The terrifying roar of the approaching Han attack planes at low altitude was intertwined with the roar of the explosion of air-to-ground missiles that rained down, and the echoes reverberated in the valley. It's an indescribable, insane sound, like a call to hell. The whole earth trembled, pounded, and shook. I was close to my comrades, the bombardment seemed to continue, time seemed to stand still, everything seemed like an illusion. Gravel and dust fell on our heads, and it became difficult to breathe. We had to be very careful to avoid suffocating or burying us alive. ”

"Oh, it's finally getting dark, and the damn Han plane has finally stopped, God! I'm still alive! I was going to write to my mother immediately, and it must have been her devotion to God who blessed me. ”

"The artillery has been blown away in the bombardment, many bunkers and fortifications have also collapsed, many comrades have been buried alive, and the commander has opened his mouth wide and shouted wildly, but I can't hear anything. But I know that he must have asked us to pick up the stones and rescue those who were not lucky enough, but can the people buried under the stones still be saved? I don't know, we carried out the orders of the chief, but everyone alive is thinking, tomorrow ...... Will the Han planes come again tomorrow? Where did our US Air Force planes go? Or ...... Will we be so lucky tomorrow? ”

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Strikes in asymmetric mode have a great psychological impact on American GIs. When the Royal Air Force fleet reappeared the next morning, many of the American soldiers on the summit did not even dare to hide in bunkers, preferring to stay outside and gamble on whether they would be lucky enough to escape the bombing of the Han army again.

But the role of the Air Force in the Battle of Carneson was limited to that. The tall and dense forests in the valleys made it impossible for the planes to attack the US fortifications more accurately, and even the "Weilong" attack planes, which had extremely outstanding low-altitude performance, could not complete too many tactical maneuvers between the mountain peaks. Being able to successfully destroy the US military's peak artillery position, the air force's strike force has exceeded Zhang Houqun's expectations, and it was originally only hoped to strike at the arrogance of the US military.

In this typical mountain offensive and defensive warfare, the final solution to the problem is, of course, the offensive of ground forces. After the destruction of the hilltop artillery positions on and around Lassen Peak, the Allies were able to gradually suppress the American artillery fire.

The "God of War" 155 mm caliber towed howitzer and the "Mountain God" 105 mm caliber detachable howitzer equipped with the mountain division are equivalent to the caliber of the M101 and M114 artillery guns of the US army.

However, the artillery units of the allied forces have the advantage of air superiority, although the air attack is limited by the type of ground, but the popularization of the aerial reconnaissance and Beidou system in the Guards Corps system, the artillery of the mountain cluster can determine the coordinates of the opponent's artillery position faster than the US army, thus mastering the right to strike first.

As far as artillery is concerned, under the condition that the caliber of the two sides is equal and the difference in quantity is not large, losing the first hand in artillery battles is absolutely life-threatening. A week later, the U.S. Army's mountain defenses west of the small town of Carneson were broken through one after another. The first brothers of the Indian Legion on the battlefield, after paying the price of blood, quickly regained the specialties of their ancestors. Fighting in the valleys and in the jungle streams, they are returning to their homeland. Backed by the Allied Forces' strong logistical support capabilities, the Sierra Nevada Mountains are completely home to the Indians.

Even if they lacked experience in modern warfare and their training was too short, the Indian Legions, led by the Guards Mountain Division, which had been in the army for several years and had been training the island of New Guinea, was even far more effective than the rest of the Allied forces in the special terrain.

Sacrifice was inevitable, of course, as it had to fight a formidable enemy and adapt to the dangerous terrain beneath its feet, and the Allied casualties were twice as high as the American ones. However, on April 12, Lieutenant General Zhang Houqun forcibly climbed Lassen Peak despite the discouragement of the staff officers of the headquarters, and personally planted a blood-colored five-clawed golden dragon flag of the Guards Corps on the summit position of the American troops on Lassen Peak.

With more than 10,000 casualties in the mountain cluster, just in exchange for control of this 3,000-meter-high peak, Lieutenant General Zhang Houqun, who commanded a large-scale battle for the first time, was very excited. It was also mountainous, and even the terrain here was nowhere near as steep as the mysterious Chaya Peak, but the brutality of the battle was far more difficult than he had expected.

