pdf-ebookys #332 - Catching the big fish
#332 - Catching the big fish
"Why are there so many people on Old Ding's side?" After Li Yunlong eliminated the Sixth Division of the Southern Army, he exchanged the latest information and suddenly noticed that Ding Wei had quite a few enemies in front of him.
"Commander, the 27th Brigade of Johnny Bull and the 24th Division of Rogue Eagle are still a bit far from us, so we can't reach them for the time being. Why don't we encircle the First Division of the Southern Army again and devour this piece of fat? Then we can take advantage of the situation to go south, capture Ningbian, and encircle the 27th Brigade of Johnny Bull and the 24th Division of Rogue Eagle to see if we can find a way to eliminate these two main forces of the Allied forces."
"We know the Southern Army's strengths and weaknesses pretty well, and they're not as good as the Japanese Kwantung Army. But we haven't encountered the Allied forces yet. This time, we'll concentrate six divisions to fight one of their divisions and one brigade. Even if they're made of iron, we'll flatten them!" Zhang Dabiao said fiercely after looking at the latest enemy situation marked on the map.
Li Yunlong glanced at Zhang Dabiao, feeling that this kid was really thick-skinned.
However, after looking at the information in his hand, the 24th Division of Rogue Eagle was said to be the weakest in the information provided by Ren Zhong. It had been defeated by the Northern Army, and the current 24th Division had only been rebuilt recently.
It comprised the 19th Regiment, the 21st Regiment, and the 34th Regiment, of which the 34th Regiment had been blown up and reorganized not long ago.
If there was a chance to eliminate a division of Rogue Eagle, the 24th Division would probably be the easiest soft persimmon to pinch.
"Send a telegram to the Military Commission to inquire whether the air force is already capable of supporting our army's daytime combat? We need aerial security in the Ningbian and Guicheng area!" Li Yunlong looked at the map for a while before raising his head and speaking to the operations staff officer.
"Tell the Military Commission that if our army's aerial security on the battlefield can be ensured, our army is determined to annihilate the 27th Brigade and the 24th Division in the Ningbian and Guicheng area!"
Although Li Yunlong was confident that he could eliminate these two enemy forces even without air cover, Old Li now accepted Ren Zhong's influence. Unnecessary sacrifices should be avoided as much as possible. As for the concept of aerial security, with the experience of stationing troops in Little Japan and learning, plus the extensive views on aerial response in the information specially provided by Ren Zhong, Old Li very much understood the important role of maintaining air superiority.
Based on the intelligence obtained from the actual situation, Old Li very much admired the accuracy of Ren Zhong's intelligence. Although he didn't quite understand how Ren Zhong could know everything without leaving his house, it didn't affect Old Li's trust in Ren Zhong's intelligence.
If it came to trust, he was the second person to trust Ren Zhong unconditionally.
"Li Yunlong is putting us on the spot again." The commander of the Military Commission smiled wryly after receiving Li Yunlong's telegram.
"This time, it's right at our doorstep. If we can't even satisfy this request, then we'll really be unreasonable."
"As for the air force, 350 front-line fighters are ready, and another 300 fighters are in reserve. They have now arrived at bases such as Fengjing and can be rotated at any time to take over aerial protection." As the chief officer in charge of coordinating aerial cover and logistics, the brigade commander was of course very clear about this.
"The logistics department has prepared 5,000 trucks to transport ammunition and supplies. Once they set off, there will be 100 fighters in the air to protect them to their destination. We don't lack firepower now. As long as there are no problems with ammunition supplies, eliminating a division of the Southern Army is a matter of one night. Next, we will need at least 5,000 trucks as backup."
The brigade commander spoke with great confidence, after all, Li Yunlong had just proven this fact.
The brigade commander was not worried about the vanguard under his command and the front-line command, so the brigade commander's main energy was focused on logistics and aerial cover.
After all, before going abroad, the brigade commander had a long talk with Ren Zhong. Ren Zhong very confidently told him that as long as there were no problems with aerial cover and logistics, we would definitely win this war!
The ship that was blown up in the Pacific Ocean was just a warning. In fact, this time, Ren Zhong very confidently ruled out the possibility of peace bombs appearing.
This was the most modern conventional war, and Ren Zhong very confidently defined the technical scope of this war to the brigade commander.
However, in terms of firepower, this war would exceed the ammunition consumption of any war in history.
The concept of consuming 4,000 tons of ammunition in one hour made the brigade commander, who had experienced the baptism of the Great War against the Kwantung Army, tremble.
Doing it this way, his logistics support simply couldn't handle it.
Fortunately, Ren Zhong not only warned him but also gave the brigade commander ideas.
The railway line must be occupied as soon as possible and used as the main logistics line. The air force's cover and the logistics engineering team's repairs should be prioritized around the railway line. The first stage was to seize the railway trunk line from Andong to Kaesong.
Although it was not easy to cover such a long transportation line, historically, our offensive battles could only last for seven days because the logistics supplies were only that much. After seven days, we could basically only switch to defense.
Now, Li Yunlong and the others had more firepower than in another historical time and space, which also meant greater consumption and greater logistical pressure.
On the other side, Ding Wei and Li Yunlong ignored the Military Commission's reply. The two directly moved the forward headquarters secretly to the Dachuan front line, merging the two headquarters and directly communicating the battle plan.
Although with air cover, the battle would be quite proactive, neither Li Yunlong nor Ding Wei was only capable of fighting favorable battles. Even if the conditions were difficult and harsh, they had no habit of giving up easily.
Now that two big fish had surfaced, there was no way they wouldn't try to eat them.
As for Kong Jie, these two temporarily didn't count on him. They would let Kong Jie sort out the affairs of the Eighth Division of the Southern Army in front of him first.
Although the 24th Division was a soft persimmon among the Rogue Eagle, it was not easy to eat it. Dozens of kilometers behind them, there was also the Rogue Eagle's 1st Cavalry Division and the 187th Airborne Regiment, the 8th Army's reserve team. It was conceivable that once the 24th Division was surrounded, with the Rogue Eagle's fully mechanized unit's advance speed, reinforcements would arrive in two or three hours.
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If it was during the day, the air force would arrive in at most 1 hour!
Even south of Guicheng and Ningbian was within the range of the Rogue Eagle Navy's battleship guns!
There were too many unfavorable factors.
The forward headquarters in Dachuan was only 20 kilometers away from the Guicheng defense line, and about the same distance from the Ningbian front line. For the regimental-level headquarters of the two troops, they could now directly contact each other via walkie-talkie to ensure a smooth operational command system.
Ding Wei and Li Yunlong would each send a regiment to lightly penetrate the rear to block the enemy's reinforcements until the end of the battle.
A new battle was being deployed in full swing.
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