northernbook Chapter 118: Beating one is the same as beating two, so let’s beat them all together!
Chapter 118: Beating one is the same as beating two, so let’s beat them all together!
The Second Column occupied Siping, cutting off the railway lines between Songjiang and Andong provinces, making Andong almost within reach.
This should have been something to be happy about.
But Jiang Hua couldn't be happy now.
He never expected that the Japanese would use such a trick, nor did he expect that the Tsarist Russians would be so greedy.
He looked at the senior generals of the Restoration Army and said in a deep voice: "I was planning to deal with the Fuso people first and then deal with them, but now it seems that they don't think so.
Hitting one is beating, hitting two is also beating, so let’s deal with them together!”
After saying that, he looked at Zhuang Hua, the commander of the First Legion.
"Feel free to tell us what difficulties your First Legion has."
Zhuang Hua's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he stood up and said, "Chairman, if we fight Tsarist Russia as well, then we will need to fight on three fronts.
I'm afraid the military strength is a little insufficient.
I hope to be able to withdraw 2-3 divisions from the Second Corps to join the Saibei battlefield."
Fighting on three fronts, namely Fuso, Tsarist Russia and Northern Xinjiang, did put a strain on the First Corps' manpower.
The first and second columns need to face the Fuso army.
The 3rd and 4th Motorized Infantry Divisions of the 2nd Army of the 1st Corps need to guard against the northern border.
At present, Zhuang Hua does not have any extra troops available.
Jiang Hua also understood the current situation and immediately waved his hand and said, "No need, the Second Legion is the main force attacking the northern border, so we will not move for the time being.
If there aren't enough troops, I'll find a way. Are one armored division, one mechanized infantry division, and two motorized infantry divisions enough?"
"That's enough. It's enough to deal with them."
This time, Tsarist Russia really pissed Jiang Hua off.
These greedy and arrogant Russian bears must be taught a profound lesson.
A resounding victory made them question their lives.
So that they will not dare to covet the land of the ancient country in the next few decades.
So Jiang Hua also became angry.
Tens of millions of dollars were directly spent at one time to form four divisions of troops.
These four divisions would form the Fifth Army of the First Corps.
They are the 12th Armored Division, the 13th Mechanized Infantry Division, the 14th Motorized Infantry Division, and the 15th Motorized Infantry Division.
These four divisions, with a total strength of nearly 100,000 people, will be fully assembled and deployed to the battlefield within two weeks.
Basically, a division can be formed every three to four days.
After a week, we can start to deal with these Russians.
But before that, we can first deal with the Fuso Army's Fifth Division.
Tsarist Russia does not have to worry that they will continue to move south.
The 10th Mechanized Infantry Division will be stationed in Siping to guard against attacks from Songjiang Chuncheng, Shenzhou Fuso, and the Russian army.
As for the 2nd Motorized Infantry Division, it was required to defend the Sitao Railway to prevent Tsarist Russia from invading Beire.
This is also why it is true that the First Legion is short of troops.
The situation became complicated because Tsarist Russia intervened.
Therefore, the 1st Motorized Infantry Division and the 11th Armored Division began to jointly launch a four-sided attack on the 5th Division entrenched in Panshan County.
The 1st Motorized Infantry Division and the 11th Armored Division concentrated the artillery of two entire divisional artillery regiments.
Except for the rocket launchers with low shooting accuracy, all other barreled artillery launched artillery attacks on Panshan County.
Its target is Panshan County's outer defense line and city walls.
For a moment, the entire outer area of Panshan County was filled with the roar of explosions.
Balls of dazzling orange-red flames rose from the defense line of the Fuso 5th Division.
"Your Excellency, the Restoration Army's artillery fire is too fierce. Our regiment has suffered heavy casualties. We request to withdraw to the county."
"Division Commander, eighty percent of the fortifications on the West City defense line were destroyed by the Restoration Army's artillery fire, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties."
Telegrams floated into the Fifth Division Headquarters in the county town like snowflakes.
Division Commander Akira Okamura felt a headache looking at these telegrams.
Their Fifth Division also had artillery, but they did not dare to fire indiscriminately.
Because the Restoration Army's air force fighters and artillery reconnaissance planes were always circling above their heads.
Once their artillery is exposed, they will be strangled by the joint attack from the open ground.
So this also caused their artillery to become cowards.
Of course, the more important reason is that their artillery are all infantry guns, mountain guns and 105mm howitzers, which cannot threaten the artillery of the Fusion Army at all.
However, the outer fortifications of Panshan County cannot be lost.
So now all the troops can do is to hold on.
Two hours later, the Restoration Army's artillery fire stopped.
However, Akira Okamura did not show any joy.
Because he knew that the ground offensive of the Restoration Army was about to begin.
Surrounded on all sides.
The 11th Division deployed the th Regiment in the south city.
The 41st Regiment was deployed in Xicheng.
The 42nd Regiment was deployed in the north city.
The troops of the Engineering Regiment, Cavalry Regiment, and Quartermaster Regiment all took up their guns and were deployed in the East City.
The artillery regiment was hidden in the urban area.
This is also the total force that the Fifth Division currently has.
The First Column of the Restoration Army also made combat deployments against the Fuso people's defenses.
The 11th Armored Division was responsible for attacking the South City and the West City.
The 1st Motorized Infantry Division mainly attacked the North City and made a feint attack on the East City.
This also ensures that there is a tank regiment and a mechanized infantry/motorized infantry regiment in each of the three urban areas.
