Chapter 901: 902 tank opens the way
Chapter 901 902 tanks open the way
Although the Tang Empire did not directly participate in the war, they did provide a lot of help to the Fengjiang defenders. For example, the Tang Empire's individual soldier communication system played an important role in this battle.
The Tang Empire’s forward observation posts carried communication equipment and reported the exact location of the Dahua Empire’s offensive troops in a very professional manner.
Subsequently, Toyoe's artillery only had to be responsible for firing. Their artillery shells will cover the enemy troops and cause heavy casualties to the opponent in an instant.
The artillery of the Dahua Empire also tried to suppress the artillery of the Fengjiang defenders, but due to accuracy, the effect of this suppression was actually very limited.
The battle on the front line is still going on fiercely, and it is impossible for the troops of the Dahua Empire to be defeated and give up the opportunity to attack just because of a precise round of artillery fire.
Zhao Chen's fatal order to the frontline troops was to seize the first line of defense at all costs, so the commanders of the combat troops could not order the troops to withdraw so easily.
A Type 3 tank began to run over the trenches of the Toyojiang defenders at the forefront. At this time, the machine guns of the Toyojiang defenders who had been hiding on the flanks began to fire.
This is all routine operation. After being taught so many lessons by the Tang Empire, the concealed machine gun positions on the flanks are no longer a secret. The positions of various countries have similar layouts. The only difference is the number and the flexibility of transfer.
As the sound of machine guns rang out from the flanks, all the attacking Dahua Army soldiers fell to the ground almost instantly.
As for how many people were actually hit by machine guns and how many people lay down, only God knows.
The anti-tank gun that was placed very concealed suddenly opened fire at this time. The loud noise scared everyone and involuntarily shrank their necks.
Because of the very close distance, this shot directly penetrated the thin front armor of the Dahua 3 tank, directly setting the tank on fire.
The Dahua Empire's diesel engine technology is not up to standard, so tanks still use gasoline engines. After all, gasoline engines have been used for a long time, and the engineering and technical personnel are more familiar with them, and they are easier to use.
This also includes the efficiency of logistics maintenance and the complexity of fuel supply, so the use of gasoline engines in tanks is not without merit.
However, compared with diesel engines, gasoline engines are still too easy to burn. What's more, the Dahua Empire's Type 3 tanks have no fire extinguishing system to suppress explosions. They are almost flammable and explosive dangerous goods.
The driver and the commander and gunner in the tank opened the hatch of the tank and tried to climb out to escape, but as soon as they opened the hatch, flames spurted out from inside.
The crew members who were halfway out of the tank had no time to get out of the tank. They struggled in the fire and screamed like evil ghosts.
Just when they gradually began to stop moving, the Dahua Type 3 tank exploded. The huge explosion blew off the tank's turret, and some parts on the body were also blown away. The entire area around the tank immediately turned into a hell.
The metal storm swept through everything around him, and even the Toyojiang defenders hiding in the trenches that had been rolled over behind the tanks were shaken by the violent explosion.
After the ground shook, the battle continued. The soldiers of the Chinese Army who got up from the ground and prepared to move forward were suppressed by machine guns on the flanks.
"Grenade! Blow up that **** machine gun position!" The commander of the Dahua Army lying on the ground ordered loudly. After hearing the order, many people touched the grenade hanging on their waist.
In the machine gun position of the Fengjiang defenders over there, the shooters also heard the other party's shouts. They knew that their position might have been exposed and had become unsafe, so they quickly retreated along the traffic trench with their machine guns in hand.
There is no way. If they run a little slower, they will definitely be sent to the sky by the opponent's grenade.
Sure enough, as they were running wildly, there was an explosion of grenades behind them. The opponent seemed unsure of the location of the machine gun position, and actually covered an area with seven or eight grenades.
The second Type 3 tank began to approach the trench. The Dahua soldiers following the tank no longer had the threat from their flanks. They got up and began to advance towards the trench of Fengjiang defenders. Before they had taken a few steps, a barrage of bullets came from the Fengjiang garrison position directly in front of them.
The directional machine guns and coaxial machine guns on the tanks kept firing. The bullets hit near the trenches and splashed a cloud of white smoke. A Toyie soldier was shot and fell, and the remaining people immediately retreated into the trenches.
The distance between the two sides was already very close, so the Fengjiang soldiers who had retreated into the trenches took out grenades, preparing to surprise the "friendly forces" on the opposite side.
The soldiers of the Chinese Army who had just gotten up and continued to move forward found grenades rolling down at their feet before they had even taken two steps.
