bullyxtreme Chapter 255: The End of the Battle of Kansk
Chapter 255: The End of the Battle of Kansk
The Apocalypse Tank perfectly illustrates what a steel monster is.
In order to block the tank units of the Restoration Army, Tsarist Russia hid all the 76.2mm caliber cannons on the battlefield and built semi-buried concrete fortresses for protection.
But the 76mm cannon they had high hopes for was just a tickle for the Apocalypse heavy tank.
The Apocalypse tank's turret armor is 240 mm thick, the front armor is 180 mm, and the side armor is 90 mm.
Not to mention the front, even if the Apocalypse Tank exposed its side, their cannons combined with armor-piercing shells would not be able to penetrate it.
Even at a close range of 76 meters, their 100mm cannon can only penetrate 67mm.
Unless Tsarist Russia brings in cannons with a caliber of more than 100 mm.
But this thing is too big, so it is easy to find it.
The Apocalypse tank rushed to the front like a heavy cavalry charging into battle, attracting all the firepower from the Tsarist Russian position to itself.
The T-54 main battle tanks were deployed on both sides, attacking the left and right wings of Tsarist Russia simultaneously.
Following behind the tank cluster is naturally the BMP-2 multi-purpose infantry fighting vehicle.
This also made the Tsarist Russia's mortar and machine gun fortifications most desperate.
Although they were able to deliver firepower to the rear, there was no one in sight except tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.
It was not until they approached the front line that fully armed soldiers jumped out of the infantry fighting vehicles to cover the tanks in their final sprint towards the position.
"Boom boom boom..."
The propellers rolled up the air, making a huge roar.
All I saw were double-bladed armed helicopters roaring past the heads of the attacking troops.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
As they moved forward, rockets continued to whiz out from the rocket launchers.
The Tsarist Russia's mortar positions and machine gun fortifications suffered devastating blows.
Mortars are indeed lightweight and reliable firepower that can be quickly moved after completing the shooting.
But no matter how fast they are, they are not as fast as the rockets from the attack helicopters.
Fixed-wing aircraft have a very short attack window due to concerns about stalling, and are not very effective against light mortars.
But armed helicopters don’t have to worry about this problem at all, and they can even hover without any problems.
Therefore, it is most effective against light and difficult-to-detect mortars.
"Ula!"
When the tanks and infantry of the Renaissance Army rushed into the position, the Tsarist Russian infantry launched a frenzied counterattack.
The roar of "Ura" like a tsunami filled every corner of the position, and they launched a mad counterattack against the Fusion Army.
“Da da da da…”
The Renaissance Army directly switched the AK-47 rifles to full-automatic shooting mode and started a crazy killing mode.
The Type 33 general-purpose machine gun was also roaring madly. With a firing rate of more than 1500 rounds per minute, it formed a dense firepower network, constantly strangling the Tsarist Russian soldiers who rushed up.
The fighting on the battlefield lasted for more than three hours, and the Tsarist Russia's crazy counterattack did not achieve any effect.
In this battle, the Russian Empire suffered 5000 casualties and captured less than people.
With the fall of this plain defense line, only Kansk remained.
The defense line of the Kansk city area was also divided into two parts.
One is the outer defense line of the urban area and the defense line of the Kan River.
The Kan River is a right tributary of the Yenisei River, running from northwest to southeast. The Kansk urban area is built on both sides of the Kan River, dividing the entire urban area into two.
Because of this, this line of defense has become Kansk's natural line of defense.
However, the city of Kansk has now become a ruin, and the conditions for street fighting are not met here.
“According to aerial reconnaissance, the main forces of the Kansk defenders are concentrated on the south side of the Kan River, but not many people were found.
So I suspect the Russian defenders are hiding in the jungles outside the southern part of Kansk."
Zhao Qi looked at the map of Kansk and basically agreed with the military district chief of staff's speculation.
"Since we suspect they're hiding in there, let's have the air force bomb it and burn the jungle to ashes. Then they'll have nowhere to hide."
After hearing this, the chief of staff's mouth twitched, but he didn't say anything.
Anyway, this is not our country, let alone burning the jungle, even dropping tactical nuclear weapons is not impossible.
He knew clearly that Zhao Qi had been authorized to use tactical mushroom bombs with an equivalent of less than 2 tons.
If you want to use more than 2 tons of equivalent, you need to apply for authorization.
The Air Force once again assembled more than 500 fighter jets and launched a large-scale air strike on Kansk.
However, the target of this airstrike was not the urban area of Kansk, but the jungle behind the urban area.
These jungles are like spots scattered across the vast plains. They are not very large, but they are still very good for hiding people.
The ground forces still used the old method, concentrating a large number of artillery to carry out large-scale shelling on the city of Kansk.
This fire preparation will take three days.
This time, Zhao Qi also mobilized the railway artillery regiment and the independent heavy artillery regiment from the country.
12 308mm railway guns and 8 600mm Karl mortars.
