bullyxtreme Chapter 249: Mao Xiong takes the initiative to offer an excuse and launches an all-out attack
Chapter 249: Mao Xiong takes the initiative to offer an excuse and launches an all-out attack
"Commander, after our aerial and satellite reconnaissance, we have selected three routes to advance into Wusi Province."
Zhang Bin, Director of the Operations Department of the General Staff, introduced Jiang Hua.
"The first route is to go through Tianfu Province, starting from Rongcheng, the capital of Tianfu Province, and then capture Kangba, a major city in the west of Wusi Province, and finally attack the provincial capital Riguang City through Gongbu City.
Although this route is the traditional Tea-Horse Road, the road is extremely dangerous, coupled with the lack of oxygen, severe cold, ice and snow in the plateau area.
It is a great test for the soldiers' physical and mental health.
The second route starts from Xiping City in Haixi Province and goes south, requiring transfers in three cities before reaching Riguang City.
This route is even more difficult, if not more dangerous.
It is necessary to cross a large number of rivers, forests, swamps and glaciers, which is also a harsh test for the soldiers.
Even if there is no war, these two routes require preparation for heavy sacrifices.
For this purpose, we also chose a third route of advance, which is to fly directly over the mountains and deep hills.
Soldiers were airlifted little by little using helicopters and transport planes.
Establish transit supply points during the advance and build airports for transport planes to land.
This method is the fastest, but it also has many unpredictable dangers.
After all, the environment there is too harsh, and coupled with the lack of oxygen on the plateau, both transport planes and transport helicopters may face insufficient engine power."
After listening to Zhang Bin's statement, Jiang Hua wondered, "Since the air route is more convenient, why do we need to develop two other routes?
Even though the air route may have unknown dangers, it is much more efficient than the previous two."
Zhang Bin took over and answered his questions.
"Because our communication channel with Wusi Province cannot rely solely on air routes, we also need soldiers to pave ground routes, which will also facilitate the opening of our roads in the future.
Therefore, these two routes are not only occupied by soldiers, but also by members of the Great Sui Group's road exploration team and a large number of engineering troops."
After hearing this, Jiang Hua finally understood the current situation.
"It's already June, the most suitable season to enter Wusi Province. Have you selected the troops for the march?"
Zhang Bin nodded and said, "They have been selected. They are the 18th Mountain Infantry Division and the 58th Mountain Infantry Division.
Compared with ordinary troops, these two mountain infantry divisions have undergone professional mountain combat training, so these two divisions were arranged on two routes respectively.
This can also be considered as a practical training for them.
The Air Force has already used transport aircraft to airlift them to Chengdu and Xiping respectively."
"How long will it take to end the war in Wusi Province?"
“The warlords in Wusi Province have the support of the John people behind them.
However, according to wargame simulations, we will definitely be able to completely capture this place before the beginning of autumn in September."
Jiang Hua was very satisfied with Zhang Bin's answer.
At this moment, Eva walked in and whispered in Jiang Hua’s ear: “Director Zheng is outside the door and has an important situation to report.”
Jiang Hua's face changed slightly. Zheng Yaoxian coming to him at this time was definitely not a good thing.
Zheng Yaoxian said solemnly to Jiang Hua, Ling Liang and the others, "Something happened in the border province. A large-scale gathering of heavily armed Russian troops has been discovered."
really!
Jiang Hua was not too surprised after hearing the information reported by Zheng Yaoxian.
The border province is adjacent to the Zhongzhou area.
The five countries in Zhongzhou are all satellite states of Russia, so it is not surprising that they infiltrate into the border provinces.
"It seems they can't hold it any longer."
At this time Ling Liang said something.
Jiang Hua immediately stood up, his eyes like torches, and his tone was unquestionable: "Since they have invaded our territory and entered our land, they have shown obvious hostility.
As the saying goes, the early bird catches the worm, so the Northwest Column was ordered to immediately organize troops to recapture the border provinces and wipe out the Russian army that had entered the border provinces.
Order the Far East Governor's District to immediately launch an attack on the Soviet army in the area and defeat them as far as Mount Uler.
If they still refuse to submit, then we can cross Mount Ulair and fight our way to Xizhou!"
Since the Russians have given the Fuxing Army an excuse, how could Jiang Hua give up this great opportunity?
This time, it was the Russians who took the lead in invading the ancient country's territory, and their troops in the border provinces are irrefutable evidence.
In that case, there is no need to be polite.
Liao Jie also became excited after receiving the order.
The Sima army was completely defenseless, and they crushed the enemy with ease, sweeping away their enemies without any difficulty.
This time our opponents are the Russians, and through reconnaissance intelligence, it is not difficult to discover that their heavily armored forces are few in number.
The Northwest Column Headquarters has been moved from Jinyuan to Gaolan City, Longgan Province, which will also be the headquarters of the future Northwest Military Region.
It will also be the location of the Northwest Logistics Support Base.
