NOVEL WEB Chapter 135
The headquarters of the First Army Group was established in the Nanyuan Military Airport in Beiping.
Ling Liang served as the commander of the First Army Group.
This organization was just a temporary organization during wartime.
It was under the jurisdiction of the 8th, 15th, 41st, and 2nd Airborne Divisions and some fighter planes of the 1st and 2nd Air Forces.
When the time came to 8 o'clock in the morning of November 15, 1933.
Ling Liang picked up the phone and said lightly:"I am Ling Liang. I order the start of the Autumn Wind Operation and launch a general offensive immediately."
The Autumn Wind Operation is a military operation against the entire Northwest and southern Hebei region.
It means that the autumn wind sweeps the fallen leaves and destroys them.
And for the National Army, the Shanxi Army and the Ma Family Army faced by the First Army Group, it was indeed a crushing defeat.
The National Army's defense line connected the three cities of Xingtai, Nangong and Dezhou.
Xingtai guards the Beijing-Hankou Railway, Dezhou guards the Jinpu Railway, and Nangong City in the middle is responsible for connecting the two places together.
So this is also the weak point of the entire direction and the core key point.
On this line of defense, the National Army deployed more than ten divisions, with a total force of about 160,000.
More than one million troops were deployed in Zhengzhou and Xuzhou.
To be honest, Chiang Kai-shek never thought that the Xingtai, Nangong, and Dezhou defense lines could withstand the attack of the Red Alert Corps.
Therefore, the troops deployed here were all miscellaneous"373" troops.
They just played a warning role.
If the Red Alert Corps launched an attack.
It would take a lot of effort to deal with these more than 100,000 people.
This can also buy some time for the troops in Zhengzhou and Xuzhou.
After receiving the order.
The 15th Army was divided into three routes and launched an attack on Xingtai, Nangong, and Dezhou at the same time.
The infantry did not move, and the planes and artillery went first.
More than 400 fighter planes appeared in the sky above these three battlefields.
A general attack was launched on the Jinghan-Jinpu defense line.
"Boom boom boom......"
Hundreds of MiG-10 and Invader fighters launched a fierce bombing on the Kuomintang positions.
At the same time, the 15th Army also assembled hundreds of artillery pieces to launch a fierce attack on the entire defense line.
This time the attack had no main attack direction, because the entire line was the main attack direction.
An armored division and two mechanized infantry divisions in Xingtai launched an attack after the artillery fire lasted for four hours.
Under the bombardment of the air force and artillery.
The city defenses of Xingtai were all blown down.
The three divisions were divided into three routes and came directly to Xingtai.
They also encountered the blocking positions set up by the opponent outside the city.
But under the impact of the armored torrent of the Guardian main battle tank + multi-functional infantry fighting vehicle.
This blocking position was simply like paper.
Of course, these are the miscellaneous troops used as cannon fodder.
The weapons and equipment are very poor, and some soldiers don’t even have guns.
Can they still be expected to have the courage to fight against the Red Alert Corps?
Basically, they were unstoppable all the way, and they reached the city of Xingtai in less than an hour.
Somewhat unexpectedly, tens of thousands of defenders directly raised the white flag.
As abandoned pawns, they already had resentment in their hearts.
Moreover, even the military pay was not paid in full.
They would only work for Chiang Kai-shek if they were stupid.
Moreover, the air raid and artillery bombardment just now had scared them out of their wits.
The north of Xingtai was easily taken.
After taking Xingtai, the three divisions continued to attack southward along the Beijing-Hankou Railway.
Their targets were Xinxiang and Puyang.
Xinxiang was only more than 50 kilometers away from Zhengzhou, which could directly threaten the hundreds of thousands of troops in Zhengzhou.
Puyang was to cover the flank of Anyang to prevent Han Fuqu's Lu Army and the National Army from jointly attacking Xinxiang.
Here, Han Fuqu's Lu Army could also be deterred and threaten their Yellow River defense line.
Basically, there was no decent resistance along the way.
The core of the National Army is Zhengzhou, because the Yellow River passes through Zhengzhou.
The hundreds of thousands of National Army troops used the Yellow River Heavenly Punishment as a defense line, which could easily block the steel army from the Red Alert Corps.
The core of this Yellow River defense line is Zhengzhou and Jinan.
However, they want to stop the Red Alert Corps by relying on the Yellow River defense line, which is simply wishful thinking.
The goal of the 15th Army has been easily achieved this time. In just one or two days, all cities in the southern Hebei region were recovered.
The National Army and the Shandong Army confronted each other in front of the Yellow River defense line.
The move of the Red Alert Corps also made the National Army and the Shandong Army highly alert.
After the 15th Army launched the attack.
The 41st Army, which had completed the initial replacement, also split into two groups. They attacked Datong from Jining and Zhangjiakou respectively.
Datong is a key node of the Pingsui Railway.
Since Datong is in the hands of the Shanxi Army, the Pingsui Railway is basically in a state of being cut off.
At present, the Shanxi Army has a total of 6 armies and 68 regiments, with a total strength of more than 200,000.
Although the Taiyuan Arsenal has been split up, its strength is no longer as strong as before the Central Plains War.
But it still provides weapons and equipment to the Shanxi Army.
In addition, they had previously purchased a lot of weapons and equipment from the Vulcan Weapon Trading Company.
