Chapter 18: The Battle of Opérez
The offensive launched by the four armies was quite fierce. However, the pace of progress is quite slow.
Because the defense system in the central area of Opérez City is much better than the outer area.
Not the number of pillboxes, but the large buildings, the various obstacles that dotted the streets, and the constant downward firing of the Oswel army from between the windowsills became obstacles to the advance.
Under such circumstances, the four troops had to move forward step by step and adopt a carpet attack method.
Compared with friendly forces in the other three directions, Zhang Shixin's troops advanced a little faster.
This aspect is often attributed to artillery units that use the Hawkeye mode for artillery support.
Sometimes, the front tank spotted the barricades that the enemy had placed on the streets, and only needed a call for support, and then, at most, it only took two minutes to destroy the barricades with relatively accurate shelling.
The troops of several other countries do not have such a combat method as Zhang Shixin's artillery, even if the front-line troops call for artillery support, but the effect is quite weak, and it is even possible to directly hit the comrades who are lying on both sides of the street, ready to attack.
Although the probability of such accidental injury is relatively small, I have to admit that the Hawkeye mode is quite effective in avoiding this problem in many cases.
Zhang Shixin knew very well that after the summoner turned on the Eagle Eye mode, all the parameters were automatically adjusted, including corrections such as direction.
The higher the wind direction, the shape of the landing point circle will become irregular with the wind direction, but the shell landing point will not fly out of the circle.
However, if you use blind shooting, the effect of wind direction is quite large, especially the farther away you are, the greater the impact.
Of course, compared with Zhang Shixin's summons, the artillerymen of the other three countries did not know what their results were for a long time after the shelling.
If they hit a friendly army, these artillerymen will only know that they have blown up their own people after being complained.
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Zhang Shixin compared the situation on the battlefield, and did not let the E-50M act as the arrowhead of the forefront, but in each armored commando team, as much as possible, equipped with an assault Tiger King as the lead.
Because most of the troops here relied on fairly strong fortifications for defense, and sometimes, the enemy's hiding area could not be hit by artillery shelling, so Zhang Shixin had to change his tactical methods.
Theoretically, if you can't penetrate the firepower of the King Tiger tank, you still don't have much to do to assault the King Tiger.
Of course, this refers to the protection of the hull, and if you look at the front armor of the warhead, this thing is much tougher than the Tiger King, and even higher than the Tiger Hunt.
Therefore, using the Assault Tiger King to play the striker, such a tactic has achieved very good results.
A large number of infantry artillery shells hit the front armor of the Assault Tiger King's warhead and the head of the hull, and there was no threat to the Assault Tiger King at all.
The Assault Tiger King is capable of destroying a small fortification with a single 280mm concrete bomb.
The 280mm concrete armor-piercing projectile is not very effective for large, sturdy buildings, but for residential buildings like the Tin City map in the game, the threat is quite large, and it is not too much of a problem to cause buildings to collapse with a single shot.
However, because the Assault Tiger King is an open tent structure in the second half, this thing is quite afraid of some high-level enemy troops in the uncleared area, so Zhang Shixin's troops' advance speed has also been greatly hindered.
Another point is that the loading speed of the Assault Tiger King is relatively slow, and it does not carry shells, so the Assault Tiger King must retreat to the relatively safe streets in the rear and reload ammunition again without firing a single shell.
After receiving the battle report from the front, several Osville army tanks were ambushed at a street corner, hoping to take advantage of the other party's retreat to destroy these assault tiger kings who were no different from monsters in their eyes.
It's just that when they advanced to the area where the Assault Tiger King disappeared, they were surprised to find something that made them extremely panicked.
That is, there are a dozen or even more tanks and combat vehicles on this street.
"Reversing !!" The commander of the opposing team saw through the periscope that these tanks and combat vehicles were constantly pointing their guns at them, and could only shout a word.
But before the driver could react, a shell hit the vehicle they were in......
