Anti-Japanese War: Young Marshal? No, please call me Great Power

Chapter 176

Xuzhou front.

The person in charge of stationing here is Tang Shengzhi.

Chen Cheng, Gu Zhutong, and the two most elite troops were also arranged here.

As the northern gate of Jinling.

Once this place is lost, Jinling will be directly threatened.

And responsible for directing the attack on Xuzhou.

It was stationed in the Taierzhuang area that Wang Yizhe's Fifth Army was.

He was also the first Northeastern general in the main army.

There are 6 divisions in total, more than 120,000 people.

As a motorized army group.

The Fifth Army was the second group of troops to complete the reform and rearmament of the military system.

For example, the T-54 medium tank, BTR-32 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, 155mm vehicle-mounted howitzer, hail wheeled rocket launcher, and other latest equipment are all available.

This time he was the main attack mission to attack Xuzhou.

Wang Yizhe is still under great pressure.

However, this time he is not prepared to use conventional offensive tactics.

Instead, he intended to use a strange move, a new tactic he had learned at the officer school.

This tactic is called frog jumping tactics.

This tactic is still very risky.

So he asked for support from the Air Force.

This frog jumping tactic, the Air Force will fully cooperate with him.

This included the transfer of Zhang Lingfu's First Airborne Army.

Among the Northeast Border Guards.

The 1st Airborne Army has become a legendary unit.

They have played a vital role in all battles.

The battle achievements established are also unmatched by other troops.

Wang Yizhe's frog jumping tactics are also very brief.

It is to use helicopters and transport planes to cross Xuzhou, which has a strong defense line.

Parachuted directly into the town of Guanqiao in their rear.

This is not only the place where the materials of Xuzhou's troops are assembled.

There is also a large airport here.

Dozens of fighters imported into polar bears were assembled.

There is also a brigade of defensive units around the perimeter.

However, their "440" airfield has only one battalion of defensive troops.

Attacking here can be said to be very risky.

But after many deductions by the staff of the army group.

I think the odds of capturing and holding here are still very high.

However, this is quite a test of the Air Force's transportation capabilities.

A large number of troops must be projected here in a short period of time.

Only then can the front and rear attack on the nationalist forces on the Xuzhou front be completed.

And once lost here.

It will definitely face a crazy counterattack from the national army.

This requires very high willpower and combat ability of this force.

Zhang Lingfu's side directly chose to let the most combat-ready First Airborne Division play.

When the general attack began.

The first time is naturally to compete for air supremacy.

The overwhelming number of fighters flew over the Xuzhou battlefield.

Indiscriminate bombing of targets that had already been reconnoitred was carried out.

Artillery positions, railway stations, munitions warehouses, supply points, headquarters, airfields, etc. became the primary targets.

Among them, the number of fighters participating in the attack on Guanqiao Airport is still relatively large.

There are more than 60 AD-1 Skyraider attack aircraft and more than 20 Mustang fighters.

When air defense sirens sounded at airfields.

The air strike fleet has already arrived over the airfield.

At the time of the air raid on the airfield.

The fleet of fighters had already arrived over the airfield.

So fast that none of them reacted.

The fleet is still relatively cautious when attacking airfields.

When using aerial bombs and rockets, the runway was deliberately avoided.

If there is a target on the runway.

All are fired using machine guns and cannons.

The defensive force of Guanqiao Airport is not strong.

Most of the fighters were destroyed in the tarmac before they could take off.

Air defense positions became the focus of the group.

These things pose a huge threat to helicopter groups.

So it has to be cleared out.

The air raid on Guanqiao Airport did not arouse the vigilance of Tang Shengzhi and others.

If the Northeast Army launches an attack.

Any military target will become their target.

So they don't think Guanqiao Airport will come in handy.

Moreover, now they are anxious to cope with the war on the front line.

The Fifth Army launched a general attack.

The Xuzhou front was under fire.

Aerial bombs, artillery shells, rockets were smashed like they didn't want money.

And several commands were hit by air strikes.

That included his Xuzhou front command.

The current national army is all over the eyes of the General Intelligence Agency.

It is not very difficult to find his command.

And their command radios are used very frequently.

For the Northeast Border Guards, which have advanced electrical detection equipment.

It's still relatively easy to locate them.

After an air strike on the Guanqiao side.

The assault force of the 1st Airborne Division carried a large transport helicopter group of 144Z-3 transport helicopters and launched a leapfrog tactic.

They bypassed the Xuzhou front, where the fighting was raging.

Enter the battlefield from the side and move at high speed in the direction where Guanqiao Town is located.

The helicopters were all from the Fifth Army.

Each division was armed with an air transport battalion consisting of 24Z-3 helicopters.

It can carry more than 1,700 people at a time.

Two heavily armed battalions of airborne infantry.

At this moment, Guanqiao Airport was bombed.

