Chapter 533: 533 Guard the flank

Chapter 533: 533 Guard the flank

 Chapter 533 533 Guard the flanks

 Forward! This was the thought in the minds of all the soldiers of the Tang Army who broke through the Qi Army's positions. They moved forward desperately, occupying one village after another and seizing one pass after another.

Behind them, the soldiers of the Qi army, who had no support at all, had to face a very embarrassing situation: they seemed unable to block the hole that had been expanded by the Tang army in circles.

No matter how many troops they gathered on both sides of the Tang Army, they could not make the Tang Army soldiers retreat at all. Even the Qi Army's countless attacks did not even touch the edge of the Tang Army's position.

What is ironic is that most of the fortifications that the Tang Army relied on were built by the Qi Army. The Tang Army only modified them slightly and used them directly.

"Those **** Tang Air Force! Every time they attack, they will come and cause trouble!" The third prince complained angrily in his bunker.

Just where he could see it, the Tang Army's Stuka dive bomber fell from the sky again and dropped a bomb into the Qi Army's assembled troops, causing massive casualties in an instant.

An infantry regiment that had just been assembled to launch an attack dispersed in an instant and no longer had the courage to attack.

  In fact, the casualties caused by the Air Force were not high. Even the aerial bomb just killed only twenty or thirty soldiers.

 But it was such desperate killings and passive beatings with no room for retaliation that made all Qi commanders despair. No matter how much they encouraged their soldiers, they could no longer cheer them up.

The neighing sound from **** that lingers like gangrene on the bones has become a kind of curse. As long as it sounds on the battlefield, the soldiers of Qi will collapse and retreat in defeat without even looking back.

Even if such bombing can only cause a small number of casualties, who wants to be one of the few?

"We don't have any good ideas. Almost all the heavy artillery in the theater has been destroyed. The enemy is moving towards our hinterland. We have no way to stop the opponent's advance!" an officer reported to Qi State's Third Prince Hui.

 The third prince clenched his fists. He was very annoyed with the situation in front of him, but he had no good solution.

Just now, he learned that the commander of the Qi Infantry Division in the breached area was captured, and contact with a military headquarters behind the position was also lost.

Just judging from the map, Qi's position has been penetrated by the Tang Army, and the Tang Army is even advancing further.

There are not many Qi troops stationed in those places. If the main force of Qi cannot stop the Tang army's advance, what else can stop the Tang army?

 The answer is supplies!

In fact, most of the troops of the Tang Army had been forced to stop attacking. The armored units with the fastest breakthrough were waiting for their own fuel and ammunition, and for the covering infantry to catch up.

The roads were piled with prisoners of Qi, so large that they could not even be seen at a glance. The number of prisoners was being counted everywhere, and the approximate number was more than 30,000.

Most of these prisoners were not even disarmed, and some were even still living in the barracks where they were originally stationed.

However, they had already surrendered and given up fighting. They watched numbly as the soldiers of the Tang Army rode in cars and passed by the defense line where they were stationed.

 Before, sporadic artillery fire from Qi State harassed the breach, but as the breach expanded, the place became quieter and more lively.

Carload after car of Tang Army soldiers, covering the carloads of ammunition and carloads of fuel, were advancing forward. The engineers were at full power, filling in trenches and building roads. It could be said that they were cutting roads over mountains and building bridges over water.

Within 2 hours of breaking through the defense line, a road had penetrated the Qi defense line, and a large amount of supplies began to flow across the border to pursue the advancing armored forces.

 However, due to the poor condition of the roads, inaccurate maps, and the sparse and unorganized resistance encountered along the way, most of these supplies were still late.

Almost all the supplies that were originally expected to arrive were more than an hour late. This was only managed by the logistics team who desperately tried to catch up with the schedule.

In order to ensure that the frontline armored forces have enough fuel and ammunition to continue to advance rapidly, at least one-fifth of the vehicles of the Logistics Support Group were parked halfway.

 In many places, the defeated Qi troops blocking the road had to be driven into the fields to barely ensure the passage of the mechanized troops of the Tang Army.

 Looking at the self-propelled artillery and the chaotic vehicles passing in front of them, the surrendered soldiers of Qi State realized the gap between the equipment of the two sides.

This war has just begun, and the Tang army has shown a completely different combat mode to the world. Under the cover of the plane, thousands of Tang Army troops entered Qi State in an almost chaotic manner, chasing each other.

On the night when the battle broke out, the 1st Armored Division of the Tang Army advanced 110 kilometers, which was simply the speed of rushing.

