bullyxtreme Chapter 145 Operation Dandelion
Chapter 145 Operation Dandelion
Operation Plan No. 8 is still somewhat risky overall.
Whether the first phase of the operation can be successful depends on the airborne troops.
Not only did they have to capture the Ice City, but they also had to resist the Russian reinforcements coming from all directions.
At present, Ice City has the strength of at least one Tsarist Russian infantry division.
Therefore, their tasks are the heaviest.
However, Jiang Hua is still very confident in the airborne troops.
Since their establishment, they have participated in almost every major war.
Every time he appears at the critical place and critical time, dealing a fatal blow to the enemy.
Therefore, Jiang Hua also attaches great importance to the airborne troops.
However, this battle is somewhat different from previous ones.
The biggest difference is that the airborne troops participating in this operation are no longer the strength of one division, but three full airborne divisions.
After the war in northern Xinjiang ended, Jiang Hua expanded the airborne troops.
Two new airborne divisions were formed to form the 1st Airborne Army.
The two divisions are the 20th Airborne Division and the 21st Airborne Division.
At the same time, the 19st Airborne Division was renamed the 1th Airborne Division and no longer used the st Airborne Division number.
Because the Fuxing Army only has one first division, which is the first motorized infantry division.
All three airborne divisions will participate in this operation.
The scale of this airborne operation is also unprecedentedly powerful.
After completing the airborne landing, the three divisions had different tasks.
One division was responsible for attacking the Ice City and capturing the airport, while the other two divisions were responsible for blocking the Tsarist Russian reinforcements.
After taking the airport, the Air Force will organize a large-scale transport aircraft to send the 100th, 102nd and 107th Light Infantry Divisions to the Ice City.
In this way, Bingcheng will have six divisions of troops, which can attack or defend.
This is the battle plan against Ice City.
On the Chuncheng front, it was composed of the 1st Motorized Infantry Division, the 2nd Motorized Infantry Division, the 10th Mechanized Infantry Division, the 11th Armored Division, the 1st Heavy Artillery Division, the 1st Railway Artillery Regiment, the Independent 1st Heavy Tank Brigade and other troops of the 1st Army of the 1st Corps of the Fuxing Army.
On the Sitao Railway front, it was composed of the 12th Armored Division, 13th Mechanized Infantry Division, 14th Motorized Infantry Division, 15th Motorized Infantry Division, and 2nd Heavy Artillery Division of the 5th Army of the 1st Corps.
After defeating the Northern Frontier Army and the Fuso Army, the Fuxing Army's manpower was also freed up.
The focus of the First Legion was also placed on the battlefield outside the Great Wall.
The Second Corps was responsible for the defense within the pass.
That is why they were able to concentrate their forces to deal with the invading Tsarist Russia.
On these two fronts, the Fuxing Army deployed eight infantry divisions, two artillery divisions, one railway artillery regiment, and one heavy tank brigade.
In addition, there are 6 divisions of troops in the rear.
The total number of troops deployed in the battle has reached 20 divisions with more than people.
This was also a preparation for a large-scale battle with Tsarist Russia.
After all, if one wants to restore Begonia Leaves, one has to face not only the Independent First Army that invaded the two northern provinces of the ancient country, but also the entire Far Eastern Front.
The Far Eastern Front has a force of more than 50.
The Renaissance Army had never come into contact with the Tsarist Russian army of this time and space, and did not know much intelligence.
So we must pay enough attention to it.
Tsarist Russia has also sensed that the Renaissance Army will launch an attack on them in the near future.
Because the Fuxing Army mobilized a large number of trains, cars, and planes to transport troops and combat supplies to Siping and Baicheng.
The mobilization of hundreds of thousands of troops would cause such a huge noise that it was impossible for them not to notice it.
As the commander of the Far Eastern Front, Ivanovich has now returned to Khabarovsk, the Far Eastern region of Tsarist Russia, where the Far Eastern Front headquarters is located.
This place was once the territory of an ancient country.
In an unequal treaty in the last century, this piece of land of more than 40 square kilometers was ceded to them.
It's less than a century away.
But now this city has become one of the largest industrial cities in the Far East and also a strong military town.
The headquarters of the Far Eastern Front Command was located here, which also shows the status of Khabarovsk in the Far East.
"Instruct all units to pay close attention to the fighting on the front lines, and at the same time order the 15th and 18th Infantry Corps of the 19th Group Army to be ready to reinforce at any time.
Aviation units have stepped up reconnaissance efforts in these two areas."
Although General Ivanovich looked down on the yellow-skinned ancient people.
But the recent performance of the Fuxing Army has been a bit too aggressive, especially its appearance in Tianjin City, which has made him particularly wary of this army.
That is why, when he learned that the Restoration Army might launch an attack, he ordered the 15th Army in Vladivostok to be ready to provide reinforcements at any time.
In his opinion, two armies were more than enough to stop the attack of the Restoration Army.
After all, the Independent First Army is a combined arms army with 8 divisions, and its combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of an ordinary army.
就拿第15集团军来举例，下辖第18、19两个步兵军共计6个轻装步兵师，总兵力8万人左右。
It was not equipped with heavy weapons such as tanks.
This is the difference between a combined arms army and an ordinary army.
