On the northern front, Li Yunlong used the main force to approach the north bank of the Yellow River on the Jinghan Line and the main force of the brigade commander at the Mengjin Ferry, attracting the attention of the little devil in the northern Henan defense line, and when his agricultural tricycle assault troops turned to appear dozens of kilometers away at Bishui Pass to break through and cross the river!

"Quick, quick, quick!" After following the rapid attack group to cross the river first, Shen Quan commanded a company to consolidate the beachhead.

The other fighters of the rapid attack group began to dismantle the carriage and use the board of the carriage to build a pontoon bridge!

Now with the rubber support from the South Seas, the rubber boat assault boat has begun to spread to the engineer battalion, although it is not as fast as the later generations, but the assault boat driven by the Luwang engine is barely passable, dragging the rubber boat without power, and soon formed a prototype of a pontoon here.

But after the carriage board is paved, a simple pontoon bridge is formed, after all, the narrowest place here is only more than 300 meters, although the current is a little faster, but the forward assault team swims over from the upstream, and after taking the opposite bank only the patrol place of the squad level devils, they quickly use the assault boat to pull up a few nylon ropes, and after the pile is fixed, they begin to connect the rubber boat and the assault boat one after another.

Then the carriage board was dismantled and paved as a pontoon, and then the agricultural tricycle was left with a bare shelf, but after the carriage and the ammunition on it were dropped, the weight of the body was lighter, and the last few were dragged through the pontoon bridge smoothly with mountain guns and infantry guns!

A complete beachhead defensive position was established in the south bank formation, and then the infantry began to pass on a large scale, and it was useless to have a small group of small devils in the middle, and it was not enough for the assault team to counterattack.

In this way, before the small devils of the brigade could react and intercept it, the rapid attack group of more than 3,000 people from the Central Plains cluster crossed here.

After taking off the carriage board and loading it on the car, Shenquan did not stop at all, and all of them boarded the agricultural tricycle and went straight to the little devil position on the south bank of the Jinghan Line more than 60 kilometers away.

Because the little devil patrol of Jiangfang had not had time to gather the situation layer by layer to the headquarters of the 12th Army of the little devil, the rapid attack group suddenly appeared behind the defense line on the south bank of the little devil like lightning, which caught the 63rd Brigade of the little devil infantry guarding the south bank by surprise.

Seeing the sound of shelling coming from behind, Major General Tokutaro Nakajima, commander of the 63rd Infantry Brigade, asked in a furious rage after slapping the intelligence staff officer. "Nani, why is the dirt of Hachiro behind us? Are the intelligence services all pigs? ”

Originally, in the face of the bombardment of Li Yunlong's artillery on the other side, Nakajima Tokutaro was a little unbearable, the opponent's artillery firepower was unusually ferocious and had an overwhelming advantage in numbers, he didn't even dare to let his artillery brigade counterattack, for fear of being directly killed by the opponent after exposing the target, and now the artillery firepower on the opponent's side has been shown to be more than three times that of his side.

Nakajima Tokutaro didn't think that he had encountered a new enemy behind his back, and it was almost explosive for a while!

In the sound of artillery coming from behind, the enemy had at least 1 mountain artillery squadron and 1 92 infantry artillery squadron, as well as more than 5 mortar squadrons of artillery artillery artillery and artillery began to shell behind their positions.

"Artillery brigade, immediately counterattack the enemy behind you!" Although Nakajima Tokutaro was furious, he did not forget to launch a counterattack against the enemy.

"The 11th Brigade and the 12th Brigade will attack and kill all the enemies behind them!" Nakajima Tokutaro observed the size of their rapid attack group in Shenquan for a while, and roughly estimated the size of more than 2,000 to 3,000 people.

According to his experience, it is basically enough to put two brigades to counterattack.

After all, not every eight-way team can fight as well as an expeditionary force cluster. Now most of the Eighth Route troops are still slightly inferior to the strength of the little devils.

