When Pei Chengyi woke up. The battle has changed beyond recognition. After a night of rapid marching, the vanguard of the Mi and Blade armies had reached the north of Howrah. According to the combat order issued by Yuan Chenhao at night. The 1st Knife Assault Brigade of the Knife Army, under the cover of the Air Assault Brigade, completed the tactical encirclement of Howrah, taking control of the west bank of the Ganges and the railway and road lines between Howrah and Garden Ridge. It opened the southward passage for the Mi army and the gangster army.

When Pei Chengyi was having breakfast, the vanguard of the Textile Army and the Gangster Army had already bypassed Howrah.

According to Yuan Chenhao's meaning, in order to ensure the safety of the rear of the island army and the blade army, before attacking Calcutta, the sword army and the air assault thug brigade served as the battle reserve and rested on the front line.

Pei Chengyi did not adjust his operational deployment and lost the task of besieging Calcutta to Yuan Chenhao.

In the case of being able to defeat Kolkata with ten or ten sureties, Pei Chengyi will not put too much energy into the battle that will not be much uncertain. What really deserves his attention is the battle in the Ranchi direction.

After the defeat of the 1st Panzer Division, the Indian Third Army did not stand still.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Air Force and Army Aviation of the Republic had to rest, the 1st Panzer Division, the 1st Infantry Division, and the 1st Infantry Division, which were following the 1st Infantry Division, left Bendu after daybreak. Advance towards Ranchi.

Although Yuan Chenhao arranged for the ship to think that the airborne nephew brigade would provide support, the carrier-based aviation had already arrived on the battlefield. The warships, replenished with ammunition, also approached the Indian coastline again and attacked the Indian ground forces with naval guns, but the three divisions were the main divisions of the Indian army. The mainland was less than a kilometer away from Ranchi, and the Indian army had already advanced the front outside Ranchi before the fire strike had a blockade effect. In order to avoid accidentally injuring friendly troops, Yuan Chenhao had to ask the fleet to turn its artillery fire to the Indian army near Bendu to carry out the task of battlefield interruption. With the limited sortie capability of carrier-based aviation, it is simply impossible to effectively prevent the Indian army from attacking Ranchi. To make matters worse, the defensive position of the Airborne Prisoner Brigade was set up north of Ranchi, while the Indian army attacked from the southeast.

The old point was divided, and the Indian army broke through the outer defense line of the airborne thug brigade and entered the city of Ranchi.

The Indian army did not bypass the urban area that had been bombed into ruins by the airborne defense brigade, gave up the flatter road, and willingly fought an urban war with the airborne thugs in the urban area.

There is no doubt that the Indian army did not make a mistake in its choice.

As soon as they enter the city and become entangled with the airborne drowning brigade, the support troops will be intimidated, and many means of support will not be useful. Having lost supporting firepower, the airborne thug Shao Brigade could only fight bayonets with the Indian army.

At this time, Li Dongshi's deployment in Ranchi City had an effect.

Relying on the ruins of buildings, Li Dongshi only sent the first thug battalion to stop the Indian army. To be precise, it is to use the various remote-controlled bombs previously planted in the lost class to deal with the Indian army.

According to Li Dongshi's instructions, as long as they did not retreat to the center line of the city, the battalion of the first thug and nephew did not need to engage in a head-on confrontation with the Indian army, but only needed to make full use of the bomb traps that had been deployed long ago, so as to kill and injure a large number of the Indian army's fresh forces and delay the Indian army's offensive. The more time the Indian army spends in the city, the harder the blow becomes. Even if the fire strike cannot be directed at the Indian attacking force, it can destroy the enemy who is far from the battle line. As long as the forward troops of the Indian army are not replenished and reinforced. Sooner or later, the Indian army's offensive had to be stopped, and it was finally driven out of the city of Ranchi by the airborne brigade.

There is no doubt that Lee Dong-seok chose the most correct tactic.

Actually, it's not an innovation either. As early as in the Wulao Resistance Battle, the Airborne Thug Trade Brigade used the same tactics to deliberately abandon part of its defensive position, use the tunnels under the positions to concentrate its forces behind the US front, deliberately let go of the vanguard of the US army, and concentrate its forces on attacking the reinforcements behind.

Compared to the Five Elders, the Ranchi city is much larger and has much more favorable terrain to take advantage of.

As long as it is done well, it will be airborne without paying too much cost for casualties! The Shao Brigade was able to hold out for several days on the basis of the existing materiel.

