The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 467: Battle of the Gods

Li Fuguo and Zhao Guoping couldn't help but burst into laughter.

They didn't expect that the battle would go so smoothly.

The sharp offensive directly destroyed the enemy's will.

They clearly only had 8000 troops, but the enemy misunderstood that they had four or five artillery divisions and a total of troops.

But it’s also good this way, it can directly force the other side to surrender and avoid fighting a city attack and defense battle.

Street fighting, even now, is a huge headache.

Because street fighting is a battle between streets and houses, usually taking place inside the city, its notable feature is that the enemy and us are in close combat, hand-to-hand combat, and it is very cruel. In addition, the enemy and us are mixed and intertwined, which is very dangerous.

According to the strategy set before, no matter what kind of house it was, it would be destroyed directly with artillery to reduce the loss of soldiers.

Their original plan was to capture this military fortress within fifteen days.

Now that the enemy has surrendered, we will save bullets, casualties, and time.

"Old Zhao, this battle was so exciting. Haha, I didn't expect that the enemy commander would make a misjudgment!" Li Fuguo laughed.

Zhao Guoping: "Old Li, we have to call the headquarters immediately and ask them to send troops to take over. We can't divide our forces to garrison here."

"Take advantage of this rare opportunity and head directly south to capture Baosheng County and Wen'an County!" said Zhao Guoping.

The heavy combined brigade is used for attacking, not for cleaning up the battlefield, and it cannot be divided into garrisons here.

Let other troops handle this.

"Okay, I'll contact the command center right now." Li Fuguo nodded, and then contacted the command center immediately to report the situation.

The command center is located in a hidden place in the mountains.

When it was learned that the heavy combined brigade had taken Laojie, the entire command center fell silent.

You know, there are more than 30,000 enemy troops there.

According to Li Fuguo's report, there were a total of 35,000 troops, and with the militia, the total number of troops exceeded 40,000.

As a result, the heavy combined brigade completed its combat objective after fighting for half a day.

"It's incredible! What a miraculous battle Li Fuguo and Zhao Guoping fought!" The commander couldn't help but sigh. He had no idea how the heavy combined brigade fought and achieved such great results in one go.

The chief of staff shook his head and said, "The order had just been delivered, and they arrived at the battlefield the next day and launched an attack in the morning. No other unit can do this!"

"We have to send troops to receive and guard the prisoners now. There are nearly 30,000 prisoners, and they cannot guard them all by themselves!" said the chief of staff.

The commander nodded. This battle made him understand that the so-called 8000V35000 was really the advantage on my side.

It was an offensive war, not a defensive war, but it was able to defeat a larger force with a smaller one and achieve such a resounding victory, which was simply unimaginable before.

On the other side, the heavy combined brigade had already allocated half of its forces and continued to move southward, heading straight for Baosheng County.

The straight-line distance is only 26 kilometers, but the actual distance is 40 kilometers.

The roads here are average.

The Type 80 main battle tank was driving and directly crushed the road surface.

If it is a wheeled armored vehicle, it will be difficult to move forward in this situation.

However, the advantage of tracked armored vehicles is that they can adapt to complex terrain and have strong off-road capabilities.

It's just not that fast.

Before the news reached Baosheng County, the enemy was at the gates of the city. A Type 80 main battle tank blasted open the city gate with one shot and drove straight in.

By the evening, the fighting was over.

After the militia arrived, Zhao Guoping handed over the prisoners and military fortresses to the militia, and led the other half of the troops south to meet up with Li Fuguo.

In addition, a large amount of supplies are provided.

That night, the combined brigade rested in Baosheng County and replenished ammunition and supplies.

Subsequently, Li Fuguo and Zhao Guoping convened a command meeting to deploy the next battle.

Logically speaking, from the perspective of military security, we should first take the high ground on the right. In this offensive route, the high ground on the left is under the control of our army, and the rest is plains with no strategic location to defend. On the right is the Huanglian Mountains, which is under the control of the enemy.

The Huanglian Mountains stretch for nearly 210 kilometers, and its main peak, Fansipan Peak, is 3142 meters above sea level.

To the east of the Hoang Lien Mountains are Lao Cai Province and Yen Bai Province, and to the west are Lai Chau Province, Dien Bien Province and Son La Province.

However, they planned to continue moving south and then divide the Huanglian Mountains into two at Wenpan County and Shenyuan County, where there was a passage with an altitude of about 400 meters.

Then we can take down the high ground on the north side.

Otherwise, it will always be a hidden danger.

Li Fuguo made this bold decision because the high ground there was about 25 kilometers away from the transportation line and was beyond the coverage of artillery fire.

Wenan County.

“Boom~~Boom~~Boom~~”

Shells kept falling, killing enemy soldiers one after another.

The combined brigade advanced in battle formation, with tanks and self-propelled artillery firing as they moved forward.

Continuously bombarding the enemy's defensive positions.

The heavy combined brigade has completed the encirclement of Wen'an County, and the enemy has no way to escape.

The special forces used the local language to persuade the enemy to surrender, using a stick in one hand and a carrot in the other to undermine the enemy's will.

This county has three thousand soldiers.

Under the fierce attack of the heavy combined force brigade, it was on the verge of collapse.

There were no attacks on civilian houses or the like, all attacks were on military targets.

The tank's main gun barrel has a limited lifespan, but Liu Tao repaired them enough to last through the battle.

Sure enough, not long after, the heavy combined brigade broke through the city gate and charged directly into the city.

On that day, there was no more gunfire in the city, let alone artillery fire.

The heavy combined brigade is directly under military control here.

At night, temporary command center.

Zhao Guoping looked at the statistics and shook his head. The results were brilliant, but the cost was also very high.

More than 10,000 ordinary tank shells, 300 tank armor-piercing shells, more than 7,000 rockets, and more than 30,000 other shells were consumed.

This amount of artillery shell consumption is only seen in heavy combined brigades. Other infantry divisions would not be willing to consume at this rate.

As for bullets, one million rounds of various types were consumed.

"If the factory director knew about this, he would definitely call us spendthrift women." Zhao Guoping smiled bitterly.

Li Fuguo said: "No matter how great the consumption is, it is worth it. Otherwise, if the time is dragged on, the consumption may not be small, and the casualties of the soldiers will be much greater!"

In terms of manpower, the enemy still has a huge advantage.

The enemy's total strength was 500,000 troops, scattered everywhere, plus the militia, numbering at least 700,000.

And they had a regular army of more than 30,000 people, less than 35,000. Including the militia, the total was less than 100,000.

The disparity in military strength is huge, the ratio between the enemy and us is 7:1!

If the war becomes stalemate and the enemy sends reinforcements, it will turn into a brutal war of attrition.

Li Fuguo doesn't want to see this kind of war of attrition.

What he wanted was to defeat the enemy one by one rather than face the enemy's absolute military advantage.

Otherwise, no matter how fierce the artillery fire is, it will be difficult to defeat the enemy.

After all, it is not so easy for them to replenish their ammunition, and they might even be attacked by the enemy.

(End of this chapter)