, In the lens of the remote technique, the outer mountain pass was only covered by the artillery fire sect. The smoke of gunpowder is full of smoke, and the pieces are flying horizontally.

Putting down the binoculars in his hand, Bai Lang asked a staff officer standing beside him.

"Has the artillery on the hill been withdrawn?"

"It's been withdrawn, and it's moving closer to this side." The staff officer nodded.

Bai Lang didn't ask anything more, but turned to look at the open space not far away, the two Tian mm howitzers had been dragged into the position by the soldiers, and just waiting for the officer sent to set up the artillery observation post to send back the news, the artillery position here could open fire.

These two millimeter howitzers are the heaviest firepower possessed by this mixed unit of Zi Lang, with a long range and strong power, enough to suppress enemy artillery of the same caliber level, and there is enough ammunition, as long as Bai Lang is willing, he can completely use these two Tian millimeter howitzers to solve the small city of Tashkent and completely raze it to the ground.

However, Bai Lang did not intend to do this for two reasons: first, the order given to him by his superiors was to "retake Tashkent" rather than destroy it. After all, the city will still come in handy in the future; Second, there are locals lurking in the city who serve the Chinese army, and even a few prestigious tribal leaders, Bai Lang was also specially reminded when he received the order to try to protect the safety of those who are lurking, if the city is completely destroyed with howitzers, it can only be burned, so that those locals who are willing to serve the Chinese army are discouraged.

Therefore, Bai Lang did not show these two Tian mm howitzers at first, but only sent some artillery to set up a mountain artillery position on the high ground on the east side of the mountain pass, trying to scare away or drive out the rebels in the city with the bombardment of mountain artillery.

But Bai Lang's wishful thinking failed, he really did not expect that after his artillery fired, the rebels in Tashkent also returned fire with mountain and field artillery, and they hit very accurately. The artillery battle between the two sides was only two rounds, and the Chinese artillery position on the hill was completely suppressed by the enemy artillery fire, and Bai Lang had no choice but to order the mountain artillery on the hilltop to retreat, and at the same time, he also ordered the two falling millimeter howitzers to be dragged into the position, ready to suppress the enemy artillery fire, at this time, other things could not be taken care of, after all, the recapture of the city was the first.

At the same time as removing the mountain artillery from the hilltop heights, Bai Lang also sent several artillery officers to ascend the high ground on the west side of the mountain pass, and carried field telephones to prepare to set up an artillery observation post on the hilltop to provide calibration for howitzer firing.

Now, the mountain artillery has been withdrawn from its position, and the howitzers have also completed their preparation for firing, just waiting for the artillery observation post on the western hill to return to the firing coordinates.

Finally, the voice of the artillery school shooter came from the other end of the phone.

"There are now two enemy artillery positions, the first location coordinates are small, and the second location coordinates are small. In addition, the enemy tanks are coming out from the southwest of the city, and it seems that they are preparing to go to the direction of the mountain pass, the current coordinates. ”

The information of the artillery school shooter was quickly transferred to Bai Lang, who did not hesitate at all, calculated the distance of the enemy troops, and then decided to hit the enemy tank column first.

"Howitzer fire! High explosive shells ready! Instantaneous fuse! "Reload the shells! preparation

Dozen! ”

Following the order of the artillery commander, the two Tian-millimeter howitzers adjusted the azimuth and altitude angles according to the calculated firing elements, and the muzzles of the guns quickly turned towards the southeast, although stopped. The slope blocked the artillerymen's view, but with good practice and the accurate coordinates of the artillery school shooters on the high ground, the artillerymen were fully confident that they could inflict heavy casualties on the enemy.

"Boom! Quiet! "Two deafening cannon sounds, two concave millimeter howitzer high-explosive shells were discharged almost simultaneously, flew into the air, leaped over the ridge, and drew two arcs to the southeast, and a few seconds later, two dull explosions were heard from the other side of the mountain.

"Near-missed! Adjust the coordinates to be small. Little

The artillery school shooter calmly corrected the impact point, and the artillerymen also corrected the trajectory little by little according to his orders, but the fourth cross-fire and the fifth shot accurately hit the target, and after the smoke of gunfire, the cheers of the artillery school shooter were heard.

"A direct hit! Two tanks were hit! One is completely destroyed, and one is lying on its stomach! Keep shooting! The coordinates are tiny and tiny! small

"Boom! Rumble! ”

In this accurate shelling, the shells fired by the Chinese artillery fell one after another on the main road in the city of Tashkent, and the shells not only bombarded the dirt road beyond recognition, but also smashed the enemy tank column that was advancing from the south to the north, and many tanks left the road in a panic, and even did not hesitate to push the walls on the side of the road and flee without caring about continuing to advance north.

But just a few minutes of shelling. Bai Lang commanded the artillery to break up the first assault of the enemy tank column, severely damaging at least five enemy tanks, and when the remaining enemy tanks tried to regroup in the city, Bai Lang duly ordered the artillery to stop the shelling, and while waiting for the smoke in the city to dissipate, he asked the artillery observation post about the enemy's movements by telephone.

