Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

Although the air raid on the Niangziguan battlefield did not attract the attention of Commander-in-Chief Li Guosheng.However, the frontal battlefield of Niangziguan was almost a stalemate, which attracted Li Guosheng's attention.

Because, after seeing this battle report, Li Guosheng immediately thought of the classic battles in which the soldiers of the Volunteer Army used tunnel tactics to defeat the US attack one after another on the battlefield of the later generations to resist US aggression and aid Korea.

If the Jinsui army really built a large number of caves and tunnel fortifications in the major checkpoints and fortresses in Shanxi, even if Sun Lianzhong broke through Niangziguan, he would encounter a second, or even a third Niangziguan in the next attack.Under such circumstances, the price paid by the National Defense Forces to truly win Shanxi, a major coal mining province, will become beyond imagination.

The price is too high, definitely not what Li Guosheng can bear, even if he already has millions of soldiers.To solve this problem, the most important thing is to solve the large number of hidden caves and tunnel fortifications built by the Jinsui army underground. As long as these fortifications can be destroyed, the Jinsui army on the ground will find it impossible to block the offensive of the National Defense Forces.

Just when Li Guosheng fell into deep thought about this matter, Jiang Baili, who was sitting directly opposite, suddenly said: "President, if it is not possible, we will transfer another army from the three eastern provinces to join the Shanxi battlefield. With two armies of nearly [-] There is absolutely no problem in attacking the small Shanxi Province with the strength of the army."

Increased troops in Shanxi...

Li Guosheng has indeed thought about this issue since he made the decision of the National Defense Forces to continue going south to swallow Shanxi in one fell swoop.After all, count Hebei, Chahar, and Shandong that have already been acquired in Guannei.The National Defense Forces have mastered the three provinces of North China.In the middle of this huge territory, the total strength of the National Defense Forces is only one group army and two brigades of the guard division.

To defend such a large territory surrounded by powerful enemies.The limited force is tense enough.However, now they are going to attack Shanxi again.An army had to be drawn again from the limited force.It can be said with certainty that the strength of the national defense forces in the pass has reached the point where they are stretched. Once there is a change in the Shanxi battle situation, they will face the point where they will have no troops to adjust.

However, when Li Guosheng turned his attention to the Northeast and Far East, which are also surrounded by powerful enemies, his decision to increase troops in Shanxi was immediately forgotten.

Because, for the National Defense Forces, not only the occupied areas inside the pass are surrounded by powerful enemies, but the occupied areas outside the pass are also surrounded by powerful enemies.What's more.The two powerful enemies outside the customs are still the Soviet Union and Japan, which have the titles of great powers.

Although the National Defense Forces have defeated them in several consecutive wars, Li Guosheng, as the direct commander of several battles, knows that the reason why he won several battles is not that the overall strength of the National Defense Forces has surpassed these two military powers, but his own Taking advantage of advanced equipment

With the advanced weapons and equipment that are several years ahead of this era, or even ten years, and the two ** teams with the equipment of this era, I believe everyone knows the final result without comparison.

But, it's different now...

After a year of recuperation.Li Guosheng doesn't know whether the Soviet Union and Japan, the two major military powers, have recovered from their initial failures, and whether they have developed new weapons and equipment that can counter themselves based on their own battlefield disadvantages...

If the two major military powers already have weapons and equipment that can compete with themselves, it is certain that once the troops deployed outside the pass are transferred away.These two countries will seize this opportunity and avenge their shame.....

Of course, in addition to this factor, there is another most intuitive reason.

Whether it is for Japan or the Soviet Union, they do not want to see the whole of China being completely controlled by the National Defense Forces.because.The National Defense Forces that control only a few provinces in China can deal them a heavy blow, let alone the National Defense Forces that control the entire China.

for sure.As long as he reveals his ambition to unify the country to the outside world, the two major military powers that have been peeping around him and licking his wounds will definitely do their best to sabotage his pace of unifying the country.

Therefore, in order to cope with the huge military pressure that these two major military powers may bring to him, and for the safety of the Northeast industrial base, Li Guosheng had to station the limited main force of the National Defense Forces in the Northeast, on the border between China, the Soviet Union and Japan. Online, do not give the two countries any chance to provoke themselves and threaten their rear.

