kvmb Chapter 253 Now it’s our turn to launch a counterattack
Chapter 253 Now it’s our turn to launch a counterattack
The Second Army of the Tsarist Russian Royal Army was the absolute main force of the entire Far Eastern Front.
This unit has always been stationed in the Xizhou area to guard the security of the Tsarist Russian capital. This shows the status of the Royal Second Army.
Now it was the Second Army's spearhead force, the 2nd Guards Tank Division, that had plunged headfirst into the ambush circle of the th Armored Division of the Renaissance Army.
This tank division has three tank regiments, one motorized infantry regiment, one artillery regiment, one anti-aircraft regiment and affiliated units, totaling more than 13,000 people.
But now the three tank regiments rushed forward first, leaving the other troops behind.
When the Tsarist Russian tank troops arrived at the preset ambush position, the three battalions of the 34th Tank Regiment ambushed on the left and right sides launched the attack almost simultaneously.
"Fire!"
"boom......"
Upon hearing the order, the gunner fired the armor-piercing shell in the barrel without hesitation.
In the darkness, clusters of orange-red muzzle flames flickered, and dozens of shells whizzed through the air, directly hitting the T-30 medium tanks.
The 100mm caliber armor-piercing shell easily penetrated the T-30 medium tank's 40mm armor plate.
The metal jets splashed wildly inside the tank, directly piercing several members inside the tank into sieves.
Then we saw flames spreading from inside the tank and out through the gap.
When the ammunition was ignited, a chain reaction occurred.
"boom....."
A burst of fire shot up into the sky, and the heavy turret was blown into the air by the huge impact force.
Although some T-30 tanks did not explode, the crew members inside the tanks were also killed.
More than 30 tanks were destroyed.
The sudden attack caught the 2nd Guards Tank Division off guard, and the leading tank battalion was almost wiped out.
"Armored troops, charge!"
The slogan once again resounded on the radio channel of the T-54 tank.
One after another, T-54 tanks rushed out and charged towards the 2nd Guards Tank Division.
The 2nd Guards Tank Division was in a state of disarray at this moment, and many tanks were at a loss.
The attack in front was too sudden. They only saw bursts of fire and explosions, and could not see the T-54 tanks with the lights turned off.
"Get ready to meet the enemy!"
In the command tank of the 2nd Guards Tank Division of the Tsarist Russia, the major general suppressed the fear in his heart and forced himself to calm down.
He was well aware that he had been ambushed by the Restoration Army.
Now they had no choice but to charge forward, delay the ambush troops of the Renaissance Army, and wait for their rear troops to catch up and rescue them.
After all, they were the elite troops of Tsarist Russia. After hearing the orders conveyed by the division commander, they began to calm down.
At this time, another round of artillery shells came from three directions.
Accompanied by bursts of flames rising into the sky, it meant that more than 10 tanks were destroyed.
At this time, they could only find the approximate location of the Fusion Army tanks by the muzzle flashes.
At this time, the Tsarist Russian tank troops were a little dumbfounded because they could not find the location of the Restoration Army tanks at all.
Through the gun scope, the muzzle could only see the pitch-black night.
Although they had tank lights, the illumination range was only a few dozen meters, and they could not see clearly any further away.
“Go, go, go…”
The three battalions of the 34th Tank Regiment fought vigorously, and the 35th Tank Regiment also rushed up from the front.
The Tsarist Russian tanks that were also rushing towards them also became moving targets.
In the range of 500 meters, the gunner's night vision sight can see the silhouette of the Tsarist Russian tank more clearly.
What's more, their headlights provide enough light.
Tell the Fusion Army tanks directly and clearly: Come and attack me!
The T-54 tank did not show any mercy to them and directly fired an armor-piercing bullet at them.
The armor-piercing bullet hit the front armor of the T-30 tank, and the 70 mm front armor was easily penetrated as if it were made of paper.
Countless metal jets raged in the tank compartment.
Directly blew up one T-30 tank after another.
"Lights off, all tanks, turn off your lights!"
Some clever officers immediately spotted the problem.
They couldn't find the tanks of the Renaissance Army, but the tanks of the Renaissance Army could find their position through the lights.
After receiving the prompt, the T-30s turned off their headlights one after another.
After turning off the headlights, the frightened hearts of the Tsarist Russian tank soldiers finally calmed down.
Now the tanks of the Restoration Army could not see their position.
However, what happened next made them even more terrified.
“Boom…Boom…”
The explosions stopped for less than a minute before they sounded again in their tank troops.
The turrets of more than ten T-30 tanks were blown away in the explosion.
Several more were engulfed in flames.
"Damn it, we turned off our headlights, how did they see us?"
The Tsarist Russian officers went crazy.
Why were the Restoration Army able to accurately find their tanks even though they couldn't see anything?
"Retreat, retreat! All tanks turn around and retreat!"
They watched as their own tanks were blown up one after another, but they could only see the flickering muzzle fire in the distance, and could not even make out the outlines of the Restoration Army tanks.
