Chapter 1105: Luring the Enemy On

The engine is working at full capacity, and the sonorous sound of the machinery brings a strong power, under the impetus of this strong power, this medium tank weighing twenty-nine tons is moving forward firmly and calmly, sitting in the crew compartment of the tank, Chu Tian feels this tense atmosphere before the battle with a trace of excitement, and at the same time, he also looks at the slope to the east through the captain's periscope and searches, if everything goes well, his "bun"

Now, Chutian is sitting in a T1930 "Gray Wolf" medium tank, and he also serves as the commander of this tank, responsible for not only commanding the operation of his own vehicle, but also responsible for commanding the entire "Baozi" unit.

In order to minimize the loss of equipment and casualties, Chutian specially ordered those light reconnaissance tanks and half-tracked armored vehicles with weak protection to walk at the back of the team, while his medium tank numbered "501" walked at the forefront of the entire team and served as an outpost guard.

In any case, it was necessary to rush to that low-lying area before the British armored troops, only in this way could they appear in the high ground first, and then they could fire the enemy first, and complete the formation adjustment before the enemy's tanks drove up the slope, and after that, the No. 501 "Gray Wolf" commanded by Chu Tian would become a tank behind the palace to cover the retreat of the troops.

This rhythm must be mastered, after all, this is a trick to lure the enemy, if you go too quickly, the enemy does not take the bait, then the tactical purpose can not be achieved, but if you go too late, it will become a live target for the enemy's heavy tanks, and will be named one by one by the enemy's tank guns, although the main gun of the T28/1937 heavy tank equipped by the British army is not a long-barreled cannon, but a short-barreled 122mm howitzer, it is logically impossible to penetrate the frontal armor plate of the hull of the "gray wolf", but Chutian still does not dare to be carelessIn terms of the protection of those light reconnaissance tanks and half-track armored vehicles in the "bun" troops, if it is hit by a 122-mm high-explosive instantaneous grenade, it will be enough.

With a thirst for battle, Chu Tian had led the "Baozi" troops on the journey five minutes earlier, and now, as he got closer and closer to the low-lying area on the slope, he also felt a little nervous.

"Calm and composed, there is still a minute's drive from the target area, everyone pay attention, prepare for battle."

Chu Tian sent the last battle alarm to all the crew members of the "Baozi" unit through the radio, which was also to stabilize the mood of the people, but also to stabilize the mood of himself.

Temporarily removing his hand from the handle of the periscope, Chu Tian found that his palms were already soaked, and it was hot in the tank, but now he was nervous, and the sweat soaked his clothes, although the armored soldiers did not wear much clothes now, even Chu Tian was just a sweatshirt and a pair of military shorts, but the tank hat on his head did not dare to take it off, and there were headphones attached to it.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Chu Tian re-grasped the handle of the commander's periscope, and looked at the low-lying area through the periscope again, now, it was close at hand, and Chu Tian also clearly felt that this medium tank was driving into the downhill section.

This should be the dry riverbed, and the simple road connecting the east and west ends passes directly through this dry riverbed, and the low-lying area on the slope is just east of the riverbed, next to the dry riverbed, the terrain is only slightly lower than the dry riverbed, in fact, Chu Tian and other staff officers all think that this low-lying area may have been a small lake in ancient times, and then the riverbed dried up, and the lake also dried up, leaving only this low-lying area, and just a few kilometers to the north of this low-lying area, is the coastlineThis highway is also a coastal road.

Finally, the "Gray Wolf" medium tank rumbled into the low-lying area, and Chutian ordered the tank driver to increase the throttle and quickly pass through the ruins of this ancient lake that made people feel a little soft, and preemptively occupy the commanding heights of the slope, that is, the uphill area two hundred meters ahead.

Soon, the No. 501 medium tank commanded by Chu Tian drove up the uphill area, and after the bow of the tank stabilized, Chu Tian immediately saw the oncoming British armored troops from the periscope of this commander, like a long dragon, wrapped in billowing sand and dust, fierce and murderous.

"Good guy's momentum, it's not bad."

Chu Tian sighed in his heart, but he didn't waste time, but carefully observed the heavy tanks in the vanguard of the British armored forces, the T28/1937 multi-turret heavy tank was larger than its prototype T28 tank, and there was a big difference in appearance, five big and three thick, compared to the "wild boar" heavy tank, but it was not much better.

With a sigh of emotion, Chu Tian had preliminarily measured the distance between the enemy's forward troops and his own troops, and immediately issued an order to his subordinates.

