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Chapter 2017: Armageddon (6)

In the early winter morning, before the frost and fog of the earth had dissipated under the rising sun, a huge mechanized army was marching west at high speed in an attack formation through the upper layers of mist in the wilderness!

In the battle of the day before yesterday, the first and second armored groups lost more than 400 tanks, and more than 200 of them broke down during the continuous rapid march along the way, but even so, the two tank groups also had more than 2,000 tanks, plus the armored vehicles, personnel carriers, self-propelled artillery trucks and trucks in the ranks. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info(《》)

Rushing to the front of the ranks was the 2nd Tank Division of the 1st Tank Army.

The division still had more than 400 tanks ready for battle, and the task they received from the army group headquarters was to capture the important position on the east bank of the Sersar River as soon as possible, cover the sappers who followed closely behind to lay the pontoon bridge, and buy enough time for the follow-up troops to quickly cross the bridge.

You must know that Major General An Ruoyi, commander of the Second Tank Division, is a leader from the Boy Scout Military Academy, and among the adopted sons of An Yi, he can be regarded as an outstanding one, and he has been invited to attend the Anfu family banquet held in Chunxiang City during the Spring Festival in the past two years, and he can receive the earnest encouragement of the commander An Yi, which is relatively rare in the entire army.

An Ruoyi paid close attention to military training and political and ideological work, and won many exercises within the group army, so the ace division of the First Tank Army was not the first division, but the second division.

Before dawn, the Second Tank Division had breakfast more than 20 kilometers away from the Sersar River, filled up ammunition and fuel and continued on the road, whether it was An Ruoyi, the commander of the group army Peng Wanjun, or even the commander of the group, General Yang Jiuxiao, they all thought that the Germans would take a defensive position after hearing the battle report from the front, and even quickly retreat to the border line to preserve a trace of vitality for the German army. No one expected that Field Marshal Bloomberg, who had only received the battle report on the Eastern Front last night and evening, would send reinforcements to the east overnight to prepare for the rescue of the encircled Eastern Road cluster.

In Marshal Bloomberg's view, the powerful German army is not so easy to be defeated, you must know that the Eastern Front cluster includes the SS "Skeleton" Division, "Reich" Division and "Greater Germany" Division, the three ace troops, plus the Third Motorized Division, the Tenth Panzer Division and other units are rare elites, in the Soviet-German War, in the face of the Soviet attack of twenty or thirty divisions stood firm and achieved the final victory with the cooperation of friendly forces, I believe this time will not be an exception. Moreover, Bloomberg was worried that if he did not send troops to rescue, these troops would all end up on the Eastern Front, and he was afraid that his commander would bear a lot of responsibility.

Moreover, for the German army, the most valuable thing is the experienced officers of all ranks, even if this aid cannot save all the troops, but as long as the majority of the officers are saved, it is worth it, and as long as the basic skeleton is preserved, the reorganization of the troops will be relatively easy.

It was reasonable that Bloomberg, as the commander of the entire assault group, had to send troops to help, so there was an interesting scene, when the Second Tank Division of the Anjia Army and the larger mechanized group marched to the east bank of the Sersar River, the Germans temporarily erected a dozen pontoon bridges on the river, and a large tank force crossed the river, and soon assembled a large tank force on the east bank. (《》)

The two large armored forces were advancing relatively closely, and neither side knew the situation of the opponent, let alone the extremely tragic tank encounter that would break out next.

Commander of the 24th Motorized Army, Feng Zhang. The 3rd and 4th Panzer Divisions and the 10th Motorized Division under the command of General Schwebenburg had more than 800 tanks, and had participated in all campaigns against the Soviet Union as the absolute trump card under the command of General Guderian, and this time he was ordered to go south and join the German Ninth Army to fight sequentially.

Due to the fact that most of the Anjia Army's air force was transferred to the south at this time to participate in the encirclement and annihilation of the German army's southeastern cluster operations, coupled with the sudden fog in the early morning, the reconnaissance planes of the Anjia Army did not find that the German troops had crossed the river, and the two sides met unexpectedly in an open area.

"Not good, it's a German tank!"

In front of the commander of the Anjia Army, there were dense blue-black German tanks, and the German troops on the opposite side obviously saw the Anjia Army's brigade tanks painted with khaki camouflage all over the land at the same time, and the battle broke out in an instant!

An Ruoyi, who was in the armored command vehicle at the rear of the battle line, looked calm, and after reporting the news to the group army headquarters, he said loudly into the radio intercom: "The brave wins when we meet on the narrow road, the heroic tank soldiers of the An Family Army, the chairman is paying attention to our second division!" For the sake of victory, move forward! ”

The commanders of the regiments and battalions of the Second Tank Division were all enthusiastic when they heard the very agitating voice of the division commander, and immediately forwarded the words of the division commander.

The artillery battle unfolded at the same time, and the whole field was filled with explosive fire and thick gunsmoke!

