Chapter 1389: Fierce Battle
A moving No. 4 tank destroyer suddenly burst into flames from the front, and the violent impact stripped countless armor fragments from the armor plate of the combat vehicle, this blow was very deadly, tungsten alloy warheads were fired from under the gun shield and directly destroyed the gun, and the debris from the impact flew inside the hull, instantly killing the gunner, loader and the commander next to him. Flames quickly poured out of the breach, and the remaining personnel struggled to escape through the opening. Almost at the same time as this tank destroyer, there was also a command tank No. 4, although its owner pressed a fake barrel on it, but the antenna on the upper part of the hull still revealed its identity, and the hapless tank was hit by 4 shells at the same time! Two shells directly knocked the armor on the front of the hull into a flowering bun, another shell pierced the turret, and after a series of explosions, there were no living people inside the hull, and the last shell penetrated from the side, directly detonating the ammunition placed on both sides of the hull, completely reducing the vehicle to parts.
THE GERMANS, WHO HAD BEEN HASTILY ATTACKED, QUICKLY RECOVERED FROM THE INITIAL PANIC, THEY BEGAN TO RELEASE SMOKE TO COVER THEMSELVES, AND QUICKLY RUSHED FORWARD TO CLOSE THE DISTANCE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, ACCORDING TO THE LIGHT OF THE ARTILLERY, THEY HAD FOUND THEIR OPPONENT IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE WOODS, AND A 75MM SHELL WAS FIRED FROM THE BARREL AND FLEW TOWARDS THE TARGET IN THE DISTANCE. Bursts of flames appeared in the woods after the explosion of the shells, and from time to time trees were blown away, and the dust and smoke formed a barrier that made it difficult to see. HOWEVER, THE GERMAN'S COUNTERATTACK WAS NOT VERY EFFECTIVE, AND THE OPPONENT'S COUNTERATTACK FIREPOWER CONTINUED UNABATED, AND THE ACCURATE 90MM GUN WAS LIKE A SCYTHE OF DEATH TO QUICKLY HARVEST THE LIVES OF THE GERMAN TANK CREW. In just a dozen minutes, more than half of an armored company and a mechanized infantry company were lost. Many of the infantrymen did not even have time to jump out of their vehicles to start a battle when a shell flew out of nowhere, along with the vehicle, to pieces.
"It's a bit of a prickle." Max couldn't help frowning as he looked at the troops retreating under the cover of smoke, the opponent's attack was very sharp. It was supposed to be some kind of new tank from the Entente. If you fight head-on, the No. 4 tank, which is already a little old, obviously suffers. "The Air Force was ordered to suppress targets in the woods. The troops on the right flank bypassed the woods and attacked the towns to the west, "the best way to encounter difficult units is to surround them without fighting, half of the opponent's advantage lies in their concealment, and if they are willing to come out, Max thinks his troops can deal with the opponent." After all, although it was the No. 4 tank in its hand, it was also the ultimate version of the No. 4 tank, and after strengthening the frontal defense, the German military compared the No. 4 tank with the captured Type 29 tank and believed that the performance of the two sides was almost equal.
The efficiency of the Luftwaffe was still very high. Very open, a squadron of JU90 bombers appeared in the field of vision of both sides. It stands to reason that the armored units hiding in the woods should be very uninterested in dive bombers, but soon Dayan could not sit still, because the Germans threw incendiary bombs! Bombs the size of a grain of rice fell off the pylons, and with a dull explosion, huge fires rose in the woods! It was a very dry day on the Mediterranean coast in July, and the fire and wind quickly spread through the woodland, and the crackling sound of the burning trees and the scorching air made Dayan feel the gravity of the situation, and it was at this time that the situation was severe. The Germans attacked again, and this time Max threw in 2 armored companies and 2 mechanized infantry companies to kill them like battering rams!
"Damn, it's these demons again! I didn't think I could see this guy in faraway Europe! "When the Type 29 tank destroyers rushed out of the smoke. A German tanker looked at the thick, long-horned rhinoceros-like chariot in the eyepiece and let out a vicious curse! As a veteran of several major wars in the Iranian War, this kind of fierce and thick-skinned guy who rampages on the battlefield has always been a lingering nightmare for veterans of the war. When they saw these rhinos rushing up, they even thought that Huaxia had joined the war. In the perception of most front-line officers and soldiers of the German army, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Army was much higher than that of the Allied Army. This invisible pressure has affected their will to fight to a certain extent.