Therefore, even if it is a second-line garrison division like the 62nd Division, when they go to the Eighth Route Team, they still have a certain psychological advantage. After all, they have always had the upper hand in everything from training to equipment.

This time, however, they were doomed to disappointment. The rapid attack group created by Li Yunlong not only has advanced transportation in this era.

And the selected team members are all experienced veterans. Under Li Yunlong's command, they were all first-class elite troops, and many of them came from the old foundations of the Dagushan guerrilla detachment led by Gao Jianwu and Shen Quan.

They saw the little devils crawl out of the trenches, screaming and rushing towards them, and the old warriors grinned one by one. I have never seen such a cooperative little devil who came out to give away people's heads.

One by one, they searched for suitable terrain and set up light and heavy machine guns. Just waiting for the little devil to hit him head-on.

The other side. The mountain artillery company and the 92 infantry artillery company of the rapid attack group immediately shifted their positions after firing several volleys. They are all veterans from the Great Lonely Mountain. I am already very familiar with the time and routine of the little devil artillery counterattack.

There was no idea at all of a fixed position to bombard the little devil artillery, but to change places after firing a few shots. Don't give the little devil artillery a chance to lock the position.

Their main task is to lure out the artillery of the little devils. In this way, the artillery of the main forces on the opposite bank will find the little devil artillery positions and destroy them.

Sure enough, their tactics were very successful. When the little devil's artillery brigade began shelling, the artillery observation post on the opposite bank immediately discovered the movement on the little devil's side.

Soon a battalion of 105-mm howitzers that Li Yunlong had hidden, under the guidance of the artillery observation post, began the first round of shelling.

Although the overall head of the first round of shelling was a bit poor, and it was still several hundred meters away from the Little Devil artillery position, after the second round of corrections, Gao Jianwu's 105-mm howitzer battalion quickly sent the shells to the Little Devil Artillery position.

After three or four rounds of covered shelling, this artillery brigade of the little devils was almost completely destroyed.

Shen Quan keenly spotted this fighter and began to direct the artillery and mortar to advance towards the little devil's position, and began to carry out accurate artillery bombardment in the face of the little devils rushing over!

Now that the main artillery of the little devil has been killed, it is his turn to start mass killing of the little devil's infantry!

The 11th Infantry Brigade and the 12th Infantry Brigade charged by the little devils were aggrieved to find that the Tuba Road on the opposite side was not only not dirty at all, but outrageously well equipped.

60-mm mortars, 82-mm mortars were comparable to the equipment of a division, and shells rained down on the charging ranks.

In contrast, the enemy's 4 mountain guns and 4 92 infantry guns were a bit monotonous because they could not keep up with the speed of the mortars.

These two infantry battalions had their own artillery squadrons of 4 92 infantry guns, but within a few minutes of their appearance, they were quickly overwhelmed by the swarming covering shelling!

You know, with the addition of 82mm mortars, the rapid attack group can reach the 92 infantry guns with 48 guns!

With 48 guns and 8 guns, even a heap will pile up the little devil artillery squadron to death!

After killing the two artillery squadrons of the little devils, the next battle was even more suspenseless, and the fighters of the rapid attack group, which were fully equipped with 200 light machine guns and 40 heavy machine guns, found that they had penetrated into the light and heavy machine gun fire circle after the 11th Infantry Brigade and the 12th Infantry Brigade of the little devils passed the shelling death circle of 1500 meters to 500 meters with bruises!

It's just that at this time, they have no way to retreat, so they can only rush forward. Then one by one they died under machine-gun fire. The two infantry brigades of almost 2,500 little devils, almost not one left, were annihilated by the rapid attack group in less than half an hour!

Tokutaro Nakajima saw that his troops were like sheep lining up to send them to death, and his eyes were bloodshot to the point of exploding!

