The standard of a Chinese Armored Division is that a division has 2 armored regiments and 4 armored battalions, plus two mechanized infantry regiments and 6 mechanized infantry battalions. The standard of a Chinese Mechanized Infantry Division is that a division has one armored regiment and three mechanized infantry battalions.

Corps, in terms of vehicle allocation, the armored regiment will have a relatively high proportion of tanks and tank destroyers, while the infantry division will have a relatively sufficient number of infantry fighting vehicles and assault guns. And various warfare

The total number of vehicles is basically the same. This is something the Austrians did not expect. According to the industry and force scale of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Army prefers to concentrate the limited number of tanks in armored divisions rather than spreading them to infantry units.

Both sides had a certain understanding of each other, and at the same time they also made some mistakes. As a result, a battle that was a mixed bag in terms of reconnaissance just broke out in a confused manner.

This is the first appearance of the Chinese Mechanized Infantry Division, and the opponent they are facing is not a powerful German elite force. Tian Yong feels that the external defense line is easy to break through, and everything can go according to the planned plan, especially after learning that Turkey

After the anti-aircraft artillery regiment was equipped with 75mm anti-aircraft guns, Tian Yong was even more relaxed, because the German 75mm artillery was very difficult to deal with the Type 29 tanks. Although the Type 29 assault gun defended

It is not as good as the Type 29 tank destroyer known as Rhino, but after adding additional armor, it is still stronger than the Type 29 tank. Tian Yong did the math on his own fingers, and it seems that the only thing that can cause damage to his armored troops is

Some threats are some 88mm anti-aircraft guns or 105mm cannons left by the Germans to Austria-Hungary. The number of the former is not large, while the number of the latter can be described as scarce!

Everything was carried out according to the pre-war settings. The design of heavy howitzers and rocket launchers kicked off the attack. Tian Yong's troops chose two directions to break through. They clamped down on the opponent like a giant pliers. Long-range artillery strikes

The dust raised by the attack shrouded the entire attack position in a haze of smoke. Balls of flames shone in the dim dust, and the deafening roar of the artillery was like the cry of an ancient behemoth, spewing a deadly rain of bullets. After realizing the selected goal

breakthrough

area, dense rockets and grenades directly hit the lunar surface in the first line of defense. Such a high-density attack is absolutely fatal to most non-permanent fortifications. The violent explosions and the sound of the fortifications collapsing were heard by

shell explosion

Buried by the sound, after passing the frontal defense line with artillery shells several times, the Type 29 minesweeper tank with the minesweeping roller nicknamed Crab took the lead and began to clear the remaining minefields. Then groups of tanks, assault guns and armored personnel carriers began

Attack.

"The opponent's attack formation feels much wider than the normal tank formation. If the Germans' attack formation is like a sharp spear, then the Chinese army's attack formation is like a broad ax blade.

The width of their attack exceeded our expectations. And through the smoke screen, you can see a large number of tanks looming in the smoke screen. The number of tanks on the opponent's side is very large.

More, beyond our imagination." When Tian Yong's mechanized infantry division launched the attack, the defense commander immediately discovered that the opponent was different from what he had imagined. They had a large attack surface and seemed to be equipped with

Lots of tanks! (Okay, actually these are assault guns, but who in the chaos of a battle can avoid making mistakes?)

There is nothing that can be done about a wider attack surface. Who makes the assault gun's firing range too narrow? The artillery adjustment angle is only 30 degrees. If you want to hit something outside the range, you can only rotate the body. And China thinks that Austria-Hungary

The Empire lacks sufficient anti-armor firepower, so they will use support points to strengthen the defense of key areas, and a wide strike surface can always find gaps between support points

What's more, in order to deal with these support points with reinforced bunkers, the flat firepower of the 122mml35 gun of the Type 29 assault gun is enough to destroy these fortifications. In order to ensure the intensity of the attack, Tian Yong even obtained certain support from the Air Force, if necessary.

.The Foxbat bomber will carry 500kg of high-explosive bombs and semi-armor-piercing bombs to blow all obstacles along the way into pieces!

