kvmb Chapter 251 If They Don’t Come Out, Force Them Out
Chapter 251 If They Don’t Come Out, Force Them Out
Tsarist Russia did not expect that the Renaissance Army would arrive so quickly.
When they discovered that a large-scale armored group of the Renaissance Army had appeared outside Yizhou City, a division stationed in the city even began to hastily organize a defense line.
The troops hidden in the Gobi Desert around the city of Yizhou did not dare to show up again under the threat of the Fuxing Army Air Force.
But Yizhou cannot be abandoned.
Once Yizhou falls, all the surviving troops in Yizhou will be divided up by the Restoration Army.
The T-54 main battle tank, with its gun raised, slowly approached the city of Illinois.
The T-54 main battle tank has a combat weight of 36 tons, a maximum road speed of 50 kilometers per hour, and a maximum range of 400 kilometers.
The armament consists of a 100mm tank gun, a 7.62mm coaxial machine gun and a 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun.
In the eyes of Tsarist Russian soldiers, it looked like a steel monster.
The Tsarist Russian soldiers lying in ambush in the city watched this scene nervously.
The officers also discovered that this was not the tank in the photo, but a new type of tank that had never been seen before.
"otkpыtьoгohь (fire)!"
Accompanied by a roar from the Slavic officer, a camouflaged 57mm 70-caliber anti-tank gun lifted the camouflage cloth, and the muzzle pointed directly at the T-54 main battle tank in the front.
"boom....."
Accompanied by a flash of fire from the muzzle, a 57mm high-speed armor-piercing shell whizzed towards the tank at an initial velocity of more than 1000 meters per second.
However, a distance of less than 1 kilometer is almost less than a second for a shell with an initial velocity of more than 1000 meters per second.
"clang!!!"
The pointed high-speed armor-piercing projectile directly smashed into the 54 mm thick turret of the T-200 tank, and accompanied by a burst of electric sparks, the fragments shot out in all directions.
Despite the heavy blow, the T-54 tank was not damaged.
But the members inside the tank felt a shock wave coming, which made them dizzy.
This scene left the Tsarist Russian soldiers stunned.
This is a 70mm anti-tank gun with a 57-caliber, which can penetrate 1000mm homogeneous armor within a range of 100 meters.
However, there was not much damage on the armor of the tank in front of him, just a small dent.
Of course they couldn't see the tiny dot clearly, and in their view their shells were useless.
The opening fire of anti-tank guns also sounded the clarion call of war.
The anti-tank guns in ambush roared one after another, and shells whizzed towards the tanks.
At the same time, the sounds of rifles and machine guns rang out like frying beans.
Even the upper front armor of the T-54 main battle tank is 100 mm thick and has a slope angle of 30°.
Therefore, the 57mm anti-tank gun did not pose a fatal threat to the T-54 tank.
Unless the T-54 tank exposes its side, they have a chance of destroying it.
Although the ambushed Tsarist Russian soldiers took the initiative, the Renaissance Army did not panic at all, but began to counterattack swiftly.
"boom...."
"boom....."
One after another, 100mm caliber rifled tank guns began to roar.
As bursts of flames shot up into the sky, the fortifications on the Russian side began to go silent.
The self-propelled mortars that provided close fire support to the tanks began to rain down shells.
The 120mm caliber shells fell on the defense line, and the building was blown to pieces almost instantly, and the nearby Tsarist Russian soldiers were either killed or injured.
While suppressing the Tsarist Russian firepower, infantry fighting vehicles began to release soldiers one after another.
The main task of the soldiers is to accompany the tank assault, that is, infantry-tank coordination, which is also the most basic tactic of the Renaissance Army.
"Boom boom boom..."
The infantry fighting vehicles were not idle either. After releasing the soldiers, they rushed into the gaps between the tanks and began to pour shells at the Tsarist Russian defense line with their mounted machine guns.
The steel behemoth directly and brutally tore through the first line of defense of Tsarist Russia.
Soldiers rushed into the city one by one, and a low-intensity street battle began.
The reason why it is said to be low intensity is that the Tsarist Russian soldiers began to collapse, and the infantry of the 17th Armored Division began to pursue them relentlessly.
The important town was captured in just two hours.
The deputy commander of the 11th Combined Army of Tsarist Russia, who was commanding the city, fled an hour ago.
The 17th Armored Division captured Yizhou, and the next task was to encircle and suppress the Tsarist Russian troops near Yizhou.
The Air Force dispatched 18 U-2 and RB-47 reconnaissance aircraft to conduct a blanket search of the surrounding area.
No matter how well Tsarist Russia hid, it could not escape the eyes from heaven.
It might be easy for one or two people, or even a dozen people, to hide in the Gobi Desert, but it is almost impossible for thousands of people to remain unnoticed.
At least the Gobi Desert around Illinois does not have such conditions.
During the carpet-style search, the traces of hidden Tsarist Russian troops were discovered one after another.
