The news that the 18th Fuso Division had been completely wiped out spread like wildfire that night. This explosive gossip made all the major warlords in China completely dumbfounded.
Cao Ying's two main infantry divisions in Shandong Province were completely defeated by the 1st Armored Division in Jinan and Zibo.
After hearing the news, Cao Ying was so frightened that she directly called the whole country and fled to Pingjing in the middle of the night. This marked that the Wei National Army had captured Lu Province.
Just kidding, big brother, that was the elite division of the Fuso Kingdom, a being that even several provincial governors could not defeat, but it was destroyed by the Patriot Army in one day!
At dawn the next day, on the runway of Longyou Military Airport, 48 Junkers JU-88G6 bombers taxied towards the sky one after another.
Each bomber carries 28 SC50 bombs weighing 48 kilograms in the belly, and the power of the explosion is more powerful than a 155mm howitzer.
They will launch tactical bombings against the enemy defense lines in Pucheng and Guangfeng respectively from the other two medium-range bomber squadrons taking off from Lishui Airport.
Outside Pucheng in Fujian Province, stationed here are Sun Chuanfang's 5th Division, 17th Division, and 2 garrison brigades.
The commander is Luo Wanshen, Supervisor of Fujian Province. He received an order from Sun Chuanfang to defend Pucheng. More than 40,000 people under his command have already followed the instructions to build trenches and add fire defense points in the defense zone outside Pucheng.
In fact, the mainstay members of the Zhili Clan warlord power group in the south are Sun Chuanfang and Qi Xieyuan, so Sun Chuanfang's troops are among the best among many warlords.
Each direct division basically ensures that soldiers have guns, and are also equipped with an additional 30 to 40 heavy machine guns.
Don't think this firepower is poor. You must know that in World War I, the infantry divisions of the Western industrial powers only had 70 to 100 heavy machine guns.
But whether China can fight warlords or not, there is generally a big drawback, that is, a special lack of artillery.
Each provincial governor-general can hold two or three mountain artillery battalions in his hands, and they are handled as if he is a petty darling. Every time he fires one shell, he loses one.
At this moment, on the city wall of Pucheng, Fujian Provincial Assistant Luo Wanshenzheng, commander of the 8th Zhizhi Division Zhang Boxi, and the 17th Zhizhi Division Yangtze River Wing were observing the construction status of the defense line outside the city.
During this period, the battles between the various warlords in China, whether defensive or offensive, were generally relatively outdated positional warfare, and they were not very clear about it.
In other words, the current level and tactics of the Chinese army cannot even meet the trench warfare standards of Western countries during World War I, and the main industries are really weak.
The attacker used only a few artillery pieces to fire a few rounds at the defender's position, and then sent infantry to launch a human sea charge without any tactics.
There is no such thing as aviation, artillery, armor and other arms cooperating with infantry to launch assault, detour, division and encirclement against the enemy.
Luo Wanshen took off his hat and said, "Lao Jiang, Lao Zhang, the supervisory team has now arrived at your defensive positions. The National Guard Army may attack today. You have to try your best, but you have to resist me!"
"Hey, my Luo gangbang, you want us guys to do something wrong, how can we withstand the offensive of the Patriot Army!" Zhang Boxi sighed after hearing this, and said that he had no confidence in resisting the offensive of the Patriot Army, and even said on the spot Making sarcastic remarks.
"I, Lao Zhang, put it this way today. With our little family resources, if we can withstand Lu Xiaojia's previous two rounds of attacks, we will probably have to burn incense in the temple!"
Jiang Yi also agreed with Zhang Boxi's point of view, "Old Zhang is right. The National Guard Army has not only planes and warships, but also thousands of large-caliber artillery. They have everything they want. Look at us. Although we have There are more than 40,000 people, but only twenty or thirty small-mouth mountain cannons."
"Even the 18th Division of the Fuso Kingdom couldn't hold out for a day under the powerful artillery offensive of the Patriot Army. I think if we can withstand two rounds of their attacks, we will be worthy of Marshal Sun's cultivation."