In order to be on the safe side, after the Indian army broke through the outer defense line, Li Dongshi personally rushed to the Dizhan Mi camp.

It's not that he doesn't believe in the combat effectiveness of his subordinates, but the veterans who participated in the Wulao Campaign have either retired or gone to other individuals, and only Li Dongshi has relevant actual combat experience in the old 3rd Airborne Brigade.

Li Dongshi went to the front, and the problem came out.

After the three main divisions of the Indian army began to attack Ranchi, Pei Chengyi, in addition to arranging more support forces, first tried to contact the brigade commander of the airborne Fujian Brigade and asked about the latest battle

Condition.

As a result, when the battle in Ranchi City started, Pei Chengyi was unable to contact Li Dongshi.

Li Dongshi cannot be blamed for this, but the Indian army carried out electromagnetic suppression of the airborne thug bow brigade before the attack.

Don't think that the Indian army does not understand the importance of electromagnetic power, although the level of equipment of the Indian army is not high. However, with the careful support of the US military, the Indian army attaches great importance to the right to control electricity, and the main force has full-band suppressive electromagnetic interference equipment. Although the range of action of these electric shock suppression devices is only a few kilometers, which is at best a tactical level electromagnetic suppression equipment, it is enough to block the radio communication between the defense forces in the city of Ranchi and the outside world.

Li Dongshi could not be found, so Pei Chengyi could only ask the Air Force to send a fighter fighter unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to Ranchi. Use the envisaged equipment on the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to understand the combat situation.

It wasn't until the thugs were cut that the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft was deployed.

At this time, the battle in the city of Ranchi had already been fought whilt.

After seeing the "live broadcast", Pei Chengyi breathed a sigh of relief.

It can be said that the arrival of the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft was very timely. At that time, the battalion of the first thug under the command of Li Dongshi had just completed the blocking operation against the Indian army, and the infantry who had been assigned the assault mission to the rear of the Indian army in the rear of the Indian army had marked the battle line between the defenders and the Indian army with yellow shields. The squadron that was tasked with supporting the battlefield could take advantage of the opportunity to immediately begin bombing the Indian troops that had not made contact with the defenders. Hit by an air strike. In addition to the Indian army's forward troops, which were dragged by the 1st battalion, the Indian army's attacking troops who followed behind took the initiative to withdraw from the city of Ranchi.

Soon, the staff officers of the front command handed over a combat assessment report to Pei Chengyi.

In just one battle, a number of main battle tanks and blades and many infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed, and the casualty figure of the Indian army would not be lower than that of Jiutian, and some Indian troops disarmed and surrendered, and the total number of enemies destroyed was about the strength of the people. Because Li Dongshi could not be contacted, it was not clear for the time being that there were four airborne thugs.

In fact, the first battalion of thugs and nephews only saw officers and men killed in battle, resulting in wounded.

The Airborne Forces are worthy of being the infantry that is best at defensive operations.

Since the airborne thugs bow brigade fought so well. What else is there to worry about?

After asking the staff officer to contact Li Dongshi as soon as possible and inquire about the specific battle situation, Pei Chengyi found Yuan Chenhao and turned his energy to the direction of Calcutta.

Pei Chengyi didn't know that the airborne nephew brigade fought well in the first battle because it was well prepared.

Although the Indian army lost dozens of armored combat vehicles and nearly four officers and soldiers, Li Dongshi also lost an important bargaining chip in defensive operations, that is, the bomb trap set up in the southeast of Ranchi City.

When the Indian army failed to attack, Li Dongshi could only choose to shrink the defensive line and retreat north.

According to Li Dongshi's estimate, if he withstands the Indian army's attack three times at most, he will have to withdraw from the city. In other words, at most, in the defensive battle of the urban area, the disabled thug Shao Brigade had to fight desperately with the Indian army.

The situation is far from rosy.

The huge losses and casualties did not stop the Indian army from attacking, but only made the Indian army even more crazy.

In any case, the 10,000 Indian troops of the 3 main divisions of the Indian army are not stupid.

After the first battle, the Indian army realized. It is not the ground defense forces that stand in their way. Nor attack aircraft in the air, but explosive devices that had been planted in advance in the ruins of buildings on both sides of the street. Although the Indian army does not have much equipment to deal with "roadside bombs", the Indian army commander believes that the strong airborne fighter brigade has limited troops. It is not possible to re-plant an explosive device in a very short period of time. Other words. As long as the attack continues along the same route, it will eventually be able to drive the old airborne 3rd Brigade out of the city.

