bullyxtreme Chapter 158: Whose Fist is Harder?
Chapter 158: Whose Fist is Harder?
A journey of 600 kilometers only takes about ten hours for a train that can only run at a maximum speed of 60 kilometers per hour.
In order to prevent air raids by the Renaissance Army, they chose to set off around six o'clock in the evening.
It would take ten hours, or around four in the morning, to reach the Khabarovsk front.
The Second Independent Army was not attacked along the way.
We stopped in a small town called Domir, about 80 kilometers away from Khabarovsk.
If the train goes further, there is a high probability of encountering the Restoration Army.
So they chose the small town of Domire as their forward base.
In addition to a motorized infantry division, the first group to arrive at the town of Domire was also followed by an air defense brigade.
This air defense brigade was also drawn from the Vladislavl direction.
This air defense brigade is also one of only two air defense brigades in the Far East.
One is in Vladislavl and the other is in the Irkutsk region.
The air defense brigade is composed of a medium-caliber anti-aircraft artillery regiment, a small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery battalion, a searchlight battalion, a barrage balloon battalion, and an air defense intelligence battalion.
全旅共计三千多人，装备60门M1931型76毫米中口径防空炮、12门37毫米小口径防空炮。
From this number, we can see that the strength of this air defense brigade is still very strong.
This air defense brigade was transferred to the front line in Khabarovsk specifically to deal with the air force of the Restoration Army.
They did not expect to be able to rely on the air defense forces to destroy the fighter planes of the Restoration Army Air Force.
But at least it can make the Renaissance Army Air Force afraid to launch air strikes against them recklessly.
This is also the biggest shadow since the war between Tsarist Russia and the Renaissance Army.
Whenever I see the Restoration Army Air Force, it feels like the end of the world.
Fighter planes swarmed in like locusts, devouring everything they saw.
It also allowed Tsarist Russia to see the power of its air force.
Even General Ivanovich changed his original idea and believed that the Air Force would be the main force dominating the battlefield in the future.
So they could only march secretly.
Because during the day, the Restoration Army Air Force dominates.
The First Army did not know that the Second Independent Army had arrived near Khabarovsk until dawn the next day.
A reconnaissance plane was patrolling south along the railway line and accidentally saw the Tsarist Russian army gathering in the small town of Domir.
When he approached for some reconnaissance and wanted to take pictures, he was intercepted by intensive anti-aircraft fire.
If it weren't for his luck, he might have died here.
Jiang Tianming, commander of the First Army, was shocked when he heard the news.
"Damn it, it's finally here. I've been so frustrated these past few days!"
In the past few days, they have only launched feint attacks on Khabarovsk City and have been engaged in a tug-of-war with the Tsarist Russian army.
It is to lure the reinforcements over.
Otherwise, with the strength of their three divisions, they would have already entered the city of Khabarovsk and engaged in large-scale street fighting with the Russian defenders.
Now I finally don’t have to tie my hands and feet and beat them anymore.
Jiang Tianming immediately called the combat staff.
"Record the order. The 1st Marine Division is responsible for continuing the siege of Khabarovsk and awaiting the arrival of reinforcements from the 4th Army before attacking the city.
The 10th Mechanized Infantry Division and the 11th Armored Division will immediately withdraw from the Khabarovsk battlefield and be ready to attack at any time."
Judging from the current scale of reconnaissance, the reinforcements from Vladislavl have not yet arrived.
If we launch an attack on them now, it will easily scare the reinforcements back.
So they had to wait a few days until the Russian Second Independent Army completed its assembly before launching the general offensive.
It is imperative to annihilate this reinforcement in one fell swoop, then move south along the railway line, and join forces with the 3rd, 4th, and 18th divisions to attack the Shuangchengzi defense line, and finally reunite and move south to attack the fortress city of Vladislavl.
As for Khabarovsk, just leave it to the Fourth Army.
With the addition of the 1st Marine Division, it would be no problem to capture Khabarovsk, which was already trapped in a jar.
General Ivanovich is also waiting.
Like Jiang Tianming, he was waiting for the Second Independent Army to complete its assembly.
Then, we will join forces with them to attack the Restoration Army's siege troops, open a breakthrough, and open up the transportation line to Vladislavok.
If the transportation lines between the two cities were in their hands, then it might not be a problem for them to hold on to Khabarovsk until the railway bridge over the Yenisei River was completed.
What's more, winter is still more than a month away.
By then, the Fuxing Army will be unable to launch another attack, and he will have enough time to deploy troops and launch a counterattack after the spring of next year.
Both sides have their own plans.
When the Second Independent Army completes its assembly, it is time for both sides to act together.
However, in order to prevent Tsarist Russia from noticing anything unusual.
Jiang Tianming decided to send out the reconnaissance troops to provoke the Tsarist Russian army in the town of Domir and test their firepower.
Lieutenant General Sergei, commander of the Second Independent Army, was somewhat puzzled as to why the Renaissance Army's air force had been completely silent during the few days they were gathering.
