Chapter 396 Rout
"The first round of rain-increasing bombs has been launched and the main channel has been established."
"Heavy machine gun shoots out their searchlights!"
"Tanks No. 1 and No. 2 moved forward along the passage to establish a control area to assist engineers in continuing demining."
"The artillery is ready to organize artillery bombardment on the enemy's anti-tank positions according to the predetermined points!"
"Firebirds are ready to attack, look for high-value targets, and carry out precise cleaning!"
"The infantry is ready to deploy, countdown to 180 seconds!"
Chen Chen issued orders one after another, and after receiving the order, all combat units took action quickly.
Two VT-2 tanks quickly moved forward, their tracks rolling over the road that had been riddled with rain-blasting rockets, guiding the infantry to deploy to both sides in a double-arrow attack formation, and establishing an attack starting point on the undulating terrain. position.
The 12.7 mm caliber anti-aircraft machine gun fired wildly at the anti-tank position 1 km away, and the 7.62 mm caliber coaxial machine gun fired continuously, blocking the enemy infantry's attack route along the narrow passage.
In the distant jungle, the anti-tank infantry that had been dispersed and prepared for a close assault was completely suppressed. At this moment, the oppressive power of the modern main battle tank was fully revealed.
Just two tanks, like a needle in the sea, firmly control the rhythm of the battle.
No one can organize an effective attack under its firepower, because you can never bet that the rocket in your hand can hit the tank at a very long distance, but the opponent's bullets cannot catch up with you!
All the infantry can do is wait, and only consider launching an assault after the tank enters the so-called "stable killing range".
However, on the battlefield, who will give you time to breathe?
Just ten seconds after the tank opened fire, the small-caliber artillery position opened fire first.
A large number of mortar shells, 105mm grenades, and 107 rockets tilted down, completely covering a radius of 200 meters around the local anti-tank position.
"boom!"
The explosions sounded one after another and lasted for half a minute.
Within this half minute, the Dongfeng Corps had already started the next phase of operations.
The AH-2 155mm artillery far away in Taping has completed calculations. The grenade crossed a distance of 17 kilometers and landed accurately in the woods.
The shock wave swept across the entire forest, setting off huge clouds of smoke and dust and countless debris. These high-speed flying debris were scattered like bullets, carrying a terrifying impact and blasting into fragile flesh and blood. among.
In the woods, the anti-tank infantrymen of the Mongla Army who were lying on the ground were terrified. They watched helplessly as their companions flew out under the shock wave of the explosion. After hitting the tree trunk, their bodies were in a strange posture. Fold into a twisted angle.
And even closer to the center of the explosion, someone just wanted to stand up and run away, when a heavy mortar shell exploded right in front of him.
In the firelight, his clothes suddenly disappeared, as if he had never come here naked.
Immediately afterwards, the violently compressed flesh and blood suddenly exploded, and the rotten flesh sprayed backwards, staining the entire fan-shaped area red.
This horrific scene made everyone who was originally confident turn pale with horror. They even forgot to escape and only knew how to lie on the ground and wait for the bombardment to pass.
And this is the opportunity the Dongfeng Corps wants.
While the artillery began shelling, engineers had already completed clearing both sides of the road with the help of blasting cords.
Two long and narrow passages at an angle to the road were opened. Two six-man infantry teams of the Dongfeng Corps pressed along the passage towards the anti-tank position, and stopped 100 meters away, waiting for "shelling" to be heard on the radio. Move forward quickly after the five-second countdown of "Stop".
The huge role of thermal imaging equipment in the jungle was once again fully demonstrated. 12 HK416s spit out dense bullets, harvesting all the enemies in the jungle.
In just one minute, all the enemies in the anti-tank position were cleared.
——
No one was injured. Although the anti-tank infantry who was forced into a desperate situation desperately pulled the trigger of the rocket launcher at the vanguard of the Dongfeng Corps, the rocket failed to hit anyone. Instead, it counted behind the vanguard. It exploded ten meters away.
The team members led by Lin He and Bai Gou did not stop at all. After completing the cleanup of the anti-tank position, they quickly returned to the team and re-formed the infantry-tank coordination formation with the two tanks.
Of course they did not follow closely behind the tank and use the tank as a bunker as described in the movie.
On the contrary, they kept as much distance as possible from the tanks and followed them close to the edge of the jungle as the tanks moved along the road.
Looking down from the air, tanks and infantry seem to be "disjointed", but in fact, the cooperation between infantry and tanks is extremely tacit.
