Chapter 557: 557 Embarrassing Retreat

Chapter 557 557 Embarrassing Retreat

Liu Guozhu was in a panic. When he turned his tank around, another artillery shell fell, almost knocking off his tank.

The huge explosion made him feel the vibrations inside the tank, which was a kind of heart palpitations and terror of escaping from death.

 "Speed ​​up! Rush over at full speed! Hurry!" Liu Guozhu, who wanted to leave this unfortunate place as soon as possible, didn't want to stay here any longer.

Not far from his side, the body of a No. 4 tank that was directly hit by a shell was separated, which was extremely tragic.

The shell directly smashed the turret of the No. 4 tank. The deformed turret flew far away. The remaining body of the car immediately burned. The rolling tracks stopped in the fire, and the road wheels separated from the car body due to the fire. Rolled to the side.

The No. 4 tank's road wheels were surrounded by rubber rims, and these flammable materials were burned in the fire.

 Including the lights on the tank, the paint that was already full of bullet marks was peeled off and broken in the fire, and then gradually disappeared.

 When everything stops, only the rusty armor will be left on this tank, and the outline of the original body can be vaguely seen, and that's it.

As for the members inside, they have been burned to ashes long ago, and nothing will be left. They will be burned to blackened char and pulverized into ash over time.

“Our trenches are ahead!” the driver shouted to Liu Guozhu while steering the tank forward.

"I know! Don't worry! Drive past!" Liu Guozhu felt that as long as these soldiers were not blind, they would definitely see them coming.

Sure enough, in the trenches, the Tang Army grenadiers who saw the shelling hitting their tanks also saw their tanks turning quickly and rushing towards them.

"Tank! The tank is coming! Bend down! Lower your head! Lower your head!" An infantry squad leader saw his tank rushing over in a panic, and immediately turned around and shouted to his soldiers.

Hearing his shout, the Tang Army soldiers on the position immediately began to hide. Some people bent down and lowered their heads, and some simply ran away.

In just a moment, the first No. 4 tank that rushed over ran over the trenches of its own people, as if it was charging towards them.

The tracks crushed the edge of the trench, continued to roll with the soil, and then threw the soil hanging on the body onto the steel helmets of the Tang soldiers, making a clanging sound.

After the first tank ran over its own trench, the second tank also rushed over regardless of the road, and rushed over desperately.

Without enough time to glance at the passing tanks, the grenadiers of the Tang Army who had not waited for the Qi Army's tanks were once again run over their heads by their own tanks.

"Hey! You cowards! Do you know how to bully yourself?" A soldier knocked the soil above his head in dissatisfaction, turned around and cursed loudly at a tank that was driving past.

Before he could finish cursing, a veteran beside him reached out and pressed his neck, pushing him back into the trench.

The next second, Liu Guozhu's No. 4 tank hit him with its not-so-wide tracks, almost hitting the back of the reckless soldier's head.

The huge body of the No. 4 tank passed over the soldier's head. If he raised his head, he could see the maintenance hatch reserved at the bottom of the vehicle.

The roar of the engine and the sound of metal friction were deafening. Along with the sound of the shells exploding in the distance, it was like a heavy metal concert.

"You don't want to die?" The veteran pressed the recruit's neck and felt the falling soil rolling into his collar.

He cursed, feeling that these tank crews of the 1st Armored Division were all sons of bitches: "Bastards! These **** will kill the whole family!"

"Thank you, thank you..." The sky above the young soldier's head was covered by the body of the tank, and he turned his head to thank him with lingering fear.

 As a result, before he could finish a sentence, his mouth was full of fallen sand. He moved closer to his mouth and greeted Liu Guozhu's whole family.

At this moment, he really wanted to climb onto this **** tank, lift the hatch cover, take out his grenade, pull the safety cover and ask the **** inside: "Do you know this thing? Do you know him?" ?”

 It's a pity that these tanks are friendly forces, so he can't do this. What he can do is to laugh at their cowardice and timidity the next time he meets these guys.

Soon, silence returned to the battlefield. The Qi army, which found that the artillery bombardment had no effect, did not continue to fire. The retreating Tang Army armored forces bypassed Luo Town and began to count their losses.

They lost 6 tanks in the shelling just now. Two of them were hit by near-misses and were paralyzed in front of the two army formations. The other 4 were completely blown up and are still burning.

Qi's tank troops suffered even more heavy losses. They invested 70 tanks in the attack, but the Tang army and themselves killed 67 of them in one go!

That’s right, it’s almost like the entire army was annihilated: there were a mighty 70 tanks when we set out, but when we returned, only 3 tanks were left covered with bullet marks.

