1825 My New Daming

Chapter 482 Collapse!Really collapsed! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

To the west of Table Top Mountain, on both sides of Highway [-], Tara Prairie.

September 1, dusk.

When the setting sun shines on the Tara Grassland at the western foot of Tabletop Mountain, and the open grassland is reflected golden, the time to decide the rise and fall of Tuao and the ownership of the Southern Continent has arrived.

Two armies, each consisting of tens of thousands of troops, have already launched an offensive formation on the Tara Grassland under the setting sun. A decisive confrontation is about to begin.

Unlike the more common positional offensive and defensive battles in the past two years, neither of the two armies facing each other on the prairie this time had a solid position to rely on. Out of the horizontal line. And it looks like an offensive formation!

The reason why the formation is arranged in this way is because both sides are eager to fight!

The Ming army had the upper hand in the daytime battle on the 21st!
First of all, the battle at the Brisbane Fortress has been basically resolved. With the support of hundreds of battleship main guns, the most resolute human attack launched by the two Japanese divisions in the early morning of the 2st soon achieved a breakthrough!Although the stubborn local and Australian bandits relied on the internal buildings of the fortress to resist, it was futile to face the onslaught of the Japanese devils who had an overwhelming advantage in terms of casualties, numbers and firepower.By noon on the 21st, the Sun and Moon flag of the Great Tomorrow Dynasty and the Japanese Clover flag had been raised on the headquarters fortress of the Brisbane Fortress!

Although there are still some local and Australian bandits who are fighting desperately, the main force of the two Japanese divisions has completed their tasks.

So at noon on the 21st, Lieutenant General Zheng Guoxian, the commander in charge of the siege of Brisbane Fortress, had already begun to send his reserve team (a Japanese division) and the third Ming army drawn from the siege of Brisbane. The mixed brigade and the No.20 Infantry Division were transferred to the Table Top Mountain front.Later, the main force of the two Japanese divisions used to attack Brisbane will also be put into the Tabletop Mountain front, plus the original 2 Ming army mixed brigades and 2 Infantry Division of the Ming Army, the strength of the Ming Army on this line will reach 3 mixed brigades, 3 infantry divisions, and 4 Japanese divisions. In addition, some artillery regiments, truck regiments, and engineering regiments directly under the Southern Continental Army Corps will also be added. There are 3 independent infantry regiments that are strengthened for each mixed brigade, etc., and the total strength is probably no less than 3!
This is an army of 18 mechanized (mixed brigades), motorized (Ming army infantry divisions) and semi-motorized (Japanese divisions), and has a large number of towed artillery and self-propelled artillery (mainly self-propelled 120 mortars), and There are more than 300 fighters to provide air support!
At that time, Hugh Goff's 20 cavalry and mounted infantry will only be wiped out. So after being unable to get in touch with the Brisbane Fortress, Hugh Goff finally made his final decision!

While making up his mind, Admiral Hugh Gough also gave orders to 16 of the 14 divisions that had been stuck by the Ming army to stand on the spot—there were 2 other divisions that were originally on both sides of Highway 1. Now it has been defeated, and most of the losses have been lost. A group of Asan and bandit troops who ran down were stopped by Hugh Goff's deployed reserve team, and they pieced together a temporary division.

Therefore, Hugh Goff gathered the strength of 6 divisions, plus some miscellaneous direct troops, the total strength exceeded 7!
By the morning of the 14st, the front line guarded by the remaining 21 divisions had been cut into two sections along Highway No. He was also "sticky" by the three infantry divisions of the Ming army, and it was impossible to retreat completely. If he was not careful, it would be a big defeat.

Although the British army has 14 divisions on the books, it is much more than the Ming army, but most of Hugh Goff’s divisions are Indian Asan and bandit troops. And they are all light cavalry, while the Ming army is The most elite motorized infantry, the number of each division is much larger than the cavalry division of the British army in Australia.Therefore, the three motorized infantry divisions of the Ming army can not only "stick" to the 3 divisions of the British army, but can even suppress the 14 divisions of the British army.

However, compared with these three Ming army motorized infantry divisions, their three mixed brigades, each of which has strengthened an independent infantry regiment, are not so strong!

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, it was almost dark, and the 3rd mixed brigade transferred from the front of the Brisbane Fortress rushed to the Tara Grassland, Li Tiehu, who was in charge of commanding the three mixed brigades, was the chief town of the armored cluster of the South China Army Corps Lieutenant General, decisively gave the order to start attacking!

Well, 3 brigades fight 6 divisions, I have the advantage, and it's a big one!
"what is that?"

Immediately resting on a small hill behind his own formation, Goff felt a little bad at this time. The seven or eight hundred wheeled armored vehicles equipped by the three Ming army mixed brigades were deployed on the prairie. The momentum of the chariot formation is really strong!
To deal with these chariot formations, it is impossible to use cavalry sabers and long guns. It seems that the cavalry can only rush forward and throw cluster grenades.

In addition, besides chariots, they seem to have other strange weapons!

"Admiral, that's a chariot!" Brigadier General Clinton replied.

"No, no, no, I mean what are those little tubes they put in front of the chariot formation?"

Hugh Goff raised his finger and asked the long row of cheap and high-quality "Little Dongfeng" placed in front of the armored vehicle.

"That's... I don't know." Clinton shook his head, "It must be some kind of artillery?"

"Cannon? Is that a cannon tube? Isn't that too much?"

As soon as Hugh Goff finished speaking, he saw the row of "Little East Wind" pipes start to emit flames, and then he saw countless "lightning bolts" spraying out from those pipes, shooting towards his own cavalry and cavalry at a speed barely visible to the naked eye. The gun positions flew over.At the same time, the ear-piercing sound of "咻咻咻" also reached Hugh Goff's ears.

Seeing the countless "lightning bolts" and hearing the hell-like screams, Hugh Goff opened his mouth wide in shock. Before he could yell out, the war horse under his crotch let out a "slippery" scream , and jumped a few times restlessly.Hugh Goff quickly tightened the reins and firmly controlled his horse.But at this moment, the front of his battle formation was covered by a sea of ​​flames, and the roar of the explosion was heard like raging waves.

This scene directly made all the officers and soldiers of the British army, including Hugh Goff, feel heartbroken!

Before they could react from the shock, the roar of the "buzzing" motor came from the ground and the sky at the same time!Hugh Goff looked up and gasped again.I only saw densely packed biplanes appearing in the sky at some point, covering the sky and covering the sun!
"Admiral, the enemy's chariot is moving!"

"boom boom"

Brigadier General Clinton's exclamation had just sounded, and the roar of the barrel artillery sounded again. This is the 155mm, 120mm, and 75mm cannons deployed behind the Ming army's formation firing!
Hearing the density of the roaring artillery fire, Hugh Gough was already ashamed!

If the artillery of the Ming army was pulled by a horse, it would be able to pull up the 75mm cannon at most in this short time.Hugh Goff also has a large number of 6-inch guns and 3.7-inch guns here, which can still take advantage of firepower.

But Hugh Gough never thought that the artillery of the Ming army was pulled up along Highway 1 by trucks. Not only were there 155mm howitzers, but even thirty or forty 155mm cannons were brought in!

Therefore, the Ming army's artillery firepower far exceeded Hugh Goff's expectations. Under the crushing firepower of the Ming army's overwhelming artillery, rocket launchers and aircraft bombing, the already frightened British army on the Tara grassland, The Indian army and the bandit army no longer have a trace of fighting spirit, and they are almost collapsed at the touch of a finger!
And it was a complete collapse!

(End of this chapter)