NOVEL WEB Chapter 154
The summer offensive mobilized a million troops, divided into seven armies.
The Fourth Army is located in the Wuqiao area of the Jinpu Line. The main offensive line is Jinan, which is also Han Fuqu's home.
At the same time, this night is the weak point of the Yellow River defense line.
As long as this is broken, the Yellow River defense line will be meaningless.
The most important thing is that Han Fuqu has always disagreed with Chiang Kai-shek's National Army entering Shandong.
Because Han Fuqu knew that once he agreed, the National Army would definitely swallow up his Shandong Army.
This is the capital for his family to settle down.
Chiang Kai-shek even wanted to send troops to attack Shandong.
But he was afraid that Han Fuqu would directly surrender to the Red Alert Corps, so he had to give up.
If Jinan is successfully captured, the Fourth Army will attack Xuzhou directly.
This is the northern gate of Jinling.
The second army is the 15th Army and the 9th Army.
The 9th Army was transferred back to China from the Chaoshan Peninsula this time to participate in this operation.
Chiang Kai-shek deployed more than one million troops on the Yellow River defense line in the direction of Zhengzhou.
Therefore, Zhengzhou is definitely one of the most intense battlefields in this war.
Because here not only blocked the 300,000 troops of the Second Route Army.
It also blocked the 300,000 troops of the 41st Army in Shanxi and the Eighth Army in Shaanxi.
The Longhai Railway and the Tongpu Railway connect in Tongguan County at the junction of Shanxi, Henan and Shaanxi provinces, forming an inverted T-shaped railway line.
Tongguan is one of the world-famous passes, a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It directly blocked the two armies.
However, the defense pressure of the National Army in Zhengzhou is also huge.
It is necessary to block the attack of the three armies of the Red Alert Corps, a total of four main armies, and 600,000 troops.
The Fifth Route Army is the Seventh Army in Hunan.
It will attack Wuhan directly along the Yuehan Railway.
As a thoroughfare for nine provinces, taking Wuhan is of great significance.
To the north, it can threaten the army in Zhengzhou, and to the east, it can threaten the flank of the National Army in Anhui.
The Sixth Route Army is located in Jiujiang, Jiangxi.
It is the newly added 77th Army, which is also a main army with motorized forces as the main force.
Since the 55th Army was transferred to Sichuan and is preparing to enter Tibet, there must be an army to fill its position. Therefore,
Jiang Fan established the 77th Army.
At present, there are only the 7th and 10th main armies in the entire southern region.
Although there are militia forces as reserves, the number of troops is still a little less.
The newly added 77th Army is also a combined army of various arms.
It has an armored division, a mechanized infantry division, four motorized infantry divisions, a self-propelled artillery division and an air defense brigade.
In the future, each army will be adjusted according to the different combat environments.
For example, the combat area of the 77th Army this time is in the south with dense water networks.
Therefore, the size of the heavy troops was reduced and the size of the motorized troops was increased.
If it is in the north, such as the 4th Army.
It has an armored division and five mechanized infantry divisions, but no motorized infantry division.
The same is true for the 3rd Army.
Anyway, it is not without the conditions to be backed by the Red Alert Base, so it can be as luxurious as possible.
The 77th Army will march north from Jiujiang, break through the Yangtze River defense line, and attack Hefei, the core city of Anhui.
This is also the western gate of Jinling.
The pressure on the 77th Army is still very great.
The 7th Army is the 10th Army located in Fujian and Jiangxi provinces.
The main force of the 10th Army will attack along the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway.
At the same time, troops will be divided from the mountainous areas of Fujian to attack Zhejiang together with the 2nd Mountain Infantry Division.
Their goals are Hangzhou and Shanghai.
These are the 7th Army of the Red Alert Corps.
There is another army, the 35th Army of Song Zheyuan.
It will serve as the general reserve of the northern southward troops.
This time, a total of nine armies were mobilized in the operation against the Chiang Kai-shek Group.
No, it should be said that it is the 10th Army.
Because the First Airborne Army is a rapid reaction force, it is also counted among them.
The mobilized troops reached more than 1.3 million.
The first and second air forces of the Air Force will be fully deployed.
The number of fighter planes used exceeds 5,000.
You must know that at the beginning of World War II, the number of German Air Forces was not so large.
The two sides are even more incomparable in terms of quality.
Although the current air force fighters have not yet achieved full jetization.
About two-thirds of the piston fighters are still retained.
But the performance of these fighters can still be proud of the world.
The navy is completely a soy sauce this time.
Because there is no need to launch a landing operation.
However, as a rapid reaction force.
If the front-line war encounters obstacles, they will also participate in the war at any time.
Han Fuqu's Lu Army currently has a total of more than 200,000 troops.
This is still under his crazy expansion.
The main force is located in Jinan.
The rest of the troops defend other nodes of the Yellow River defense line.
For example, the Jiyang section, Binzhou section, Dongying section, and Heze section.
The core is Jinan.
The Fourth Army on the opposite side also divided its troops into five routes, trying to fully break through the Shandong Yellow River direction.
However, the main attack direction is still in Jinan.
A total of three divisions of troops were concentrated.
They are the Fourth Armored Division, the Seventh Mechanized Infantry Division and the 100th Air Assault Division.
