Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

1913 1 Month 22 Day.

The Far East Army of the Great Xia Empire officially began its attack on the Twin Cities and Vladivostok.

Li Jinji ordered that the Armored Cavalry Division of the 100th Division of the Longxiang Army be the forerunner, cooperating with the 114th to 20th Divisions in the three provinces outside the Imperial Pass, and the 36th, [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th Divisions of the Beijing Camp, a total of [-] divisions with [-] troops. People, starting from Dongning, take the northern route and attack the Michael area, an important town in the north of the Twin Cities.

Taking the 115th Armored Cavalry Division of the Yongxiang Army, the 120th to 10th Imperial Divisions, and the 18st, [-]nd, [-]rd, and [-]th Beijing Divisions, a total of [-] divisions with [-] people as the southern line, starting from Dongning, Attack the Nadezhkins area to cut off Vladivostok's support to the Twin Cities.

As for the two flying brigades of the Silver Eagle Army, they continue to be stationed in Dongning so that they can support the two battlefields.

The airship brigade joined the northern front and began to attack the Twin Cities.

This battle was the empire's first large-scale, coordinated battle between multiple arms. The entire empire's top brass is paying attention here.

On January 1, after three days, all ministries arrived at the scheduled battlefield, and Li Jinji also came to the front line to command and supervise the battle.

Since the Rakshasa people chose to shrink from the beginning and deployed heavy troops in the Twin Cities, Michael only had one Rakshasa infantry division with about 1.2 troops stationed.

Facing a place like Michael where there were not many solid defense facilities, Zhang Yanyu took the initiative to ask Li Jinji for orders, hoping that Li Jinji would approve his fifth division to attack Michael.

Li Jinji considered that he had never seen the so-called armored cavalry division in actual combat and felt that the defenders in the Michael area did not have a high defensive will. It was considered a warm-up match, so he agreed to Zhang Yanyu's request and took advantage of the situation to observe The combat effectiveness of the [-]th Armored Division.

The configuration of the empire's armored cavalry division was determined by Lin Yi after modifications based on the configuration of armored cavalry divisions of later generations.

Taking the [-]th Division of the Yongxiang Army as an example, the Imperial Armored Division is equipped with four tank regiments, two mechanized infantry regiments, two self-propelled artillery regiments, an air defense regiment, external processing barracks, repair battalions, reconnaissance battalions, and transportation battalions.

Each tank regiment has three tank battalions, each battalion has 31 tanks. The mechanized infantry regiment has three battalions, each with 30 armored vehicles.

The basic configuration of the self-propelled artillery regiment is also the same. It is worth mentioning that Lin Yi only made a rough idea of ​​this self-propelled artillery, and then it was completely designed by imperial engineers.

However, due to the limitations of the tank chassis, the current caliber of the self-propelled artillery is only 75 mm, which seems to have insufficient firepower.

As for the reconnaissance battalion, it is equipped with 20 Type A-20 tanks and [-] armored vehicles.

As a result, the entire Armored Cavalry Division has combat vehicles, with a total of 592 various combat vehicles, armored vehicles and self-propelled artillery. The total strength of the entire division reached 2.

As far as the current world environment is concerned, this configuration is already overwhelming and can sweep away any enemy on the ground.

But the price is that it costs too much. The cost of raising an armored division is enough to equip seven to eight ordinary infantry divisions.

Only Daxia has implemented economic reforms. Otherwise, just raising these two armored divisions would be difficult enough.

Seeing that Li Jinji agreed to his request, Zhang Yanyu ordered the Fifth Armored Division to attack the Michael area.

As the front line of the Far East Group Army, and also the front line after the Fifth Division's reload, Zhang Yanyu was prepared to spend all his belongings.

At the same time, senior military officers, including Far East Army Commander Li Jinji, also came to observe.

The self-propelled artillery regiment drove to the outskirts of Michael and then prepared artillery fire into the city. Because the current self-propelled artillery has a relatively small caliber, its rate of fire is very fast.

The fired shells were like meteors, hitting the city directly and igniting a large fire in the city.

The early artillery fire lasted for a full two hours before Zhang Yanyu ordered the tank regiment and the mechanized infantry regiment to attack the city from four directions.

During the attack, the tanks rushed to the front, firing freely at targets on the outskirts of the city and possible fire points.

The purpose of the tank is to quickly destroy enemy fire points and provide defense and fire support to the infantry in the rear.

Behind each tank, there will be a squad of soldiers to provide necessary cover for the tank to prevent enemy infantry from using the tank's blind spot to attack the tank.

At the same time, these infantrymen also had the task of clearing trenches.

After the tanks in the front row destroyed the firepower point, the mechanized infantry regiment behind them rode in armored vehicles and quickly followed up, entering the trenches to clean up the remaining enemies.

One thing needs to be mentioned here, although among the countries currently, only Daxia has armored cavalry divisions, and only Daxia can coordinate infantry and tanks. Countries also do not have anti-armor weapons.

However, Lin Yi demanded that all armored divisions must strictly implement regulations, that is, strictly implement the basic elements of infantry-tank coordinated operations.

Because you don't know how long it will take the enemy to develop anti-armor weapons after seeing the tank.

Especially the Rakshasa Kingdom, a country that loves to drink, maybe they will come up with Molotov cocktails in advance after seeing the power of the chariot.

That thing is made of simple materials and easy to make, but it is a weapon that can cause huge casualties to tanks when the infantry does not have anti-armor weapons.

What's more, the current imperial tanks use gasoline engines, which are more accurate once burned.

The main raw material of Molotov cocktail Molotov cocktail is high-concentration vodka, which is not lacking in the Rakshasa Empire.

Therefore, Lin Yi gave Zhang Yanyu and the others strict orders from the beginning, and they must abide by the Bu-Tan collaborative combat regulations.

Although Zhang Yanyu didn't understand why Lin Yi gave such an order, because no country now has anti-armor weapons or Molotov cocktails. But he still chose to strictly implement it.

So, this is the current situation.

As the chariot advanced, Michael's outer positions were unable to stop the empire's attack.

It only took Zhang Yanyu an hour to break through the outer positions from four directions and launch an attack on Michael's city.

Attacking urban areas is different from attacking peripheral positions. The soldiers of the armored division appear to be more cautious.

Judging from the results of their previous exercises, when fighting in the city, you not only have to be careful of enemies that suddenly come out from around the corner, but you also have to be careful of the top of your head.

Before, they also carried out related offensive and defensive operations in the city. On the outer positions, they fought smoothly. However, as soon as they arrived in the city, they were beaten to a bloody head by the brothers of the First Division.

The First Division, also known as the First Division of the Longxiang Army, is the old unit where the Longxiang Army made its fortune. They often receive guidance from Lin Yi.

Just like that time, Lin Yi taught the First Division how to make Molotov cocktails, and then the soldiers of the First Division hid on the second floor of the main road, waiting for the tanks and armored vehicles of the Fifth Division to pass by.

Then Molotov cocktails fell from the sky, and each bottle was replaced by a tank or armored vehicle, causing the people of the Fifth Division to suffer a lot.

It was only then that the Fifth Division began to pay attention to the threat from above.