Outside the city of Visakhapatnam, Fu Weimin adjusted his tactics and let the 3rd and 2nd Armored Brigades directly attack the port area, and the Armored Brigade and the Porridge Armored Brigade were responsible for encircling Visakhapatnam. Although such a fight would make the assault force bear a greater risk, in order to attack the port area as soon as possible, Fu Weimin had no other choice.

When Pei Chengyi arranged the combat mission, Fu Weimin had a big opinion.

A weak army is not a strategic reaction army, and a quick assault is not a combat method that it is good at. This is not the main problem, as an armored force, the concave army must have a very strong assault ability. In Fu Weimin's view, the biggest problem was to leave the support troops and support troops behind, and also set aside a force to assist the Witch army in attacking Raipur, and only the combat brigade advanced south. When arranging tactical tasks, Fu Weimin had to think twice, and in the end only three combat brigades were arranged to carry out assault missions, and the other combat brigade was responsible for transporting ammunition and materials.

It's not that Fu Weimin doesn't believe in Pei Chengyi's guarantee, but he doesn't want to fight an uncertain battle.

In Fu Weimin's view, as long as the ammunition and materials can be guaranteed, it is not a problem to attack Visakhapatnam, not to mention 3 combat brigades, even if there is only one combat brigade of thugs, they are capable of defeating Visakhapatnam. The key is material supply, as a heavy armored army, ammunition and materials are the basis of the combat effectiveness of the troops.

When the troops went south, they carried not three days' worth of combat supplies, but one day's worth of combat supplies.

If it can be supported by the amphibious assault fleet, the concave army will be able to hold out at least for the old days with the average combat intensity. If you can successfully defeat Visakhapatnam and switch from offense to defense, you will be able to hold on to the old days. According to Pei Chengyi's operational plan, the engineering troops will arrive within two days after the occupation of the Visakhapatnam military port, and it will take about a week to repair the port infrastructure. In other words, as long as the army captured the military port by surprise, the war materials sent by the transport ships could be obtained within the old days. At that time, the artillery remaining in the rear will also be sent over by the amphibious assault fleet, and the picket army will use Visakhapatnam as a base to advance southwest along the coastline and sweep the large rear of Hyderabad.

Fu Weimin did not object to this set of combat plans.

It can be said that he is also very supportive, because it is definitely going to capture Hyderabad, and the sooner the better.

The key question is, will the Concave Army be able to capture Visakhapatnam without support?

The assault began just before dawn, and after dawn, the Armoured Brigade of the No. 1 Thug encountered stubborn resistance from the Indian army about a kilometer from the port area.

Although when choosing the offensive route, Fu Weimin asked the No. 1 Fighter Armored Brigade to avoid the main urban area and try to choose relatively spacious streets to attack, but the outer area of the Visakhapatnam Military Port is the urban area, and it is impossible to completely avoid the urban area, and it is necessary to break through the defense line set up by the Indian army in the urban area.

The fierce battle lasted for a great hour, and the 1st Armoured Brigade advanced less than 2 kilometers.

The news was quickly fed back to the front-line command, and Yuan Chenhao, who was in charge of tactical coordination, immediately ordered the amphibious assault fleet to dispatch carrier-based attack planes to provide air support for the Wo army.

At this time, the 1st Chill Armoured Brigade and the 1st Congee Armoured Brigade were already deployed outside Visakhapatnam.

The bombardment lasted less than a few minutes, and the attack aircraft on the support mission dropped all their ammunition and left the battlefield to return to the fleet.

It has to be admitted that the strike capabilities of the amphibious assault fleet are far inferior to those of aircraft carrier battle groups.

Although it can provide direct fire support for ground troops, and can even provide ground troops with fire support within a meter range when using low-collateral damage ammunition such as small-diameter bombs and guided rockets, the amphibious assault fleet is inherently inferior to aircraft carrier battle groups, and it does not carry many attack aircraft. More importantly, the amphibious assault fleet does not have large escort warships equipped with large-caliber electric shock guns, so it cannot provide artillery support for ground forces, and its support capability in large-scale battles is far inferior to that of aircraft carrier battle groups.

The fighting in the city of Visakhapatnam speaks volumes.

After the end of air support, the 1st Armored Brigade had to stop advancing and wait for the next round of air support. While the amphibious assault fleet operates in the near seas. The distance from the battlefield was less than a kilometer, but the interval between the two rounds of air support was more than a few minutes, and the Indian army had enough time to counterattack.