On every hill and valley, the U.S. military relied on numerous fortifications to resist stubbornly. Just to capture Lassen Peak, a regiment and an Indian brigade of the 29th Guards Mountain Division were almost disabled, and none of the 500 American troops on the summit surrendered, and all were killed. After the battle, the Allied ambulance team did not use the room to search for it at all, and on the path to the top of the mountain, there were the bodies of fallen Allied soldiers at almost every step. 1,800 people were killed, and nearly 2,000 were seriously wounded, and such a battle made Zhang Houqun not have a trace of joy of victory. By planting a military flag on the peak, Lieutenant General Zhang was to summon the souls of the martyrs, not to show off.

He even remembered the bullshit "Qingming" that he adapted on the day of the attack, where there was no spring rain, let alone a wine-scented Xinghua Village, and there were only the peaks of nearly 10,000 soldiers dyed red with blood since the start of the war and the heroic spirits of the martyrs who never dissipated.

In Sacramento, the expeditionary Allied forces set up a funeral office dedicated to identifying the martyrs and keeping their ashes burned. After an expedition to the Americas across half the world, the Han Emperor demanded that none of the martyrs be allowed to be left in a foreign land, the distance was far away, and it was inconvenient to transport the corpses, so bring back their ashes, "When we triumph, take our brothers home!" ”

The blood-colored five-clawed golden dragon flag fluttered at the summit of Lassen Peak, marking the official breakthrough of the Allied forces in the northern area of the Nevada Line, but the command system of the American army was not interrupted, and the ensuing battle was still stalemate.

When the Allied Panzer Vanguard appeared outside the small town of Carneson, which had been bombed to rubble by the shelling, it was immediately stopped by 300 Pershing-26 heavy tanks of the U.S. 15th Panzer Division, while another Canadian M4 Sherman Panzer Division cut off the Indian 1st Army along the road to reinforce the vanguard. Although the various models of the M4 Sherman had few victories against the Allied Siberian Tiger series tanks in the war. However, the Canadians' M4 tanks were very powerful against the unarmored Indian forces, and at Reno, 7,000 Indian troops were surrounded and surrendered, the 1st Army withdrew to the vicinity of Lassen Peak with less than 10,000 troops, and thousands more were scattered and retreated into the nearby mountains.

In the small town of Carnason, the U.S. military finally regained its long-lost self-confidence in the armored duel, and the Pershing-26 heavy tank has a great advantage over the "Tiger" and the "Siberian Tiger" in terms of armor protection and artillery power.

90 to 32, an armored regiment of the Liangzhou Army was surrounded and annihilated by the US army, and 90 "Siberian Tigers" fought hard to the last moment when they were surrounded by the enemy's superior forces, and only destroyed 32 "Pershing-26", which was the first time that the armored forces of the Han army were eliminated in the years since the outbreak of the war, and more importantly, in the direct competition with the opponent's tanks, the battle losses reached 3 times, which was unprecedented in the history of the imperial army!

Since the era of the Type 59 tank, it has always been the tank protection of the Imperial Army, which is as solid as a rock, and the attack is invincible. When will there be a time when the tanks of the big men cannot penetrate the enemy's armor?

This tank battle was actually small in scale, but it attracted great attention from the Allied command in Hawaii. Zhang Houqun received Ye Shuai's order almost immediately to suspend the attack on Caneson City and stabilize the mountain position.

This means that the mountain cluster has cost more than 10,000 lives, and the desperate attack posture has been stopped. In the ensuing battle for Carnason, the two sides returned to the same starting line, because during the period when the Allies were resting, the American forces had every time to rearrange a defensive line.

Zhang Houqun originally wanted to send a telegram to the general headquarters and apply to organize another attack, "You can't waste food because of choking!" If you suffer a small loss, you will shrink your hands and feet, so what will happen? How can there be no dead in war? “

However, when the communication staff officer finished recording and asked Commander Zhang to sign it for the last time, Zhang Houqun still canceled the telegram. Ye Shuai is different from Jiang Shuai, although Jiang Shuai's black face is scary and his temper is hot enough, he has always been acquiescing and conniving at the flexible command of officers at all levels on the battlefield. But this Ye Shuai, who His Majesty used a division of equipment to exchange for Xinhua back then, was even stricter in governing the army, and the matter of disobedience on the battlefield, in Jiang Shuai, if the combat effect was good, at most it would be a matter of being scolded, and if Ye Shuai was replaced, it was very likely to be engaged in military law!