Due to the suppressive fire of the large-caliber long-range artillery of the Chinese artillery, the artillery in the city of Tashkent was also frantically fighting with the artillery. The firing range of the first artillery and field artillery was limited, and it was impossible to pose a threat to the Chinese artillery positions, and they could only block the mountain pass.

After observing the enemy artillery fire on the side of the mountain pass through the telescope for a while, Bai Lang hesitated whether to let his armored troops rush out of the mountain pass and rush to Tashkent now, although the enemy's artillery fire was fierce, but they were all small and medium-caliber cannons, and through the suppressive artillery bombardment just now, Bai Lang had realized that the enemy probably did not have large-caliber artillery, otherwise, they would use it when counterattacking, instead of only using mountain artillery and field artillery to embolden themselves.

However, Bai Lang finally decided to wait and wait until the artillery positions in the city were annihilated first, because he still did not know whether there were mines planted near the mountain pass, which required the sappers to go and check it, but before the sappers rushed to the mountain pass, they had to deal with the enemy artillery, and the sappers had no armor protection.

"Follow the coordinates of the artillery observation post and fire at the enemy artillery positions!"

Bai Lang gave a new order, so the Chinese artillery began to fire at the artillery positions in the city with the two bladed millimeter howitzers, and the heavy artillery fire quickly destroyed the two enemy artillery positions, after which the sappers could be released.

"It would be nice to bring more howitzers."

Bai Lang muttered to a staff officer, because he was in a hurry to come, he couldn't bring too much heavy equipment, so he only brought these two howitzers, otherwise, he was fully confident that he would destroy those enemy tanks with artillery strikes, in Bai Lang's opinion, enemy tanks were the stumbling block in the battle of Tashkent.

Bai Lang was also a little strange, he didn't know why the rebels in the city learned to drive tanks so quickly, and the rebel artillery fired very accurately.

In the end, it was the artillery observation post that answered Bai Lang's question.

"Now the enemy tanks are assembled again! And to the north again! ,, the British flag appears on the tank! The British flag appears on the tank! ”

The shouts of the artillery school shooter made Bai Lang suddenly wake up, and he immediately understood what was going on, why the rebels in the city not only drove tanks, but were also very good at using artillery.

"British?" Hum! No wonder the artillery was fired so accurately, it turned out to be the British army. This is the first provocation of the British, so don't blame us for fighting back. ”

Bai Lang sneered and touched the throat intercom on his neck, resisting the urge to command the armored troops to rush out of the mountain pass immediately, he was very eager to have a head-on battle with the British tank troops, so that the other party could get to know the Chinese armored forces.

However, Bai Lang finally resisted the impulse, he patiently waited for the sapper to return from the mine probe "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, this is the experience he has summed up in the army for many years, the more he is a front-line commander, the more he needs to keep enough calm, and he must not affect the overall situation because of a momentary impulse, Bai Lang is very clear that if he rushes out of the mountain pass now, he may scare the enemy tanks back into the city, and urban combat has never been the advantage of armored troops, only outside the city can it be possible to fight a hearty tank battle, speaking of, This is the first time that the Chinese armored forces have had a face-to-face confrontation with the enemy's tank column.

Bai Lang was first the commander of the armored corps, and then the commander of the mixed unit, and if he had to be given a choice, he would rather command the armored forces alone.

What do armored soldiers crave the most? It is not to bully the enemy's infantry, nor to deal with the enemy's air force, but to fight face-to-face with the enemy's tank crews, which tests not only the performance of the technical equipment of the two belligerents, but also the fighting spirit and courage of the two warring sides.

Bai Lang was glad that he had caught up with this age of steel, and he was also happy to contribute to the progress of tactics in this age of steel, and in this dedication, he won the glory and glory of the soldiers. "Compete and see if the British tank is powerful, or the Chinese tank is powerful!"

Bai Lang excitedly suppressed his emotions, and asked the artillery observation post from time to time where the enemy tanks had gone, how many tanks there were, and the model of the tank.

Taking advantage of the time of waiting for the enemy tanks to rush over, Bai Lang ordered the artillery to continue to suppress the suspicious positions near the city, but did not shell the enemy tanks that were about to rush out of the city, he was worried that the artillery fire was too fierce, which would scare those enemy tanks back, and the shelling of the city would only make the enemy commander jump over the wall in a hurry, eager to go out of the city to provoke, once those enemy tanks rushed to the vicinity of the mountain pass, it was the best time for Bai Lang to command the tank column to attack.

Finally, the impenetrable sappers came back with the news that there were no mines in the pass, and that the enemy had not placed minefields there at all, which was good news for the Chinese troops, especially for the armored ones.

"Get ready to attack!" The gun slashed, and the company rushed ahead, "Marmot, even followed the forward movement," the yellow dog. Even the queen of the palace! ”

Bai Lang immediately boarded a "gun-sided" tank and immediately gave orders to his subordinates that he was going to personally command this small tank battle, which was a battle of steel