The key to this breakthrough lies in the 100th Air Assault Division.
In the battle against the Wandao Island.
The 100th Airborne Division also demonstrated its strong combat capability. (To read the exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)
With it, the Yellow River defense line is no longer a natural barrier.
At 8 o'clock in the morning on May 1, 1934, the Red Alert Corps officially sounded the horn of attack.
A million troops launched an attack against the national army���The massive summer offensive.
At this moment, millions of troops moved together, and the sound of artillery began to roar as the two armies met.[]
Thousands of fighter planes of the air force came in overwhelming numbers.
Jinan is close to the Yellow River, and the city of Jinan was built along the south bank of the Yellow River. The Shandong Army has assembled nearly 100,000 troops here, with a total of 8 divisions and 2 artillery brigades.
Although the equipment of the Shandong Army is still good, it is simply a pipe dream for them to stop the full-scale offensive of the Fourth Army.
After the Fourth Army went to war, hundreds of artillery fired in unison, directly giving the Shandong Army a head start.
In the sky, fighter planes from the First Air Force of the Red Alert Corps also began to appear one after another.
MiG-10 fighters, Invader I, Invader II, Peacekeeping Bomber I and other fighter planes have launched indiscriminate bombings on Shandong's major defense lines.
At the beginning, the Shandong Army felt tremendous pressure.
"Commander, the artillery fire of the Red Alert Corps is too fierce. The positions we spent several months building can't withstand their bombardment."
Hearing this, Han Fuqu's face darkened and he cursed,"Even if you can't bear it, you have to carry on."
The artillery roared on the Yellow River defense line in Jinan.
The entire position was shrouded in explosions.
The bombs in the sky were like dumplings. They were madly destroying their positions.
The level of their position construction was not very good, and they lacked cement and steel bars.
Facing heavy artillery and heavy bombs, these fortifications could not withstand it at all.
The Fourth Army also discovered this.
They really overestimated the Shandong Army.
They still treated these warlord troops in the country with the attitude of treating the Japanese army.
However, these warlord troops and even the national army, how can they be compared with the Japanese army in terms of combat quality. Perhaps there is no need for the 100th Airborne Assault Division at all, and it can easily break through the opponent's Yellow River defense line. However, the Fourth Army still launched an attack according to the established plan.
"Boom boom boom......"
One after another, the Hind armed helicopters, Nighthawk reconnaissance armed helicopters, Nighthawk general helicopters, and Chinook transport helicopters began to take off from the helicopter base.
Soon, groups of helicopters appeared in the sky.
Hundreds of helicopters flew in formation in the air, and the scene was still very spectacular.
The target of the 100th Air Assault Division this time was Panjia Village, located east of Jinan.
It was only about 10 kilometers away from Jinan City.
The 100th Air Assault Division could capture this place before the other side could react.
Then it would directly attack Jinan City.
The other side lacked anti-aircraft firepower, so how could it stop the attack of armed helicopters?
What's more, the Fourth Army will also launch a river crossing operation on the Yellow River defense line in Jinan.
The other side simply couldn't spare too many troops to contain the 100th Air Assault Division.
The two sides launched the offensive almost one after another.
The shelling and bombing lasted for about an hour and then began to weaken.
The pontoon tanks of the pontoon troops began to lay pontoon bridges directly under the eyes of the other side.
At the same time, assault boats were pushed into the water.
Suddenly, there was a spectacular scene of hundreds of ships charging across the Yellow River.
"Fight, fight, we must stop them."
Just when all the attention of the Jinan defenders was focused on the troops crossing the river.
The helicopter group of the 100th Air Assault Division quietly entered Jinan.
The routes chosen by the helicopter group were all places where there were no Shandong Army defense troops.
After all, not all parts of the Yellow River are suitable for crossing the river.
The Shandong Army naturally could not waste troops to place them in these places.
More than 400 helicopters appeared near Panjia Village.
The local villagers were stunned.
This place is completely behind Jinan, so there are no troops stationed.
The 100th Air Assault Division landed here very smoothly.
The 1st Air Assault Brigade landed on the 8th. Under the cover of 8 Gazelle armed helicopters and more than 100 Nighthawk armed reconnaissance helicopters, they directly launched an attack on the city of Jinan defended by more than 100,000 troops.
When the group of armed helicopters appeared in the west of Jinan, the Lu army here was confused.
Then they were hit by the powerful firepower of the Gazelle armed helicopters.
The Lu army was completely caught off guard.
They never expected that the Red Alert Corps would appear silently behind the city of Jinan. The
First Air Assault Division also successfully broke into the city of Jinan.
Although facing an army of 100,000, they were still fearless.
But this scene scared Han Fuqu enough.
"What, the Red Alert Corps attacked from the West City?"
Anyone who is not deaf can hear the movement from the West City.
Han Fuqu's face turned pale immediately.
The situation at the Yellow River position is not very good now.
The Red Alert Corps' troops successfully crossed the river and were attacking their positions.
In his eyes, the solid Yellow River defense line suddenly became shaky.
Coupled with the Red Alert Corps that suddenly appeared from behind.
Han Fuqu decisively issued an order
"Run!"
In less than half a day, the Yellow River defense line in Jinan was breached.