Expedition to Europe

When Chen Yongfu and Zheng Jing were attacked, Chen Kangjian had already arrived in Vladivostok with his troops.

Chen Kangjian led the 1st Armored Division to land in Dunai three days ago and launched an outflanking attack in the direction of Vladivostok from land.

The entire landing process was not hindered by any obstacles. The Russian army had only a few preventive outposts on the shore of Dunai, and all of them were deserted.

The 1st Armored Division landed smoothly, and then attacked Vladivostok in a roundabout way along Bolshaya Kamen-Romanovka-Artyom.

From Dunai to Vladivostok, although the distance on the sea is short, it is much farther by land, about 100 kilometers.

Along the way, there are mountains and ridges, few people go, and the road is rugged and difficult to travel. Chen Kangjian had to send the engineering corps forward to open up a passage for the tank and motor vehicle units of the 1st Armored Division to advance.

As a result, this journey took three days.

Fortunately, the 1st Armored Division did not encounter any resistance along the way, otherwise, the delay would have been longer.

The quality of Renault FT-17 is still good. During the journey of hundreds of kilometers, only more than ten tanks broke down, and most tanks arrived in Vladivostok smoothly.

The Russians attach great importance to Vladivostok. They have built a group of solid fortresses on the land of Vladivostok. These fortresses stretch for more than ten miles. The terrain is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is the first fortress in the Far East.

Fortunately, Chen Kangjian was mentally prepared.

In the few months before the Northern Expedition Corps was about to set off, Lan Fang had collected enough information and had a preliminary understanding of Vladivostok's land defense settings. Chen Kangjian had enough confidence to capture Vladivostok.

Although there was no Russian sniping along the way, it does not mean that there was no Russian sniping in Vladivostok. The First Armored Division has a large number of tanks. If the Russian army is on the plains, there is almost no advantage. Then because there are strong enough defensive positions in Vladivostok, there will definitely be Russian soldiers defending here.

Kolchak did give the order to withdraw the garrison, but not all Russian troops would obey Kolchak's order. There would definitely be people who would fight to the death for the glory of Russian soldiers.

When the troops arrived only 3 kilometers away from Vladivostok, Chen Kangjian ordered the troops to deploy and attack Vladivostok in battle formation.

In fact, after more than two years of training in the European battlefield, the First Armored Division can be said to be the most skilled infantry-tank coordination unit in the world. With Chen Kangjian's order, the First Armored Division immediately deployed as a company and launched an attack on Vladivostok.

Vladivostok is surrounded by the sea on three sides. The city is located on the Muravyev Amur Peninsula. The narrowest part of the land area is about ten kilometers. Because there are many mountains on the peninsula, armored troops cannot be deployed in many places. The available attack front is about three kilometers wide.

In order to maximize the efficiency of the attack, Chen Kangjian took out a regiment in the first attack, a total of 12 companies, 120 tanks, and 2,600 infantry to launch an attack.

Almost every tank was accompanied by more than 20 soldiers in the attack.

Tanks and infantry assisted each other, infantry cleared obstacles for tanks, and tanks provided cover for infantry and were responsible for attacking.

Almost every squad was equipped with demolitionists, attackers, machine gunners, medical soldiers and soldiers carrying flamethrowers.

Demolitionists were mainly responsible for clearing obstacles. The most important task was to destroy the anti-tank trenches that were 12 meters wide and 5 meters deep in front of the Vladivostok bunkers. When encountering the strong fortresses of the defenders, demolitionists were also responsible for blasting.

Attackers were the main attacking force. They were equipped with close combat weapons such as shotguns, grenades, and pistols. They were responsible for cooperating with soldiers carrying flamethrowers to clear the fortresses of the defenders and open passages for follow-up troops.

Machine gunners had two duties. They had to suppress the firepower of the defenders and set up defensive positions on the spot after conquering the fortress to guard against possible counterattacks by the Russians.

Step by step, cautious, was what Chen Kangjian emphasized before launching the attack.

So under the guidance of this idea, the troops did not advance fast, and the various teams maintained a certain degree of coordination and moved forward together.

It was really advancing. When hundreds of tanks were spitting black smoke and "zazaza" and pressing forward, it looked really deterrent.

In front of the first anti-tank trench, the attacking troops encountered trouble.

Russia has been operating Vladivostok for many years. The defense lines here are all permanent fortifications, even the anti-tank trenches.

The anti-tank trenches dug by the Russians, including the bottom of the trenches on both sides, are all cement mixed with steel bars. The blasters have explosives but have no place to use them. Even if two explosive packs are used together, they can only blow out a small gap at most, and cannot achieve the expected effect at all.

Fortunately, the First Armored Division still has a pontoon bridge vehicle, and a pontoon bridge vehicle will drive up immediately to lay a temporary bridge on the spot for the tank troops to pass.

The Russians obviously did not expect that the First Armored Division was equipped with such a magical weapon as the "pontoon bridge vehicle". After the first temporary bridge was laid, the Russians immediately started sniping.

Boom boom boom...

In almost an instant, the group of bunkers that had been dead silent just now was like fireworks being lit. Countless tongues of fire were spurting out from the front and back of the entire bunker group. There were hundreds of heavy machine guns firing at the same time. It was a bit too sparse to describe it as a metal storm. Countless warheads were like a metal wall, smashing towards the tank troops of the First Armored Division.

Ding ding ding ding...

The warheads hit the tank body with a "ding" sound, sparks flying from time to time. There were vibrating eggs everywhere, and dust and gravel stirred up by the warheads were everywhere. The attacking troops were suppressed to death, let alone advance, they wanted to raise their heads. It’s difficult to even observe.

