The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 469: If you don't have enough troops, you can make up for it with firepower (asking for monthly tickets)

Polar Bear Military Observation Group.

"Alexander, now our brothers have lost all their air power and air superiority. The situation is not good!" said a major observer with concern.

After these words were spoken, all the military observers fell silent.

They are well aware of the importance of air superiority in modern warfare.

Otherwise, the Soviet Union would not have invested so much energy in developing advanced military aircraft and building a large air force.

Even now, the Soviet air force is stronger than the US air force.

There are only two countries in the world that have large air forces, one is the United States and the other is the Soviet Union!
In terms of military strength, the Soviet Union could not compare with the United States, only in the navy!
As for the army's military strength, the Soviet Union never took the US Army seriously. If the two sides fought, the Soviet Union was confident that its army's military strength could defeat the US Army.

The United States has never been known for its strong army.

Since World War II, the US Army has never won any war of any scale.

"This time, the opponent has completely taken absolute control of the air force!" Alexander's face looked very unhappy, and he realized the seriousness of the matter.

Before, the two sides had a tacit understanding that the air forces of both sides would not participate in the war. Even if the other side had aircraft, they would mainly patrol in the air and would not dare to go deep.

Now, the opponent's powerful air defense force has directly caused the Annan Air Force to be completely destroyed.

Annan does not have the ability to produce fighter jets, even backward fighter jets.

It’s not easy to lose a fighter plane!
More importantly, training pilots is not easy!

Even if the Polar Bear provides support fighter jets, Annan does not have pilots to fly them.

"Report the current changes on the battlefield to the country!" Alexander said.

Even as military observers, they felt that the changes were happening too fast.

The enemy's mechanized forces' offensive was too fierce.

Annan, having lost its advantageous terrain, was completely unable to resist.

Now Alexander could only pray that the dense river network in the Red River Delta could restrict the mechanized troops.

Otherwise, the whole situation will collapse.

"Boom~Boom~Boom~~"

The cannons roared, and shells roared out, roaring towards the enemy.

The battle was so intense that 60,000 large-caliber artillery shells were fired at the enemy every day.

As for artillery shells larger than 60 mm, more than rounds are fired every day!

This number is very large!

The "Red Dragon's Roar" lasted for about a month, consuming a total of 883381 shells.

The amount of artillery shells consumed is not even as much as the current nine-day consumption.

All the arsenals in the rear were opened, and ammunition and supplies were continuously transported to the front line.

There were not enough vehicles to transport goods at the front line, so the people used carts and shoulder poles to push the goods.

If there is anyone who hates the enemy the most, it is the common people on the border.

The people applauded the severe beating of the enemy.

Willing to help without any money.

"Boom boom boom~~"

A series of explosions spread across the defensive positions.

There were flashes of explosions, dust and shrapnel everywhere.

"Da da da~~~" The tank was moving, firing as it moved forward. The machine gunner held the heavy machine gun with both hands and kept shooting at the enemy, bullets spraying continuously.

Although we don't have enough troops, we still have enough firepower!
Infantry fighting vehicles were also advancing, and soldiers kept getting out of them, holding Type 78 automatic rifles and firing at the enemy.

"Bazooka!" the squad leader yelled. Immediately, a soldier took off the rocket launcher on his back and attacked the target.

The soldier who fired the rocket threw away the bullet on his back without hesitation, picked up the automatic rifle in his hand, and followed the infantry fighting vehicle forward stealthily.

Accurate rocket launchers would occasionally land in densely populated trenches, and with every explosion, people would be killed or injured.

Today's weather is not suitable for launching fuel-air explosive bombs. Otherwise, there would be no need to go through so much trouble. We could directly use fuel-air explosive bombs to burn the enemy troops in the trenches to death with high temperature.

The Type 80 main battle tank was in the front and the trench was easily crossed.

Some enemy soldiers tried to block with their flesh and blood, but were crushed to death by the tracks of the Type 80 main battle tank.

The number of enemy soldiers who could get close to the Type 80 main battle tank was always a minority, and most of them were killed by heavy machine guns before they could get close.

A huge hole was torn in the tight fortifications at the very beginning.

"bang bang bang"

Automatic rifle fire also continued.

There are also snipers holding Type 78 heavy sniper rifles, hunting valuable targets on the battlefield.

Any careless enemy commander could very likely have a bullet pierced through his head.

The Type 78 heavy sniper rifle is now very famous in the world and is known as the world's number one sniper rifle.

"Grenade launcher, go!"

"Oh!"

“Boom~~Boom~~Boom~~”

Several rifle grenades landed in the counterattack trench, and the sound of the counterattack gunfire stopped instantly.

Across the entire front, the heavy combined brigades attacked at a very fast speed.

The artillery positions, bunkers and other firepower points that were destroyed at the beginning made it impossible for the tight defensive firepower network to effectively block the attack route. The mortars deep in the positions would be hit by sniper grenades as soon as they appeared.

Counterattacks in the trenches would also be quickly cleared by rifle grenades.

For tanks and armored vehicles, the enemy's small hillside is as easy to walk on as it is less than 20 meters high.

Li Fuguo sneered at the enemy's urgent digging of trenches and building of defensive positions in an attempt to stop the heavy combined brigade.

The Type 80 main battle tank took the lead, ignoring the attacks from the machine guns, easily tearing open the defense gap, and breaking through the enemy's defensive position in the first place.

Rockets and other large-caliber artillery are no longer used to bombard enemy positions, but to attack fleeing enemy troops.

The goal of this battle is not to occupy a certain number of cities or control a certain number of towns, but to destroy as much of the enemy's manpower as possible.

In order to achieve this strategic goal, we don’t have to care about the gains and losses of a city or a place.

Through satellites in the sky and reconnaissance planes in the air, the enemy's troop deployment and mobilization are clear.

With the light combined brigade carrying out the attack and reinforcement, Li Fuguo was very confident about the safety of his back.

It didn't take long before the enemy's 5,000 troops were completely wiped out.

Either they were beaten to death or they were taken prisoner.

Leaving behind a small number of troops to guard the prisoners and waiting for the militia to come and take over, Li Fuguo set off immediately after replenishing his ammunition.

The soldiers ate canned beef directly in the car.

Conditions on the battlefield are limited. It is not suitable to make fire and cook so that the soldiers can eat hot meals. Speed ​​is of the essence now. We need to attack the next target and launch the attack before the enemy has time to retreat into the city or build fortifications.

The entire heavy combined brigade attacked like a tide and advanced rapidly like an arrow.

The enemy army was already in chaos. After all, their retreat was about to be cut off. Once their retreat was cut off, facing attacks from both the north and the south, one could imagine what the outcome would be.

No army, facing attacks from both the north and the south, could turn the tide of the war and achieve final victory.

(End of this chapter)