The original support base was established in Jinyang, the capital of Jinyuan Province.
Now that the four northwestern provinces have been recovered, the logistics support base will naturally be transferred to Gaolan, the northwestern transportation hub.
At this time, Gaolan assembled the third and fourth armies.
These two armies were also selected by Liao Jie to recapture the border provinces.
For the Russian army of more than 100,000, mobilizing more than 200,000 troops from two heavy armored groups is enough to crush them in all aspects.
"Order the Third and Fourth Armies to attack the border provinces."
Compared with Wusi Province, the road traffic conditions from Gaolan to the border province are much better, and it is also very suitable for mobile operations of large-scale heavy armored troops.
However, good traffic conditions do not mean there are no dangers.
Because on the way you need to pass through long uninhabited areas and desert roads.
Sandstorms, temperature differences, water shortages, etc. are all tests for the troops.
But it is more of a test for the logistics support troops.
At present, the joint logistics support forces of the Renaissance Army have built a complete land, air and sea logistics support system.
However, whether it is effective in this environment needs to be verified.
In order to ensure the two major armies' advance into the border provinces, the joint logistics support forces have also made sufficient preparations.
In mid-June, the Air Force Command issued the Air Force Operation Orders No. 6 and No. 107.
The air forces under the Far Eastern Military District, Northern Military District, Central Plains Military District, and Northwestern Column launched an all-out attack, launching large-scale air strikes against the Soviet army in border provinces and the Krasnoyarsk Krai.
The Air Force Command's Operation Orders No. 107 and No. 108 are as follows: Do your utmost to destroy the enemy's transportation and supply lines, airports, troop assembly areas, command centers, communications, etc., so that the enemy loses its combat capability before the ground offensive begins.
As the air forces of the four major military regions launched attacks across the board.
Over the entire Northwest region and the Northern Sea Province (formerly Irkutsk Oblast) of the Far East Governor-General's District, formations of fighter planes kept roaring through the air and flying westward.
Yizhou is located at the junction of Bian Province and Longgan Province. It is an important town in the eastern part of Bian Province and the only land passage into Bian Province. It is surrounded by vast desert and uninhabited areas.
So this place naturally became the Russian bear's forward base and a gathering place for heavy troops.
The 11th Combined Army of the Soviet Union's New Far Eastern Front was a force secretly assembled in the border area.
The army group consists of three infantry armies, an independent tank army, a cavalry army, a heavy artillery brigade and a mixed aviation division, with a total strength of about 15 people.
Two of the three infantry corps were located in Illinois.
There are also independent tank armies, cavalry armies, heavy artillery brigades, mixed aviation divisions, etc., with a total assembled force of more than 10 people.
It was because they gathered too many troops here that they were discovered by the Air Force reconnaissance aircraft.
The main role of the 11th Mixed Aviation Division under the 7th Combined Army is to be responsible for the air defense and expulsion missions of the troops.
They had fought against the Renaissance Army's air force many times and knew how powerful the Renaissance Army's jet fighters were, so they were forbidden to take the initiative to attack or pursue.
Their only task was to drive away the invading Renaissance Army jet fighters within the range of their troops' anti-aircraft artillery.
On this day, reconnaissance planes took off from the front-line airport of the 7th Mixed Aviation Division as usual.
However, when their reconnaissance plane was still taking off, more than a dozen glowing red dots appeared in the sky and roared down from the sky.
Changkong-8 tactical ballistic missiles roared in in groups.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
The shrill sound of the air raid sirens echoed throughout the airport, sharp and piercing.
The ground staff looked terrified and quickly put down their work, looking around with panic on their faces.
The pilots rushed towards their fighter planes at the fastest speed.
However, the Changkong-8 missile would not give them a chance to react.
Missiles fell from the sky and landed accurately within the airport.
Explosions sounded like thunder at the airport.
The flames produced by the explosion shot up into the sky, and the strong shock wave swept around like a turbulent tsunami with overwhelming force.
The fighter jets parked next to the runway were blown away and torn apart in an instant, and the fire caused by the fuel leak spread rapidly, enveloping the fighter jets.
The fighter planes, runways, and control towers were all shaken violently and shattered in the violent explosion.
Ground crew and pilots also suffered heavy losses in the explosion, and painful groans could be heard from those who fell to the ground and rolled over.
In less than two minutes, the entire front-line airport fell into chaos and destruction.
This once orderly front-line airport was reduced to a sea of fire and ruins.
This front-line airfield was one of the ones destroyed.
The 7th Composite Air Division's three frontline airfields in Illinois were all devastated.
This directly caused the 11th Combined Army located in the border province to lose air superiority.
The Russians did not expect that the attack of the Renaissance Army would be so swift and fierce, and that one blow destroyed their ability to counterattack.
And this is just the beginning.
In the sky, one F-105 Thunder fighter jet after another roared and quickly approached several Russian troop assembly areas in Illinois.