The battle continued into the afternoon of the same day, and the armored brigade of the No. Concave thugs advanced only a kilometer, and it was still a kilometer from the port area.

At this point, there is little point in continuing the assault. The Indian army used the hours in the morning to deploy defensive positions in the port area and was ready to blow up the infrastructure. As soon as the assault force enters the port area, the Indian army will blow up the remaining infrastructure.

Fu Weimin had to let the 1st Armored Brigade, which was responsible for transporting ammunition and supplies, go around to the southwest of Visakhapatnam and attack from the flank of the Indian defense line to open up a second offensive route.

It was not until dark that the 4th Armored Brigade took the lead in entering the port area.

The Indian army was forced to retreat towards the city, and at the same time began to blow up the infrastructure inside the port.

For the battle of Visakhapatnam, Pei Chengyi was also helpless. Thankfully. When formulating the tactical plan, Pei Chengyi took into account that the Indian army would blow up the port infrastructure. More importantly, Visakhapatnam has been bombed many times, and the damage to the infrastructure is very serious, even if the Indian army does not take the initiative to destroy it, after the weak army occupies the port area, it will have to arrange engineering troops to repair the infrastructure. It is precisely because of this that Pei Chengyi has long been prepared. The engineering troops were already on standby at the port of Canning, and a large amount of engineering equipment was ready for loading. Because the transport ships did not have the ability to deliver independently, they had to wait until the Concave army occupied Visakhapatnam, and then the amphibious assault fleet returned to Canning Harbor to send the engineering troops there. Although this will delay for 2 days, it will not be much compared to repairing the port facilities.

The key is whether the concave army can successfully capture the Visakhapatnam military port.

With the 1st Otter Armored Brigade entering the port area, Pei Chengyi has nothing to worry about. The Indian army will certainly put up stubborn resistance in the urban area, but with the combat strength of the Indian army, it will not pose much of a threat to the correction army. After annihilating the remnants of the Indian army in the port area, the amphibious assault fleet will send the war materials to shore. With the combat capability of the Chi Army, holding out in Visakhapatnam for a few days is not a problem.

By this time, the Witch army had already begun to attack Raipur.

After killing the Indian army in Gondia, the poor army arrived at ** Bul in the evening of the mouth day. Although the Indian army quickly adjusted its defensive line and focused on the west after the concave army moved south to attack Visakhapatnam, the Indian army's defensive deployment was not completely in place before the arrival of the flying army.

The problem is that the preparations for the offensive of the Nu army are also not in place.

When they left Jabalpur, the Nu army only carried 3 days of war supplies, because the fighting in Gondiya was fierce, so the consumption of the Kumbo army was more than estimated in advance.

By the time of the outskirts of Bul, the Witch Army did not have much war supplies.

That same evening. The Umno Army focused on building defensive lines.

The train carrying war materiel has departed the following afternoon and is expected to arrive in Gondia on the morning of the first day. Because Nagpur had not yet been taken, and the railway line from Jabalpur to Gondia was threatened by the Indian army, Pei Chengyi sent a train at one time and transported a total of 4 tons of war materials to the Wu army.

The question now is whether to concentrate on taking down Nagpur.

From the point of view of attacking Raipur, the security of the supply line can only be ensured by taking Nagpur first. Although the Indian army does not pose a threat to Jabalpur for the time being, after the Umno army attacks Raipur, it will certainly not be able to defend the supply line, and the Indian army will seize the opportunity to sabotage the railway line from Jabalpur to Gondia.

I have to admit that the commanders of the Indian army are not all mediocre people.

At night, the Indian troops stationed in Pyra began to harass the Witch Army.

When he received the news, Pei Chengyi was also very surprised, because the Indian army did not counterattack in a big way, but attacked the defense line of the medicine army in a small way of infiltration. So that Mi Jun had to run for his life. Of course, this is a bit serious, the Mi army is originally a strategic reaction army, and it is very good at fighting small-scale assault wars, and it is not a problem to deal with the harassment of the Indian army. The question is. The Mi army must concentrate on dealing with the Indian army's harassing forces, and it will certainly not be able to attack Nagpur. Besides. Only the 1st Porridge Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Mi Army was deployed in the Nagpur direction, and the other 2 combat brigades were scattered along the defensive line. It was simply impossible to concentrate forces on Nagpur.

