Chapter 8: The Battle of the Harbor—A Brief Silence
"Are you coming? Let the armored vehicles immediately cut into the considerable occupation and assist the tank units to maintain the battle line. Zhang Shixin gave the order through the tactical map in his mind.
I have to say that after the upgrade, the enhancement effect of the tactical map is obviously a very big enhancement, for Zhang Shixin, this is very important, because he can directly issue battle instructions to the summons within the control range of the tactical map, saving a lot of although a few seconds later, but maybe when you can get the first important advantage.
Changes on the battlefield are very fast, although it can be said that just a few seconds can cause a fundamental change in the situation of the battle - this is called nonsense.
However, no one can deny that even for a few seconds, some subtle situations on the battlefield can still be transformed.
Just like now, a large number of armored vehicle units that had long been ready in the harbor were moving towards the battle line.
Let's not talk about whether these armored vehicles can cause even a little damage to the opponent's tanks, but the 12.7mm M2 heavy machine gun and the 20mm Mk130 (N) rotary tube cannon are definitely one of the big killers for the opponent's infantry and armored vehicles.
Maybe a couple of cannon shells or a couple of 12.7mm machine gun rounds will do little for an armored car......
But Zhang Shixin also believes that his mercenary unit is not stupid, a few rounds will not work, more than a dozen, dozens of armor-piercing shells will shoot past, whether the opponent's armored vehicles can withstand such an attack, of course, Zhang Shixin is not very clear.
Rather than the M2 heavy machine gun's 12.7mmx99mm armor-piercing shells may not be able to penetrate the front armor plate of the opponent's armored vehicle, it may be more effective at slaughtering infantry than the MG-34 general-purpose machine gun.
As for the MK-130 (N)-20mm rotary tube cannon, conventional armor-piercing shells wear 42mm at 300 meters......
Well, the front armor plate of the opposing side is eliminated in time with a certain inclination, but the thickness cannot exceed 30mm, and the 20mm cannon shells hit it, maybe a few rounds will occasionally jump, but with a rate of fire of 480 rounds / min, who cares about this little problem?
In addition, the terrain that was favorable to him had long been controlled by his subordinate infantry units, and the opponent's self-propelled artillery units were basically either bombarded by the first round of artillery bombardment, or chased and destroyed by light tank formations......
In addition to the uncertain factors such as reinforcements, he seems to have seen the dawn of victory......
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The army of the Glenshire Empire is now in a state of great disarray.
Why?
Very simple.
The remaining Panzer Corps units in the southern area of the port area discovered that their commander seemed to have been beaten into parts by the enemy's naval artillery fire when he rushed through the plains just now......
Yes, together with that armored car, it was directly blown into parts by a shell of a naval gun with a caliber of more than 280mm, as with several military staff officers of the same car......
After confirming the news, the remaining division commanders and brigade commanders of the Glenshire Empire's armored corps gathered in a small warehouse that was blown up in a corner that I didn't know when, but it was very stable.
"What do we do now? The commanders were all killed by the other side. The commander of a mechanized infantry brigade with a bandage on his forehead sighed softly.
He was also wounded by the impact of the enemy's naval artillery shells near the nearby explosion when he rushed through the plains, and one of them was unsteady and knocked on the armor plate next to him.
"Continue to attack according to the orders of the military headquarters. Our order is to occupy this port. A division commander shook his head slightly. He was not very optimistic about such a battle.
"Our current combat strength has suffered a great loss, and I am afraid that we will have to directly face the opponent's heavy tanks, and the heavy tanks imitating the Hilton Empire have been conveyed to us with facts. The wider and taller tanks (referring to the Tiger) could still penetrate the opponent's frontal armor within 100 meters, but until then, we had to book a few tanks to be able to rush to 100 meters away from the monster, facing the front or side of the enemy. The commander of the armored division sighed helplessly and continued:
"The shells fired by the opponent's tank guns are against our 120mm, 15-degree vertical inclination armor plates, and it is difficult for us to escape the fate of being easily penetrated by the opponent except by relying on our own luck. Moreover, the infantry hidden in the houses on both sides of the street is no less of a threat to us than the opposing tanks, and if we repeatedly fight with the opposing infantry from house to house, we will not say that there is no time left, and at the moment, it will be difficult for us to support such an intensity of combat with the remaining ammunition. ”
The commander of the armored division took a deep breath softly, and then said: "If these are still small problems, then the biggest problem we face is that the other side has a monster in most places on its front that we can't penetrate at all, the opponent's frontal armor is at least more than 170mm, and our tank guns are even at zero distance, unless the barrel is facing the opponent's driver's observation window, we have no possibility of penetrating the opponent's surname." ”
"At the same time, don't you think there's something missing from each other? True, until now, I have not received any information that the other side has armored vehicles participating in the battle. The commander of the opposing side seems to be waiting for our mechanized infantry unit to attack before using the corresponding cards in his hand......"