A minute later, the commander of the Assault Tiger King sat in what should have been the communicator's position and roared: "You guys, how can I get over like this? ”
Because of the wreckage of these destroyed tanks, a considerable width of the street was blocked.
Although it is not enough to say that it is completely impossible for the Assault Tiger King to pass, if the Assault Tiger King wants to pass, he will have to face the danger of being hit on the relatively weak side.
Compared with the front armor of the Assault Tiger King's warhead, which is better than the Hunting Tiger, not to mention the position of the side range near the opening of the second half, even the front half of the armor is only 80mm, and it is difficult to ensure that the opponent's infantry gun cannot penetrate such a little protection.
Not to mention the side of the body.
So, an E-75B caught up from behind the group, moving the barrel in a direction that would not touch the enemy's hull as it moved.
Half a minute later, a "tilted head" E-75B continued to squeeze the wreckage of the medium tanks until the wreckage was pushed to the sides of the street.
After the E-75B retreated, the Assault Tiger King moved his bulky body again and slowly continued his mission.
Behind it, a fleet of tanks and fighting vehicles slowly followed behind the E-75B and the Assault Tiger King, slowly moving forward under the cover of the infantry.
From time to time, the advancing team encountered enemy attacks, but the casualties were quite minor.
An armored assault team on a street was thrown down several cluster grenades because they didn't notice the presence of enemies on a half-collapsed building, a hole was blown out of the mesh heat dissipation hole above the engine position behind the Assault Tiger King, and a loader was seriously injured by a grenade.
One of the infantrymen in the back saw this scene and quickly threw an anti-personnel grenade at the place, and under the splash of steel balls, the two Osvells tumbled over the three-story broken building and fell to the ground, and their bloody bodies twitched a few times in the street, and then there was no more movement.
The Assault Tiger King, whose engine was damaged but did not catch fire, stopped in place, while an E-75B quickly filled the position of the Assault Tiger King and continued to lead the troops.
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In contrast to the armored units that were constantly clearing the streets of the enemy, the fighting in some of the houses was quite intense.
Although these enemies did not have very good fire support, there were too many of them, and in some cases, a squad of assault squads killed and wounded nearly three times the number of enemies in the squad, or even more, and there was no way to completely control the house.
In the end, in desperation, the remnants of the squad had to carry their dead and wounded teammates on their backs and exit the house under the cover of one or two team members.
Subsequently, a VK-3601H Spitfire tank began its own arson.
In some alleys, an armored car drove to the exit at one end of the alley, and the machine gunner glanced at the alley with dead and wounded, and sighed helplessly.
They were late, and their comrades who called for support perished with the enemy.
They didn't know if there was an enemy in there, but just in case, the armored vehicle called in two assault teams to come and support.
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As time went on, the battle became more and more intense.
Sometimes, it is not surprising that some tank squads that are fighting alone suddenly encounter several armored vehicles that are dropping infantry.
The armored car met Zhang Shixin's tank, and it was obviously quite a tragic end.
Can you expect a machine gun to destroy the front armor of at least a Type 58 tank?
As a result, a few tanks easily reimbursed the enemy's squad of armored vehicles.
As for the infantry, they were "named" one by one by snipers on the other side of the street 300 meters away, and the Type 58 tanks were loaded with high-explosive shells and fired at these infantry.
The 85mm high-explosive shell is meaningless for a heavily armored tank and combat vehicle, but for unprotected infantry, it still has a certain lethality.
However, before the infantry could be wiped out, a heavy tank of the Osvell Army smashed through the wall from the other side of the street and appeared in front of them.
The Type 58 tank retreated and fired at the heavy tank.
It's a pity that even if all of these Type 58 armor-piercing shells hit this heavy tank, although they hit the enemy's tank, they didn't penetrate the opponent, and some of them were meaningless.
The opponent's turret finished turning, aiming at a Type 58 that had not finished retreating to the other side of the street.
The commander saw the muzzle of the gun with a caliber of no less than 120mm, and sighed helplessly.
The opponent opened fire, but did not hit the Type 58, which was still in retreat. The shell directly pierced the house on the other side, and then exploded not far away, not knowing what it had collided with.