The tanks continued to break through in depth, shaking the enemy's defensive positions.
On the radio, the infantry team with a wide field of vision constantly guided the tanks to high-value targets, using tracer bullets ejected from the general-purpose machine guns to mark the attack direction for the tanks.
Whenever the laser-like line of fire points to a location, the tank's turret will turn accordingly, accurately projecting the 125mm high-explosive bomb onto the position.
In a very short period of time, two tanks successively destroyed four heavy machine gun positions of the Mongla Army. The Mongla Army's defense line was visibly shaken. They wanted to attack, but they were completely unable to do so.
Chen Chen was also monitoring the radio communications of the Mongla Army. The electromagnetic environment on the battlefield was quite complex, and the conversations he could hear were intermittent.
But through these fragmented sentences, he could still hear that the other party was remobilizing anti-tank forces, intending to carry out a devastating blow to the tanks that were continuing to output firepower.
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However, they still did not discover the location of the reconnaissance team led by Li Gang who was located high up.
All their actions were undetectable. When the Mongla Army's position showed obvious traces of unconventional arrangements, information from the Li Gang also reached them.
"Enemy artillery position discovered."
"A small-caliber mountain howitzer, several mortars, and a recoilless rifle."
"The target has been dispersed. Now report the location."
"D4, C2, C3, C6."
"Please allocate fire resources."
"receive."
Chen Chen quickly marked the location on the map, and at this time, the self-propelled artillery that had arrived at the predetermined fighting position finally began to show off its power.
Across a distance of 8 kilometers, relying on its own fire control radar, SH-3 accurately projected the shells to the D4 area. The Mongla Army's howitzers were blown into a pile of scrap metal before they had time to fire. In other areas, The hastily fired mortar shell landed in an open space dozens of meters away from the tank without causing even a ripple.
Subsequently, the second round of 107 rocket launches began to shift to the C2 area.
At this distance, the accuracy of rockets does not need to be considered, but after more than 30 rockets fell intensively, the Mongla Army's mortar position still quickly misfired.
Immediately afterwards, the infantry precision shooters who had followed the tanks to a distance of 500 meters began to accurately shoot at the recoilless gun positions outside the trenches. The large-caliber anti-material rifle rounds directly shattered all the illusions of the militiamen who were trying to operate the recoilless guns - ——Of course, it also shattered their bodies.
At this point, the battle has been going on for more than 10 minutes, and the infantry of both sides have not yet started a head-on confrontation.
But Chen Chen knew that everything was over.
All obstacles hindering the advancement of the armored units have been cleared, and the control zone has been completely established. Next, the more determined and rapid our actions are, the faster the enemy's defense will collapse.
The final word has come.
Chen Chen picked up the radio and decisively ordered:
"Firebird, execute plan No. 2 and carry out a covering attack on the central brigade supporting the rear of the Nanban position."
"Dongfeng Group 4 and Group 5, quickly detour and break into the enemy's position"
"Tank No. 3 and No. 4, cover the infantry assault, from a distance of two hundred meters, execute overtaking shooting!"
"Heavy Artillery No. 1, the artillery fire extends to the enemy's rear, blocking enemy reinforcements."
"The remaining artillery fire executes coordinated infantry and artillery tactics to cover the frontal 7th Brigade infantry breakthrough!"
"clear!"
The order was issued, and the firepower density of the Dongfeng Corps suddenly increased.
The originally sparse gunfire suddenly became denser, and the Mongla Army militiamen in the trenches finally discovered a "shootable" target for the first time.
But they will soon discover that this is not necessarily a good development
At this moment, in the trench.
The Mongla militiaman who was the first to shout "They misplaced the attack" still remained extremely optimistic. When he saw the infantry of the Dongfeng Corps beginning to advance, he even felt that his opportunity to make money had come.
So, he couldn't wait to stick his head out of the trench, held up the Bayi bar, and tried to aim at the moving infantry in the distance and shoot.
The searchlight had been destroyed, but under the light of the fire, he could still see that those vaguely visible shadows had reached his range!
Aim, shoot, take cover.
Although this set of movements is simple, he has practiced it many times.
He believed that under the protection of the bunker, as long as he fired, the enemy would fall.
Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and set the gap sight target at three o'clock and one line. The muzzle moved slowly and aimed at a figure who looked a little bloated.
After a moment's pause, the trigger was gently pulled.
"boom!"