If he had not discovered the Renaissance Army's reconnaissance troops in front of him, he would have thought that the Renaissance Army was unaware of their existence.
Could it be that the Restoration Army's air force was afraid of their dense anti-aircraft firepower and therefore did not dare to attack Domir?
Perhaps this is the only way to explain it.
"How long will it take for our troops to be assembled?"
Lieutenant General Sergei is now in a very anxious mood and can't wait to attack right now.
But the artillery units have not arrived yet, so we can only endure it now.
"Report, the last batch of troops will arrive in Domir tonight."
Lieutenant General Sergei nodded with satisfaction.
"Have all troops prepare for the assault. At 7: AM tomorrow morning, launch the assault on Khabarovsk!"
"Telegram to all troops, tomorrow morning at 7: sharp, launch a charge against the Tsarist Russian troops in the town of Domire!"
Lieutenant General Sergei and Jiang Tianming both chose to launch the attack at the same time.
This is also pure coincidence.
Jiang Tianming's combat style is to advocate offense.
I've been waiting for two days, and today makes it three days.
I think the Second Independent Army has almost been assembled.
He didn't want to drag it on any longer.
So we decided not to wait any longer and launch the attack early tomorrow morning.
This dark night seemed very long to General Ivanovich, Lieutenant General Sergei and Jiang Tianming.
After dawn, the victory or defeat will be decided, so none of them can sleep.
Until dawn, Jiang Tianming was still waiting in the command center.
"Commander, it's almost seven o'clock!"
Hearing this voice, Jiang Tianming was shocked. He hurried to the phone and looked at his watch.
When the pointer was about to reach 7 o'clock, Jiang Tianming picked up the phone directly.
"I am Jiang Tianming. I order all troops to launch the attack according to the original plan."
At this moment, Lieutenant General Sergei also gave the order to attack to the Second Independent Army.
The two armies took action in a mighty manner at almost the same time.
At the major military airports in Heilongjiang Province, fighter jets from six aviation brigades began to take off one after another.
The Air Force dispatched two fighter aviation brigades, one attack aircraft aviation brigade, two tactical bomber aviation brigades, and one heavy bomber aviation brigade.
The six aviation brigades will be divided into two batches and put into battle with an interval of one hour.
A total of more than 600 fighter jets were deployed.
Since the war began, the various units of the First Air Force of the Restoration Army have never stopped.
Basically, each plane has an average of two flights per day.
This intensity is already very high for pilots.
Soon, a huge fleet of planes crossed the Changbai Mountains and flew towards the town of Domir.
The Second Independent Army consisted of three two-division infantry armies and one Guards Artillery Division.
In addition, it also has a number of brigade-level direct-subordinate units with a total strength of more than 8.
Together with the more than 12 troops in Khabarovsk, the total force is more than .
In this assault, Lieutenant General Sergei used the 94th Motorized Rifle Army as the main force, the 113rd Guards Artillery Division as the center, and the remaining th Infantry Army and th Infantry Army as reserves.
The two motorized infantry divisions under the 5th Motorized Infantry Army each have a tank regiment, equipped with nearly 200 tanks.
These two tank regiments were also the vanguard troops of the Second Independent Army.
Although they knew that the Restoration Army's tanks were powerful, they had no choice but to charge forward.
The First Army of the Renaissance Army, with Liao Jie's 11th Armored Division as the vanguard and the 10th Mechanized Infantry Division covering the left and right wings of the 11th Armored Division, advanced in an arrow-shaped formation towards the town of Domir.
Although the combined strength of their two divisions is less than 40,000, only half of that of Tsarist Russia.
But the armored force is unprecedentedly strong.
Both divisions were equipped with more than 600 tanks, enough to fight a tank battle.
That's why Jiang Tianming dared to launch an attack with inferior forces.
However, he did not expect that Sergei actually had the same idea as him.
The two sides were at loggerheads and launched attacks at the same time.
"Now it depends on whose fist is harder."
When the reconnaissance plane discovered the Russian offensive forces, a hint of surprise flashed in Jiang Tianming's eyes, and then he sneered.
The distance of 60 kilometers is neither long nor short.
What's more, the two sides were walking towards each other, and the distance between them was rapidly closing.
However, compared with Tsarist Russia, the Renaissance Army has reconnaissance planes as their eyes, which can monitor their movements in real time.
Although the Tsarist Russia also had fighter planes to provide cover, they did not dare to move forward and only flew over the heads of the troops.
So in terms of information, Jiang Tianming has the advantage.
Lieutenant General Sergei did not know that the Renaissance Army had also launched an attack.
Having an information advantage can give you an advantage on the battlefield.
The 11th Armored Division began to slow its advance.
Because they were waiting for the air force to arrive and launch a wave of bombing before launching the charge.
The air force arrived very quickly. A distance of three to five hundred kilometers was less than an hour's flight for the Mustang and Thunder.
When fighter planes emerged from the clouds, the marching Fifth Motorized Infantry Army of Tsarist Russia caused chaos.