dognovel Chapter 252: Encirclement and Counter-encirclement, the Battle of Kansk
Chapter 252: Encirclement and Counter-encirclement, the Battle of Kansk
The city of Krasnoyarsk is the headquarters of the new Far Eastern Front.
General Lazarevsky set up his headquarters at the front line to show his determination to His Majesty the Tsar.
"Commander, news has come from the Kansk front that the Restoration Army has occupied Lower Ingash on the outskirts and is rapidly approaching the Kansk area."
After hearing the chief of staff's report, Lazarevsky hurried to a high-definition military map and immediately locked onto Ingash.
He already knew this map by heart, knowing the name and location of every town and even village.
Lower Ingash is a very ordinary railway town with a population of just over 3,000.
However, as the Restoration Army occupied Irkut Province and stationed heavy troops in the Taishet area at the border.
So this small town on the border has become the front line of confrontation between the two sides.
It became the outer defense position of Tsarist Russia.
But now Tsarist Russia has taken the initiative to give up this town.
"Great, they're finally here!"
The occupation of Lower Ingash not only did not make General Lazarevsky feel uncomfortable, but instead cheered him up.
Because he planned to use Kansk as bait to attract the main force of the Restoration Army to attack.
Then the encirclement he built would swallow up the advancing Renaissance Army in one gulp.
This is also the tactic formulated by Lazarevsky. In the words of ancient countries, it is to lure the enemy deep into our territory.
“The Renaissance Army has now defeated the South Asian Alliance, and their country is about to be unified. Now is the moment when their momentum has reached its peak.
They will certainly be anxious to seek a decisive battle with our main force in Kansk.
We can use this to attract the Restoration Army's attack, and then we can ambush the troops in the jungles on both sides and attack together with the Kansk defenders to swallow this Restoration Army in one gulp."
Lazarevsky's tactic of luring the enemy deep into our territory was not very clever.
However, he still overlooked one point, that is, this isolated and deep-rooted force was not an ordinary force, but a heavily armored army.
The 12th Armored Division and the 13th Mechanized Infantry Division have three tank regiments under their command.
Each tank regiment has three tank battalions, each tank battalion has 45 T-54 main battle tanks, and a total of 135 tanks in a tank regiment.
The total number of main battle tanks of these three regiments is as high as 405.
General Lazarevsky had no idea what a monster this isolated and deep-rooted army would be.
One bite would shatter all his teeth.
This is also the reason why Zhao Qi dared to let two divisions advance deep into the enemy's territory alone.
What's more, is it really possible that Zhao Qi doesn't notice anything unusual?
"The Russian Empire used Kansk as bait, so I will use these two divisions as bait.
They wanted to swallow these two divisions, but they didn't know that this was like Princess Iron Fan swallowing Monkey King, which was enough to turn the world upside down in their stomachs.
Keep the 37th Air Assault Division ready to attack at any time."
The 37th Air Assault Division is one of the three major air assault divisions of the Renaissance Army.
The other two are the 24th Air Assault Division and the 42nd Air Assault Division.
One each in the Northern Military Region, Central Plains Military Region, and Far East Military Region.
Zhao Qi planned to use the 37th Airborne Assault Division as a firefighter.
After all, the two divisions were surrounded by tens of millions of troops, and the pressure was very great.
The 37th Air Assault Division has short-range, high-speed maneuverability.
Having them join us will make things a little easier.
The 12th Armored Division took the lead and continued to advance into the deep areas.
Taishet is only about 200 kilometers away from Kansk, so by the evening of that day, the assault force composed of the 12th Armored Division and the 13th Mechanized Infantry Division had arrived in the Kansk area.
The first obstacle was encountered about 20 kilometers from the Kansk region.
An area of more than 30 kilometers in length and 5 kilometers in width is filled with anti-tank piles made of reinforced concrete, and the density is very high.
The 12th Armored Division concentrated a round of artillery fire for testing.
It was discovered that a large number of anti-personnel mines, anti-tank mines, etc. were also placed in the anti-tank pile.
For this moment, Tsarist Russia had made sufficient preparations.
Of course, they did not expect such fortifications to be able to stop the attack of the Renaissance Army, but hoped to delay the offensive of the Renaissance Army's armored forces and buy them time and opportunities to destroy the 12th and 13th Divisions.
When the 12th and 13th Divisions arrived in the Kansk area, it was already evening.
General Lazarevsky, commander-in-chief of the New Far Eastern Front, issued an order for a general offensive to the front-line troops.
For a time, the 12th and 13th Divisions, which were stationed on the Kansk front, were subjected to large-scale artillery bombardment from all directions.
Looking at the dense incoming artillery shells, the commander of the 12th Armored Division's face tightened.
"Damn it, just like the commander said, the shells are coming, just leave."
After encountering anti-tank fortifications, they knew that this was the place where Tsarist Russia wanted to encircle and annihilate them.