This also greatly strengthened the strength of the Jin Army.
Of course, this strengthening is only relative to themselves.
The cannons, rifles and machine guns they bought could not pose a threat to the Red Alert Corps at all.
In the Datong area, the Jin Army deployed three armies to attack more than 70,000 troops.
Although the 41st Army Group was reorganized from the Northeast Army, their original combat effectiveness was very good. They were all composed of elite troops from the Northeast Army.
Moreover, in the past few months, they have undergone high-intensity training and their equipment has been greatly updated.
They already have the prototype of a mechanized elite force.
This battle is also their first battle after joining the Red Alert Corps.
Commander Wang Yizhe even said that whoever dared to drop the chain in this battle would have his head taken off.
Because this battle is the war for the 41st Army Group to prove itself. (To read the violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)
Since they are a field army, the pressure on them is naturally greater.
The Jin Army was also chosen by Fanfan for them to do it.
After receiving the general attack order, the Air Force launched a fierce bombing on the Jin Army defenders in the direction of Datong.
The 41st Army, divided into two groups, advanced rapidly along the way and broke through the outer directions of Datong one after another.[]
They kept approaching the core of their defense line - Datong.
The 41st Army also played an absolute advantage in equipment.
On the first day, they easily broke through all the outer defense lines set up by the local government and annihilated more than 10,000 Jin troops.
They were forced directly to the city of Datong.
At night that day, the 41st Army assembled six artillery brigades and a heavy artillery division to launch a fierce bombardment on Datong. It caused serious damage to Datong's city defense.
The 210mm self-propelled artillery is simply a siege weapon.
One shot made the wall of Datong shake.
In the early morning, the rested 41st Army assembled heavy troops to launch a fierce attack on Datong.
After last night's bombing, Datong's fortifications suffered devastating damage.
How could it be possible to stop the iron army of the 41st Army.
Wang Yizhe was not polite to the defenders of Datong...........
Relying on the advantage of military strength, the whole Datong was directly surrounded.
The Jin army seriously underestimated the combat effectiveness of the 41st Army and suffered a great loss.
More than 50,000 people were surrounded, which also made the Datong defenders panic.
They also tried to break out, but were easily repelled.
At the same time, the defenders sent a telegram for help to the Taiyuan Office.
But Yan Baichuan didn't dare to send troops to rescue.
And a telegram was also sent from Niangzi Pass.
The traces of the Red Alert Corps' large-scale troops were found.
This made him even more afraid to move.
Although it made him very sad and a little panic, he had to give up these tens of thousands of people.
After a day of general attack, more than 20,000 of the 50,000 defenders were annihilated.
The rest of the troops all surrendered to the 41st Army.
After easily taking Datong, the morale of the 41st Army was greatly boosted.
Wang Yizhe continued to march south with high spirits and launched a new combat operation against Xinkou along the Tongpu Railway.
Xinkou is also the last line of defense to Taiyuan.
More than 80,000 Jin troops were assembled here.
The terrain of Xinkou is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
The 41st Army Group will still need some effort to take this place.
Compared with the 41st Army Group, the Eighth Army Group's offensive was smoother.
Ningxia is located in the northwest region and enjoys the reputation of Jiangnan on the Great Wall.
It is also a plateau area and is relatively suitable for mechanized troops to fight.
The Ningxia Plain, in particular, is very suitable for the cavalry operations of the Ma family army.
But it is also suitable for the deployment of mechanized troops.
The Four Ma of the Northwest are Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang of Qing Ma, and Ma Hongbin and Ma Hongkui of Ning Ma.
They occupy the three provinces of Ningxia, Qinghai and Gansu.
Although they are called the Three Ma of the Northwest, they are not united internally.
They are often in intrigue and want to annex each other.
But this time facing the Red Alert Corps���attack.
They put aside their past grudges and united unprecedentedly.
The four horses gathered more than 50,000 cavalrymen in Ningxia.
This is all their strength.
However, there is not only the Ma family army in Ningxia, but also another army.
This army is Sun Dianying's army.
Sun Dianying 1.0's rebels are in the southern part of Suiyuan and want to attack Ningxia.
The total force is as high as 70,000 people.
However, Fu Zuoyi in Suiyuan suddenly defected to the Red Alert Corps.
They were also driven to Ningxia.
Faced with the common threat of the Red Alert Corps.
Sun Dianying also decided to cooperate with the four horses to resist the pressure from the Red Alert Corps.
At present, there are as many as 120,000 troops gathered in Ningxia.
Among them, 50,000 are highly mobile cavalry.
These 50,000 people are also the troops on which the four horses rely for survival. They also have high expectations for their cavalry.
They even think that they can collide with the tanks of the Red Alert Corps.
Their ideas are very similar to those of the Poles.
They have no idea of the horror of the mechanized corps.
The commander of the Eighth Army was very happy.
Their 120,000 troops all gathered in Ningxia City, which was also the venue for Ningxia's grand gathering.
In this case, the Eighth Army would naturally not miss this great opportunity.
A mechanized army of up to 150,000 launched a blitzkrieg against Ningxia City. They were directly encircling Ningxia City along the Baoning Railway.
The four horses of the Northwest and Sun Dianying did not know that their doomsday was approaching.