Chapter 482: It’s broken! It’s really broken! (Please subscribe, please vote for monthly tickets)

To the west of Mount Tapurtop, on both sides of Highway 1, Tara Grassland.

January 21st, dusk.

When the sunset shines on the Tara Grassland on the western foot of the Tabletop Mountains, the open grassland is reflected in golden color, the time to determine the rise and fall of Tuo and the ownership of the Southern Continent has also come.

Two armies, composed of tens of thousands of troops, have already launched an attack formation on the Tara Grassland under the setting sun, and a decisive capture is about to begin.

Unlike the common position offensive and defensive battles in the past two years, this time the two armies that faced each other on the prairie did not have a solid position to rely on. The cavalry, infantry, artillery, and chariot soldiers of both sides were carelessly setting up horizontal lines on the prairie. And they all looked as if they were attacking formations!

The reason why the formation was set up in this way was because both sides were eager to fight!

The Ming army gained 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 main guns of battleships, the most resolute human-sea offensive launched by the two Japanese divisions in the early morning of the 21st soon achieved a breakthrough! Although the stubborn Tuo O thief army relied on the internal buildings of the fortress to resist, facing the fierce attack of the Japanese devils who had an overwhelming advantage in number and firepower, it was in vain. By noon on the 21st, the Sun and Moon Flag of the Great Ming Dynasty and the Three-Leaf Aoi Flag of Japan had been raised on the headquarters fortress of Brisbane Fortress!

Although there are still some Tu'an thieves and troops fighting desperately, the main forces of the two Japanese divisions have completed their mission.

So at noon on the 21st, Lieutenant General Zheng Guoxian, the commander of the siege of Brisbane, had already begun to transfer his reserves (a Japanese division) and the 20th Infantry Division of the Ming army drawn from the battle to siege Brisbane to the Taibultop Mountain Front. Later, the main force of the two Japanese divisions used to attack Brisbane will also be invested in the Taibultop Mountain Front. In addition to the original two Ming army mixed brigades and three Ming infantry divisions on the Taibultop Mountain Front, the Ming army's troops on this line will reach 3 mixed brigades, 4 infantry divisions, and 3 Japanese divisions. In addition, some artillery regiments, truck regiments, engineering regiments directly under the Southern Continental Army, as well as three independent infantry regiments that are strengthened to each mixed brigade, etc., the total force will probably be no less than 180,000!

This is an army of 180,000 mechanized (hybrid brigade), motorized (Ming Army Infantry Division) and semi-motorized (Japanese Division), and has a large number of towed artillery, self-propelled artillery (mainly self-propelled 120 mortars), and more than 300 fighter jets provide air support!

At that time, Hugh Goff's 200,000 cavalry and horse infantry would be wiped out in a dead end. So after he was unable to contact the Brisbane Fortress, Hugh Goff finally made up his final decision!

While making up his mind, General Xiu Goff also issued an order to hold on the spot to 14 of the 16 divisions that had been stuck by the Ming army. Two divisions were originally guarded on both sides of Highway 1, but have now been broken and most of the losses were lost. A group of Ah San and the thieves were running down and Hugoff's unfolding reserve team stopped him, and he pieced together to create a temporary division.

So, Xiu Goff raised the troops of 6 divisions at hand, and with some miscellaneous direct troops, the total strength exceeded 70,000!

The front line stationed by the remaining 14 divisions was cut into two sections along Highway 1 by the three armored mixed brigades of the Ming army (each strengthened an elite independent infantry regiment), and was also "stuck" by the three infantry divisions of the Ming army. It was impossible to escape unscathed. If you are not careful, you will be a big defeat.

Although there were 14 divisions on the British army on the books, much more than the Ming army, Xu Goff's divisions were mostly Indian Asan and bandits. Moreover, they were all light-equipped cavalry, while the Ming army was the most elite motorized infantry, and each division had much more people than the British cavalry divisions in Australia. Therefore, the three Ming army's motorized infantry divisions could not only "stick" the 14 divisions of the British army, but also suppress the 14 divisions of the British army.

However, compared with these three Ming army motorized infantry divisions, their three reinforced the mixed brigade of an independent infantry regiment, which is not ordinary strong!

At 5 pm, it was getting dark, and the 3rd Mixed Brigade, who was drawn from the front of the Brisbane Fortress, arrived at the Tara Grassland. Lieutenant General Lie Tiehu, who was responsible for unified command of the three Mixed Brigades, decisively issued an order to start the attack!

Well, I have 6 divisions in 3 brigades. The advantage is that I have, and it is still very big!

"That's. What?"

I immediately rested on a small hill behind my formation. Goff felt a little bad at this time. Three Ming army mixed brigades equipped with seven or eight hundred wheeled armored vehicles were launched on the grassland. The momentum of this chariot formation is really strong!

To deal with these chariot formations, it is estimated that it is not possible to use cavalry sabers and spears. It seems that the cavalry can only rush forward and throw cluster grenades.

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

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

"No, no, no, what are the things they are tying up from the small tubes they placed in front of the chariot array?"

Hugh Goff raised his hand and pointed at the long row of cheap and affordable "Little Dongfeng" placed in front of the armored vehicle.

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

"Architecture? That's the cannon tube? There are too many, right?"

As soon as Xiu Goff finished speaking, he saw the row of "Little Dongfeng" tubes starting to emit flames. Then he saw countless "lightning" spurting out from the tubes, flying towards his own cavalry and cavalry cannon positions at high speed barely visible to the naked eye. At the same time, the harsh scream of "swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish

Seeing these countless "lightning bolts" and hearing the screams like the hell demon, Hugh Goff was so shocked that his mouth was wide open. Before he could shout out, the war horse under his crotch made a "sparse" scream, and he jumped around a few restlessly. Hugh Goff quickly tightened the reins and firmly controlled his war horse. But at this moment, the front of his battle formation was covered by a sea of ​​fire, and the roar of the explosion came like a raging wave.

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

Before they could react from the shock, the "buzzing" motor roar came from the ground and the sky at the same time! Hugh Goff looked up and took a deep breath again. He only saw that there were densely packed biplane flying in the sky and covering the sky!

"Admiral, the enemy's chariot is on the move!"

"Boom boom boom"

The roar of Brigadier General Clinton just sounded, and the roar of cannons sounded immediately. These were the 155mm, 120mm and 75mm cannons deployed behind the Ming army formation were firing!

Hearing the density of the roar of the cannon fire, Xu Goff was already ashamed!

If the Ming army's artillery was pulled by a horse, at this time, it would be possible to pull up the 75mm cannon at most. Xiu Goff's also has a large number of 6-inch cannons and 3.7-inch cannons, which can still occupy the advantage of firepower.

Kexiu Goff never expected that the Ming army's artillery was pulled up along Highway 1 by truck. Not only were there 155mm howitzers, but even thirty or forty 155mm cannons!

Therefore, the artillery firepower of the Ming army far exceeded Xiu Goff's expectations. Under the overwhelming firepower of the Ming army's artillery, rocket launchers and aircraft bombing, the already frightened British, Indian and bandit troops on the Tara Grassland no longer had a trace of fighting spirit and almost collapsed!

And it was a complete collapse!

(End of this chapter)
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