The commander of the armored division summed it up: "If our mechanized infantry unit joins the battlefield, the commander on the opposite side will definitely surprise us, he knows that it is no longer time to hide. Let's be honest...... In this case, it is better for us to attack in one go, otherwise no one knows how long we will last. ”
The commander of the armored division did not say one impossible possibility, that is, he believed that Zhang Shixin's troops could not be an all-tank or all-armored unit with heavy firepower.
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Because the Glenshire Empire once tried to form an armored division of 729 tanks into an armored division and a mixed armored division for exercises, and the result was ......
Due to the lack of ammunition and energy supplies in the Plains War, they were sentenced to total destruction in half of the battle;
The hilly/mountain battle was even worse, and the opponent's infantry touched the vicinity, using a close-quarters fighting style, and was beaten all over the ground looking for teeth;
In the landing battle, they were judged to be under the harsh terrain, and could not rush to the beachhead at all, and were sentenced to total destruction;
The street fighting in the town was the worst, and he was beaten so that he couldn't find the north at all, so he could only rely on bombarding everywhere to save some face scores.
Therefore, completely heavy equipment, armored units without the assistance of mechanized infantry, in front of a normal armored division, is an incomparably tasty side dish, especially street fighting.
Because of this, he was not stupid enough to summarize Zhang Shixin's troops into this role.
Of course, he didn't know that Zhang Shixin had also thought about this problem, but he finally gave up, not only that the surname-to-price ratio was completely unreasonable (the price was too high, and the surname could be too bad), but the most important factor was that Zhang Shixin had no money to engage in this flashy thing.
The simple heavy armored troops are looking mighty, scary, playing garbage, raising bankrupt impractical things, and now the usual consumption of almost 12w silver coins every day makes Zhang Shixin silently restrain his speed of producing tanks with tears, even if most of this is the usual consumption of mercenaries, but Zhang Shixin is difficult to accept such a reality, and in desperation, he has to lower the production specifications a little.
The No. 4 "Leopard G" equipment type was originally Zhang Shixin's tank with the largest number of tanks installed before the T-34-85 came out (there has been an accident, because its long 75 gun still has various deficiencies for the heavy tank), and the Panther G type is used as an assault type of medium tank for the corresponding number of columns, and now it seems that it would be better to install all the Black Panther G types.
However, the question arises, a Panther G equipped with an ultra-long 75 gun can completely defeat two Leopard G tank No. 4, but can 20 Panther G tanks fight 40 or more Leopard G tanks No. 4 or more T-34-85 tanks?
This answer is the reason why Zhang Shixin is entangled.
Although it is still far from a spectrum, Zhang Shixin has already thought about the medium-term development direction, that is, T-34-85 is the mainstay, supplemented by the Panther G, to form a medium-sized tank formation.
As for the hooligan department, it is the main force of the light tank commando.
American goods, Zhang Shixin has never included the things under the M26 "Pershing" into the list of goods. Those things are basically not tanks, TMDs are all "Langsen lighters".
The phrase "every fight is compared, and every hit is hit" is a wise saying.
Zhang Shixin didn't want to pit his teammates...... Ahem, wrong, it's the pit under the ......
Moreover, there is another point that the Yankees' tank guns are also crumbling, and the side of the Tiger turret jumped three times from 50m away...... (This is a historical fact)
Well, Zhang Shixin admitted that he was really amused by the American tank guns......
As for the heavy tank, although the Tiger has a much better mobile surname than the Tiger P, it is really not good in terms of armor thickness.
And Tiger P is too bad for mobility, although it has hard armor, but ......
A game is a game, and reality is reality.
The survival rate of a tank with a poor mobile surname on the battlefield is very low, especially when facing a large number of heavy artillery pieces on the opponent......
Zhang Shixin's medium-term plan is to use the Tiger King + IS-2M to match, and Zhang Shixin is curious about whether he will be alive at that time......
As for the near future? It's still a tiger style with a tiger p, anyway, the tiger king didn't come out so quickly, and the price was ridiculously expensive.
As for TD, Zhang Shixin knows very well that the assault gun series below the Grizzly Bear can no longer keep up with the needs of operations, especially the battles with major powers.
