Franchise God - Chapter 1611



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Franchise God Episode 1611

Chapter 345: Strategy and Tactics of the Small People (7)

At first glance, one might be mistaken in thinking that the Chinese army had recklessly broken through to Marseille.

However, it is a judgment based on tactical doctrine.

Because the Chinese Air Force had a firm grip on the air supremacy.

How many fighter planes has the South Korean military lost so far?

There is a fraudulent strategic weapon system called the Railgun Tactical, but it is specialized for defense. Furthermore, there are not many of them.

The Chinese military also suffered a painful defeat in Ukraine, so they prepared a lot this time.

They have mass-produced inexpensive portable rockets.

This will force the railgun tactician to quickly burn through its ammunition, eventually leaving it vulnerable to air power once its ammunition magazines are empty.

The South Korean military has few ground troops and has also suffered significant losses in air power.

Here, a very wide front line is formed, and the density of troops is incomparable to that of China, and China has an overwhelming advantage in air support. (This is a misunderstanding.)

With this confidence, the Chinese army poured a large number of shells into the Ha Su-yeong Line, broke through it, and captured Marseille.

However, the railgun tactical aircraft did not chase the main force, but rather hovered around the breached Ha Su-yeong ship point and cut off the supply line.

“Damn, what the hell is the Air Force doing?”

“They said that they can’t launch many J-20s because they don’t have enough fuel. With the current numbers, they can’t really threaten railgun tactical aircraft, so they’d rather not launch them… …

“What the hell are you talking about! You have to make sense!”

In fact, the Air Force also had something to say.

To threaten a railgun tactician with a fighter, you need to fire missiles in large numbers and at different times.

By doing so, they induce waste of ammunition, lowering their ammunition stocks to dangerous levels and forcing a retreat.

This would require at least several dozen J-20s to fly.

To drive out a railgun tactician (not shoot it down), you have to push it back with numbers.

Even if we sortie with a reasonable number of aircraft, we will have to return after wasting expensive air-to-air missiles and a huge amount of fuel.

Again, the Chinese Air Force has to make round trips of over 4,000 kilometers for each sortie.

“It seems that the Air Force guys have been so excited about taking down Korean fighter jets that they have been consuming a lot of fuel reserves.”

“It’s basic to properly manage supplies during wartime! How can you be so excited about taking down a few fighters that you can’t support the important ground forces’ advance?”

The mood in the Chinese occupation forces command center in Marseille was grim.

This was because there was not much oil inventory left.

It was not that they neglected the supply, but rather that they had rushed to capture Marseille quickly. They could not have the supply convoys accompany them as they advanced.

A perfectly normal operation to capture Marseille and resupply it within 12 hours was cut short when railgun tactical aircraft blocked the point where the sewer line was breached.

“The Air Force has to break through.”

The Marseille occupiers waited anxiously for good news from the rear.

It is impossible for the ground forces in the rear to penetrate the railgun tactical aircraft on their own, so the air force must provide support at the same time.

“The Air Force has finally taken off!”

“Those guys like Zara. How can they move at the speed of sound and still explode so slowly?”

“That’s right. What good would it be if people who fly airplanes can’t even keep track of the time like this?”

“We came here after marching thousands of kilometers over land!”

The reason the Air Force sortied late was to gather as many fighters as possible and sortie them. It was also evidence that the Air Force’s fuel stock was not very good.

“If we can just drive out the railgun tactical units blocking the point, the supply vehicles will be able to reach it.”

“I’ll tell you to wait while eating the combat rations you brought with you.”

The Marseille occupiers sat back and waited for good news to arrive.

But was the heavens jealous of the exploits of the occupying forces?

“We succeeded in chasing off the railgun tacticians! However, the supply vehicles suddenly stopped while passing the point!”

“What? It suddenly stopped?”

“Yes. It seems that the vehicle control system was damaged by an electromagnetic attack. All vehicles passed the point and stopped.”

It is a hill made by piling up rocks and ? dug out to a width of 40 meters.

Even though the hill is only about 5 meters high, the moat is much deeper.

In severe cases, the hill was over 100 meters wide.

The point that the Chinese army attacked with massive artillery fire was a path that the Korean engineers had intentionally created to allow passage in and out of the Ha Su-yeong Line.

If they had tried to clear the way through the hill by artillery fire alone, it would have been absolutely impossible in half a day.

“Damn it! What a cowardly attack!”

Aircraft, tanks, armored vehicles, etc. are of course equipped with electronic warfare defenses.

However, even simple transport vehicles are not equipped with expensive electronic warfare defense capabilities. Since the defense equipment can be much more expensive than the vehicle, it is the worst waste of cost-effectiveness.

“Tell them to use bulldozers or whatever to get rid of all the scattered vehicles and then start supplying food!”

* * *

The point where the sewer line is broken.

The 80-meter-long road was blocked by stopped transport vehicles.

Chinese engineers were desperately trying to remove the stalled vehicles with heavy equipment, but then they received an air raid warning and quickly took cover.

Kwakwakwakwang!

There were dozens of explosive blasts.