It was already a ruin, there were scattered parts of fighters everywhere, and corpses were everywhere.

After the completion of the first round of air strikes on the airfield.

Warplanes circled over the airfield.

At the same time, some fighters were separated to launch air strikes on the Nationalist infantry brigades stationed around Guanqiao.

So when the helicopter group arrived in the sky over Guanqiao Town.

There was not much obstruction.

They are already hesitant at the moment.

Where is the mind to take care of them.

Moreover, they did not expect such airborne tactics.

Two battalions were about to be completed in an open space on the outskirts of Guanqiao Town.

The two battalions divided into two routes and launched a surprise attack on Guanqiao Town.

A battalion was responsible for raiding the defenders of the town of Guanqiao.

A battalion was responsible for raiding airfields.

With air force cover.

Their attack went very well.

In particular, the airborne infantry battalion responsible for attacking airfields.

Tang Shengzhi did not attach great importance to the defense of the airport.

Especially when the front-line forces are tight.

If it weren't for the fact that Guanqiao hoarded a lot of supplies.

None of them will put a brigade of more than 3,000 troops here.

However, he also paid a heavy price for his lack of attention.

The airport side was easily taken in less than 15 minutes.

After clearing the runway ready for landing.

The Airborne Infantry Battalion sent telegrams to the rear.

The main force of the 1st Airborne Division in Jinan also set off with a huge Y-10 strategic transport aircraft.

The troops of the other battalion encountered a little obstacle to the attack.

The main forces of the defenders of Guanqiao Town were concentrated near the railway station.

Because there are supplies for more than 100,000 troops.

So the defensive force here is still relatively strong.

It has a large number of fortifications.

In this battle, the latest equipment is the M30 anti-tank rocket launcher.

It can be regarded as the Republican space-time version of the RPG over-aperture bazooka.

It is to replace the weaker Bakazu bazooka.

Most of the defenders' firing points were pulled out by this M30 bazooka.

Really.

When Tang Shengzhi received the news that Guanqiao Town was attacked by the Northeast Army, he couldn't help but be shocked.

Soon the latest information came.

Guanqiao airport was occupied.

The railway station, which had hoarded a large amount of supplies, was also violently attacked.

The situation is very critical.

"Immediately send a division of troops to the rescue, and the official bridge must not be lost.

Give me this unit of the Northeast Army that suddenly appeared. "

Then Tang Shengzhi scolded angrily: "The Northeast Army simply doesn't put me in their eyes.

Sending such a small number of troops wants to occupy Guanqiao.

It's just wishful thinking. "

As for why this Northeast Army appeared here.

He could also vaguely guess it.

It must have been dropped by him in an airplane.

However, this Northeast Army is also a little too bold this time.

Guanqiao is less than 20 kilometers away from Xuzhou.

It's like jumping in their faces.

He did not put his army of more than 100,000 in his eyes at all.

Then this time I will teach this group of arrogant Northeast Army a lesson. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) ）

The First Division of the First Army received the order to recapture the town of Guanqiao and completely annihilate the Northeast Army.

And the commander of the first division was none other than Hu Zongnan.

Hu Zongnan is even powerful in the Northeast Air Force.

Once out of town.

The fighters of the Northeast Air Force will fly towards them overwhelmingly.

To minimize losses.

He chose to set out in batches in battalions.

As long as the march is dispersed as much as possible, the losses will be smaller.

In the absence of air supremacy already air defense.

He had to choose this option.

"Military seat, we need artillery support, without artillery support, I am afraid it will be difficult to take Guanqiao Airport."

The main target for taking Guanqiao was the airport.

The Northeast Army occupied the airfield for the purpose of transporting troops.

Therefore, Hu Zongnan hoped to request artillery support.

It will also be easier to fight this way.

"Without artillery fire, don't you see what the sky is like now?

Our artillery has already lost more than half.

If it shows its head, it will be devastated.

If the artillery is all fired, how can this Xuzhou still be defended?

In any case, I beg to retake Guanqiao at all costs. "

Hu Zongnan's eyes darkened.

"Yes!"

The whole of Xuzhou was under the surveillance of the Air Force.

The national army has any abnormal moves.

are easy to spot.

The situation of the first division going out of the city to aid Guanqiao was naturally discovered.

"Order the second wave of fighter groups to dispatch and blow them back to me."

The core of the Battle of Xuzhou was Guanqiao.

As long as the official bridge can be held.

The main forces of the Northeast Army will be able to transport them in a steady stream.

It formed a two-sided attack on Xuzhou.

Hu Zongnan's first division had just left the city.

It was heavily bombarded by the Air Force.

Although he had dispersed his forces as much as possible.

But in the face of carpet bombing by B-29 bombers.

Nor does it make much sense for them to disperse their actions.

But Hu Zongnan still gritted his teeth and ordered the troops to march.

