dognovel Chapter 343: Deep penetration tactics, attacking the Wan army from front and back
Chapter 343: Deep penetration tactics, attacking the Wan army from front and back
The Tsarist Russian troops built a 200-kilometer-long defense line with the Ob River as its core.
Although they have an army of millions.
But it is impossible to deploy heavy troops to defend all parts of such a long line of defense.
The 57th and 58th Heavy Combined Brigades chose an area in the middle and upper reaches of the Ob River for the river crossing operation.
The terrain in this area is relatively flat, so the flow rate of the Ob River in this section is also slow, which is more suitable for river crossing operations.
Ruan Yuntao, commander of the 57th Heavy Armored Combined Brigade, had a clear idea of the defense line in front of him through the real-time aerial images taken by the CH-2 Yunying UAV, and immediately called a combat meeting with the battalion commanders.
"There is an infantry division in front of us with a strength of about 10,000 men, and their positions are relatively well-fortified.
So we first need to use firepower to carry out covering strikes on the enemy positions, destroy their positions and destroy their fortifications.
Then the pontoon bridge company built a pontoon bridge as quickly as possible under the cover of artillery fire.
As soon as the pontoon bridge is built, tanks and armored infantry will immediately advance and wipe out all the enemies on this position.
I will also request support from the Army Aviation Corps. I will only give you three hours."
The most important point of the deep penetration tactic is speed, so fast that the enemy has no time to react.
After determining the tactics, the 57th Heavy Combined Armored Brigade began preparing for war.
Three hours is still very tight for the 57th Brigade.
Soon the entire brigade's artillery was mobilized and put to use.
18门M109A6自行榴弹炮、18门40式履带式40管自行火箭炮外加24门2S31自行迫榴炮，这就是一整个合成旅的火炮力量。
Although the number is not large, there are only 60 guns in total.
However, all these artillery pieces are equipped with advanced fire control equipment such as ballistic computers, semi-automatic or automatic loading systems, and global satellite navigation systems.
The improvement in efficiency compared to traditional artillery is very exaggerated.
It took about 15 minutes from giving the order to assembling, deploying, and shooting.
Under the guidance of the drone, the shells landed on the position of the 207th Infantry Division of the Tsarist Russia at a very precise angle.
At this moment, the soldiers of the 207th Division were still repairing and strengthening their positions.
The sudden fall of the shells caught them off guard.
Anti-personnel cluster bombs exploded in the sky, and dense arrow-shaped bullets fell like a rain of pear blossom needles, directly piercing the enemies within the coverage area into hedgehogs.
The blood on the body spurted or flowed out from the wounds like a fountain or a trickle.
The fuel-air explosive rockets have the greatest lethality to them.
Dazzling balls of fire rose from the position.
A large number of Tsarist Russian soldiers were engulfed in the high-temperature flames before they could even enter the fortifications.
There were explosions everywhere in the position.
Various types of artillery shells, including high-explosive bombs, fuel-air explosives, and anti-personnel cluster bombs, fell, and the entire position fell into chaos.
About 20 minutes into the bombardment, a group of eight F-8E fighter jets roared in.
Behind this group of eight F-8E Strike Eagles are two and a half squadrons of more than 15 fighter jets.
The F-15E Strike Eagle is an upgraded version of the F-15 Eagle fighter jet currently equipped by the ancient country.
Its biggest change is the addition of ground attack capability, giving it multi-purpose combat capabilities, rather than being a simple air superiority fighter.
After being equipped with two engines with a thrust of up to 13.15 tons, its maximum take-off weight reaches 36 tons, its bomb load is up to 11 tons, and the number of weapon attachment points has also increased to 11.
Among American fighter jets, the F-15E Strike Eagle can be considered a bomb truck.
After the arrival of the fleet, it launched an air strike against the Tsarist Russian positions.
Through the onboard forward-looking infrared imaging equipment, the fighter can see more clearly where there are people.
