1novels #341 - Brothers in distress
#341 - Brothers in distress
Just as Brigadier General Corder was feeling the need for reinforcements, Major General Church of the 24th Division of the Rogue Eagles was having an even harder time.
Li Yunlong was accustomed to making sweeping, forceful attacks!
This time was no exception. Facing the protruding 19th Regiment of the Rogue Eagles' 24th Division, he directly concentrated two tank battalions and one division to devour it!
The military headquarters' artillery brigade, following Zhang Dabiao to the south of Bochuan, was tasked with cutting off their retreat and also responsible for blocking reinforcements, a task of immense pressure. Li Yunlong directly assigned the artillery brigade to Zhang Dabiao.
After all, he now had considerable heavy firepower in his division, and with the concentrated use of two tank battalions, it wouldn't be too difficult to devour the enemy one regiment at a time.
The Rogue Eagles were still quite arrogant, having achieved continuous victories since the counterattack, completely unleashing these proud and fierce soldiers. The three main regiments of the 24th Division had spread out several kilometers apart.
Shen Quan, the commander of the 101st Division responsible for dealing with the 19th Regiment, had pulled his division's artillery regiment to a valley about 5 kilometers from the 19th Regiment. Facing the 19th Regiment stationed on a flat piece of land, he started with a round of indiscriminate artillery bombardment!
After the frontline artillery observers observed the 19th Regiment's troop deployment, they quickly adjusted the artillery's firing angles and began to blanket the Rogue Eagles' 19th Regiment's base with artillery fire!
After blasting the 19th Regiment into chaos, two tank battalions followed the artillery fire, and behind the 100-plus tanks were over a hundred infantry assault squads!
Artillery barrage, infantry-tank coordination!
This was originally the Rogue Eagles' own forte, but now Shen Quan was using it against the Rogue Eagles' 19th Regiment, which was stationed on a small flat area, making it incredibly easy!
From the artillery opening the way to the tanks entering the field to clear it, in less than two hours, only a few 'Forrest Gump' types from the Rogue Eagles' 19th Regiment escaped to safety and fled towards their 21st Regiment!
Like a lion hunting a rabbit, Shen Quan displayed an overwhelming momentum, greatly shocking Major General Church of the Rogue Eagles' 24th Division, who had just been promoted to the top position.
He had no choice but to concentrate his forces for defense!
At the same time, he began to request reinforcements from Brigadier General Corder in the rear.
Even though he still had a strong force in hand, with 11 professional battalions and 2 main infantry regiments, concentrating them still resulted in a massive force of over 10,000 men.
Major General Church probably believed that sticking together would be more conducive to overcoming the difficulties.
However, this was exactly what Li Yunlong wanted. Although the enemy gathered together was more like a hedgehog.
But don't forget, Li Yunlong had a heavy artillery brigade and three tank battalions as his sharp knives!
Major General Church concentrated his forces and organized a C-shaped semi-circular defensive perimeter in a small space of several square kilometers, while digging trenches and building simple fortifications, and organizing artillery and tanks to prepare for a counterattack!
But this time, the terrain they chose was really terrible, with their backs against the east bank of the Cheongcheon River, Zhang Dabiao leading the 100th Division and the artillery brigade blocking the way to the south, and Shen Quan's 101st Division fiercely attacking from the east, taking the 19th Regiment in one fell swoop!
Only the north made Major General Church feel a little better. Wang Huaibao's 102nd Division was still relatively silent at the moment, slowly pressing over from the north.
His 102nd Division, due to taking small mountain roads, had neither a tank battalion nor a 105mm howitzer battalion. Relying on mules and horses, they carried mountain guns and 107 rockets to the front line. Because they were basically advancing on foot, their speed was much slower than the 100th and 101st Divisions, which were taking the main roads to the east and south.
Shen Quan had completed a big task, and Wang Huaibao had just led the 102nd Division to complete the encirclement work in the north.
However, this also conformed to Wang Huaibao's consistent temperament. This time, he didn't have a tank battalion, but he basically took all of Shen Quan's 101st Division's rocket launchers. In terms of artillery firepower, the current 102nd Division had a full 68 107 rocket launchers!