The bullet hit the enemy accurately, and he shouted excitedly:
"I hit one!"
Hearing his words, the quartermaster behind him immediately threw a wad of money on him, and this action inspired others around him. Under the stimulation of the real money, everyone seemed to forget about it for half a minute. In the previous horrific artillery fire, they all pointed their guns outside the position.
He turned back, looking for the next target.
But the next second, his excited expression froze in place.
The downed enemy stood up again, and the muzzle of the gun in his hand was already pointing in his own direction.
The man's eyes were splitting, and at the same time, a shout suddenly came from behind him.
"careful!!"
"boom!"
He was thrown to the ground by a man who didn't even have a gun in his hand, and the bullet passed over his head and hit the quartermaster behind him.
The man looked at the bleeding wound on the quartermaster's neck in shock, and for a moment he didn't know what to do.
The man who knocked him down rushed forward and tried to give first aid to the Quartermaster, but he soon discovered that this man no longer needed any treatment.
His cervical spine was shattered by a large-caliber bullet, and at that moment, he was already physiologically dead.
Seeing this scene, he shouted angrily at the militiamen without a gun:
"Jin Duo! What the hell did I tell you?! Don't shoot, don't shoot!"
"Who do you think is on the other side? A dozen of them can drive the people of the Kokang Border Guard Battalion away! Now they even have tanks!"
"Are you crazy about getting rich? Are you even risking your life?!"
Hearing the man's words, the militiaman named Jin Duo suddenly shuddered.
At this moment, he suddenly came back from the greed and excitement of getting a large bounty, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.
Yes, I was really close to death just now.
If the man named Ning Ming hadn't thrown him down, the person whose throat had been punched just now wasn't the quartermaster behind him.
He huddled in the low trench, his eyes frightened.
Ning Ming, on the other hand, had already stuck his head out to quickly observe the situation, and then lowered his voice and said:
"There's no chance, the battle has already been fought!"
"Their infantry has already begun to advance. With your equipment, even ten times the force may not be able to stop them!"
"Run, run with me!"
"Don't worry about other people, brother, follow me. Only by running out can you survive!"
Hearing Ning Ming's words, Jin Duo nodded blankly.
He was about to stand up, but at this moment, a heavy mortar shell suddenly landed on the heavy machine gun position not far from him.
The air wave of the explosion threw the old heavy machine gun into the air, and then hit him heavily next to him.
He was overturned by the shock wave of the explosion, his vision went dark and he fainted, then he opened his eyes amidst Ning Ming's constant calls.
——
He didn't feel that much time had passed between coma and waking up.
It's just a matter of opening and closing the eyes.
However, in this moment of opening and closing, the battle situation has undergone earth-shaking changes.
The seemingly solid defense line had completely collapsed, and two tanks covered the infantry and came from the west.
The weapons in each of their hands were spitting flames, and behind them, the heavy machine guns on the tanks projected a criss-crossing web of fire.
Within the scope of the fire net, the soldiers in the trenches shrank back like gophers. Those who moved slower were cut in half by large-caliber bullets.
Broken limbs and broken arms were flying everywhere. Jin Duo was so frightened that he even forgot what he was going to do.
But Ning Ming behind him had already grabbed his arm and was desperately pulling him away from the tank.
Jin Duo finally came to his senses. He struggled to stand up and followed Ning Ming, hunched over and running away.
Behind him, the sound of explosions continued to sound, and in front of him, more "comrades" were already fleeing to corners where the tank's machine guns could not temporarily take care of them.
Is this the end?
All ran away?
Jin Duo turned back in disbelief and looked at the completely destroyed position.
He saw someone standing up bravely, raising the rocket launcher in his hand and pointing it at the tank, but the next second, his head suddenly exploded.
Snipers have already targeted him. The real role of those infantrymen is just to deal with enemies who threaten the tanks!
However, the enemy's infantry was ultimately not enough.
While one anti-tank man was being killed, the rocket launcher in the other man's hand had already fired shells at the tank.
Jin Duo looked happy. He remembered that Mr. Lin said that as long as the tank was destroyed, his side would be able to fight.
Now, has the opportunity come? !
Unfortunately, no.
The rockets accurately focused on the tank at close range, but after a strange explosion, the tank emerged from the smoke intact.
Reactive armor.
The term Ning Ming once mentioned suddenly flashed in Jin Duo's mind.
At this moment, there were no other thoughts in his mind.
Run away, run away quickly!