The official bridge must not be lost.

In addition to sorties of bombers.

The Air Force also dispatched a large number of modified AY-1 aerial gunboats.

A total of six AY-1 gunboat aircraft closely watched the road from Xuzhou to Guanqiao.

Once it is found that there are troops of the national army on the ground.

Bullets are poured like they don't want money.

This also caused Hu Zongnan's first division to struggle.

It took more than two hours, and they didn't even go out for 5 kilometers.

All the while hiding from air strikes in the wild.

Even the most well-equipped First Division.

In the face of the fighters in the sky, they are also heartfelt and powerless.

Their anti-aircraft weapons were, at best, anti-aircraft machine guns.

There is simply no threat to fighters in the air.

Guanqiao Airport welcomed the first Y-10 strategic transport aircraft.

The huge Y-10 strategic transport plane transported 200 heavily armed soldiers in one go.

At present, the Air Force of this strategic transport aircraft is equipped with a total of 30 aircraft.

For the urgent airlift of the 1st Airborne Division.

This time, the Air Force dispatched an entire strategic transport aircraft group.

In the space of almost an hour and a half.

The entire brigade of 30 Y-10 strategic transport aircraft completed the first round of transport missions.

A total of 6,000 soldiers of the 1st Airborne Division were transported.

After the arrival of this main force.

He quickly began to build positions near the town of Guanqiao.

Their priority is not Xuzhou.

It's about holding on here.

And their arrival means that Xuzhou's retreat has been cut off.

The 20-kilometer journey from Xuzhou to Guanqiao.

For Hu Zongnan, it was a journey to hell.

Without a kilometer forward, more than 200 fighters would have to die.

Halfway through.

Hu Zongnan could only reluctantly order a retreat.

Return to Xuzhou.

Because if you go on like this.

I am afraid that before reaching the official bridge, the troops will be beaten out.

The town of Guanqiao was completely occupied by the Northeast Army.

The back road of Xuzhou was cut off.

Suddenly, this news caused a shock in the Xuzhou Legion.

Suddenly, the entire Xuzhou front was panicked.

And the Fifth Army of the Northeast Army after receiving the news that Guanqiao was occupied.

The ground forces were ordered to launch a general offensive.

T-34/85 tanks, they can't stop it.

Not to mention the more advanced T-54 tanks.

Compared to the T-55 medium tank.

The only thing that the T-54 is bad about is three defenses.

But in this era, the necessity of three defenses is not great.

In the face of the ground offensive of the Northeast Army.

The Nationalist side was horrified to find that a torrent of steel was sweeping towards them.

Artillery units in the rear have long ploughed their positions for hours.

A large number of detected fire points were destroyed.

The fortifications were also badly damaged.

The T-54 tank rushed to the front of the line.

Responsible for attracting fire from positions.

At the same time, the main fire points are named.

However, the tank has a relatively poor field of vision, and it is difficult to effectively detect fire points.

And this is when the BTR-32 big eight wheels came in handy.

3.7 They will follow the movement at a distance of about 200 meters behind the tank.

At the same time, lay down troops for assault on positions.

At this time they also acted as the eyes of the tank.

Once the target is discovered.

In addition to fire suppression with its own 20 mm cannon.

At the same time, tanks are whistled and targeted kills are carried out with tank guns.

The BTR-32 Big Eight is at this moment playing the role of moving heavy fire points.

And cover the positions of tanks and infantry to attack.

Compared to the previous M2/3 half-track infantry fighting vehicle.

These large eight-wheelers of more than 20 tons not only have high mobility and stronger protection capabilities.

It is also much stronger in terms of firepower.

Often only one round of shock is required.

The direction of the national army was lost.

The two sides at the moment do not look at all like the army of an era.

The outer defense line of Xuzhou had a full 780,000 troops.

Even if it didn't last a day, it was completely lost.

The whole of Xuzhou was also directly fenced.

Tang Shengzhi still had more than 50,000 people left in his hands to hold Xuzhou.

Although Xuzhou has not yet lost.

But at this moment they are the turtles in the urn.

There is no escape.

At night, Tang Shengzhi ignored the opposition of some of his subordinates.

Directly opened the city gates and surrendered to the Northeast Army.

For such a completely crushing war.

He no longer has the confidence to fight.

There is no need to fight anymore.

It is better to simply surrender the Northeast Army.

He Tang Shengzhi didn't want to sink with the broken ship of Jiang Guangtou.

And Hu Zongnan, Chen Cheng, Gu Zhutong, and Chen inherited these staunch followers of Jiang Guangtou.

He was detained in the name of a military conference.

On the first day, Xuzhou, the northern gate of Jinling, was taken.

It dealt a heavy blow to the Jiang Guangtou Group.

It made the building shake even more.

PS: Strive to finish the domestic plot in two or three chapters, and then the layout before World War II and World War II.