Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 254 Indiscriminate Bombing
At 3016 o'clock in the morning on August [-], [-] in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Cheng put down the telescope in his hand with a solemn expression on the outskirts of Koshek City, Latuko Dezhou, the Jisk Empire, and then turned to face the three infantry battalions under his command. The battalion commander said: "According to known information, the army of the Gisk Empire has gathered at least six infantry divisions in Koshek City, and some civilians in Koshek City have also been organized. Maybe this time we need Attack a city with more than a million troops!"

Zhang Cheng is Zhang Shitou, who joined the Su Family Army in Xingang City back then. Now Zhang Shitou has become the commander of the infantry regiment of the [-]th Field Division of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty. Niu Dazhu, who joined the army with Zhang Shitou, also Became the head of an infantry regiment, and Niu Dazhu was also in the [-]th Field Division, but they were not in the same infantry brigade. Zhang Shitou was in the first brigade of the [-]th Field Division, and Niu Dazhu was in the [-]th Field Division. The third brigade of the Sixth Field Division.

Zhang Shitou, who became the group leader, felt that his name was too rustic, so he changed his name to Zhang Cheng.

The nine countries of the Nine-Nation Military Alliance may be due to the fact that they are all white countries. The administrative divisions of these nine countries are the same, and they are divided into states, cities, counties, and towns from top to bottom.

Koshek City is the state capital of the Gisk Empire's Latuco Dezhou, and is also the northern important town of the Gisk Empire.

In fact, in order to protect the city of Koshek, the Royal Jisk Army has mobilized nine full infantry divisions and stationed in Koshek City, three more infantry divisions than Zhang Cheng knew, and the Jisk Empire More than 100 million citizens of Koshek City were also mobilized, including 10,000+ women, who formed several militia units and prepared to defend Koshek City to the death.

The battalion commander of the First Infantry Battalion under Zhang Cheng said: "Regimental Commander, in order to conquer Koshek City, our Royal Army has gathered an armored division, four field divisions, and six garrison troops around Koshek City. Division and ten temporary divisions, with a total strength of more than 110 million, plus the air support of the Royal Air Force, it should not be a big problem!"

Zhang Cheng said solemnly: "When other brother troops attacked the city, they all encountered stubborn resistance from the Jisk Empire Army and civilian armed forces. Now many brother troops are still engaged in fierce street battles in various cities, so the attacking division In Shek City, we must not take it lightly, not to mention that our regiment has also served as the main attack of the whole division this time, so nothing can go wrong."

Then the battalion commander of the Second Infantry Battalion said: "Regimental commander, don't worry, our three battalions will never embarrass the regiment. This time we must be the first to break through the outer fortifications of the Jisk Army!"

The battalion commander of the [-]rd Infantry Battalion nodded and said: "Regimental Commander, our three battalions are ready for street fighting, and we will never lose the chain at the critical moment!"

Zhang Cheng looked down at the watch on his wrist, and then said in a deep voice: "It's [-]:[-], and at [-]:[-], the Royal Air Force will bomb the city of Koshek. At the same time, the artillery units of each division, There will also be bombardment of the enemy's outlying fortifications in Koshek, and the Royal Air Force and artillery units will stop attacking at nine o'clock, which means that nine o'clock is the time for the general offensive."

After a pause, Zhang Cheng continued: "After the general offensive is launched, you three battalions must ensure smooth communication, so that your three battalions can contact the artillery and the Royal Air Force for fire support at any time during the offensive. The battalion's 24 105mm howitzers will all cooperate with your three battalions in combat."

Originally, in the establishment of the Royal Army of the Tang Dynasty, the artillery battalion of the regiment only had twelve 105mm howitzers. However, with the numerous arsenals in the Datang Empire, it was possible to use the M1897 field gun, the M2 105mm howitzer and the M1 155mm howitzer. The imitation of the howitzer led to a sharp increase in the number of artillery in the Royal Army of the Tang Dynasty, so the number of artillery in the artillery formations of the Royal Army of the Tang Dynasty doubled, so now an ordinary infantry regiment of the Royal Army of the Tang Dynasty has an equipment A regimental artillery battalion with 24 105mm howitzers.

