Warlord: Red Alert Base, I challenge the whole world alone

"Commander, we've spotted Fusion Army tanks ahead. We can't escape."

A guard covered in blood said palely as he looked at the Panther medium tank in front of him with its muzzle pointed at them.

But his eyes were also full of determination.

If Qiao Qingyuan gave the order, he would die without hesitation.

Seeing the row of tanks waiting for him, and then glancing at the dozens of guards surrounding them, Qiao Qingyuan gave a wry smile and said dejectedly, "Forget it, surrender. It doesn't matter if I, Qiao, die. You all have families, wives and children waiting for you. I can't drag you down with me to die."

In Beiwei City, Luo Qing, commander of the 5th Motorized Infantry Division at the headquarters of the Qidong 1st Column, also received a telegram from the front line.

The column headquarters is a temporary command at the army level and is usually established before the war.

This command will be cancelled when the campaign is over.

This is also for more flexible and convenient command.

When he saw the contents of the telegram, a smile appeared on his face. He then held up the telegram and said, "Qiao Qingyuan, the commander of the 22nd Division of the Anwu Army, has become our prisoner. Next, we should go and capture Tong Yong."

After hearing Luo Qing's words, smiles appeared on everyone's faces in the command center.

Zibo does not have tall city walls nor dangerous terrain.

The 22nd Division of the Anwu Army had either died or surrendered, the 23rd Division had been defeated, and Tong Yong only had the 21st Division left. How could he stop them?

Although the 5th Motorized Infantry Division is also a division, don't forget that there are also independent units of the corps.

Now the strength of the 5th Motorized Infantry Division alone is equivalent to that of an army in the northern border.

Coupled with the gap in weapons and equipment and soldiers' combat skills between the two sides, this further widened the gap.

In order to stop the 5th Motorized Infantry Division, they would have to deploy more than two or three armies.

But now they no longer have that opportunity.

"Retreat to Zhangqiu. Relying on the defense line built by Hebanshan and Zhu Jiayu, we will definitely be able to stop the Fuxing Army.

Immediately send a message to Quancheng, requesting reinforcements."

After receiving the battle report from the front line, Tong Yong issued two orders in succession.

Without hesitation, they gave up Zibo and retreated to the second defense line of Zhangqiu.

The Zhangqiu Defense Line is only about 20 kilometers away from Zibo. The Jiaoji Line passes through Heban Mountain and Zhujiayu, and behind it is Zhangqiu County.

Among them, Heban Mountain is located on the plain terrain of Qidong. It is about 20 kilometers long and 6 kilometers wide. The highest point of Heban Mountain is more than 600 meters high.

Zhujiayu is located on the south side of the Jiaoji Line, bordering the northeast of Mount Tai and the plain, with an altitude of more than 400 meters.

As long as we control this place, it is equivalent to controlling the Jiaoji Line.

This is also the first line of defense of Quancheng - the Zhangqiu Line of Defense.

However, the Zibozhou defense line was lost in just over a day, which still caused a great shock to the Qidong General Command in the direction of Quancheng.

Commander-in-Chief Duan Yunfeng was somewhat incredulous when he received the battle report.

"The Anwu Army had over 30,000 soldiers and a defensive advantage, but after fighting for a day and a night, not only did they suffer more than half casualties, but they also lost Zibo Prefecture?

What is Tong Yong doing for a living? He is simply a glutton."

Although Tong Yong was one of Yuan Shicheng's trusted generals, who wasn't?

So Duan Yunfeng did not give Tong Yong any face. In his opinion, this was a complete defeat.

Not only did they destroy the Anwu Army, but they also destroyed two artillery regiments.

There is absolutely no difference between him and a glutton.

He had long known that Tong Yong was loyal but had no other abilities.

But he didn't expect that his ability had deteriorated to this extent.

It was obvious that he didn't know what Tong Yong had encountered on the Zibozhou defense line.

"Chief of Staff, let us take the Anding Army and avenge the Anwu Army."

The person who volunteered was Cao Guofeng, the commander of the Fifth Army of the Northern Frontier Army, also known as the Anding Army. He was from Anqing Province and was also a famous general of the Northern Frontier Army.

Duan Yunfeng nodded and said, "You should take the Anding Army and immediately take the train to the Zhangqiu Defense Line. I don't need to elaborate on the importance of the Zhangqiu Defense Line.

If you lose the Zhangqiu defense line, don't come back, understand?"

"Please rest assured, Chief of Staff. As long as our Anding Army is here, Zhangqiu will not be lost."

Cao Guofeng said confidently.

The Zhangqiu Defense Line is not comparable to the Zibo Defense Line.

The high ground of the Zibozhou defense line is composed of three small hills.

The high ground of the Zhangqiu defense line is the real high ground, with the momentum of one man blocking the way for ten thousand men, and this is also the source of Cao Guofeng's confidence.

The western waters of the Canghai Ocean.

The moonlight spread across the calm sea, making the waves sparkle.

"Boom boom boom..."

The roar of engines broke the tranquility of the sea.

I saw a huge fleet sailing on the sea at a speed of 11 knots per hour.