June 6th, the year of Renshen, was the eve of the official implementation of Operation Plan No. 19.
The major military airports in Andong Province, Beire Province, Yanbei Province, and Zhili Province became extremely busy.
The 19th, 20th and 21st Airborne Divisions, as the first vanguard troops, are all ready to set off at any time.
当时间来到6月20号凌晨4点之后，陆续就有机场开始放飞一架架C-47、C-54运输机。
For this airborne operation, the Air Force mobilized almost all of the transport aircraft, totaling more than 900 aircraft.
Among them, the number of C-54 heavy transport aircraft reached more than 370, the size of 4 transport aviation brigades.
There are also 47 C-6 transport aviation brigades with more than 550 aircraft.
This is also the current transport aircraft unit of the entire Renaissance Army Air Force.
It is fully capable of transporting an entire division's troops and equipment a thousand kilometers away at one time.
Under the escort of two Mustang and Thunder fighter aviation brigades, the transport aircraft group headed directly towards the Ice City.
To prevent premature exposure of the whereabouts.
The transport aircraft route for this airborne operation also deliberately avoided areas with dense crowds.
So after dawn, the huge transport fleet consisting of hundreds of transport planes was not discovered by the Tsarist Russia.
However, many people in the northern borderland who got up early to work discovered it.
But they would not inform Tsarist Russia either.
So this can be considered as maintaining confidentiality in action.
It was not until the fleet flew to a place about 20 kilometers away from the Ice City that they were discovered by a camp of the Tsarist Russia.
This camp is the 37rd Infantry Regiment of the 173th Infantry Division stationed in Ice City.
The 37th Infantry Division also belongs to the 7th Infantry Corps of the Independent st Army.
"The bombers of the Renaissance Army? Damn it, the bomber unit of the Renaissance Army is coming, all personnel immediately disperse and hide.
Immediately report this situation to the Ice City Command and have them launch fighter jets to intercept, damn it!"
Soon, the sound of air raid sirens rang out in all the major camps in Ice City.
The group of Mustang fighter jets responsible for the escort took the lead and flew at full speed towards the north of Ice City.
The outline of an airport built on the plains outside the city came into their sight.
This airport is also one of the largest military airports in Ice City, and the main force of the Saibei Army Air Force was once stationed here.
Now this military airport is home to all the fighter jets of the 18th Aviation Division of the 12th Army of the Tsarist Russian Air Force, totaling four tactical aviation regiments.
Each regiment has 24 fighter jets, and four regiments have 96 fighter jets.
Moreover, these 96 fighter jets are all the most advanced I-5 fighter jets of the current Tsarist Russian Air Force.
This fighter is also a biplane fighter with a maximum flight speed of 278 kilometers per hour and a range of 660 kilometers.
In terms of weapons, it is equipped with two 2mm caliber machine guns.
Generally speaking, the current technical level of Tsarist Russian fighter jets is not much different from that of Fuso, and both sides are on par with each other.
One after another, Mustang fighter planes dived towards the airport despite the bombardment of the airport's anti-aircraft artillery.
Rockets exploded in the airport, destroying the Tsarist Russian fighter planes parked on the apron.
When the rockets ran out, they were mowed down with machine gun fire.
In a short time, the entire airport was in chaos.
During this period, even if some Tsarist Russian pilots successfully launched their fighter planes, they would soon be targeted by the Mustangs.
The gap in fighter performance between the two sides is really too big.
Therefore, these fighter planes that took off could not escape the fate of being shot down.
The only air force within the ancient country was suppressed by the two Mustang battalions, and they could not pose a threat to this airborne operation.
Above the plains north of Ice City, a number of CG-4 gliders and MK1 Hamilcar heavy gliders landed heavily on the plains, relying on the friction between the belly and the ground to slow down.
They were not attacked during the landing.
An entire airborne regiment of gliding infantry, along with tanks and artillery, successfully landed.
A few minutes later, when the transport planes flew over 400 meters in the air, they released parachute flowers.
In a moment, the entire sky was filled with white umbrella flowers floating.
Operation Dandelion, part of Operation Plan 8, is already halfway to success.
In Bingcheng, the headquarters of the First Independent Army Group was located in the luxuriously decorated Yang Mansion.
The Yang family's father and son were imprisoned in a prison in Bingcheng.
After they escaped from Shenzhou, they returned to Bingcheng.
Lermontov, commander of the First Independent Army, imprisoned the Yang father and son after draining their property.
This also made Lermontov's life in the Ice City very comfortable.
Not only did he obtain a huge amount of wealth, but he was also accompanied by beautiful women and fine wine every day. Such a life made him not want to return to Tsarist Russia.
However, Lermontov is no longer able to enjoy the good life.
"What? The Renaissance Army airdropped into the northern part of Ice City? Tens of thousands of people?"
When Lieutenant General Lermontov received the call, he felt like he was struck by lightning and began to tremble all over.
"Damn it! Immediately mobilize all the troops we can to where they landed and annihilate them there."
This move was completely beyond his expectations.
He had heard before that the Restoration Army had a large airborne force, and the Fuso Army had suffered great losses there.
But he didn't expect the other party to be so bold as to airdrop directly into Ice City.