Chapter 450: Battle of the Bulge (4)

In the face of such weak armor, even those anti-aircraft machine guns that were temporarily leveled could easily penetrate, and after leaving behind more than twenty tanks, the Entente tank units retreated, again because of the speed of the descent, otherwise they would definitely have been left all here.

The Entente chariot troops fled, revealing the infantry who had been rushing with their heads down, and before these soldiers knew what was happening, the dense bullets were splashed all over their heads, and the Allied soldiers who rushed to the front fell to the ground.

The enemy is still 300 meters away, grenades are out of reach, and the range of mortars is too far to hit such a close place, but this does not hinder the operation of the expeditionary force, and the grenade launchers generally equipped are to make up for the gap between mortars and grenades.

The northern position was on the mountain range, which was gentle but still conducive to defense, while the southern defense line was deployed on the Great Plains, where it was more difficult to defend, so the two armies responsible for the northern defense supported their armored forces to the south.

The terrain was more difficult to defend and was also the focus of the Allies' attack. Successive chariots and infantry charged here, causing the entire front to be in a hurry. "Tank troops attack." Seeing that there were too many Allied troops on the opposite side, Tobul directly ordered the chariot troops to go out and block the enemy's attack back.

The twelve tank battalions that had been concentrated rushed up from both flanks of the position in chariots, and the more than 280 chariots gathered by the four corps rushed at full speed towards the Allied charging troops. Seeing that the chariot units of the Chinese Expeditionary Force were dispatched, the chariot troops of the Entente countries immediately divided more than 700 chariots and rushed towards the chariot units of the expeditionary force rushing out of the two flanks, while the other chariots continued to cover the infantry charge.

More than 200 Grizzly 1 tanks were at full power, and launched an active attack in the face of three times more Allied tanks than their own, and the distance between the two sides was still about a kilometer, and the 50mm tank guns on the Grizzly 1 tank opened fire one after another, and the 40 times diameter tank guns were not small, and they easily shot through the front armor of the Mark IV tank from a distance of 1,000 meters, and the shells that passed through the armor exploded in the cockpit, tearing all the personnel inside into pieces.

Seeing that their own tanks were destroyed, the nearby Allied tanks opened fire one after another, but the shells fired by these small-caliber tank guns hit the 70 mm thick oblique front armor of the Grizzly 1 tank, and they were directly ejected, while the vehicles of the expeditionary force that were hit continued to move forward without any damage.

Seeing that the chariots of the expeditionary force were unscathed, the charioteers of the Entente countries gritted their teeth and accelerated forward, believing that they could not penetrate the armor because the distance was too far, and they could penetrate it if they got closer. The Grizzly Bear 1 vehicles continued to be destroyed by the Allied vehicles, but due to the small number of vehicles of the expeditionary forces, they were still close to the Entente chariot troops.

The distance between the two sides had reached within three hundred meters, and one by one the charioteers of the Entente countries quickly began to shoot. Twenty mm tank shells flew to the front armor of the Grizzly 1 tank, but unfortunately the front armor of the Grizzly 1 tank was very thick, equivalent to 70 mm of homogeneous steel, and it was inclined armor, such armor could almost be equal to 140 mm, such thick armor, how could a 20 mm caliber gun penetrate it, so the shells of the Entente tanks were once again ejected without suspense.

The charioteers of the Entente countries looked at the expeditionary force chariots that were still the same in amazement, they couldn't believe that the other party's chariot armor was so thick, and if they were hung with such heavy armor, how much power they needed to be able to act so flexibly.

The vehicles of both sides rushed together, and the Grizzly 1 tank, armed with a 50mm gun, began to slaughter. The unrelenting Allied chariots continued to rush forward, and they also wanted to attack the weak side armor and rear armor of the expeditionary force chariots, but they did not know that even the weakest rear armor could not be penetrated by their poor 20mm chariot guns, and the concept of chariots on both sides was not at all in the same era.

After discovering that their own tanks were helpless against these expeditionary force vehicles, which were at least twice their size, the Entente tanker units had no choice but to retreat. On the frontal chariots, the Allied chariots, which had been drastically reduced in number, could no longer suppress a large number of anti-chariot weapons of the expeditionary force, and under the attack of a large number of anti-chariot guns and rocket launchers, the Entente chariots were destroyed one after another, and they began to retreat.

The Wehrmacht and the Allied armies fought fiercely, but the Entente could not break through the opponent's defense line by all means, and their own side suffered heavy losses, and after a single day of fighting, their chariots were lost more than 600, and the number of soldiers killed was as high as more than 80,000.

