Chapter 956: Quick Solution
Guan Xitan's cocoon is equipped with a short-barreled cannon that is boiled, and the weeping cannon is used to support. On the other hand, China's "losing side" tank, designed from the beginning, its main tactical use is to fight with enemy tanks, so the armor-piercing power of the four-millimeter long-barreled tank gun is considerable, and compared to the layout of the British tank that separates the two cannons on the left and right sides of the hull, the single turret of the Chinese tank is enough to deal with enemy targets in any direction, even if it is in its own rear.
It can be said that from the very beginning of this tank battle, the Chinese tank forces had an overall advantage, so when Bai Lang gave the order to start the battle, it only took a short time for the Chinese tank forces to quickly defeat the British tank forces, and took advantage of the victory to pursue, rushing over in one breath, and capturing all the British tankers who tried to escape back to Tashkent.
This tank battle lasted only more than 20 minutes before it was completely over, all the British tanks were destroyed on the battlefield, and most of them were on fire, and then, without exception, the ammunition loaded in the car was detonated, the tank was blown up beyond recognition, the battlefield was full of flames, black smoke billowing out, the ground was scattered with steel fragments and the corpses of British tankmen, even a layman, it can be seen that China won this tank battle, and the price paid was only a "gun side" tank slightly injured, a "marmot". "The anti-aircraft vehicle was slightly injured.
Sitting on the "gun-picking" commander, Bai Lang carefully took the reports of the commanders of each car through the radio communicator, and at the same time ordered the cars to gather their formation, but did not immediately attack Tashkent, but waited for the infantry and cavalry units to arrive.
Bai Lang asked the armored vehicles to escort the prisoners back to the attacking position, and prepared to cover the infantry charge, while he commanded the "gun side" tank company to stop in the middle of the battlefield with a big grin, with some distance between the vehicles, waiting for the infantry to appear in the mountain pass.
This posture is to show that the British artillery is not in his eyes, Bai Lang is not careless, but very clear. The British army did not have heavy artillery, and the mountain artillery and field artillery could not help these "gun-sided" tanks with thick armor, and if the British exposed the artillery positions, they would be immediately counterattacked by the Chinese artillery, so the infantry who rushed over did not have to worry about being intercepted and fired by the British artillery.
Therefore, Bai Lang hoped that the British artillery would bombard these "gun sides" parked on the battlefield, so that the Chinese artillery could eliminate the artillery positions of the British army that might be hidden. Soon, the infantry appeared in the pass, and the cavalry sped up, and at this moment, Bai Lang finally gave the order for the tank column to continue the assault, and he decided to lead his troops to the flank and rear of the city of Tashkent, completely encircle the city, and fight a small battle that would be decisive in battle.
Although it seemed a bit of a stretch to encircle the city with just two companies of "guns", Bai Lang decided to give it a try, and he also made contact with the infantry and cavalry commanders, who would then assist the panzers in this task.
Under an order, the "gun shabu" troops immediately moved to impact, rushed to the city along the high ground, Bai Lang opened the hatch, just stood in the turret hatch, exposed his head, and used a telescope to observe the movement in the tower and the city, the tank drove smoothly, although there was a slight bump, but this bump did not make people feel painful, unlike the main tanks of various countries, the "pig side" tank used a practical suspension shock absorption system, relying on those shock absorbers at the junction of the tank load wheel and the hull, This kind of Chinese-made tank can keep the body stable even when driving in the field, and achieve a fairly high cross-country degree, this performance is not comparable to the British Mark IV tank, and it is precisely by relying on this mobility that the "gun side" tank can easily occupy the initiative on the battlefield.
To Bai Lang's reassurance, when his tank column detoured to the flank of the city, the enemy troops in the city did not take any effective tactical action, but only fired at the tank formation with light weapons, but Bai Lang quickly retracted his head into the tank and closed the hatch cover for safety.
Returning to the cabin, Bai Lang continued to look around with Chiang's telescope, and finally fixed his vision to the north, where the Chinese infantry was continuing to advance towards Tashkent, taking advantage of the terrain along the way to gradually approach the city, and the field artillery behind them was also providing artillery support at all times, destroying all obstacles that stood in their way, and the battle went quite smoothly in the face of such an attack.
When the Chinese infantry advanced to the front less than two kilometers away from the city, the last two hidden artillery positions of the British army in the city finally took the initiative to expose the target, and began to intercept the impact of the Chinese infantry units with heavy artillery bombardment, and at this time, Bai Lang also led the tank force to the southeast of the city, and the cavalry also followed, and then launched a flank attack on the city, the tanks began to bombard the edge of the city with artillery to suppress the fire of the enemy position, while the cavalry set up the field artillery dragged over and began to bombard the targets in the city, Moreover, because the artillery observation posts on the mountain pass heights used radio communication equipment to direct the shelling, the artillery firing accuracy was very high, and it was quickly coordinated with the long-range artillery in the rear to solve the two British artillery positions, after which the enemy troops in the city had no support artillery fire to use.