The Indian army's counterattack revealed the Indian army's intention to cut off the supply lines of the Umno army.

At this point, it is unlikely that Raipur will be stormed.

In fact, Pei Chengyi did not think about attacking Raipur either.

The performance of the Mi army, the Wu army, and the Au army in the east was all in the service of the attack on Surat.

On the night of the mouth, in addition to the Hong's army preparing for an attack east of Surat, the leading army held the left flank of the defensive line, and the army stood south of the Hong's army, the gangster army had reached Nendubal, and the sword army held the rear defensive line. That is to say, Pei Chengyi concentrated the strength of the army in the direction of Surat, even if he got rid of the leading army and the sword army that were responsible for the defensive task, he would still be able to attack Surat with 3 armies.

The strength of 3 armies is not much, but don't underestimate the concave army!

At this time, all the four heavy armored corps of the Republic Army participated in the battle, the wounded army led the combat operation of attacking New Delhi, the Witch Army shouldered the heavy task of attacking Raipur, the weak army had reached Visakhapatnam, and the falling army was the absolute main force to attack Surat. At the same time, 4 heavy armored armies were dispatched, which was related to the purpose of the campaign, and invisibly put pressure on the 4 heavy armored armies, allowing the 4 heavy armored armies to compete in strength.

Pei Chengyi is very sure that he will not be left behind.

In fact, the commanders of the four heavily armored armies also knew very well that this battle was very likely to decide the fate of each army.

It is imperative to reduce the number of troops in the army, the strategic response force, and the heavy armored army. Although it has long been rumored that all the heavy armored armies will not be cut down at one time, after all, the republic has tens of millions of square kilometers of territory, and the land border is more than 20,000 kilometers long, even if it is safe to defend the homeland, it is necessary to keep 4 heavy armored armies, and it is very good to be able to retain the tamed after the war.

Here's the question, which heavily armored corps to cut?

Although neither the General Staff nor the Ministry of National Defense has officially stated their position on the issue of disarmament, according to the overwhelming majority of people, the Umno Army and the Cave Army are certainly not among the reductions. Because these two armies are too famous and their status in the army is too high, there are hundreds of generals who have come out of these two armies, and their influence is very great. If the witch army and the concave army are not cut, the concave army or the concave army can only be reduced. Even if the officers and soldiers who fell from the army did not believe that they would be cut, after all, the influence of the Concave Army was not under the witch army. But in the absence of a conclusion, no matter whether it is the witch army or the concave army, there is a possibility that it will be reduced. Which army will be cut will depend on who performs the worst.

Having come to this point, Hongjun's position is the most embarrassing.

Although the army entered the war the latest. However, the Sovian army shouldered the heavy responsibility of capturing New Delhi. As long as New Delhi is successfully captured, the army will be famous all over the world, and its military exploits will be recognized. The Umno army was also a late entrant, but it had played a major role in the attack on Bhopal, and now it was attacking Raipur, and the two battles were enough to strengthen the position of the medicine army. The Cave Army entered the war relatively early, and the attack on Calcutta was a great achievement, and now that it has captured Visakhapatnam, it may also take on the heavy responsibility of attacking Hyderabad. The merits are certainly different

The Ranwa army was the first to participate in the war, but in the first few battles, they were all with the other three: "A lot of credit was taken away by the sword army and the army." The attack on Patna was not difficult, and the capture of Allahabad was largely won by siege, and if it was not to perform well in Surat, the concave army would be the least successful of the four heavily armored armies. In Qu Maokang's words, if you want to keep the number of the concave army, you must not only defeat Surat, but also make persistent efforts. Capture Mumbai!

Before taking the troops to the front, Qu Maokang asked the guards to prepare a body bag for himself.

If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent.

In order to show their determination and will, more than 30,000 officers and men of Cong's army began a joint campaign and sent a "joint letter" with the names of more than 30,000 soldiers written on the beaten men. Sent to the front-line command.

Although this approach is a bit naïve and extreme, it is enough to make Pei Chengyi believe that Hongjun will not return empty-handed.

It seemed that he had a premonition that the concave army would be desperate, and Pei Chengyi adjusted the operational deployment at night and at night, so that the artillery units of the leading army and the Wan and the gangster army could obey the dispatch of the front-line command at any time and prepare to provide artillery support for the concave army. Counting the 2 artillery brigades of the Concave Army, a total of one artillery brigade was invested. In Yuan Chenhao's words. As long as an artillery brigade wields normally, even without air support, the concave army can tear through the Indian army's defensive line.

