The consequences of not being able to retreat from the breached line of defense were severe, because the East China Army swept all the way along the trenches, and the fighting in the trenches prevailed, while the Yue army had little ability to resist in the battles in the trenches.

The five infantry divisions of the East China Army quickly followed up and quickly cleared the forces in the second line of defense of the army.

The armored division was still breaking through, and after rushing through the second line of defense, the armored division quickly crushed the third line of defense, and the army in the third line of defense had already realized that there was no way to retreat, and there would be no defense line behind the retreat.

This is the last line of defense, even if it can't be defended, it must be held for a while, because the fourth line of defense is already being built in the rear, so the resistance of the army in the third line of defense is very strong.

However, no matter how strong the resistance is, it will only accelerate its demise, and the flesh and blood of the Yue army will not be able to fight against the chariots of the East China Army.

The machine guns on the chariot continued to harvest the lives of the soldiers, and they swept out a bloody road. The infantry following behind quickly dealt with the suppressed army, and then continued to keep up with the advancing chariots.

While the tanks were charging, the four artillery divisions mobilized by the East China Army were constantly doing barrage cover, and the tactical bombers of the East China Air Force were also constantly bombing the rear troops.

The army in the rear was planning to build a fourth line of defense to block the pace of the East China Army, but it was bombed by bombers and suffered heavy losses.

It's a three-dimensional offense.

Artillery, aircraft, chariots, and infantry made up this offensive frenzy, and the army was only flesh and blood, and this was also a war of asymmetrical forces.

The army is not only backward in terms of weapons and equipment, but also backward in terms of combat methods.

The armored divisions that had rushed through the third line of defense of the Japanese army began to turn around and continue to attack the defense line of the Japanese army, repeatedly interspersing the three lines of defense of the southern front that stretched for nearly 20 kilometers wide.

Each penetration was able to divide a part of the army, and then it was surrounded by five infantry divisions that followed, and then annihilated by the superior strength and superior equipment of the East China Army.

In less than two hours, the East China Army surrounded one-fifth of the southern defensive line and quickly wiped out the Yue army in it.

Xia Jun gave the order for Army B to attack in the general headquarters, and Army B began to walk out of the trenches and assemble after Army A attacked.

At the same time, the 50,000 Sichuan Army and the 50,000 Beiyang Army also joined the battle sequence of Group B, but they were only ranked last, and generally did not encounter any high-intensity combat missions.

As soon as the order was given, Army Group B also began to move to the front.

The three armored divisions of Group A Army were constantly interspersed at this time, and after each intersperse, one or two infantry divisions of the East China Army surrounded and annihilated the divided Japanese army, and then assembled and continued to follow up, continuing to encircle the separated Japanese army...... Army Group B was assembled in a different way than Army Group A, which was a dispersed assembly, with nine infantry divisions scattered in different sections.

But when the panzer division penetrated the position of one of the infantry divisions, they quickly advanced and surrounded the Japanese army in front.

And so on and so forth...... The bombers took turns to touch, the artillery units advanced alternately, the armored divisions repeatedly interspersed, and the infantry divisions surrounded the Japanese troops from the interspersed points of the armored divisions, and finally eliminated them.

These infantry divisions were also equipped with tanks, but not as many as the armored divisions, but each company also had one tank, which could continue to suppress the Japanese army after the armoured division left.

As the soldiers of the East China Army rushed into the trenches one by one to wipe out the Japanese army, one after another the Japanese army fell into encirclement, and the good news continued to fly to the general headquarters.

"Report to the chairman, Army Group A and Army Group B have surrounded half of the army on the southern front." The correspondent reported to Xia Jun excitedly.

Xia Jun and the staff officers in the general headquarters were very excited, Xia Jun clapped his hands and said, "Okay, the armored forces really didn't disappoint us." ”

"Yes! This battle proved that the vehicle is indeed a powerful piece of equipment. Chen Xuanyu said excitedly, and then patted Xia Jun on the back and said: "It's still the chairman of the committee, if it wasn't for the chairman of the committee to propose this weapon, this battle would be as easy as it is now."

Although it is a sycophant, Chen Xuanyu did not shoot it casually, but only filmed it if he had a practical basis, otherwise he would shoot on the horse's legs.

"Huh!" Xia Jun smiled and said, "Order Army A and B, let them end the battle before dusk." ”

"Yes!"

The order was quickly issued, and the armored division continued to intersperse in small sections, and after receiving the order, in order to improve efficiency, the three armored divisions began to move separately.

Facts have proved that the effect of one armored division and three armored divisions interspersed together is about the same, and in terms of the current resistance capability of the Chinese army, in fact, an armored division belongs to the use of knives to kill chickens, but the East China Army is relatively conservative in fighting, not so unrestrained.

It's too unrestrained and!

At this time, half of the defense line of the southern line of the Yue army had been divided into eight sections, and the East China Army surrounded the half of the Yue army into eight small pieces, and invested superior forces to quickly annihilate these Yue troops.

The remaining half of the defense line, the 01 Armored Division led by Yang Lie is responsible for the left end, the 02 Armored Division led by Wu Feng is responsible for the middle end, and the 03 Armored Division led by Liu Guodong (reader cameo role) is responsible for the right end.