In this way, under Li Guosheng's analysis, Jiang Baili immediately gave up the idea of ​​increasing troops in Shanxi.

However, Jiang Baili's facial expression also became serious.The National Defense Forces cannot increase its troops in Shanxi, and the heavy burden of attacking Shanxi will be entirely on the Second Army Sun Lianzhong alone.It is conceivable that the Shanxi offensive and defensive battle that Sun Lianzhong is about to face will become more and more cruel and bloody under the circumstances that the tunnels of the Jinsui Army and the underground caves for hiding soldiers cannot be cracked...

After a brief silence, he analyzed to Li Guosheng who was still in deep thought: "Boss, judging from the current situation of the Niangziguan battle, before the heavy weapons arrive on the battlefield, the methods that Sun Lianzhong can take are air force bombing and artificial blasting. Point to destroy a large number of caves and tunnel fortifications built by the Jinsui army underground, and drive the Jinsui army to the ground position."

Li Guosheng nodded and replied: "Manual blasting is not feasible for the time being. The entrances to the enemy's soldier caves are all built behind the battlefield. Without taking down the ground position, there is basically no way to send the blasters to the entrance of the enemy's soldier caves..."

"As for air force bombing, ordinary bombs can only explode on the surface. Even the heavy-duty aerial bombs we equip can reach a depth of five meters below the ground at most. The caves built by the enemy are generally below ten meters. The bombs basically can't do anything to these caves..."

Under Li Guosheng's constant analysis, Jiang Baili's eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "What about napalm bombs... Chief, we can use napalm bombs to turn the entire Niangziguan into a sea of ​​flames and destroy the soldiers hidden in the cave All the Jinsui troops were fumigated to death in the tunnel..."

Li Guosheng shook his head and denied: "Although this method can help Sun Lianzhong win Niangziguan, this method has two shortcomings: first, it is too cruel to attack the enemy with napalm bombs. If our enemy is The Japanese or the Soviets. I will definitely order the Air Force to use incendiary bombs without hesitation. However, the enemy defending Niangziguan is not a foreign enemy. It is our compatriots Jinsui Army. When napalm bombs were deployed to the troops, I said However, this kind of unconventional ammunition must not be used on one's own compatriots unless it comes to a critical juncture."

"Second, even if this kind of attack is very effective, it can only be used once. The follow-up troops of the Jinsui Army who have learned lessons will definitely add a large number of ventilation systems in their follow-up tunnel fortifications. At that time, our tactics will be Failure, and to a certain extent, will increase the determination of the Jinsui Army to continue to resist...."

At this moment, a word that just blurted out suddenly came to Li Guosheng's mind, that is, the words "unconventional ammunition".You know, since the establishment of the military industrial group.Li Guosheng specially organized a group of researchers to study various unconventional ammunition.The napalm bomb that Jiang Baili mentioned just now is the result of this research team.

More importantly, the research results of this research team are far more than just a napalm bomb.

In Li Guosheng's memory, there are several types of unconventional ammunition of the aviation bomb type.Among these types of unconventional aerial bombs, there is an aerial bomb "earth penetrating bomb" aimed at underground fortifications. However, this aerial bomb has just been successfully researched and has not really been deployed to troops.

However, even this aerial bomb has not yet achieved mass production.It is no problem to find a few formed ground penetrating bombs from the research center.

At that time, as long as the Jinsui Army knows through the Niangziguan battlefield that the National Defense Forces already have an aerial bomb that can explode underground.Then the follow-up troops of the Jinsui Army would give up all the tunnel fortifications and underground caves for hiding soldiers, otherwise, he would wait for thousands of Jinsui troops to be buried in the caves for hiding soldiers.

Think here.Li Guosheng decisively ordered: "Chief of Staff, contact the military industry group immediately. Ten ground penetrating bombs must be assembled and sent to the air force base within two hours. Airlift them to Shijiazhuang Airport as quickly as possible..."

Niangziguan battlefield, after two consecutive regiment-level attacks against the Niangziguan defenders failed.Sun Lianzhong decisively ordered the troops to stop the attack.but.This stop attack is not really stop attack.

