It is an important military port and material hub operated by the Allies since before World War 1. The area near the mouth of the mouth of the two river basins was the most heavily defended area of the entire Middle East by the Central Powers, including Basra and Kuwait. Covering the entire estuary, the Germans built several circular defensive belts in tens of thousands of square kilometers, and formed a solid defensive line with the original offensive. This was Germany's last strong foothold in the Middle East.

Although in the end, this place will be abandoned even if it is not breached. But before that, the battle between the Chinese and German armies here directly determined how many German troops could escape, and also determined how long the Chinese would fight in the Middle East, and whether Austria-Hungary could still have a new force left to stabilize the country. To this end, before retreating, both sides made every effort to conduct a large-scale land assault in the area that had been turned into the estuary by the Germans!

Geographically, the whole area can be divided into two parts, one is the estuarine delta near Basra all the way downstream, which is full of lakes and swamps and is not suitable for large-scale land warfare. The other part is the later Kuwait region, which is surrounded by desert to the north and west, and is very suitable for warfare. However, the attack from here is far away from the port city that Huaxia needs to occupy. The depth of the other party is greater, and there is no good way to do it except to slowly grind the other party to death.

Here, the remaining German armored forces were not concentrated for an armored assault. On the one hand, it was because of the heavy equipment losses in previous engagements, and because of the inability to control the battlefield, many damaged and repairable vehicles were forced to be abandoned. And because of the offensive launched by the United States and Britain on the Eastern Front, not only did the domestic army not have the ability to make up for these war losses, but instead transferred some of its elite troops back home. In this way, the armored forces that the Germans were so proud of could not collide with the Chinese armored forces head-on.

But emaciated camels are bigger than horses, even so. The Germans left a large number of various tank destroyers and anti-aircraft guns with various bunkers and shelters. When on the defensive, the combat effectiveness is still considerable! They carefully laid out their defensive lines, and a complete defensive belt had at least three or more lines, each with an interval of 5 to 7 kilometers. The first line of defense is the cordon line, which is mainly composed of a number of guard posts and minefields. The second line of defense was the elastic line, which could be abandoned in the tactical code of the Germans. Although it exists as a line of defense that attrition and lags the opponent. But in this line of defense, which is not important. THE GERMANS DEPLOYED A LARGE NUMBER OF 75MM ANTI-TANK GUNS AND 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS!

These guns were difficult to get back, they needed to tow vehicles and were too vulnerable to air strikes, so the Germans simply used them and deployed them all in a second line of defense, with improvised support points and trench systems and tank killer infantry and machine gun nests, where the defensive strength was already higher than that of most field offensives.

However, this line of defense is nothing compared to the main line of defense at the back! If the weapons deployed in the second line of defense are still conventional equipment in the army, then the defensive strength of the third line of defense, that is, the main line of defense on which the Germans rely the most, is obviously beyond the standard! Over here. You can see the turrets of huge 11-inch and even 15-inch naval guns! But these things have a deterrent effect more than they actually do! These striking and bulky heavy artillery positions were destroyed during weeks of sustained bombardment. With the exception of a small number of maneuverably deployed train guns, the effectiveness of any fixed artillery position larger than 8 inches is not to be trusted!

THE MOST FEARED OF THE THIRD LINE OF DEFENSE ARE THE 128MM NAVAL HIGH-LEVEL DUAL-PURPOSE GUNS AND 152MM NAVAL GUNS DEPLOYED IN THE PERMANENT FORTIFICATIONS. These things are hidden deep underground, inconspicuous on the surface, and what is even more terrifying is that the guns themselves are equipped on flatbed trailers or other turf! It is possible to transfer between several positions. The big has great power, the small has a small flexibility, and these weapons have become the most worrying existence of the Chinese Army. They are powerful and can move. And there are heavy reinforced concrete fortresses to help. With the auxiliary fortifications, it is definitely a headache!

And in some areas. The Germans also deployed a fourth line of defense, which was not continuous, and consisted of the remnants of train artillery and some special forces plus a highly mobile reserve. Long-range artillery provided long-range fire support to the defensive line, while mobile units consisting mainly of Tiger and Tank 4 were used to plug leaks, and intelligence showed that the opposing side also had a small number of Tiger Hunter tank destroyers. God knows. Where the hell will these horrible big guys be deployed!

