Chapter 273: Bauhinia Blossoms (4)
The Kowloon Peninsula was rugged, and soon after crossing the main British position, you could see hills, dense forests, and dirt roads in between. The "bandits", who were advancing at maximum speed, temporarily shook off their pursuers and stopped behind a forest on the side of the road to take refuge, followed by two other tanks that had successfully broken through - "Burning" and "Fury".
"Spit on!" Dong Ping climbed out of the tank, jumped to the ground, fell to the ground, and then struggled to his feet and vomited a mouthful of blood, a wound on his head from the impact, and several teeth seemed to have fallen out. Help the other crew members jump out of the vehicle, first bandage each other, then wash their wounds, and eat a few handfuls of field rations.
"Groove! Is it stupid above, now it should be satisfied, let our tank soldiers storm the fortress, do you really want us to die! Liu Yan, the commander of the "burning" vehicle, scolded after relieving himself, and the rest of the tank soldiers also hated it.
"Shabi, who is an official, wants to let Lao Tzu go back alive, and he has to pick his skin!" The "furious" commander Sun Li was not much better tempered than Liu Yan.
"Let's save some effort, think about how to survive is the most important thing, we are now in the rear of the British army, and we will be besieged by heavy troops at any time." Dong Ping persuaded, after all, he was currently the highest-ranking person in the military, and he had been appointed as a temporary commander by default, Liu Yan and Sun Li were silent when they heard it.
After a while, Sun Li said: "The chariot is seriously damaged, just a few of us, want me to say, let's go to the east of that large forest, there are mountains and rivers, and we can't be hungry in May, just fight a guerrilla war, just wait for the big army to come." Immediately a few people nodded, it was a good idea, at least to go back alive.
Liu Yan looked at Dong Ping, he was originally the platoon commander of his tank platoon, and now of course he listens to him. Dong Ping knew that now was not the time to hesitate, but he just didn't want to drill into the ravine. Feel like a wreck!
"Lao Tzu is a tank soldier, even if Lao Tzu dies, he will die on the way to charge, fighting guerrilla is indeed a good way, but I still want to toss."
"Second lieutenant," Sun Li saluted and said, "You are the commander." We will do whatever you say, everyone is not afraid of death, you can give any orders! ”
"Well, that's it! Check the condition of the vehicle, the condition of the ammunition and the casualties. Dong Ping didn't say what he wanted, and everyone immediately got busy after hearing the order.
"Fifteen tank soldiers, three lightly wounded and one seriously wounded, ammunition is intact and fuel is sufficient, but the condition of the 'bandits' is very poor, preliminary inspection. It is difficult to continue to operate, and the current situation is not in a position to repair. As for 'burning' and 'rage', luckily, there wasn't much of a problem. Liu Yan said.
"Brothers, I think so, we can be regarded as getting into the belly of the British, although we will be surrounded at any time, but we can also pose a great threat to the British army. You see, go south along this road. You will definitely be able to find the logistical supply sites of the British army, or temporary headquarters, field hospitals, and so on. There are no weapons that can threaten the tank in those weak defensive areas, as long as we can maneuver at any time, we can fight the enemy and save ourselves. You can even rush to the city of Hong Kong and Victoria Bay to see what you think! ”
The bold battle plan made everyone extremely excited, or did Second Lieutenant Dong Ping have an idea. So much to our appetite! That's it! At this time, no one thinks about their own life and death, just like a reckless young man who has no scruples about the consequences of doing so.
"Do you want to contact the rear and see the instructions given by your superiors?" Liu Yan, who was more steady, asked.
"I don't want to listen to the instructions of those bullshit commanders, so we might as well go crazy!" Sun Li said immediately. The rest of the people also had similar subtle expressions, and seeing that Dong Ping didn't speak, Liu Yan no longer questioned it.
After transferring supplies from the "bandits", the tanks were launched, and after leaving about fifty meters, the "Fury" fired shells at the abandoned "bandits", destroyed them and went south with the "burning".
The Chinese army on the front line started from the position, the First Army, which suffered a major setback, immediately stopped the offensive, the First Panzer Regiment, which suffered heavy losses, was replaced, and the rest of the First Army organized a new offensive plan, but the investigation team was formed at the same time, not to hold anyone responsible, but to find out the reasons for the defeat on the battlefield.
It was not until the end of the war that the General Staff discovered a problem, which was also the main reason for the defeat of the First Army in the operation, and as for the reasons and the punishment of those responsible, it was not made public, which was highly classified internally.
