Chapter 61: Patton Tank

Chapter 61: Patton Tank

The sound of "......" cannon rang out in the sky before we were ready. With a bang, there was a burst of shaking outside the tunnel, and the mud on the top of the head fell down in piles, hitting the bottom of the tunnel with a crackling sound.

I couldn't help but look at the top of the tunnel worriedly, and I felt a little uneasy. The tunnel built by the puppet army is like this, and it is no wonder that when the puppet army's anticline was attacked by us, they didn't even dare to hide in it.

However, I don't seem to be able to accuse the puppet army of being too sloppy, after all, this is an anticline relative to the volunteer army, and it is difficult for artillery fire to hit here, and our army has no aircraft, so such a tunnel is enough for the puppet army. It's a pity that these tunnels have to face the artillery of the White Tiger Regiment directly when they reach us......

Fortunately, the White Tiger Regiment came in a hurry this time, and the preparations did not seem to be so sufficient, which can be seen from the fact that the artillery fire on the position was not very dense and the vibration was not particularly violent. These two points fully show that they did not bring a lot of artillery, and they were all small-caliber howitzers or mortars. Otherwise, I think that as long as there was a burst of shelling just now, I don't know how many tunnels on the slope of the 585.2 high ground would collapse.

The White Tiger Regiment came so quickly, I took out my pocket watch and looked at the time, it was only twenty minutes before Li Pinghe reported to me. The White Tigers arrived ten minutes earlier than we had estimated, and they immediately organized an attack.

The sound of "boom ......" came one after another, and after a while, the impact point shifted to the foot of the mountain. With suspicion, I drilled out of the tunnel with a gun and a cat, and found that the puppet army was concentrating artillery fire on the section of the road at the foot of the 585.2 heights.

Their purpose was obvious, that is, to use artillery shells to detonate the mines buried by our army in the road, and it seems that Hu Biao's painstaking calculations were only in vain. I could hear him scolding his mother in anger.

Ten minutes later, with the rumbling sound of motors, two "Patton" tanks appeared at the intersection of the Hwacheon Highway followed by more than a dozen puppet army infantrymen, like two steel monsters, roaring along the highway towards the 585.2 heights. The puppet army following the rear also fired a few flares at our positions from time to time.

Looking at these two tanks that I had never seen before, I couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness in my heart. Compared with the "Pershing", there is not much difference between the "Patton" and the "Pershing" in terms of firepower and defense, and its biggest feature is that it has changed the gasoline engine commonly used by US tanks in this era to a diesel engine.

Of course, diesel engines also have many disadvantages, such as more exhaust gases, loud noise, you can see the black smoke emitted by tanks from a distance, hear the sound they make, but its biggest advantage is that it is not as flammable as gasoline engines.

This advantage makes the "Patton" tank the most advanced tank in service in the US military, but I didn't expect that the US army would use this kind of tank to equip the puppet army White Tiger Regiment......

However, it is also understandable that the reason why the US military is reluctant to participate in the war is entirely because it is unwilling to sacrifice the lives of US soldiers for this war that is a foregone conclusion. But on the other hand, they don't want the puppet army to lose too ugly, which will directly lead to the loss of face for the US military. For the sake of these two considerations, there is only one thing the US military can do, that is, to equip the puppet army with their most advanced weapons, in an attempt to make up for the gap in combat effectiveness between the puppet army and the volunteer army with its superiority in equipment.

As a result, the "Patton" tank naturally appeared in the hands of the puppet army White Tiger Regiment.

With a loud "boom", a ball of fire broke out on the turret of the tank led by the leader, and a recoilless gun group composed of two volunteer soldiers accurately hit the side armor of the leading "Patton" tank with recoilless at the foot of the mountain.

The volunteer soldiers had long expected that the puppet army would use tanks to storm the road, so anti-tank teams were arranged on both sides of the road from the beginning. These anti-tank teams are armed with anti-tank grenades, recoilless guns and rocket launchers.

It can be said that by the time of the fight against the United Nations Army, the volunteer fighters have accumulated a certain amount of anti-tank experience. With these equipment and guarding a terrain equivalent to a gate, I didn't have to worry about the tanks of the puppet army. Because everyone knows that the tanks in the hands of the puppet army are nothing more than light tanks like "Xia Fei", and sometimes a few "Shermans" are very remarkable. If the tanks dare to come up, as long as the soldiers blow up like this, there is no doubt that Yu Yongtan will block the way for the puppet army to attack.

But this time it was different, because this time it was "Barton......

After a burst of fire, the Patton tank continued to drive forward as if nothing had happened. The puppet army following behind it was not in a hurry at all, as if they had known that this result would be achieved, and they still stepped on a steady pace, holding guns and guarding the surroundings......

The turret of the tank slowly turned, and it aimed very precisely at the anti-tank group of the Volunteer Army, which had just finished firing the shells, and then only heard a "boom", and the two volunteer soldiers were drowned in a burst of fire.

