Ivan VI had no doubt that the Cossack army could not stop an Axis charge. If the Chinese army withdrew from the Cossack Empire today, he would become a subjugated king tomorrow, so he could only watch himself.
Under the policy of fortifying the country and clearing the country, his country was gradually occupied by the Axis forces, but he could only endure it silently with distress and pray that Gao Deyu would fight back soon. In addition to being distressed, Ivan VI could only choose to believe in the Chinese Army.
However, his heartache would not last long because Gao Deyu had decided to launch a major annihilation war.
The successful attack for half a month made General Howell somewhat complacent. Originally, the myth of the Chinese Army's invincibility had brought strong pressure to him, which had made his nerves tense. After experiencing a series of
After the victory, it gradually relaxed. This was an excessive expansion of confidence after excessive inferiority. This kind of thinking is now permeated in the entire Axis army, but no one has corrected it.
In Howell's mind, the huge number of his own troops has completely offset the Chinese army's well-trained training and advanced weapons. Now he can attack the city and land unscrupulously, becoming the most accomplished general in the history of the Boston Empire.
As for the soldiers who were killed or injured because of the opponent's tricks, Howell didn't care. Such small flaws could not cover up his attack to expand territory, not to mention that most of the casualties were Allied forces and the Boston Empire's troops.
, In fact, the losses were not huge. Unfortunately, he forgot the most important point. War is not a simple pile of numbers. Any factor may lead to a failed outcome, especially human psychological factors, which are the most fatal.
The command of the Axis forces, which was already somewhat chaotic, gradually became disjointed with the cooperation between the offensive forces, and there was a big difference in attack speed. Among them, the Fifth Army led by General Gordon, who made the fastest progress, had already arrived at Fastow.
The husband had opened a distance of at least one hundred kilometers from other friendly forces, and at this time the first autumn rain of the Cossack Empire came.
The Cossack Empire had just recovered from the civil war, and the domestic infrastructure construction was still quite backward, which caused disastrous consequences for the Fifth Army's march. The originally extremely hard ground turned into a quagmire after the autumn rain, and the soldiers had to
Instead of trudging through knee-deep mud, marching through mud that almost sucks people in, the soldiers' physical strength will be exhausted before they can go very far.
As for vehicles, chariots traveling on tracks are better, but those wheeled personnel carriers are in bad luck. In the mire, their tires will only slip. If the chariots did not pull them out of the mire time and time again, these
Wheeled vehicles were abandoned long ago.
The difficulty of the road caused the slow delivery of supplies, and the frequent use of tanks to pull wheeled vehicles consumed more fuel. In addition, the tank tracks were also consumed a lot. Therefore, when they arrived at Fastov,
There began to be a huge shortage of fuel in the army, and the spare tracks of many tanks were also used up. General Gordon had to stop the army to wait for the fuel supplies from behind to catch up. This gave God the opportunity to destroy the Boston First Army.
Opportunities for the Fifth Army.
After seeing this good opportunity, all the troops in the Ural Military District under Gaudeyu nervously mobilized. With the cooperation of the Cossack Army, they began to quietly outflank them from all directions. At the same time, the thirty electronic warfare aircraft that had just been installed
Taking turns to take off, they began to interfere with all radar and communication signals of the Axis powers on a large scale.
All vehicles of the Chinese Imperial Army have been tracked or half-tracked. Since the Chinese Empire's vehicles specially designed for northern terrain have wider tracks and much greater horsepower than similar equipment of the Axis Powers, they can operate on muddy roads.
Passing through easily. The Cossack soldiers directly threw their heavy towed artillery behind, and the infantry advanced on the roofs of the Chinese Army's tanks.
The first to be dispatched were not these armored units, but the three air assault corps just established by the National Defense Forces. These units are equipped with several types of helicopters. There are four types of helicopters in the Chinese Empire. The first one is the Wasp-type medium-sized anti-submarine multi-purpose helicopter that has been equipped with the navy.
Purpose helicopters and double Wasp transport helicopters, especially the Wasp anti-submarine multi-purpose helicopter. This kind of naval helicopter deployed on the 'High Sea' class cruiser has often caused the Boston Empire's submarines to suffer. In addition to anti-submarine, it also has aerial mine-laying capabilities.
Of course, this anti-submarine helicopter will not be equipped with the Army, but the Double Wasp transport helicopter is the main model of the Army.
The third type is the Land Wasp reconnaissance and rescue multi-purpose helicopter. Its maximum take-off weight is ten tons, its top speed is 292 kilometers per hour, and its range is 603 kilometers. This multi-purpose helicopter, which is nearly 20 meters long, is
Specially used for battlefield rescue, its weapons are not powerful. It only has four rockets and two six-barreled super-high-speed machine guns. One is installed on the nose and is operated by the pilot, and the other is installed on the side hatch.