Such a strange scene made the Major General commander of the 2nd Guards Tank Division extremely frightened.
He was certain that the Restoration Army's tanks were equipped with night vision combat equipment.
Only in this way can such a strange scene be explained.
How can he fight like this?
The only way was to retreat, then join up with the infantry in the rear and use artillery to stop the Fusion Army's tank forces.
After daybreak, the Fuxing Army's advantage in night combat would be gone, and they could launch a counterattack.
"They want to run! Chase them at full speed! Don't let any of them get away."
"Notify the mechanized infantry regiment in the rear to follow up. Once the tank unit opens a gap, they must rush in and destroy it completely."
You run and I chase you, you can't escape even if you have wings!
Although the current model of the T-54 tank is not equipped with a two-way stabilizer, it is equipped with a high-altitude directional stabilizer and has a certain ability to shoot while moving, but its accuracy is not very good.
Therefore, tank soldiers are more willing to use sudden stop shooting, and they have become accustomed to the impact of sudden stop shooting.
The T-30 tank is completely outrun by the T-54 tank.
Even when off-road, the T-54 tank can reach a speed of 25 kilometers per hour.
The T-30 tank's cross-country speed is only 18 kilometers.
Therefore, the 2nd Guards Tank Division was chased and attacked by the tanks of the Fuxing Army all the way.
The wreckage of one tank after another lay on the ground with flames emanating from it.
More than half of the 300 T-30 tanks have been destroyed so far.
Seeing the tanks around them being blown up one after another made the Tsarist Russian tank soldiers very frustrated.
Some people couldn't stand it anymore and just turned their guns around and fired indiscriminately.
After running for an unknown amount of time, they finally saw lights in the distance.
They had already notified the ground troops by radio, asking them to set up blocking positions on the spot.
After seeing their own tanks, the artillery units of the 2nd Guards Tank Division also began to launch large-scale artillery bombardments at the rear of the tanks.
One after another, 122mm and 152mm howitzers roared.
At this time, they are not afraid of accidental injuries because they cannot worry about so many things.
Their current mission is to use artillery fire to block the pursuit of the Renaissance Army and slow down the Renaissance Army's advance.
"Rush over!"
Facing the artillery fire from the Tsarist Russia, the commander of the 35th Tank Regiment gave the order without hesitation.
These artillery pieces pose no threat to their tanks unless they are at close range or hit directly.
When their own T-30 tanks rushed into the defense line built by the motorized infantry regiment, the Tsarist Russian tank soldiers breathed a sigh of relief again.
But at this time, the motorized infantry regiment was horrified to find that behind its own T-30 tanks were following a number of steel behemoths.
The tank had no lights, so they did not see the T-54 tank.
By the time they found out, it was too late.
“Knock, knock, knock…”
Tank guns and anti-aircraft machine guns roared at the same time.
The defense line organized by the 2nd Guards Tank Division and the Motorized Rifle Division was broken by the T-54 tank cluster that approached secretly.
“Go, go, go…”
The T-54 tank was like a tiger among a flock of sheep, charging into the crowd recklessly.
At this time, the T-30 tanks abandoned the motorized infantry regiment without hesitation and continued to run forward in fear.
The 35th Tank Regiment continued the pursuit.
The 34th Tank Regiment and the 36th Mechanized Infantry Regiment were responsible for cleaning up the mess.
The 2nd Guards Tank Division was directly defeated by the ambush of the 12th Armored Division, and even the artillery units abandoned their artillery and ran away without hesitation.
Only more than 20 T-30 tanks and more than a thousand soldiers of the entire division escaped.
As for the other soldiers, there are only three possible outcomes: casualties, separation, or capture.
After the collapse of the 2nd Guards Tank Division, the troops in the rear were unable to react.
However, the 12th Armored Division and the 13th Mechanized Infantry Division would not give them time to react.
After defeating the 2nd Guards Tank Division, they replenished their forces and continued to advance.
They only have one Guards Tank Division, but the entire Royal Second Army has more than 100,000 tanks, or even more.
The 10th and th Divisions played the role of Monkey King, not only defeating the nd Guards Tank Division, but also defeating the th Motorized Infantry Division, which was less than kilometers away from the Guards Tank Division.
The sky was beginning to brighten, and the Renaissance Army Air Force, which had been holding back all night, began to attack on all fronts. More than 500 fighter jets of various types converged along the highway of Krasnoyarsk.
At this time, Tsarist Russia could no longer hide.
There is no turning back when the bow is drawn.
The attack was launched not only by the air force but also by ground forces.
More than 200,000 troops from the Far Eastern Army and the Ninth Army swept in like a steel torrent.
At the same time, the Tenth Army, which served as the general reserve, began to move and joined the attack sequence.
The entire attacking team stretched for hundreds of kilometers.
On this more than 100-kilometer highway, you can see tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, trucks, etc. moving on the road, like a long winding dragon.
Zhao Qi looked at the enemy and our situation map in front of him and said calmly: "Now it's our turn to launch a counterattack!"