......The machine guns in the tank also rang out, and they spewed tongues of fire from the front and sides of the tank, sweeping away the volunteer soldiers hiding on the roadside and riverside. They were joined by the puppet infantry who followed behind the tank......

I know that the reason why it can aim and 'shoot' the volunteer soldiers lurking around so accurately is because it is equipped with active night vision devices. But what can I do now? This is a tank that is still in service on the modern battlefield, and it should be an anti-tank gun or an anti-tank missile that can destroy it, not a bazooka with a range of more than 100 meters, a recoilless gun with a range of 2 or 300 meters, or an anti-tank grenade that can only be thrown out when you almost run in front of it......

It would be nice if these weapons could destroy it, but there was nothing they could do about the thickness of their armor

So we could only watch as the two tanks drove straight in for so long and could not do anything about it, until they encountered an anti-tank trench and then reversed and retreated. Their assault was obviously just a fire reconnaissance, so they didn't have much preparation, otherwise they would have been able to fight all the way to the ferry.

As soon as the enemy retreated, Hu Biao ran to me angrily and said: "What kind of tank is this puppet army, and the recoilless gun can't beat it......"

"It's the Patton tank" Li Pinghe pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said seriously: "I got information that a new type of US tank was found on the battlefield, and I concealed that I thought that the US army had all taken a back seat, so I didn't need to worry, I didn't expect ......."

"Immediately transfer the 6th Company defending the ferry and the 7th Company of the Highway 2nd Division back to the high ground," I ordered, gritting my teeth.

The "regiment commander" couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and objected: "Abandoning the ferry and highway will give the puppet army a lot of mobility, which will not only expose the weakness of the 585.2 heights to the enemy, but also fail to complete the tasks 'assigned' to us by the superiors."

"I'm responsible for the consequences of executing orders," I replied angrily.

This sudden change made me feel bad, and I didn't want to just give up on the ferry and the road. But this is undoubtedly another choice. Just now it was just a test of the fire of the puppet army, or it could be said that they wanted to test whether we had an effective weapon against the Patton tank, and it turned out that I did not ......

So their next attack will definitely not be like this, I don't even know how many of these new tanks they have in their hands, and what will the soldiers defending the ferries and roads do to fight these steel monsters? Do you hit it with flesh and blood?

"Yes" Li Pinghe answered, didn't say anything more, turned around and dialed the phone.

"Battalion Commander Hu, Battalion Commander Wang" I walked to the map in three or two steps, pointed to the 585.2 heights and said: "Concentrate all the mortars and adjust the Zhuyuan to the entrance of the Huachuan Highway, even if we can't stop the tanks of the puppet army, we can't let them come in so easily."

"Yes" Hu Biao and Wang Xin responded, and immediately went to arrange after saluting.

The battle soon began, the 6th company defending the ferry and the 7th company defending the road had just withdrawn to the 585.2 heights, and the puppet army tanks launched a fierce offensive under the cover of artillery fire. Not only that, but there were three speedboats on the Bukhan River.

Tanks and speedboats were concentrated in a storm of tank guns, mortars, and light and heavy machine guns on the road and the ferry, and only the ferry and the road were covered with bullets, and the few remaining cabins in the direction of the ferry were soon caught in flames.

Of course, we will not let the puppet army snatch the ferry and highway so smoothly, the volunteer soldiers hidden on the slope of the 585.2 heights always use mortars and rifles to find lone puppet soldiers in a timely manner, as long as they accidentally 'exposed' outside the cover of the tank, they will soon let the soldiers pick up a bargain.

“？？ "The puppet army then quickly let me see what the White Tiger Regiment was, they had just captured the ferry and road with their front foot, and after the direction of the tank turret turned and aimed at the 585.2 height, they immediately launched an attack on the 585.2 height.

More than 20 Marton tanks lined up at the foot of the mountain, plus the small guns and light and heavy machine guns on the three speedboats, swept at the 585.2 heights in a 'chaotic' manner, and the line of fire that came at us in the dark night was almost denser than the rain in the sky. When the bomb exploded, the patches of stagnant water and mud were scattered all over the high ground......

It was under the cover of such fire that the puppet army launched a charge towards our position. One thing is for sure, the puppet army infantry, tank, and ship cooperate very well, and this seems to be the result of the training of US military instructors. And the charge of their soldiers is very fast and brave, which is similar to the fighting style of Little Japan back then. This combination of eastern and western tactics led to the creation of the ace unit in the ace division of the puppet army-the White Tiger Regiment

But the enemy they faced, that is, us, was also the "elite" of the "elite" - the 538th regiment.

The enemy has tanks and battleships, and it is not wrong that these equipment are more advanced than ours, but these advanced equipment cannot be driven to the mountains after all. If you want to occupy the 585.2 heights, you will finally rely on people against people.

