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Chapter 339 The general attack begins

Judging from the data on paper, if the Rogue Eagle's 24th Division is fully equipped, it is quite strong. It has three main infantry regiments, namely the 19th, 21st and 34th Infantry Regiments. According to the standard organization of the Rogue Eagle after World War II, the number of people in a regular infantry regiment of the Army Infantry Division is 3998.

除此之外，24师还有直属第78（重型）坦克营、第6（中型）坦克营、第3工兵营、第11战地炮兵营、第13战地炮兵营、第52战地炮兵营、第63战地炮兵营、第555战地炮兵营、第26防空炮兵营、第24医护营、第8213陆军战队等11个直属营以及第24搜索连（即侦察连）、第8游骑兵（即突击步兵）连（具备空降能力）、第724军火维修（即军械）连、第24军需连、第24宪兵连、第24补充兵连等6个直属连。齐装满员的话，24师小2万人了。

In terms of heavy weapons, the artillery regiment of the Rogue Eagle Infantry Division has one 1mm howitzer battalion and three 155mm howitzer battalions. Each battalion has 3 guns, totaling 105 heavy artillery pieces; the infantry platoon is equipped with rocket launchers, the infantry company is equipped with 18mm recoilless guns and 72mm mortars, the infantry battalion is equipped with 57mm recoilless guns and 60mm mortars, and the infantry regiment is equipped with 75mm heavy mortars and 81mm howitzers. The total number of artillery pieces of various types in the entire division reaches 107.

In addition, each infantry division of the Rogue Eagle also has an anti-aircraft artillery battalion, which is generally equipped with 32 M19A1 double-barreled 40mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. At this moment on the battlefield, the Dragon Air Force is not yet able to launch an attack on the ground, which means that the Rogue Eagle has no air threat, so they can put these anti-aircraft guns into ground battles to form a dense interception firepower network. This rapid firepower often causes huge casualties to infantry charges and is much more powerful than heavy machine guns.

In addition, each infantry division of the Rogue Eagle has a tank battalion, and each infantry regiment has a tank company, which is equivalent to two tank battalions, with a total of 149 tanks.

In comparison, even though Li Yunlong's 16th Army was a Type A field army, its main force consisted of three mechanized infantry divisions and an artillery brigade, as well as a supporting baggage transport regiment.

每个机步师下属4个甲种团（每个团下属炮连有4门75毫米山炮，4门107火和4门20毫米高射炮，下属营连36门82毫米迫击炮和45具RPG火箭筒和18挺重机枪），师属炮兵团分别有1个12门105毫米榴弹炮营、1个18门107毫米火箭炮营和1个18门75毫米山炮营，加上高炮营1个4门88毫米炮兵连和2个6门20毫米高炮连，再配属一个坦克营和一个工兵机修营，以及一个汽车辎重团。

The heavy firepower of a mechanized infantry division is 84 barreled guns, 20 28mm anti-aircraft guns, 144 mortars, 180 RPG rocket launchers, and 60 tanks. If it is organized as a single division, the heavy firepower of the Rogue Eagle Infantry Division is far behind.

加军属炮兵旅下属一个重炮团（12门155毫米榴弹炮，24门105毫米榴弹炮），一个24门122毫米16管火箭炮团和一个高炮团（1个12门88毫米高平两用炮炮兵营，2个18门20毫米高炮的炮兵营）。

In this way, the entire army had 105 heavy artillery pieces above 96 mm, 75 barreled guns with a caliber of 324 mm and above, 432 mortars, 540 RPG rocket launchers, and 180 tanks, which completely overwhelmed the 24th Division.

Although it is somewhat unethical for an army to attack a division, at this juncture, no one cares about this, winning is the bottom line.