Therefore, Zhang Shixin hopes that after the IS-2M is released, the Tiger P will be converted into an elephant self-propelled anti-tank gun, and the Tiger tank will be used as a reserve force or to protect the self-propelled artillery position.
Zhang Shixin likes the Tiger tank very much, but the opponent's armor cannot withstand the test of the battle in the future, and it is also an indisputable fact that the Tiger tank cannot be converted into a self-propelled gun but cannot use a 210mm howitzer because of structural defects. (It is indeed difficult to modify other combat vehicles for the Tiger, and the body structure is troublesome...... )
But well...... Now Zhang Shixin has a new choice, that is, to spend some experience to light up a branch system that has never been before - multiple self-propelled rocket artillery.
The Tiger tank can be converted into a 128/150 (8-tube/6-tube) "Monsoon" self-propelled rocket launcher, although the shooting dispersion accuracy on the data is far as 2.8/2.9, but Zhang Shixin is interested in the self-propelled rocket launcher to cover the enemy's bottom armor target, and he didn't expect this thing to be able to easily hit the opponent's tank......
That's a matter of self-propelled guns.
After all, Zhang Shixin knows very well that even on a target of 2 kilometers, the breaking accuracy of 2.8 is not known to reach hundreds of meters away......
So in other words, even if the opposing tank stands still and is bombarded by rocket artillery, the probability of a direct hit will not be higher than a direct hit of a moving tank......
In other words, self-propelled rocket artillery pursues a longer range and coverage strike, and precision strikes are the job of self-propelled guns with Eagle Eyes.
Of course, if the number is large, the self-propelled rocket launcher only needs two or three rounds of fire to easily bring a very considerable damage to the opponent's fixed position, which is a report card that is difficult for self-propelled artillery to play in a short time.
As for self-propelled guns, Zhang Shixin prefers to mass-produce and transform the shells of gwww.xstxt.orgm, which are not bad.
And the cost of modification is much lower than that of a new one.
Of course, the mobile surname continues to be a flaw......
Therefore, in terms of long-range firepower, Zhang Shixin adopts a mixture of self-propelled artillery and self-propelled rocket artillery, how to use it...... This depends on the operational environment at the time.
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Back in the small warehouse, several officers of the Glenshire Empire expressed doubt, helplessness, and regret for their dilemma.
It's not that they don't know what to do.
There are many options before them:
1: Go back the way you came.
I have to say that once they retreat on a large scale, will the defenders on the opposite side pursue (Zhang Shixin will also be entangled, whether to chase or not), just in the face of the shelling of the opposing fleet again, they don't know how many people will be able to rush out of this plain belt that is no different from hell alive. (They didn't know that Zhang Shixin had already blown the fleet away because his troops were mistakenly attacked by the other side, but even if Zhang Shixin ignored the incident, he didn't dare to joke about the unreliable accuracy of the naval guns again, in case a 420mm shell fell on his head or more than a dozen meters away, he could guarantee that he would never see his loved one again.) )
2: Surrender.
This is a solution that they are very interested in, but will not choose. Let's not talk about what will happen to them if they surrender. I'm afraid the empire won't treat their families well either......
Either way, they won't choose this option.
Being captured and surrendering are completely different things, and when they are captured, the Empire will not do anything else to their families that they do not want.
3: Desperate with each other...... Or to bring a little damage to the other person and send them to death.
They all know very well that not to mention the great reduction in troops and equipment, the lack of supplies and energy, which is also very fatal.
Therefore, it is not so much to fight with the other party who is preparing for a long time, it is better to say that it is practical to send death.
"Guys, time is running out, let's vote."
"The one who chooses to retreat...... Raise your hand...... "No one raised their hand."
"The one who chooses to surrender...... Please raise your hand......" Still no one raised their hand.
"Raise your hand if you choose the person to complete the task." A few slowly raised hands appeared one after another......
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Ten minutes later, the members of the Elven Dragon Security Company, who were eating canned food, threw down the cans one after another, and then prepared to fight......
And on the streets they were responsible for guarding, tanks, armored vehicles and infantry units appeared one after another.
And Zhang Shixin also silently looked at the red dots on the map, and then asked the self-propelled artillery unit to choose the target to attack and shell......
In a quiet space where only the "squeak" sound of abandoned tanks and armored vehicles still burning, the whistling of shells was heard again.
Immediately, the explosion of shells kicked off the last script of the Battle of the Harbor......
ps: There is another change in the evening, and ...... I took all the reminder tickets except for 12,000!!
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