The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 477 Attack and Defense

The successive victories inspired the soldiers on the front line.

Even the auxiliary militia were howling.

Such is the morale boost that victory brings.

In order to consolidate morale, more than 100,000 militiamen were mobilized in the rear.

These militias are composed of demobilized veterans and are equipped with light weapons and a small number of heavy weapons.

These militias can provide strong logistical support for the participating troops, and can cooperate with the troops in transporting supplies, ammunition, transporting troops forward and backward, and transporting the wounded and martyrs.

Moreover, these militias can take over from the main force and be responsible for local public security.

There are no organized enemy troops in the rear, and the militia is more than enough to maintain public order.

Even the task of suppressing some rebellious soldiers and bandits was left to the militia.

The light combined brigade and heavy combined brigade sniped and reinforced four infantry divisions, and the medium combined brigade cooperated with friendly forces to launch an attack on the mountain.

The first mountain to be attacked is the one in the middle. The highest point of the mountain in the middle is 1000 meters above sea level, and the highest peak is only 800 meters. It is much smaller than the first mountain, and is less difficult to attack.

The Air Force cooperated to eliminate the exposed artillery.

Before, when the medium-sized combined brigade attacked the 304th Division, it was bombarded by heavy artillery from this mountain after dawn, causing considerable casualties. Later, the "Black Hawk helicopter" attacked the enemy's heavy artillery with missiles, and the Air Force came to suppress it.

However, several Air Force fighter jets were also shot down.

After all, the enemy is equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns and individual air defense missiles, which still pose a threat to aircraft.

At this time, to attack the second mountain, the choice is to launch an attack from the west, because if it is from the east, it will be attacked by heavy artillery from the enemy's first mountain.

Furthermore, the slope on the west side is gentler.

Here, the enemy deployed two divisions.

The Air Force also sent planes and bombers to cooperate.

In the south, the heavy and light combined brigades took advantage of their mobility to intercept the enemy's reinforcements and supplies.

For the two divisions in the Second Mountain, the daily food and drink expenses are astronomical, not to mention the consumption of weapons and ammunition.

Without reinforcements and supplies, the second mountain could not be defended for long.

Sometimes, troops would be sent to launch feint attacks to disperse the enemy's guard forces.

In order to support the front line, the 14th Army sent three field divisions, the 4th Artillery Division, and the Tank Brigade south.

第14集团军经过整编后，下辖第31、40、41、42师以及炮兵第4师、坦克旅、高炮旅，可以说这编制很特殊，下辖4个野战师正在24个集团军中都是很罕见的。

Moreover, these four field divisions are all organized into Southern Type A Infantry Divisions!

Now the 14th Army has dispatched three field divisions, the 3th Artillery Division, and a tank brigade to the south, advancing from all directions. This is to deter the enemy from mobilizing troops, and also to support the troops on the front line of the battlefield.

"Boom boom boom~~"

In the sky, bombers continuously dropped bombs on the main peak and the positions on the east and north sides. The reason they did not drop bombs on the west side was mainly because the accuracy of this type of bombing was not high and it was easy to accidentally injure friendly forces.

In addition to this, we must cut off the enemy reinforcements on the first mountain at any time, and bomb the first mountain at the same time, so that the enemy on the first mountain cannot support the first mountain.

In the rear, there was a constant flow of convoys, including trains, cars, mules and horses for transportation, and even civilians carrying goods in wheelbarrows and on shoulder poles.

We truly achieved this by providing people and materials when needed, and ensuring support work wherever the troops went.

No one complained, only determination.

In addition, airdrops of supplies, weapons and ammunition are used.

Otherwise, the supply of materials, weapons and ammunition will not keep up.

Even if we can seize the enemy's supplies, weapons and ammunition, it will not be enough!
After all, here, there have been years of war, and the people are already very poor, and every household has no surplus food.

They even had to transfer supplies from Laos and Cambodia to help the local people to prevent anyone from starving to death.

On the other hand, the heavy and light combined brigades cooperated and used their mobility to continuously attack the enemy's reinforcements. Sometimes, they even called for air support to bomb the enemy.

The front-line command post is located in the urban area. Li Fuguo and Zhao Guoping are at the command post.

Both of them had panda eyes, especially Zhao Guoping.

The two men were under great pressure. Although they had achieved brilliant results, as the supply lines lengthened, supply became difficult. Moreover, they were unfamiliar with the area and had to remain vigilant at all times. Even though these places were under martial law, they could not be careless.

After all, there are too many hostile people!

One mistake and you might lose everything!

Zhao Guoping was responsible for both military and local affairs. All these things made it difficult for him to sleep for more than three hours a day.

On this day, the weather changed again and it started to drizzle.

This kind of weather is not good for attack or support.

This rain is a test of the will of both sides and a competition of wills.

In the drizzle, on the mountain, there was blood and fire.

The road was muddy and the soldiers even slipped and rolled while attacking.

"Da da da~~"

The bunker was constantly spewing flames.

A soldier crawled forward and took off the rocket launcher on his back when he was about 200 meters away from the bunker.

He took aim with the rocket launcher and then fired. The rocket flew rapidly towards the bunker.

"boom!"

The bunker was blown up directly.

Not far away, two soldiers were hiding behind a huge rock. They were firing a mortar with a caliber of 60 centimeters.

The mortar adjusted the angle and put a mortar shell into the barrel. The shell flew out and landed accurately on the location of the bunker.

"Boom~~" That bunker was blown up by this bunker.

After several days of fighting, we are now attacking the main peak.

As long as the main peak is captured, it means that the initiative in this offensive and defensive battle will be completely seized, and it will only be a matter of time to destroy the enemy.

If the enemy is not to be completely annihilated, it must retreat to the first mountain range.

Even though it was drizzling, the battlefield was still filled with smoke and the flames of war continued to burn.

The terrain here is much different from that of Koulin Mountain and Laoshan. The enemy's only advantage is that they have more troops.

The enemy's artillery was almost destroyed, leaving only some scattered guns. There were no large-caliber guns, only some small and medium-sized guns.

In terms of artillery, our army actually has the advantage.

There are large-caliber artillery at the foot of the mountain providing artillery support, and there are planes in the air providing air support.

Otherwise, we wouldn't have reached the main attack stage by now.

Many enemy troops were killed or wounded in the artillery and aerial bombardments, and could not be sent to field hospitals for treatment, so they died from their injuries.

The medium-sized combined brigade did not take the lead in the main attack this time, but instead launched a feint attack and threatened the reinforcements on the first mountain, making it impossible for the reinforcements on the first mountain to provide support here at will.

As for why it was not the main attack, it was naturally because friendly forces also needed military merits, and the medium-sized combined brigade could not take all the credit alone.

After all, friendly forces are also elite troops with glorious honors, and are an honorary force that can make soldiers proud.

Moreover, medium-sized combined brigades can also use their mobility and powerful firepower to attract enemy firepower and cause the enemy to misjudge.

(End of this chapter)