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#355 - New Year Offensive
Anzhou Frontline.
The forward headquarters was a hive of activity, with staff officers constantly coming and going.
The hands of the clock were nearing midnight on New Year's Eve.
Li Yunlong looked at Ding Wei and the commander of the 38th Army.
"Shall we begin?"
"Let's begin! Let's celebrate the New Year with an unprecedented barrage of fire!" Ding Wei said with some ease.
"Old Ding, Old Li, I'm counting on you two!" The commander of the 38th Army said to them with a complex expression.
"Fighting for the country is no hardship. Old Liang, we're relying on you to secure our rear. When we take Pingcheng, let's enter together!" Li Yunlong looked at Old Liang, understanding his thoughts.
Originally, they were the main force in other units, but here they had been relegated to a supporting role for so long, which, as soldiers, they naturally resented.
Since the 38th Army would also be pushing forward this time, Li Yunlong decided to give them an opportunity.
Therefore, in this timeline, the Brigade Commander personally took on this important task, becoming the chief coordinator between the front and rear. With the Brigade Commander's seniority, no one dared to refuse. The ever-increasing motor transport units were gathering, and the railway was controlled and repaired as quickly as possible. Coupled with the Air Force's strong protection, various measures ensured the smooth flow of the peninsula's western railway artery, with all kinds of supplies continuously transported to the front lines.
This allowed Li Yunlong and his men to have sufficient supplies to launch a battle that would terrify the rogue eagles!
If all went well, this battle would be the final battle!
Thousands of cannons had been pulled out of their hiding places and moved into designated positions, each with its own artillery coverage target according to the pre-arranged battle plan.
This time they would fire off a complete basic load of ammunition, using tens of thousands of shells to thoroughly plow through the rogue eagle coalition's front-line positions.
Shattering the coalition's defenses.
As three signal flares flashed in the night sky.
The prepared thousands of cannons roared almost simultaneously!
The earth-shattering sound of artillery immediately resounded across dozens of square kilometers of the coalition's Anzhou front.
Thousands of shells howled as they plunged toward the designated enemy positions. The powerful barrage fell like a storm on the defensive positions of the South Korean army, the rogue eagles, and other coalition forces. Hundreds of coalition soldiers had no time to hide, and were forever left in the area during the first wave of shelling.
After such a fierce artillery barrage was launched, several convoys of a dozen vehicles each quietly infiltrated the area 3-4 kilometers from the front line.
One of the vehicles was carrying a strange object resembling a full moon, which was none other than the newly equipped artillery radar antenna. This was the counter-artillery unit of Li Yunlong and Ding Wei's forces. The 107/122 rocket artillery battalion, which originally bore the responsibility of providing fire coverage in the order of battle, was now deployed in the counter-artillery role!
Their mission was naturally to discover and destroy enemy artillery positions as quickly as possible.
As the most mobile and flexible strike force in the unit, the rocket artillery could advance together with the artillery radar, destroying targets as soon as they were discovered!
Fully utilizing the rocket artillery's characteristics of great power and wide coverage, it would pose a fatal threat to the enemy's artillery that was about to retaliate.
On such a night, it would take the coalition forces at least several rounds of firing to barely determine the approximate range to counter our artillery positions, but with our artillery radar, we could quickly determine the enemy's artillery positions within 30 seconds, with an accuracy that could confirm the location within a 50-meter radius, completely ignoring the effects of weather and the constraints of the night.
Before the enemy could even relocate after firing, their entire artillery position would become the target of our counter-artillery!
Rogue Eagle Frontline.
Almost all the front-line battalions and regiments were frantically calling the command post for reinforcements.
Faced with this scale of shelling, anyone could guess that the opponent was preparing for a large-scale offensive.
Their positions had no resistance at all in the shelling. They had to request artillery support. The only thing that could counter artillery now was artillery!
Soon, these calls for help converged at the Northern Command Post of the Pingcheng coalition, making General Walker, the commander-in-chief, feel immense pressure.
"Have the Chinese gone crazy? They're not even celebrating the New Year! Launching an offensive on their New Year's Eve is simply outrageous!" One of the staff officers said indignantly. "This is their New Year! Don't they even celebrate?"
"Shut up! Order our artillery and tank units to prepare for a counterattack! We must give the enemy an unforgettable memory when they attack!" General Walker waved his hand impatiently, stopping the staff officer's impotent rage, and ordered the operations staff.
"Request air and naval support from the commander-in-chief. By dawn, I want to see the air force in the skies above the positions, in large enough numbers to overwhelm the Chinese air force. Since they want to fight, let's have a decisive battle in the skies over Anzhou!"
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General Walker had had enough.
Their reinforcements and equipment had just arrived, and they hadn't even had time to launch a revenge battle, yet the opponent had struck first. The feeling of being slapped in the face before they could even throw a punch was unbearable.
"Walker, perhaps we should reconsider our battle plan," General Kendall said slowly from the side.
"Judging from this extraordinary artillery barrage, the opponent has concentrated at least a thousand cannons. This is just the Anzhou front. In Daxing, the opponent has also concentrated more than 600 cannons. From the situation, this is a sign of a full-scale offensive.
The scary thing is that we don't even know how many troops the opponent will commit to the offensive. Our intelligence agencies currently know nothing about the movements of the Chinese high-level military. In terms of intelligence, the Eastern Black Hole lives up to its name, which is too passive for us.
If the opponent commits their main forces, the 16th, 17th, and 18th Armies, to the offensive, then it can be basically confirmed that the opponent's ambition is not limited to the Anzhou and Daxing lines."
Kendall analyzed calmly.
General Walker was shocked. To be honest, they had basically no psychological expectation for this sudden battle, after all, the traditional Eastern New Year was about to arrive. Even the idiots in the South Korean army were celebrating the New Year, and even lifted the ban on alcohol tonight, giving everyone a bottle of shaojiu (烧酒 - a type of distilled liquor) to celebrate!
Who would have thought that just when everyone was preparing to happily celebrate the New Year, the opponent would launch an attack without讲武德 (jiǎng wǔ dé - moral principles of martial arts, implying a lack of sportsmanship)!
The Anzhou defense line now has the Rogue Eagle's 2nd Infantry Division, John Bull's 28th Brigade, the Turkish Brigade, and the South Korean Army's 2nd Infantry Division and 3rd Infantry Division.
With a deployed force of more than 50,000 men, this strength may not be enough for an offensive, but it should be enough to hold out for a while in defense. After all, their opponent is only the 38th Army, with roughly 50,000 men.
No one believed that the other side would launch a new round of fighting.
But tonight's shelling clearly proved that they were all wrong.
Obviously, the opponent's reinforcements had arrived secretly.
Therefore, the original defense plan must be reconsidered based on the new situation.
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