The 11th Armored Battalion of the 28th Armored Division of the Tang State, under the command of Major Gwenford, crossed the Tulapo River and was advancing along the mountain road in the direction of the Bivo Pass. This armored battalion has a Type 05 "Cheetah" tank company equipped with 18 Type 05 tank guns equipped with 90-mm tank guns, two Type 98 "Shepherd" tank companies, a light tank reconnaissance company with 18 Type 95 "Wildcat" light tanks, eight Type 98 armored repair vehicles, 28 armored fighting vehicles, and 106 other vehicles.

There was only one such heavy tank battalion in the Imperial Panzer Division, and the entire Panzer Battalion was 1138 people.

In a hilly terrain a dozen kilometers southeast of Podanovka, the 28th Panzer Battalion encountered the 1st Hungarian Panzer Division. The 70th Panzer Battalion, the vanguard of the 1st Hungarian Panzer Division, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Wattels, formed a position on several slopes in the undulating hilly terrain, and as in a normal exercise, the formation first launched an attack on the Don Army.

At the same time, Major Gwenford also commanded the 28th Panzer Battalion to also set up a combat formation. Unlike the Hungarian tanks, which swarmed and charged, the Tang tankers were obviously much more experienced in combat, and the Tang tanks formed a battle formation in groups of three, with the "Cheetah" tanks with frontal armor thickness of up to 110 mm as the backbone of the attack, while the Type 98 tanks followed one left and one right, and the light tank companies equipped with Type 95 tanks roamed the flanks of the entire attack formation, waiting for an opportunity to attack.

In a few moments, the entire verdant green mountains and forests of the southern Dnieper River seemed to be boiling, filled with the roar of engines. The Tang tanks lined up in six columns on both sides of the not open highway and rushed towards the Hungarian tank group, which immediately raised dust in the sky. After a while, the Hungarian army found that the Tang tanks rushing ahead seemed to be larger than the latest "Torti" tanks produced by the introduction of East Francian No. 4 tank technology, and the barrels of these "big-headed" Tang tanks seemed to be thicker than the 75 mm caliber tank guns of the "Torti" tank.

"FK, the new tank of the Don people!"

Bursts of exclamations were heard from the radio inside the "Tolty" tank, which smelled of gasoline.

"At half past ten, the Tang tank was found, ready to shoot!"

Lieutenant Colonel Wattels shouted with some nervousness, and the Hungarian armored commander felt his lips dry somewhat. Seeing from the periscope those Tang tanks, it seems that they are somewhat different from the original Type 98 tanks, and they should have six pairs of load-bearing wheels, indicating that they should perform better than the Type 98 tanks on the European battlefield, but only five pairs of load-bearing wheels are heavier, which makes Waterls's heart rise to his throat at once.

According to the information received from the East Francons, those Type 98 tanks weighing more than 30 tons and armed with 75 mm tank guns were very difficult to deal with, and now these new Tang tanks rushing to the front are obviously more powerful.

Since the outbreak of this war, the Cheetah tank has officially appeared on the battlefield, and the hapless Hungarian 1st Panzer Division has become the first casualty of this new tank.

"Brothers, it's time for us to defend the honor of the Hungarian armored forces!" Wattles puffed up his breath and shouted into the microphone, of course, no one knew what honor this Hungarian armored division, which had only been formed for three years, had to speak of.

"Brothers, let's teach these Europeans a lesson, so that they understand what real tank warfare is!" When the distance between the two sides was close to three kilometers, Ge Wenfu, who leaned half of his body out of the car and held binoculars to observe the battlefield situation, shouted into the microphone! Looking at the formation of the Hungarian tanks opposite, it is clear that the true meaning of armored tactics has not yet been understood. "Slow down to 15, and in order, each car chooses its own target!" Ge Wenfu retracted his body into the turret and gave the order to prepare for battle.

On the edge of the lowlands along the Dnieper, in a gentle open hilly terrain, two armored units met unexpectedly.

In the scope, Gwenford had locked onto an enemy tank. The latest Cheetah tank has a 60-centimeter longer turret than it did with a 90-mm gun, but the interior space is not as large as it was when the original 75-mm gun was equipped, but the commander's tower can rotate independently relative to the turret. Starting from the Type 98 tank, the fire control system of the Tang tank can be controlled by the commander and the gun commander at the same time, and after the commander finds the target, he can read the distance data and lock the target data on the commander's main sight.

"The target distance is 2160 meters, and one high-speed armor-piercing projectile!" The gunner said, and the loader then loaded a high-velocity armor-piercing shell into the breech, and the bolt closed with a clear metallic crash.

"Ready!" The loader reported.

"Detach the park, put!" Ge Wenfu said.

Although the turret of the latest Cheetah tank is equipped with a vertical stabilization system, which can theoretically fire at slow speeds, veteran tank commanders are accustomed to firing at short stops, which improves the accuracy of the tank's fire. Immediately after receiving the order, the driver stepped on the clutch, and the tank stopped in place in an instant. The gun commander waited for the tank to come to a stop and then confirmed the target, and then pressed the fire button.

"Phew!"

Car No. 2801, which was in the middle of the Tang tank queue, fired first at a distance of 2,000 meters, and the huge recoil generated by the detonation of the 2.6 kg propellant caused the hull to slam, and the muzzle of the gun spewed out a ball of orange flames at the same time.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, a blaze rose from the turret of the Torti tank that rushed to the front of the road, and the tank was engulfed in flames. Soon, in this narrow valley, about seven or eight charging Hungarian tanks were instantly enveloped in flames and smoke.

The frontal armor thickness of the Tolti tank, which was modeled after the East Francian IV tank, was only 50 mm, and even at a distance of 2,000 meters, it could not resist the attack of the Skoda 90 mm tank gun. Moreover, the Hungarian "Torti" tank is equipped with a Liszt gasoline engine, which is very prone to fire and explosion, which is also an obvious weakness of European tanks.

The first wave of attack of the 28th Armored Battalion brought a devastating disaster to the tank crews of the US 1st Armored Division, although the M4 "Torti" tank was the most advanced tank in Hungary, it could not withstand the attack of the 75 mm Jiangxia Flak L52 tank gun equipped with the Tang Guo 98 tank, not to mention the Jiangning 90 mm SKL56 tank gun equipped on the "Cheetah" tank.

The sudden blow from 2,000 meters left the Hungarian tank units in a state of confusion, and the surviving tanks almost instinctively put up reverse gear and retreated towards the rear of the valley.

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