On the battlefield of Nuo Da's Niangziguan, there was an infantry company of the National Defense Forces from beginning to end.Under the cover of at least twenty mortars behind them, they launched tentative attacks on the surface positions of Niangziguan one after another.Afterwards, through the raindrops of mortar shells responsible for the fire cover behind them, they continued to kill and injure the vital forces of the Jinsui Army on the surface of Niangziguan.

For this kind of attack, Sun Lianzhong, the leader of the first army, is of course not interested in watching the battle.At this moment, he was sitting in the opinion tent of the headquarters, frowning tightly, thinking about the specific method that might break through the Niangzi Pass in front of him and solve the tunnel tactics of the Jinsui Army.

However, after several hours of thinking, no matter how much Sun Lianzhong recalled what he had learned in his life and the various battles he had known, he could not think of any way to help him overcome the difficulties in front of him.

Just when Sun Lianzhong, who was frowning tightly, wanted to go out for a walk to see if the change of environment could broaden his mind, the adjutant's slightly excited report suddenly reached Sun Lianzhong's ears.

"Army, Commander-in-Chief urgently..."

Sun Lianzhong, who frowned and was in a bad mood, didn't notice the expression on the adjutant's face, and asked without raising his head, "Is the commander-in-chief expressing dissatisfaction with our attack speed and asking us to take down Niangziguan as soon as possible..."

"No, the military seat... The chief seat didn't urge us to quickly take down Niangziguan..." The adjutant shook his head quickly and replied.

"Eh..." Sun Lianzhong, who was very surprised by this answer, was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously let out an exclamation.Then, he grabbed the telegram handed over by the adjutant and began to browse.

In less than half a minute, Sun Lianzhong's frown became relaxed, and he said excitedly: "The boss is really good at predicting things, I really want to see how powerful the ground-penetrating bomb is. What are you doing in a daze, call the chief of staff immediately, I have the latest combat order to issue.

After thousands of soldiers from the 023 Regiment of the National Defense Force quickly assembled and entered the attack position, Sun Liren, commander of the Second Army of the National Defense Army, and Zhao Chengshou, the supreme commander of the Niangziguan Jinsui Army, raised their binoculars to look at each other at the same time, waiting for the moment of attack.

Seeing the self-confidence suddenly emanating from Army Commander Sun Lianzhong, Chief of Staff Zhou Yunliang asked puzzledly: "Army seat, the troops have assembled, can we start attacking..."

"No..." Sun Lianzhong, who put down the binoculars, shook his head decisively and said.

"The chief executive just sent me a telegram. The protagonist of today's attack is the Air Force. The Air Force hasn't arrived yet. Why are we in such a hurry..."

"Air Force..." Chief of Staff Zhou Yunliang asked back with a puzzled look: "Army seat. Didn't the air force not participate in the battle all morning? But, no matter what aerial bombs the air force dropped on Niangziguan, they had no choice but to hide soldiers underground The Jinsui army in the cave. Could it be that the air force that will arrive in a while can destroy the Jinsui army hidden in the underground cave of Tibetan soldiers through aerial bombing..."

Sun Lianzhong replied confidently: "Although I don't know how powerful the ground-penetrating bomb just equipped by the Air Force is. However, I believe in the commander-in-chief. Since the commander-in-chief said that the air force can solve the problems in front of us, it will definitely be able to solve it. Therefore, We don’t need to worry now, all we need to do is wait, and then enjoy the Air Force’s bombing of Niangziguan and open the way for us.”

After some inquiries to no avail, Zhou Yunliang could only keep his mouth shut, raised his binoculars together with Sun Lianzhong, and focused his eyes on the woman who had been razed to the ground by the Air Force.

"Buzz buzz..." Sun Lianzhong was not made to wait too long, less than 5 minutes.The dull roar of the plane came from the rear of the Wehrmacht.Afterwards, more than ten black dots appeared on the edge of the sky due east of the battlefield.

Under the watchful eyes of Sun Lianzhong and others, the ten roaring bombers became bigger and bigger, and soon appeared directly above the battlefield.After the bomber group circled over everyone's heads, a bomber quickly left the formation, like an eagle heading straight for its prey, and quickly roared towards the location of Niangziguan.