More than 50 of them were destroyed by Tang Army tanks at a distance of less than 100 meters, some were paralyzed and abandoned halfway, and several others were destroyed by own artillery fire during the retreat.

After this battle, the armored commander of the Qi Army was almost unemployed: he basically had no usable troops in his hands. Originally, Qi's 1st Army only had 110 Cyric 1 tanks available, and 40 of them were damaged by problems such as malfunctions along the way.

 With great difficulty, 70 tanks were saved by taking parts from each other. As a result, 67 tanks were lost in the battle just now.

The three tanks that escaped back were no longer able to participate in the battle. Their power walking systems were used once on the tragic battlefield, and 80% of them were faulty. If you force yourself to join the battle, you will easily become paralyzed on the battlefield.

And if Qin Xiong hadn't fired recklessly and carried out indiscriminate attacks, the Tang army might not have lost a single tank.

Even those who are not an expert can clearly see the extent of this gap: the Qi Army's armored forces are not the same thing as the Tang Army's armored forces.

 A whale is not a fish! Xiaori...it's not a human! They are all called armored forces, but those from Qi are not real armored forces!

While the commander of the Qi Armored Forces was complaining in his heart, the 1st Armored Division of the Tang Army was also counting the damage.

When Liu Guozhu jumped off his tank, he discovered that the fender of his tank seemed to have been blown away by shell fragments.

The foldable leaf that can be folded up hangs there alone, but the fender has disappeared. His paint, which was already full of bullet marks, was even more damaged after being damaged.

 Actually, he was very lucky, because after someone came back, there was a problem with the clutch, and the engines of some tanks were not working stably.

 Tanks are, after all, a new type of weapon and equipment, and it is common for some problems to occur on the battlefield. An armored division has hundreds of tanks, and being able to maintain two-thirds of them in normal combat is already a very high level of combat readiness.

“They are really ruthless. They started shelling indiscriminately while their own people were still there.” A commander with a bandage on his head complained to Liu Guozhu while leaning on the tank.

"What happened?" Liu Guozhu asked the other party, pointing to his head.

"The car shook so hard that I hit the handrail..." The driver didn't have the embarrassment to say that he was running too fast, so he answered vaguely.

"That's good for you." The company commander came over with the map and documents, looked at the direction of the third company and said: "A tank in the third company has been destroyed...later...all the tank commanders will go there , hold a memorial service.”

“Yes!” The commander, who was leaning on the tank with a bandage on his forehead, stood at attention and saluted.

Liu Guozhu also stood at attention and saluted: "I understand!"

"Oh, by the way, Liu Guozhu, the division commander has read the report written by you and he is very satisfied! It has been determined that you killed the third prince of Qi State. When you come back, the division headquarters will send someone to praise you. Don't worry." The company commander seemed to remember. What did he say to Liu Guozhu: "The 2nd company commander deliberately asked me to thank you..."

 “Why do you want to thank me?” Liu Guozhu looked confused and didn’t seem to be hypocritical.

A smile appeared on the company commander's face, and he pointed in the direction of Liu Guozhu with his free hand: "Where can you get so much kindness and sophistication at such a young age? Get out of here!"

Although he was scolding, no dissatisfaction could be heard. It seemed that the company commander was very satisfied with Liu Guozhu, his subordinate.

Tang Jun's revenge was immediate. In the afternoon, countless bombers visited the area where Qi Jun was located.

This time it was not three or five aircraft that carried out the bombing mission as usual, but 50 Stukas and 60 Butcher FW-190 fighter jets were dispatched in one go.

This was the first time Qin Xiong saw the Tang Army dispatching so many planes. He hid in his headquarters and watched helplessly as his troops were bombed to the point of crying for their fathers and mothers.

More than a hundred planes took turns dropping bombs, and the Qi ground forces were unable to organize another attack until dark.

Stuka's unique sound echoed in the sky all afternoon, and the constant howling made the Qi army lose all fighting spirit. No matter how much the officers urged, they were unwilling to leave their hiding place and gathered to attack the Tang army's defense line.

 As the head coach of Qi State, Qin Xiong has no good solution. Even though he was considered a relatively professional senior commander in the Qi army, he really had no way to defeat the Tang army at another level.

After witnessing the strength of the Tang army, Qin Xiong was now thinking about how to leave the **** place of Luozhen.

At this time, the news of Nanye’s loss also reached Qin Xiong’s ears. Obviously, there is no objection to the Qi army to recapture Luozhen.

 Because their attempt to open up the transportation line between Luozhen and Nanye completely failed with the fall of Nanye.

 (End of this chapter)