Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Han Fuju built extremely strong fortification lines on both sides of the Yellow River.

Han Fuju knew that the northern Shandong plain was easy to attack and difficult to defend, and it was difficult to confront the Japanese army head-on in this plain, so he had already made the worst plan to confront and compete with the Japanese devils based on the natural danger of the Yellow River.

But the plan was not as fast as it changed. Han Fuju led his direct troops to fight the Japanese army for several bloody battles, and then he was shocked to find that the Third Route Army, which he had spent countless efforts to build, was no match for the Japanese devils at all.

At this moment, Chairman Jiang transferred the heavy artillery brigade stationed at the Yellow River defense line in the name of rushing to support the battlefield in Songhu. This completely angered Han Fuju, believing that Chairman Jiang wanted to use the Japanese to eradicate dissidents.

Therefore, Han Fuju, who was originally unwilling to make up his fortune, took advantage of this excuse to give up the natural danger of the Yellow River, the provincial capital Jinan, the Taishan defense line, and retreated directly to several small counties in southwestern Shandong to survive.

Before leaving, Han Fuju blew up the Yellow River Railway Bridge, but did not carry out large-scale damage to the fortifications on both sides of the Yellow River.

As soon as Han Fuju left, the Japanese devils launched a large-scale attack and captured most of Shandong in a short period of time.

The Japanese gathered heavy troops to siege Yang Fan's troops, intending to annihilate the thorn in one fell swoop and smash a backbone of the Chinese anti-Japanese forces.

Yang Fan fought back and forth, and fought bloody battles with the Japanese army with the worst plan to the end. Finally, with years of hard work and bloody battles of the soldiers, the Japanese army severely damaged the frontier base of the anti-Japanese war.

Later, the Chinese Tiger Army quickly grew stronger and turned against the defense and gradually expanded the anti-Japanese base, and successively recovered large areas of lost territory, causing the pressure of the 12th Japanese Army stationed in Shandong to increase sharply.

The 12th Army, which was responsible for besieging the Chinese Tiger Army, could only turn around and focus its defense on the defense line on the north bank of the Yellow River, the Taishan defense line, the canal defense line, and the mountain fortresses in southeast Shandong.

In one or two years, the Japanese devils spent a lot of manpower and material resources to not only renovate and reinforce the original defense fortifications on a large scale, but also added countless mountain fortresses that are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Especially the coastal defense line across the Yellow River is like an indestructible Magino line. Not only are there three semi-permanent trenches lined up in a long line, but there are also countless permanent defense bunkers and forts scattered there.

In particular, the terrain on both sides of the Yellow River is high in the north and low in the south. The Japanese position opposite the Yellow River is much higher than that on its own, and it has a considerable geographical advantage.

In order to build the North Shore Defense Line, the Japanese devils forced to requisition more than 500,000 strong laborers in Shandong. Under long-term high-intensity work, more than 5,000 migrant workers died of injuries and illness!

The southern bank defense line in front of you is the flesh and blood accumulated by countless innocent corpses!

Li Shuchun put down the telescope, pondered for a moment, and spoke first: "Chief, the Japanese have taken great pains to curb and siege us!

In the past, Chairman Han built fortifications on both sides of the Yellow River in order to prevent the Japanese from invading Shandong, and of course the focus was on the south bank!

Now the Japanese have turned around and focused their defense on the south bank. The scene in front of them can only be described as thirty years from Hedong to the east and the west!"

Yun Qichang nodded in a serious way and said, "Yes, these fortifications on the other side are enough fortifications to drink a pot!

Even if we use aircraft and heavy artillery to bomb the carpet first, it will probably be difficult to effectively destroy it, not to mention that heavy equipment cannot directly cross the river and attack. If we charge alone, the casualties will probably be unbearable!"

Li Shuchun and Gu Liangmin were senior generals of the Third Route Army and naturally knew the Yellow River defense line in front of them, because they had been stationed here for a long time before.

Although the Yellow River, which had originally entered the sea from Shandong, was not as magnificent as before, the river surface was still dozens of meters wide, and the defensive advantage of both sides was still there.

On the contrary, the river water has become significantly shallowered, and the exposed riverbed on the south bank has become a muddy floor of hundreds of meters wide, which further restricts the combat capability of using a landing ship to transport heavy equipment directly to the other shore to land on the beach!

Therefore, Li Shuchun and Gu Liangmin shook their heads and were completely unfavorable to cross the river from the front because it was really not worth it!

Not to mention that the Japanese devils on the opposite side are well-weaponed, well-trained and tenacious fighting, even if they were the former Third Army, they could still pay a huge price for casualties.

At this time, Miao Da pointed to the bridge vaguely in the upstream direction with his hand and said, "General, the Japanese devils have repaired the bombed Yellow River Railway Bridge, so why can't we suddenly attack and seize this railway bridge?"

"I'm afraid it's not OK?"

"The devils aren't that stupid, are they?"

"Yes, the Japanese not only built a large number of permanent fortifications, but also had heavy troops to guard it, making it difficult to break through from the front."

"Even if we can chew all these hard bones, the Japanese will definitely blow it up before occupying the railway bridge..."

As soon as Miao Dadong finished speaking, a large group of people shook their heads because they had such thoughts in their hearts, but after careful consideration, they found that this ideal is full of reality and the possibility of successfully taking away the railway bridge is basically zero.

Miao Dadong did not give up, and then said, "We have a helicopter brigade and an airborne regiment. If we move fast enough, we may still be able to seize the bridge in front of the Japanese bombing the bridge!"

Wang Liguo quickly answered: "That's right, our airborne troops have the confidence and ability to complete this task!

As long as the head of the headquarters gives the order, we can carry out destructive bombing of the Japanese positions, and deploy 3,000 airborne regiments to occupy the Yellow River Railway Bridge in a short period of time until the main force meets successfully!”

Since the formation of the airborne regiment, Wang Liguo has not spent less time in this regard. Now he can not only use helicopters to airborne, but also use aircraft paratroopers directly.

Wang Liguo had long used practical combat to test the new tactics and training results, and immediately stood up when he heard Miao Dadong's proposal.

"If this is the case, this plan seems a bit feasible!"

"Well, the key to this tactic is to be fast, accurate and ruthless, and to fool the Japanese with lightning speed!"

"Yes, the frontal attack must be fought quickly, otherwise it will be difficult to stop the Japanese army from blowing up the bridge even if the airborne regiment pays a big price!"

"If we can really occupy the bridge intact, it will be an excellent offensive fulcrum for us."

Li Shuchun, Gu Liangmin and others were all in a state of thinking. Everyone knew the important military role of such a cross-river railway bridge, and everyone wanted to successfully attack.
Chapter completed!