When they find the target, they directly drop a 500 kg or 1000 kg low-drag bomb.
The strike efficiency of this group of F-15E fighter jets has been improved to a higher level compared to artillery.
The Tsarist Russian defenders were on the defensive throughout the entire battle and were completely helpless.
After the F-15E Strike Eagles finished bombing, a squadron of 24 F-111D fighter-bombers arrived.
Although the F-111 Aardvark fighter-bomber does not have the same advanced forward-looking infrared equipment as the F-15.
However, it can be equipped with an infrared pod, which can still detect soldiers on the battlefield from the air.
The bomb load is slightly less than that of the F-15E, but it also has a maximum bomb load of 8 tons.
The F-111 Aardvark fighter has a maximum take-off weight of 45 tons, but its bomb load is lower than that of the F-15 because its variable sweep wing structure is too heavy, which is also the price to pay for using this structure.
Within an hour, three waves of fighter planes arrived and dropped hundreds of tons of bombs. It was obvious that this was another inventory clearance mission.
Under artillery bombardment and air strikes, the Tsarist Russian positions had been destroyed beyond recognition, and the fortifications were almost invisible.
Many communication trenches were even blown up, rendering them useless.
“Boom boom boom…”
In the sky, AH-64A Apache heavy attack helicopters roared past at low altitude.
The Apache attack helicopter has been designated as the next generation heavy attack helicopter to replace the current Twin Blade medium attack helicopter.
Its performance is much better than that of the double-edged sword, and it is currently only in service in the Far East Military District and the Northwest Army.
Seeing the arrival of the Apache armed aircraft group, two pontoon bridge companies of the 57th Heavy Combined Brigade and the 58th Heavy Combined Brigade began to forcibly build a pontoon bridge on the Ob River.
At their speed, they can build two heavy steel pontoon bridges that can accommodate M30A1 main battle tanks and T-1 main battle tanks within 72 minutes.
After discovering the bridge-building troops, Tsarist Russia also launched a counterattack.
At this time, the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter hovering in the sky began to suppress the fire.
Rocket after rocket accurately hit the Tsarist Russia's counterattack forces and firepower points.
Their surviving mortars and infantry guns were quickly attacked by 120mm self-propelled mortars after launching less than two rounds of artillery fire.
Whether it is a mortar or an infantry gun, its true form is revealed when locked by the artillery detection radar.
In less than two minutes, the counterattack of the Tsarist Russian infantry division was silenced.
All the counterattack fire points and artillery were destroyed.
They could only watch the pontoon bridge being built right under their noses.
After 26 minutes, the two floating bridges were built one after the other.
One after another, M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks covered with reactive armor began to roar forward.
The 1500-horsepower gas turbine power output is very strong, and the maximum speed of nearly 60 tons can even reach 66 kilometers per hour.
After the main battle tanks crossed the river, the end of the Tsarist Russia's 207th Infantry Division also came.
The M1A1 main battle tank was a real steel monster for the Tsarist Russian troops.
No matter what anti-tank weapons they used, they couldn't penetrate it.
Even a 122mm heavy anti-tank gun cannot do it.
After all, this main battle tank is equipped with the famous Chobham armor, which can even rival depleted uranium armor in terms of protection capabilities.
How could the 207th Infantry Division withstand the attack of two heavily armored combined brigades, even with the help of the Ob River?
In just two hours, more than 10,000 people in the division were killed, injured, or surrendered, and the mission was completed one hour ahead of schedule.
This also means that the ancient country's defense forces have torn a hole in the Novosibirsk defense line.
Then the two heavy combined brigades launched a surprise attack on Balabinsk behind Ob at the fastest speed.
This is also the rear of the one million defenders of the entire Novosibirsk Defense Line and their logistics supply center. It is more than 240 kilometers away from Ob City.
As long as we take this place, it means that we have completed the pincer attack on the million-strong defenders of Novosibirsk.