Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

Just when everyone was worried about the defensive position set up by Fuso, the commander of the Viking Division, Zhu Tanyin, who had been silent and had not expressed his opinion, slowly said: "The enemy's defensive position is there. As long as our attacking troops enter their fire attack range, they will inevitably suffer a devastating blow. If we choose to attack by force, even if we suffer great casualties, it may not be able to achieve significant results. I think we should use our strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses and use the modern equipment in the hands of our Northwest Revolutionary Army to strike at the enemy outside the range."

The generals present looked at each other in bewilderment. According to the specific information sent back by the observer, there were quite a few 150MM heavy howitzers on the Fuso side. Theoretically, the range of 150MM heavy artillery could reach about 8 kilometers, but in actual warfare, the range for precise and effective strikes was only about three kilometers. You also had to capture the enemy's exact coordinates to cause large-scale casualties.

As far as the quantity and quality of artillery are concerned, except for the Northwestern Revolutionary Army, the artillery equipped by the six towns in the northern border is far inferior to that of the main force of the Fuso Kwantung Army. If you want to use artillery for long-range strikes, you will undoubtedly fall into the opponent's range. Isn't this asking for trouble?

A gleam of brilliance flashed in Su Zhengyang's eyes, and he roughly understood what Zhu Tanyin meant. You know, the Viking Division has a rocket artillery battalion with 6 Nebelwerfer rocket launchers, but compared to Katyusha, the maximum range of Nebelwerfer is only kilometers, while the effective range of Katyusha is about kilometers.

During the preparation period for the Northern Expedition by the Northern Expedition Corps, Su Zhengyang had mobilized 120 rocket artillery soldiers and 132 Katyusha rocket launchers from Linzhou, and also transported MM shells for Katyusha rocket launchers.

Now, the best way to break the deadlock is to use Katyusha's long-range strikes to carry out indiscriminate fire coverage on enemy positions. In fact, this is how rocket launchers work. Although its accuracy is not as good as that of howitzers, it is superior in terms of coverage area, rate of fire, and power.

When you are poor, you can use precise strikes; when you are rich, you can use firepower to cover the enemy. This is not a joke.

After thinking for a while, Su Zhengyang made a decision: "Let's do as Master Zhu said. Tonight, we will treat Fusang to a hot pot feast!"

The senior generals of the six towns in the northern border present, including Yang Chengjun, were still a little confused by what Su Zhengyang said. After all, they had never seen Katyusha, an advanced rocket launcher that was almost twenty years ahead. Now, except for the Western powers and first-tier military powers, there is no accurate concept of rocket launchers in China, and even in the whole of Asia.

In the southern part of Yuancheng City, at the headquarters of the frontier defense position, the commander of the Fujitsu Division, Fujiwara Sanshao, who was in charge of commanding this battle, was sitting in the conference room. The commanders of several other divisions were all present, listening attentively to the detailed movements of the army on the west side of the Northern Expedition Corps from the scouts.

"Commander Fujiwara, there is no unusual movement on the Western Route of the Northern Expedition Army. It seems that they are helpless in the face of the great defense line we have built."

Young Master Fujiwara nodded and laughed loudly, "I heard that the Western Army is commanded by Su Zhengyang himself this time. It seems that this legendary Northern Frontier Councillor is just a paper tiger. Facing the perfect defense line that we spent three months to build, even if the gods come down to earth, they can't come up with any way to break through the blockade."

"Mr. Fujiwara is right. These damned Chinese pigs actually want to take back the fertile land of Northeast China from us. It is simply wishful thinking."

"With their cowardly character and backward military level, how can they be qualified to occupy such a vast territory? If the entire land of China falls under the control of our Fusang, under the leadership of the great emperor, within ten years, we will be able to compete with the world's top military powers such as the Bird Empire and the United States."

"There is an old Chinese saying, 'War is all about courage. The first push is great, the second is weak, and the third is exhaustion! The Northern Frontier government has wasted money and manpower, and has to be on guard against the huge pressure from the Southern Government at any time. As long as we can keep the so-called Northern Expedition Corps here for two months and make Su Zhengyang achieve nothing, they will collapse on their own. Then we Fuso can take advantage of the situation to launch another invasion of China, and take the land we have always dreamed of."

"In my opinion, in this helpless situation, they can only take Yuan County as the last breakthrough point and take a risk. However, they don't know that to the north of Yuan County, we have already laid a dragnet, just waiting for them to surrender."

A group of Fuso commanders smiled at each other with a relaxed look. In their opinion, they were already invincible. No matter what strategy Su Zhengyang adopted, it would end in a heavy price.

As night fell, on the plain at the foot of the south side of Songbai Mountain, only 6.5 kilometers away from Fuso's front-line No. 625 trench position, 3 Katyusha self-propelled rocket launchers had deployed in a row. The main peak of Songbai Mountain is meters high and stretches for about kilometers. Beyond Songbai Mountain and less than four kilometers to the north is Fuso's defense position. Although it was already night, Fuso still did not relax its vigilance. A large number of soldiers lay on the edge of the trench position, ready to respond to the offensive launched by the Northern Expedition Corps at any time.

Under the skilled manipulation of more than a thousand rocket artillerymen, a large number of BM13 rockets were loaded into the slide rails on the roof. After the order from the commander of the Viking Division's rocket battalion, the rockets were officially ignited and launched. Flames instantly lit up at the tail ends of the several-meter-long rockets. Under the action of the rocket launcher, a total of 1920 rockets flew into the sky at a 45-degree angle, like meteorites, whizzing towards the No. 4 and No. 5 positions on the Fuso side.

This scene made the generals of the Northern Expedition Corps present all excited. More than a thousand rockets were launched into the air at the same time and flew over Songbai Mountain. The scene was unimaginably spectacular. The reason why the rocket launcher position was set up on the southern slope of Songbai Mountain was to use the mountain to cover the huge flames when the rockets were launched, thereby concealing the specific location of the rocket launcher position. Theoretically, the flight altitude of the Katyusha rocket launcher can reach 9 kilometers, and flying over Songbai Mountain is as easy as eating and drinking.

At this time, in the trench of the No. 4 position of the Fuso Kwantung Army, a Fuso soldier wearing a helmet yawned, and suddenly a sharp whistling sounded in his ears. He subconsciously raised his head and looked at the sky, only to see countless long and huge objects in the night sky whistling towards their position like meteors.

"Nani? Is this a shooting star?"

"Matsui, you idiot, how could there be so many meteors at the same time? They look like enemy artillery shells! Take cover!"