The original mission to invade Shu was to be assigned to the 7th Corps, but later, to accommodate new arrivals, it was handed over to the 8th Corps under Luo Xiao’s command.
The now idle 7th Corps is still preparing for battle within Tang Country, and they have finally received their assignnt.
According to the plan, the 7th Corps under Eric’s command has been ordered to move south, assembling at Nanshan Port, preparing for a large-scale amphibious landing.
This campaign is codenad Rehearsal, with the Tang Army planning to land the 7th Corps in Shu Territory under the cover of the main fleet.
If the plan succeeds, the Tang Army will attack Shu Territory from both the south and the north, encircling Zhang Xuan’s forces and completely changing the war’s situation.
Upon receiving orders, Eric imdiately commanded the troops to mobilize; the 7th Corps began loading vehicles and maneuvering, with ten divisions of a 200,000-strong army moving south along the railway line.
Such a huge mobilization couldn’t go unnoticed; Qin Country’s intelligence operatives within Tang Country learned so information from it.
As the Tang Army’s troops started a large-scale southward movent, the railway lines and wagons beca tight, and these pieces of information were compiled and sent directly to the Qin Country’s top officials.
The Qin leadership, upon receiving such intelligence, imdiately deduced the Tang Army’s direction: Nanshan Port! Although they didn’t know the Tang Army was preparing to embark at Nanshan Port, they knew it was aid at Zhang Xuan’s deploynts.
Zhang Xuan was already struggling to resist the Tang Army’s 6th Group Army; adding another 7th Corps would be unsustainable.
To support Zhang Xuan, the Qin Army also began targeted force assembly: however, there were indeed too many places to defend, so much so that no one believed the Qin people could plug all these gaps.
The Qin Army was short of troops in several major directions, constantly on the brink of collapse. The Qin Army hoped to support Zhang Xuan with around 200,000 troops, but in reality, only a few tens of thousands were provided.
Along the coastal regions, Sun Guang was also overwheld; he truly wished to receive so reserve forces, as in his view, the Tang Army could land in his jurisdiction at any mont.
The Shu region was almost entirely controlled by Luo Xiao, and the Tang Army could move south along that direction at any ti... Unfortunately, up to now, the Qin Army hasn’t been able to gather enough forces to prevent the Tang Army’s operations in that area.
Compared to the lightning movents of the Tang Army, the Qin Army’s response was distressingly slow. It’s as if the Qin Country were a sluggish giant, gravely ill in the face of Tang Country.
However, another involved country did not choose to sit idly by. The Dorne Empire was trying to get its troops onto the Western Continent to help their ally.
Because their Naval Fleet was almost completely annihilated, Dorne also did not dare to blatantly conduct sea transports, but they did their best.
Dorne’s mariti transports were scattered and unorganized, relying on chance. One by one, the transport ships were discovered and sunk by the Tang Army, but no matter how many were lost, so managed to slip through.
Just like during World War II when the Axis powers supported Roml in North Africa, a massive amount of supplies would be sunk when passing through Malta, yet the Axis still managed to transport materials and personnel to Roml little by little.
With these scant scraps slipping through the cracks of his fingers, the Afrika Korps managed to hold on for a while. The Dorne Empire is doing sothing similar to try to transport its troops and equipnt to Qin Country.
The transport ships carrying materials and equipnt took relatively random routes, while those transporting personnel and troops were more cautious. Despite significant losses, Dorne still maintained contact with the Great Qin Empire.
At his Qingluan Port, Sun Guang received another shipnt of materials, including the urgently needed Anti-Aircraft Guns and Gobur Type 5 Tanks from Dorne.
These tanks still didn’t perform well, but Qin Country had no capability to arm their coastal defense forces with heavy tank equipnt.
So of the materials delivered by Dorne alleviated the critical situation: the weapons and equipnt landed at Qingluan Port did not require transportation by Qin Country, saving precious transport capacity and production ti, becoming Qin Country’s lifeline on the coastal front.
With these scant tanks, Sun Guang ford an Armored Corps and deployed nurous Anti-Aircraft Guns in various areas.
He was now managing nearly a million troops, seemingly a lot, but the required defense areas were incredibly overwhelming.
These forces were scattered across vast areas, unable to be assembled: so much so that even the previous Shu Mountain defense line was under Sun Guang’s managent, indicating the imnse size of his jurisdiction.
Yet such a vast area has now beco a sieve. The north faces pressure from the Tang Country Army, and the south faces pressure from their Navy, with Sun Guang’s troops stuck like filling in a sandwich.
Such a gigantic region cannot be reinforced; it’s like the soft underbelly of Qin Country, vulnerable and prone to attack.
As ti progressed, the weather slowly ward, and after the last snowfall of the year in the north, signs of lting ice and snow appeared.
This implies that the Tang Army’s offensive will be both weakened and strengthened to so extent! The ground troops’ attack will weaken as they get bogged down in mud, slowing their advance while waiting for the thaw water to dry; however, the air force’s bombing and southern activities will intensify, dictated by the climate.
The initially not-so-powerful air force bombing will gradually beco terrifying with the warming temperature. Over the past few months, the Tang Army has nearly completed the reconstruction of the airfield near Dongqing and has built so Field Airports east of the old capital.
These airports will be completed and operational in the next one or two months, supporting even larger-scale operations by the Tang Nation Air Force.
With these airports, the number of sorties by Tang Army aircraft will rise significantly, presenting an even more severe challenge for the northern Qin forces.
After clearing out the remaining forces in Shu City, another front has appeared before both countries: Shu Country’s Northern Front!
For this front, the Tang Army has prepared a terrifying force of three Corps, specifically the Tang Army 1st Corps, 4th Group Army, and 8th Corps. Once their logistical support keeps up, they will charge south like untad horses.
In contrast, the Qin forces in this direction do not exceed 300,000, and there isn’t even a competent general to command them.
According to the plan, Qin Country intends to reinforce Shu Country’s northern war zone, hoping to increase their forces here to 500,000 to 1,000,000 to block the Tang Country’s advance.
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