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

The combat forces targeting the Jinyuan Army this time are mainly composed of the 8th Mountain Infantry Division of the 1st Corps, the 10th Mechanized Infantry Division, the 1st Army Aviation Brigade, and the 1st Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade.

The Air Force will not only send fighter jets to support front-line operations, but will also dispatch the newly formed 1st Airborne Division to assist the Army Aviation Brigade in combat.

In the previous Battle of Yanbei, the 1st Airborne Brigade, as a pilot unit, proved their worth with their strength.

Therefore, it is natural to expand from a brigade-level unit to a division-level unit.

The newly established 1st Airborne Division of the Air Force is composed of one gliding airborne infantry regiment, two parachute regiments, an artillery regiment and an airborne tank battalion.

There are also airborne engineering battalions, airborne logistics support battalions, airborne anti-tank companies, airborne communications companies, etc. as auxiliary units.

There are many people in the whole division.

其中炮兵团下辖三个炮兵营，每个营下辖两个炮连共计12门M1A1型75毫米轻型榴弹炮以及16辆威利斯吉普车。

The three artillery battalions were equipped with a total of 36 artillery pieces.

Although it was only 75mm in caliber, it was lightweight and could be stuffed into a glider along with a Willys Jeep for airborne delivery.

For the airborne troops, these 36 75mm howitzers are valuable supporting firepower.

The Army Aviation Brigade was created by Jiang Hua.

The Army Aviation Brigade is composed of an armed reconnaissance helicopter battalion and two transport helicopter battalions.

The armed reconnaissance helicopter battalion has three helicopter companies under its jurisdiction, each squadron is equipped with 8 helicopters, totaling 24 double-blade light reconnaissance helicopters.

The two transport helicopter battalions are equipped with a total of 60 Nighthawk transport helicopters.

The total number of helicopters in the brigade reaches 84, which is a considerable number.

In this battle, the Army Aviation Force was the core of implementing the leapfrog tactics.

In the early morning of March 3, the Fusion Army sounded the clarion call for attack.

Their first target was Pingcheng, an important town in the northernmost part of Jinyuan Province, also known as Yunzhong City and Yunzhou City.

This city is also the second largest city after the provincial capital Jinyang City.

It is also the intersection of Pingsui Railway and Tongpu Line.

In the future, the railway extending from Chishan County will be connected to Pingcheng.

So from here we can see the importance of Pingcheng.

However, Fu Changqing decisively gave up this important town and only deployed a small number of troops as a warning.

There are two reasons for giving up.

First, there are too few troops.

Although he has been frantically expanding his military forces during this period, the number has even reached 100,000.

But he only had one elite force, the 72nd Division.

Although the other troops are basically equipped with weapons, they are all new recruits and there is no need to expect them to be of much use.

The second is that although Pingcheng has high walls, its city defense is second only to Jinyang City.

However, there were no strategic locations to defend around Pingcheng, and it was facing attacks from the Fuxing Army in Yanbei and Guiyuan provinces.

When the vanguard of the 10th Mechanized Division arrived at Pingcheng, they found that the city gate was wide open.

This was certainly not some empty city tactic, but the defenders of Pingcheng opened the city and surrendered in a very sensible manner.

Zhuang Hua, commander of the First Corps who was in charge of commanding the operations, was not surprised by this situation.

Because the intelligence department has already figured out the situation in Pingcheng.

It was precisely because of this that the vanguard of the 10th Mechanized Infantry Division dared to march directly towards Pingcheng.

The fall of Pingcheng also sounded a wake-up call to the Jinyuan army.

At this moment, Fu Changqing, the governor of Jinyuan Province, was meeting with a Japanese.

"The Governor should be familiar with me. I am Ryosuke Hashimoto, the president of the Fuso Chamber of Commerce in Jinyuan Province."

Fu Changqing was filled with vigilance when he looked at the humble Japanese man in front of him.

When dealing with the Japanese, he has always adopted the strategy of not offending and not cooperating.

Because he knew very well that cooperating with the Japanese was like trying to get the skin of a tiger.

But he seems to have no other choice now.

Yuan Shicheng is unreliable, and at this time only the Fuso people can save him.

Now Fu Changqing is like a drowning person, grabbing any life-saving straw he can grab, which may save his life.

Otherwise he would have no choice but to run away.

"President Hashimoto, I wonder what you want to talk to me about?"

Hashimoto Ryosuke smiled and asked, "Your Excellency the Governor-General should also know that the Restoration Army is sharpening its sword to attack you. The feud between you and Jiang Hua can only end if one of you dies."

"What on earth do you want to say? If you fart, hurry up!"

Upon hearing this, Fu Changqing's face darkened and he said something in a very impatient tone.

Ryosuke Hashimoto twitched the corners of his mouth, suppressed the anger in his heart, still with a fake smile on his face, and stated the purpose of this trip straight to the point.

"Now we are the only ones in the entire ancient country who can help His Excellency the Governor. We are willing to send troops to help the Jinyuan Army fight against the Fuxing Army."

Fu Changqing was delighted when he heard this, and then hesitantly asked, "What do you want?"

The Japanese are greedy by nature and will never do business at a loss.

"The operating rights of the Tongpu Line Railway and the mining rights of a coal mine.

Our army is willing to dispatch a division to assist the Jinyuan Army in defending Jinyuan Province."

The strength of a division!!!

He still had some understanding of the organization of the Fuso people.