In the early morning of the same day, the combat operation against Surat officially began.

There are only 2 days left, and the fallen army must enter Surat within 2 days, cut off the railway line to Mumbai, and occupy the merchant port of Surat.

After the battle began, the three combat brigades of the Concave Army took the lead and rushed to the front line.

Of course, Bae Chengyi will not give up air support because the artillery support is strong enough. More importantly, the main forces supporting the Hongjun are not tactical aviation and army aviation, but the fleet that has long been on standby. If the air support and artillery support provided by the fleet are included, Pei Chengyi invested about a third of his support forces in the Surat direction.

If you can't win such a fight, then there is nothing to hope for.

In just one round of impact, the Swinging Armored Brigade took the lead in breaking through the Indian defensive line. Qu Mao Kangxun adjusted his tactics, and when the hand armored brigade was attacking the Indian army's deep position, the main forces of the 1st Dou Armored Brigade and the 1st Milk Mechanized Infantry Brigade entered through the breakthrough and quickly spread out on both sides of the 1st Armored Brigade to expand the breakthrough.

There is no doubt that only the heavily armored army can do such a fight

If the Strategic Reaction Force is given the task of assault, it will either strike in depth or expand the breakthrough, and it will be impossible to accomplish two tasks at the same time.

By the time the battle reached dawn, the falling army had already advanced thousands of kilometers into the ditch.

It's not fast, but the effect is outstanding. Because it's not just an assault, there is no problem with Hongjun being unstable.

Of course, the advance did not stop here, and the officers and men of the various units attacked while having breakfast.

Seeing that the concave army was crazy, Pei Chengyi did not dare to be careless, and immediately ordered the concave army to fill the loopholes in the rear of the concave army, clean up the battlefield, and ordered the outrageous army that was still grinding in Nendubal to follow up immediately, so that the outgoing army could concentrate on guarding the flank, and accompany the Hongjun army to attack, so as not to break through alone and be besieged by the Indian army.

In fact, Pei Chengyi was a little worried.

Because the surprise attack of the concave army was too fast, the Indian army did not have time to adjust its defensive deployment. Therefore, even if the Pai army fails to keep up with the advance of the Hong army, it is impossible for the Indian army to besiege the Hong army. Besides, at the time of the assault operation, the situation on the battlefield was very chaotic, and the two flanks of the armored brigade of the concave thugs, who were on the task of breaking forward, could not possibly pose a threat to the assault forces at all.

For the heavily armored army, ruthlessness can make the combat effectiveness completely explode.

When it was dark again, the 1st Armored Brigade had already reached the outside of Surat, and the reconnaissance unit that rushed to the forefront took advantage of the opportunity of the Indian army's defense adjustment to go around the city.

At this time, Pei Chengyi had to stop.

It's not that the damage of the concave army is too great, but that the fallen army and the gangster army can't keep up with the pace of the falling army. According to the tactical plan formulated by Pei Chengyi, before the Hong army invaded the city of Surat, the army was to build a defensive line south of Surat to prevent the Indian army in the direction of Bombay from reinforcing Surat, and the outrageous army was to cover the engineering troops to reach Surat, repair the damaged railway line, and send the war materials hoarded in Nundubar to the attacking troops. More importantly, the officers and men of the Hongjun Army have already fought for divination, and although the limit of people's endurance is not only for divination, but the pressure on officers and men is very great in the fierce battle. In any case, before attacking the city of Surat, it is better to let the officers and men recuperate their spirits.

Qu Maokang did not disobey Pei Chengyi's order, not that Qu Maokang did not want to disobey the order, but he could not disobey, because after a whole day of fighting, the ammunition of the various units was about to run out. No matter how fierce the assault capability is, the tank and combat vehicles have no shells, and the infantry has no bullets, it will definitely not be able to achieve victory.

While the officers and men who had fallen began to enjoy a steaming dinner, the Indian army was in a hurry to adjust its deployment.

The battle did not end at this time, as the assault force was advancing south and west of the concave army, and its advance was directed towards Nausari, south of Surat

Because of the focus on the Hongjun, the Indian army did not realize that the much smaller troops posed a greater threat to Surat.

In the early hours of the morning, news came that troops had surrounded Nausari

Pei Chengyi breathed a sigh of relief at this time. The first phase of the offensive went well, and it was only a matter of time before Surat was captured.