The infantry divisions of Army Group B, which had not yet been engaged in battle, were already ready, waiting for the armored ones to divide the defense line of the Japanese army and immediately insert it to encircle the Japanese army.

The 01 Armored Division advanced from the rear of the defense line of the army, which was about seven or eight hundred meters away from the defense line of the army.

The result of the army jumping out of the trench and engaging in a field battle with the East China Army could only be worse, and leaving the trench was equivalent to leaving the cover.

The armored divisions of the East China Army had both artillery and machine guns in their combat vehicles, and the firepower was so fierce that they could no longer be described in ordinary words, and they could even call for artillery support, and the air force's tactical bombers were bombing everywhere, and the troops who left the trenches were simply speeding up their suicide.

The 01 Armored Division unscrupulously passed through the rear of the Yue Army's defense line, and when it reached the left end, it was aimed at the Yue Army's defense line and crushed the past, the opposite Yue Army could not resist, and the three defense lines were quickly broken through, and the infantry division of the B Army in the distance saw the situation and immediately launched an attack, surrounding the Yue Army after the interspersed for encirclement and annihilation.

The 02nd Armored Division and the 03rd Armored Division launched the interspersed earlier, because they were closer, and the artillery on the entire southern front battlefield was shocking and gunfire was continuous.

The entire Army Group B was joined in the fighting, and the command was undoubtedly the busiest place, with the armies communicating with the command via radio stations.

Artillery support, air support, and instructions for next steps...... Cai Yi commanded the Sichuan Army to follow the 013 Infantry Division of Group B Army to join the encirclement of a group of Yue Army, the surrounded Yue Army hid in the trenches, the 013 Infantry Division and the 50,000 Sichuan Army through the armored division opened up the road, the 013 Division used chariots to suppress the Yue Army again, and then jumped into the trenches to fight fiercely with the Yue Army.

Cai Ye also commanded 50,000 Sichuan troops to rush into the trenches, this army was not too big, but the inexperienced Sichuan army still suffered a loss.

Fortunately, the equipment was strong, and the Sichuan army quickly suppressed the Yue army.

These Sichuan soldiers gradually matured in the war, although they lacked sufficient training, but they were accompanied by the officers of the original protection [***], and they would not be messed up.

After a fierce battle for about half an hour, the Sichuan army under the command of Cai Ye annihilated this army with an absolute superiority of troops, but it also suffered nearly 300 casualties, many of whom were sent to field hospitals.

This made Cai Ye feel that he had to change the way of fighting, this army has not been established for a long time, and now he can only practice while fighting, and he can only practice and fight.

If it is in other battlefields, it will definitely not work, but the strength of the East China Army is far beyond Cai Yi's imagination, those steel chariots make the army completely unable to resist, coupled with the superior artillery and the fire cover of the air force, which makes the combat intensity of each army extremely low.

This made Cai Ye react, at this time, the East China Army has obviously become a world powerhouse, and it is no longer comparable to the Chinese [***] team in the old era.

The future China will certainly be the world of East China's autonomous political axe, and it will inevitably be the world of the young chairman, and perhaps after this war, China's rise will become inevitable.

In the future, China will move out of the period of internal strife and enter the stage of external strife. After this battle, it is indeed necessary to move closer to the political axe of East China.

Cai Ye also had his own plans in his heart, and after the war, he planned to organize a political party, and the name was all in mind, called the 'United Republican Party'.

In order to continue to promote the Ming Cook Republic!

After a battle, Cai Ye took the 50,000 Sichuan Army to rest for a while, and took the initiative to join the battle in the next section, the next section was the section in charge of the 016 Infantry Division, because there was only one division, so it was only a reluctant encirclement.

On the battlefield at the left end of the east, Wu Peifu commanded 50,000 Beiyang Army to follow behind the 01st Armored Division and directly joined the encirclement and annihilation of the Yue Army.

The foundation of the Beiyang Army is much better than that of the Sichuan Army, although many of the Beiyang Army are not very disciplined, but at least they are regular troops, and they have some ideas about training. Moreover, under the politics of the joint gendarmerie of the East China Army in recent years, coupled with Wu Peifu's vigorous restraint, the discipline of Cao Kun's Beiyang Army has improved a lot, while Feng Yuxiang is a new soldier who has been sharply changed among the Beiyang officers, and the military discipline itself is very good.

After getting the new equipment, these Beiyang troops almost got used to it after a few days of training, and there were more troops, so Wu Peifu directly led the army to join the encirclement and annihilation of the Yue army.

In terms of troop strength, at this time, Group Armies A and B, as well as the Sichuan Army and the Beiyang Army, joined in, and the total strength had reached 350,000 troops, not including artillery divisions.

On the southern front, there were only 200,000 troops, because most of them were concentrated on the eastern front to prepare for the attack.

The encirclement and annihilation tactics of the Yue army were very simple, first encircling a small part, investing more than three times the superior force to quickly solve these Yue troops, and then throwing these forces into the next encirclement, as the Yue army was continuously annihilated, the East China Army's strength advantage became more and more obvious.

(To be continued)