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The tankman slammed down the lever, and the steam tank spewed puffs of smoke from the chimney and begins to move forward.

At first, the tank walked extremely slowly, but after a while it accelerated, with the speed of a human walk.

The steam engine made a loud noise when it was running, and the whole tank roared like a locomotive, sounding like a giant monster.

Boss Wei and his company were stunned when they saw that this huge iron lump really moved. They were dumbfounded next to the tank and felt like they had seen a miracle like never before.

This tank made of stainless steel really doesn't need to be dragged by cows and horses!

Chen Qi'er followed behind the tank tremblingly, and asked Boss Wei, "Platoon commander, can this tank really drive to the opposite trench?" ”

Boss Wei frowned and shouted, "Let you follow, you will follow honestly." If you become a deserter, I'll shoot you!" lest you embarrass the Chen family. ”

Chen Qi'er felt a chill in her heart, let go of her thoughts of escaping, and walked her heart to the back of the tank.

Boss Wei looked around at his fighters and shouted, "Everyone load and load the bullets and block the bullets with waste newspapers!" ”

The soldiers began to reload, and then followed Boss Wei, following one hundred and fifty tanks towards the west.

The tank crossed the trench of the Tiger Army from an iron plate specially built for tanks and entered the engagement zone in the middle of the trenches of both sides.

One hundred and fifty tanks did not advance side by side. Some tanks were driven in front, others in the back, and the tanks and tanks were staggered with each other laterally, completely blocking the view of the opposing rifle for fire. One hundred and fifty tanks three meters wide shielded an area of almost four hundred meters.

10,000 Tiger troops armed with various weapons followed behind the tanks and pressed towards the position of the Jiangbei Army.

In the Central Military Department of the Tiger Army, all the officers looked at the momentum of the 150 tanks rushing into battle in unison, and they all showed expressions of amazement one by one.

This huge chariot made of stainless steel is truly breathtaking. More than a hundred tanks marched in unison, and it felt like nothing could stop them.

Zheng Kaicheng took a breath and said, "Looking at the posture of this tank, I'm afraid it can really block the guns of the Jiangbei Army." ”

Zhong Feng looked at the appearance of the tank, and his face turned red with excitement. He punched his waist and said, "If this tank restrains the trenches of the Jiangbei Army, we will never worry about trench battles in the future." ”

Zheng Kaicheng took a breath and said, "I just don't know if this steel-shelled tank can block the heavy artillery sold by the Dutch to the Jiangbei Army." ”

The regiment commander Jiang Chong suddenly interjected and said, "I think this tank can stop it!" ”

Zheng Kaicheng looked at Jiang Chong in surprise for a while, and asked, "Head Jiang, how do you know?" ”

Jiang Chong said: "Back to Uncle, I guessed!" ”

Zheng Kaicheng was stunned when he heard Jiang Chong's words, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed, as if he had been tricked by Jiang Chong. Zhong Feng laughed and said, "Uncle, you have to trust Jiang Chong's judgment. ”

This side was talking about the sturdiness of the tank, but the Jiangbei Army was shocked by the tank.

Wu Sangui and Shi Kefa held the Dutchman's monoculars and looked at the slowly approaching tanks two miles away, stunned.

After observing for a long time, Shi Kefa said: "What a mighty chariot? It seems to be made of stainless steel."

"The methods of this Li thief are really endless, and they are really like the stars."