Quantitatively, the troops of the French were at a disadvantage. BUT THE SUPERIORITY IN EQUIPMENT MADE UP FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN NUMBERS, AND THE TYPE 29 TANK DESTROYER ONCE AGAIN BECAME THE MAINSTAY OF THE BATTLEFIELD, WITH POWERFUL 90MM GUNS AND NEW ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS MAKING THE ARMOR ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE LIKE PAPIER-MÂCHÉ! AND THE 29 TANK DESTROYER, WITH THICKENED FRONTAL ARMOR ON THE SIDES OF THE HULL, HAS ONCE AGAIN INCREASED ITS IMMUNITY TO THE GERMANS' 75MM GUNS, AND THE DEFENSIVE ANGLES ON BOTH SIDES HAVE BEEN EXPANDED TO 45 DEGREES! At medium distances, even the 4MML75 gun of the tank destroyer No. 60 will have a hard time penetrating the target with ordinary armor-piercing shells!
The 29 model, which was originally sluggish, has also been greatly improved in response speed after being replaced with a new engine. The outflanking tactics developed by the Germans before the war were completely bankrupt in the face of the nimble Type 29 tank, and the tanks on both sides were always able to block the attack of the opposing side just right. In rounds of fire, the German tanks gradually showed a downward trend. Tanks can't fight with armor and artillery alone, but they can't do without armor and artillery. In this battle belonging to the veterans, the Type 29 tank once again played its own performance advantages to steadily press the opponent, the Germans retreated while leaving a burning wreckage on the battlefield, the chariot covered in fire, the wreckage of the lost turret and the crooked artillery all show the cruelty of the war, and the German Army now finally smells a trace of blood.
Max was waiting, waiting for his right flank to get behind the opponent and cut off the opponent's rear, but unfortunately, when they finally came out of the woods, they were waiting for another armored force from the town to the west. Air support has been used up, and now Max is on his own. THE TROOPS IN CHARGE OF THE OUTFLANKING EXPOSED THEIR VULNERABLE FLANKS TO THEIR OPPONENTS, AND EVEN INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLES ARMED WITH 30MM MACHINE GUNS AND TUNGSTEN ALLOY ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS COULD DESTROY THESE STEEL BEHEMOTHS AT CLOSE RANGE, AND WHILE THE GERMANS WERE NOT FIRMLY ESTABLISHED, DAYAN'S RESERVES ATTACKED! This all-Chinese French force put the Germans under tremendous pressure. The front cannot be broken through. The flank-detouring troops were locked in a bitter battle. The situation has become critical.
"Looks like the companions in front of me are in some trouble." Just as the battle was raging ahead, Nespel and his Tiger tank squad were heading towards the battlefield. Guderian thought about it. He ultimately decided that Max's armored forces lacked the ability to break through, after all, tank No. 4 and the combat vehicles of the Entente were basically on the same level. If the Entente were heavily equipped with Type 29 tanks, the former would be even worse. So after thinking about it, Guderian still temporarily added a Tiger tank squad to Max, there were only 9 Tigers, not even a company was enough, in Guderian's opinion, this was more like a real combat experience.
By this time, Dayan had blocked the opponent's attack on the front, and the side division that had bypassed from the right flank was surrounded by Dayan's reserves, except for a few units that narrowly escaped. The remaining chariots were reduced to burning wreckage, and the infantry was killed by the French infantry and infantry fighting vehicles that arrived later. In less than half an hour of firefighting, the two companies of the Germans' right flank were all eaten! And Dayan, having received reinforcements from the reserves, began to launch a counteroffensive. Max, lacking large-caliber anti-tank guns, could hardly threaten those horned rhinoceros from the front! And the Tiger tank of Nespel became the last force Max could rely on!
"Protect our flanks, the front is up to us!" Nespel poked her head out of the turret and radioed with friendly forces as she watched the situation in the distance. ALTHOUGH IT WAS THE FIRST TIME TO FLY THE TIGER TANK, HE WAS VERY CONFIDENT IN HIS TANK, AND THE THICK INCLINED ARMOR, POWERFUL 88MM HEAVY GUN AND 600HP HORSEPOWER MADE THE TIGER THE BEST OF ALL ACTIVE TANKS OF HIS TIME! Nespel couldn't hold back the fighting spirit in his heart, and he couldn't wait to get into the battlefield as soon as possible.
The withdrawn armoured forces made way for the newly arrived reinforcements. Nine huge Tiger tanks appeared on the front of the German army. "It looks like the Germans have a new toy, it's really big. It was larger than the No. 4 tank next to it, "Through the six-fold telescope, Dayan found Nespel's team, which resembled the new German tanks described in the Chinese intelligence.
