Chapter 1383: 1384 You can only rely on yourself
Chapter 1383 1384 You can only rely on yourself
"Okay! Let's do it!" Zhang Xuan looked at Sun Guang gratefully. This was the biggest "support" he had received today.
As long as Sun Guang can launch a counterattack in the direction of Qingluan Port, everything will be fine! This is Zhang Xuan's idea and his greatest hope. He was really touched and happy that Sun Guang could put the overall situation first at such a time.
In his opinion, Qin should have generals like Liu Zhian and Sun Guang. Only such generals are worthy of victory!
In order to attract the attention of the Tang army, Sun Guang decided to send a luxurious lineup: including the 1st Division of the Dorne Expeditionary Force, the two main infantry divisions of the Qin State in the direction of Qingluan, and Sun Guangdong's patchwork organization. 2 tank regiments.
Among them, the 1st Division of the Dorne Expeditionary Force is the Dorne support force that has arrived in Qingluan in the past few months. This force has about 20,000 people, and there is also a regiment of tanks. They are all veterans, and their overall combat effectiveness is quite high. of strength.
Sun Guang had previously prepared this unit to play an important role in the battle to defend Qingluan Port. Now in order to support Zhang Xuan, he took out this trump card.
The combat effectiveness of the other two infantry divisions of the Qin Army has been maintained intact. They are medium-level infantry in the Qin Army's sequence. Compared with the other second- and third-line troops filling holes, they are relatively capable of fighting.
Coupled with an "armored cluster" that Sun Guang painstakingly put together, this offensive force included almost 500 tanks and armored vehicles of various types and nearly 40,000 infantry. It can be said that the army was strong.
Seeing that Sun Guang had taken out all his coffins, Zhang Xuan was naturally not stingy: this was a battle originally fought for him, and he would naturally fight to the death.
Originally, Zhang Xuan's troops had suffered heavy losses in heavy equipment just a few days after escaping from Chu, but he still managed to mobilize all the main forces he could find.
They include the five most capable units in the Zhang Xuan cluster: the 5th Armored Division, the 15th Armored Division, the 4th Infantry Division, the 20th Infantry Division, and the 86th Division.
These troops are the main force in Zhang Xuan's main force, and they are also experienced in combat. Many of the troops followed Zhang Xuan to pacify Shu's hometown.
Although he suffered heavy losses during the retreat, and the combat effectiveness of the new recruits was not very good, the five divisions were still the most capable troops in Zhang Xuan's hands.
Although there are two armored divisions, there are now less than 300 tanks left in these two armored divisions. What makes Zhang Xuan a little more comfortable is that these remaining tanks are generally models with relatively advanced performance, not Sun Guang Those random rags in his hands.
The other three infantry divisions have very strong combat effectiveness. They have all fought head-on with the Tang Army. They have recently received military pay and replenished ammunition, and their morale has been restored to a certain extent.
In short, it seems that the Qin army's counterattack plan this time only has about 100,000 troops participating in the battle in both directions, but it is indeed the most elite 100,000 combat force in the hands of Sun Guang and Zhang Xuan.
And their attack targets are all the 7th Army of the Tang Army that has just landed, so the pressure naturally comes to Eric's side.
On the day the Qin army began its movement, Eric, who was in frontline command, received a "warning" from the intelligence department.
The Air Force reconnaissance plane discovered that the Qin defenders in the direction of Qingluan Port, which had been in a defensive posture, began to make abnormal movements. There were even some tanks and armored vehicles on the ground that had not often appeared in the past. Subsequently, the Qin Army started some frequent communications after using a new set of codes. These were encrypted communications between small groups of troops. Although the Tang Army monitored them, they had no way of knowing the other party's intentions.
Eric analyzed the situation of the Qin Army's previous retreat and believed that the Qin Army's previous retreats had always been to lure the enemy deeper, and this time they were preparing to launch a counterattack against the Tang Army.
Based on the details of the Qin Army's activities, Eric analyzed that the total number of Qin Army mobilizations did not exceed 100,000, which was completely within the tolerance of his frontline troops.
Therefore, the headquarters of the 7th Army of the Tang Dynasty only issued one order that day, ordering the Tang Army attacking in the direction of Qingluan Port to pay attention to defending against enemy counterattacks.
Immediately afterwards, Eric heard about the threat from his own troops' northern defense line: Zhang Xuan's troops, who had just fled back to Shu and had not yet fully replenished and reorganized, began to move southward with some heavy-armed troops.
The numbers learned by the Tang Army's reconnaissance force include the 5th Armored Division, which is the most capable in Zhang Xuan's hands, and the Qin Army's relatively powerful 15th Armored Division... This is very telling.
Eric, the commander-in-chief of the 7th Group Army, knew that he was in trouble: the Qin army seemed to regard him as a soft persimmon who could be easily manipulated.
"It's so **** annoying. You didn't attack the 6th Army, you didn't attack the 8th Army, but you came to attack me?" Eric stared at the map, looking at the long snake formation along the coast of his side. , it seems that his side is really in the worst shape.
If it were him, he would also choose to hit himself. As long as the counterattack is successful and his 7th Army is cut off from the middle, it will at least be a great victory of "encircling and annihilating 50,000 Tang troops".
Perhaps if such a situation does occur, there is a high probability that the war situation in Shu can be reversed, and more or less a month or even two months of adjustment time can be bought for oneself.
But Eric immediately sneered: Encircling and annihilating 50,000 Tang troops? Did you drink too much? Have you ever calculated how many Qin troops could be defeated by 50,000 Tang troops? My appetite is not small. The question is, can you eat it?
If 50,000 Tang troops were really besieged, these 50,000 people could even fight alone to reach Qingluan Port! To be more conservative, these 50,000 people are backed by the coastline and protected by the Tang Empire's naval fleet. Can't they retreat from the sea at any time?
"Come on! Let them get to know us. It will also open the eyes of those who say every day that the Tang Empire only has three armies as the main force!" Eric pressed his hand on the map and ordered: " Order the security forces in the north to build defensive positions...not to take a step back!"
"Yes! General! Never take a step back!" The officer who heard the order repeated his order and turned around to leave.
Following his order, the attacking troops in the northern part of the 7th Army of the Tang Empire immediately moved to defense. They built defensive positions, carefully arranged their defense lines, and waited for the coming military exploits.
But soon an unexpected news came to Eric: the Tang Imperial Navy was ordered to leave the Shu coastline, and after replenishing supplies, headed to Dorne to launch the second phase of the counterattack plan. Destroy Neverwinter and put pressure on the Dornish Empire.
Now, the 7th Army has lost more than half of its air cover... They have to rely on themselves.
(End of this chapter)