The two mountain divisions of the 10th Guards Army have been working hard for several years, and it is easy to get the opportunity to fight on the front line, but don't be beaten into the "cold palace" again because of their own impulse.

Lieutenant General Zhang is a fierce general, but he is definitely rough and detailed, and he thinks a lot, "Nima, if Lao Tzu's 30th Division is here, how can these Yankees have any chance of breaking the Pershing tank?" ”

-- The 30th Guards Division, one of only two divisions in the Empire equipped with Mammer heavy tanks. After the end of the African campaign, he stayed in Africa and was temporarily placed under the command of Marshal Wang Yizhe, commander of the African garrison.

A week later, the 7th and 9th Guards Armored Divisions landed in San Francisco, and Lieutenant General Ji Youqian, commander of the 3rd Guards Army, flew to Sacramento by special plane early.

Although Zhang Houqun wondered why the General Headquarters had sent another lieutenant general of the Guards, the joy of seeing his old comrades-in-arms somewhat diluted these doubts.

In Chico's army group headquarters, the two famous tiger generals of the Guards Regiment gave each other a big hug with all their strength.

"Haha, Lao Zhang, don't be careful, I'm not here to grab the position of the commander of your group army, although in our Guards Legion, the status of our 3rd Army is indeed much higher than your 10th Army, but this time, I am here for you to be your deputy, well, Your Majesty personally gave the order." The commander of the third army was known for his bravery in battle, and at the time of the Siberian Campaign, he was only the commander of an armored division.

"Damn, you Ji Tuhao, what do you mean that your 3rd Army has a much higher status than our 10th Army? Yes? You explain to me Lao Tzu, dare to look at my 10th Army? If it weren't for His Majesty's order, I would have kicked you back into the Pacific Ocean!" Small, believe it or not, Lao Tzu's 30th division, one division can beat one of your armies! Ji Youqian's nickname within the Guards is "Tuhao", when it comes to the internal ranking of the Guards Legion, these commanders have always been unconvinced, even the title of the 1st Guards Army "The First Army in the World", others are often indignant, "Huo Lu, that kid, it's just because he has followed His Majesty for a long time, and he has been stained with the earliest light of the army!" If it weren't for Chief Ye Zhiqiu taking pity on him back then, how could the First Army have his share? ”

Similar quarrels, within the Guards Regiment, were commonplace. Fortunately, in these years, everyone has been fighting in all directions, and the various commanders of the Guards Legion have rarely had the opportunity to get together, otherwise, it is impossible to quarrel and go all-martial for the so-called ranking. The only ones who can suppress these arrogant generals are His Majesty, Jiang Shuai, Quan Shuai, and the current Guards Corps Commander Xiao Guoxing and several other veterans and generals from the Guards system.

But His Majesty has always turned a blind eye to these guys who don't make big mistakes and keep making small mistakes, and whenever they encounter a lawsuit against the emperor, they are basically openly scolded and secretly connived.

Therefore, in the Imperial Army, there has always been such a saying: the strictest military discipline is the Guards Legion, and the worst military discipline is also the Guards Legion...... of the generals.

In fact, the U.S. Pershing-26 tank was not the first time it appeared on the battlefield, and in Africa, Eisenhower's multinational force had an armored unit equipped with Pershing heavy tanks. However, in their first battle, they encountered the "fierce yard" tanks of the 30th Guards Panzer Division, a super-monster claimed to be the most feared weapon of mankind on land, and in the dry riverbed of southern Libya, the Pershing-26's first performance was definitely a cup.

Either it was easily destroyed by the two 122 main guns of the "Mammoth", or it was directly smashed into a pile of scrap metal by the Mammoth. But the appearance of the Pershing tank was not overlooked by the commander of that battle. In the summary of the campaign, Ink highlighted the threat posed by American heavy tanks to the Han army's most heavily equipped medium tanks. Subsequently, the captured Pershing-26 was transported back to South China and even appeared on the main campus of Queens.