This was a large-scale troop transport fleet of Fuso, with dozens of large and small merchant ships transporting more than 20,000 troops and equipment of an entire division.

Because the sea has been turbulent recently, nearly 100,000 tons of merchant ships have been sunk by the submarines of the Restoration Army.

So in order to escort this fleet, they also dispatched a large escort fleet, including the Fengxiang aircraft carrier that escaped back.

On the sea not far from the fleet, a periscope quietly rose from beneath the surface.

Song Yang, the captain of boat 201, looked at the huge fleet with an inexplicable look, and his heart began to itch again.

But he knew that now was not the time to take action.

The Fuso Navy's escort formation is very large, with more than 12 destroyers alone.

Although the Type 21 submarine is very advanced, a master can still be defeated by a random punch.

As long as their 201 boat opens fire, the Fuso destroyer will be able to quickly lock onto this sea area, and then they will throw depth charges frantically.

If a Type 21 submarine is hit by one of these missiles, it will be either killed or seriously injured.

So Song Yang resisted the urge to take action now.

“The ships they are escorting are all troop transports, and it seems they are heading towards Jiaozhou Bay.

Captain, I suggest reporting this intelligence to the base."

When the deputy captain saw this large escort fleet through the periscope, he gave up the idea of taking action and instead made his own suggestions to Song Yang.

Song Yang thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Okay, let HNA eat the meat and we'll have some soup. We still have 2000 tons to go before we break through tons."

"The 202 is still short of over 201 tons, so the ace submarine must belong to our ."

Submarine 201 then stopped following and began to surface after the Fuso fleet had gone far away. It then reported the situation to the naval base in Donglai City via the submarine's long-wave radio.

After receiving the telegram from boat 201, the naval base quickly woke up Gu Zhengyang who was resting.

"The navy wants to send naval aviation forces to carry out an air strike on this fleet."

Gu Zhengyang shook his head and said, "Let them wait until the transport fleet docks at the island city port and the escort fleet returns, then they can go out.

This time, let us unite our army and navy to strangle them."

Gu Zhengyang's plan was very simple. When the Japanese docked to unload the ship, the army would concentrate heavy firepower to fire at the port, and the air force would send fighter jets to blockade the port and sink the merchant ships in the port.

The navy sent naval fighter jets to pursue the Fuso escort fleet.

Gu Zhengyang had been waiting for this day for a long time, and finally it came.

Otherwise, he would have already ordered the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division to capture the island city.

The Japanese people didn't know that Gu Zhengyang had already set up a tight net for them in the island city, just waiting for them to fall into it.

When daybreak came, the Fuso fleet was less than 50 nautical miles away from Jiaozhou Bay.

But they chose to stop moving forward and waited where they were.

They knew very well that if they marched in so brazenly during the day, their fate would be similar to that of the 20th Division before.

So we can only choose to enter the port at night.

With the cover of night, the Restoration Army's air force was unable to bomb the port.

Obviously they don't know the true level of the Renaissance Army Air Force.

Bombing can still be carried out even at night, but the accuracy will be lower.

The Navy Air Force dispatched several PBY Catalina seaplanes to serve as long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft to search for and monitor the Fuso fleet.

The Catalina was the most widely used seaplane during World War II, excelling in torpedo attacks, nighttime radar raids, and search and rescue missions.

Moreover, its performance is very good, with a range of nearly 4000 kilometers.

The maximum speed of 314 kilometers per hour was beyond the reach of the Japanese Type carrier-based fighters.

However, this time it was not a close reconnaissance, but the use of airborne radar to monitor the fleet's tracks from a distance, and it was not discovered.

This was also the first time in the world that a fighter jet carried radar to monitor ships, and it was also an early model of radar early warning aircraft.

However, this radar early warning aircraft only has the ability to warn, but not the ability to command, which is very different from the early warning aircraft in the modern sense.

The radar model carried by the PBY seaplane is the AN/APS-3 airborne search radar.

This radar was put into production in 43 and its maximum sea surface detection range is 480 kilometers.

Of course, there is still some uncertainty about the maximum detection distance, but a detection distance of one or two hundred kilometers is definitely possible.

It was not until nightfall that the Fuso fleet finally began to move.

They headed directly towards Jiaozhou Bay.

Boat 201 also followed the fleet closely, looking for opportunities to attack.

Tonight they will definitely break the 100,000-ton sinking record and obtain the Ace Submarine Medal, which symbolizes the highest honor.

Located about 3 kilometers outside the island city, the rocket artillery brigade also quietly lurked near the island city.

The entire port is within the range of Katyusha rocket launchers.

The seven K7E railway guns stationed outside the city were also ready to go, with their muzzles pointed towards the island city's port.

The Air Force also assembled nearly four B-17G aviation brigades, which carried out nighttime low-altitude bombing of the island city's port in four waves.

An operation against the Fuso landing force and escort fleet began as the Fuso fleet entered Jiaozhou Bay.

(There will be another chapter in the evening. I am now used to writing 10,000 words a day. I would like to ask for a small reward.)