Chapter 291: The Battle of Tunisia (7)

"Sir! It's dangerous here! The commander of the division headquarters guard regiment grabbed Lieutenant General Junmo's arm and said nothing to let him go further. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info There is a fierce battle line ahead!

Since the start of the war, the Ming Army has not killed a general of the rank of major general or above on the battlefield, and the head of the guard regiment does not want his boss to set this tragic precedent.

At this time, the armored forces of the Americans had broken through to the vicinity of the division headquarters of the 2nd Panzer Division, which was already the last core stronghold of the entire Panzer Division. All the forces in Jun Mo's hands have been thrown into battle. If this place is broken through again, the entire 2nd Panzer Division will be in danger of collapse.

The telegram sent by Zhang Cheng himself bluntly told Junmo that he should hold out until before dark no matter what. Powerful reinforcements are already within reach, and they will be able to come to the rescue before dark.

Junmo believed Zhang Cheng's promise, because he knew that Zhang Cheng was a man of his word. He said that if reinforcements could arrive before dark, they would definitely arrive. It's just that it's early afternoon, and the sun is shining brightly in the sky. How to resist the flood of armor of the Americans in these hours until dark?

The military situation is urgent, and Jun Mo can no longer sit in his own headquarters. Jun Mo, who was in a hurry, hurriedly left his headquarters and tried to take a look at the defense line not far away.

"That's it!" Jun Mo, who had a cold face, shook off the hand of the guard commander and asked in a deep voice, "How is it now?" ”

Junmo also knew that his position was not on the front line, and he was too anxious to do anything before. Now after calming down, I began to ask about the situation of the battle.

Originally, he didn't need to ask about this level of fighting, but now the strength of the 2nd Panzer Division was mostly pinned down on the battlefield, and it could only be contacted by radio. The connection with the 293rd Infantry Division had long been severed by the rapid assault of the American armored forces, and he had lost the possibility of getting reinforcements in a short time.

"Sir, the division headquarters guard regiment still has some logistics baggage troops defending the position. The anti-tank battalion and the anti-aircraft artillery battalion directly under the division headquarters each had one company in it, and the heavy tank battalion directly under the division headquarters had just retreated and joined the position. Seeing that Jun Mo had given up going to the front line, the head of the guard regiment quietly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly opened his mouth to introduce the current situation.

"Oh?" Jun Mo's eyes lit up when he heard this: "The heavy tank battalion is back?" ”

For the commanders of armored units like Jun Mo, they will only feel at ease when they have armored troops in their hands. Especially with a powerful armored unit like the Tiger Heavy Tank Battalion in hand, the feeling is immediately different.

Jun Mo had even begun to plan in his mind to launch a counterattack with the Tiger Tank Battalion as the main force in order to open up the connection with the troops everywhere. But then the words of the head of the guard poured cold water on his head.

"The heavy tank battalion is back." The head of the guard looked at Jun Mo with some hesitation, gritted his teeth and said, "However, Lieutenant Colonel Fang Mingxuan has already died, and there are less than ten tanks left in the entire battalion now." ”

"What?!" Jun Mo's eyes suddenly contracted. He didn't expect that the battle would be so fierce, even the powerful heavy tank battalion had been disabled, how could he hold on? It is impossible to withstand the flood of armor with the words of the infantry alone.

"Who is in command of the Tiger Tank Battalion now?" After a moment of silence, Jun Mo raised his head and looked at the head of the guard on the side, and asked in a deep voice.

"It's Major Lin Shuo in command." The words of the head of the guard made Jun Mo's heart quietly relieved. Fortunately, the Super Ace is still there. Now this position can only put hope on Lin Shuo and them.

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Lin Shuo, who is regarded as a super ace by Junmo, has fallen into a crisis at the moment. The American forces attacking this position were very strong, and more than 100 tanks of various types and thousands of infantry launched a tidal attack on them.

Although there are still a large number of infantry guarding the position, if they can't destroy the American tanks, then these infantry can only be slaughtered. The Ming army did not have the tradition of having soldiers carry explosive packs and anti-tank mines to attack enemy tanks.

"Steady! Steady! Lin Shuo, whose eyes were bloodshot, ordered loudly, "All the vehicle crews are stable, the main target is the US heavy tank, and the rest will be handed over to the infantry to deal with!" ”

Lin Shuo now only has nine Tiger tanks in his hands that have been fighting fiercely for a long time, and all of them are wounded. The long and fierce fighting had depleted their fuel and ammunition, and if it had not been for the replenishment of fuel and ammunition by the divisional logistics support unit on this position, they would have lost their combat capability. You can't let the Tigers ram the tanks of the U.S. Army, right?

