"Commander, the archbishop orders us to stay in this area! He has ordered the follow-up troops to speed up their journeys and give us resources! "On the other side of the hill, in the temporary camp of the Papal States, a signal corpsman reports this information to the commander of the troop who is constantly roaring.

"We don't have much energy, it's okay to hold on, but the problem is that we don't even have half the number of shells! How can we hold on to this situation? Report to the archbishop! Let him send supply vehicles as first as possible, otherwise we will not be able to withstand the enemy's onslaught!! ”

"Yes! Commander! ”

The head of this knight order, as a commander, actually has a little ability. Although it is said that the other party used the absolute superiority in numbers to suppress and even almost occupy the decisive battle area scheduled by Zhang Shixin. However, it is undeniable that no matter how heavy the enemy's losses are, if the battle can be basically ended in more than an hour, Zhang Shixin has to admit that the other party is a commander with a certain strength.

As for Zhang Shixin, it is very reluctant to change to the same position, allowing him to achieve such a result in such a time, and it can even be said that it is impossible to do.

It's not that Zhang Shixin, Vatujing and others don't have such command skills, but they disdain to use this desperate tactic of killing 3,000 enemies and losing more than 1,500 of themselves.

Moreover, with Zhang Shixin's consistent style, he would rather be lacking than excessive, and Zhang Shixin said that he would not take anything for the Papal State, which is completely inconsistent with the main combat strength and supporting facilities.

Just like now, the real fierce battle is coming, but the remnants of the Papal States are fighting in a situation of lack of ammunition, it can be said that Zhang Shixin has no intentions, even if he does not know the actual situation of the enemy, but the current offensive makes it difficult for the enemy to carry out an effective counterattack, such a situation, for the Papal States, is undoubtedly a mistake in many aspects.

It's like a country has a level of armaments that is not in line with their overall strength.

The commander of this army has fallen into a state of anxiety, even if he is really the reincarnation of xx famous generals, it is difficult to return to the current situation that can be regarded as a clever woman without rice.

It wasn't that he didn't think about ordering the troops to break back, but the Papal States were all controlled by those people at the moment......

There is no way back for him......

It's just a desperate fight.

He could only hope that the troops he was facing now were far inferior in combat effectiveness to the troops he was attacking.

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As the commander of the forward unit this time, Vatutin's command is more of a coordinated operation of small tank formations.

Deployed to his troops, there are more medium tanks of various types, mainly WZ-120. The rest of the units are a variety of heavy tanks that serve as breakthrough points.

As for why Vatutin reduced his troops to zero, he knew that the enemy had a large number of assault guns.

"Holy!" He secretly cursed in his heart, and Vatujing knew very well that with the tank and combat vehicles that Zhang Shixin was now equipped with, the existence of assault guns would give them far more threats than many models of tank and combat vehicles.

Especially when the distance is getting closer and closer, Vatutin simply cannot avoid the fact that the enemy assault guns will have a higher and higher hit rate due to the shortening of the distance.

Scattering the troops is his best plan now.

After all, a scattered forward formation can effectively avoid being directly hit by the enemy.

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"What are the artillery doing? Give me the assault guns and self-propelled guns that give priority to attacking the enemy! "The commander of a T-66X (Note 1) roared angrily as the back of his head slammed into the commander's position after the gunner had finished firing.

Drivers can't stay still, and the longer they stay, the more likely they are to be hit by enemy shells.

Although it is said that their medium-sized tank surname is Neng, it can be said that it is the best among the tanks that Zhang Shixin is equipped with now, but once the low hull is hit by a high-explosive shell with enough power, there may be no problem with the hull, but it is inevitable that there will be some casualties among the crew members.

Therefore, they had to abandon the rate of fire and the rate of hit, and adopt a mobile way of combat to avoid the possibility of being hit as much as possible.

On either side of their T-66X, there are only five WZ-120s left.

As for the remaining three, one was destroyed by the fire, and two were hit with heavy casualties among the crew members, and are now lying on the way to the charge......

It can be said that for the front-line assault formation, the casualties are relatively small.

As for the other formations, the lead captain's car was hung up, and the formation wingman had to act as the captain's car and continue to lead the rest of the team to charge.

As for those heavy tanks, they are slowly advancing.

It's not that they don't want to use those E-75B teammates as shields, at least they are more resistant than them in many senses, but the speed of the opponent's advance can be said to be too much to expect, because when they come up, the troops will suffer more casualties.