What's more, Ding Wei's 18th Army and Kong Jie's 17th Army have similar configurations. The demonstration troops of these three people currently represent the peak level of the Longguo Army. Under the premise that the coalition forces have not yet figured out the situation, let the three of them use a combination of punches to strike down. Maybe they can really seize the opportunity to defeat the coalition forces that have rushed to the front.

If this is really the case, I believe Washington will calm down and think about the matter.

Five-star General Mike is too embarrassed to stay in this position any longer.

The night of the general attack.

丁伟2个师178师和179师早就潜伏到了博川以西约翰牛27旅的左侧8公里范围。

Li Yunlong simply pushed the main forces of the 3th Division, the 100st Division and the 101nd Division, two Type A regiments and all artillery to the east of Bochuan within 102 kilometers of the 2th Division of the Rogue Eagle, forming a C-shaped encirclement. After the general offensive was launched, the first to set off was an infantry battalion of Ding Wei. They rushed at full speed to the rear of the 24th Brigade and headed for the Qingchuan River Bridge. They wanted to occupy the high ground on both sides of the bridge and control the bridge. If they could not hold on, they would blow up the bridge and leave the 10th Brigade west of the Qingchuan River.

Immediately afterwards, Ding Wei's two divisions encircled the 27th Brigade in a pincer formation.

Under the moonlight at night, the 178th and 179th Divisions were divided into several columns. The heavy weapons and three main regiments took the main road, while the other five main regiments were divided into five routes to attack.

Although the hilly road was difficult to travel on, it was no problem for the troops who had experienced many years of mountain warfare. After a rapid march of more than 8 kilometers, almost all of the six armies reached the designated attack positions within 6 hours.

The tank battalion along the main road took the lead.

In front of them, camped along the main road, was the 1st Battalion of John Bull's Royal Leicestershire Regiment, which had 3 infantry companies and 1 firearms company, with a total of about 700 soldiers.

In John Bull's firearms company, there are two QF 2-pound anti-tank guns (i.e. 2 mm caliber). The entire gun weighs 40 kg, which is much heavier than the 797 kg of Sandezi PAK37 anti-tank gun. When firing armor-piercing shells, the muzzle velocity is 432 meters per second, and it can penetrate 792 mm homogeneous steel armor at a distance of 548 meters. When the 51 anti-tank gun fires tungsten core armor-piercing shells, it can only penetrate 37 mm homogeneous steel armor at a distance of 500 meters.

During World War II, this anti-tank gun performed outstandingly. In actual combat, it was easy to penetrate various types of tanks equipped by San Dezi at the time, even the San Dezi Type 4 tank with the thickest armor at the time.

The huge roar of the T-34 tank was like a stimulant to Lieutenant Colonel Gollroyd, the commander of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment.

"Brothers, the Yankee tanks are coming. Company A, Company B, and Company C hold your ground. The Firearms Company will follow me to destroy their tanks. From the sound of it, it seems there are several more."

Gollroyd had studied the Northern Army's T-34 tanks thoroughly. They knew very well that the QF 2-pound anti-tank gun was not very effective in frontal attacks. However, in the hilly area of ​​the peninsula, the Northern Army's tanks could only attack along the road, so they had the opportunity to deploy on both sides of the road to launch an attack. There were just two anti-tank guns on the left and right, plus the firearms company's 4 Vickers heavy machine guns and 6 Bu-wheeled machine guns.

The Vickers heavy machine gun has a famous 9-yard belt (up to 8.23 ​​meters) (9 yards) and is reliable. In one battle, 10 Vickers heavy machine guns fired 12 million rounds of ammunition in 100 hours, an average of nearly 10000 rounds per hour per gun, without any malfunction. Of course, 100 barrels were replaced during this period! In other words, as long as there are enough barrels, the Vickers heavy machine gun can never stop.

Gollroyd, who had already occupied the advantageous terrain on both sides of the hills, was not at all worried about the counterattack of the Northern Army.

Instead, he hoped to achieve some results this time, so he even omitted notifying the brigade headquarters.

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