The commander didn't know why, but he couldn't put his crew in danger, and he could only congratulate himself on his luck.
In fact, the Type 58 was really lucky, because the Osvell heavy tank was hit by an E-50M with a turret twisting to the side a split second before the Osvell heavy tank opened fire.
Although the impact speed this time was not very fast, the E-50M weighed about 70 tons, which still had a considerable impact on the heavy tank of the Osvell army.
Therefore, the heavy tanks of the Osvell Army, which were unstable, lost their sights at the moment of shelling.
The crew of the E-50M knew that the younger brothers were safe, so the commander smiled: "Reverse!" Let him know what happened to bullying our little brother. ”
The E-50M quickly reversed under the driver's auspices, and the turret swung again under the gunner's adjustment.
The hull of the vehicle came to a halt more than 20 meters behind the target, and the barrel of the gun was also aimed at the turret that the opponent was constantly swinging over.
"Boom"......
The muzzle of the 105mm tank gun showed a trace of smoke, and the armor-piercing shells fired easily burrowed into the turret of this heavy tank......
When the E-50M completed the hull turn again, and then accelerated to move away, only one of the Osville heavy tanks was left on the scene, and the turret base of the hull continued to emit a deadly blue flame.
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An IS-3 encountered an Osville assault gun on a street, and the IS-3's gunner quickly adjusted the turret, and then quickly fired the shell two seconds after the driver stopped the vehicle.
The shell hit the left front of the assault gun, and then was shot off by the armor at an angle, and the shell fell into a house and exploded, and the smoke and debris quickly sprayed out.
"I'll go, so I can jump?" The gunners went crazy.
The commander said helplessly: "You hit so far away, it's okay if you don't fly."
The assault gun also spotted the IS-3 and slowly turned its body.
"Rush over and jam him!" The captain shouted.
The driver quickly stepped on the accelerator.
So before an assault gun could complete its turn, the IS-3 smoothly stuck on the side of the opponent.
In this case, an interesting phenomenon emerges.
The IS-3 rubbed against the body of the assault gun, staggering each other at almost the same time.
After that, the IS-3 slowed down, and the turret slowly turned backwards.
The commander glanced at the gunner and said viciously: "If you can't hit again, be careful that I let you clean the body alone for a month." ”
"It's definitely not going to be wrong this time. Hehe, that one was a mistake, a mistake. The gunner said embarrassedly.
Loader: "......"
Driver: "......"
Commander: "......"
Gunner: "Hey......"
After a few seconds, the loader finished reloading the shells, and the gunner finished aligning the turret with the rotating assault gun.
IS-3 stopped, and then the muzzle of the gun fired.
The shell pierced the rear half of the enemy's hull, which appeared to be the side of the engine.
However, the commander could not see where the bullet had been shot, nor could he see that the shell had missed.
He was wondering where the shell had hit, and then a fierce blue flame erupted from the location of the assault gun's energy tank.
This summoner commander knows very well that the energy tank is equivalent to the position of the fuel tank, and as long as it is hit, a tank will not have much combat effectiveness.
Moreover, this still burst the energy tank, and it was too late for the other party to extinguish the fire.
The commander was speechless, and then, after letting the driver out of here, asked the gunner: "Where did you aim this time?" ”
The gunner thought for a moment, then said: "The warhead center ......"
Commander: "......"
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Zhang Shixin naturally didn't know about such a thing, and he was thinking about whether to respond to the signal of the friendly army to let him divide his troops to support.
After a while, Zhang Shixin said to the signal corps: "Reply to the signal group, saying that our troops are quite surprised and are unable to support them. ”
According to Zhang Shixin's words, the signal soldier replied to Zhang Shixin's opinion to his colleagues in the communication group, and then transferred it from the other party to the GLP Alliance Army.
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After Belia knew Zhang Shixin's reply, he shook his head, and he muttered a word: "Perhaps, we will become enemies one day." (To be continued.) )