With this idea, the Indian army immediately launched a second offensive.

It's just that this time it was not the First Zhao Armored Division that was in front, but the First Zhao Infantry Division.

I have to admit it. The commander of the main forces of the Indian army is indeed much more powerful than the commanders of the second-line troops and reserve forces.

Although the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the armored division is higher than that of the mechanized infantry division, in the battle of attacking the city, the mechanized infantry division is more able to adapt to the complex combat environment. As in field warfare, in urban warfare, only armored corps fought in conjunction with infantry. In order to maximize the strengths of the two arms and make up for each other's shortcomings. If the armoured attacked the city alone, even the most advanced main battle tanks would expose their vulnerable sides and backs to the enemy, and be hit by infantry lying in ambush in the buildings on both sides of the street. If the infantry is allowed to attack the city alone, it will not be able to obtain the support and support of the armored corps, and it will be difficult to break through the enemy's fire blockade.

When the offensive began again, the 1st Infantry Division put on a well-behaved offensive strategy.

The main battle tanks were still in front, and the infantry fighting vehicles were following behind.

Before reaching the end of the first attack, the infantry in chariots dismounted, searching the ruins of buildings on both sides of the street one by one, eliminating the enemies lying in ambush.

Seeing this formation, Li Dongshi immediately asked the battalion of the first thug nephew to disengage from the Indian army.

This scene reminded Li Dongshi of the five old resistance battles.

At that time, the U.S. military was suffering enough. The most basic tactics were put on display, and the armored corps and infantry were coordinated, and the position of the 3rd Brigade was broken by the airborne. Unable to get close to the US tanks or even find the opportunity to use anti-tank weapons, many fighters of the Airborne Brigade fought the enemy in suicidal attacks. If reinforcements hadn't arrived in time, there's a good chance that the Airborne Thugs Trade Brigade would have fought hard in that battle. Then. Li Dongshi was mentally prepared for death, and left a grenade for himself.

Li Dongshi didn't want the tragedy to happen again, let alone let his officers and soldiers go to death.

It's just that he is facing a difficult problem to solve.

Although after the Indian army crossed the end of the previous offensive, it was possible to use the bombs planted on both sides of the street to kill the Indian infantry who were fighting on foot. But against tanks, it is still necessary to let the infantry with anti-tank weapons get close to the enemy's tanks. Under the blockade of the blazing fire of the Indian infantry and infantry fighting vehicles, the anti-tank men could not get close to the attacking forces of the Indian army, and no matter how advanced the anti-tank weapons were, they could not come in handy.

What to do?

After the mouth, Li Dongshi put the 3rd battalion of the first thug on the position.

The previous tactics were useless, and they could only use fixed-point blocking to drag the Indian army.

Compared with the Wulao Resistance War, the biggest change in the airborne combat brigade is that it has a powerful mouth-concave airborne combat vehicle. Although out of the head-on battle with the jackals to balance. However, as long as the urban environment is fully favorable to the defending side and the defensive positions are reasonably deployed, it will not be possible to compete with the laxity. Not to mention anything else, the blade of the sobbing wheel of the millimeter electromagnetic cannon absolutely "ordered side armor, in a particular case, its system is capable of fighting, frontal armor."

The key to the tactics of fixed-point blocking is still the coordination of infantry and tanks.

As soon as the anti-armor mission comes out, it is not only necessary to deploy covertly on the enemy's inevitable path, but it is also best to form crossfire and not give the enemy a chance to evade. More importantly, it was necessary to set up a sharp defensive line in the vicinity to prevent enemy infantry from posing a threat to those hidden in buildings.

This is no longer a "remote-controlled" battle, but a bloody one, in which casualties are inevitable.

Before Zhang Zhili led his troops out, Li Dongshi unmistakably told him not to fight to the death with the Indian army, try to reduce the advance of the Indian army, and lengthen the front of the Indian army.

As long as the Indian army turns into a long snake formation, the air strike can swing the effect. Even if the Indian army concentrates its main forces in the front, it is not impossible to deal with it.

Let Zhang Zhi sail up, not that Zhang Zhiqi is better than other battalion commanders, but that he will carry out Li Dongshi's orders word for word.

