lcionline Chapter 295: Rocket Launcher Opens the Way, History Repeats
Chapter 295: Rocket Launcher Opens the Way, History Repeats
Su Zhengyang smiled confidently and said, "The Peace Company will soon supply us with another batch of rockets. Although the quantity is not as sufficient as last time, it is still enough to deal a heavy blow to their border garrison troops. With the rocket launchers leading the way, we can repeat the Battle of Yuancheng and tear open a gap as quickly as possible to enter Baizhou."
Yang Chengjun breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "In this case, the commander's plan will be flawless."
At this time in Tsuruga City on the border of Hakushu, the Kwantung Army had built a large number of bunkers, trench positions, and even large-scale defensive fortifications such as concrete fortresses. Under the instructions of Minamino Tojiro, the Fuso army learned their lesson this time. Although the area of the large number of trench positions was not as large as that of the outer city defense line of Genshima City, they were larger in number and extremely dense. Moreover, at the connection point at the end of each trench, a huge pit two meters deep appeared. In the huge pit was a bunker made of a large amount of concrete. Each bunker was large enough to accommodate more than 3.5 people, and the thickness of the top and walls reached meters. Once encountering large-scale heavy firepower coverage, the Fuso soldiers in the trenches would hide in the bunkers in the shortest time possible to avoid heavy casualties.
Of course, by learning about the current information about rocket launchers, Minamino Tojiro did not think that Su Zhengyang still had enough rockets to cover a large area of firepower, but in order to be on the safe side, he still made preparations in advance.
The current strategy of the entire Kwantung Army is to delay, trying their best to delay the Northern Expedition Corps and wait for support from Fuso mainland.
The Kwantung Army has been entrenched in the Northeast for more than ten years, but this is the first time that it has been forced into such a situation by the Chinese army. Su Zhengyang is like the nemesis of Fuso that suddenly appeared, making the entire Kwantung Army suffer.
The most hateful thing is that Su Zhengyang is extremely cruel to the Fuso people. He never takes any prisoners. Even if they surrender, they will most likely be buried alive.
Su Zhengyang ignored all the international conventions and international condemnations, and continued to do as he pleased, killing those who deserved to be killed. In the eyes of the Fuso soldiers, Su Zhengyang was an absolute devil with blood on his hands.
In the next ten days, a large amount of supplies were transported to the front line from the Northern Expedition Corps. In real wars, every time a certain distance is advanced, a new base camp must be established, and the supplies must keep up. Otherwise, once the supply is cut off, the situation will be very difficult. Just look at the fate of the Hongchuan Division.
On the Northern Expedition Corps side, those responsible for logistics supply are the elite from Feng's Huizhou Army and Yan's Yunzhou Army. They have a huge number of personnel, and the transport vehicles are provided by the Northwest Revolutionary Army, which are extremely efficient. If Fuso wants to target the supply line of the Northern Expedition Corps, it will only be asking for trouble.
On December 17th, the 12th year of the Republic of Dahua, the Northern Expedition Corps officially sounded the clarion call for the attack on the two major Fuso-occupied areas of Xingzhou and Baizhou. The Viking Division marched all the way to the northwest, and on the Mongolian grasslands, the Zhenxing Division, which received the order from Su Zhengyang, also began to move eastward, preparing to go directly south from the Korman Province and approach the heart of Xingzhou.
It is worth mentioning that after the Kwantung Army troops including the Hongchuan Division suffered a disastrous defeat in the Mongolian grasslands, under the order of Minamino Tojiro, the Kwantung Army stationed in the eastern region has fully retreated to Xingzhou.
Judging from the current series of actions of the Fuso Kwantung Army, they have made up their minds to act like turtles, intending to keep the situation on the battlefield in a stalemate.
In the plain area 27 kilometers away from Hecheng, the main force of the Northern Expedition Corps led by Su Zhengyang and Jiang Yanlin established a base camp along the Qinghua River. The camp of 400,000 people was continuous and crisscrossed, extending for more than ten kilometers to the northeast.
