In the early morning, the battered coastal town of Hadairah in northern Palestine erupted in gunfire, and bullets pouring from the chambers of the defenders rained down on the Syrian troops rolling in both the north and northeast directions. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Syrian soldiers wearing steel helmets and yellow-green camouflage uniforms suddenly turned on their backs, and when the infantry could not continue to follow, the combat vehicles and armored vehicles leading the assault stopped one after another, or shot in place, or slowly reversed. As a result, the offensive of the Syrian army was like a wave crashing into a, and all potential energy was disintegrated in an instant......

Led by the soldiers of the Irish Foreign Regiment "Nikolai" battalion, the defenders' side soon stopped shooting. Because the surviving Syrian soldiers were prostrate within range, most of them were able to take advantage of the undulations of the terrain to protect themselves from direct gunfire while minimizing the splash damage from enemy fire.

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Seeing that the defenders' firepower was far stronger than expected, the Syrian commander did not hesitate to suspend the ground offensive and instead use artillery to suppress it. I saw the flames flickering and white smoke rising from the rear of the starting position of the Syrian army's attack, and the sharp whistling of artillery shells passing through the air sounded. Before Hadera's defenders could retreat from their frontline positions to the relative safety of their bunkers, the town was once again shrouded in flames and smoke from the explosion.

This time, more than 20 field artillery pieces and a considerable number of heavy mortars of the Syrian army fired for half an hour in one go, and the continuous artillery fire almost plowed the entire small Hadera again. During this period, the Syrian soldiers, who were within range of the defenders, withdrew to the starting positions of the attack in a disorganized but orderly manner, the wounded were treated on the ground, and the uninjured were replenished with ammunition, rested for a while, and then put into preparation for a new offensive.

The 30 minutes of the Syrian artillery bombardment was undoubtedly a long and difficult time for the defenders of Hadera, especially the Jewish militia who had not been fighting, and nine times out of ten felt that they were in hell. Some people were unfortunately injured by the artillery fire, and some people could not bear the terrible mental pressure and collapsed, but most people persevered until the moment when the artillery fire stopped.

According to the experience of previous operations, the artillery cover of this intensity could only weaken but not sweep away the resistance of the defenders, and the Syrian commander seemed to be well aware of this, and he decisively sent all the chariot troops in his hands to cover the infantry, and the number of infantry engaged in the attack was as high as 4,000.

Seeing that the attackers had launched a new offensive, the defending commander issued a battle order to the 1st Armored Squadron of Tel Aviv Jews, which was lying in ambush on farms and woods. The tactical positioning and actual performance of this light combat vehicle are roughly equivalent to the M24 "Xiafei" of the US military in the old time and space, they adopt the design layout of the engine front and turret rear, have a high climbing and steering ability, and the center of gravity is more balanced, the protection is more comprehensive, and it has a high crew survival rate on the battlefield, and is suitable for performing reconnaissance, vigilance, patrol and rapid interspersed and other medium and low-intensity combat missions.

The "Patrolman" purchased by the Jews from the New United Kingdom was an early model, and the most typical feature was that it was equipped with a lightweight, small-recoil, and fast-firing K-40 42-diameter 75-mm gun, which was sufficient to penetrate the frontal armor of most vehicles at a distance of 400 meters with cap-piercing shells, while the later "Patrolman" was modified with a magazine-fed Bofors 40mm cannon and one or two 100-mm anti-tank rockets fired remotely by the occupants on each side of the turret - Due to the introduction of mature wire-guided remote control technology, the combat effectiveness of this anti-tank rocket has been qualitatively improved compared with traditional anti-tank weapons, giving light tanks and infantry the ability to fight against enemy heavy tanks.

The core of the power system of the early model "Patrolman" is a 460 hp diesel engine, with a maximum speed of 55-60 kilometers per hour on the road and 35-40 kilometers per hour off-road, which has a significant speed advantage over mainstream medium and heavy vehicles; Later models were upgraded to 540 hp with an engine that maintained a top speed of around 55/35 km/h while optimizing the weapon system and enhancing armor protection.

At the same time, eight "heavy infantry" were launched with a rumbling roar, and they moved in groups of two, towards the combat positions designated by the commander. Compared to the brisk and nimble "patrolmen", these big and bulky guys are like snails. During World War II, the Irish equipped 9 battalions of heavy tanks with "heavy infantry", 5 of which participated in the Battle of Britain, and later 4 more who were engaged in the combat operations of the Western Allies in Central and North America.

