A stream from the Great Dividing Range flows through the northern side of Port Macquarie, which is built at the mouth of the stream and is a natural sheltered harbour. Judging from the information collected by the Imperial Intelligence Department before the war, Port Macquarie was just a small fishing port, and now Gu Xunlei and they got the map that was secretly mapped by those Imperial Intelligence officers disguised as tourists before the war, and this map is very important.

There is a big difference between military maps and civilian maps, and no army can carry out combat missions with tourist maps, because any country will deliberately confuse the scale when making tourist maps, and it is impossible to determine the specific location of targets through tourist maps. Military maps require strict scales and need to be marked with various references, so that the troops can know the accurate distance and route when marching. In addition, artillery operations also need to rely on military maps to demarcate the shelling parameters. In peacetime, obtaining a military map of an enemy country is an important task for the military intelligence agencies of various countries. It is possible to obtain relevant information through spy personnel to go to the enemy country, and another more direct method is to let the spy disguise themselves as tourists and go to the enemy country to carry out secret mapping work.

A distance of seventy kilometers is not too far and not too close for armored forces. Under normal circumstances, the advance speed of the tank unit can reach about 25 kilometers per hour, which is the speed commonly used by Gu Xunlei on the mainland battlefield, and if the enemy's resistance is not very fierce, then this speed can be a little faster. However, in bad conditions, the advance speed of the tank troops will not be much faster than that of the infantry, especially when the enemy has set up a tight defensive position, the speed of the tank troops' assault will be quite slow. Fortunately, after the hasty retreat of the American troops, they did not have much of a tight defensive line, and the advance of the troops was not slow.

Gu Xunlei's guard battalion was in the middle of the ranks, and he was always on the armored command vehicle, and in the carriage except for him, only the adjutant was busy on one side. Gu Xunlei didn't know what the adjutant was busy with. Usually he doesn't pay much attention to the work of the adjutant. Occasionally, armored command vehicles stopped, and the staff officers of the command delivered news from the troops of the front at this time. Because of the limited internal space of the armored command vehicle, the staff officers of the command were on several other armored command vehicles. If there is no need, he will not come to disturb Gu Xunlei.

The armored commander jolted twice, then stopped, and Gu Xunlei's eyes also took off the map, looking towards the door, and then a captain officer got into the car.

"General, Colonel Weng Yu's vanguard has been ambushed. Fighting with the enemy's armored forces is underway. ”

"U.S. tanks?" Gu Xunlei immediately stood up, he was still wondering, there are thousands of US tanks on the Australian mainland, and he has not seen a single one yet.

"Yes. Just over 20 kilometers ahead. The reconnaissance company broke into the enemy's ambush circle, and several armored vehicles were blown up by mines. Now Colonel Weng Yu has gone up with two tank battalions. ”

"Landmines? Interesting, let's go to the front and have a look. ”

"General......

Gu Xunlei didn't wait for the captain officer to react before he jumped out of the armored command vehicle first, and quickly got on his tank, and the other tanks of the guard battalion also started, and two infantry battalions also followed.

At this time, the battle ahead was fierce.

Ambushed by the US troops was a reconnaissance unit sent out by Weng Yu, which had eight armored reconnaissance vehicles, three of which had already been blown up by mines planted by the US military. The other two were destroyed by U.S. artillery fire or bazookas. The remnants of the soldiers were scattered along the road, using the remaining three armored reconnaissance vehicles, as well as the wreckage of the destroyed armored reconnaissance vehicles, as cover for a fierce battle with the American troops who ambushed them.

The ambush site was about 30 kilometers from Port Macquarie, and judging by the way the American troops conducted the ambush, their quality was not much higher. According to the simplest principle of ambush, the reconnaissance unit should also be spared first, and wait until the main force behind arrives before firing, so that the enemy can be hit to the maximum extent possible, and not expose itself too early. In addition, there are obvious loopholes in the methods used by the US military to lay mines.

