The breakthrough point for Shanghu was no longer limited to the Wusong Fortress, and Hangzhou became the biggest breakthrough point in the Shanghu Campaign.
At Wusong Fortress, the navy continued to carry out landing operations as planned.
The 5rd and th Motorized Infantry Divisions and Light Infantry Divisions of the Second Army have arrived at the port of Hangzhou on transport ships.
The main force is already landing.
At present, the main force of the 3rd Motorized Infantry Division has completed unloading and assembly.
They then received an order from Song Qifeng, commander of the First Fleet, to launch an attack along the railway line towards the Shanghu area, attacking the flank and rear of the Shanghu defense line.
At this time, Chen Rui's Fifth Corps had already blown up the railways along the line and established the first line of defense in Jiahe and Pinghu.
The 18th Army of the Fifth Corps was responsible for this line of defense.
This unit is also Chen Rui's starting point. It is the best-equipped and most combat-willed unit in the Fifth Corps.
Chen Rui placed all his best troops here, and it can be seen that he is ready to fight to the death.
The 18th Army's defense line in Jianing was mainly arranged with a dense water network.
The intricate rivers serve as natural defense lines, making it impossible for the Restoration Army's tanks to deploy in this area.
And the defending troops also received orders.
If the position was about to be lost, their first priority would be to blow up the bridge over the river, delaying the Restoration Army's attack and making it difficult for their tanks to move forward.
Nanjiao River is located in the southern part of Jianing City.
The river is only 60-100 meters wide and about two meters deep.
The 18th Army's first line of defense was arranged along the Nanjiao River, with a width of 9.4 kilometers.
The same was true in the direction of Pinghu. The defense line was built along the river. Here they deployed a division of more than 10,000 troops to prevent the Fuxing Army from threatening the flank of the Jianing defense line.
"Commander, I understand.
Opposite them was the 18th Army of Chen Rui's Corps, which had four divisions under its command, namely the reorganized 18th Division, the 36th Division, the 38th Division and the 68th Division, with a total strength of more than troops.
The entire army is equipped with the most advanced American weapons and equipment.
According to previously collected intelligence, each of these four divisions has an artillery regiment, equipped with a total of 105 24mm howitzers and 155 12mm howitzers.
The entire division is equipped with a total of 174 artillery pieces, including mortars."
The troops of the 3rd Motorized Infantry Division stopped advancing after arriving in Jianing.
In order to find out who the obstacle ahead was, Division Commander Xie Zixuan spent half a day investigating.
Looking at the intelligence gathered by the Chief of Staff, Xie Zixuan pondered for a moment and then said, "Since it is the 18th Army, then our tactics must be changed. We can't treat them as local troops."
The 18th Army is also famous for its fierce combat within the SAARC, and its combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of ordinary SAARC troops.
"How does the division commander plan to fight?"
Xie Zixuan pondered for a moment and then said, "Let the Air Force conduct reconnaissance on Jiashan County behind Jianing. If I were the commander of the opposing force, I would definitely place the logistics supply center here and let the Air Force see if there are many Southern Alliance troops here."
Jiashan County is located behind Jianing City, only about 15 kilometers away, and is connected by many rivers, which also means that transportation and supplies between the two places are convenient.
"Then let's not fight on the front line for now?"
"Don't alert the enemy yet."
"Understood!"
Before night fell, the air force reconnaissance intelligence was conveyed to the 3rd Division headquarters.
"Commander, you are truly as foresighted as a god. There are indeed activities of the Southern Alliance Army in the direction of Jiashan County. According to reconnaissance, they are all logistics troops. There are not many of them, and it seems that there are only two to three thousand people.
If I guess correctly, you plan to attack them from behind first, and then surround and attack them?"
Xie Zixuan was not surprised that the chief of staff saw through his thoughts.
If they, as old partners, didn't have this little bit of tacit understanding, the General Staff wouldn't have transferred them to serve as the No. 1 and No. 2 military commanders of the main division.
"That's right, notify the 24th Air Assault Division and have them launch an offensive at dawn and capture Jiashan with lightning speed.
I will have my troops launch a general offensive across the board to cover their movements."
Faced with the deployment of the 18th Army, Xie Zixuan also felt a headache at the beginning.
If we fight in each direction one by one, it will take at least half a month to break through the Jianing defense line, and the losses of the troops may not be too small.
After all, the 18th Army on the opposite side is not without the ability to fight back.
So he came up with this idea.
Play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses, first cut off their retreat, then attack them from the front and back, surround them and attack them.
The combined 24th Airborne Division wiped out the main force of the 18th Army on the Jianing front, making the subsequent battles much easier.
After Hangzhou was captured by the 21st Airborne Division, all members of the 24th Airborne Division were transferred here.
Hangzhou is less than 100 kilometers away from Jianing.
At dawn the next day, a series of Double Blade, Hind, and Nighthawk helicopters roared into flight, forming a dense low-altitude formation, directly crossing the Jianing defense line and heading straight for Jiashan County in the rear.
At the same time, the Air Force also dispatched six EB-6 electronic warfare aircraft to carry out blocking interference on radio in the three areas of Jianing, Jiashan and Pinghu.
This directly caused all radios in the three areas to fail.
This unusual situation also aroused the vigilance of Luo Yunfei, commander of the 18th Army.
"The Renaissance Army is about to launch an attack."