After several experiments, the base's armored experts also confirmed that the defensive armor of the "Siberian Tiger" medium tank equipped by the 13th Han Army and most of the allied forces was indeed unable to resist the 90 mm long-barreled M3 main gun of the Pershing heavy tank codenamed M-26 in the United States.

Similar to the development idea of German tank guns, the M3 main gun is also a modified product of the 90mm anti-aircraft gun of the US army, which is nothing more than the use of anti-aircraft guns with the same high muzzle velocity characteristics as tank guns.

The U.S. military also prepared a large number of tungsten-core high-speed armor-piercing shells for the M26 Pan tank, which was incomparable to Germany, which lacked tungsten ore. The armor-piercing projectiles fired from the M3 main gun can penetrate 122 mm of armor at a distance of a thousand meters, a force that the Siberian Tiger tank cannot withstand.

But experts at the main base then pointed out that the Reich did not need to make a fuss about this M26, which was not at all heavy in the Reich tank classification. First of all, it is a matter of quantity, even if the United States goes all out to produce Pershing tanks, it can only produce about 2,000 M26s a year, which is insignificant in the face of the empire's tank sea.

Zhong Yi does not agree with this. What to say about the Imperial Tank Sea, this is purely on paper! Yes, with the production capacity of the base, if Zhong Yi intends to explode tanks with all his might, it is not too difficult for tank factories around the country to drive 10,000 tanks a year, but the war with the Americans will be fought on the American continent. Transporting tens of thousands of tanks to the Americas is a problem, not to mention repairs, supplies and many other problems. This is not the Soviet-German war, like Zhukov in his previous life, put more than 20,000 T-34s

Driving to Berlin?

His Majesty couldn't help grinning wryly when he thought about it, if he couldn't wait for the tank sea to be created in the Americas, the empire's economy would have to collapse first, and the base was not omnipotent.

It was the second reason of the expert, which made Zhong Yi overjoyed.

The composite armor of the tank, which had been included in the key research projects of the main base war laboratory before, has finally made a breakthrough again.

Compared with the "Chobham concept" provided by the Han Emperor in the early days, the latest Tiger tanks put into actual combat have adopted a combination of multi-layer structure and "gap armor", and in the middle of steel with different properties, special rubber and special ceramics and other special structural isolation layers are added, which not only greatly increases the defense capability against grenades and armor-piercing bullets, but also can effectively resist the attack of armor-piercing bullets. In addition, the latest "Tiger" tank has changed the streamlined turret design, and the frontal, side-mounted and turret units are designed with inclined armor, which strengthens the tank's reactionary ability to bounce off (i.e., ricochet).

And this time, the "gap armor" mentioned by experts for the first time is the necessary armor structure design of advanced tanks in later generations. Undoubtedly, the unsung hero this time is, of course, Your Majesty!

When the latest Tiger tank anti-M26 Pershing tank armor-piercing bullet shooting experiment was successful in the school field, Zhong Yi pinched his nose and secretly felt glad that he had been an armored officer. What could be more exhilarating in this day and age than having an invincible torrent of armor?

In the history of the previous life, World War II was known as the tank Armageddon. There were advanced tanks, and there were more tanks, which became the decisive factor in the final victory of the war.

In this life, because the development progress of jet fighters and missiles was advanced, in many battles, the navy and air force became more important decisive factors in the war, but the status of armored forces was not clearly seen.

This world is still the era when tanks are proud of themselves, and it is still the best and most cruel era for armored troops.

Zhong Yi is very fortunate that he can return to this era; It's also an honor to be able to dominate this era. Use the most majestic torrent of armor to end the history of hegemony of Western powers; How exciting and exciting should it be to use the favorite iron riding tank to realize the wish of the Yan and Huang descendants?

Suddenly, His Majesty had an impulse. Put on a tank hat, put on a leather jacket, and pick up the communicator, "I am the commander of the 001 of the Han Empire, I order: the Han Iron Cavalry, start charging ......"