The 31st Tank Regiment and the 33rd Mechanized Infantry Regiment of the th Armored Division were formed into a team responsible for attacking the South City.
The 32nd Tank Division and the 1st Motorized Infantry Regiment were a team responsible for attacking Xicheng.
The 1st Tank Regiment and the 2nd Motorized Infantry Regiment were formed into a team responsible for attacking the northern city.
The 3rd Motorized Infantry Regiment was responsible for the feint attack on Dongcheng.
The Fuso Army not only faces siege from all sides by the Restoration Army, but also has to face the Restoration Army's superior manpower and equipment.
As the ground offensive began.
The defenders of the Fuso Army positions outside the South City and West City saw the Leopard medium tanks and Type 4H tanks rushing towards them.
In the direction of the north city, the 1st Motorized Infantry Division also dispatched the 1st Tank Regiment.
Since the 45st Tank Regiment was composed of two battalions, it was equipped with 68 Panther medium tanks and 24 M Chaffee light tanks.
Although the number is not as large as the three-battalion tank regiment of the armored division, this armored force is already very strong for the motorized infantry division.
The appearance of tanks was an unsolvable problem for the Fuso army, which lacked anti-tank weapons.
What's more, there are so many of them.
More than a hundred tanks were dispatched in each direction.
With the cover of artillery fire, how can they resist?
The commander of the 5th Division, Akira Okamura, was reluctant to give up the outer positions and was still using the previous combat methods to deal with the attack of the Restoration Army.
Therefore, this also led to the main forces of the three regiments being divided and surrounded by the tank forces of the Restoration Army.
Even the Fuso army in the county town wanted to rush out to support the outer positions which were only one or two kilometers away.
But they were all beaten back by artillery fire.
During this period, the artillery also demolished the entire city wall of Panshan County.
Therefore, the 5th Division of the Fuso Army could only watch as their soldiers stationed in the outer positions were devoured bit by bit by the troops of the two divisions of the Restoration Army.
The main forces of the three regiments resisted for a full four hours before being completely wiped out.
At this moment, the Fuso troops in the county town are less than 8000.
four hours.
The Fuxing Army annihilated two infantry regiments of the Fuso Army's 5th Division.
This speed has already caught up with the speed of slaughtering pigs.
The price paid by the Renaissance Army was very small.
Only 17 tanks were damaged or destroyed, and the casualties among soldiers were just over a thousand, including more than lightly wounded.
The casualty ratio of the Japanese army and the Fuso army reached 8 to 1.
After breaking through the outer positions of the Fifth Division, the entire Panshan County was exposed to the Fuxing Army.
With an order, a massive siege began.
Although the commander of the 5th Division, Akira Okamura, fought hard with his remaining troops, a large number of fortifications and troops were deployed on every street.
However, faced with absolute superior equipment and manpower, the Fifth Division's resistance had little effect.
But it must be said that the resistance of the Fuso Fifth Division was indeed very tenacious.
Until after dark, the Fuxing Army had not yet taken over the entire county.
It only occupies about two-thirds of the county area.
At this time, the Fifth Division only had about 4,000 troops left.
The reason why the combat efficiency slowed down was that the streets in the county town were narrow, and heavy armored vehicles could not be deployed at all, and even infantry fighting vehicles could not run.
So they could only fight on foot in the streets and alleys of the county town.
However, even so, the Fusion Army's advantage in manpower and equipment crushed the remaining forces of the Fuso Army's Fifth Division.
As night fell, the Fifth Division did not act quietly, but launched a night attack towards the east of the city, trying to break through this line of defense.
During the daytime fighting, the commander of the 5th Division, Akira Okamura, discovered that the attack from the east city direction was much weaker, and this was also the weakest point in the encirclement of the Fuxing Army.
So at night he chose to break out towards the east city.
But the 3rd Motorized Infantry Regiment has more than 3,000 soldiers.
The entire East City was cordoned off like an iron barrel, with no way out.
How could the remaining troops of the Fifth Division be allowed to escape?
Therefore, their breakout was doomed to fail, and they lost more than a thousand soldiers again.
The early morning sun shines on the earth, which also means the end of the Fifth Division.
The 11th Armored Division took advantage of the night to withdraw from Panshan County, leaving the remnants of the 5th Division in Panshan County to the 1st Motorized Infantry Division.
With a wave of Liao Jie's hand, he led the 11th Armored Division along the railway line and maneuvered towards Shenzhou.
The 7st Motorized Infantry Division sounded the attack horn at a.m.
The remaining soldiers, numbering less than 2,000, still put up a fierce resistance.
But just three hours later, the battle in Panshan County ended with the suicide of the division commander, Akira Okamura.
In just a few days, two divisions of the Fusion Army successively annihilated the Fuso 5th and 19th Divisions.
Including the previous 6th Division and 20th Division.
Four regular divisions of the Fuso Army have been completely wiped out by the Restoration Army.
And there are only 17 of them in total.
But now Fuso has begun small-scale mobilization.
As time goes by, they will form more and more divisions.
However, the number of veterans will become smaller and smaller.
Panshan County is only about a hundred kilometers away from Shenzhou.
Although the railways along the way were destroyed, the 25th Armored Division's mobility was still very fast on the plains, reaching an average speed of kilometers per hour.
In the original time and space, the maneuvering speed of Sandezi's armored forces was only 12-20 kilometers per hour.
So the speed of the 11th Armored Division is already quite fast.
It took more than four hours to reach Shenzhou's outer defense line, but was blocked by the main force of the Fuso Army's 8th Division.