"Turn in! Orders to the 13th Infantry Brigade and the 14th Infantry Brigade, we immediately moved to the second line of defensive positions! ”

Although Nakajima Tokutaro wanted to tear the enemy apart and avenge the two infantry brigades of Tamama, he had sadly found that he really couldn't do it.

Without the coordination of artillery, they are now rushing out or staying in place and waiting for death. The group of dirt and eight roads that mysteriously turned behind them were terrifying with strong weapons and equipment.

In terms of infantry weapons, it has far exceeded the standards of the elite units of the Locust Army.

What's more, they were also under artillery fire on the other side of the river at the same time. This war has been fought so far, and there is no point in continuing to fight at all.

Shen Quan found out that the little devil was about to escape, but he didn't immediately catch up. After all, the most important thing for him now is to consolidate the position on the south bank and protect the bridge so that Li Yunlong's main force can cross the river!

The Central Plains cluster thus broke through the defense line of the Yellow River on the south bank of the little devil, and the main force crossed the Yellow River in a steady stream.

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"Lao Shen, you're doing a good job!" Li Yunlong drove across the Yellow River in a truck, and at the Shenquan who came to greet him, Lao Li slammed his fist on Shenquan's shoulder, and said with a smile.

"Old leader, it's you who created a very strong fast attack group, if we have a few more teams like this, it's like beating a little devil to beat a son!" Shen Quan replied with a smile.

These words made Lao Li's mouth crack even more.

Li Yunlong has now learned Gao Jianwu's trick of making firepower king, whether it is a squad platoon, a company or battalion, he has not thought about it less, and he has gone to the Jinyang Arsenal to wait for weapons, even if he meets the master chief, he is very stubborn!

In addition, when Gao Jianwu beat Lu'an, he didn't leave a lot of money to his family, and when he came out again this time, he didn't bring less belongings!

Needless to say, most of the 75-mm mountain artillery and field artillery captured from the little devils were brought out, and there were 6 battalions of 75-mm mountain artillery and field artillery;

Two battalions of 105mm howitzers were captured from the little devil, and Lao Li didn't bother to bring them directly.

Now he has 8 howitzer battalions of regular artillery in one cluster, and he now has 18 artillery guns in each artillery battalion, and these 8 artillery battalions are 144 barrel guns!

Compared with the poor sour statue that only had 1 75mm Italian gun in the world, Lao Li is now very rich, and he can also follow Gao Jianwu to play the tactics of artillery being king and covering firepower!

Just like this time Shenquan can fight so smoothly, except that on the one hand, they suddenly appeared behind the little devil, which played a surprise effect.

On the other hand, Lao Li has been suppressing the little devils guarding with artillery fire on the other side, and he will soon be able to solve the little devil artillery brigade, so that Shenquan and they will not be suppressed by the little devil's artillery fire, which is the reason why the two little devil brigades of infantry are quickly killed!

Artillery is now the protagonist of the battlefield, with artillery fire coverage and opening the way. Coupled with the machine-gun firepower, the wealth makes the little devils doubt life.

That's why the battle of Shenquan was fought so beautifully.

The two of them simply blew each other on the side for a while, and soon threw themselves into a new round of combat command.

Taking down the little devil's riverside defense position, Li Yunlong and the others were relieved to boldly let the heavy equipment come over from the bridge.

The 75-mm mountain guns and the 92 infantry guns could barely pass through the pontoon bridge composed of rubber boats and assault boats, but the 75-mm field guns and the 105-mm heavy guns were not easy to disassemble, and they weighed more than 2 tons and 3 tons, so it was unlikely that they would pass through the pontoon bridge.

After all, the rubber boats and assault boats produced now are intended for infantry, and many times, the upper limit of heavy weapons passed is more than 500 kg and 600 kg of 75-mm mountain guns!

The tricycle with the compartment dismantled was barely able to pass.

This is also the reason why Li Yunlong and Shenquan must seize the Yellow River Bridge. If they relied on the pontoon bridge alone, many of their heavy weapons would not have been able to pass.

