PFC Chapter 268: Establishment of Two War Zones
Chapter 268: Establishment of Two War Zones
The only ones worth paying attention to are Zhang Futing, Ma Yunshan and Lu Rongqing. Fang Ji'an's troops have never fought against them, so naturally they are not clear about the combat effectiveness of their troops.
However, Fang Jian was not worried. As long as the plan was proper, the Nanshan Army still had the advantage.
Looking at everyone, Fang Jian said: "Our main targets are the Southern Army, the Northern Army, Zhang Futing, Ma Yunshan, and Lu Rongqing, five forces."
"As for the others, we can eliminate them if we can. If there is no chance, it's okay to let them go for now."
These five families together have a total of 1.1 million troops. Fang Jian cannot afford to be overconfident and needs to plan carefully.
So Fang Jian looked at Tao Yunong and said seriously: "Yunong, the key to the victory of this battle lies in the accurate intelligence provided by the Intelligence Department. After years of planning, the results are here today."
"Don't worry, Commander. We have the intelligence of all forces under our control. Our Intelligence Department will closely monitor the movements of all forces and will not delay the army's operations." Tao Yunong stood up and said seriously.
After Tao Yunong expressed his opinion, Fang Jian nodded with satisfaction, and then discussed some details before letting each department go back to deploy their troops.
There are not many troops entering Changhuan now, and most of the troops are stationed from Xinyuan to Fenglin.
Deploying more than 400,000 troops in Changhuan would naturally appear crowded. However, in order to facilitate troop movements, all the troops had to be stationed in Changhuan.
Fortunately, it won’t take long and the troops will be transferred away after the war is over.
Fang Guoxuan's first war zone was stationed on the northern line of Changhuan, mainly facing the Northern Army, Zhang Futing, and Ma Yunshan. Cai Tingwu's second war zone was deployed on the southern line, mainly dealing with the Southern Army and Lu Rongqing.
As time passed, just as Fang Jian had expected, the Northern Army transported its troops to Jiangbei Province by train, and then marched on foot from Jiangbei to Sanjiang.
When the Northern Army entered Sanjiang, the northern warlords were still very far away from Sanjiang Province, and even Feng Zhangshan's troops were marching very slowly.
The same was true in the south. The Southern Army's Chang Yunxian and Xu Weigong were both stationed in Jiyang Province and were not in a hurry to rush to Sanjiang.
As expected by Fang Jian, the morale of the coalition forces was low, and as the New Year was approaching, no one had much fighting spirit.
Intelligence was constantly summarized and passed to Francis Xavier, which made him feel relieved and gave him more confidence in defeating the coalition forces.
Time passed day by day, and soon it was January 1th.
That morning, Tao Yunong entered Fang Jian'an's office and reported: "Commander, Zhang Futing's troops have entered Jiangbei, and Ma Yunshan's troops have also entered the border between Bingshan and Sanjiang."
"Good." Upon hearing the news, Fang Jian's expression immediately relaxed and a smile appeared on his face.
In order to wait for Zhang Futing and Ma Yunshan's troops, Fang Jian had been holding back from attacking the Northern and Southern armies, and now was the right time to send troops.
After the Northern Army is destroyed, even if the two armies want to escape, they will not be able to catch up with the Nanshan Army. The Nanshan Army will have plenty of time to rest and then catch up and destroy the two armies.
Not to mention that the Nanshan Army has trucks to transport troops, even the Nanshan Army's ability to march on foot is not comparable to that of the southern armies of various forces.
Then Fang Jian asked again: "Where is Lu Rongqing?"
"Lu Rongqing gathered his troops in Guannan Province and did not enter Jiyang." Speaking of Lu Rongqing, Tao Yunong said helplessly.
Fang Jian said indifferently: "It's okay. Once the Southern Army is destroyed, Lu Rongqing won't be a concern."
