The German troops stationed in Gary were most threatened by this heavy artillery group, and in addition, they were equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft guns, which also posed a great threat to the ground offensive that the 1st Army was about to launch.

In order to reduce casualties, it was necessary to take the lead in destroying this German heavy artillery group.

The German troops stationed in Gary never imagined that the Chinese army had already aimed at their own heavy artillery group, and if the two armies faced each other, and if both sides had heavy artillery, generally no one would be willing to take the lead in firing artillery, and once they took the lead in firing artillery, it would mean that the position was exposed.

Once the position is revealed, the opponent's heavy artillery group will retaliate against itself, and if it is not done well, its own heavy artillery group will be abolished immediately, you know, the range of heavy artillery is far from being comparable to that of small-caliber artillery, and the range of heavy artillery is more than 10 kilometers at every turn, and some are even more than 20 kilometers.

Heavy artillery has such a range, the only thing to do is to keep the position of their heavy artillery group strictly secret, not to let the other party know their location, once the other party knows their location, these bulky heavy artillery, it is very troublesome to transfer, not in a short period of time can be transferred, they may still be transferred, the opponent's artillery fire will be covered.

Of course, self-propelled howitzers are much better, they can be transferred within a short time after firing the guns, and rocket artillery is much more convenient, and they can go immediately after firing the guns.

The Germans never expected that the reconnaissance planes of the Chinese army had been reconnoitring in the vicinity of Gary for several days, and their own artillery positions had already been discovered.

If it weren't for the need to figure out the location of the heavy artillery groups of the Germans, probably. The 1st Army had already launched an offensive, and there was no need to wait there for five whole days to figure out the situation of the Germans before starting today.

As for the several heavy artillery positions of the 1st Group, they have always been secret, and the Germans have not yet figured out where these heavy artillery groups are; in the past few days, the Germans have sent a number of reconnaissance teams to infiltrate the 1st Army's defense area to reconnoitre, but none of them have succeeded. Most of them were killed or captured by the fighters of the 1st Army.

Within a few days. The German troops stationed in Gary had limited information, far less detailed than the 1st Army.

Without the knowledge of the Germans, the 1st Army began to move on the positions of the German heavy artillery groups.

The tasks were carried out by a mechanized infantry regiment and a rocket artillery regiment, and the task of the mechanized infantry regiment was cover. And it was this rocket artillery regiment that really struck at the German heavy artillery group.

This rocket artillery regiment belonged to the heavy artillery brigade of the 1st Army. The heavy artillery brigade has three regiments under its command. In addition to two heavy artillery regiments, each armed with 36 155-mm howitzers, this is the rocket artillery regiment equipped with dozens of rocket launchers.

On the vast desert. A long convoy is moving.

Although it belongs to the coast, it is arid and rainless, and the vegetation is not lush at all, and the most everywhere is desert or next door, as well as some drought-tolerant plants.

This long convoy was the rocket artillery regiment that went to the predetermined place to carry out the mission, a full sixty rocket launchers, each of which was loaded with rockets, and each vehicle was a full 40 rockets of 200 millimeter caliber.

On the flanks of the convoy, as well as in front, you can also see a lot of Type 39 armored vehicles, new wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, and a lot of armed off-road vehicles, which are the first mechanized infantry regiment of the 1st Army.

The ground where the rocket artillery regiment was carrying out its mission had already left the defense area of the 1st Army and was in the area where the two armies were about to fight, and for safety, a mechanized infantry regiment with very good mobility was dispatched.

These two troops, who set off at dawn, have already marched more than ten kilometers, and are almost entering the predetermined location.

At the front of the convoy, many chariots were driving the road, and there was no shadow of the Germans along the way, but the soldiers were not careless, and they were almost at the predetermined location, and the soldiers finally saw a small group of German troops.

This is obviously a German patrol all the time, the size is not large, less than a hundred people, however, the driving is either an armored vehicle or an off-road vehicle, and the equipment is good.

These armored vehicles, about seven or eight, are all half-tracked armored transporters, and there are fewer off-road vehicles, only two.

This German squad saw a large number of combat vehicles, and through the telescope, they could also see a lot of strange trucks, which were naturally rocket launchers, and the Germans had never seen rocket launchers, so they naturally felt very strange.

A German officer, holding a telescope, hurriedly looked at it, and thought to himself, could it be that the Chinese army has begun to attack on the ground, so many tanks, it must be that the Chinese army has begun to attack.

This German officer, while reporting to his headquarters, on the other hand ordered his troops to retreat quickly, joking that the Chinese tanks in the distance were at least several times larger than his own, and fighting with this Chinese army was completely looking for death.

The soldiers at the front of the team couldn't help laughing when they saw the German troops in the distance fleeing, but they didn't expect the Germans to run away when they saw them.