It must be said that the deployment of the Germans really caused a lot of trouble for China at the beginning stage. Wide minefields, powerful long-range firepower, and very tricky firing points deployed everywhere. Whether it is a frontal forced breakthrough of armored forces, or a combination of sappers and artillery advances, the effect is not good, after all, ordinary suppression artillery is inherently ineffective against a strong fortress, and you will not see it in the island operations in the Pacific War. The Americans' powerful 16-inch naval guns may not be able to destroy all targets. With the cooperation of the Germans' mine nets and light and heavy fire points, several short assaults were in vain.

"The safest way is naturally for the Air Force to smash slowly and the tanks to push slowly, but the current situation is obviously in a hurry, and the only way is to integrate a more versatile assault group, and it is difficult for conventional vehicles to play a role. But fortunately, the General Armament Department has prepared it for us, and now it's time to see if the final assembly zoo is easy to use! Xu Huaide, who was in charge of the general attack, ordered.

The zoo of the General Staff is the nickname given to special vehicles by the front-line troops, and the dragon medium tank carrying the minesweeper is nicknamed the crab because of the two huge minesweepers with a kilometer hull that resembles the two pincers of a crab. The 12-inch heavy self-propelled mortar modified from the same turf is known as the Bear Rock Destroyer, which is only 14 times as long. A weapon with a range of only 6 kilometers using a rocket extended-range projectile is a highly specialized existence, similar to the historical Assault Tiger self-propelled gun. Although the range is not far and it is very heavy, its special reinforced concrete armor-piercing projectile weighing nearly 450 kg is the nemesis of the bunker! There is no problem at all in blasting through the 3.5-meter reinforced concrete with one shot, and no matter how thick the German pillbox is, even if you count the soil layer above, it is impossible to have this thickness!

And the Bear self-propelled gun also has a certain amount of armor protection, and the entire fighting compartment is front-loaded. THE FRONT OF THE GUN IS A HUGE INCLINED ARMOR SURFACE, WITH A THICKNESS OF 80MM AND AN INCLINATION OF 45 DEGREES, ALTHOUGH THE EFFECT IS NOT GOOD IN THE FACE OF ANTI-TANK GUNS, BUT CONSIDERING THE ATTACK DISTANCE OF THE BEAR SELF-PROPELLED GUN, IT IS DIFFICULT TO HIT THE FLAT-FIRE GUNS AT THIS DISTANCE. EVEN IF IT HIT, IT CAN'T PENETRATE THE FRONT, AND THERE IS A LAYER OF TOP ARMOR WITH A THICKNESS OF 30MM ON THE TOP OF THE FIGHTING COMPARTMENT TO RESIST THE ATTACK OF GRENADE SHRAPNEL. And in order to resist the close attack of armor-piercing shells, the bear self-propelled gun also uses rubber-steel plate armor, which is the first generation of composite armor, and the effect of dealing with armor-piercing shells is average, but the absolute steel and steel against armor-piercing shells (this is not the author's fabrication, those who are interested can Baidu it.) ）

The Crab and the Bear are just two representative vehicles of the Special Vehicles of the General Staff. In fact, the entire special vehicle family includes a series of functions from special obstacle breaking, dealing with specific targets to urban street fighting. And after strengthening these special vehicles, Huaxia's armored torrent once again roared and rushed towards the opponent!

After an hour and a half of fire preparation, groups of strangely shaped vehicles appeared in the German field of vision, and at the urging of the officers, the German troops entered the defensive line from the rear bunkers, and one by one the fire points were quickly activated. This line of defense was the elastic line of the Germans, the kind that could be abandoned. This time, however, the commander of the line did not seem to think so, and he committed considerable troops. EVEN INCLUDING THE 105MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS PLACED IN REINFORCED BUNKERS, HE WANTED TO USE THIS LINE OF DEFENSE TO BURN OFF THE SHARPNESS OF THE OPPOSITE SIDE, JUST LIKE HE DID A FEW DAYS AGO!

The Huaxia Corps easily broke through the anti-tank barriers and pit viper barbed wire fences on the periphery, these things have long been out of shape under the blow of artillery fire, and in the face of tank collisions, the real threat is those anti-tank mines. Although some of them were detonated, some of these guys with sluggish fuses still survived, and mines using shaped warheads can completely tear through the bottom armor of existing tanks, whether it is a Tiger tank or a Dragon tank! This mine has destroyed several opponents in previous battles, as long as the tank presses down. As soon as the fire flashed, it did not disappoint the Germans!