The entire Central Plains cluster is now considered a big business, and there are more heavy weapons among them, and there are a lot of trucks now, after all, they have now occupied several cities, and there are a lot of things seized from the hands of the little devils.

Now after controlling the bridge, with Li Yunlong's order, the main force of the Central Plains cluster crossed the river through the bridge in batches.

Tens of thousands of people and hundreds of cars of all kinds passed on the bridge, which made Li Yunlong and Shen Quan a little proud when they saw it.

"I don't know what the expeditionary force cluster of that kid Gao Jianwu is like now" Li Yunlong looked at his own team, and couldn't stand some comparative thoughts.

After all, Lao Li is still a peacock-type character who loves to show off. Even if Gao Jianwu came out of his subordinates, Lao Li wanted to compare.

"Old leader, I don't think it's better to compare. I've heard that Lao Gao's side not only has several heavy artillery regiments, but also has 155mm howitzers and 150mm howitzers. There are more than 200 tanks in total. There are even about 100 fighters. Shen Quan said leisurely on the side.

Lao Li's face darkened after hearing this. Okay, let's just say that, compared with Gao Jianwu's kid's expeditionary force cluster, it seems that his unit has to work hard in all aspects of weapons and equipment.

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The Yellow River, which was originally like a moat, is now nothing to Li Yunlong's troops. With the super mobility ability of the rapid attack group, a simple sound attacked the east and west, and the Yellow River defense line that the little devils had painstakingly managed was abolished.

When Li Yunlong reported his progress to the brigade commander. The brigade commander asked Li Yunlong to send a rapid attack group to the Mengjin Ferry to assist in solving the enemy's Yellow River crossing defenders!

It is equivalent to Li Yunlong's lightning breakthrough of the Yellow River defense line, the big brigade commander's side is not very smooth, and they are still shelling each other with the little devils guarding the Mengjin Ferry.

The two roundabout flanking troops are not yet outflanked, and unlike the rapid attack group, they did not use assault boats and rubber boats to build pontoon bridges to pass, but chose to carry light weapons to smuggle across the river, except for light and heavy machine guns, which are the few 60mm mortars and grenadiers!

Compared to the rapid attack group, their weapons and equipment are simply rudimentary, and the entire unit is just a regiment!

Hearing the progress of the brigade commander's side, Shenquan did not stop after Li Yunlong crossed the river, and after replenishing a wave of ammunition and fuel, he headed west with a rapid attack group, according to the location specified by the telegram, this time Shenquan They had to run 120 kilometers and go straight to the defensive position of the little devils at Mengjin Ferry.

Although it is said that the overall strength of the brigade commanders is stronger, the flexibility and diversity of the construction of the troops are quite obvious compared with Li Yunlong's troops, and many of them are still traditional models.

After all, without Gao Jianwu's whimsical ideas and views on the future development of the troops, the brigade commander was several eras behind Li Yunlong in terms of concepts.

The brigade commander lost a chance to understand many of Gao Jianwu's ideas, so Li Yunlong learned a lot of tactical ideas and troop establishment improvements through Gao Jianwu's stealing division, which was actually ahead of most of the Eighth Route generals in this era.

Just like this fast attack group led by Shen Quan, although Li Yunlong was laughed at by many people for a while, but soon, Li Yunlong used his battle record to verify that he was not doing fun.

After its establishment, it carried out several long-range raids, so that the rapid attack group was familiar with its equipment and tactics, and achieved very good results, giving full play to the huge tactical advantage of rapid mobility.

All of a sudden, the first generation of agricultural tricycles are a little out of stock!

Many base areas want to build a rapid reaction force following Li Yunlong's example, especially in places with better terrain, and the need is even more urgent.

It's a pity that the production capacity of agricultural three-wheeled vehicles is limited, and after the second-generation four-wheeled Red Star car comes out, the production capacity is almost inclined to the second-generation Red Star car, except for pulling goods is towing heavy artillery.