"Looks like we're in for a hard stubble!" But even so. Dayan still trusted the Type 29 tank destroyers in his hands, and a company of Type 29 tank destroyers went up on top while the remaining tanks attacked from both flanks. The two sides began to approach slowly, like heavy cavalry in the Middle Ages. The heavy front armor was the knight's cuirass, and the slender barrel was the knight's spear. In the sunlight, the surface of the artillery glowed with a chilling cold light. The roar of artillery was like a clarion call for a final charge, and when the two sides approached 1,200 meters, the Germans opened fire first!
AN 88MM ARMOR-PIERCING SHELL ABOUT 1 METER LONG WAS FED INTO THE CHAMBER BY THE LOADER, AND AFTER THE CHAMBER WAS LOCKED, THE GUNNER, UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE COMMANDER, QUICKLY AIMED THE MUZZLE AT A TYPE 29 TANK DESTROYER. The data of the Type 29 tank destroyer was not a secret to the Germans, its height and width were necessary data in the German armored corps, according to the known data and the height of the opponent in the scope, the German tank could estimate the distance of the opponent through the index table of the scope! 1200 meters, although it may not be able to penetrate the opponent's armor in actual combat, but it can provide the data of the next round of shooting correction, in order to give full play to the power of the main gun of the Tiger tank, the Germans require each Tiger tank to shoot at the distance possible, correct fire in advance, and fire in advance. The long barrel of the 88MM tank gun shrank back sharply, and with the flames spewing from the muzzle, an armor-piercing shell flew out of the muzzle at an initial velocity of nearly kilometers per second, and the shell flew past the target, but it accidentally hit a Type 29 tank behind! 1400 meters in a straight line! The turret of the Type 29 tank was split in two as if it had been chiseled with a heavy hammer! With a violent explosion, the entire tank was torn apart by the detonated ammunition! THE DESTRUCTION OF A TYPE 29 TANK FROM THE FRONT AT SUCH A DISTANCE HAS NEVER HAPPENED, NOT EVEN THE GERMANISH 105MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS!
The effect of a one-hit kill from 1,400 meters away is shocking, but in reality it is more a matter of luck. In the first round of shooting, in addition to the lucky one favored by the god of fate, the other effective hit of the 9 Tiger tanks was the destruction of a Type 29 tank destroyer 1,000 meters away, which penetrated through the lower part of the gun, destroying the gun mount and killing and wounding the personnel inside. Although it did not explode, the flames gushing out of the breach told the French that the tank was completely finished!
ALTHOUGH THE GERMANS ATTACKED SHARPLY, THE FRENCH ARMORERS ALSO TRUSTED THE 90MM GUNS OF THE TYPE 29 TANK DESTROYERS IN THEIR OPPONENTS, AND IN THEIR OPINION, THE TWO SIDES WERE NOTHING MORE THAN A CONFRONTATION, AFTER ALL, IN THE PAST BATTLES, NO TANK COULD BLOCK THE ATTACK OF THE POWERFUL 90MM GUNS AT MEDIUM DISTANCE! 800 meters! 700 meters! The first row of Type 29 tank destroyers that rushed to the front made a decisive and sudden stop, and after the artillery stabilized, they fired the first round of attacks, and the high-speed armor-piercing shells crossed the battlefield in less than a second, and a shell pierced the frontal armor of the Tiger tank! WITH A PIERCING CRACKING SOUND, THE SHARP WARHEAD WAS SHATTERED BY THE HEAVY ARMOR, AND AFTER THE SMOKE PASSED, THE 90MM ARMOR-PIERCING SHELL ONLY LEFT A 2-INCH DEEP PIT IN THE FRONTAL ARMOR PLATE!
"How does it feel!" Nespel, who had just resisted the attack of the armor-piercing bullet, said loudly with some excitement! Having fought in the last war, he had an unforgettable fear of these low-looking monsters! And this time, he actually dodged the embrace of death at such a close distance! This is definitely an exciting thing, but unfortunately, he was a little premature, and at this moment, a 90MM armor-piercing bullet fired by another Type 29 tank destroyer hit the heavy gun shield of the Tiger tank! But this shell is not as effective as the one just now! The thick curved cannon shield bounced off this shell, and there was nothing to lose except for a layer of scratches!
"Damn it!" Dayan couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine after looking at the Tiger Tank, which had been hit repeatedly but rushed out of the flames and smoke! These guys are horrible! Not even the strongest anti-armor weapons in the hands of the Entente could hurt it! With the roar of the engine and the roar of the artillery, the Tiger tank cleared the French tank with great efficiency at a distance of 800 meters, and the Type 29 finally met their Terminator! The overlord of the German Empire's highest army technology was truly extraordinary, and in the first engagement, he was able to save the declining friendly army!
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