The sudden sandstorm disrupted the entire battle at once, but it also made Abrams, who was constantly hearing bad news at the headquarters, breathe a sigh of relief.

Sandstorms are good for him.

By this time, he had already thrown almost all tanks into the battlefield, and the same was true of the Ming army, and even the lynx fighting vehicles had joined the tank battle, but the results on the battlefield poured cold water on Abrams, and it was clear that the Leopard tanks of the Ming army and the Leopard tanks in Europe were not at all the same level. The weird armor that can be blown up but can't be penetrated with a dozen shots, the main gun that can penetrate the front of the thickest turret of the M60 tank with a single shot at a distance of two kilometers, plus the mobility that is not inferior to the European leopard, and even faster than the European leopard, it can be said that it does not have all the shortcomings of the European leopard, but it retains and even enhances all the advantages of the European leopard, this tank gives him the feeling of returning to World War II, back to the era when he used Xie steamed buns against the black panther.

The speed is not as fast as it, the armor is not as thick as it, and the artillery is not as ruthless as it, and it is too difficult to defeat such an enemy, and the US army has lost dozens of tanks just as soon as they fight.

There are also those anti-tank missiles on the Lynx tank, this weapon that kills in one hit from a distance of three kilometers, the threat to the M60 is not inferior to the Leopard tank, and even exceeds the Leopard tank, the only flaw is that the Lynx tank is easy to destroy, and the exchange ratio is slightly larger. Only then did he understand why Yang Feng knew that the number of tanks in the two infantry brigades was insufficient, but he did not add another tank, because this guy knew very well that the lynx chariot could do tank work on the battlefield.

However, a sandstorm will change all that, whether it is a Leopard tank or a lynx chariot in the yellow sand. The long-range advantage is all gone. If you want to fight, you can only get closer to a maximum of 300 meters. No matter how far you go, you can't see a target as large as a tank, and the M60 can also easily penetrate the front of the Leopard tank in this range.

At this moment, looking at the yellow sand outside, Abrams had a feeling of wanting to cheer.

However, he didn't know that at this time, just a small discovery by a few Ming soldiers made all his hopes come to naught.

Ten kilometers away from him, a lone figure in the yellow sand was moving slowly.

"Bastard, how do you fight this?"

On the Red No. 3 Lynx Chariot, which ended up getting lost in the wind and sand because it rushed too fast, gunner Lin He lay on the anti-tank missile launcher and shouted angrily. He really can't fight, after the wire-guided Red Arrow missile is launched, he needs to continue to track through the targeting system and then manually control it, and even people can't see clearly when they go out in this kind of weather.

"The order from above, the Jibu battalion withdraws from the battle!"

At this time, another soldier in the car shouted.

"Turn on the night vision device, Ma's, a good thing has been mixed up by God."

Like Lin He, the commander who was looking around with his head out of the turret said depressedly.

The soldier immediately turned on the night vision device just now, but then he was stunned for a moment, because several moving figures suddenly appeared on the night vision device, and he hurriedly shouted: "Boss." There were several tanks in front of us, and our night vision devices could barely see. The appearance is certainly not ours. ”

"Quick, get behind them!"

The commander immediately retracted into the car and stared at the night vision device and said.

"Boss, do you want to?"

Lin He, who also got back into the car, asked with a sharp heart.

"They definitely didn't see us, so let's go around the back and fight it."

The commander, who had just finished reporting the situation to his superiors, said.

"It's very dangerous, you have to stop close to the Red Arrow missile, in case their cannon turns around, this distance can kill us with one shot without aiming."

Lin He said in horror.

"No missiles, use this!"

The commander said, pointing to the 25mm gun.

A few minutes later, the low-speed Red No. 3 Lynx Chariot quietly drove to the back of the American tank with the help of passive infrared night vision devices, the latter did not notice it at all, although this sandstorm saved them, but it was not easy to find the Ming army tank in such weather, and the range of sight was even less than three hundred meters, they were like a short-sighted person holding a rifle, their eyes widened and searched, but they did not know that the Ming army was three hundred meters behind them.

The Lynx chariot was moving slowly at a speed of thirty kilometers, and as the turret turned, the muzzle of the Great Viper's 25mm cannon was firmly aimed at one of the tanks.

"Fire!"

With the commander's order, the super-long chain gun instantly erupted flames, and the tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectile flew out at a speed of more than 1,300 meters per second, and before the crew of the M60 tank on the opposite side could react, it had already penetrated the weak armor of the latter's tail as easily as a wooden plank.

"Accelerate the disengagement!"

The commander then shouted.