"Go forward, keep going..."

"Rush over, rush across the pontoon..."

"Infantry, pay attention to concealment, follow closely..."

The frontline commander knew that being beaten passively was not the answer. He had to rush across the pontoon bridge to disperse the defenders' firepower before they could find opportunities to defeat them one by one. So almost immediately, the sound of "advance" was heard one after another on the front line.

Then move forward!

The tank spewed out large plumes of smoke, like a shambling old cow, rushing forward against the bullets that were hitting the vehicle body crazily.

The infantry followed closely. If they were exposed to machine gun fire at this time, they would be lucky to be beaten into a hornet's nest.

After a dozen tanks rushed across the pontoon bridge, the tank troops dispersed and took a circuitous route, and the defenders' firepower finally weakened.

It was not that the defenders were killed, but that the defenders voluntarily abandoned the bunker group. When faced with the "invulnerable" tank troops, the defenders who lacked countermeasures did not have much ability to resist.

The Russians have been fighting the German army on the Western Front. When Russia and Germany signed the Brest-Litovsk Treaty, the German A7V had not yet had time to equip the troops, so the tank was unfamiliar to the Russian defenders.

The Russian defenders lacked understanding of tanks and did not have many countermeasures.

So retreat seemed like a better option.

Because in less than ten minutes just now, the accompanying infantry of the 1st Armored Division's tank troops had already suffered hundreds of battle casualties.

And this bunker group is just one of the more than ten bunker groups in the garrison.

The tank troops that rushed through the anti-tank trenches were like wild horses. The tank crews showed almost brutality. They drove the tanks on a rampage, crushing everything whether it was barbed wire or horses...

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Yes, it is crushing, the kind of crushing that destroys everything.

Just before the Northern Expedition Corps boarded the ship, Lan Fang conducted nationalist education for all the soldiers, including the Jiangdong No. 64 Massacre, the Hailanpao Massacre, and the great purges again and again...

When hatred rises to the national level, it is irrational.

When the Russians attacked Siberia, they marched and massacred all the way, killing all the indigenous people in Siberia, leaving only Russians on this land, so Siberia became an integral part of Russia.

And now, Lan Fang is also giving similar education to the Northern Expedition Corps. As the saying goes, a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye...

Soon, the tank troops attacked the bunker.

This is where the attackers and infantrymen armed with flamethrowers shine.

The Northern Expedition Corps conducted similar drills before setting off, just to attack the bunkers defended by the Russians.

Every time they arrive at a bunker, the Pyro first uses a flamethrower to attack the bunker's shooting hole, and then the attacker goes up and stuffs two or three grenades through the shooting hole. In this way, even if the bunker is cleared, the infantry will not enter at all. In the bunker, there is no such thing as hand-to-hand combat or hand-to-hand combat.

The infantry cooperated skillfully and quickly cleared most of the first-line bunkers, and then attacked the main fort in the middle of the bunker group.

This is a giant fortress similar to the European castle style, with prismatic outer walls, cross shooting holes, and almost no dead spots for firepower.

This was the time when the tanks exerted their power. Instead of rushing to attack, more than a dozen tanks lined up almost three hundred meters away from the main fort, using various artillery shells to bombard the main fort indiscriminately.

That's right, it's just bombing.

The ground troops invested by the Northern Expedition were the First Armored Division, but at the same time, the Third Infantry Division and the Fourth Infantry Division were responsible for transporting supplies to the First Armored Division, so there was no need to worry about whether the artillery shells were enough to hit the tank guns and melt them.

No matter how strong the fortress is, it cannot withstand indiscriminate bombing, especially when the number of tanks has gradually increased to more than 50. Soon, a gap was opened in the main fort, and half of the main fort collapsed, and the fragile "heart" "The part is finally exposed.

Regarding indoor warfare, the soldiers of the Northern Expedition were even more experts. The first battle they fought when they arrived in Europe was indoor warfare.

This time the configuration is attacker plus machine gunner.

All machine gunners operate Lewis machine guns. This machine gun is lighter than the Maxim, and the 97-round drum magazine can also ensure sufficient firepower. Especially after modification by the soldiers, these machine guns have removed the gun handle, further reducing the weight of the machine gun. The shorter length is more suitable for indoor use.

Before entering a room, grenades must be used to clear the way, and then machine gunners rush in and shoot every moving object.

The accuracy of the Lewis without the gun handle is greatly reduced, but in a room where the distance is only a dozen or even a few meters, accuracy becomes unimportant, and density is the most important.

So as the infantry broke in, the explosions of grenades, machine gun shots, curses in various languages, mixed with wails and pleas for mercy were chilling.

But eventually, all voices will fall silent.

Just when everyone thought the battle was over.

boom……

The main castle erupted with the most violent explosion since the war began.

The two squads waiting outside the main fort ready to take over the attack were all killed by the shock. Almost all the soldiers within a 100-meter range were killed, the soldiers within a 300-meter range had severe hearing loss, and the soldiers within a 500-meter range had varying degrees of dizziness and nausea. They all needed to rest for a while before they could continue to fight.

When the smoke cleared and the dust settled, the main fort had disappeared, replaced by a large pit with a diameter of more than ten meters.

In just the last explosion, Chen Kangjian's soldiers suffered more than 400 casualties, including the three squads that rushed into the main fort to fight. All were killed, and even their bodies could not be found.

When the news reached Chen Kangjian, Chen Kangjian's face was gloomy, and he issued the cruelest order since the establishment of the Foreign Legion: "Contact the bomber unit and the artillery unit. I want to raze Vladivostok to the ground, and no grass will grow from now on!"