Allowing the machine gunner to flexibly serve as cover for rescue operations. This aircraft can carry no more than two tons of supplies, accommodate up to fourteen soldiers and six stretchers, and can also be temporarily used as a troop transport helicopter.
The fourth type of Venomous Bee helicopter is a specialized attack helicopter. This helicopter is specially designed for combat. It has a long and narrow fuselage and numerous weapon systems. It adopts a tandem layout and can accommodate two people in the cockpit.
, the person in front is the pilot, and the person behind is the co-pilot and gunner.
The Venomous Bee helicopter uses two 1,300-kilowatt turboprop engines and can reach a top speed of 277 kilometers per hour. There are short wings on the left and right sides of the helicopter for mounting weapons, on which a seven-seven-foot-tight wing can be installed.
It has a 10mm 19-round rocket nest and four missiles. The missile can be equipped with the Red Arrow 1 anti-tank missile or the Tianyan 1 light air-to-air missile.
In addition, there is a six-barrel ultra-high-speed machine gun on the nose. This armed helicopter with numerous radars is simply the nemesis of armored vehicles. At the same time, it also has certain air combat capabilities. At least its missiles can barely shoot down the Boston-made F84 fighter jets.
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Among these four types of helicopters, except for the first one which is a specialized ship-based helicopter, the other three are equipped in the air assault army. The organization and combat methods of the air assault army were left by Fang Xiaoyu. This brand-new helicopter
The combat methods and organization made the army generals very uncomfortable. The generals who had no experience in this were unable to estimate its combat effectiveness. Therefore, the country only equipped the National Defense Forces with the organization of these three armies for testing.
The keen-eyed Gao Deyu quickly discovered the benefits of these troops. Therefore, when accepting the defense mission, he first took this troop that other military regions were unwilling to have under his command. This time they finally sent
It's been put to use.
Without the knowledge of Boston's Fifth Army, 2,000 Double Wasp transport helicopters from the three assault corps, plus some land-based Wasp multi-purpose helicopters, worked together to transport 60,000 soldiers to enemy lines.
They were covered by more than 600 Hypervenom helicopters and Golden Eagle 4 fighter jets from five wings of the Air Force, but their worries were unnecessary. The Fifth Army of Boston had no idea about this army that had sneaked into its rear.
With Boston's Fifth Army unprepared, the three air assault armies relied on a large number of towed artillery lifted by helicopters to attack several major bridges on the Dnieper River controlled by the Fifth Army and completely control them.
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The actions of the air assault force shocked General Gordon. He did not expect that an army of the Chinese Empire had already reached his rear and cut off his retreat route. Faced with this situation, he immediately realized that he might have
Having fallen into a trap, the first priority now is to escape from the encirclement.
In order to be sure to break out of the encirclement, he immediately sent a report to the headquarters, hoping to receive support from the large forces. However, he soon discovered that all the radio stations in the group army could not contact the headquarters. This was an electronic warfare aircraft of the Imperial Chinese Air Force.
The troops are conducting electronic interference around the clock.
General Gordon, who had completely lost contact with the headquarters, was completely panicked. He knew very well that he was already surrounded by enemy troops. If he could not break out, the only two options he would face were to be eliminated or captured. Now he had lost and
He could only rely on himself to contact the headquarters, so he immediately concentrated his five most elite heavy armored corps and launched an assault on several major bridges on the Dnieper River.
In his mind, the paratroopers who could silently enter his rear and carry out sneak attacks must be the paratroopers. The paratroopers have a well-known and fatal weakness, which is the lack of heavy weapons. Therefore, he hopes to rely on a large number of tanks to re-enter the battlefield.
To recapture the bridge and open the way for his retreat, he could rescue the one million troops of the Fifth Army. To this end, he did not hesitate to make a desperate move and concentrated all the remaining fuel of the entire army to conduct a large-scale tank assault.
As a Boston officer proficient in combat theory, General Gordon made an almost error-free decision. This decision was not wrong among the Boston army. Even among the generals of the Chinese Empire, such a decision was understandable.
.However, after encountering this new tactic of using helicopters for air assault, it was destined to surprise the generals who had not seen its power, and it was also destined to a tragic end for the Fifth Army led by Gordon.
When the five heavy armored corps of Boston's Fifth Army quickly advanced and allowed all the tank troops to reach the bank of the Dnieper River, the first thing that greeted them was thousands of artillery pieces from the Air Assault Army. Although these hoisted artillery pieces were impossible to
The caliber is too large, but it is a real howitzer.
These multi-purpose artillery can be used for both anti-tank and fire suppression. Although their caliber is only 105 mm, they are used to deal with M4 tanks and those wildcat tank destroyers with ridiculously thin armor.