At about eight o'clock in the morning on August 12, 3016 in the Tang calendar, on the outskirts of Koshek City, Latukot Prefecture, Jisk Empire, Zhang Cheng put down the binoculars in his hand with a solemn face, and then turned his head to the commanders of the three infantry battalions under his command and said: "According to the known intelligence, the army of the Jisk 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 to attack a city with more than one million troops!" ”

Zhang Cheng is Zhang Shi, who participated in the Su family army in Xingang City, and now Zhang Shi has become an infantry regiment commander of the 336th Field Division of the Tang Royal Navy, Niu Dazhu, who joined the army with Zhang Shi, also became the commander of an infantry regiment, and Niu Dazhu is also in the 336th Field Division, but the two are not in an infantry brigade, Zhang Shi is in the first brigade of the 336th Field Division, and Niu Dazhu is in the third brigade of the 336th Field Division.

Zhang Shishi, who became the head of the regiment, felt that his name was too rustic, so he changed his name to Zhang Cheng.

The nine countries of the Nine-Power Military Alliance, perhaps because they are all white countries, have the same administrative divisions, and are divided into states, cities, counties, and towns from top to bottom.

The city of Koshek is the capital of the Latuk Oblast of the Gisk Empire, and the northern capital of the Gisk Empire, with a permanent population of more than 3 million, and is also the location of the largest arsenal of the Gisk Empire.

In fact, in order to protect Koshek City, the Jisk Royal Army has mobilized nine full infantry divisions and stationed them in Koshek City, three more infantry divisions than Zhang Cheng knows, and the Jisk Empire has also mobilized more than one million citizens of Koshek City, including more than 200,000 women, to form several militia units, ready to defend Koshek City to the death.

The battalion commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion under Zhang Cheng said: "Regiment commander, in order to conquer Koshek City, our Royal Army has gathered an armored division, four field divisions, six garrison divisions and ten provisional divisions around Koshek City, with a total strength of more than 1.1 million, plus the air support of the Royal Air Force, presumably it should not be a big problem!" ”

Zhang Cheng said solemnly: "When other brother troops attacked the city, they all encountered the stubborn resistance of the Imperial Army and civilian forces in Gisk, and now many brother troops are still engaged in tragic street battles in various cities, so we must not take the attack on Koshek City lightly, not to mention that our regiment also served as the main attack of the whole division this time, and nothing can go wrong." ”

Then the commander of the 2nd Infantry Battalion said: "Don't worry, commander, our three battalions will never disgrace the regiment, and this time we will definitely be the first to break through the outlying fortifications of the Gisk Army!" ”

The battalion commander of the 3rd Infantry Battalion nodded and said, "Regiment commander, our three battalions are ready for street fighting, and we will never drop the chain at a critical moment!" ”

Zhang Cheng looked down at the watch on his wrist, and then said in a deep voice: "It's eight o'clock, and from eight thirty o'clock, the Royal Air Force will bomb Koshek City, and at the same time, the artillery units of each division will also launch artillery bombardment of the enemy's outlying fortifications in Koshek City, and the Royal Air Force and artillery units will stop attacking at nine o'clock, that is to say, nine o'clock is the time when the general attack will be launched." ”

After a pause, Zhang Cheng continued: "After the general offensive is launched, your 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 on the way to attack, and the twenty-four 105mm howitzers of the regimental artillery battalion will all cooperate with your three battalions in combat." ”

Originally, in the establishment of the Tang Royal Army, the regimental artillery battalion only had twelve 105 mm howitzers, but with the numerous arsenals of the Tang Empire, the M1897 field artillery, M2 105 mm howitzer and M1 155 mm howitzer could be imitated, which made the number of artillery of the Tang Royal Army surge, so the number of artillery at all levels of the Tang Royal Army artillery establishment has all doubled, so now the Tang Royal Army is an ordinary infantry regiment, Both have a regimental artillery battalion armed with twenty-four 105-mm howitzers.

Just as Zhang Cheng was talking to the three battalion commanders under his command, in the basement of a building in Koshek City, the commander of the city defense of Koshek City, Karp sighed, and said to Konat, the commander of the 40th Division of the Royal Army of Kisk: "The Tang Army has completed the encirclement of the entire Koshek City, and then we can only rely on ourselves, according to the current situation, it is difficult to have reinforcements to rescue Koshek City." ”

Konat, the commander of the 40th Division of the Royal Army of Jisk, said with a bitter face: "Commander, although there are nine of our fully equipped infantry divisions in Koshek City, and there are almost 1.3 million civilian armies, in the absence of air supremacy, the army of the Tang Empire only needs to send enough bombers to blow up the entire Koshek City." ”

The commander of the city defense, Culp, groaned for a while and said: "We have preliminarily established a set of underground fortifications by using the underground pipelines in the city of Koshek, presumably this set of underground fortifications should be able to reduce some of our losses, and now that Koshek City has been surrounded by the Tang Army, we can only fight with the Tang Army to the end and defend Koshek City to the death." ”

The commander of the 40th Division, Kolpu, opened his mouth and did not say what he wanted to say, after all, the city defense commander Kalp can be said to be the descendant of Emperor Lazarik, and there is still a blood relationship between him and the royal family.

