Chapter 186 186 Protesters
The blockade on the beachhead did not form a scale at all, and it seemed that the will of the Ma army to resist was not strong enough, and after being hit by two light frigates with medium-caliber naval guns, they suddenly dispersed.
Established on the beachhead, the Marines quickly established a position to cover the arrival of more landing troops, and soon a tank battalion was transported, with 32 Grizzlies ready to go. It is said that the grizzly bears used by the Marines are all allusions, but they are actually all things discarded by the Army.
Originally, the Grizzly Bear was positioned as a second-line combat vehicle of the PLA and was used in armored units on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and other meandering terrains in the south. In addition, it is actually an allied force, which is the same as NATO weapons, so it is also equipped with the newly formed 310 Blue Army Division. In addition, the state is considering further heavy equipment of the armed police force, and the grizzly bear will undoubtedly become the main combat vehicle of the armed police.
This type of combat vehicle has a good hydraulic suspension system, and its maneuverability in complex terrain such as mountains is amazing, although compared to the main battle tank of the Type 99, the Type 99 may be limited and the Grizzly Bear can play its own characteristics very well.
However, to Qi Yiming's surprise, after the evaluation of the Grizzly Bear tank, the Army, like the Type 95 automatic rifle, was not particularly optimistic. It is said that although the Type 95 is now equipped with a large number of troops and has also received a certain amount of praise, the key factor that can be promoted is the large supply of Qi Yiming. What small-caliber bullets can carry more bullets, good accuracy, etc., let's just say.
Having experienced the domineering Type 99, it is not incomprehensible that the Grizzly Bear did not attract the attention of the Army. The shape of this tank weapon is not the same as other domestic weapons, and it is a big trouble logistically, and it is basically two sets of things with the Type 99. On the contrary, the Type 99 light tank carved out of the same mold as the Type 14 has been favored by the army and is ready to be deployed in Qinghai, Tibet, Yunnan and Guizhou.
Qi Yiming believes that objectively the Type 14 is better than the Grizzly Bear in some places, but the overall design of the Grizzly Bear is better, since the Army likes the Type 14, it can only call the engineer to make certain improvements on the basis of the Type 14, and the Grizzly Bear has been reduced to a weapon of the Blue Army.
Therefore, the more than 100 Grizzly Bears that Qi Yiming asked the base to rush out of the work were just named Type 86 light tanks, and they were rejected by the army. Actually, the Marines are using it now, but they also have no love for this thing. The weapons of the Marine Corps' Type 05 amphibious combat vehicle family, if you really pursue heavy firepower, there is a Type 05 amphibious assault gun, which is also a 105mm turret, although the defense is slightly inferior to the grizzly bear, but the Chinese Marine Corps is not the Marine Corps of the US imperialists, and it is not considered at all to fight those tanks in a decisive battle or something.
Therefore, the grizzly bear has inevitably become a potential foreign trade weapon, and Qi Yiming plans to sell the first export object to the "Nanyang Chinese Liberation Organization", which is still on paper. These marine-run tanks will be left to the rebels after the PLA withdrawal, and will become the main battle weapon of the new nation.
By all accounts, a battalion of Grizzly tanks is a ravage for the Malaysian Armed Forces. After breaking up the group of horses blocking the landing on the beachhead, 32 Grizzly tanks crossed a small stretch of coastal jungle and swooped down on the port area less than a kilometre to the south, where they again encountered sparse resistance from the Malaysians.
Fighting against the CPM and guerrillas for a long time, the Ma army was too weak to be vulnerable in the face of foreign armies that were really armed to the teeth, and their men and horses guarding the port area also lacked heavy weapons. There was not a single armored car, it was basically infantry, and a few were arranged with two M40 recoilless guns and RPG-7 rocket launchers.
But the tank cluster will definitely not give them any chance, first when they did not enter the port area, the 105 tank guns did not care that the other party was just a group of barefoot monkey soldiers, and after aiming, it was a round of resolute shelling. The direct fire suddenly tilted to the defending troops on the outskirts of the port area, causing the Ma army to cry wolf.
In fact, the Malays were not completely useless, and they fired several recoilless guns and rocket launchers during the return fire, although most of them missed, but one rocket still hit a Grizzly tank in front of the attack. However, the RPG-7's armor-piercing and detonation ability was still a little weaker, but it only hit the tank slightly, but it did not penetrate its armor, let alone hinder its progress. However, such an attack also directly aroused the anger of the tanks, and exposed the position of fire, and the armored cluster launched another attack, plowing the recoilless guns and rocket launchers with artillery, and breaking directly into the port area.
If the firepower of the Ma army can be quantified as 10, then the firepower of a battalion of tank men is close to 5,000, and such a disproportionate battle is basically impossible to win no matter how brave and strategic it is. So when the tanks rushed in, the last remaining group of Malay monkey soldiers were immediately hit by the roof of the car and the side-by-side machine guns.
Thirty minutes later, when the last Malay monkey to resist surrendered, the Marines succeeded in taking control of the port of Tanjung Grand and signaled the fleet to anchor there for a brief rest.
