Chapter 372: First Victory
Is this guy crazy?
Although the M1A1 is full of firepower, it is completely a waste of ammunition across the hills.
Whether it is a tank gun, a side-by-side machine gun or an anti-aircraft machine gun, it is a direct-fire weapon, and it cannot be used against anti-tank fighters hiding behind hills.
At a distance of more than a thousand meters, the M1A1 takes at least two minutes.
A skilled co-shooter capable of reloading the RA-12ER with a missile launcher in 20 seconds.
There is only one ending that rushes over.
Die!
As long as the commander of that M1A1 is a little sane, he should abandon the tank that is about to be destroyed by missiles, and not bury it.
No matter how bad it is, it should also turn to retreat.
"Brother Dong!"
Wang Haotian reminded Wang Dong again, saying that the anti-tank team was ready.
Wang Dong didn't speak, not out of compassion, but because he wanted to know the origin of the commander, after all, it was a battalion commander's car.
Perhaps, the commander of the rebel vanguard was on that tank.
"Boom-"
It was at this time that the M1A1 exploded.
The point of explosion was on the front of the hull, and it was not an explosion to be exact, but the concussion caused by the armor-piercing projectile hitting the tank, as well as the dust kicked up.
As for the explosions, it was actually the sound of shelling coming from behind.
It was not the anti-tank group that opened fire, but a government M1A1.
Actually, it's four.
Just after that M1A1 was hit by an armor-piercing shell, three M2A3s in the rear were also hit by armor-piercing shells, and two of them were also killed.
The other three M2A3s immediately stopped moving forward and then began to turn.
It's just that it's too late.
More than ten seconds later, the sound of shelling came again, and none of the three retreating M2A3s escaped, all of them were blown up by armor-piercing shells.
From beginning to end, the rebel M2A3 did not launch a counterattack with anti-tank missiles.
Quite simply, all four M1A1s of the government army were hidden behind a hill, revealing only a small part of the turret, which was not detected by the rebels before they opened fire.
By the time the tanks were discovered, the rebels had no time to fight back.
By the time four government tanks drove over, Wang Dong had already come to the bottom of the hill.
A tank drove up, and Iron Tiger stood on top of it.
After getting closer, Tie Hu smashed the captain's hatch with the butt of his rifle a few times, causing the tank to stop, and then dragged Wang Dong up.
A few hundred meters away, a rebel officer was sprinting west.
That's right, it's Lieutenant Colonel Kazim.
The armor-piercing shell not only pierced the frontal armor of the M1A1, but also killed the driver and loader, and blew off both legs of the gun commander.
Although the fire extinguishing system was activated in time and the ammunition was not detonated, the tank was destroyed.
Kazim dragged the gun commander out, but he couldn't save him.
In fact, Karim was also injured, but not too severely, a piece of shrapnel, or more precisely a metal fragment blown off by an armor-piercing projectile, left a long wound in his left arm.
The sub-caliber tail stabilized deshelling armor-piercing projectile is actually a metal rod made of tungsten alloy or depleted uranium alloy and other high-hardness materials, although it is not loaded with explosives, but when it penetrates the armor of the tank, it will produce a lot of fragments, thereby killing and injuring the personnel in the tank.
In terms of damage effect, armor-piercing bullets are far superior to armor-piercing bullets.
It is for this reason that when dealing with armored targets, tankers prefer to use armor-piercing shells instead of armor-piercing shells with a hollow charge.
It can be said that even the main battle tank with the best protection performance in the world will inevitably be scrapped as long as it is pierced by armor-piercing shells.
If it is pierced by an armor-piercing projectile, or an anti-tank missile or rocket that also uses a hollow charge, there is hope for repair.
As the government tanks approached, Karim drew his pistol and began firing at the tanks.
This guy is an absolute lunatic!
"Don't shoot, catch them alive."
As soon as Wang Dong said this, Tie Hu put down the rifle he raised, and shouted to the commander in the turret to tell the commander not to fire.
That's just a pistol, what's there to be afraid of?
In a short time, Karim ran out of bullets from his pistol.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Iron Tiger jumped out of the tank and chased after it.
Not to mention that Karim was injured, even if he was not injured, he was definitely not the opponent of the Iron Tiger.
In terms of physique, only Churkin is stronger than the Iron Tiger, and if he fights alone, the bulky Churkin may not be the opponent of the Iron Tiger.
When the tank stopped and Wang Dong got out of the car, Tiehu had already subdued Karim.
"Bandage him, don't let him die here. Take it back and interrogate it properly. If it is of little value, it will be handed over to the garrison of Nasiriyah. ”
Iron Tiger didn't hesitate and turned the butt of a rifle at Karim.
At this moment, a churning cloud of fire appeared in the sky to the west.
It was a long time before the sound of the explosion came.
Wang Dong was not surprised, because it was Lei Dong's masterpiece.
After exchanging fire with the rebels, Wang Dong asked Lei Dong, who was ambushed in the west, to bring a squadron of personnel over to deal with the rebels who were left behind.
Apparently, Redon did not waste time on the rebels.
Judging by the explosions that took place, he must have blown up the rebels' tanker trucks, and perhaps several vehicles used to transport ammunition.
Let the "bomb maniac" do it, and whatever can be blown up, will not be let go.
A few minutes later, a convoy of all-terrain vehicles drove over.
It was the heroes of this battle, the 40 operatives of the 10 anti-tank groups, and Wang Haotian, who was in charge of the command.
These vehicles, which belong to the company "Angu", can carry up to eight operatives each, although usually four are carried in order to carry weapons and equipment.
The battle to the east is over, and Churkin is cleaning up the battlefield.
The battle in the northwest direction was also about to end, and Zhang Zilan rushed over with a squadron of personnel to support Xie Chuyue and others who were fighting there.
Redon also sent a message that they had captured several rebel "Humvee" military vehicles and were on their way over.
In the main battle, only three operatives were injured, and all of them were lightly wounded, one of them was Churkin.
This guy is so energetic that no one can stop him.
When Wang Haotian reported the battle situation to Wang Dong, other operatives began to clean up the battlefield.
In fact, it is not a clean-up, the main thing is to completely destroy the tank and combat vehicle with incendiary grenades filled with aluminum powder, so as to avoid the rebels repairing it.
As for the weapons carried by the rebels, such as guns, Wang Dong really didn't look eye-catching.
No matter how poor the government army is, it will not be able to use captured weapons.
More than ten minutes later, the squadron led by Redon returned first.
At this time, Wang Haotian had already sent back the combat history filmed by the drone, and after being handled by Nicholas, Musharraf took it to Crown Prince Mohammed.
As for how Crown Prince Mohammed wants to use it, it is not something that Wang Dong can decide.
After contacting Major General Nanijer, Wang Dong gave the order to retreat.
It was a typical ambush battle.
Although in Wang Dong's view, there is nothing to show off in this battle, more than 200 special forces-level operatives ambushed a battalion of regular troops, and there are so many advanced weapons, it is strange that they cannot win, but Wang Dong also knows that this victory has extraordinary significance.
This is the first victory for the Razak camp since the crushing defeat at Semavo!
Strictly speaking, this was actually the first victory for the Razak camp since the outbreak of the civil war.