While Zhang Cheng was talking to the three battalion commanders under his command, in the basement of a building in Koshek City, Karp, the city defense commander of Koshek City, sighed and said to Konate, the commander of the No.40 Division of the Royal Jisk Army : "The Tang Army has completed the encirclement of the entire city of Koshek. Next, we can only rely on ourselves. Judging from the current situation, it is very difficult for reinforcements to rescue the city of Koshek."

Konate, commander of the No.40 Division of the Jisk Royal Army, said bitterly: "Commander, although we have nine full-staffed infantry divisions and about 130 million civilians in Koshek City, there is no air supremacy here. Under such circumstances, the army of the Tang Empire only needs to send enough bombers to blow up the entire city of Koshek."

City Defense Commander Karp pondered for a while and said: "We have initially established a set of underground fortifications using the underground pipelines in the urban area of ​​Koshek. Presumably this set of underground fortifications should reduce our losses. Shek City has been surrounded by the Datang Army, and we can only fight to the end with the Datang Army to defend Keshek City to the death."

No.40 division commander Konate opened his mouth, but didn't say what he wanted to say. After all, the commander of the city defense, Karp, can be said to be the direct descendant of Emperor Lazarik, and he still has not too far a blood relationship with the royal family. However, if Konate makes suggestions such as surrender, the commander of the city defense, Karp, will directly arrest Konate and enforce battlefield discipline.

At this time, the commander of the city defense, Karp, sighed again, "I am not worried about fighting with the Tang army, but I am worried that there will be insufficient food, although the other nearly 200 million civilians who are not armed have already withdrawn from Koshek City, but the nine infantry divisions plus the civilian armed forces staying in Koshek City, the total number exceeds 220 million, but the food reserves in Koshek City are only enough to feed these 220 million people for half a month."

The words of the commander of the city defense, Karp, surprised No.40 division commander Konate, "Commander, why do we only have such a little food? If there is no food, even if we still have 500 million troops in our hands, we will not be able to defend it." Koshek City!"

City Defense Commander Karp shook his head sadly and said: "The advance speed of the Datang Army is so fast that it is too late to deliver too much food to the city of Koshek, and nearly 200 million unarmed civilians have been evacuated. At the same time, they also took a lot of food, this is also to give an explanation to the 130 million civilians left behind, they can't kill the enemy on the front line, and their family members starve to death!"

Konut, the commander of the No.40 division, immediately asked: "Commander, what should we do in half a month?"

"Let's talk about it in half a month! I'm not even sure whether I can hold Koshek City for half a month now!"

At 3016:[-] a.m. on August [-], [-] in the Datang calendar, at least [-] bombers of the Royal Air Force of the Datang, under the protection of more than [-] fighter jets, flew over the city of Koshek. A large number of aerial bombs were dropped on the city of Koshek.

While the Royal Air Force of the Tang Dynasty was bombing the city of Koshek, countless shells also fell into the fortifications of the Jisk Army on the outskirts of Koshek.

The aerial bombardment and shelling came to an abrupt end after half an hour, and then the ground troops of the Royal Datang Army began to attack the outer fortifications of Koshek City. The No.18 Armored Division of the Army served as the main force of the attack.

大唐皇家陆军No.18装甲师拥有800多辆坦克，包括了玛蒂尔达2型坦克、雷诺FT-17轻型坦克和2C重型坦克，以及大唐帝国自行设计生产的黑狼坦克和黑虎坦克，另外还拥有700多辆装甲车。

Under the impact of more than 800 tanks and more than 700 armored vehicles, the fortifications established by the Jisk Army on the outskirts of Koshek were quickly destroyed, and then with the cooperation of the infantry, they reached eight On the evening of the [-]th, the outer fortifications of Koshek City fell into the hands of the Royal Army of the Tang Dynasty.