At this time, the commander of the city defense, Culp, sighed again, "I'm not worried about fighting the Tang Army, but I'm worried that there will be not enough food, although the other nearly two million civilians who are not armed have withdrawn from Koshek City, but the nine infantry divisions plus the civilian armed forces who stayed in Koshek City, the total number of people exceeds 2.2 million, but the food reserves in Koshek City are only enough for these 2.2 million people to eat for half a month." ”

The words of the commander of the city defense, Culp, made the commander of the 40th Division, Konat, startled, "Commander, how can there only be such a little food, if the food is gone, even if we still have five million troops in our hands, we will not be able to hold Koshek City!" ”

The city defense commander Culp shook his head gloomily and said: "The speed of the Tang Army's advance is so fast that it is too late to deliver too much food to Koshek City, and when the other nearly two million unarmed civilians evacuated, they also took a lot of food, which is also to give an explanation to the 1.3 million civilians who remained behind, they can't kill the enemy on the front line, but their families are starved to death!" ”

Konat, the commander of the 40th Division, then asked: "Commander, what will you do after half a month?" ”

"Let's wait for half a month! I'm not even sure if I'll be able to hold Koshek City for half a month! ”

At 8:30 a.m. on August 12, 2016, at least 400 bombers of the Royal Air Force of the Tang Dynasty, protected by more than 200 fighters, flew over the city of Koshek, and then dropped a large number of aerial bombs on the city.

At the same time as the Tang Royal Air Force bombed the city of Koshek, countless shells also fell into the fortifications of the Gisk Army on the outskirts of the city.

The aerial bombardment and artillery bombardment came to an abrupt halt after half an hour, and then the ground forces of the Tang Royal Army began to storm the outer fortifications of Koshek City, and the 18th Armored Division of the Tang Royal Army, which was gathered on the outskirts of Koshek City, served as the main force of the attack.

The 18th Armored Division of the Royal Tang Army has more than 800 tanks, including Matilda 2 tanks, Renault FT-17 light tanks and 2C heavy tanks, as well as Black Wolf tanks and Black Tiger tanks designed and produced by the Tang Empire, as well as more than 700 armored vehicles.

Under the impact of more than 800 tanks and more than 700 armored vehicles, the fortifications set up by the Gisk Army on the outskirts of Koshek City were quickly destroyed, and then with the cooperation of the infantry, on the evening of 12 August, the fortifications on the outskirts of Koshek City fell into the hands of the Tang Royal Army.

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 only paid less than 300 casualties, and completed the task of capturing the fortifications on the outskirts of Koshek City. ”

The battalion commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion said: "Today, thanks to the tanks and armored vehicles of the 18th Armored Division to cooperate with our infantry, our regiment was able to complete the arduous task of serving as the main attack at such a small cost, and the casualties were unexpectedly small, but tomorrow's attack on the city of Koshek will not be so easy, and in the street fighting, the tanks and armored vehicles of the 18th Armored Division will not play a big role." ”

The smile on Zhang Cheng's face became even brighter at this time, "After praising our regiment, the division commander also told me good news, tomorrow the Royal Air Force will dispatch a large number of bombers to prepare to raze the urban area of Koshek City!" ”

The commander of the 2nd Infantry Battalion immediately said excitedly: "In that case, if we want to capture Koshek City, it will be much easier!" ”

The battalion commander of the Third Infantry Battalion touched his chin and said, "I think things won't be so simple, the Jisk army knows that our Tang Empire controls air supremacy, and should be on guard against this." ”

At around 7 p.m. on August 12, in the basement of a building in the city of Koshek, the commander of the city defense of Koshek, Karp, asked Konat, commander of the 40th Division of the Royal Army in Gisk, in a hoarse voice: "Have the casualties been counted today?" ”

Konate nodded bitterly, "Commander, the nine infantry divisions have lost almost 50,000 men combined, the civilian armed forces have lost about 40,000, and the wounded of the other two parts add up to almost 20,000, of which about one or two thousand are seriously wounded. ”

Due to the great scruples about the bombing of the armored forces of the Tang Royal Army and the Tang Royal Air Force, the city defense commander Culp did not deploy too many troops in the outlying fortifications of Koshek City, which is also one of the reasons why the Datang Royal Army can easily capture the entire outlying fortifications of Koshek City today.

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

The commander of the city defense, Culp, said with some self-deprecation: "If the casualty rate is at this rate, the food in our Koshek City can be supported for a longer time. ”

Konat, commander of the 40th Division of the Royal Army of Gisk, 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 of Koshek City at all, and the next Koshek City will definitely usher in the wanton and indiscriminate bombardment of the Datang Artillery and the Datang Air Force." ”

"No matter how bad the situation is, we must persevere, and the longer we hold on, the more time we will leave for the cities behind us to prepare." ”

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

However, not all of them were willing to make sacrifices for the Gisk Empire like the commander of the city defense, Culp, and the commander of the 40th Division, Konat, frowned slightly when he heard Culp's words.

On 13 August, the Datang Royal Air Force dispatched more than 3,000 sorties of bombers to bomb the city of Koshek, and the artillery units of the four field divisions, six garrison divisions, and 10 provisional divisions of the Royal Tang Army shelled the city for nearly 10 hours with large-caliber artillery.

By the evening of 13 August, the city of Koshek was almost in ruins, not a single intact building could be found, and nine infantry divisions of the Royal Army of Gisk, along with more than a million civilian men, had lost more than 200,000 men in the bombardment and shelling of 13 August.

Thanks to the fact that a complete set of underground fortifications has been built in the city of Koshek, the number of casualties would have increased several times today.

On the morning of 14 August, when the commander of the city defense, Karp was waiting for the Tang Army to launch an attack, when he suddenly received news that made him angry and shocked, the 40th Division of the Gisk Royal Army, under the leadership of its division commander Konat, chose to surrender to the Tang Army, and surrendered all the urban areas defended by the 40th Division of the Gisk Royal Army to the Tang Army, including the part of the underground fortifications guarded by the 40th Division of the Royal Army of Gisk.

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