The vanguard under Weng Yu's personal command followed the reconnaissance company, and after receiving that the reconnaissance company had been ambushed, he immediately led two tank battalions to rush forward, without waiting for the infantry units behind to catch up before attacking together. This can be regarded as a characteristic of Weng Yu, on the Russian battlefield, he often threw the accompanying infantry units behind his ass, and led the tank troops to rush to the front, and he had to let Gu Xunlei wipe his ass several times.

"The first company went to capture the hill on the left, and the second company held the road line." Weng Yu directly gave an order to the troops in the tank, "The third company, the fourth company will go to support the reconnaissance company, the fifth company will stay here, and the sixth company will follow me!" ”

From time to time, the bullets from the machine guns fell on the tank, as if it were tickling the tank, and there was no threat. Dozens of tanks of the two tank battalions were quickly divided into several units, and Weng Yu's arrangement was very simple, he not only wanted to rescue the reconnaissance troops, but also to counter-surround the ambush troops of the US army and completely wipe out the US troops, and the nine tanks of the company he led, with his own one, a total of ten tanks rushed directly towards the US defense line.

"Boom-"

A violent explosion sounded, and Weng Yu immediately turned the periscope over.

"Bazooka, damn it, 11 o'clock, bazooka!"

"Kill him, kill that bazooka man!"

The juxtaposition machine guns on several tanks immediately fired at the American infantryman, who was still carrying a bazooka, and at this time, a second rocket came from the right front of the queue, and the rocket flew past the side of the second tank, missing the tank.

"Report the damage." The periscope's field of view was too narrow, and Weng Yu had an urge to rush out of the tank.

"No. 109 was hit, it seemed to be fine, and it was driving again."

"Damn, tell the infantry of the reconnaissance company to follow immediately and cover our flanks!" Weng Yu's tank was in the fifth position, "No. 109, No. 109, Xiao Wang, do you hear that, how is your situation?" ”

"Colonel. We're fine, tanks are fine, damn it. My head was hit and bleeding, damn it! ”

Hearing the shouts of the No. 109 tanker, Weng Yu breathed a sigh of relief. The rocket should have hit the frontal armor of the tank, if this was the "iron fist" of the Germans, maybe the tank would have been scrapped, but this is just the Yankee's "Bazooka", and the armor-piercing power is much smaller. There was no frontal armor capable of penetrating the tank.

At this time, more than forty infantry of the reconnaissance company also followed, covering the tanks on both sides of the road, and the machine guns on the tanks. As well as artillery is also covering the infantry. Standard infantry tans to attack in tandem. This is also the most effective way for the Imperial Army to use blood and life on the battlefield on the mainland, especially when facing the enemy's defensive lines. Tanks and infantry work together to tear through the enemy's defenses.

The US troops in front of the defense line were quickly cleared, the ten tanks had been dispersed, and as long as the US troops were exposed, they would immediately be hit by dense machine gun bullets and shells, I am afraid that the US troops had not seen such a ground attack, and the US defense line was quickly broken through. At this time, Weng Yu also judged that the US troops on the frontal defense line had only one infantry battalion at most. Other than that. Several light tanks that were maneuvering on the U.S. positions were also quickly destroyed, as the tanks commanded by Weng Yu ran over the U.S. positions. The American troops, who were not able to escape, immediately raised their hands and surrendered to them.

"Tanks, enemy tanks!"

Hearing the shouting sound from the headphones, Weng Yu was not afraid, but became excited, and the shouting of the tank commander was also excited.

"At nine o'clock, behind the hill, the colonel, the enemy's tanks, about thirty or so, were rapidly approaching, as if they were ...... Looks like M3, damn it, get out of here! ”

Immediately the sound of artillery was heard, and on the left side of the battlefield was a company, with only nine tanks.

"The 2nd Company immediately went to support the 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th companies bypassing the highway line and attacking the flank of the enemy tank column, and the 6th Company came with me!" Weng Yu made adjustments again, "The reconnaissance company is holding the defense line of the American army, this time we must kill all the Yankees' tanks, and we can't let go of any of them!" ”

When Weng Yu's car turned over the hillside, he immediately saw that on the flat ground behind the hillside, more than 30 US tanks were rushing towards the exposed place of the first company, most of them were M3 tanks, in addition, there were some US infantry accompanying the tanks, it seemed that this was the US army that came to reinforce it.