In an air-raid shelter on the outskirts of Koshek City, Zhang Cheng listened to the casualty figures reported by the three infantry battalion commanders under his command, and said with a smile on his face, "We fought well today. Our entire regiment paid only 300 yuan." With less than [-] casualties, the task of capturing the outer fortifications of Koshek City was completed, and the division commander just called to praise our regiment, hoping that our regiment will continue to work hard and still achieve good results in the following street battles."

The battalion commander of the 18st Infantry Battalion said: "Thanks to the tanks and armored vehicles of the No.18 Armored Division to cooperate with our infantry in combat, our regiment was able to complete the arduous task of being the main offensive at such a small cost, and the casualties were unexpected. It’s small, but tomorrow’s attack on the city of Koshek will not be so easy, and in street fighting, the tanks and armored vehicles of the No.[-] Armored Division will not be able to play a big role.”

The smile on Zhang Cheng's face became even brighter at this time, "After the division commander praised our regiment, he also told me a piece of good news. For the ground!"

The commander of the Second Infantry Battalion immediately said excitedly: "In that case, it will be much easier for us to conquer Koshek City!"

The battalion commander of the [-]rd Infantry Battalion rubbed his chin and said, "I don't think it will be that simple. The Jisk army knows that our Tang Empire controls the air supremacy, so they should be prepared for it."

At around 40:[-] p.m. on August [-]th, in the basement of a building in Koshek, Karp, the city defense commander of Koshek, asked Konate, commander of the No.[-] Division of the Royal Gisk Army, in a hoarse voice. : "Have the statistics of today's casualties come out?"

Konate nodded bitterly, "Commander, the nine infantry divisions lost about 5 people in total, and the civilian armed forces lost about 4 people. Among them, about 2 to 2000 people were seriously injured."

Because he was very scruples about the armored troops of the Datang Royal Army and the bombing of the Datang Royal Air Force, the city defense commander Karp did not deploy too many troops in the outer fortifications of Koshek City. One of the reasons for the easy capture of the entire fortifications outside Koshek City.

Today, a large part of the casualties of the nine infantry divisions of the Royal Jisk Army and civilian armed forces are caused by the bombing of the urban area by the Royal Air Force of the Tang Dynasty.

City Defense Commander Karp said with some self-deprecation: "If we follow this rate of casualties, the food in our city of Koshek can last longer."

Konate, commander of the No.40 Division of the Royal Jisk Army, hesitated for a moment and said: "Commander, judging from today's situation, the Datang Artillery and the Datang Air Force will not have any scruples about the civilians in Koshek City. The city of Koshek that comes down will surely be bombarded by Datang Artillery and Datang Air Force."

City defense commander Karp said firmly: "No matter how bad the situation is, we must persevere. The longer we defend, the more preparation time will be left for the cities behind."

In fact, in the heart of the city defense commander Karp, he was ready to sacrifice for the Jisk Empire. He stayed in Koshek City and had no intention of leaving.

However, not everyone is willing to make sacrifices for the Jisk Empire like the city defense commander Karp. No. 40 division commander Knut frowned slightly after hearing Karp's words.

On August 3000th, the Royal Datang Air Force dispatched more than [-] sorties of bombers to bomb the city of Koshek. The artillery units of the Royal Datang Army's four field divisions, six garrison divisions and ten temporary divisions , and even used large-caliber artillery to bombard the city of Koshek for nearly ten hours.

On the evening of August 100th, the city of Koshek was almost in ruins, and not even a complete building could be found. The nine infantry divisions of the Royal Jisk Army and more than 20 million civilians were armed. In the bombing and shelling on August [-]th, more than [-] people were lost.

Thanks to the construction of a complete set of underground fortifications in the urban area of ​​Koshek, otherwise the number of casualties today would have increased several times.

On the morning of August 40th, while the commander of the city defense, Garp, was waiting for the Datang Army to launch an attack, he suddenly received a news that made him angry and shocked. Under the leadership of Da Tang, he chose to surrender to the Datang Army, and handed over all the urban areas defended by the No.40 Division of the Royal Jisk Army to the Datang Army, including the No.40 Division of the Royal Jisk Army. That part of the underground work.

(End of this chapter)