"We overestimated the German tanks a little, and at the time of the engagement, we made a battle plan completely according to the standards of dealing with the Huaxia Type 29 heavy tank, but in fact, the German No. 4 heavy tank was not as defensive as our Type 29 heavy tank, and the No. 3 medium tank was as vulnerable as paper in the face of 90mm anti-aircraft guns." Afterwards, Zhou Xuan commented on the battle.

Boom! WITH TWO CLOUDS OF SMOKE RISING ON THE GROUND, TWO 90MM ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS QUICKLY FLEW TOWARDS THE TWO NO. 3 TANKS AT THE HEAD, AND THE FINAL FIRING DISTANCE WAS ABOUT 760 METERS, THE ULTRA-HIGH MUZZLE VELOCITY AND STRAIGHT TRAJECTORY MADE THE ACCURACY OF THE TWO SHELLS VERY GOOD, ONE OF THE SHELLS FLEW 2 METERS NEXT TO A TANK, ALTHOUGH IT DID NOT HIT THE TWO TANKS, BUT HIT A HALF-TRACK VEHICLE BEHIND. Naturally, the fragile half-track could not block the attack of armor-piercing shells, and with a loud bang, the vehicle, along with the infantry of a squad that had not had time to put down on it, was blown into a pile of fragments. Another shell hit the frontal armor of tank No. 3. The sharp warhead directly tore through the vertical armor on the front, then destroyed the gearbox, and finally killed all the members inside, and thick smoke spewed out from the muzzle and observation port, etc., and it was clear that the tank was dead and could not die anymore.

Subsequently, the remaining artillery also erupted tongues of fire, and at the first time of the guys on both sides, at least five No. 3 tanks were destroyed. "The fire of the opposing side is fierce, and at this distance, in the face of the opposing anti-tank guns. Our tanks did not differ in any way from ordinary armored transporters. It's beyond our imagination. A German officer later recalled. ALTHOUGH THE GERMANS THEMSELVES TESTED THE DEFENSE OF TANKS, THE HYPOTHETICAL ENEMY WAS A 37MM, 47MM OR 75MM GUN. THE GERMANS DID NOT EXPECT TO ENCOUNTER THE NEW 90MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AS SOON AS THEY FIRST ENGAGED. And what is even more unexpected is that the other side used precious sub-caliber high-speed armor-piercing shells!

However, after a brief shock, the German Panzers quickly relieved them from the blow, although not yet within the charge. But the personnel carriers in the back immediately laid down the accompanying infantry. And the tanks in front also began to strike at the exposed points of fire of the opposing side. "They hid it too well. Most of our shells flew over their heads. WATCHING A 50MM GRENADE FLY OVER A 90MM ANTI-TANK GUN, THE GERMAN GUNNER SAID WITH REMORSE. It doesn't matter, we have a numerical advantage, they don't have tanks, we can always destroy these guys, try again. The captain next to him comforted.

The loader in the back quickly loaded a grenade into the chamber of the gun, just as the gunner was about to fire the second shot. A black shadow suddenly rose next to the target in front of him, and shrapnel and fire instantly filled the entire scope. "Looks like we don't need to do it, the next target. At 11 o'clock. The commander quickly spotted a new target from the roof tower, and the turret began to turn towards his opponent, and at that moment, the cannon that had just been judged to have been destroyed slowly turned. The thick barrel was aimed at the nose of the tank. A flash of fire. IN LESS THAN 1 SECOND, A 90MM ARMOR-PIERCING SHELL DIRECTLY TURNED THE TANK INTO A BURNING IRON BOX.

"Release the smoke, let's withdraw first, and hand over the exposed fire points to the heavy mortars and self-propelled guns on both sides." Paul commanded decisively. He saw that it was clear that the Germans had suffered a loss in this confrontation, their own tank targets were relatively large, the opponent's targets were relatively small, and the opponent must have set the yardstick at the beginning. A 50MM GRENADE IS TOO POWERFUL FOR AN OPPONENT WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PROTECTION, WHILE THE OPPONENT'S 90MM ARMOR-PIERCING BULLET IS A KNIFE TO THE POINT. Words on the power of grenades. THEIR 50MM GUNS ARE NOT AS GOOD AS 82MM MORTARS IN THE HANDS OF INFANTRY, AS THE SAYING GOES, PROFESSIONAL THINGS MUST BE LEFT TO PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE. IN THE FACE OF THESE BUNKERS, IT IS BETTER TO LEAVE IT TO THE 120MM HEAVY MORTARS AND INFANTRY GUNS IN THE BACK TO SOLVE THEM!

Under the cover of the smoke screen, the German tanks began to slowly withdraw, and the Chinese anti-aircraft artillery could not attack the target a few hundred meters away under the smoke screen, and the battlefield soon fell into silence, but soon, the heavy mortars and heavy infantry guns in the rear of the German army broke the silence on the battlefield. Nearly 16 kg of high-explosive grenades, and anti-bunker shells weighing more than 50 kg fired by heavy infantry guns smashed heavily on the newly exposed anti-tank gun positions. The former relied on a higher rate of fire to make up for the lack of accuracy, while the latter's huge power can cause serious damage to the gun nest even if it is close to missing, and a huge black smoke rises into the air, instantly covering the first line of defense, and taking advantage of this opportunity, the German tank rushed out of the smoke and covered the infantry with a 50MM tank gun to advance forward, at this time the distance between the two sides has been shortened to about 500 meters, machine guns, tank guns, mortars and other weapons frantically want to fire at each other. In front of the position, it was woven into an impermeable web of fire.

