nyslfriends #330 - Force him to take down an entire division!
#330 - Force him to take down an entire division!
Zhang Dabiao, leading two main Class A regiments, directly advanced towards Wenjing after eliminating the vanguard of the Southern Army's Sixth Division, aiming to encircle the Seventh Regiment, its main force!
At this moment, Lieutenant Colonel Li Chenghao of the Southern Army's Seventh Regiment in Wenjing had already noticed the anomaly. The vanguard battalion, Jin Chengshan's battalion, hadn't sent any front-line intelligence for half an hour, which was obviously unusual. Under normal circumstances, Jin Chengshan's battalion should have entered the Dayudong area, and in any case, they would have stopped there to await orders from the regimental headquarters before pursuing further.
But Jin Chengshan did not.
If viewed optimistically, Jin Chengshan was being greedy for merit and advancing rashly, now fiercely pursuing along the northward route.
However, if interpreted pessimistically, it meant that Jin Chengshan had lost the ability to actively contact the rear regimental headquarters, and his unit was now in a very dangerous situation!
In the vicinity of Dayudong, they might have encountered the main force of the Northern Army!
Therefore, Li Chenghao sent his analysis to the division headquarters on the one hand, and on the other hand, began to reorganize his troops to prepare to meet Jin Chengshan's vanguard force.
However, before they could set out, Zhang Dabiao led two main regiments straight at them, and the battle almost instantly became fierce!
Having obtained the intelligence from Jin Chengshan, Zhang Dabiao basically grasped Li Chenghao's general deployment, and the main regiments launched an all-out assault from four directions!
This directly crippled Li Chenghao's artillery unit, because the assault under the cover of the thick night made it impossible for Li Chenghao to figure out the direction of the enemy's main force, and the artillery couldn't find its targets. Under the blows of the volunteer soldiers in the night, they were utterly vulnerable!
They originally had little will to fight, and in a situation where the command system was basically in chaos at night, they showed even less fighting spirit!
Zhang Dabiao led two main regiments like mercury seeping into the ground, not caring whether the enemy had laid an ambush, and directly pounced on the Seventh Regiment's station. Machine guns and rocket launchers fired incessantly to clear the way, smashing the Seventh Regiment's hastily organized firepower defense line in one fell swoop. Without giving Li Chenghao any time to react, the volunteer soldiers and the Southern Army's Seventh Regiment were in close combat.
The Southern Army's Seventh Regiment had never seen such a fierce offensive and infantry firepower from the volunteer soldiers!
The combination of machine guns and rocket launchers made the counterattack firepower, which relied solely on light and heavy machine guns, seem somewhat vulnerable!
Soon, the Seventh Regiment's defense line collapsed.
Zhang Dabiao led two regiments and, in less than two hours, nearly annihilated the Seventh Regiment in the Wenjing area, also destroying the Seventh Regiment's four armored vehicles and the division headquarters' artillery battalion of twelve mountain guns that were advancing with the Seventh Regiment!
Adding the four mountain guns from the Southern Army's artillery position exchanged earlier, Zhang Dabiao's two main regiments, which originally didn't carry any heavy weapons, suddenly possessed an artillery battalion of sixteen mountain guns!
Not only was the principal used to being a transportation captain, but the puppet Southern Army on this peninsula also took on the role of transportation captain.
After resting in Wenjing, and properly arranging for the wounded and sick to be transported back to the rear for recuperation, Zhang Dabiao waited for an infantry battalion sent by Li Yunlong to replace them in Wenjing. Then, driving the captured cars and armored vehicles, and dragging the artillery battalion of sixteen 75mm mountain guns, he continued south, aiming to bypass the Southern Army's Sixth Division and directly cut off its retreat!
Li Yunlong's 16th Army was a Class A field army, with a standard configuration of three mechanized infantry divisions and one artillery brigade. Each mechanized infantry division had four Class A regiments. The division's artillery regiment had one 105mm howitzer battalion, one 107mm rocket artillery battalion, and one 75mm mountain gun battalion, plus a high-炮 regiment with one 88mm artillery battalion and two 20mm anti-aircraft gun battalions, as well as an attached tank battalion and an engineer repair battalion, and a motor transport regiment.
The army's artillery brigade had a heavy artillery regiment (12 155mm howitzers, 24 105mm howitzers), a 24-launcher 122mm rocket artillery regiment, and a high-炮 regiment (one 12-launcher 88mm anti-aircraft gun artillery battalion, two 18-launcher 20mm anti-aircraft gun artillery battalions), plus a supporting logistics transport regiment.
With this equipment, there were 180 tanks, plus more than 10 armored reconnaissance vehicles, a tank armored force of nearly 200 vehicles. In terms of mechanization, each division had more than 600 trucks and more than 100 jeeps, basically achieving mechanized mobility.
Many people in the country believed that such powerful weapons and equipment were already the pinnacle of the army.
But compared to the rogue eagle, it was still not enough!
