Chapter 479: Successive successes

Command post.

The commander had just woken up, yawned, and stretched.

As a result, he was told that the troops had won a great victory.

The commander was overjoyed.

"Haha, it is said that good fortune never comes in pairs, but this time we have a double blessing!" The commander laughed: "Yesterday afternoon, we just captured the defensive position here, cutting off one arm of the enemy, making it impossible for them to rely on each other. Now there is only this lonely army left."

"Now it's good, the enemy's 338th Division has been annihilated, which means that the enemy will no longer receive reinforcements and supplies." The commander was in a good mood.

Such good news was received early in the morning.

Although the three brigades did not report the combat plan to the command post in advance, the commander would not be angry at all, because these three brigades belong to the armed forces of the Panshan Group, not to any military region, and have great combat autonomy.

Besides, for any commander, what matters is the combat effectiveness of the troops and whether they can win the battle, not whether they are good boys.

The commander was very impressed by the annihilation of the enemy's 338th Division, because he was on the Eastern Front at the time.

"Students haven't learned all their skills yet, but they want to provoke their teachers. This is going to be punished." The chief of staff smiled and said, "According to the current situation, the enemy can't hold this place!"

"The situation is favorable to us now. Li Fuguo and his men fought beautifully. We must seize the opportunity here." The commander said: "Take down the last line of defense, and the south will be all plains, with no danger to defend!"

"How is the heavy artillery installed?" The commander asked.

If you take down two mountains, then the first mountain must be taken down, so as to completely open up the Eastern Front channel, which is of great significance for the transportation of troops and materials.

And taking down this mountain means that this area is completely under control, and even if there are small enemy forces, they can no longer cause any trouble.

"The 1800 and 2000 highlands have been equipped with artillery, which is high enough to give the enemy a hard time." The chief of staff laughed and said, "Now we only need to take the mountains on the east side, and we can fire at the enemy's defense positions from three sides!"

The mountains on the east side are separated from the enemy's defense positions by a lake. The lake is relatively wide and deep, which is a natural barrier for the enemy. As long as a small number of troops are deployed, the entire lake can be blocked. Even if they collect and build more boats, they can't endanger the east side of the defense line.

But they never thought about launching a ground attack from the east side of the lake, but to take the high ground on the other side of the lake, so as to deploy artillery positions, build three-sided artillery positions, and fire at the enemy's defense positions, thereby reducing casualties of the troops.

The enemy spent a lot of time building a defense line on this mountain, and deployed four infantry divisions, intending to build a solid defense line here to lock the passage.

The entire mountain range is full of various bunkers, caves, trenches, and trenches.

If they attacked the mountain right from the start, they would probably be wiped out even if they put in two divisions.

Therefore, the strategy they adopted was to encircle the enemy from three sides and leave one side, forming an encirclement from the east, north and west, leaving only the south.

First bombard the enemy's defensive positions, and then launch an attack!

"How are the preparations for the fuel-air explosive bombs?" asked the commander.

The use of fuel-air explosive bombs several times fully demonstrated the huge lethality of this weapon in this kind of offensive and defensive battle.

In order to capture this mountain in one fell swoop, the troops are also ready to use fuel-air explosive bombs again.

"Panshan Group replied that the inventory has been consumed, and it will take at least a month to produce enough fuel-air explosive bombs." The chief of staff said.

The commander couldn't help but show disappointment.

If there are enough fuel-air explosive bombs, the casualties of the troops can be greatly reduced.

However, if there are not enough fuel-air explosive bombs, an attack must be launched.

Because only by consuming the enemy's bullets and shells, and the enemy's rear is difficult to get supplies, can this advantage be used to finally capture this mountain and control the vast land around it.

You can also directly point your troops to the core of the enemy.

It can be said that no matter what, this mountain must be conquered and controlled here, otherwise, the eastern transportation line of our side will be unsafe, and the western side will also be unsafe.

It was misty and rainy.

The troops were cooking.

After a great victory, the kitchen team was showing off their cooking skills to give their comrades a hearty lunch.

In addition to some pork shipped from the rear, some was bought from the locals. In addition to buying fish from the locals, they also went down to the river to catch fish with nets.

With meat, there are naturally vegetables.

Some of these vegetables were shipped from the rear, some were bought from the locals, and some were wild vegetables picked by the militia.

The air was filled with the aroma of meat and vegetables.

As for the prisoners, they naturally ate much worse and could only eat dry food.

Li Fuguo and Zhao Guoping were listening to the statistics.

In this battle, the two brigades suffered very few casualties and achieved an amazing record.

More importantly, the enemy's casualties.

The entire enemy 338th Division was annihilated.

There were more than 6,000 prisoners alone.

Many tanks, armored vehicles and cars were destroyed.

But the spoils were still amazing.

In particular, the seized supplies were enough for the two combined brigades for a period of time and could also support the prisoners.

"After the 338th Division was wiped out, there were only 3 enemy reinforcements left. Even if it was a head-on confrontation, we would have the upper hand!" Zhao Guoping ate peanuts with a gleaming look in his eyes.

Although the current weather is not conducive to the combat of main battle tanks and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, it is not a hindrance to light tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.

"I have contacted the factory director, and the factory director has agreed to send a batch of amphibious tanks!" Li Fuguo said, "The terrain here is still suitable for the Type 81 amphibious tanks!"

This time, the light synthetic brigade went south and was also equipped with amphibious tanks, but the number was very small.

Amphibious tanks can not only travel and fight on land, but also on water. They are mainly used for crossing rivers, swamps and offshore landing operations.

There are many rivers, lakes, swamps and rice fields here, especially the further down you go, the more such terrain there is.

He has not let the troops go south to attack the enemy's second line of defense because the heavy synthetic brigade is constrained by the terrain, and the more you go down, the greater the constraint.

The same is true for arranging the light synthetic brigade to snipe the enemy in the south. The light synthetic brigade is suitable for this terrain.

However, the Type 81 light tank is not as useful as the Type 81 amphibious tank here.

The Type 81 amphibious tank can even move forward in the river and launch an attack on the enemy, playing the role of unexpected attack.

"The enemy is now in our encirclement and has become a turtle in a jar. After eliminating the last enemy entrenched here, we can build here well in the future. Living supplies can be purchased and replenished here instead of being transported from Yun Province, and the combat pressure will be much less." Zhao Guoping looked at the area that had been marked in red. In the entire area, only the 3,800 square kilometers in the middle were still blue.

As long as the last mountain is captured, then these 3,800 square kilometers will be dyed red, and more importantly, there will be an additional safe transportation channel.