When the Chinese artillery solved the enemy artillery positions in the city, the Chinese infantry had also entered the edge of the city, and exchanged fire with the local forces defending there, due to the demoralization of the enemy troops, and the fighting spirit was basically broken, therefore, the final urban street battle went quite smoothly, but in two hours, the squadron completely controlled all the commanding heights in the city, and arranged suppressive fire on the commanding heights, controlled the entire city, and the Chinese tanks also crushed into the enemy headquarters, The hulls of the vehicles toppled all the buildings of the headquarters, and the infantry raised the battle flag of the Chinese Defense Forces and the Chinese flag on the tallest building in the city.
By evening, the fighting in Tashkent had ceased completely, and the crossing had been occupied by the squadron, and all the stubborn enemy troops in the city had been annihilated, except for those enemy units that had escaped across the river.
During the battle, only one infantry battalion of the British army withdrew to the Hedong area, and the other British troops were either wiped out or became prisoners, and after careful screening and counting, the final list of prisoners was soon submitted to the China Central Asia Military Region Command, among them, 50 British prisoners were real British citizens, and the other 100 British prisoners were authentic Indian soldiers.
Looking at the group of British prisoners with different expressions, Bai Lang arrogantly stood on the turret of his "pink side" tank, and beside him, a staff officer was drafting a telegram, this telegram Bai Lang would be photographed to the headquarters of the First Armored Division of the Commander's Hall, he wanted to tell the division commander that today, in this Tashkent, he Bai someone won a real tank battle, although the results were not very amazing, but it was enough to prove the excellent performance of the "gun side" tank, in the future, this "gun side" The tank is the choice of the main equipment of the 1st Armored Division of the Commander-in-Command Hall and all Chinese armored forces.
Hearing that the center is preparing several new armored divisions, Bai Lang believes that relying on his achievements, he is fully qualified to serve as the commander of a new armored division, and in the future, he also fully believes that he will lead the armored forces under his command to win one brilliant victory after another for China, and what he relies on is the technological superiority of Chinese tanks, and Bai Lang also hopes that Chinese tanks can maintain this technological advantage, for this, he is very confident, he believes that as long as President Zhao Da still holds the center, then, The strategic and tactical superiority of the Chinese armored forces will always be maintained. "Sir, the draft of the telegram is ready, you look at it"
The staff officer handed the draft of the prepared telegram to Bai Lang, who read it and thought it was not concise enough, so he crossed out a few lines of nonsense and replaced a few sentences, after which the telegram was quickly photographed.
Of course, at this time, Bai Lang did not know that his small battle in Tashkent was not only a tactical victory, but also strategically had a far-reaching impact on world history, and his decisive offensive decision was strategically highly consistent with the central government, from this point of view, even if the squadron and the British ** team did not have a direct armed conflict in Tashkent, there would be armed conflicts elsewhere in the future, as long as the British government did not recognize the interests that China had achieved in Central Asia, The Central Government of China also hopes that the British Government will clearly see a basic fact, that is, China's interests in Central Asia cannot be ignored, and whoever ignores them will be attacked head-on by China, even if it is a great power.
The day after the Battle of Tashkent, a Chinese Air Force light bomber flew to Tashkent and dropped a correspondent with the army, as well as some photographic equipment, which recorded the remains of the battle in the city with his camera and camera, and at the same time filmed and questioned the British prisoners of war who had been captured in the battle. The news of the battle between the British Army and the Chinese defense team has become the front page headline of major newspapers around the world.
Although the battle did not completely annihilate the British Army, there is no doubt that the British army was not only defeated, but also hundreds of officers and soldiers were captured, obviously, the British government must explain this and answer the question of the Chinese president: Why did the British government plan a plot to overthrow the Republic of Tashkent? Moreover, in order to support the feudal lords to enslave the locals, the British government even did not hesitate to use the British Army as mercenaries, which is simply a shameless desecration of modern civilization!
China tried to bring a civilized republican system into Central Asia, but Britain tried to maintain a backward feudal monarchy in this region, and even did not hesitate to use force to provoke, China's counterattack is just, but also in line with the historical trend, because from the perspective of human historical progress, civil power will defeat monarchy, the republican system will eventually defeat the monarchy, and the president will replace the emperor, king, sultan, and emir.
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