Chapter 303 The Yaman Empire’s Eastern Front Offensive
Although this was an exercise, it was completely in a real state, so the soldiers quickly entered the state, with hundreds of cannons from the National Defense Forces firing together to clear the way for the troops' attack.
When the National Defense Force launched a charge, a regiment of guards relied on trucks to launch a counter-charge from the flanks of the National Defense Forces.
The military exercise lasted for two weeks was very effective. The defense army soldiers had deformed their technical movements due to tension at the beginning, and later they could even perform creatively on their own, and achieved several climaxes, which made the guard veterans in a hurry. , It can be said that although these National Defense Forces soldiers have never been on the battlefield, they have become quasi-veterans.
The exercise was very outstanding, but the casualties also worried the General Staff. Despite the use of training ammunition, more than 30 people were killed and more than 200 people were injured during the two-week exercise.
Tobull had to bite the bullet and find Fang Xiaoyu with the report, hoping to stop such military exercises.
Fang Xiaoyu took the report and asked him quietly about the effect of the exercise. After learning that the exercise was effective, Fang Xiaoyu immediately decided to make such military exercises normalized and let all national defense forces carry out rotation training.
Fang Xiaoyu believes that such a casualty ratio is tolerated. If these recruits fail to go to the battlefield with such training, they will be the greatest irresponsible to them, and the casualty ratio of training on the battlefield will be much higher.
With Fang Xiaoyu's imperial edict, the General Staff had to continue to formulate training plans and arrange exercise teams. The "Rainbow Military Exercise" later became one of many famous military exercises in the Chinese Empire, which allowed the soldiers of the Chinese Empire to maintain a high level of combat. Quality also made important contributions to the position of the Chinese Empire as the world's largest military.
The "Rainbow Military Exercise" of the Chinese Empire is in full swing, and the national mobilization of the Yaman Empire is coming to an end.
With sufficient force guaranteed, the Eighth Army of the Yaman Empire immediately began to assemble to the eastern front, and a large number of materials and reserve troops also took trains to gather there, and the war preparations were ready within half a month.
The Habvsburg Kingdom should have launched an attack at the same time, but their mobilization efficiency was obviously much worse than that of the Yaman Empire, so the Yaman Empire had to launch an attack alone.
The Yaman Empire did a lot of concealment before the attack, which caused the Cossack Empire to be completely unprepared. In this case, the Eighth Army of the Yaman Empire suddenly entered the territory of the Cossack Empire.
With the support of the cavalry, the Eighth Army quickly attacked in two arrows, quickly defeating the border guards of the Cossack Empire and moving deeper into the inland, with the front of the soldiers pointing directly to the city of Dessa, the important northern city of the Cossack Empire.
Upon receiving the news of the invasion of the Yaman Empire, Alexander III was shocked and immediately ordered the Secretary of the Army, Marshal Kolchak, to mobilize the army to block the attack.
Kolchak was also an experienced old soldier. He immediately discovered the shortcomings of the Eighth Army of the Yaman Empire.
Since the trucks and other equipment used by various countries are now imported from the Chinese Empire, the Yaman Empire did not have so much equipment to supply all troops, so they gave priority to the main force located on the Western Front, while the Eastern Front did not have trucks, except for them. In addition to cavalry, only the two feet of infantry can be relied on, so the speed of advancement is not fast, which gives the Cossack Empire enough time to prepare for defense.
Marshal Kolchak immediately ordered the two Cossack troops stationed nearby to build defensive positions along the way, blocking them layer by layer, and mobilizing troops to gain time for himself.
At this moment, General Cruznan, the commander of the Eighth Army of the Yaman Empire, was standing by the roadside, rubbing against a stone with the mud covered with leather boots. He groaned and complained to Lieutenant General Rudolph, the chief of staff, beside him.
"The Cossacks are such a bad place, there is no modern atmosphere at all, the road is so muddy, no wonder the men in the General Staff refused to equip us with advanced trucks and tanks."
Lieutenant General Rudolph smiled and said, "This is your third complaint today. I think you are upset because there are always small Cossack troops on the road."
Admiral Cruznan said angrily: "Damn the road, damn the country. The Cossack Empire is so bad. I really don't know what the use of His Majesty wants us to attack here."
Lieutenant General Rudolph smiled and said, "Of course it is useful. Now the level of mechanization of the army is getting higher and higher, and our dependence on oil is getting higher and higher. Therefore, we need an oil production place, and the most convenient thing to obtain is
Baku of the Cossack Empire.”
Admiral Cruznan said: "Oil is very important, but the road is also very important. Look at such a bad road, even if there is a truck, you can't drive it."
Lieutenant General Rudolph smiled and said, "Okay, don't complain, Dessa City is ahead. When we capture Dessa City, there will be dry rooms and clean sheets for you."