The four "heavy infantry" vehicles entered the ruined town of Hadera from the south, and the four moved forward to the farmstead to the east of the town.

Syria, which intended to build the No. 1 force in the Middle East, used mineral exports in the mid-to-early 40s to exchange for a large amount of German equipment, including the MK-IIIB/C tank nicknamed the "Teutonic Knights" and the "Conqueror" M-36 full-track armored personnel carrier. The Syrian tank units that appeared in the battle of Hadera were mainly based on these two armored combat vehicles. The Teutonic Knights were considered to be the most versatile main vehicles of the Second World War, armed with an indestructible 50/60x diameter 75 mm cannon. In the Battle of the Cohen Peninsula, known for its brutality and bloody brutality, the "Teutonic Knights" thwarted the Jedi counterattack of the British armored forces with their fierce firepower, and won the decisive battle for the Allied forces to bury the British Empire. In the mid-to-late 40s, the "Teutonic Knight", which had been in service for more than ten years, was still the main combat vehicle in Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, Turkey, Syria and other countries.

After all the "heavy infantry" were in place, the two "patrolmen" who quickly detoured to the flank of the Syrian army raised their guns and fired a series of high-explosive shells at the attacking Syrian infantry and Syrian artillery positions, respectively. If you look from the air, you will see that the Syrian artillerymen are scattered and hidden, and their artillery and ammunition are discarded in place, and as long as the "patrolmen" continue to fire in this direction, they should soon be able to expand their success.

Unfortunately, seeing the Syrian troops on the flanks of the alert, including two "Teutonic Knights" and several armoured vehicles, quickly lunging towards them, the Jewish armoured detachment retreated without hesitation. After all, the "Teutonic Knights" can destroy the "patrolmen" from a distance of about 500 meters, and the "patrolmen" have a chance to kill the opponent at a distance of about 500 meters.

At the end of the operation of the "patrol" detachment to harass the enemy's flank, the four "heavy infantry" vehicles that had arrived at the frontal firing position opened fire. They are armed with the standard 50x 75 mm tank gun of the Irish Army, and their performance parameters are on par with the 50x 75 mm gun used in the Teutonic Knight MK-IIIB, but much inferior to the 60x 75 mm gun used in the MK-IIIC. Given that the frontal armor of the "heavy infantry" did not have a significant advantage over any of the "Teutonic knights" of any model, the outcome of a direct confrontation between the two sides depended primarily on technical and tactical factors.

The four "heavy infantry" vehicles that entered Hadera were all Jewish, with the exception of two members of the Irish Foreign Legion and two Jewish militiamen, whose short training was far from sufficient to meet the level of the armoured forces of the great powers. It is not difficult to shoot at a moving target in a stationary state, but in the tense atmosphere of actual combat, the shooting accuracy of this group of "heavy infantry" at a distance of five or six hundred meters is simply unsightly, and when the Syrian tank finds the right direction of the target and returns the color, the psychological pressure on the crew of the Jewish tank will be even greater!

The Syrian chariots gradually approached the town of Hadera, and a large number of Syrian infantry followed, waiting for their chariots to break through the defenders' defenses, and then rushing into the defenders' positions in one go, and once the two sides fell into hand-to-hand combat, the defenders, mainly Jewish militias, would definitely be defeated. At the critical moment, the four "heavy infantry" in the flank firing position began to exert their power, and they hit the side body of a "Teutonic Knight" in the first round of fire. The side armor of the "Teutonic Knight" was only 25-30 mm thick, and if it was fired at a right angle, the homogeneous armor in this position could not withstand the 75 mm caliber cap-piercing shell, but this hit did not seem to penetrate the target, but only destroyed the target's power system. The Teutonic Knight stopped, its angular turret turning counterclockwise, and the black hole of the gun finally pointed at the "heavy infantry" vehicles deployed on the flanks of the line. Two Allied vehicles that have killed the enemy side by side on the battlefield have become mortal rivals in this way......

The Syrian armoured corps was drawn from the Turks, and many of the armoured corps of the Republic of Turkey were recruited from the Ottoman army, and their chariot handling skills were largely taught by German instructors. The Germans have a rigorous style, and the quality of the armored troops trained by them will never be much worse, and the Syrian armored troops have been taught by their Turkish counterparts by words and deeds, and have been given the opportunity to practice in real combat in the Turkish civil war, and their basic skills are naturally much more solid than those of the Jewish militia. It only takes two or three rounds of firing adjustments to threaten the opposing side, and if it weren't for the "hard head skills" of the heavy tanks, the debut of the Jewish armored forces would probably end tragically.

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