If the enemy sends out a cavalry division, then the number of troops will be at least 25,000.

The 20,000 people of Fuso are completely different from the 20,000 people of their Jinyuan Army.

If the Fuso people sent troops to help him, then relying on the two major passes of Ningwu and Yanmen, it should not be a problem to defend Jinyuan Province.

But the Japanese are too ambitious.

"President Hashimoto, you are taking advantage of the situation, and I will never agree to that.

You can mine the coal mines, but you can never mine the Tongpu Line."

The Tongpu Line is his money printing machine.

If there was no Tongpu Line, he would not be able to raise enough military funds for the Jinyuan Army.

"In that case, we'll take a small loss and just ask for the coal mining rights in Jinyuan Province."

The purpose of their trip was coal mining rights.

It would be best if we could get the operating rights of the Tongpu Line, but it doesn’t matter if we can’t.

It is easy to ask God but difficult to send Him away.

Once their divisions enter Jinyuan, the Tongpu Line will sooner or later be theirs.

"Governor, Governor...something bad is happening."

At this time, a figure staggered into the reception room.

He is a senior combat staff officer of the Jinyuan Army.

Seeing him so embarrassed and making a fool of himself in front of the Japanese, Fu Changqing coldly scolded him: "Why are you panicking? The sky hasn't fallen yet. Just tell me what's going on."

The senior combat staff officer didn't care that there were Japanese soldiers present. He said in a panic, "The Fusion Army, the Fusion Army has sent troops. They have already occupied Pingcheng."

"what?"

Fu Changqing and Hashimoto Ryosuke were both shocked by the news and stood up suddenly.

They didn't expect that the Renaissance Army would take action against them so quickly.

Although Fu Changqing knew that this day would come sooner or later, it came too quickly.

"Here he is after all!"

Fu Changqing sighed and sat back down.

Hashimoto Ryosuke said solemnly, "Your Excellency, Governor-General, I will contact the capital immediately. As long as you hold out for three days... no, two days, our first troop will arrive in Jinyang by train."

Ryosuke Hashimoto's public identity is the president of the Jinyuan Fuso Chamber of Commerce, but he also has a hidden identity, which is the head of the Jinyuan Intelligence Station.

That's why he dared to give such an answer.

The first unit he mentioned was the army infantry battalion stationed in the Fuso Concession in Tianjin.

It won’t be long before their troops will land in Tianjin from the Korean Peninsula.

Once the Saibei Army succeeds, it will be time for them to take revenge on the Fuxing Army.

After capturing Pingcheng, the 10th Mechanized Infantry Division headed south along the railway line.

Apart from the fact that the railway line was severely damaged and could not be used for a short period of time, they did not encounter any blocking troops from the Jinyuan Army.

It is obvious that all their troops have been withdrawn to the Ningwu Pass and Yanmen Pass line.

This is their core line of defense to block the Renaissance Army.

The mission of the 72th Mechanized Infantry Division was to launch a feint attack on Ningwu Pass and put sufficient pressure on the nd Division in the front.

The 8th Mountain Infantry Division launched a feint attack on Yanmen Pass, which had inconvenient transportation.

When everyone's attention is focused on Ningwu Pass and Yanmen Pass, it is time for the Army Aviation Unit and the Airborne Unit to be dispatched.

I'm afraid no one would have thought that the Renaissance Army would actually use such tactics.

"The Renaissance Army is coming!"

When this news spread in Ningwu Pass and Yanmen Pass, it caused a great sensation.

The name of the Renaissance Army can be described as well-known.

It was precisely because they knew what the Renaissance Army had done that they felt like a mountain was pressing down on them.

"I'm afraid our Jinyuan Army is doomed. Why don't we just surrender to the Fuxing Army right on the battlefield?"

A battalion-level officer from the 72nd Division gathered a few of his confidants and asked tentatively.

"It doesn't matter who I work for. I heard that the Fuxing Army's salary is better than that of the Northern Frontier Army, and it's all paid in cash.

If it's all about money, then there's no need to fight to the bitter end on this broken ship of the Jinyuan Army."

Before the Fuxing Army attacked, the morale of the Jinyuan Army was already unsettled.

As the saying goes, people are the shadow of famous trees.

I'm afraid Zhuang Hua didn't think of this either.

If he had tried to persuade the officers and soldiers of the 72nd Division to surrender and use psychological warfare, he might have been able to capture Ningwu Pass easily.

The 10th Mechanized Infantry Division and the 8th Mountain Infantry Division arrived at the Ningwu Pass and Yanmen Pass fronts on the same day.

However, Yuan Shicheng was indifferent to the Fuxing Army's expedition to Jinyuan.

If it were before, he would have sent troops to help the Jinyuan army defend Jinyuan no matter what.

If Jinyuan were lost, the entire northern border would be attacked from three sides.

However, the battle in Qidong Province severely damaged the Northern Frontier Army.

Holding on to Zhili Province is the basic foundation. As for Jinyuan Province, he can do whatever he wants. He is powerless.

Early morning of March 3th.

A temporary helicopter base was built overnight in Mayi County, about 40 kilometers north of Ningwu Pass.

In fact, it was just a slight leveling and reinforcement of the ground, and the removal of weeds, gravel and the like.

So this place also serves as a temporary helicopter landing point.

The straight-line distance between Mayi County and Xiurong County is only about 100 kilometers, which is completely within the combat radius of the two types of helicopters.