Chapter 258 Charge towards the tank

Chapter 258 Charge towards the tank

The next day, Han Yuzhou, the Taifu of the current dynasty and the state minister of Pingzhang Army, announced the launch of the Northern Expedition in Chuigong Hall.

Regarding Han Zhouzhou's hasty decision, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were all opposed to it, whether it was for peace or for war. However, due to the overwhelming power of Han Zhouzhou who deposed the emperor and established a young man, and the deterrence of the Great Xia soldiers in Lin'an City, they did not dare to If you really object, at least you don’t dare to be the first to refute.

All smart people are waiting for a bold breakthrough.

Soon, this outstanding person appeared. He was Xin Qiji who drew his sword in the street yesterday and tried to use his arm as a chariot.

Xin Qiji heard about Han Kunzhou deposing the emperor and establishing a young man, so he was angry and went to court with his sword.

He originally thought that this trip would be a bloody storm, but he did not expect that the minions of the treacherous prime minister Han Yuzhou did not stop him at all. Instead, they respectfully welcomed him into the Chui Gong Hall and allowed him to stand in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty as a commoner. .

Xin Qiji couldn't deal with it at this moment. He wanted to check the situation first before deciding whether to assassinate the traitorous prime minister Han Yuzhou in court.

Then he heard the news that Han Yuzhou had announced the launch of the Northern Expedition.

Hearing this, Xin Qiji was startled at first, and then suddenly realized that Han Zhouzhou had done such a treacherous thing in order to make the Northern Expedition as soon as possible, so Xin Qiji ignored his commoner status and quickly persuaded Prime Minister Han, hoping that he would make a decision before taking action, and not He rashly launched the Northern Expedition.

However, Han Yuzhou was firm, saying that the Northern Expedition was inevitable, and threatened that the Great Xia soldiers would help. The Jin army was just a chicken and a dog, trying to sell their heads.

Seeing that Han Kanzhou had made up his mind, Xin Qiji had no choice but to retreat and settle for the next best thing. He accepted Han Kanzhou's promotion and became the deputy general of the Dingyuan Army.

The temporary commander-in-chief of the Dingyuan Army was Deng Yougang, who wanted to get over his general addiction on a whim.

Of course, Deng Yougang still has self-awareness when it comes to whims.

He understood that he was not the material to lead the army in the war, so he asked Han Yuzhou for Xin Qiji, and then asked Zhao Lihe for Ning Jianjun, whom he had had a good conversation with before. Zhao Lihe readily agreed and ordered Ning Jianjun to bring a A tank company accompanied them.

There were three Northern Expedition fronts launched by Han Xianzhou. The eastern front consisted of more than 12,000 Dingyuan troops and 40,000 Forbidden troops as the main force, and was flanked by troops under Guo Ni, the eastern pacifier of Shandong Province, and Li Shuang, the commander of Jiankang Prefecture, and went north to attack the Lianghuai region. .

The central front was given full authority to Zhao Lihe's Daxia First Armored Division. Huangfu Bin, deputy commander of Jiangling Prefecture, and Wang Dajie, commander of Jiangzhou capital, who were originally assigned to this front, were transferred to the western front, nominally to assist the commander-in-chief of the West Route Army. Wu Xi sent troops from Chengdu to seize the hinterland of Guanzhong. In fact, he was following the secret orders of Han Yuzhou and His Majesty, waiting for an opportunity to seize power and capture the traitor Wu Xi who would cede territory and rebel in the future to establish himself as the king of Shu.

After all the armies were arranged, Han Zhouzhou issued a request for gold in the name of the young emperor and announced the beginning of the Northern Expedition.

Armies from all walks of life mobilized together. Huangfu Bin from the West Road took the lead in attacking on the way to Dasanguan, the gateway to Sichuan and Shu. With the help of more than a hundred personal guards sent by Zhao Lihe, he captured Wu Xi, who had long been rebellious, and captured him in Dasanguan. Sanguan reorganized the army on the west route and attacked Fengxiang to the north.

Guo Ni, Tian Junmai and others on the east road suggested that the army adopt a feint attack strategy, first attack and lure the enemy in Shouchun, and then send the main force to storm Sizhou, and then capture the entire Huaidong theater.

Deng Yougang, the supreme commander of the East Route Army, adopted his strategy and ordered Guo Ni and Tian Junmai to lead the army to attack Sizhou, while he led more than 12,000 Dingyuan troops to attack Shouchun in order to lure the enemy.

But what no one expected was that the combat power of the new Dingyuan Army was truly astonishing.

Under the fierce attack of Yang Tiexin, Guo Xiaotian and others, Shouchun fell in one day. The main force of the Jin army was shaken by this and was lured outside Shouchun City.

Seeing that the strategy of luring the enemy was successful, Xin Qiji wanted to persuade Deng Yougang to withdraw his troops, but Deng Yougang enthusiastically expressed his intention to fight the Jin army.

It happened that the morale of the Dingyuan army was high and full of fighting spirit. Xin Qiji thought for a moment and had no objection.

But Deng Yougang did not let the Dingyuan Army take action. Instead, he used the tank company brought by Ning Jianjun for the first time.

Within half an hour, Xin Qiji and the Dingyuan Army finally saw the terrifying power of the Xia soldiers in the field.

The tank company brought by Ning Jianjun has a total of 12 tanks and is equipped with sufficient fuel supply vehicles, coordinated mechanized infantry units, and other auxiliary units.