Bullets kept roaring above our heads, shells kept exploding around us, and in front of the muddy water flying everywhere, there were groups of puppet soldiers rushing towards us with bayonets.

In fact, due to the low terrain on this side, we have not been able to build a decent trench, so the soldiers can only carry bullets and shells on their heads, endure the cold rain, and wait for the enemy to rush upwards with their weapons in their hands.

I held my rifle and looked coldly at the enemy who was constantly approaching us, and the rain that flowed under me had not even reached my mouth, and occasionally choked on a few mouthfuls of water due to shortness of breath, and it smelled of blood. I know that it was the blood of the soldiers who died on the front.

When I think about the smell of blood, I feel nauseous, because I think it was the blood of my comrades, and I drank it in my mouth. Just a moment ago, I might have even been talking to him.

But at that time, I didn't think so, and the smell of blood instead 'provoked' the boundless killing intent in my heart, thinking only of killing a few more enemies to avenge the sacrifices of my comrades, and only thinking of comforting the dead heroes with the bullets of the rifles in my hands

The puppet army is getting closer and closer to us, and the fire cover on the tanks and speedboats at the foot of the mountain is also weakening. Obviously, if they don't reduce their firepower, they are likely to injure their own people by mistake. And I was waiting for this moment

"Fight" With my order, the soldiers unanimously fired the weapons in their hands.

Submachine guns, machine guns, rifles...... Dense bullets rained down on the enemy with a whistling sound, and the puppet army, which was still rushing upwards with a hideous face one second, fell under our guns with a scream the next second.

But the puppet army's charge did not stop for a while, the puppet army in front fell, and the puppet army behind stepped on the corpses of their comrades to attack with expressionless faces, and even I found that some of them actually rushed up with explosive 'medicine' bags or bundles of grenades......

I have to say that this is rare in the United Nations army, at least so far, I have only seen the White Tiger Regiment launch such a charge similar to that of a death squad. But their bravery did not bring them victory, because our bullets always kept them out of the fifty meters in front of the battle line.

Fighters who have experienced in combat know that this distance is relatively safe for the defending troops, because at this time, the puppet army located below, they have no way to throw grenades into our battle line, and can only rely on the rifles in their hands to 'shoot' at us. But it is clear that if you 'shoot' at the rifle, the defending troops will have the upper hand anyway.

As the minutes passed, the troops in front of the puppet army were repelled by our bullets, and the troops behind continued to rush upward. Our bullets are like an invisible, forming a cross-section in front of the 'tide' of people who are surging in the puppet army. We were able to hold off the enemy's charge with ease, thanks in large part to the newly replenished troops' 'Bo' and Turntable Machine Guns.

Modern warfare is actually about firepower. If this had been effective if our army had just entered the DPRK, it might have been effective in using the tactics of crowds to charge at our army, but now that our army's firepower has been strengthened to the point that the turntable machine guns can reach one 'strong' per squad, then this kind of charge of the puppet army is undoubtedly self-defeating.

In addition, the momentum of the puppet army was blocked by our army's firepower, so the crowd became denser and denser, which was exactly what I wanted.

I raised my rifle in my hand and "bang-bang-bang......" in a series of bullets in the chamber, and then yelled at the soldiers guarding the second line: "grenade mortar"

Grenades and mortars, it seems that two things are incompatible, but the fighters can understand what I mean. In fact, at the moment when the enemy had just launched a charge, I ordered the mortar men through the walkie-talkie to move to the other side to get ready, aiming the muzzle of the gun in the direction of the puppet army's attack, and then they came into play.

With the hiss of a small trumpet, the fighters of the second line threw grenades in their hands one after another. Their rich bomb throwing experience and geographical advantages made it possible for them to accurately throw grenades at the enemy without poking their heads out to see the enemy.

The explosion of a whole row of grenades in the "boom ......" was no less powerful than the artillery shells, and the puppet troops rushing to the forefront of the battle line did not make a quick word before they were blown up and flew everywhere. The puppet army that followed behind was also pressed down by the shock 'wave' 'provoked' by the grenade, and the entire charging team stopped for a moment.

Then, before they could react, mortar shells fell into the crowd with a whistling sound. The mortar shells are not accurate, after all, they are adjusted by feeling in the dark, but the charging formation of the puppet army is very dense, and each shell can always blow up several puppet soldiers into the sky.

Eventually, the puppet army realized that such a charge would have no meaning other than to increase their casualties, so they left behind the corpses and retreated like a 'tidal'.

After this charge was repulsed, the puppet army did not launch another charge for a long time. This may be because the sky lights up so quickly. They also knew that in this kind of battle, if there was no way to take it down in the dark, it would be even more difficult at dawn. At least that's what Li Pinghe thinks.

But I think of another reason: the ferries and roads are now actually under the control of the White Tigers. Although our firepower can still cause the puppet army deserters to suffer casualties, the puppet army can also rely on the fire cover of tanks and speedboats to make the puppet army retreat, so they are not in a hurry