However, there were several commanders of mechanized infantry regiments, who saw this German unit and thought to themselves, this area is really not safe, there are actually German mechanized patrol squads, if they don't come with the rocket artillery regiment themselves, with the rocket artillery regiment alone, these German patrol squads are afraid that they will not run so fast.

It's not good, many German mechanized patrol squads will come from all directions to encircle and annihilate the rocket artillery regiment, thinking about this, these commanders secretly sweated in their hearts, it seems that the form is far from being as simple as it seems.

As this German patrol team ran into the distance and gradually disappeared from everyone's sight of China, many commanders knew that their position must have been exposed.

"Comrades, speed up and immediately reach the predetermined place."

The colonel commander of the rocket artillery regiment did not dare to be careless, and immediately ordered his soldiers to speed up and reach the predetermined place to launch rockets.

Now, it's time to fight the Germans, complete the mission before the German forces arrive, and then leave, leaving here and returning to the control zone of the 1st Army.

Fortunately, it was very close to the predetermined location, and a few minutes later, dozens of rocket launchers of the rocket artillery regiment arrived at the predetermined location, and these rocket launchers stopped one after another, and the soldiers began to prepare for firing in an orderly manner.

The firing site was about seven or eight kilometers from the German heavy artillery positions, and even closer to the German defense zone, perhaps only five or six kilometers.

The fighters of the rocket artillery regiment were busy, and the mechanized infantry regiment, which was responsible for security, was on the perimeter, not far from the rocket artillery regiment, and everyone was on guard on the perimeter.

Everyone was worried that the Germans already knew that they had reached this area, and maybe, it would not be long before the Germans would come, and many soldiers of mechanized infantry regiments even held binoculars and looked into the distance, looking at the direction where the Germans might come.

Just a few minutes later, the fighters noticed the anomaly, the Germans arrived, and at this time, the fighters of the rocket artillery regiment were ready to check the launch parameters again.

A large mechanized unit of the German army appeared in the eyes of the fighters, and in the distance, at least a hundred half-track armored vehicles, as well as a small number of off-road vehicles and tanks.

Yes, it's a tank, it's definitely not an armored vehicle, but there are not many of these tanks, maybe less than ten, and the model is not Tank Four, it seems to be some older models, and the barrel caliber is much smaller than Tank Four.

The German tanks are mainly No. 3 and No. 4 tanks, as well as the latest Tiger tanks, in addition, there are some old tanks in the early stages of World War II, but in the North African theater, the soldiers have not yet encountered the Tiger tank, and the most advanced German tank that the soldiers have encountered is the No. 4 tank.

The performance of the No. 4 tank, the fighters already know, is a little worse than their own Type 39 tank, the German army that came from afar, equipped with a small number of tanks, the performance should not be as good as the No. 4 tank, but it is also a big threat to everyone, if there is a chance, the soldiers will definitely give priority to solving these German tanks.

In addition to these tanks, the most are naturally the German half-track combat vehicles, this kind of combat vehicles, the fighters are not familiar with them, and many fighters think in their hearts, I don't know what the performance of these half-track combat vehicles is.

In fact, this half-track combat vehicle of the German army, also known as a half-track armored transporter, was developed by the German company Borgwald, mainly used to transport personnel, and began to serve in the German army as early as 1939.

The German army is equipped with a huge number of such armored transport vehicles, including various variants, and a total of 16,000 units are currently produced and equipped.

With a combat total weight of 8.5t, the vehicle is classified as a medium half-track armored transport vehicle. The car is equipped with 2 occupants, the driver and the commander, and can also accommodate 10 passengers.

The front half of the car action part is wheeled, the rear is tracked. There are 6 load-bearing wheels on each side of the hull, the driving wheel is in the front, the inducing wheel is in the rear, the load-bearing wheels are staggered, the armor thickness is 7mm~12mm, which can prevent the attack of gunshots and shell fragments, but the top of the hull is also open, and the personnel in the car are vulnerable to gunshots.

The main armament is two 7.92 mm machine guns. The maximum road travel is 320km, the maximum off-road travel is 180km, the height of the vertical wall is 0.3m, the maximum climbing degree is 24 degrees, the width of the trench is 2m, and the wading depth is 0.5m.

It can be seen from the data that the performance of the Type 39 armored personnel carrier equipped by the Chinese army is a little worse, and compared with the wheeled combat vehicles that the Chinese army has only equipped in the past two years, it is at least one grade worse.

However, this German unit was equipped with a number of such armored transports, at least more than a hundred, and at present, it was in a rage, raising dust in the sky, and was approaching the mechanized infantry regiment.

When the mechanized infantry regiment saw the Germans coming, everyone also greeted them fearlessly, and the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, and a big battle was about to break out.

And the soldiers of the rocket artillery regiment, seeing so many German troops coming, everyone is preparing more quickly, everyone wants to launch rockets as soon as possible, and now, a German mechanized unit has come, who can guarantee that a German tank unit will come over later?

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