And when the Jin Army allowed these twelve tanks to line up neatly outside the city, and with the coordination of the mechanized infantry detachment, pointed the muzzles at the Jin Army's camp in front, the outcome of this battle had already been decided.

At that time, artillery fire was raging, and deafening loud noises echoed on this smoke-filled battlefield.

Under the anti-personnel explosive bombs specially carried by the tank company, the Jin Army camp instantly turned into a ball of exploding fire. Countless exploding shrapnel and steel balls shot in all directions at extremely fast speeds, instantly destroying the people guarding the camp. All the Jin troops were slaughtered.

The Jin Army that was affected by the explosion was not just turned into a sieve. It was also very normal for the shrapnel to cut off the limbs, shovel off the head, and pierce the chest.

For a time, blood and mutilated limbs were flying all over the Jin Army's camp, and smoke and war continued to spread.

With just the first salvo, the first half of the Jin army's camp turned into a sea of ​​flames filled with screams.

Ning Jianjun remained calm and ordered to continue loading and shooting.

This tank company is equipped with a Type 59 medium tank modeled after the Soviet T-54A. It weighs 36 tons and can carry a crew of four. Its main weapon is a 100mm rifled gun with a combat rate of fire of about seven rounds per minute.

Twelve 59 medium tanks, as long as they are properly distributed, are enough to shoot at the Jin Army camp without interruption.

This resulted in the Jin army who were densely camped in the camp not knowing what happened until they died. They could only hear the continuous loud bangs of thunder and see the deadly flames that kept exploding in the camp...

This kind of scene where they were suddenly killed by divine thunder and divine fire without even seeing the shadow of the enemy was a battle they had never experienced or even heard of in their lives.

In an instant, all Jin Jun's hearts were filled with a haze called fear.

In addition, the supreme commander of the Jin Army had already died the moment the first shell exploded.

The 80,000 Jin army was leaderless. Let alone a counterattack, they couldn't even organize a decent retreat, and they were instantly defeated under the sound of artillery fire.

Looking at the Jin army camp that was crying for their father and mother, and instantly in chaos, Xin Qiji recovered from the shock, suppressed his excitement and asked Deng Yougang and Ning Jianjun if they could let the Dingyuan army attack.

After getting Ning Jianjun's consent, Xin Qiji quickly ordered the distant army to attack, and under the cover of the tank company, he killed the defeated Jin army.

Perhaps due to the help of artillery fire, the morale of the Dingyuan Army was greatly boosted. With divine help, every soldier displayed extraordinary combat power.

But at the same time, the Jin Army, which finally saw the enemy's face, also regained its sanity a little, and the remaining Jin Army finally organized a decent counterattack.

A Jin Army general holding a spear even led thousands of cavalry out of the encirclement of the Dingyuan Army. He locked his eyes on the twelve black steel behemoths that were spitting out fire outside Shouchun City and led the remaining thousands of cavalry Jin Army to roar. He rushed over.

Looking at the more than a thousand cavalry charging forward, Ning Jianjun sighed and quickly ordered.

The coordinated mechanized infantry unit quickly stepped forward to lay mines, and then retreated to the tank and raised their rifles.

At the same time, one 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun and two 7.62mm machine guns mounted on each tank were aimed at the cavalry, and the smoke grenade launchers on both sides of the turret were also loaded with anti-infantry shrapnel.

"Boom!"

While the ignorant Jin Army general led the cavalry into the minefield, the machine guns on the infantry and tanks fighting in coordination also opened fire one after another. Bullets rained down on the cold weapon troops in front, and the dense bullet chains were like Satan's windshield wipers. Knock down the cavalry in front one by one.

Perhaps because he admired the opponent's courage, all the bullets subconsciously avoided the Jin Army general at the front.

When the Jin Army general rushed to the black steel behemoth alone, there was no one following him.

But he still roared angrily, brandishing the spear in his hand and stabbing at the cylindrical object in front of him that was as dense as a compound eye——

He thought they were the eyes of the steel behemoth, but they were actually smoke launchers loaded with anti-infantry shrapnel.

The spear penetrated one of the six cylinders, and the remaining cylinders sprayed deadly anti-infantry shrapnel.

"boom!"

Countless steel balls instantly penetrated the armor on his body, turning the unknown Jin Army general into a sieve.

Since then, the Shouchun Battle was a great victory, and the Jin army suffered heavy losses. The eastern front advanced step by step, and it took only two days to capture the Huaidong Theater, and then divided its forces into two groups to attack Suzhou and Xuzhou.

The Eastern Front had such results, not to mention the Central Front.

The commander of the First Armored Division of Daxia was Sun Chuanting, a surrendered general of the Ming Dynasty. In order to show his preferential treatment to the surrendered generals, Zhao Lihe handed over the most powerful First Armored Division of Daxia to him. And he did not disappoint Zhao Lihe's expectations, not only with He mastered the tactics of the new army as quickly as any young man, and it took him less than a month to convince all the young officers who came from the Alliance.

Adhering to Zhao Lihe's will to fight quickly, the Daxia Armored Division led by Sun Chuanting advanced all the way, conquering thirteen cities in two days, and even divided the troops into two groups to capture Luoyang and Kaifeng respectively, which would later be known as Nanjing. and the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty.

At this point, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty finally returned to the territory of the Central Plains after a hundred years of absence.