Yang Jiuxiao received an urgent report from the front line, and on the one hand, he asked the air force for help, and on the other hand, he ordered the 1st and 3rd tank divisions in the rear of the 2nd Tank Division to speed up and join the battle group, while the 6th, 7th, and 8th tank divisions finished their meals and replenished ammunition and fuel, and quickly moved forward in case of accidents.

And Bloomberg, who was leading the main force to cross the Selsal River, received von Rumberg. Schwebenburg's urgent report, his brows suddenly furrowed, he never thought that he would encounter a large number of tanks of the An Jiajun army in this place, could it be said that the 56th Motorized Army and the 46th Panzer Army on the Eastern Front were finished?

However, at this time, it is too late to rearm again, if the situation is really as terrible as speculated, and if there is any problem with the 24th Motorized Army, then it is really difficult to atone for one's guilt. Therefore, Bloomberg urgently ordered the troops crossing the river to speed up and urgently support the 24th Motorized Army.

When Bloomberg was directing and dispatching along the river, a wave of strike aircraft composed of bombers and attack planes broke through the clouds and fog, and under the guidance of radar, unceremoniously bombarded the ferry area, raging in a quarter of an hour, reimbursing more than 30 of Bloomberg's tanks, and also blowing up two pontoon bridges, so that the river crossing operation was halted for nearly forty minutes. Admiral Schweppenburg and his 24th Motorized Corps were extremely dangerous. 《》

In the continuous explosion of fire, rushing to the forefront of the German army was the 2nd Tank Battalion of the 1st Tank Regiment of the 4th Panzer Division commanded by Major General Ehrenkamp. ”

"Calm down!"

Major General Ehrenkamp used a walkie-talkie to say to the battalions and company commanders: "No matter how many tanks the opponent has, we can only survive by defeating the opponent. We in Germany have the most powerful armored assault force in the world, and the 24th Motorized Army is the trump card among the trump cards, and the Chinese want to take our place a little tender! ”

I don't know who shouted "For Germany, forward" on the intercom, and then there was a passionate shout from the loudspeaker, which made Major General Ehrenkamp excited, and there was no doubt that this wave of short-handed troops would win the final victory for his side.

On the side of the Anjia Army, with the orders of the regiment headquarters and the battalion headquarters issued one after another, the third company of the second battalion of the sixth tank regiment, which was on the front line, also made full efforts.

The company commander, Lieutenant Lei Liang, stood in front of the periscope of the tank control tower, constantly observing the situation on the front line, and the driver, Sergeant Bai Bin, stepped on the accelerator to the end and rushed straight towards the German tank group two kilometers away.

"Attention, an emergency stop at a distance of 1,500 meters! Cao Rui, the target is the command tank led by the other party; Water really, reload armor-piercing bullets! Since all the combat orders of the company have been transmitted, the company commander, Lieutenant Lei Liang, has now regarded himself as an ordinary commander and calmly issued combat orders.

"Yes!"

The slightly damp soil after the frost melted and splashed everywhere under the high-speed crushing of the tracks, the diesel engines emitted black smoke, and the Leopard II tank drove forward at high speed, leaving a deep mark on the yellow earth in the area of the Two Rivers Plain.

There was a crisp sound of "clang", and Sergeant Shui Zhen shouted: "Reloaded, armor-piercing bullet!" ”

At a distance of 1,500 meters, the 34-ton Leopard IIC tank braked sharply under the effect of strong braking force, and the heavy hull actually slid out several meters away.

"Fifteen hundred at a distance, armor-piercing bullets, put!"

Artillery Commander Sergeant Cao Rui shouted, and at the moment when the cannon sounded, Sergeant Bai Bin hung up the gear again and resumed his advance.

At present, most of the Leopard II tanks equipped by the tank units of the Anjia Army are still ABC models, and they are not equipped with artillery vertical stabilizers, and the purpose of this kind of short-stop firing is to improve the hit rate during shelling, and the short stop time is required to be as short as possible, and standing still will become a live target for the enemy's tanks.

You must know that as the command vehicle of the third company, this Leopard II tank has two long antennas on the roof, which is very conspicuous, and any German commander will regard himself as a priority target.

The violent start made Lieutenant Lei Liang stumble, and the tank accelerated again.

"Well done, start hit!"

In the periscope, Lieutenant Lei Liang clearly saw that there was a violent explosion of the leading German tank opposite, and the tungsten core armor-piercing shell easily tore through the front armor of the No. 4 command tank equipped by the Germans!

"Blunt-headed armor-piercing bullets!" Lei Liang commanded in a deep voice.

Gun commander Cao Rui pulled the bolt, only to hear a "clang", the shell shell fell to the bilge, making a crisp sound, and the fighting compartment was immediately filled with a strong smell of gunsmoke.