"Let the 1st Armored Division join the 1st Theater, and the 2nd Armored Division be assigned to the 2nd Theater. At the same time, let the two theaters take action and act according to the plan."
"Yes." Tao Yunong responded and went to convey the order.
Since the existence of the armored forces has been exposed, Fang Jian does not mind letting the public know how powerful the armor is. After all, he still has the trump card of the Air Force.
Moreover, the two war zones each have less than 220,000 troops, and the troops to be dealt with are no less than the two war zones, especially Zhang Futing, who has to fight in the First War Zone, has 300,000 troops under his command.
Naturally, it is necessary to dispatch tanks with strong attack capabilities to reduce casualties among the army.
For this battle, Fang Jian also made adjustments to the artillery regiments of each division. The previously equipped 75-caliber mountain guns and field guns were all cancelled, and the lowest caliber was 105-caliber howitzers and field guns.
调整后，各师炮团装备30门105口径加农炮，30门105口径榴弹炮。20门155口径榴弹炮，20门155口径加农炮，10门203口径榴弹炮，10门203口径加农炮。
In addition to increasing the firepower of the artillery regiment, the mortars equipped by each infantry regiment have also been adjusted.
After the adjustment, each infantry regiment was equipped with 82 60mm mortars and 120 20mm mortars.
Greatly increase the number and power of artillery in each division.
After this adjustment, the logistical pressure on the divisions of the Nanshan Army also increased. As a last resort, Fang Jian allocated 200 trucks to each division to transport cannons, ammunition, shells, daily necessities, etc.
For this battle, Fang Jian recruited many civilians in Nanshan to help transport supplies and deliver ammunition to the front line, thus alleviating the logistical pressure.
After this arrangement, the Nanshan Army had a limited number of trucks and was unable to transport troops, so they could only rely on marching on foot.
There was no other way. Each division was assigned 200 trucks, so divisions would have trucks. A lot of trucks would have to be left behind to transport supplies to the front line, replenish ammunition, deliver food, etc.
Although Nanshan has manufactured a lot of trucks over the years, the number is less than 8,000, and there are really no extra trucks to transport troops.
Moreover, to transport 400,000 soldiers, just to transport 200,000 of them, even if packed full, would require 6,000 trucks.
As Fang Jian's order was issued, the Nanshan Army immediately took action. The infantry of the First War Zone quickly moved towards Imjin City in Sanjiang Province, and the logistics convoy followed.
After all, it only takes one day for a convoy to reach Imjin, but if they march on foot, even the Nanshan Army will need nearly two days.
In order to save time, the infantry naturally needs to go first.
Under the command of Fang Guoxuan, the First War Zone divided into five routes and quickly moved towards Imjin City. This was to facilitate rapid marching and let the Northern Army discover it later, and to facilitate the encirclement of Imjin City.
While the troops of the First War Zone were marching in an orderly manner, the Second War Zone was also marching towards Jiyang Province under the command of Cai Yanwu.
The Second War Zone was also very cautious. Exposing it one day later would be more beneficial to achieving the strategic intention.
In Imjin City, the Northern Army was still unaware that danger was approaching.
Most of the 180,000 Northern troops were stationed outside the city. Because they were in their own territory, not only did each unit behave very lazily and patrols and deployments were very perfunctory, but even the defensive fortifications at the garrison were not set up.
At this time, inside the city, a dispute broke out between the Northern Army and officers from the Dwarf Locust Kingdom.
The Northern Army included high-ranking officials such as Wu Peisheng, Yang Fu, and Duan Chengrui, while the Small Locust Kingdom included Kato Eiji, Yoshida Taro, and Ito Hideichi.
Although Wu Peisheng suffered two defeats, Yuan Yueting did not punish him in order to maintain internal balance. Instead, he appointed him as the deputy commander of the Northern Army and served as the commander-in-chief in his capacity as deputy commander.
Yang Fuze was the Chief of the General Staff, and Duan Chengrui played the role of a military officer.