ANOTHER 150MM GRENADE LANDED IN THE NEST OF A 75MM ANTI-TANK GUN. Like a hammer smashing a watermelon, the entire artillery was directly restored to a state of parts, and the eight people of the surrounding artillery crew turned their weapons into a pile of ashes, and with the continuous attack of the rear support fire of the German attacking forces, the first line of defense had been beaten to a thousand holes, and the shape was precarious.

"THE OPPONENT'S HEAVY MORTARS ARE MOBILE AND HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ARMOR PROTECTION, AND OUR 82MM AND 120MM MORTARS ARE DIFFICULT TO DESTROY THE OPPONENT, AND DIRECT FIRE IS OUT OF REACH. Could our long-range artillery in the city be able to clear the support fire behind the opponent? A staff officer said.

"No, the opponent's long-range fire must be on standby somewhere. It's okay to have a short surprise attack, but after a long time, you'll definitely be locked. We have three lines of defense, and we can look at it again. Another officer disagreed.

"Passive defense alone will definitely not work, the opponent's forces are superior, even if a battle defense gun is exchanged for three units of the opponent, it may not be able to block it. And with the proximity of the distance, the opposing side has an advantage in the number of infantry and light mortars. On the other hand, on their own side, although they have designed three lines of defense, they are all very hasty and are very likely to be directly penetrated, so the only feasible way now is to organize the wheeled reconnaissance vehicles of half a company of Type 29 tanks and armored reconnaissance companies in their hands, start from the weak flanks of the opponent, and clean up the anti-tank guns and heavy mortars in the back. Zhou Xuan thought about it and said. Ordered, long-range artillery to carry out suppression of the anti-follow-up forces, covering the attack of armored detachments. ”

THE ORDER WAS QUICKLY CONVEYED, AND THE LONG-RANGE ARTILLERY, WHICH HAD BEEN SILENT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR, FINALLY WIELDED, THE ROAR OF THE 155MM CANNON RESOUNDED THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, AND A GRENADE OF 50+KG FELL INTO THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE FORMATION, ALTHOUGH THE FLYING SHRAPNEL HAD LITTLE IMPACT ON THE TANK, BUT IT CAUSED HEAVY LOSSES TO THE INFANTRY NEXT TO IT. Huge columns of smoke rose from the ground, and the continuous falling shells made the attacking Germans a little panicked. Soon, however, Hubey's long-range artillery began to suppress the long-range artillery positions in China.

"They are laying artillery behind the town, we don't have artillery school aircraft, it won't work very well, we can only let them move their positions." An officer said to Hube as he looked at the rising plumes of smoke in the distance.

"That's enough, the closer Paul charges, their artillery won't work, supposedly they should have put in artillery as soon as possible, why now?" Hube was a little confused, but there was obviously no time to think about it now, once Paul broke through the opponent's position, or the enemy forces in front of him wanted to fill the gap in the flank, then it was time to attack!

At this time, the direct distance between this armored unit and the self-propelled guns deployed in the rear of the Germans is less than 6 kilometers, and the distance is closer than the self-propelled anti-tank guns deployed in the front of the army, only about 4 kilometers, considering the range of the artillery of about 1500 meters, the time to include the opponent's self-propelled anti-tank guns into their range is no more than 8 minutes, and for wheeled armored vehicles, It's even shorter!

"It was confirmed that there were no commendable anti-armor forces on the flanks, except for a couple of anti-tank guns. EVEN WITH ANTI-TANK GUNS, THEY COULD NOT PENETRATE THE FRONTAL 30MM INCLINED ARMOR OF OUR ARMORED VEHICLES AT MEDIUM DISTANCES. We first concentrated our forces to destroy their anti-tank guns, then the armored reconnaissance vehicles attacked the infantry and support artillery in the back, and I commanded the tank troops to stick a knife in the back! The battle plan was quickly drawn up, and after the long-range artillery caused confusion to the attacking Germans, the German panzers not only did not flinch, but intensified their charge, and soon the two sides were completely entangled. As the battle heated up, the long-range artillery on both sides died down, and the battle was won or lost by tanks and infantry fighting on the front line.

Just when the smoke and dust raised by the shelling had not yet dissipated, the armored detachment from the side had already rushed to the flank of the German army, thanks to the smoke bombs just fired and the obscuring of the terrain, when the Huaxia tank was discovered, the distance between the two sides was only about 2 kilometers! Eight tanks lined up and pressed straight over, while the same number of infantry fighting vehicles continued to approach the target. THE SLENDER 30MM CANNON WAS POINTED AT THE PANICKED GERMAN INFANTRY NEXT TO IT. Tanks destroy anti-tank guns, machine guns destroy infantry.

"Ready to shoot!" With the order of the commander, 8 tanks stopped at a distance of 1500 meters. The German anti-tank guns in the distance did not move, and the gunners were desperately pointing their guns at each other. The Germans, who were on the defensive, fired the first round of shelling. 6 shells flew to distant targets, two of which hit the opponent. One shell hit the turret of one tank and was ricocheted off, while the other left a shallow crater in the upper part of the hull.

"The other side has fought, now it's time to look at us, everyone shoots freely." MORE THAN TEN SECONDS LATER, THE FIRST ROUND OF ATTACKS BEGAN, AND EIGHT 75MM ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS FLEW OUT OF THE BARREL AND FELL INTO THE OPPONENT'S POSITION IN LESS THAN 4 SECONDS.

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