It wasn’t a missile, it was a shell, and it landed right on the heavy equipment the engineers had brought in to remove the vehicles.

“Those damn Zara-like guys!”

The engineer commander, whose work had been interrupted, kicked the stone floor in a fit of rage.

The rear unit commander asked.

“Where is the attack point?”

“I don’t know. I checked all the suspicious points, but I couldn’t find any enemy artillery units.”

The Chinese military could not have imagined it.

Who would have thought that they would fire artillery shells from 1,000 km away?

Since I was looking around with the unmanned self-propelled gun range I had experienced before in mind, I had no choice but to not find the point where the enemy self-propelled gun was located.

If it weren’t for the radar control, we would have suffered great damage without even knowing the shells were falling.

“Damn it! You can see the direction the shells are coming from, but you still can’t figure out where the artillery unit is? What the hell is the aerial reconnaissance plane doing!”

For reference, the current Chinese military’s aerial reconnaissance is so poor that it is almost non-existent.

It’s not a problem of air supremacy, but the aerial reconnaissance aircraft do not have the range to fly here. Aerial refueling tankers are also tight on fueling fighter jets.

As they were about to start digging a passage, enemy shells flew in and the work was halted.

The command center was going crazy because they were wasting time doing nothing with the shells flying in and out.

The headquarters, unaware of the local situation, kept nagging about why securing a supply route was being delayed.

“I’m sorry, but we’re running out of shells right now and we’re not making any progress.”

“The forward units are in a precarious situation, running low on ammunition and fuel. They could be annihilated if they receive a large-scale counterattack from the enemy. But would those working safely in the rear really be so careful?”

The rear commander was furious and thought he was going crazy.

To begin with, the Chinese army has no experience in large-scale expeditions like this. It is difficult to properly supply troops from France.

“It’s just as difficult for Korea to supply troops as it is for us. They still haven’t been able to bolster their forces. Can’t you see that from the way they gave up Marseilles? Hurry up and start supplying troops.”

“All right.”

* * *

3 days.

It was a time when the occupying forces were tied down in Marseille.

Just because you’re not fighting doesn’t mean you’re not consuming oil.

When news spread that the Korean army in Montpellier was preparing to retake Marseille, the commander of the occupying forces could not sleep and his mouth was parched.

I went out to search in Marseille to see if I could secure supplies, but for some reason I couldn’t even see oil.

Gas stations everywhere had empty underground fuel tanks, and grocery stores had difficulty finding even a small can of food.

“It would be impossible to clear everything like this in a few hours. Could it be that the Korean army knew we were going to attack Marseille and emptied their supplies in advance?”

That can’t be true.

It’s not like our tactics were leaked out that easily.

The final decision to seize Marseille from the list of potential territories was made just a few hours before the artillery shelling of the Ha Su Yeong-seon three days ago.

Either they read the future, emptied Marseille of all useful supplies in a matter of hours, or they had already prepared for the future by looting Marseille when they took it.

‘The third is the most likely.’

The occupying forces were now unable to move forward.

A situation where we cannot advance or retreat unless we are supplied, and must remain stationary.

‘We are the elite of the army. Our home country would never abandon us.’

The People’s Army’s morale is also high, but if this force is destroyed or surrenders, China’s losses will be too great.

“How much ammo do we have left?”

“Now we barely have enough troops left to fight a single battle. Of course, it’s not an attack, it’s a defense.”

Since there is no oil, of course we cannot attack.

“If the entire army moves, how far will it be?”

The staff officer answered without even thinking.

“We won’t be able to go more than 50km before we run out of gas and stop altogether.”

“If I leave half, that means I can go 100km. If I leave 3/4, that means I can go 200km.”

“Yes, but… … .”

The staff officer felt an ominous feeling at the commander’s muttering.

That was when.

“Commander! A suspicious civilian has been detained because he wanted to see you!”

“What? Are you saying that the guards were breached because some stupid guards were napping or something?”

“That’s not it! The guards discovered the man approaching and arrested him, but he said he wanted to see the commander, so I reported it to them!”

The commander, whose mind was finally at ease, was at a loss on the other hand.

“Are you a spy? Why are you coming to me so openly? Bring him here first.”

“All right.”

The corps commander opened his eyes wide as the suspicious intruder appeared under the command of the officer on duty.

I naturally assumed he was a Westerner, but he was actually an Asian. He also spoke Chinese very fluently.

“It is an honor to meet you. I am a Chinese who runs a small business in Italy.”

“Meeting my compatriots in such a distant battlefield. Whether I will be happy or angry depends on what you say from now on.”

“I will not betray China. I am a proud Han Chinese. That is why I approached the base with pride and confidence.”

“For what reason?”

At first glance, the opponent was clearly a civilian.

A physique that looks like it’s weak and unable to exert any strength.

“Actually, I am secretly involved in the trade of military supplies from Italy to Ukraine.”

“Military supplies? Secretly?”

“Yes, we are providing military supplies to Ukraine, mainly via the Black Sea. We have a cargo ship in Genoa loaded with diesel and aviation fuel ready for immediate use.”

The legion commander’s eyes widened.

The distance from Genoa to Marseille by sea is only 350 km.