Also, as a medium tank, you'll be able to hide behind a heavy tank to help tear through the defenses, which isn't too much of a problem, but if you're acting with an armored vehicle, you'll be despised by your allies.

The head can be broken, the blood can flow, and the hairstyle can be ...... Ahem, wrong, you can't lose face.

So now, he can only talk to many of his colleagues who are still on the battlefield and constantly complain about the "poor support" of artillery.

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At this time, Dimitri's troops, as the second-line support, their assault guns and tank destroyers had done their best to accompany the front line and provide fire support to the front.

But at a distance of more than 700 meters or more, it is good luck to be able to roughly hit the other side with a shell.

After all, Zhang Shixin's assault guns and tank destroyers are more of relatively old models.

Even if Zhang Shixin spent a lot of extra money and updated some accessories, the hit accuracy was far inferior to that of the post-war tank, and there was still a lot of gap.

Although Dimitri also wanted to keep the troops as far forward as possible, there was a problem, that is, behind the front formation, there were a large number of armored troop carriers, and they could not rely on it at all.

Therefore, for the swearing of his teammates in front of him, including Dimitri, who heard these words, he smiled more bitterly.

Although it is said that for a hybrid model of self-propelled artillery and assault guns like the ISU-152, the gunner also has the ability to have an eagle eye, but the front is full of his own people, and the accuracy of the short-barreled howitzer is quite poor.

It can be said that most of Dimitri's second formation has a heart:

"It's not that I don't want to help, but I ...... I can't help it. ”

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As for the artillery unit at the rear of the whole team, Zhang Shixin could only say sorry to the summoners in front on behalf of the subordinate artillery crew.

Although it is said that the Hawkeye has effectively improved the hit rate of the artillery, in the case of a distance of three kilometers, the more accurate 263 project also has a radius error of almost 20 meters, and it is already common for the shells to fly and miss, so even if the vast majority of gunners target the enemy's assault gun formation, it is still impossible to destroy most of the enemy's assault guns in a short time.

Zhang Shixin, who was silently listening to the artillery group's communications, even heard the exclamations of some gunners sometimes.

The amazement of these gunners was not because they hit the target directly, but because the shells fired actually destroyed the enemy at a certain distance.

Zhang Shixin could only sigh speechlessly.

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In contrast to Zhang Shixin's troops, who were still advancing at a certain speed despite a few casualties, King Kapani [***] on both sides suffered much heavier casualties.

After all, the combat strength of the opposing side in a single division, whether in terms of quality or quantity, the armored forces are not comparable to Zhang Shixin. Not to mention that although the strength has been greatly reduced, the Pope still has considerable strength [***].

In contrast to this situation, the Pope [***] does not seem to have taken the Capani army seriously, but instead used almost all of the assault guns to fend off the frontal assault of Zhang Shixin's troops.

The commander of the Pope [***] did not know that he was doing this, and it was more by mistake, which effectively delayed the offensive of the coalition forces.

Because according to his thoughts, it seems that Zhang Shixin's troops, which have the least number, should be the best to defend. And with a large number of assault guns alone, it will probably be able to effectively resist the offensive of Zhang Shixin's troops.

The situation was initially as the enemy had envisioned, but after more than twenty minutes of fighting, as the defending forces suffered more and more losses, and more and more tanks entered the optimal range, the central front of the Papal States began to crumble.

Although the craters from the shells in the area of the charge caused the road surface to be very badly damaged, the driver of a heavy tank is not a fool who can only charge in a straight line, and after communicating with friendly forces, he intersperses with each other, not only does not cause confusion, but also makes the opponent's shell base more seriously depleted.

After arriving at a certain area from the enemy's defensive line, the heavy tank formation arranged by Zhang Shixin on the first wave of the battle line also began to shoot.

Whether in the game or in reality, the most terrifying thing about German tanks is not the defensive ability or the strength of the crew members, but the accuracy of firepower.

Although it is impossible to say where to strike, within 500 meters, in the face of the rather large size of the enemy's assault guns, the gunners are embarrassed to miss.

"madeinzeisi" itself is the guarantee of maximum precision.

As the main model of another heavy tank, the IS-8, although the hit rate is a little worse, but at this distance, they are embarrassed to shoot several shells in a row, so in this case, more and more tanks that have joined the battle situation to output firepower, and the enemy's assault gun defense line, which is increasingly lacking in ammunition, can be said to be unable to effectively contain Zhang Shixin's assault troops, and the direct fire output is more and more fierce.