The commander of the tank unit of the American army did not expect that they were encountering not a company of Imperial tank troops, but a whole battalion of Imperial tank troops. The commander of the American army also tried to contact the American infantry on the defensive line, but he never got in touch, and if he did, he would not have led more than 30 tanks to send him to death.

According to Weng Yu's arrangement, the tanks of the first company held the hill steadily after avoiding the first few rounds of artillery bombardment by the US army, and then the tanks of the second company also rushed over, and fifteen minutes later, the tanks of the other three companies had already circled the left flank of the US tank troops, and the sixth company under the command of Weng Yu appeared in the left front of the US tank troops. The battle soon went into a one-sided situation, and when the American tankmen found the Imperial tanks coming from three directions, they realized that they were surrounded and could not defeat their opponents at all.

"15 degrees, distance 550, put!"

As soon as Weng Yu shouted, the gunner fired the shell, and the armor-piercing shell accurately hit the left side of the M3, and the shell exploded after passing through the armor of the tank, and the turret of the entire tank was blown away, and none of the tankers inside were spared.

"30 degrees, the second target, the distance is 620, put!"

This time the fight was a little hasty, and the shells flew out grazing the turret of the tank.

"Damn, a little to the right, come again!"

The moment the tank stopped, the gunner aimed at the target again, and then fired the shell, when the tank ran again, the shell had already penetrated into the belly of the M3, the front armor of the tank bloomed like flowers, and the turret was also blown out, a tanker pushed open the top cover of the turret, trying to climb out of the tank, but a string of machine gun bullets immediately killed him.

Less than ten minutes after Weng Yu and them entered the battle, the American army collapsed, and in just ten minutes, at least twenty M3s were beaten to scrap metal, and less than five Imperial tanks were hit, and none of them were completely destroyed, and the shells fired by the M3's tank guns could not penetrate the armor of the Type 25 tank from the front, and it was even difficult to penetrate the side armor of the Type 25 tank. Although except for Weng Yu and a few other excellent commanders, the quality of the tankers on both sides is almost the same, especially those tankers who have just completed the training cannot immediately adapt to the tragic battle on the battlefield, but it is precisely because of the existence of Weng Yu and several other excellent commanders that the situation on the battlefield will be one-sided. In just a few minutes, Weng Yu's car had already destroyed at least four M3s!

"Fifth Company, quickly bypass, block the enemy's retreat, and don't let the Yankees escape!"

"Colonel, the general's guard battalion has arrived!"

Weng Yu was about to give the order to pursue, but as soon as he heard that Gu Xunlei had rushed over, he immediately changed his words and said: "One company, six companies are withdrawn, and the other four companies are cleaning up the battlefield, don't let the Yankees slip away!" ”

Gu Xunlei's guard battalion stopped at the blocking position of the American army, and when he saw the tank painted with many battle mark markers driving over, he knew that it was Weng Yu's car. The tank stopped a few meters in front of Gu Xunlei, and then Weng Yu jumped down from the tank.

"How's it going?" Gu Xunlei didn't blame Weng Yu, but according to the rules, Weng Yu, as a division commander, should not go to the front line.

"We had five tanks shot, but none of them were serious and should be able to be fixed." Weng Yu didn't hide anything, "More than 20 tanks of the US army have been destroyed, and more than 10 are fleeing, so I let four companies go in pursuit." ”

"Clean up the battlefield as soon as possible." Gu Xunlei frowned slightly, "It's only been three hours since we set off, and we have been ambushed by the US army several times, wait for you to arrange an infantry battalion and strengthen a tank company as the vanguard reconnaissance force, we must advance to Port Macquarie before four o'clock in the afternoon." ”

Weng Yu nodded, in three hours, they had been blocked by the American army four times, although they did not cause much damage, but they delayed the speed of the march.

Gu Xunlei glanced to the north, and then asked Weng Yu to concentrate his troops, while he stayed with the guard battalion and waited for the troops behind to catch up. There was a lot of trouble, and I don't know if I can take Port Macquarie on time.

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