Three days later, the Qingshui River.

The logistical supply lines had all been connected, and the coalition vanguard had reached the banks of the Qingshui River a day earlier, and had been in a stalemate with the Kachin vanguard army on the other side of the river for a day.

The non-stop rumbling of artillery sounded, and the heavy machine gun fire points placed by Kachin on the other side of the river had almost been completely destroyed, but to the surprise of Chen Shen, the commander-in-chief of the counteroffensive operation, in the face of the coalition forces with more than 5,000 people, the other side did not choose to retreat immediately!

I have to say that the Kachin army has also been pushed into a corner.

According to intelligence, the Burmese army near Jesha had already organized the first round of offensives, and although it did not achieve much success due to inferior equipment, it was clear that the Kachin army was still caught off guard by the sudden rear fire.

They had to mobilize the troops that were originally intended to continue to support the Qingshui River front line to set up a defense on the Myitkyina-Jesha line, and this move restrained them from having as many as 3 combat regiments and more than 4,000 troops.

At this time, there were less than 4,000 Kachin troops left along the Qingshui River, and the total number of troops rushing to support was only 3,000.

This is almost all the forces that Kachin can mobilize in a short period of time, and once the Qingshui River is lost, the territory they originally fought will also be lost immediately.

This is not just a problem that can be solved by "retreating and defending", in fact, once the coalition army crosses the Qingshui River, the entire northern Shan State to Kokang and then to Kachin will have no danger to defend, and all they can rely on is relatively independent towns.

However, how long can these towns hold back the Dongfeng Corps, can their own troops retreat from the Qingshui River, and can they outrun the highly mobile motorized troops of the Dongfeng Corps?

The answer to the question is clear, and the solution is unique.

Only by letting the front-line troops block the Dongfeng Corps at the Qingshui River and allowing the support troops in the rear to quickly establish a defensive stronghold can we form a response to the retreating front-line troops and retain the most vital forces!

Therefore, in this case, the Kachin army's entrenchment is understandable.

If you keep it, you still have a chance to live, and if you give up directly, you will inevitably be chased to death! ——

This was the idea of the Kachin commander, and in the same way, Chen Shen had naturally predicted his strategy.

In the temporary headquarters, Chen Shen stood in front of the sand table and said to several major commanders, including Bao Junfeng, He Bangxiong, He Bupa, and Peng Deren:

"We don't have time to waste."

"The opposing side's support forces have arrived near Mansi, and they are moving fast and with a clear purpose."

"Even though we continued to harass them from the air, they advanced 30 kilometers in one day and approached Nankan."

"In other words, it will only take two days at most for them to join up with the small number of defenders left there and complete the deployment at Nankan."

"Immediately after, they will continue to move forward, using the simplified version of the 'frog jumping tactic' to control the towns along the route one by one to form fire support points."

"At that time, the Kachin troops at the Qingshui River will be able to complete a smooth and calm evacuation under their pick-up, and our pursuit will be greatly hindered."

"If we choose to bypass these towns, then our logistical supply lines are at risk of being hit again."

"To expand the territory, we must attack the big city."

"We can't let their plan work, so we have to finish crossing the river as soon as possible and launch an offensive as soon as possible."

"Today, I want to see all 5,000 of our soldiers standing across the Qingshui River, is there a problem?"

"Nope!"

Everyone replied in unison, but immediately after, Bao Junfeng asked:

"How are we going to fight? How to cross the river? ”

His words fell, and everyone's eyes were on him.

Chen Shen did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically:

"What? Didn't you see the forklifts and excavators behind the position? ”

"How do you cross the river?"

"We don't have to think about how to cross the river."

"Let's just divert the river and fill in the riverbed!"

An hour later, the battle officially began.

Chen Shen did not command thousands of people to fight, after all, as early as the time of the Great Strength Attack, the strength of the coalition army had already exceeded 1,000.

However, it is true that he has never commanded a large-scale unit operation with complete equipment, diverse arms, and air-ground coordination.

——

But, so what?

As a veteran who has experienced wind and snow in his previous life, he has participated in countless exercises, even if he has never eaten pork, he has seen enough pigs running!

Standing in the rear command headquarters where the position had been replanned and the radio had been set up, Chen Shen did not need to command visually at all, and he had already achieved a clear idea of all the troops by relying only on the simplest feedback.

The flags representing his own combat units on the battle map were constantly moving, and when all the flags moved to the position that Chen Shen needed, he finally issued the first order from him in this battle.

"Rocket positions are prepared to carry out covering strikes on enemy riverbank positions."

"Artillery position No. 1 is ready, artillery fire is extended back, and according to the artillery reconnaissance guidelines, precision strikes are carried out on the enemy's artillery group."

"Artillery position No. 2, destroy the enemy's key firepower points, suppress the enemy's heavy machine gun fire."

"Firebird 2 continued to reconnoiter forward, luring enemy air defense positions into fire."

"Firebird No. 3, prepare for the air burst launch."

"Kite No. 1, keep the battlefield reconnaissance."

"Kite 2, continue to reconnoiter forward and look for the location of the enemy headquarters."

"Kite No. 3 and No. 4 are on standby, and they will enter the field after confirming that the anti-aircraft fire is disabled!"

"Anti-tank guns are ready, be wary of enemy armored units, and hit them when they show up!"

"The 1st and 2nd regiments maintained fire suppression, covered the 3rd and 4th regiments to occupy the beachhead, and built beachhead fortifications."

"5th regiment, prepare to burst the embankment and release the water, fill the river!"

"Understood!"

In an instant, all combat units were in motion.

The rocket positions were the first to fire, and at a distance of less than 500 meters, even the 107 fire, which was naturally inaccurate, could be called a point.

The entire area of several hundred meters on the north bank of the Qingshui River immediately turned into a sea of fire, and the Kachin defenders who had been hidden on the slopes and trees on the bank of the river had nothing to hide, and fled in all directions amid the violent explosions.

But immediately afterward, artillery positions 1 and 2 also opened fire, and the dense artillery fire extended in the direction of the Kachin army's escape, while those larger caliber artillery shells directly crossed the low hills and fired at the Kachin artillery positions ten kilometers away!

In just an instant, all the Kachin artillery was silent, and even the most basic deterrence could not be done.

After addressing the artillery threat, the infantry battalion finally had to move forward.

The elites, dressed in heavy body armor from the north, leaped out and went straight to the top of the river.

Relying on an improvised offensive, their dense fire covered all the corners that the heavy artillery could not take care of.

The Kachin army finally lost fire, and the 3rd and 4th regiments, which temporarily served as engineering regiments, immediately commanded the excavators to enter the site.

Bulletproof modified excavators ignored sporadic small arms fire, and those enemies who tried to fight back with anti-tank weapons were strangled in their hideouts!

The Kachin army, which was almost at the end of its rope, took the risk of sending the last M2, but as Chen Shen said, as long as it was an armored unit, the outcrop would be seconds!

Just 10 minutes into the battle, the situation is still crushing.

But at this moment, on the mountain in the distance, a cluster of fire flashed.

Immediately afterward, a cannonball grazed the ground and flew away, stirring up a huge cloud of smoke.

"Enemy tanks spotted!"

Chen Shen's headphones came with the report of the front-line troops.

At this time, he could no longer bother to know the model of the tank.

There was only one order he gave him.

"Knock it out!"

(End of chapter)