If this were launched with all its might, it would also be an unforgettable nightmare for Major General Church.
Under this situation, Major General Church received a telegram for help from Brigadier General Corder. He was now in deep water, unable to save himself across the Nipsa River, and could only politely decline Brigadier General Corder's request, passing the request for help to Lieutenant General Kendall in the rear, asking the military headquarters to send reinforcements.
Ding Wei sent the 1st Battalion of the 375th Regiment of the 178th Division to seize the Cheongcheon River Bridge. They had a very good start, directly eliminating a company of the Southern Army's puppet troops by the bridge. The 1st Company stayed on the east side of the bridge to guard against enemy reinforcements coming from the east.
The 2nd and 3rd Companies seized a hill and the bridgehead on the west side of the bridge, forming a flanking position to defend the west side of the Cheongcheon River Bridge.
They had just gained a foothold when the Middlesex Battalion charged over!
Battalion Commander Yao Fuhai was standing on the hill occupied by the 2nd Company at this moment, watching two light armored vehicles of the Middlesex Battalion rushing in front. He could only see a rough outline, and it would have been difficult to spot them if they hadn't had their lights on.
"Zhao Hong, can you take out those two things?" Yao Fuhai pointed to the two armored vehicles that were speeding towards the bridgehead. Although he couldn't see the specific appearance clearly, judging from the outline, they should be the familiar M3 light tanks!
"Battalion Commander, they're too far away, my sniper rifle can't penetrate them." Next to him, sniper Zhao Hong hugged his large sniper rifle and lay on the ground, aiming at the M3. Judging from the distance reflected by the laser rangefinder, they were still seven or eight hundred meters away.
Although the large sniper rifle could reach, shooting the M3's steel plate from such a long distance would be like tickling it!
After all, even if the M3's armor was thin, it was still a steel plate!
This was the Rogue Eagles' M3. If it was a Dragon Country modified M3, there would be no possibility of penetrating it at all.
"The machine guns and cannons on these things are quite annoying. If we can take them out remotely, let's take them out first," Yao Fuhai said. "We haven't even had time to dig fortifications yet. If we get strafed by these guys, I'm afraid there will be quite a few casualties."
After Yao Fuhai finished speaking, he immediately ordered.
"Everyone else retreat behind the hill, leaving the RPG rocket launchers and sniper team to prepare for battle!"
Sure enough, the two leading M3 light tanks of the Middlesex Battalion approached the hill to 500 meters and began to use machine guns to reconnoiter the hill!
Bullets whizzed past over Yao Fuhai and his men's heads!
Making Yao Fuhai's back sweat cold!
If the 2nd Company had been left in front just now, this wave of firepower reconnaissance would have probably sacrificed several soldiers.
Unexpectedly, the Rogue Eagles were quite rogue in their actions, relying on having enough bullets and not being afraid of wasting them, they didn't stop along the way!
After enduring this wave of firepower reconnaissance.
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Yao Fuhai saw that under the reflection of the car lights, the M3 tank became more and more exposed, and now it began to enter the range of the sniper rifle and rocket launcher.
Zhao Hong didn't dare to be careless this time.
Without waiting for the battalion commander's instructions, Zhao Hong entered a state of combat readiness.
The road was bumpy, and the M3 tank was also bouncing along the way. Zhao Hong aimed at one in the blur.
On the other side, the two RPG rocket launcher teams also entered a state of readiness. They nervously watched the M3 tank drive towards them, fearing that it would open fire again at the slightest disagreement.
Each of them pressed their bodies tightly to the ground.
For rocket launchers, it was best to enter a range of about 250 meters to deal a fatal blow to the M3 tank!
But Zhao Hong obviously didn't wait that long. After the M3 tank entered a short, smooth road, he decisively fired!
The huge recoil made his shoulder ache!
But this bullet did not disappoint him. It drilled into the M3 tank's driver's seat at once, directly killing the Rogue Eagles' M3 driver, causing the tank to suddenly lose control.
It quickly rushed out of the road and overturned!
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