The 75mm field gun and the 105mm howitzer were no problem in dragging, and when the clutch and gearbox technology were conquered and taken down by the masters invited by Gao Jianwu, the Red Star car became more and more mature, based on the improved Harley VL (1200cc) engine of the Luwang, and the new high-horsepower model of the V2 (1500cc), which has increased the power from 28 horsepower to 35 horsepower.

The second-generation four-wheeled Red Star is based on the V2 engine, which achieves a load of 2.5 tons and towing.

Now the brigade commander is mainly equipped with this kind of Red Star second-generation car, towing 75 mm field guns and 105 mm howitzers, and the car can also carry some shells and artillery, and the multi-purpose transfer speed of one vehicle is fast. In a sense, this is about the same as the truck cannon of later generations.

Of course, in terms of the speed of transfer and the accuracy of aimed strikes, there is still a difference of almost a century.

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Shenquan rushed to the Mengjin ferry with a quick attack, from the Yellow River ferry on the Jinghan line to the Mengjin ferry, a distance of more than 100 kilometers, if you simply rely on two legs to walk, even if you run non-stop, this more than 100 kilometers may not be able to walk in a day and a night.

But now with a tricycle, even if it is a weak means of transportation compared to later generations, at least an hour's driving distance of more than 30 kilometers, this more than 100 kilometers, walking on the simple construction of hard roads in this era, Shenquan will be there in 4 hours.

This speed directly exceeded the speed of the transmission of information inside the little devil, when Shen Quan appeared behind the defensive position of the little devil in Mengjin like a whirlwind with a rapid attack group.

The little devil defending here looked confused, and he didn't know what kind of immortal team this was coming.

However, they soon tasted the strength of artillery coverage, and because of the artillery confrontation with the brigade commander, the brigade commander had already destroyed the 75-mm field guns and 105-mm howitzers of the little devils.

This gives Shen Quan the opportunity to rush close to the little devil's defensive position, close the distance and directly face the little devil's defensive key position for fire coverage, rush up from behind, and destroy the little devil's fire points one by one through the infantry artillery.

At this time, the swimming force of a main regiment sent by the brigade commander finally arrived!

Although they said that they were swimming more than 20 kilometers upstream, they could only run on two legs, and the speed was obviously much worse than that of the tricycle in Shenquan, so although the distance was close, people ran behind.

However, this time is just right, just in time for Shenquan to pull out the firepower of the little devil's position!

In this way, the little devils defending this section of the Yellow River defense line were soon unable to support it, and under the attack of the rapid attack group in the Central Plains, one position after another was breached.

The defensive firepower points on the riverbank of these little devils are all set up to face the Yellow River, but I didn't expect that this time the enemy mainly came from behind, which made the little devils look very passive.

But Shen Quan didn't care about any of this at all, commanding his own troops. Before the little devil could react, he began to attack one position after another.

In this attack, Shen Quan adopted a steady and steady tactic. Use the mountain artillery to establish an artillery position in the back, advance the 92nd infantry gun to the little devil's defense line close to the fire point, and then knock out the fire point one by one.

This tactic may seem a little slower, but it works extremely well and has the least risk. After several hours of fierce fighting, Shen Quan and the swimming troops sent by the big brigade commander directly cleaned up the position on the south bank of the little devil!

Here the little devil put a wing to defend, compared to the Yellow River Bridge facing Li Yunlong, the number of troops is smaller, but the firepower is not weak at all, and even stronger.

If it weren't for Shenquan coming over with a rapid attack group to coordinate the battle, relying on the regiment that swam over, I am afraid that it might not be able to take this position for a day and a night.

Now as soon as the rapid attack group arrives, that is, in two or three hours, Shenquan and the newly formed garrison group that swam over will jointly kill all the little devils!

The entire north of the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties was thus open to the tens of thousands of troops of the brigade commanders!