After Su Yu learned the news, in the Western Military Region, He Zhongjun and St. Deburg's army also fought head-on on the grassland. St. Deburg sent three armies and an armored army group to launch a full-scale attack on the 9th Army.
Chen Dahai, the commander of the 9th Group Army of the Western Military Region, watched from the headquarters as the forces of the three armies of St. Deburg were encircling and suppressing the defense line where his 9th Group Army was located. He was also filled with worries.
St. Petersburg has an army of about 50,000 people. The three armies are 150,000 troops. There is also an armored army group. More than 600 armored tanks launched an encirclement and suppression campaign against his troops. Facing St. Petersburg, which is known as the best army in the world, Chen Dahai was used as bait, and his task was to contain the Saint Deburg army.
Their 9th Group Army is stationed south of the Tianbei Mountains, where they are fighting against Saint Petersburg. They spent one day simply building defenses last night to deal with Saint Petersburg's army. At the front line, the sound of gunfire It can be said that it is continuous. As early as six o'clock, the St. Petersburg army began to attack, and now it has been an hour.
"Buzz buzz!"
A swarm of fighter planes appeared overhead. This was the aviation group army under the Western Military Region. He Zhongjun sent an aviation unit of the group army to support the 9th Group Army.
"The 3rd Army on the right wing, advance forward!"
The Third Infantry Army of St. Petersburg began to attack on the right wing. There was also a large number of artillery in the rear. The artillery used by the St. Petersburg Army was an anti-tank artillery, a 150 mm cannon. At this time, there were 120 150 mm cannons facing the rear. The mountainous positions defended by the 9th Army launched an encirclement and suppression campaign.
"fire!"
In the center of the left and right, three armies with 150,000 troops and more than 400 large-caliber cannons stretched the battle line to 7 kilometers and launched another attack on the entire 9th Group Army.
The configuration of the St. Petersburg Army Division is very powerful. A fully equipped field infantry division has 3 infantry regiments, an artillery regiment, a reconnaissance battalion, a communications battalion, an anti-tank battalion, an engineer battalion, and a supply detachment. etc., with a total number of 17,000 people.
Weapons and equipment include 800 submachine guns, 505 light machine guns, 138 heavy machine guns, 90 anti-tank guns, 90 50 mm mortars, 54 81 mm mortars, 20 20 mm anti-aircraft guns, and 20 75 mm infantry guns. , 36 105mm howitzers, 12 150mm cannons, and 147 50mm anti-tank guns. It can be said that they are armed to the teeth.
Why is St. Petersburg's army the best in the world? Because in addition to their powerful equipment, the combat quality of the soldiers is also good, and the types of infantry divisions are also classified, consisting of field infantry divisions, mountain infantry divisions, light infantry divisions, etc. , divided into different types of infantry divisions according to different terrains, so that they can better utilize the geographical advantages for combat.
When the St. Petersburg army was charging, more than 600 armored tanks were also charging, covering the positions defended by the 9th Army with firepower. On the other hand, the 9th Army was also firing on all cylinders.
220 heavy artillery pieces engaged in an evenly matched artillery battle with the artillery of Saint-Deburg. It can be said that the power of the artillery of the Great Xia army surprised Saint-Deburg.
Thousands of artillery shells flew in the air, covering each other's firepower, and the anti-tank guns equipped by the 9th Army also became the nemesis of the St. Deburg Armored Army Group at this time.
The main tank equipped by St. Deburg is the No. 2 light tank, which has a 20mm machine gun and a 7.92mm light machine gun. It is speeding on the battlefield at this time.
More than 600 armored tanks formed a torrent, forming a firepower network towards the 9th Army, covering it. This powerful firepower made the soldiers of the 9th Army also feel the pressure.
In particular, the army soldiers of St. Petersburg are very powerful in combat. Their offensive formation is mainly trapezoidal. The entire 150,000-strong army is spread out. It can be said that at a glance, the entire sky is covered with the shadow of soldiers. This is how large corps fight. scene.
The 9th Army used the hillside as a cover position. The height of the hillside was not very high, only a few tens of meters high, but the distance was long, spanning tens of kilometers, forming a natural defensive position.
Just as St. Deburg's armored tanks were about to rush forward, a dark shadow appeared in the sky, like locusts passing through. Not long after, 800 fighter planes appeared.
"Damn it!"
Peter Gallo saw the densely packed fighter planes from the telescope, about hundreds of them. He was a little impressed by the Great Xia Kingdom. It was able to dispatch so many fighter planes. Also, their first attack failed, so this is the third time. Second attack.
During the first attack, he discovered a lot of things, that is, the marksmanship of the Daxia soldiers was very good, better than that of their soldiers, and the power of the artillery was powerful enough, and he could compete with them in artillery. The most important thing was that the Daxia soldiers had great marksmanship. There is a nemesis of the tank among Xia's troops, although he still doesn't understand what kind of weapon it is.
All these factors combined caused the first hasty attack to fail, forcing him to re-formulate a detailed battle plan.
The combat plan he adopted this time had a shadow of the lightning tactics used by their group army, but now due to distance reasons and the interception of the Tsarist Russian aviation force, their aviation force could not come to provide fire support, so they lost air supremacy.
Fortunately, they have anti-aircraft guns and are waiting for Daxia's aviation force.
In the air, the entire aviation group army began to provide air support in batches. The first attack was the tank armor group. An aviation bomber division began to launch air attacks on the aviation armor group in St. Deburg.
In addition, the fighter group began to launch fire attacks on the charging soldiers in St. Deburg. The heavy machine guns under the wings and machine guns began to fire at the charging soldiers.
The entire border area was filled with smoke, and hundreds of thousands of troops launched a decisive battle here.
After the war began, He Zhongjun ordered eight heavy brigades and more than 3,000 armored tanks to carry out outflanking, using the 9th Army as a bait to buy time for the armored forces to outflank.
In addition, the remaining two armies began to block the retreat of the St. Deburg army, and began to attack hundreds of miles at a distance of 20 kilometers per hour. Before the 9th Army could not hold on, they completed a large penetration from the flanks, forming a In a large encirclement, you can catch turtles in an urn and fight to the death with Sandberg.
Now it's a race against time. As long as the encirclement is formed, even if they can't eat St. Deburg's 400,000 troops in one bite, they can still severely damage their army. Their purpose is to severely damage this army and make St. Deburg retreat in the face of difficulties!