The reason is to blame for the genetic person, as a high-ranking officer, although the genetic person created by a high-ranking officer has input a large number of battle examples, knowledge, summaries, etc., in advance, it will always appear rigid when applied to the battlefield, and cannot be adjusted accordingly according to the changes in the battlefield environment. Having that knowledge does not mean that you can use it flexibly, there are differences in knowledge and experience, and the creativity and flexibility of ordinary people are not comparable to genetic people.
Helplessly, the middle and upper echelons of the Chinese army are full of genetic officers, and this is a reality that cannot be changed in a short period of time, ordinary soldiers, middle and lower-ranking officers can be trained in a few years, but senior officers are not so easy to mature, it takes time and the accumulation of actual combat, but fortunately, the Chinese army's powerful firepower and advanced equipment make up for this shortcoming to a certain extent.
On the battlefield, it was manifested that the Chinese army immediately organized the second and third waves of bombing by the air force, and the left and right sides of the British fortress were not suitable for a large army attack, and if they wanted to capture Hong Kong, they had to pull out this nail.
"Ahh The female nurse in the field hospital let out a sharp scream, looking at the soldiers guarding the hospital with great anticipation, those big boys have been courteous in front of them countless times, swearing that they will protect themselves until the last second, but they didn't expect them to run away directly after seeing those two steel monsters!
The female nurse sat slumped on the ground, staring blankly at a steel monster rumbling past her, perhaps because she was also from Huaxia, the monster ignored herself, so that the female nurse was lucky to escape. But she didn't know that Dong Ping in the tank was "puffing" in his heart, and he felt disgusted from the bottom of his heart that the Chinese were wearing European-style clothes!!!!!! An Oriental woman, dressed in British-style clothing, looks like she's showing off her colonial identity!
"Boom!" A high-explosive bomb exploded in the middle of the fleeing soldiers, taking countless lives in the dense crowd, followed by five Chinese soldiers armed with submachine guns, or throwing a grenade. As tank crews who were not good at infantry combat, they performed well, and if it weren't for the fact that two tanks could not carry fifteen tank crews, they would not have had to follow on foot.
After making a fuss at the field hospital, five infantrymen quickly climbed onto the tank, which reversed and slowly left under the cover of the vehicle's 7.62mm machine gun.
"Burning" and "Fury" seem to have killed the red eye, so far, seven British rear bases have been destroyed, and two of them ammunition storage bases have been bombed into the sky. The pursuing troops sent by Moult only chased after Dong Ping and his men left every time, and the foot was still much slower than the fuel-propelled tanks, but unfortunately there were no cavalry placed on the front line, and the cavalry battalion in the rear was also responsible for guarding the Governor Nathan and could not be mobilized.
Dong Ping sat at the top of the tank, next to him were the follow-up soldiers sitting around the turret, three people on the "burning" and two people on the "rage", they could not enter the tank, and one more person in the crowded tank would interfere with the normal operation, so they could only climb on the tank when marching and follow as infantry during the battle.
"This Hong Kong is no different from our hometown, paddy fields and cattle, except for foreign devils." Everyone was chatting between the battles, not far from the city of Hong Kong, and the fiercest battles were coming.
"Foreign devils and fake devils all regard this place as British territory, and they are torn apart in our country, as well as Qingdao, northern Taiwan, Northeast China, Xinjiang, Tibet, many places have been cut off by foreigners, and we have to take it back sooner or later."
"We can't hang around here all the time, fuel and ammunition are limited, I don't know if we can wait for the big army to come."
"It's unlikely, it's not like you've never seen the strength of the British army's main position, let's make trouble in the city of Hong Kong for a while, and then abandon the tanks and hide in Tai Mo Shan in the north." Fury', reporting on ammunition and fuel. Dong Ping picked up the radio and asked.
"30 shells remaining, 1200 machine gun rounds remaining, 300L fuel remaining, enough!" After Sun Li finished speaking, Dong Ping summed it up, and the remaining materials on the "burning" were about the same, which was indeed enough. Fortunately, at this time, the British army was not equipped with many anti-tank weapons, not even anti-tank mines and anti-tank guns, a large number of artillery pieces were transported to the main position, and there was nothing inside that could block these two tanks.
The news of the two Chinese tanks breaking in had already circulated within the British army, and Governor Nathan immediately sent an Indian battalion defending the city of Hong Kong to stop it, and at the same time ordered Moult to send another part of the troops to destroy this Chinese army squad, leaving a cavalry battalion and more than 1,000 policemen in the city to guard and maintain order, no matter what, he had to buy time to escape by boat! (To be continued.) )