"Reloaded!" Usually the shouts of the loaders are habitual, but now they are basically inaudible, and the explosion of shells fired by the German tanks on the opposite side, the roar of their own tank engines, and the shelling of their own tanks near have long since masked everything.

"Bang-"

A muffled sound came, and in the process of speeding, the body of the tank shook suddenly! It turned out that the front armor of the tank hull was hit by an armor-piercing bullet of unknown caliber fired by a German tank, but fortunately it was blocked by the 120 mm thick armor in front of the hull. However, the huge explosion still injured Sergeant Luo Bangxia, who was sitting in the passenger seat and was in charge of debugging the radio.

The violent impact of the armor-piercing bullet caused several steel chips the size of rice grains to collapse on the back plate of the armor, and under the action of strong potential energy, two of them pierced Luo Bangxia's left leg like shrapnel, he gritted his teeth and did not say a word, took a tourniquet and tied it, and waved his hand to signal that he was okay.

The Leopard II tank is another emergency stop.

"At a distance of one thousand two hundred meters, armor-piercing shells, put!"

At the moment when the body vibrate, a dull sound came, and at this time, the driver who was in gear again, Sergeant Bai Bin, although through the dashboard, still clearly noticed the abnormality of Luo Bangxia beside him, and asked while speeding up, "Where is the injury?" ”

"It's okay, my left leg was bitten by an armor piece, it didn't hurt the artery, I can hold on!"

Lei Liang, who was standing in the turret, nodded and instructed: "Brother, hold on!" We've got to keep going! ”

After several rounds of fire, the tanks of both sides quickly became entangled, and Ropinxia, who had wounded his left leg, began to maneuver the course machine gun and fired at the German half-track carrier. The blue-black German tanks and the earthy yellow Anjia army camouflage tanks shelled each other at a very close distance, and at this time there was no need to calculate what distance and angle, and the crosses in the optical sights were aimed at and fired, and whoever was cowardly and hesitant would only unjustly lose his life.

There was black smoke and explosions everywhere, and from the headphones that only the commander could wear, he could clearly hear the screams of the soldiers when his tank was pierced by armor-piercing shells, as the commander of the third company, Lieutenant Lei Liang only mechanically gave orders one by one at this time, and he couldn't care about the fate of others at all, and he could only send the German tank into the sky as fast as possible to protect his companions!

The distance between each other is too close, constantly the 75 mm and 88 mm tank guns of the Germans or the 105 mm tank guns of the An Jiajun, no matter which model of tank, as long as they are shot, they are basically not lucky!

At the moment when Gun Commander Cao Rui shot through a No. 4 tank more than 40 meters away, a German tank appeared 30 meters to the left, and the turret was turning towards him! The driver, Sergeant Bai Bin, pulled the left control stick and stepped on the accelerator, and the tank quickly turned to the left, accelerated sharply and rushed straight over!

"Prepare to ramble!"

Bai Bin's choice is undoubtedly very correct, at this time it is too late to load, the Germans may open fire on their tanks at any time, hearing Bai Bin's greeting, all the officers and soldiers in the tank subconsciously find a position to fix themselves, this barbaric impact will make the German tanks too close to aim.

The brutal Leopard II tank, at a speed of nearly 35 kilometers, crashed headlong into the 35-ton No. 4 tank on the opposite side, and with a loud bang, the German tank, which was heavier than its own tank, was knocked back five or six meters away.

"Damn invaders, give me death!"

Bai Bin continued to slam the throttle, and the Leopard II tank was hard against the German Leopard tank, rushing forward to a gentle slope, and the metal hit and rubbed, making a creepy and sharp noise! Sergeant Mizujin, the loader, took advantage of this effort and stuffed an armor-piercing shell into the chamber.

At the moment when he heard the shell loading, Bai Bin hung up the reverse gear, and quickly broke away from contact with the German Leopard tank with 700 horsepower, and before the German tank that was stunned could reflect, Cao Rui had already turned the turret to aim at the target, only to hear a loud "boom" sound, the armor-piercing shell instantly penetrated the turret of the German Leopard tank, and the muzzle of the 105 mm tank gun was only five meters away from the German tank turret, and at such a short distance, the armor of the German Leopard tank up to 120 mm thick was torn, The shell drilled into the opponent's turret and exploded, and a violent continuous explosion sounded, and the collapsed armor fragments knocked the armor of the Leopard II tank where the Commander Lei Company was located!

Lieutenant Lei Liang only had time to observe the surrounding situation through the periscope at this time, and saw that the wilderness was full of burning tanks, including both Anjia Army and Germans, but now only the heroic Anjia Army tanks remained!

On the battlefield, the rolling Leopard II tank army is still moving westward, and the huge mechanized cluster bypasses the battlering battlefield and crashes head-on towards the second wave of German tanks like a flood of beasts. At this time, as the clouds and mist dispersed, a ** helicopter gunship had appeared in the sky, and the situation of the German army would become even more difficult.

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