"I hope so." Admiral Cruznan said indignantly.
'Boom' At this moment, an explosion suddenly came from the front of the team. A cavalry commander came to report panting and said: "Report to the two generals, our forward troops are approaching the city of Dessa, and they are with the Cossack Patrol.
Exchange of fire."
"Great, it's finally here." Admiral Cruznan said: "Immediately order the 11th Army to launch and attack and advance towards Dessa City."
Although the truck was not equipped, the Yaman army was equipped with many light artillery imported from the Chinese Empire. The dense shells exploded on the Cossacks' positions, which made the soldiers squat in the trenches and dared not get up.
Lieutenant General Ilzski, the commander stationed in Dessa City, was not moved by the intensive shelling. He had experienced the battle against China, and he didn't care about such a bombardment.
"General, let the troops retreat. Such a violent shelling will definitely be a huge casualty." A staff officer said on the side.
Ilzsky curled his lips contemptuously and said, "When you have seen the bombardment density of Chinese artillery soldiers, you won't say that. Don't worry, their bombardment of this level will not cause our troops to lose their combat effectiveness."
Indeed, although the artillery fire was very dense in the Yaman Empire, the Cossacks had trenches and the artillery caliber of the Yaman Empire was relatively small, so few people were killed.
After the shelling, the Yaman army followed closely behind the barrage and soon the dense gunfire sounded on the Cossacks' positions.
Both sides used Arthur Type 88 rifles, with only half a pound of firepower, but the Yaman army also had light and heavy machine guns and mortars for cover. The Cossacks, which were suppressed by dense fire, could not fight back.
"The artillery conducts intercepting and fire." Since the logistics cannot keep up with it and there are not many shells, Ilzisky was not willing to use artillery to suppress it when the artillery attacked me just now. However, seeing the charge of the Yaman Army was so fierce, he
Finally I couldn't help it.
The Cossack artillery began to roar, and the blocking fire quickly disrupted the formation of the Yaman army. The stormtroopers became disconnected, and there were no follow-up troops behind them, and the forward-breaking troops were quickly eliminated.
"The Yaman Army is really powerful. It almost broke through our position the first time." Ilziski wiped the sweat from his face and said.
"The first offense is the most difficult, as long as you repel the first offense, it will be easier." Chief of Staff Culkin said.
Ilzski said: "But I am worried about the north now. What if the 82nd Army cannot stop their Northern Corps? They are all new recruits."
Kurkin said: "This is indeed not very safe, but I think the marshal's support force should arrive soon, so we don't have to worry too much."
Ilzski said: "We can't win just by defending, we need to strengthen the counterattack."
Kurkin said: "We only have one army, and defense is difficult, so it is not easy to fight back."
Ilzski said: "If it really doesn't work, we will use that secret weapon."
"Secret weapon?" Kurkin said: "This is not allowed to be used casually."
Ilzishki said: "If the secret weapon can change the situation of the war, we should use it. We must get rid of these Yaman army as soon as possible and support the 82nd army."
Kurkin suggested: "This kind of thing is unhurried. We should be better at defending for two days before using secret weapons."
The Yaman Empire's offensive was like a tide, but the Cossacks relied on the innate ruthlessness in their bones and stubbornly held their positions without giving in at all. The battlefield showed a stalemate, and at this time they were fighting for morale.
, fighting for endurance is also the time to compete for strength.
Lieutenant General Rudolph is the most opposed to such offensive operations. He believes that the troops should move and annihilate the opponents in mobile warfare. The tactic of completely competing for strength and filling with human lives is the most mentally retarded. Even if such a battle is won,
It can only show the commander's incompetence.
Moreover, such a victory in the battle would definitely be a tragic victory and would not help the war. Therefore, he repeatedly persuaded General Cruznan to give up the attack and instead flanked the flanks, and directly attacked the Cossacks' logistics base to cut off the opponent's ammunition supply and
The subsequent reinforcement route of the troops, but unfortunately General Cruznan insisted on not listening.
On the morning of the third day of the Yamann attack, the secret weapons of the Cossacks were finally dispatched.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the Yaman artillery began a routine pre-attack artillery bombardment. After the shelling, 20,000 infantry began another charge. At this moment, a rumble suddenly came from behind the Cossacks base, as the thick
The black smoke, a group of huge armored vehicles similar to chariots drove out.
Because the Cossack Emperor Alexander III hated Fang Xiaoyu, who took away his Far East and destroyed his entire main fleet, the Cossack Empire was the only Western Continental power that never imported weapons from the Chinese Empire.
At the exhibition, after the chariots caused a sensation in the world, Alexander III was quite envious even though he did not buy them, so he ordered his subordinates to start researching the chariots.