"This battle was the first battle I participated in commanding, and it was also the most turbulent battle I fought before the outbreak of World War II. The elite troops of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at least had a strong combat effectiveness in a defensive state, and they cleverly used

Fortifications, various artillery and mobile troops formed a whole. In the early stages of the battle, their resistance was very fierce, but due to problems with the equipment or the commander's own will,

Their defense lacked resilience, and it was difficult to organize enough resistance when their carefully constructed defense lines collapsed. This was our later experience, but this time, in the first large-scale battle I commanded in my life, the opponent

"The response can be called a model of defensive warfare." Tian Yong wrote in his post-war memoirs, and also spoke highly of his first opponent, Major General Liola of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

"They are not in a hurry to open a gap, unlike the Germans who emphasize the speed and penetration of armored forces. The opponent's attack is slow and steady, like a huge rolling disk. Their forward speed may be very slow, but they can

Overriding everything on the road, they were not afraid of the arrival of reinforcements. Instead, they immediately switched to defense after the breakthrough and tried their best to use favorable conditions to launch a counterattack.

They focus more on achieving the battle goal by consuming the opponent's combat power, rather than piercing the opponent's defense line and causing the collapse of the front to achieve the same goal." Major General Liola said of the attack of the Chinese Mechanized Infantry Division. Of course, on the battlefield,

At that time, and even after he was captured, he always believed that he was facing an armored division, not a mechanized infantry division.

Different from the general attack, the tank battalion responsible for the frontal attack launched the artillery bombardment as early as possible, and even launched the artillery bombardment when it was about 1,400 meters away from the battle line. The wedge-shaped formation further spread out, and then began to fire while moving. The slender 75mm cannon

After spitting out tongues of fire, a few seconds later, smoke pillars rose from the position in the distance, and machine gun nests appeared from time to time.

Or the mortar position was overturned by intensive firepower. Although the attack was blind to a certain extent, the continuous fire suppression suppressed the opponent's machine guns and other front-line support firepower so much that it was impossible to start, while the infantry behind them rushed in.

They got off the transport vehicle under the cover of the chariot, and then divided into combat groups. They launched an attack like a dispersed wolf pack.

Boom! A 75mm shell hit the surface of a bunker. After the smoke dissipated, the gunner discovered that the bunker did not collapse as he imagined, but only left a not very deep hole outside. "3 o'clock

Zhong found out that Jian

Solid bunker." But before the tank crew could finish his report, a smoke screen suddenly appeared less than 600 meters away from him, and a slender 88mm armor-piercing projectile flew out at a speed of more than 800 meters per second, and hit the ground with its head.

Got this model 29

At the connection between the tank turret and the car body, the powerful armor-piercing projectile tore open the gun mount like a hot knife cutting through butter. Boom! With a loud noise, the Type 29 tank turret was directly destroyed by the shell that detonated in the turret tail compartment.

Fly, there is only one thing on the huge gun mount

A large, dark hole burned by the flames was left. This seemed to sound the clarion call for the Austro-Hungarian Army to counterattack. The firepower points that had not been destroyed were activated one after another, and artillery shells and machine gun bullets swept towards the attacking enemy like locusts.

Chinese troops!

The sound and vibration of various shells and bullets hitting the armor made the Chinese tank crews who participated in actual combat for the first time feel a little uneasy. The vehicle body was constantly shaking and shaking amidst the violent impacts and explosions. Occasionally, the armor was heard being blasted.

The tearing sound should be the tanks destroyed by the opponent's few heavy artillery. However, even in the worst situation, the Chinese officers and soldiers still overcame the fear in their hearts and pressed

Step-by-step maneuvering, shooting, and avoiding artillery fire. However, a calm response does not necessarily produce results. The continuous attacks did not weaken the opponent's counterattack firepower. After a few minutes of exchange of fire, the Chinese tank crews who were on the front line with the enemy

Suddenly I found myself at a disadvantage, with tanks nearby being attacked from time to time. However, the opponent's counterattack firepower did not drop much, even if it was equipped with armor-piercing bullets!

"The opponent actually equipped the core support point with a concrete gun shell about 0.8 meters thick! It is difficult for a 75mm grenade to penetrate this turtle shell, and although the armor-piercing projectile has a chance to penetrate it, it is difficult because there is too little internal charge.