The driver in front of him suddenly stepped on the accelerator, and the speed of the vehicle, which had a maximum speed of more than sixty kilometers, immediately began to soar, but in the process, the large viper chain gun still did not stop firing, and it was not until five seconds later that the angle was already small, and the flame from the muzzle finally disappeared.

However, the three people on the Red Three did not know how effective this attack was.

"It should be destroyed, right? It looks like it's not moving. ”

Lin He leaned on the night vision device and said uncertainly.

The tank on the night vision device was not moving, but the other tanks were completely chaotic, and the sudden sneak attack, the ghostly invisible enemy, turned the already nervous American army into a frightened flock of chickens in the middle of the night, and a dozen M60 tanks in a company were constantly changing positions in confusion.

However, for fear of accidental injury, the US military did not dare to fire casually without determining the location of the attacker.

Just as Lin He finished saying this, the image of the passive infrared night vision device in front of him suddenly lit up, and then a huge explosion sounded outside.

It is clear that there is no need to guess the results.

"Go ahead, aim for the next one, and notify the other cars."

The commander shouted excitedly.

Immediately after that, the Red No. 3 quietly sailed to the next target.

What they didn't know was that the tail of the tank just now was almost smashed into a sieve by them, and in five seconds, more than a dozen 25-mm armor-piercing shells drilled into the M60, and in fact, no tank's tail armor could withstand the attack of the big viper, let alone at such a close distance.

The U.S. troops, who were chaotically searching for the attacker, did not know that this ghostly infantry fighting vehicle had reappeared in the tail of a tank, and the next moment the dense armor-piercing shells smashed into the tail of the latter like hailstones, and also like hail piercing lotus leaves, and instantly turned its tail into honeycomb coal, and before the turrets of the rest of the American tanks turned around, the driver of the Red No. 3 tank stepped on the accelerator and disappeared into the wind and sand again in the angry fire of the American tank.

But only a few dozen seconds later, it appeared behind an M60 again, and then the same process was repeated, and the infantry fighting vehicle used an entire armored company of the American army as a target.

Just when Red No. 3 destroyed the fifth M60, their insidious tactics had quickly spread to the other infantry fighting vehicles in the same battalion, and then the Lynx fighting vehicles, which were originally preparing to withdraw from the battle according to the order, rushed towards the American troops one by one.

At the same time, the news that the passive infrared night vision device can be used in the dust weather to the maximum extent has also begun to spread in the tank units of the Ming army, because the living environment is different, the Ming soldiers who have never tasted the taste of the sandstorm have turned on the passive infrared night vision device in the car, and then immediately searched for the US tank, aimed the gun at the ignorant opponent, and destroyed it one by one at a distance that the US army could not see.

By this time, the outcome of this battle had been determined, and the passively beaten American troops were not even as good as at the beginning, at that time they were at least able to fight, at least at that time they did not have to worry about being blown up by infantry fighting vehicles at close range, but now even these more than 20-ton combat vehicles, which are not even tanks, can use them as targets at will, but they can no longer destroy any enemy.

Soon, the number of American losses soared.

Abrams, the tank hero who is said to have destroyed eighty German tanks, felt for the first time that he was so unfamiliar with tank combat.

"Retreat, retreat immediately!"

After coming to his senses, he did not hesitate to give the order, there was no hope for such a battle, what he needed to do was to rely on this sandstorm, withdraw as many tanks as possible, and then make the next battle plan.

Of course, it was definitely not an offensive plan, he already understood at this time that taking the initiative to attack the Ming army was the same as committing suicide, what he needed to do was to formulate a defensive plan to avoid being beaten all the way to Riyadh by the Ming army that was being pursued by the victory.

This order was conveyed to the remnants of the American tanks on the battlefield as quickly as possible, and those American troops who had been frightened turned around and retreated westward as quickly as possible.

This time the sandstorm helped them, even if there was a passive infrared night vision device, in fact, in this kind of weather, it was not far to see, although the Ming army also pursued, but still let more than sixty American tanks escape, and Abrams had already evacuated as fast as possible, the fourth mechanized infantry division attacked violently, so it had to return in just one battle.

When the sandstorm ended, the scene in the desert was like post-war North Africa, full of destroyed American tanks and armored vehicles, and even many American soldiers who could not evacuate, wailing beside the wreckage of their tanks, not to mention the dead bodies everywhere.

In this tank melee, the US army lost 156 M60 tanks, and the attack force of the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division was sharply reduced by nearly three-quarters.

The losses of the Ming army were only twelve Leopard tanks and twenty-two Lynx chariots. (To be continued.) )

PS: Thank you for the drunken maple, nameless, and special service 761 for the reward