Wu Sangui's eyes widened and he looked at the chariot, he couldn't react for a long time, and said puzzledly: "How can this chariot be self-propelled without being dragged by oxen and horses?" It stands to reason that such a heavy chariot cannot be pushed by manpower in any case! ”

Shi Kefa thought for a long time, shook his head and said, "I can't think of the truth. The methods of the Li thief are endless, and we must guard against it! ”

After observing with a telescope for a while, Shi Kefa said, "Uncle! Oops! This chariot seems to be followed by foot soldiers, and the Li thief wants to use this chariot to cover the foot soldiers to storm our trenches! ”

Wu Sangui gritted his teeth and shouted: "I don't believe that this chariot is invulnerable!" Bombard these tanks with the artillery sold to us by the red hairs! ”

Shi Kefa stroked his beard and said, "Good! This chariot will not be able to withstand the bombardment of artillery! ”

The Jiangbei army had 600 standard long guns of the Dutch, and this time they brought 300 guns to the north. The guns were all eighteen-pounderers, using round wrought-iron shells and firing at a long range. At the beginning, the Jiangbei Army relied on these long artillery pieces to attack each other with the Tiger Ben Army commanded by Li Xing, and the battle was inseparable.

Later, it was because Li Xing's marksmen killed the gunners of the Jiangbei Army that the Jiangbei Army was unable to attack.

The Jiangbei Army's Chinese army ordered the flag to be unfurled, and 300 heavy guns were pushed into the gun emplacements in the trenches, aiming at the 150 tanks on the opposite side.

The soldiers of other local military towns in the trench saw so many mighty cannons, and they showed envious expressions one by one. The weapons of this Jiangbei Army are really excellent, with cannons and rifles that local military towns can't think of, no wonder they can fight against the Tiger Ben Army, the strongest army in the world.

The artillerymen loaded the shells in the muzzles of the Hongyi cannons, aimed them at the steel chariots in front of them, and lit the arquebuses.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom!"

Three hundred rounds of artillery spat out tongues of fire and fired furious fire at the slowly advancing tank group. The 300 wrought iron shells were like a shower of raindrops, drawing 300 slightly curved curves in the air and crashing into the target two miles away.

Behind the tank, hearing the opposite cannon firing, Chen Qi'er was so frightened that her face was colorless, and she screamed miserably, and she fell to the ground.

Boss Wei's side, the other Tiger Ben Army soldiers also looked nervous.

Can this steam tank stop the artillery of the Jiangbei Army? The cannon is a devastating thing, even the brick house, it is a cannon and a hole.

If the tank is destroyed, the next person to be bombarded by the cannon will be the infantry behind the tank.

Boss Wei hated this Chen Qi'er for being cowardly and incompetent, and he was full of hatred that iron could not become steel, and he was going to kick Chen Qi'er on the ground when he went up.

However, Boss Wei's movements were interrupted by the huge roar of Hongyi's cannon hitting the tank.

Of the three hundred shells, probably more than seventy hit the tank. The more than a dozen pounds of wrought iron shells smashed on the tank, knocking out countless huge sparks. Originally, the metal would have made a crisp clang, but the speed of the cannonball was so fast that the sound of the collision was too loud, and it sounded like a huge boom.

The hit tank slammed into a slam, and its forward speed suddenly stagnated.

In the middle army of the Tiger Army, everyone pricked up their ears and opened their eyes wide.

Can the prince's new tank really stop the artillery of the Jiangbei Army?

The soldiers of the Tiger Army were in the trench, and the infantry behind the tank blocked their view, and they could not see the front of the tank. But they were all highly nervous, waiting for the development of the battle situation.

However, the effect of this shell only made the tank stagnant for a while.

The Dutch loaded the battleship with more than forty pounds of heavy guns, and they could not penetrate the armor of the Tianjin ironclad ship at a distance of one mile. How could this eighteen-pound cannon penetrate the tank armor made of Fanjiazhuang's stainless steel?

As a tank, the steam tank is, of course, extremely defensive. The steel armor of the tank is made of the best steel from the Fanjiazhuang State Steel Plant, with a thickness of 0.8 cm at the top, 0.7 cm at the side, and the thickest on the front, up to 2.2 cm.

Moreover, the front of the tank was the same as the front of the ship, with a conical protrusion. The shells of the 18-pounder guns that hit the front of the tank and ricocheted to the side did not put all the impact on the tank.

The end result was that the shell only left a mark on the tank, and it was completely unable to penetrate the tank's armor.