The composition of the personnel and weapons inside is sufficient

Sufficient damage (in World War II, tanks were still able to fight after being penetrated)." After the war, the Chinese Army Survey Team also specifically studied the core support points of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. These fronts were 0.8-meter concrete walls with

Turtle shell with 0.4m protective layer

However, China's Type 29 tanks suffered a lot. If the solid defense of the Austro-Hungarian Empire faced the German armored forces, the Germans could only choose to avoid the edge temporarily. Because there is no front-line combat vehicle in the German Army that can handle this thing.

What kind of guy. But

Unfortunately, what they encountered was the Chinese mechanized infantry. The 122mml35 plus howitzer was already hungry! The armor-piercing capability of the 122mm artillery using capped armor-piercing projectiles was originally higher than that of the 75mm artillery. And the internal charge was even more

Several times more than the latter!

This huge group of concrete fortresses blocked the attack route like a roadblock. To bypass it, it would obviously be necessary to re-plan the attack plan, and there was no guarantee that similar support points would not be encountered in other places. After a brief hesitation, Tian Yong

Order the tank troops to cover the infantry and retreat some, and the 2 troops located on the wings and rear

The Type 9 heavy assault gun is finally on the scene! After a loader loads a heavy 24kg armor-piercing round into the barrel, he turns around to make way for the second loader to put the propellant into the barrel, and then locks it. The short and thick 122mm gun

It was leveled, and the black hole of the gun was aimed at the bunker in the distance that was still spitting out tongues of flame.

A dozen Type 29 assault guns lined up in a row, and then approached to a position about 800 meters away from the target. Shells hit the thick sloped armor, but most of them bounced away. After the first few hits,

, the Chinese armored soldiers who realized that their armor was more reliable also began to relax their tense nerves. "Fire!"

As the order to fire was issued, a company of Type 29 assault guns fired at the selected target at the same time. The dull roar of the large-caliber artillery instantly overwhelmed other sounds on the battlefield, whether it was the sound of machine guns tearing up oilcloth, or

The roar of the 88mm anti-aircraft gun was broken by this salvo that shook the entire battlefield!

A 24kg heavy armor-piercing projectile hit a square gun mound like a battering ram. At the moment of impact, the huge armor-piercing projectile penetrated the concrete wall directly from the connection between the front and the top cover. The violent impact caused a large number of

pieces of concrete thrown into the air

Then the shell exploded inside the gun shell. Under the action of the charge, the entire projectile shattered into countless shrapnel, which covered the entire gun shell indiscriminately. They tore up the gun mantlet and destroyed the gun shell.

The artillery turned the soldiers inside into a ball of snow mist and minced meat.

Not every shot can achieve a fatal result, but it doesn't matter. The Chinese assault artillery force has plenty of patience and shells. Under continuous attacks, a bunker can withstand one shot. With luck, it can block the second shot, but

Continuous mid- to close-range attacks cannot be resisted by any bunker! After a large number of assault artillery units were put into battle, each bunker was turned into piles of ruins amidst the rumbling sound of gunfire. Although some

The Type 29 assault gun was destroyed by the opponent's 88mm anti-aircraft gun and even the 105mm cannon. However, in this confrontation, the power of China's large-caliber howitzer exceeded the imagination of both the enemy and ourselves. Although the rate of fire was very slow, as long as

The damage caused by each hit was huge. Under the continuous attacks, the defense system of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was peeled off layer by layer like peeling potatoes. The entire defense line became precarious!

The static defense was ultimately vulnerable to the attack of a large number of mobile armored assault artillery. Under the attack of 29 rows of assault guns, the first line of defense carefully prepared by the Austrians finally collapsed. "Let's replenish the ammunition, and your tanks can continue."

The officers and soldiers of the assault artillery unit who had a great time said this in the communication band. The tanks originally used to break through the defense line gave way to the assault artillery unit with stronger firepower and protection.

I have to say it is an irony. However, this sentence also exposed the weakness of the assault artillery unit, that is, the ammunition carrying capacity is too little. Look at the huge 122mm grenade and propellant cartridge, and then look at the internal space of the Type 29 tank.

You know that this kind of assault gun does not have a lot of ammunition, and one can only hold 24 rounds! So after the war, the Army strongly requested that tanks equipped with 122mm artillery be replaced with larger chassis!
Chapter completed!