“Boom!” There were violent explosions one after another, and the soldiers of the Chinese Army who were killed by grenades fell down one after another. The remaining soldiers of the Chinese Army stepped on the corpses of their companions and continued to move forward step by step. "Thud, tug, tug, tug!" On the other side, there was a No. 3 tank continuing to advance in a show of force, bullying the Fengjiang defenders who did not have so many tanks. This time, the Dahua Army made a direct comeback.
Dozens of tanks are placed in front of the position, and the deterrence is indeed amazing. The machine gun fire hit the reinforced concrete bunker, immediately submerging the bunker's firing hole in a cloud of white smoke.
Because the position is very concealed, the anti-tank gun that just fired has not been discovered yet. Behind the bunker, the loader is desperately loading a shell into the barrel.
After closing the breech, the gunner cranked the crank next to the gun, adjusted his muzzle, and aimed at another Type 3 tank that entered the firing range of his gun.
The tank seemed to be looking for an angle to straf the inside of the Toyie defenders' trench, so it exposed its sides, leaving the anti-tank gun team with a very good angle.
Without any hesitation, the gunner fired a shell, which penetrated the side armor of the Type 3 tank, leaving a dark hole in it.
A shell that penetrates the armor will bring armor fragments to form a metal storm, and these fragments will easily break everything in the tank into a sieve.
Those who were lucky enough to survive might still have a chance to climb out of the tank and escape, but the unlucky ones would have died the moment the tank was penetrated.
This tank was paralyzed immediately after being penetrated. Judging from the angle at which the shell penetrated the tank, it is estimated that the gunner, commander and loader's hands were cold.
Sure enough, in the next second, someone saw the hatch of the tank being opened from the inside, and the driver and electromechanical personnel got out of the tank in a panic - an explosion could happen at any time, and they didn't want to be cooked and killed. On the tank.
After the tank is penetrated, there is not much time to think, and all living crew members will subconsciously leave the tank. This is almost an instinctive reaction.
On a tragic battlefield, this reaction is only the first step in escape. After a tank crew member gets out of the tank, he still has to face the crazy shooting of enemy bullets.
There were many people who were lucky enough to escape death, and many who were directly killed while getting out of the tank. In short, everyone relies on luck to survive, and no one is more experienced than anyone else.
Sure enough, when he got out of the tank, the electromechanical operator was hit by a bullet flying from nowhere. He screamed and fell back into the tank.
The driver next to him was much luckier. He jumped off the tank and quickly jumped into a crater not far away and disappeared.
If the Dahua Empire's offensive force captures the nearby positions, it is estimated that he will still have hope to continue fighting. If the Dahua Empire's attack fails, then he is likely to become a prisoner of the Fengjiang defenders.
“Load! Load quickly!” Seeing another tank approaching, the gunner of the anti-tank gun loudly urged the loader behind him to quickly get another shell.
While he was urging, the turret of the Type 3 tank in the distance had begun to turn, and the barrel of the medium-sized 90mm tank gun was aiming little by little towards the bunker where the anti-tank gun team was located. come over.
"They found us! Reload! Damn it!" The gunner of the anti-tank gun was about to cry. The feeling of watching the **** of death getting closer and closer would really make people collapse.
The tank took aim under the horrified eyes of the anti-tank gunner, and then fired a shot. The gunner closed his eyes and waited for death to come, but the shell missed its target.
The shell hit the side of the bunker and was bounced away due to the angle, leaving only a shuddering crisp sound.
The gunner of the anti-tank gun swallowed, then turned around and shouted hysterically: "Load the shells! Hurry up! They are about to hit us!"
The loader frantically pushed the shell in his hand into the barrel, and then closed the breech skillfully: "Loading is complete!"
"Boom!" The gunner who had already taken aim fired directly, and one shot directly penetrated the front armor of the tank on the opposite side. Seeing that his shell hit the target, the gunner breathed a sigh of relief.
Unfortunately, before they could find another target, a tank gun shell flew over, entered the bunker directly, exploded, mixed with flying cement fragments, and bloodbathed the entire anti-tank gun position.
The gunner was directly cut into two pieces by the fragments caused by the explosion of the shell. The loader was smashed into a sieve by the incoming cement fragments. Several people fell directly to the ground. With the explosion of the shell, the anti-tank gun was also scrapped. A pile of scrap metal.
In the distance, the tanks that were firing began to move forward. In order to identify friendly forces, these tanks had an extra white star painted on the side, which looked so conspicuous.
(End of this chapter)