As the bomber got closer and closer to Niangziguan, an aerial bomb visible to the naked eye quickly left the bomber's belly and followed the bomber's dive direction.With a sharp and ear-piercing whistling sound, it smashed to the ground.

When everyone saw that the aerial bombs whistling down had landed, they were expecting the sound of the explosion.The aerial bomb that landed did not explode as everyone imagined.

"Could this aerial bomb be a dud..." This was the first thought of all the soldiers of the National Defense Forces on the battlefield.

As time goes by, everyone becomes more and more certain about this idea.An explosion that was obviously more violent than ordinary aerial bombs and felt like the earth was shaking suddenly came from the direction of Niangziguan.subsequently.A huge black mushroom cloud rose from Niangziguan to a height of [-] meters above Niangziguan.

"What kind of aerial bomb is this? Why is the explosion so loud? Even the ground under our feet trembled because of it..." Zhou Yunliang quickly turned his attention to Sun Lianzhong, hoping that Sun Lianzhong could give himself an answer.

Sun Lianzhong with a hot face did not keep Zhou Yunliang waiting for too long.Excitedly, he said: "Earth-penetrating bomb, I finally know what an earth-penetrating bomb is..."

Seeing Zhou Yunliang's puzzled look at him.Sun Lianzhong quickly opened his mouth to analyze: "Old Zhou, I don't know if you know that the armor-piercing projectiles equipped by our artillery units first penetrate the armor of the opponent's tank, and then explode inside the opponent's tank. The aerial bomb used by the Air Force just now was developed by the military industrial group. ground penetrating bomb."

"The warheads of aerial bombs that dive down from the sky are all made of alloys, and they use time-delayed fuzes. Under the inertia of high-altitude dives, the aerial bombs explode after they are plunged into the ground for several meters, or even ten meters deep. .”

"Think about it: An aerial bomb charged with hundreds of kilograms of explosives exploded at a depth of ten meters underground. Can the cave for Tibetan soldiers built by the Jinsui Army survive at a depth of ten meters underground..."

Hearing this, Zhou Yunliang couldn't help showing a shocked expression from the heart.

Just as the second ground-penetrating bomb flew towards Niangziguan with the howling sound, Zhao Chengshou, the commander-in-chief of the Jinsui Army behind Niangziguan, stood pale and motionless at the headquarters as if he had been frightened by something.As for Zhao Chengshou's eyes, they were fixed on the huge crater created by the first ground penetrating bomb...

Before Zhao Chengshou could react from the astonishment, the chief of staff beside him subconsciously exclaimed: "Hey, what kind of aerial bomb is this? How can it have such a powerful power... The depth of this bomb crater is definitely more than 12 meters. No, it has reached 15 meters..."

Speaking of this, the chief of staff suddenly thought of something, and continued to exclaim: "No, our soldiers hiding in the caves are in danger. Our caves are generally ten meters underground, but the aerial bombs dropped by the National Defense Forces It can be easily blown to a depth of ten meters underground..."

Just as the words fell, the explosion of the second ground penetrating bomb just happened.When the gunpowder smoke surrounding the second crater slowly dissipated, a cave that could hide an infantry battalion was exposed.

Of course, this is not the most frightening thing.In the chief of staff's binoculars, hundreds of Jinsui soldiers hiding in this cave, seemed to be poisoned and died suddenly. All their seven orifices were bleeding and fell to the ground, motionless.

Seeing this, the pale-faced chief of staff quickly shifted his gaze to Zhao Chengshou, and asked eagerly: "Army seat, a cave for hiding soldiers has been destroyed, and a battalion of soldiers died collectively. What should we do next?" Do it, hurry up and come up with an idea, otherwise our tens of thousands of troops hiding in the cave will all be buried underground..."

At this moment, Zhao Chengshou's facial expression was also pale, as if he didn't hear the chief of staff's exclaim, and muttered to himself with a dull face: "strength, this is the real military strength. In front of strength, I have become vulnerable, and now I finally know what real military strength is..."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Chengshou, who was less than 40 years old, seemed to have suddenly become old. He ordered weakly: "Surrender, and immediately order the troops to raise the white flag to surrender. If the fight continues, none of the more than 1 soldiers under our command will survive." (To be continued..)