The two people's truth made Luo Wanshen look a little ugly, but what they said was reasonable.
Let me ask you about the current warlord of the Hua Kingdom. I dare say that he could defeat the entire division of the Fusang Kingdom in one day.
It is estimated that even the two heroes Wu Peifa and Zhang Yulin would shake their heads when they heard this challenge.
However, Luo Wanshen still acted against his conscience and encouraged the two of them, "I'm telling you, brothers, how can you keep saying things like this that enhance other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige?"
The war supervisor personally sent by Sun Chuanfang on the side was even more angry, "Are you worthy of Marshal Wu's cultivation? The planes and warships of the National Guard Army can't come to us. Besides, no matter how strong they are, they only have one division."
"No matter how you put it, the strength of this battle is 40,000 versus 15,000. The advantage is obviously on our side. You have two divisions and two garrison brigades to assist you. At the very least, you have to withstand three rounds of offensives by the Patriot Army. !”
Regarding this so-called war supervisor, although he did not have military power, as Sun Chuanfang's confidants, Jiang Yi and Zhang Boxi still pretended to be a military officer and issued a military order, "Okay, we and the entire army will do our best to repay Marshal Sun for his cultivation." Grace!"
The colonel on the side listened to the conversation of these people with no emotion on his face. He thought to himself, "Brother, can you stop putting gold on your face? If you can withstand the first round of the Patriot Army's offensive, it will take God himself." I’m here to help you!”
Because on the surface this colonel was the operational staff officer of the 8th Zhizhi Division, but on the inside he was a spy placed in Sun Chuanfang's army after being bribed by MI6.
Looking down at his watch, the combat staff officer also found an excuse to leave a few people.
Twelve kilometers outside Pucheng, at the temporary headquarters of the 8th Mountain Division of the National Guard Army, the communications staff took the message and excitedly opened the tent to report:
"Report, division seat, we just received news that two bomber squadrons of the Air Force have been taking off for a long time. They are expected to arrive at the target on time in 10 minutes and carry out tactical bombing of the Zhizhi Army's defense line in accordance with the defense map."
Sun Funeng, who is used to wearing field uniforms at all times, turned around, his tough outline revealed a deep look in his eyes, "Yes, let the communication battalion immediately give it to the bomber navigator to quickly check the several radio beacons guiding the direction. , don’t make any mistakes.”
There was no navigation system during this period, and the tactical bombing area this time was not a city. The terrain was relatively complex, so radio beacons were set up to guide the bomber navigators in the bombing direction.
"After the air force's bombing is over, let the various artillery pieces from the rocket launcher battalion, grenade battalion, and field artillery battery take turns pouring artillery shells on the enemy positions for 20 minutes."
Lu Xiaojia has already been on the main offensive line, using the roads and railway lines issued by the system, so the mountain division is also very adequate in terms of logistics.
"Let the tanks and armored vehicles be ready for battle. During the artillery bombardment, the covering infantry will first push me to 800 meters from the enemy's front. After the artillery bombardment, I will rush up quickly and resolve the battle quickly!"
"Yes, division seat!" The communications staff member walked out of the headquarters. More than thirty Type 1 B tanks were quickly heading toward the forward position along the road.
Of course, this thin-skinned small tank was not bought by Lu Xiaojia. Some time ago, after he completed a random task in the system, the system gave him two Henschel Type 1 tank B-type production lines for free.
The picture shows the Henschel Panzer I tank B type
Although this kind of tank has no artillery and only two MG13 machine guns, it is still small and light, with a total weight of only 5.6 tons, and its off-road performance is quite good.
In line with the principle of no waste, this small tank was manufactured by Jinhua Arsenal.
A large number of them were assigned to mountain divisions by Lu Xiaojia. Each mountain division belonged to an armored battalion. On the basis of the original 40 light tanks, an additional 30 Type 1 B tanks were added.