The rogue eagle's infantry triangular division, in terms of division-level heavy weapons, mainly had 18 M1 155mm howitzers and 54 M2A1 105mm howitzers. Its subordinate infantry regiments were equipped with 145 mortars, 93 anti-tank guns, and 663 rocket launchers distributed to the companies, as well as more than 1,400 various vehicles!
In terms of armored strength, the division had a medium tank battalion and a light tank armored vehicle reconnaissance company, and each infantry regiment was assigned a tank company.
For the well-equipped Li Yunlong, taking on the central battle was to use the powerful firepower of Li Yunlong's demonstration combat unit to achieve a central breakthrough and support both sides!
So Li Yunlong didn't hesitate to bring out the main 100th Division, 101st Division, and 102nd Division to surround the Southern Army's Sixth Division, which was protruding forward!
Cards on the table, no more pretending! I'm really here to beat you!
Facing the surging rogue eagle and the Southern Army, Li Yunlong prepared to directly show his sword and eat the Sixth Division as an appetizer!
Li Yunlong's combat style has always been as aggressive as fire, swift and decisive. In his dictionary, as long as he makes up his mind, there is nothing he can't do!
So after eating a forward battalion of the Southern Army and then a regiment, Li Yunlong didn't stop at all, and unhesitatingly encircled the remaining part of the Southern Army's Sixth Division. By this time, it was about to dawn.
However, opportunities are fleeting. If they didn't attack, the enemy would definitely call for air support when it dawned. For the Dragon Kingdom's air force, which had not yet gained a foothold, it was temporarily impossible to enter the battlefield to confront them. Therefore, Li Yunlong launched a general offensive, regardless of the approaching dawn!
This time, the overwhelming 107 rockets and 122 rockets in Li Yunlong's hands let the Southern Army see what firepower coverage was!
Under the cover of rocket artillery, the exposed troops on the Sixth Division's side were almost completely wiped out in the first round of attacks.
After the artillery fire covered the area, the infantry regiments naturally followed the tanks and swarmed up to gang up!
The 100th Division under Li Yunlong, which had the most skilled infantry-tank coordination tactics in the Dragon Kingdom, had no suspense at all!
Facing opponents whose firepower and morale were not on the same level, the Southern Army's 6th Division's station soon burst into flames everywhere. The Southern Army soldiers began to scurry around in their arms, not knowing where to hide to be safe. Around them, Li Yunlong's heavenly soldiers and generals were everywhere!
T-34, M3, and Dragon-type Tank I took turns to attack. The Southern Army's Sixth Division was horrified to find that the rocket launchers could not penetrate the T-34 tanks, which looked very similar to the Northern Army's tanks, and the tanks that looked very similar to the rogue eagle's M3!
The Southern Army watched the advancing tank clusters in panic and launched rocket launcher attacks again and again. However, weapons like the Super Bazooka were already within Ren Zhong's calculations!
According to the power of the Super Bazooka, it could penetrate 76mm thick armor with a 60-degree inclination at an effective range. The original version of the T-34 tank had 45mm thick frontal armor with a 32-degree angle, and its protection capability was equivalent to 70mm, while the 49-degree angled side armor was equivalent to 54mm.
For dealing with the little devils in the past, this armor thickness was already enough. The little devils' 37mm anti-tank guns could not break the T-34's protection at all.
But Ren Zhong knew the power of the rogue eagle's Super Bazooka, so all of his tanks were refitted with composite armor. The composite armor on the front of the vehicle had a protection capability equivalent to 100mm, and the side armor had a protection capability equivalent to 80mm, making it basically immune to Super Bazooka attacks after adding composite armor!
How could the Southern Army fight this?
The Super Bazooka rocket launcher hit the reinforced front composite armor of Li Yunlong's tank, but it was just like setting off a firecracker, causing the vehicle to shake for a moment!
Then, the Southern Army rocket launcher soldiers who exposed their targets were instantly counter-killed by the heavy machine guns on the tank or the accompanying infantry! There was absolutely no chance to fire a second shot!
Watching the weapons in their hands unable to break even the first layer of composite armor!
In despair, the officers and soldiers of the Southern Army's Sixth Division watched the tanks approaching them step by step. The smart ones had already raised their hands to surrender!
The strong attack launched by Li Yunlong quickly opened a gap. Under the tank's arrow, it was like a sharp knife inserted into the heart of the Sixth Division, quickly forming a huge advantage, sweeping the Sixth Division like a hot knife through butter!
When the sun rose, the Sixth Division had basically disappeared and no longer existed. Li Yunlong re-concealed the mechanized main force, leaving some main regiments to clean up the battlefield, gather prisoners of war, and carefully screen them.
Unexpectedly, they really caught a big fish, not only catching the commander of the Sixth Division, but also catching a rogue eagle advisor!
In the Battle of Wenjing, Li Yunlong used his troops boldly and gave full play to his strengths, allowing the Volunteer Army to achieve a good start in the first battle, strongly eating up a division of the Southern Army!
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