Among the surging US tank groups on the opposite side, the biggest threat to them is naturally those M26 Pershing. This is also the reason why Lin Shuo asked to attack them first. The Pershing heavy tank was equipped with a 90-mm gun capable of penetrating the Tiger's front armor at close range, which was terrifying. The Tiger's armor is exceptionally strong. Of course, the Tiger cannon can penetrate any Allied vehicle, and the Allies cannot compare with the Ming in terms of armor defense.

As for the rest of the U.S. Army's Sherman, Grant, Xia Fei, Stuart, and those tank destroyers, Lin Shuo handed them over to the infantry on the battlefield to deal with.

Because it was guarding the division headquarters, there were quite a few anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons on this position. From the standard 75 mm anti-tank gun to the 88 mm anti-aircraft gun and the 40 mm twin anti-aircraft gun, there are quite a few. Especially the two 88-mm anti-aircraft guns were exceptionally powerful. Even the most heavily armored Pershing of the American Army could not withstand its fire. In fact, the Tiger tank main gun of the Ming Dynasty evolved from this anti-aircraft gun.

"Fire!" When the U.S. tank group on the opposite side approached within a distance of 800 meters, Lin Shuo suddenly shouted the order to fire. Nine scarred Tigers fired one after another, and the main artillery shells full of rage sped out, piercing the American tanks in the distance.

When the Tiger tank was developed, it had the achievement of accurately hitting the target from a distance of 3,000 meters. However, at that time, it was a fixed target, and it was not easy to achieve this result in actual combat. In the period after the start of the war, only on the Russian battlefield was there a record of Tiger tanks hitting targets at a distance of more than 2,000 meters. Now the distance between the two sides is 800 meters, and the hit rate is already high for the Tiger.

Although the advanced sighting equipment has been destroyed a lot, the crew of the Tiger tank is elite. Even with experience and intuition, they managed to make four hits in the first round. This is already quite remarkable. The level of science and technology in this era cannot do the precision strikes of modern time and space.

"Reverse! Reversing! Lin Shuo didn't care about the choking smoke in the turret after the shooting, and pressed the throat intercom and shouted, "Change the firing position of each car group!" ”

With his previous combat experience, Lin Shuo judged that the American Pershing tank on the opposite side had been able to inflict damage on the Ming Tiger at this distance. As for whether it can be penetrated, he doesn't know for the time being.

Sure enough, after encountering the attack, the heavy tanks in the US tank group on the opposite side quickly stopped, turned their muzzles and began to fire shells at the retreating Ming Tiger tanks. The other light tanks knew that their artillery could not do any damage to the Ming army in this position, so they simply began to accelerate their charge, trying to rush forward to entangle the Ming tanks. This tactic had already achieved good results before, destroying a lot of Ming tanks. Not to mention that now there are very few tanks of the Ming army on the opposite side.

"027 shot! We're ditching the car! An exclamation came from Lin Shuo's headset. He quickly got up and pushed open the turret hatch to see that a Tiger not far to the left had black smoke rising, and several armored soldiers were crawling out of their vehicles.

"Bastard!" Lin Shuo spat heavily, shrunk down and returned to the turret, and then pressed the throat intercom with red eyes and ordered loudly, "No need to change positions, all the crew stay in place and attack, kill them!" ”

When the Tiger tank and the American Pershing bombarded each other, the infantry on the Ming position also began to fire fiercely.

All kinds of artillery fired fiercely at the American tanks and armored vehicles, and the light and heavy machine guns fired long chains of bullets, knocking the American soldiers to the ground. The whole battlefield was rained with bullets, and the earth, rocks and trees on the ground were beaten with a loud sound. Under the pressure of many heavy vehicles, the floating soil on the defenders' positions was trembling slightly.

The Americans' tank forces were numerically superior, but the Ming army was not vegetarian either. Armed with a large number of artillery and machine guns, they continued to destroy American vehicles and infantry under heavy fire. The Tiger tanks, which no longer engaged in mobile combat, stopped in place, and although they lost their ability to maneuver, their shooting accuracy was greatly improved.

Between the rain of bullets, huge fires and black smoke rose from time to time, and the chariots of both sides were constantly exploded. Within a short time, the battle between the two sides was at a fever pitch.

"Boom!" Lin Shuo, who was shocked by a loud bang, was dizzy for a while, and after coming back to his senses, he hurriedly asked, "Report the loss!" ”

Lin Shuo was very nervous, he was afraid that his chariot would be destroyed and he would not be able to continue fighting, and even if he survived, he would be useless. What is an armored unit called an armored unit without a tank?

"It's okay, the shell has been ricocheted!" After hearing the report, Lin Shuo's heart calmed down. Then he lay on the periscope and put a US tank into the scope, and immediately shouted the order "Aim at the target, fire!" ”

More than 20 minutes later, the US offensive was repulsed. After leaving behind hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles and hundreds of corpses of soldiers, the Americans hastily withdrew from the battlefield. The powerful firepower of the Tiger was vividly exerted in this battle. (To be continued.) )