"The enemy advance is a thousand meters away from me. 502 and 503, occupy the left side, 20 meters apart, 504 and 501 occupy the right, 20 meters apart, free fire, free fire"

After the captain's order was issued, in just over ten seconds, all four "gray wolf" medium tanks of the "Baozi" unit all drove to the commanding heights and quickly entered their respective battle positions, and at the moment when the No. 504 tank met with the No. 501 tank commanded by Chu Tian, the No. 501 tank had already fired the first shell of this tank battle.

"Tom"

With the gunner's swift movements, a 75 mm steel-core armor-piercing projectile flew out of the barrel of Tank 501 and flew at a very high muzzle velocity towards the British T28/1937 heavy tank, which was still 1,000 meters away, and soon ended the whole flight.

The distance was too far, and the steel-core armor-piercing projectile did not hit the target, but fell on the slope more than 20 meters away from the target, splashing some mud and sand.

But the shell still had some deterrent effect, and the wheeled armored vehicles that were at the forefront of the British armoured units immediately turned around and drove quickly backwards, hiding behind the T28/1937 heavy tanks, trying to rely on the heavy armor of these tanks to protect themselves, while the British marching column quickly stopped advancing.

"Correct coordinates at a distance of 950 meters from the target, continue firing"

Chutian continued to observe the target through the commander's periscope, and continued to estimate the distance between the "Gray Wolf" and the British heavy tank by using the coordinate division scale on the periscope, and provided the adjusted parameters to the gunner in time.

"Boom"

The ammunition man quickly loaded the chamber with a second steel-core armor-piercing shell, followed by the crisp sound of the bolt crashing, but before the 501 could fire its second shell, the other three Gray Wolf medium tanks were already firing one after another.

"Tom"

"Tom"

Several steel-core armor-piercing shells flew past, and one of them immediately hit a British T28/1937 heavy tank, but it did not seem to penetrate the tank's armor plate, and the British heavy tank was still on its way.

"Tom"

The gunner of Tank 501 also opened fire on his teammates, and the 75 mm long-barreled tank gun slammed back, while the medium tank's hull shook slightly, and the shell came out of its chamber again, flying towards the British heavy tank.

Most of the armor-piercing shells equipped with tanks are equipped with tracer tubes, which can be used by the commander and gunner to observe the trajectory and correct the shooting elements, so when the gun is ejected, Chutian can clearly see the flight trajectory of this steel-core armor-piercing projectile, and judge that the second steel-core armor-piercing projectile of tank No. 501 accurately hit the target.

The hit point of the shell was located on the right side of the turret front of the T28/1937 heavy tank, but it did not penetrate the armor plate, but was bounced away, so the British tank crew in the tank may have been startled by this shell, but did not stop advancing, but continued to drive the T28/1937 heavy tank to the west, at the same time, Chutian could clearly see that the British heavy tank began to raise its main gun, obviously preparing to fire back.

At this time, the "vole" light reconnaissance tanks and "rubber" half-track armored vehicles that followed the "gray wolf" finally drove to this commanding height, and according to Chutian's order, they circled the slope, and then quickly turned around, retreated to the west, made a panicked posture, and quickly disappeared on the other side of the slope.

This is also the role played by the "bun" troops this time, they must pretend to be a small force that rashly marched east but suddenly encountered the British army here, and quickly retreated west after a hasty battle, so as to attract the British tank force to pursue, and lure the British tanks pursuing them into the ambush circle of the Chinese tank battalion, as long as the main tank force of the British army is eliminated, then the remaining British infantry and artillery will be easy to clean up.

Although it was not immediately known whether the British commander had taken the bait or not, the sudden attack of the medium tank detachment led by Chu Tian obviously caused great confusion in the British position, and after the sudden attack of the Chinese tanks, the infantry and artillery at the back of the British convoy immediately stopped, and quickly jumped out of the truck, and the infantry began to disperse in a straggler formation, while the artillerymen quickly unloaded the howitzers from the artillery trucks, put them in line, and began to adjust the muzzles.

The light troops of the British army may seem a little rushed, but the heavy troops of the British army are still calmly advancing westward, and the lead is the twenty T28/1937 multi-turret heavy tanks manufactured by the Soviet factory, after they were shelled by Chinese tanks, they immediately changed the shape of the marching army, fan-shaped, and rushed to the commanding heights of the slope at full speed, and at the same time began to turn the turret, raise the muzzle, because this heavy tank has three turrets, so the scene when turning the turret is very weird, From afar, it looks like a group of three-headed monsters twisting their necks in search of prey.