If it were in the past, if you dared to set up a camp in the wild plains, the Kwantung Army would have launched an attack and caught you off guard. But now the entire Fuso Kwantung Army is in a state where they tremble and their legs become weak at the sight of the Northwest Army. From top to bottom, no front-line commander dared to propose a surprise attack on the headquarters of the Northern Expedition Corps.
The order issued by Minamino Tojiro was to hold the defense line and never take the initiative to attack, no matter how the enemy provoked, they must not violate military orders.
In order to provide fire coverage for the Fuso Kwantung Army's defensive positions outside Tsuruga Castle, Su Zhengyang directly borrowed the Viking Division's rocket artillery battalion.
"Captain Hata, whether our army can open a gap in the enemy's fire blockade depends entirely on you."
"Commander, please rest assured. I have secretly dispatched troops to transport 100 Katyusha rocket launchers and 6,000 rockets to Qinghualing, which is only 6 kilometers away from the enemy's defense position in Hecheng. We will launch indiscriminate firepower coverage on the enemy's defense position tonight. I believe we can achieve quite fruitful results."
Su Zhengyang nodded with satisfaction. At six o'clock in the afternoon, the observer who was responsible for observing the enemy's defensive formation and the distribution of firepower points returned to the camp. Su Zhengyang also learned from him that the Kwantung Army had built large concrete fortifications on the front-line defense positions.
The arrival of this news made Su Zhengyang frown. It seemed that the Kwantung Army had already made certain precautions against his long-range firepower coverage. If he used this tactic again, the effect would definitely not be as significant as last time. However, he had already spent 480,000 points to purchase 6,000 Koqiusha rockets from the system mall. The arrow was on the string and had to be fired. He could let Hata launch half of the rockets first and see the situation before making the next decision.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Qinghualing, six kilometers away from the front line of the Fuso Kwantung Army, was only six kilometers away in a straight line, but in fact, the road on Qinghualing was bumpy and there were a lot of winding mountain roads, which were extremely steep. If you want to reach Hecheng from here, the actual distance is more than 20 kilometers, and the reconnaissance troops on the Fuso side would definitely not notice the situation here.
"Calibrate the firing parameters and prepare to ignite!"
Following Hasta's order, the rocket artillery calibrated the firing direction and specific attack coordinates. Fifty Katyusha rocket launchers began a salvo. The several-meter-long tail flame illuminated the night sky. A large number of rockets crossed the Qinghua Ridge and flew towards the direction of Fuso's frontier position.
In order to guard against the Northern Expedition Corps and take the same approach again, Fuso set up dozens of observation points of various sizes on a high point three kilometers south of the defense position. Once they saw any abnormal situation of a rocket taking off, they would immediately send a signal to the defense position.
"An abnormal situation has been detected in the southeast direction. Enemy rockets have been launched into the air, intending to cover our troops with firepower. Send a signal!"
A Fuso soldier quickly pulled out the signal gun from his waist and fired a flare into the sky. The bright red flare was extremely dazzling in the night sky. The moment they saw the flare, the Fuso soldiers in the trench position raised their rifles in tacit understanding and rushed towards the defensive bunker at the end of the trench.
The flying speed of Katyusha rocket launcher shells can reach 90KM per hour. It takes less than four minutes to accurately cover the target location at a distance of about six kilometers. The observation point set up by Fuso sent out the signal at the first time, buying a certain amount of reaction time for the Fuso soldiers on the position.
More than 132 MM high-explosive rockets exploded at two frontline positions of Fuso. In an instant, soil flew everywhere, the earth shook, flames shot into the sky, and the deafening explosion covered everything. A small number of soldiers who did not have time to retreat into the bunker were instantly blown into pieces of flesh and blood. The Fuso soldiers who managed to escape into the bunker felt the constantly shaking earth and prayed in their hearts that the bunker would not collapse directly under the continuous firepower coverage.