The first was an air raid. Then, except for leaving a mechanized infantry regiment to defend Yizhou, the rest of the 17th Armored Division launched an all-out attack and encircled the Tsarist Russian troops with the cooperation of the Air Force.
In the afternoon, the main forces of the Fourth Army arrived one after another.
The 17th Armored Division's attack speed was too fast, resulting in some disconnection from the main force.
Otherwise, it would not have taken so long for the main force of the Fourth Army to reach Illinois.
With the arrival of the main force of the Fourth Army, the outcome of the battle in Illinois was decided.
The 17th Armored Division, the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division, and the 16th Mechanized Infantry Division formed a new armored group and advanced towards Urumqi, the capital of the border province.
The remaining three motorized infantry divisions were responsible for clearing out the Tsarist Russian troops.
Yizhou is 600 kilometers away from Urumqi.
At an average advance speed of 200 kilometers per day, it will take about three days to arrive.
The news that the main force of the 11th Combined Army of Yizhou was annihilated by the Renaissance Army quickly reached Urumqi.
When the news spread, it immediately caused an uproar in Urumqi.
The commander of the 11th Army Group couldn't figure out what was happening with his -strong army.
There were a large number of aircraft, tanks, and artillery, and it was the elite heavy armored army of Tsarist Russia.
How could he appear so vulnerable in front of the Renaissance Army?
Obviously, this commander still doesn't understand a simple truth.
Having lost air superiority, they not only lost the initiative on the battlefield, but their troops were also exposed to the firepower range of the Renaissance Army at any time.
The Renaissance Army can launch air strikes on them anytime and anywhere, and they can do nothing about it.
Modern warfare is fought for air supremacy. Without air supremacy, the war is almost one-sided.
And as the performance of fighter jets becomes more and more advanced, this tendency will become more and more obvious.
Especially with the emergence of various precision-guided weapons, a medium-sized country can be defeated even without deploying ground troops.
There are such examples in the original time and space.
Although today's fighter jets are not advanced enough, jet fighters are a dimensionality reduction attack for this era.
The 11th Combined Army was defeated miserably, but the defeat was not unfair.
The war situation in the border province deteriorated rapidly in a short period of time, which was also unexpected by General Lazarevsky, commander of the new Far Eastern Front.
In one encounter, a heavily armored army of more than 100,000 people was defeated.
Compared with the war in the border provinces, the situation here is actually not much better.
The day before, fighter jets of the Renaissance Army swarmed into the airspace of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
And carried out large-scale air strikes on Kansk, Ilbeitsky, Krasnoyarsk and other regions.
This bombing had a great impact on transportation, communications, supplies, etc.
In addition, several airports were attacked, more than 200 fighter planes were lost, and more than 20,000 soldiers were killed or wounded.
The only thing he should be thankful for is that he successfully deceived the Renaissance Army Air Force and made them launch an airstrike on the fake base he had set up, thus preserving the real tank base and buying time for the troops to evacuate.
As the commander-in-chief of the New Far East Front, he naturally had in-depth research on the tactics of the Restoration Army.
He discovered that the Restoration Army's operations were highly dependent on their air force.
Of course, their air force is indeed very powerful.
So when the tank troops began to assemble, he suddenly thought of the Renaissance Army's air force.
Such a large-scale gathering with such fanfare would surely attract attention.
Once a war breaks out, they will be the first to be hit.
So he came up with a solution, which was to place a large number of tank models in the tank assembly area in Kansk, so that the Restoration Army would mistakenly believe that their tanks were assembled here.
In fact, their tank units were assembled in the Ilbeisky area in the south.
The Restoration Army's air force was indeed deceived and carried out a large-scale bombing of the tank assembly area in Kansk on the first day.
However, the reconnaissance plane that went to confirm the results of the battle also discovered this abnormal situation and reported it to the Far East Military Region.
Zhao Qi, commander of the Far East Military Region, smiled slightly after seeing the news.
"Interesting! It seems our opponent has done a lot of research on us."
"Commander, we were too careless this time. We will not make such a mistake again."
Sun Chengwen, commander of the Air Force's Far East Air Force, said to Zhao Qi with some shame.
Zhao Qi waved his hand.
"Now that you have realized your mistakes, the most urgent task now is to find the tanks they have hidden.
This armored force still poses a significant threat. If we destroy these tanks, this so-called million-strong army will be nothing more than a toothless tiger."
"Yes! We must extract this tiger tooth."
However, the Far Eastern Air Force dispatched a large number of reconnaissance aircraft to survey the surrounding areas, but still found no trace of the Tsarist Russia's large-scale tank forces.
"Forest, they hid in this forest, so it's normal that you can't find them."
Zhao Qi carefully studied the map in front of him and put down the marking pen after a long time.
"Since they're reluctant to come out, then beat them out! Record the order!"
"Order the Far Eastern Group Army to launch an offensive towards the Kansk area, with the 12th Armored Division and the 13th Mechanized Infantry Division as the vanguard."
Since the Tsarist Russian troops are hiding in the woods and are unwilling to come out, we should launch a direct ground attack to force them out.