Although the number of these 20 heavy artillery pieces is not large, their destructive power against fortifications is incomparable to that of ordinary artillery.
Fortunately, there is the Far Eastern Railway, a broad-gauge railway.
Trainloads of artillery shells were transported to the front line, otherwise the logistics would not be able to support such a large-scale bombardment.
The No. 2 branch base can also be said to have made great contributions.
Part of the Far Eastern Military District's ammunition was produced by the No. 2 Branch Base.
Some of the ammunition is supplied by domestic military factories.
Domestic military factories basically undertook the supply of one-third of the ammunition for this war.
Now Daqin Heavy Industry Group is still expanding its production lines, gradually increasing output and expanding production capacity.
Jiang Hua also wanted to use this war to gradually support Daqin Heavy Industry's military industry.
Although all weapons and equipment on the front line can be produced at the base, it is cheap and efficient.
But this is a devastating blow to the country's defense industry.
So as long as the domestic military industry can support it, Jiang Hua will give this share to them.
It is also thanks to his support that the domestic national defense industry has begun to take off.
This one-third share has caused the machine tools to run so fast that they are smoking, so we have no choice but to continue expanding production capacity.
Kansk Front.
Just as the military district chief of staff had speculated, the Tsarist Russia actually hid most of its soldiers in the jungle outside the city to avoid the large-scale bombing of the Restoration Army.
But what they didn't expect was that the Renaissance Army actually directly targeted these jungles.
When heavy bombs and napalm bombs fell from the sky and landed in the jungle, flames shot up into the sky.
Soon, a group of people as small as ants appeared and ran madly towards the plains outside the jungle.
"Oh my god, you hid so many people?"
The pilots were stunned after seeing this scene.
Then a more intense bombing began, and the command aircraft reported the situation to the rear.
The Far East Military Region Air Force Command once again mobilized more than 300 fighter jets of various types.
This includes the A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft of two aviation brigades.
As a propeller fighter, it can still have a place in the Renaissance Army Air Force under the full jet strategy, so it must be quite capable.
The Air Force is mainly interested in its bomb load capacity.
其标准的对地攻击搭载模式就是12枚火箭弹或者12枚250磅小型航弹加上3枚1000磅的重磅航弹，总载弹量2.2吨。
Of course, its theoretical bomb load can even reach 6.6 tons, but due to the limitations of the fuselage, its racks are densely arranged, so the theoretical load cannot be achieved.
But a 2.2-ton bomb load is completely sufficient for a professional ground attack aircraft.
The air force's bombing of the jungle forced out a large number of Tsarist Russian soldiers.
Then there was the frantic sweeping of the floor.
Aerial bombs, rockets, and machine gun bullets were madly sprayed at the crowd who were running for their lives.
This also indirectly confirms the fact that there were indeed not many Tsarist Russian defenders in the Kansk city area.
Therefore, the ground forces of the Renaissance Army launched a large-scale ground offensive after only three hours of artillery preparation.
This time the 37th Airborne Division was also deployed.
Their target was the rear of the Kansk city area.
The Russian garrison hiding in the jungle was bombed and ran around everywhere, basically losing its combat capability.
Its rear was basically wide open, creating favorable conditions for the 37th Airborne Division to carry out airborne operations.
Facts also proved that Zhao Qi's judgment was correct.
The Far Eastern Army concentrated its heavy armored forces to launch a fierce attack in the front. When the 37th Airborne Assault Division suddenly appeared in the rear and attacked, the entire Kansk defenders were thrown into chaos.
Coupled with their lack of a command system, large numbers of defenders began to surrender.
After taking Kansk, the Far Eastern Army pursued the fleeing Tsarist Russian soldiers until the evening, and Zhao Qi also ordered a day of rest.
In the Battle of Kansk, the Restoration Army annihilated and captured more than 70 Tsarist Russian troops.
The number of prisoners alone was close to 50.
When this news reached the new Far Eastern Front headquarters in Krasnoyarsk, General Lazarevsky immediately became confused and at a loss.
He had never fought such a battle before. Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in Kansk, but they were defeated so quickly and so miserably.
The newly formed Far Eastern Front was directly crippled.
Although he still has an army of more than 300,000 troops, 700,000 people could not stop the Renaissance Army. Can they really stop it with just 300,000 people?
General Zaralevsky could only tremblingly pick up the phone on the table and ask for help from home.
After taking Kansk, the last obstacle to Krasnoyarsk was cleared.
Hundreds of thousands of troops of the Renaissance Army headed straight for the capital of the Krasnoyarsk Krai.
Once the Krasnoyarsk Territory is lost, the Renaissance Army's offensive can directly threaten the five Central Plains regions.
Therefore, it was impossible for Tsarist Russia to retreat.
The Renaissance Army also concentrated nearly 400,000 troops from three armies to launch a new round of attacks on Krasnoyarsk.
If Tsarist Russia loses this battle again, it means they will lose the entire Central Siberia region.