"According to the reconnaissance of the intelligence services, the division of the defenders in the Baden region was uneven. The other side attaches great importance to our possible division and encirclement, so they put the main force on the waist of the bee, and we are considered to have hit the muzzle of the gun today, it is said that the frontal position is a servant army, maybe there is a breakthrough there. Marshal Barker, who had also seen the list, suggested.

Several other commanders also nodded in agreement, and Xia Fei nodded: "Okay, let's break through a little bit and attack the frontal position first, but their heavy artillery is really terrifying, and we don't have a good way to fight back." ”

Admiral Foch on the side suggested: "We can only scatter the heavy artillery, which can reduce casualties, and the accuracy of the opponent's artillery must be very low, if the target is small, it will be difficult for them to hit." ”

Marshal Buck also nodded and said: "I suggest that we start the operation in the early morning and launch an attack while the opponent's aircraft that are calibrating for artillery cannot be observed normally, so as to better reduce the opponent's hit rate and reduce our losses a lot." ”

Marshal Xia Fei also answered: "Yes, we will first blow up their positions with heavy artillery, and then use chariot troops to break through, and by the time the other side reacts, those poor servant troops may have already fled." As long as we can break through, we can disrupt the opponent's defensive position, or at least crush the opponent and take the opportunity to seize Munich. "Marshal Xia Fei originally wanted to encircle and annihilate the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which could greatly deter the Chinese Imperial Government's determination to fight, but now he had to retreat to the next best thing.

At five o'clock in the morning, the heavy artillery of the Entente suddenly opened fire on the positions of the Japanese soldiers. Fortunately, the Japanese positions were very strong, they hid in fortifications and anti-artillery holes, and did not suffer much damage, but their equipment was several levels inferior to that of the Wehrmacht, and the anti-tank weapons were very scarce, and it would be very dangerous to let the Allied tanks rush over.

"The calibrated reconnaissance planes that ordered the artillery to take off immediately, do we have any firepower that can support the Japanese positions? We need to provide them with anti-tank support. Thobul asked the combat staff officer beside him.

"All the troops are holding their positions, unable to be reinforced quickly, and the third army of the Predator Army is far away from the other two corps. We didn't have much fire support other than the train guns and the heavy artillery units under our direct control. The combat staff officer said.

"No, we still have a rocket artillery unit." Another staff officer answered.

The operational staff officer who spoke earlier retorted: "That is what the chief of staff said would be reserved for the counteroffensive, and if it is used now, it will be discovered by the other side." What's more, the rocket artillery has a short range, and it is very easy to suffer losses if it is targeted by the enemy's heavy artillery. ”

Thoble touched his chin, his frown suddenly loosened, and said, "Maybe tonight is the time for us to counterattack." The Wehrmacht units were immediately ordered to prepare for an attack, and the Third Army of the Iron and Blood Army moved closer to the Japanese positions, waiting for the order to attack, so that the rocket artillery was on standby at any time, ready to attack. ”

At the moment of Tobul's order, the entire expeditionary force moved, all the fighters were called out of the bed by the emergency assembly number, they quickly gathered and rushed towards their respective positions, the chariot units were busy refueling and reloading, and even the artillery units were ready as fast as possible.

At this time, the five Golden Eagle 2 fighters had already flown over the battlefield, and although the generals of the Entente had already thought very comprehensively, they missed the elves' night vision and farsightedness capabilities. This can't be blamed on them, these advantages of the elves are all secrets in the clan, Fang Xiaoyu also only learned about them after subduing them, and now this advantage of theirs just came in handy.

The dark night sky was no obstacle at all, and five elite elven pilots flew their own fighters towards the Allied attack force. In the past few days, they have taken turns to shoot the train guns, and there are always Allied fighters to drive them away, and now the night sky is very quiet, and the Allied planes cannot be seen at all, because they do not have the ability to fly at night, and all the elves can observe the ground without interference.

The rifle flashes of the Allied artillery continued, and the Allied artillery, believing that the other side could not conduct aerial reconnaissance, fired unscrupulously, delivering dense shells to the positions of the Japanese soldiers, and blasting them into a scorched earth. But soon, they heard the most unwanted scream, and when the scream sounded, the Allied soldiers immediately threw away their cannons and fled. But the five-ton explosive bomb exploded so wide that it could escape with both legs, and the crater with a diameter of 100 meters reappeared, and the Allied soldiers who fled in all directions immediately turned to dust.

The train artillery continued to bombard, but the Entente attack was already on the line, and they had to endure the shelling from the opposite side and continue to attack. Due to their long range, the Wehrmacht's artillery was relatively far behind, and some of their large-caliber heavy guns were also able to fire at the Allied troops in a frontal battlefield. Soon, some 203 mm guns with sufficient range in the vicinity turned their muzzles and fired at the Allied artillery positions to support the Japanese defense.