At this point, the work of the Marines was not over, and they once again assembled two battalions of infantry, one tank and one infantry, and continued south to Kuantan City, preparing to take over this important port city on the east coast of Malaysia.
Compared with the chaotic resistance of the Ma army in the western region, the resistance of the Ma army here in the east seems to be more frequent, only a dozen kilometers of a stretch of road, the PLA was attacked twice, fortunately this is not the era of roadside bombs and mines in the later 21st century, the Ma army's sneak attacks generally use grenades and machine guns such primitive means, and the effect is bound to be very bad. The advancing troops also fought back decisively and repelled the monkeys.
It's just quite a headache, these Malay monkeys deserve to come out of the jungle, and they are very familiar with the terrain in this area, even if they are taught a hard lesson, as long as they hide in the forest, it will be difficult for the armored troops to continue the pursuit, which is quite troublesome.
Despite this, the Marines arrived in Kuantan as scheduled. However, after entering Kuantan, they encountered a scene that they had never imagined at first.
At the intersection of the Chinese district, about 100 or so Chinese held signs and banners, shouted slogans, and seemed to be full of anger at the slowly approaching tanks and armored vehicles. I only heard a few people in the lead shouting with a simple paper tube loudspeaker: "The Chinese get out of Malaysia, the invasion is shameful!" ”
"The Chinese get out of Malaysia, the aggression is shameful!"
"Protect Malaysia's independence, anti-**** and anti-communism!"
"Protect Malaysia's independence, anti-**** and anti-communism!"
The Marine Corps sergeant, who was sitting on the roof of a Type 05 amphibious combat vehicle, was dumbfounded and asked his battalion commander in the car: "Chief, what kind of state is this, am I mistaken?" ”
Their battalion commander held an education preparation meeting before the departure, and learned a lot about the situation of the Chinese in Malaysia, and reluctantly explained: "You read that right, there are some people in Malaysia who do not have a good impression of our socialist system and CPC, and the CPM has indeed committed some atrocities here, coupled with the negative propaganda of pro-KMT people, so our reputation cannot be good." ”
The sergeant said angrily: "But we are here to help, do they want to be slaves to the Malays, and they will rob, kill and rape them when they have nothing to do?" ”
The battalion commander was even more helpless and said: "The situation in Kuantan is not the same as that in Kuala Lumpur, there is too much trouble in Kuala Lumpur, so the airborne troops are really regarded as saviors by them as soon as they pass, and Kuantan did not break out any large-scale ****, but because of our arrival, people became panicked, and they must have a negative perception of us." ”
The sergeant flicked his hat and said, "Eat the courage of the ambitious leopard, we come in tanks and armored vehicles, aren't they afraid?" ”
The battalion commander rolled his eyes and said, "What can we do if we come in tank armored vehicles?" Roll over or shoot and shoot? ”
The sergeant was stunned, and he really couldn't say such a thing. On the other side are their own compatriots, although they are all brain-dead, but they can't do anything to kill their compatriots.
The battalion commander smiled bitterly: "If the Malays and Indians are still afraid of us, but the Chinese will not be afraid, why are they?" Because we are here to rescue the Chinese, so they have the courage to shake in front of our eyes, and I think this matter may not be simple, eighty percent of the people behind the instructions, if we deal with it sloppily, then the trouble will be even greater. ”
It is impossible to say that the protesters are not afraid, but when they saw that the Chinese army had stopped in front of them in a daze, they became even more emboldened. Some of the slogans shouted louder:
"Against aggression, against hegemony!"
"The Chinese invaders get out of the air!"
Several Marines were furious, climbed on the roof of the car and scolded the protesters: "Okay, Lao Tzu wants to go back, this hellish place in Malaysia is hot and humid, Lao Tzu wants to go back to China, do you want to go back to China?" ”
Another Marine scolded: "Idiots and stupid people, you want to scold us for doing things in China, don't scold in Chinese if you have the ability, forget your ancestors, I look down on you guys the most!" ”
The battalion commander stopped his soldiers, but the group of so-called protesters below scolded even more fiercely, and instead surrounded a tank like a fighter and beat it with sticks. One of the tank men inside was furious, and tried to get out of the way with a short assault rifle.
The commander grabbed him, "If you shoot, you will probably be shot if you turn around." ”
The tankman said, "I'm just scaring them." ”
The commander was helpless: "It's not okay to scare, we are revolutionary fighters of PLA, so we have to be strict with ourselves, alas, I am also aggrieved, I came to Malaysia thousands of miles to save this group of people, all of them are this virtue, and I am disheartened." ”
The battalion commander in the command vehicle picked up the communicator and reported the situation to Zheng Zhantu, the commander of the task force who was already stationed in Tanjung Gelang: "...... These people blocked the intersection and we couldn't force it through, so please ask the commander to clear it? ”
Zheng Zhantu has a very good mentality, perhaps because he has not seen the faces of those protesters, he said: "You armored soldiers are both tracks and wheels, you can't walk on asphalt roads, can't you go off-road?" Give you an hour, and after an hour you didn't send a message from the town hall, I'll take you back and punish you! ”
The battalion commander was sweating profusely, put down the phone, and waved his hand: "Turn around, don't waste time with these brains!" ”