The accuracy of shooting is not just a mere statistic.

But there is one point, that is, using the accuracy of the E-75B's 128mm gun and the IS-3 as a comparison, even if it is the IS-3 equipped with the BL-9, the IS-3 suffers more from firing.

Some people may say that the E-75 is a ninth-class car in the game, but the IS-3 is historically the closest eighth-level heavy tank to a ninth-class car, and in many ways, it is not too much to say that it is a ninth-class car.

The rat tank is at most nine and a half levels, and it is conceivable that the situation in the game, in terms of overall reality, many German tanks can be regarded as a cross-era existence.

In fact, the surname of the IS-7 can complete the rat tank in many aspects, after all, the scientific and technological level of the two is not at the same level.

If it weren't for the cost factor (the Soviet Union couldn't hold the cost of the official number of tanks only, that is, the IS-7, in comparison to the T-64 can grit its teeth and go into mass production, the cost of the IS-7 can be imagined how scary. The USSR will not again develop the IS-8, which can be significantly reduced, but simply mass-produce the IS-7. Therefore, the real king of heavy tanks is not the IS-8 or the T110E5, and even more so not the mouse tank, but the IS-7.

As for the E-100......

Is there such a thing in history?

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"What? In such a short period of time, the enemy actually tore through the defensive line arranged on the front? "The commander of the Papal States simply could not accept such a fact.

But the next situation made him have to think about whether he should retreat.

That is, the opponent's armored vehicles actually put a large number of infantry, constantly following the enemy's tank fighting vehicles forward.

In fact, he also knew very well that without full control of the hilly area, the addition of the opposing infantry units to the battlefield was already the most important weight for his defense system to collapse.

It was difficult for the tank units to climb the hill, but the infantry units were able to easily support the remnants of the enemy and reorganize a battle line.

It can be said that they are no longer in danger.

If Zhang Shixin knew what the other party thought, he would be happy to taunt the other party: "Let you not bring infantry." ”

In fact, it is true that the plains are more conducive to the operation of armored troops, but this also requires the premise that armored forces cannot effectively clear the enemy infantry on special terrain. This is because it is often difficult for vehicles to climb steep terrain.

This is also the battle until now, and the inability of the Papal States troops to completely wipe out the remnants of the central part of the hilly region has a certain direct relationship.

"The enemy's infantry units have joined the battlefield, there is no way, and until the enemy army has fully regained control of the hilly area, retreat is the best way."

Having figured out this one joint, this commander quickly gave the order.

"The whole army retreats!"

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When Zhang Shixin arrived in an armored vehicle to the reoccupied hilly area, many soldiers were cleaning up the bodies of their dead teammates and enemy soldiers.

And just as he was about to walk up to the hilly area, several other major generals of the Kapani Kingdom, who were fighting together, accompanied by a young man with a face blackened with gunpowder smoke and a major marked on his epaulettes, walked in front of him.

"Your Excellency, this is ...... The highest-ranking officer in the garrison. According to a rough count, only more than 3,000 of the garrison, including those seriously wounded, were still alive. ”

Zhang Shixin knew very well what the meaning of this sentence was, and he couldn't help but shake his head gently: "Do you need to retreat to the rear to rest?" ”

After hearing this, the other party was silent for a while: "Your Excellency Duke, I hope to lead my colleagues who still have a certain combat ability to continue fighting. ”

"No, you've done enough, in that respect, you're worthy of a soldier, go and rest first, what awaits you will be pain, but I hope you can persevere. We'll take care of the rest. ”

After Zhang Shixin said this, he patted the other party's shoulder, and walked forward silently.

He had a lot to say, but he didn't know what to say.

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Under the persuasion of the other Kapani King [***] officials, the other party led the remnants of the army and retreated to the town where Zhang Shixin was originally stationed to recuperate and recuperate. And the officers and soldiers who died in the battle also took off the nameplates, and gradually turned into ashes under the flames of the flame ** device.

In the hilly area, more officers and soldiers are taking advantage of the craters and the original fortifications, and are busy again.

The light tanks of the various units were sent to the hilly area as the central point, and the area was 10 kilometers away.

It was difficult for Zhang Shixin to accept such a thing as not sending alert troops on the periphery of the defense line.