So the two divisions immediately changed from the front team to the rear team and started running away.
So when the Tsarist Russia's dense artillery shells fell, the two divisions had already run out more than ten kilometers.
"What? Ran away?"
"Yes, Commander, they are retreating towards Taishet!"
"damn it!"
General Lazarevsky cursed and then gave the order: "Order all troops to attack and make sure to capture and destroy them before they retreat to Taishet."
"Yes!"
"Now is the time for our revenge, armored troops attack!"
The Tsarist Russian tank troops lurking in the jungle lifted the camouflage cloth, revealing the hidden T-30 medium tanks.
This tank was developed based on the Black Panther tank of the Renaissance Army and the T-26 light tank.
The appearance is at least 70% similar to Black Panther.
The engine is a copy of the Hans 400-horsepower gasoline engine.
The tank has a combat weight of 28 tons and is equipped with a 76mm 30-caliber tank gun.
The 400-horsepower gasoline engine gives this 28-ton tank a maximum road speed of 40 kilometers per hour.
This tank is currently in full production, with more than 500 units currently in service, all with the New Far Eastern Front.
"Ula!"
Revenge is the common goal of all Far Eastern Fronts.
One after another, T-30 medium tanks drove out of the hidden forest and launched an attack in the direction of the th and th Armored Divisions.
Soon, tanks gathered on the plain to form a steel torrent.
The darkness obscured the Tsarist Russia's vision, and their advance had to rely on lights.
But the Renaissance Army doesn't need it.
Because the T-54 tanks they were driving were equipped with active infrared night vision systems.
A T-54 main battle tank is equipped with three infrared searchlights, two night vision periscopes and a gunner's night vision sight.
Provide night vision for the driver, commander and gunner respectively.
The driver's infrared equipment can provide a field of view of 60 meters, and the captain's infrared equipment can provide 300 meters of night observation capability.
The gunner can undoubtedly see the farthest, with the ability to observe at night within 1000 meters.
This also gives the T-54 main battle tank the ability to fight at night.
So the two tank regiments of the 2th Armored Division rushed to the front team without turning on the lights along the way. They rushed directly to the front of the troops, about kilometers away from the rear troops.
There is also a tank regiment at the rear of the army, responsible for providing cover and protecting the transfer of rear logistics troops.
More than an hour later, the armored reconnaissance company of the 34th Tank Regiment of the th Armored Division discovered the abnormal situation ahead.
I saw a long dragon of lights appearing on the ground in the distance.
"Tanks! They're a Russian tank cluster, numbering at least two hundred or more. We're surrounded by the Russians!"
The armored reconnaissance company commander's face changed when he saw this scene, and he quickly reported the information.
"Surrounded? We don't even know who's surrounding whom!
Order the 34th and 35th Tank Regiments to attack forward and open a gap in the front!
The remaining troops will quickly follow up and expand the victory along the torn gap, focusing on annihilating the Tsarist Russian forces! "
It is impossible to withdraw.
After dawn, Tsarist Russia realized the power of the combined forces of the Renaissance Army's army and air force.
Although their two divisions had only more than 30,000 people, they were not afraid at all when surrounded by enemies that were ten times their number.
Because they knew that the Tsarist Russians could do nothing to them.
The 34th and 35th Tank Regiments belong to the th Armored Division, which is also an early established armored unit.
When they heard that the main tank force of Tsarist Russia had appeared in front of them, they all started to scream with excitement.
"Brothers, normally the Air Force eats meat while we drink soup, and we can't even find a chance for a tank battle.
Now this opportunity is before them. This is the opportunity that so many brother troops have dreamed of. Charge forward!"
"Armored troops charge!"
The diesel engines of the T-54 main battle tanks began to roar and accelerate forward.
The Kansk Tank Battle, which has a profound mark in history, began at this moment.
Although the two tank regiments were very excited, they did not rush forward directly, but prepared to give the Tsarist Russia a surprise.
"The first tank battalion ambushed in the left area, and the second and third tank battalions ambushed in the wider right area.
Your Second Tank Regiment can attack directly from the front, is there any problem?"
"no problem!"
After the two regiment commanders discussed it, they began to make battle deployments.
The three tank battalions of the 34th Tank Regiment began to move separately.
The tanks shrouded in darkness were like dormant beasts.
About twenty minutes later, beams of light pierced the darkness and appeared in the distance.
On the road and on the plains on both sides, T-30 tanks painted in military green from the Tsarist Russia were moving at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour.
The bright lights on the front of the car provided them with vision.
At this time, the Tsarist Russian tank soldiers were very excited and expectant.
Because they successfully surrounded a Restoration Army unit, they will start their first battle of revenge.
In this way, the Tsarist Russian tank division, which was completely unaware of the situation ahead, ran headfirst into the ambush set by the 12th Armored Division.