At the same time, the 2nd Armored Division also advanced 100 kilometers. The two troops, one on the left and one on the right, had threatened Nanye, an important town in the southern part of Qi State. What is even more shocking is that it is not just these two armored divisions that are advancing at a fast pace. The 3rd Armored Division fought 95 kilometers all the way north, completely blocking the direction of the Dahua Empire on the flanks.

The 4th Armored Division also marched 81 kilometers eastward. Although the advance distance was much shorter, this force was obviously close to encircling the entire defense area of ​​the Third Prince.

Following these three troops into the war zone were two mechanized infantry divisions and two ordinary infantry divisions. These troops are now being chaotically distributed throughout the war zone.

Although it seems that only 8 divisions of troops are attacking, these troops have penetrated deep into the hinterland of Qi State, and the war has been fought in a dynamic mode, which is unfamiliar to all countries in the world.

 No one knows how to fight such a war, and no one knows how to stop the Tang army that has already started running.

The second-hand Tang army that started two years ago, that is, the Gemelin Kingdom, the main force in Beiling, is already unstoppable, let alone the real Tang army that is now equipped with more cars and tanks and has air force cover.

Although he is not quite sure about the current situation of his troops, the third prince of Qi State still has some ability.

He knew that after the Tang army broke through the defense line, it was impossible to leave the hundreds of thousands of Qi troops on the border alone, so it was very likely that the other party was already threatening his flanks and rear.

Although he does not think that he is likely to be surrounded and annihilated, if the transportation and supply lines are cut off, he will still have tens of thousands of main Western Front troops in his hands, which will not be comfortable.

So the third prince was organizing troops to try to retake his breached defense line and close the gap to block the hole. At the same time, he was also mobilizing troops and generals to stop the Tang army that threatened his flanks.

"Bring out our most elite troops! Yes, it's the tank troops that Cyric is assisting us! Order them to stop the eastward-moving Tang Army in Luo Town! It must be here!" The third prince looked at the map and looked at the few people in front of him. The general ordered.

"These tanks are for us to break through the enemy's positions..." a general reminded.

"I know! But what troops can stop these **** Tang troops now? If I lose another military headquarters, what else can I use to fight? Huh?" The third prince choked back angrily.

The general kept his mouth shut, but another general suggested: "Your Highness! Just those dozen tanks don't seem to be enough... Do you want to send some more infantry to follow?"

"Deploy another regiment from the east... No matter what, hold on to Luo Town! Don't take a step back!" The third prince had no choice but to mobilize another regiment from the position on the east side.

Although he was also worried about whether the Tang Army would break through the position again, he was more worried that the situation in the areas that had been broken through would continue to deteriorate.

 So he had to take the risk of using garrison troops in other areas of his position to reinforce the tight direction.

 Actually, he was overly worried, because the Tang army really no longer had the ability to launch another frontal assault. All the troops were mobilized near the breakthrough. The number of troops on the front was insufficient, and there was more than enough defense and not enough offense.

 After issuing the order, the third prince looked at the map again. As long as he could hold Luo Town, he could at least buy enough time for his flank.

 At that time, whether it is reinforcements from the direction of the royal city or reinforcements from the great prince behind, they will be able to arrive on the battlefield and reverse the current unfavorable situation.

The key now is whether he can hold Luo Town, whether he can persist until these reinforcements arrive, and whether he can drag the war back to the rhythm of holding the position.

But what he didn't know was that the real target of Redman, the commander of the Tang Army's offensive, was actually the important southern town of Nanye! While the third prince was still cautiously trying to defend his small flank of Luo Zhen, the Tang army was already planning on flanking the main force of the entire Qi army.

 Because there is a railway connecting all parts of Qi State, there is also a railway that extends to the junction of Tang State and Qi State on the front line! As long as this railway is controlled, the Tang Army's logistical supply environment can be improved.

Moreover, after capturing Nanye, we can also cut off the supply line of the prince's main force, destroy or seize a large amount of strategic materials hoarded by Nanye, and weaken the combat effectiveness of Qi's main force.

In short, Redman's appetite was much greater than the third prince imagined, otherwise he would not have been able to assemble the 1st and 2nd Armored Divisions in the direction of Nanye.

With hundreds of tanks and the support of at least one mechanized infantry regiment, capturing Nanye does not seem to be difficult.

As long as the Tang Army completes supplies and continues to move its tank troops, Nanye, an almost undefended strategic location, can be conquered in one fell swoop.

 (End of this chapter)