However, Zhang Shixin was more worried about one thing than the possibility of encountering a surprise attack by the enemy.

That is, whether the main forces of the enemy army will bypass this area and launch an offensive in other directions.

With this concern, Zhang Shixin couldn't help but send a squad of soldiers again, equipped with a communication armored vehicle, to various places that might be the enemy's attack area to conduct sentinels.

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In fact, Zhang Shixin's worries can be said to be superfluous, because his enemy, the pig-like archbishop, not only executed the commander of the retreating enemy armored forces, but also continued to concentrate his forces along the "shortest route" to continue the advance of the troops according to his original plan, regardless of the dissuasion of most people.

Judging from the map, their target, that is, the area where Zhang Shixin was originally stationed, was a straight line away from their starting point without any obstacles.

Moreover, a road that passes directly from the hilly area is even more convenient for their advancement.

It can be said that the views of this archbishop are not for nothing.

Zhang Shixin saw this, so he took a gamble.

So far, the two sides can say that they have won and lost each other.

But no one can say who won the big victory.

On the coalition side, the participating troops, including Zhang Shixin's troops, suffered more or less certain battle losses.

In particular, the two mechanized infantry divisions of the Kapani Kingdom that were responsible for blocking the attack, as well as the supernumerary troops that were subordinate to Zhang Shixin's establishment, can be said to be almost completely wiped out.

Judging from the number of casualties, the coalition troops commanded by Zhang Shixin were completely defeated.

However, because of the successive battles and his own problems, the Pope [***] has changed the originally powerful armored forces from more than 3,000 to less than 1,000 now.

The loss of more than 2,000 tanks and combat vehicles of all kinds is something that even a strong country cannot easily accept.

Casualties are secondary, and less than 10,000 casualties are nothing to the enemy. But for the officers of the Papal States with a certain strength, what should have been an offensive that should have been overwhelming, will be weakened by such a change.

Moreover, the opponent has changed from an unknown general of the Kingdom of Capani to a coalition force led by the "hungry wolf of Capani", who is known as the "master of defense", and the opponent has not tasted defeat in the defensive battle, according to intelligence.

Therefore, the heads of the knights of the Papal States, who had to be ordered to continue the battle, were not sure of winning the next battle.

It can even be said that they are ready for defeat.

Many people know that the early battle is over, and the next thing to do should be how to adopt a tactic that can avoid further defeat.

However, the current manager's insistence on doing so can only make them helpless.

……

As for someone, now he is watching all this coldly......

Note 1: The T-66X is the last semi-main battle tank model researched by Soviet Russia in another world before its destruction. As a ready-made drawing, it was obtained by Zhang Shixin.

This tank is closer to the T-64 that Zhang Shixin is familiar with in terms of surname than the T-72 as a main battle tank model (the initial version of the T-72 is more of a simplified version of the T-64's accessories. However, compared to the T-64A, the T-66X is more advanced, adding quite a few products that primarily hack alien technology.

The main practical equipment is the RL-68 infrared gun control system, the 100mm-M66R-L55 tank gun, and the U-67 side-guided automatic loader.

It can be said that the T-66X and the WZ-120 that Zhang Shixin is now equipped with as the main medium tank are more of an all-round improvement in firepower.

However, Zhang Shixin believes that this T-66X also has many shortcomings.

With an automatic loader, the crew has a narrower space to move, and because the loader and ammunition depot are located close to the left turret and the hull below the turret position, it is still a small matter if this position is broken.

At the same time, the infrared cannon control only lasted for half an hour because it required a large amount of power.

Compared with the speed of the WZ-120 and T-62A, it has certain advantages in terms of acceleration and top speed. Defensively, there is not much difference.

It can be said that from Zhang Shixin's eyes, this expensive thing is more expensive and expensive.

In terms of firepower, due to the use of smoothbore guns, Zhang Shixin is more equipped with conventional AP shells rather than special bombs, after all, the depth of penetration is excessive, and one shot penetrates the opponent's car body, without giving the opponent a heavy blow, such a thing is not a waste for Zhang Shixin, but it may reduce the survivability of the crew members on the battlefield.

Although the automatic loader and the automatic withdrawal of the tank gun are much higher than his current tank combat vehicles, two seconds is enough time for a lot to happen on the battlefield.

Therefore, with the consideration of cost and the actual combat surname, Zhang Shixin only installed a small amount of this thing, which can be said to be a special vehicle.