The battalion commander of the first thug carp battalion called over and asked them to lead their troops around the flank of the Indian army from other streets.

Arguably, this is a very critical deployment.

According to Li Dongshi's judgment, in order to avoid being attacked from the air, the Indian army is very likely to concentrate its main forces in the front and try to get as close as possible to the blocking troops of the strong airborne thug brigade, so that the attack planes will not dare to bomb the Indian troops in the city without the guidance of the ground troops.

As a result, air support cannot be counted on.

Placing the two battalions with relatively well-preserved combat effectiveness on the flanks, Li Dongshi had only one purpose, that is, when Zhang Zhiqi dragged down the offensive degree of the Indian army and thwarted the sharp spirit of the Indian army. Fight a tactical counterattack. To be precise, it is to fight a tactical encirclement war, eliminate the Indian attacking forces that have gathered together, and withstand the second attack of the Indian army.

Because counterattack warfare is more focused on the flexible use of tactics. So Li Dongshi sent two not very obedient battalion commanders up.

Li Dongshi knew very well in his heart that even if he could repel the second attack of the Indian army, the casualties would not be small. More importantly, regardless of casualties, the Indian army has launched two attacks in a row, and will definitely launch a third attack. Because the Indian army has more combat troops, the Indian army does not need to consider the mental state of the attacking troops. Li Sishi had to consider this problem, and let the various combat battalions take turns to defend, and at most withstood the Indian army's three attacks.

At this point, Li Dongshi had only one purpose, that is, to use the urban area of Ranchi to eliminate as much of the Indian army's vital forces as possible and reduce the pressure of the defensive battle.

The first shot was fired by the first thug nephew battalion.

The battle was fierce, and although Yu Xun, who was in charge of the ambush mission, destroyed several tanks of the Indian army, the Indian army immediately counterattacked. So that the infantry who were on the task of covering the perimeter had to fight desperately.

When it came to the mouth, the first thug nephew battalion had to retreat to the next catty, when the intersection was made. The morale of the Indian army has markedly improved.

After hitting Naodian, the first thug's nephew camp had retreated to the fourth junction.

Although he was not at the forefront, Li Dongshi knew that the casualties of the first thug Zhao Ying must have been very large.

If we retreat any further, not only will there be greater casualties, but the morale and fighting spirit of the officers and men of the 1st thug's nephew battalion will also be affected.

Morale collapsed, and no matter how powerful the troops were, they couldn't hold the line.

With a little wounded, Li Dongshi let the first thug battalion enter the battle.

Two battalions were to deal with six combat battalions of the mechanized infantry division.

When the 2 Hua airborne combat vehicles came out of the flank of the Indian army, the two sides were immediately entangled. Due to the constraints of the urban environment, both sides could only fire at extremely close distances. No doubt. In this case, armor-piercing power has become a secondary factor in measuring combat effectiveness. Whoever fires faster and moves faster will have the best chance of taking out the opponent and surviving to the end.

Obviously, not out of the ascendancy.

It's just that the performance advantage of the depreciation wheel can't make up for the numerical disadvantage.

In the case of too dense troops, numerical superiority is very crucial.

What's worse is that a design flaw of the mouth is exposed. To be precise, it should be the design advantages that turn into performance disadvantages, then go over the light combat mass.

Whether it is the mouth 2 flower or the tank of the Indian army, it is difficult to spread out in the narrow streets.

In order to expand the battle line and fully exert the combat effectiveness of the armored troops, no matter how many or not they were, they had to find ways to get out of the crowded streets. The only way to do this is to go through the ruins of buildings, and it is the combat qualities of the vehicle that determine the "ability to penetrate walls". Weighing up to a few tons, it can easily pass through the turnaround wall, and even knock through the prefabricated slabs, hide in the ruins of the building during the battle, and open fire on the exposed mouth 2 flowers in the street. There is no doubt that Mouth 2 was not so lucky. Because the combat mass is too light, even if the porridge is fast, it is difficult to crash through the ruins of the building in one go. In the heat of battle, even a delay in the clock can lead to catastrophic consequences.

According to the results of the post-war survey of the war-damaged oral lawsuits, at least one-third of them were unable to break into the ruins of buildings in time. Exposed on the streets for too long, destroyed by the feet of the Indian army, or by the anti-tank weapons used by the infantry.

At this time, the airborne thug brigade was engaged in a face-to-face battle with the Indian army for the first time.

But that's just the beginning.