However, this time, in the face of heavy minesweepers, the powerful anti-tank mines were completely ineffective, and the mines that were detonated according to the change in pressure could not distinguish whether they were minesweepers or tank tracks. The armor-piercing bullet has a good penetration depth, but the after-effect is limited. The blown up Minesweeper Roll can continue to make do. SEVERAL DRAGON TANKS ADVANCED SLOWLY, AND FROM TIME TO TIME USED 105MM MAIN GUNS TO CLEAR THE TARGETS ALONG THE WAY, ACCOMPANIED BY CLOUDS OF SMOKE RISING FROM THE GROUND, A SAFETY ZONE HUNDREDS OF METERS WIDE WAS OPENED.

When the sides approached to a distance of 800 meters, the German anti-tank guns began to fire. Shells whistled towards the target, and the Germans knew that the Dragon tanks in front were almost indestructible, so they chose to attack the vehicles behind the tanks. It has to be said that the Germans chose a very tricky position, they were very small from the ground, and they also took advantage of the terrain. THE DEPRESSION ANGLE OF THE DRAGON TANK'S 105MM GUN IS A LITTLE SMALLER, AND THE OPPONENT'S LOW PROFILE DOES NOT HAVE A GOOD EFFECT ON DIRECT FIRE.

"Pull the boar up! It's time to look at them! Meng Yan, who was in charge of the front-line command, was very annoyed when he looked at the stagnant troops. The Dragon tank lacks more than enough offensive ability, and if it gets closer, if the opponent deploys heavy anti-tank guns on the hidden reverse position, the Dragon tank will not be able to eat and walk, and once this spearhead is destroyed, it will not be able to fight behind.

The Wild Boar is a heavy wrecker vehicle equipped with a 10-inch mortar gun on the front of the hull. The caliber is only 8 times. The theoretical firing range does not exceed 2 km. But this thing is the same as the Bear self-propelled cannon, nothing else, the cannonball is powerful enough! With the help of lifting equipment, a 150-kilogram shell was loaded, and as a huge smoke ring rose into the sky, a heavy reinforced concrete armor-piercing projectile smashed on the roof of the target's bunker at a fall angle of 45 degrees! The heavy warhead tore through more than half a meter of reinforced concrete and the layers of logs and soil that covered it. With a violent explosion, the entire gun nest was blown up, forming a huge crater from the air!

This kind of artillery is very slow to load, but the effect is very good, plus the number of this kind of heavy artillery nest is not very large, after a roll call, Meng Yan's troops were able to continue to advance, but if they go further, they will enter the final link of positional warfare, and fight at close range. At a distance of 500 to 100 meters, the density of enemy fire will increase exponentially, and recoilless guns, mortars, various machine guns and rocket launchers will become a great enemy for armored forces and infantry. It is also from this time that the greatest casualties appeared.

The armored formation of the Chinese began to unfold, and under the cover of infantry fighting vehicles, a large number of infantry armed with assault rifles began to disembark and accompany the tanks. This imitation of the AK47 made out of the 1938 assault rifle is the first choice of the assault force, although there is still a low precision, the man-machine effect is not very good, but the victory is fierce firepower, and the stability is very high, to put it bluntly, it is anti-manufacturing, very suitable for fighting in desert areas!

The tank is not very effective when dealing with a large number of skirmishers, and the infantry machine gun group will also be attacked by mortars set behind obstacles, the 30MM machine gun on the infantry fighting vehicle is really good, but the body itself is too brittle, so in the end, it was handed over to another special vehicle in China to resist the attack of a large number of infantry pigs and anti-tank groups, this combat vehicle called the Lynx was originally designed for air defense, two 40MM Bofors anti-aircraft guns with a large capacity ammunition reserve and electric turret, It has almost the fastest reaction time, and the turf of the Type 29 tank has good defense.

THESE FRONTAL VEHICLES WITH A FRONTAL STRENGTH OF 75 MM AND BELOW CALIBER ARE DEFINITELY MUCH STRONGER THAN FRAGILE INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLES. Although there is some suspicion of wasting resources, the General Armament Department believes that in order to reduce personnel losses and cope with the needs of special combat situations, a small amount of equipment Bobcat is also a good choice!

When the two sides approached to a distance of 400 meters, the fire of the German line was activated instantly! Countless guns and cannons flickered and jumped across the battlefield with deadly fire, and the Germans attached great importance to anti-armor capabilities, in addition to regular anti-tank guns, there were also recoilless guns and rocket launchers that used a lot of armor-piercing shells. These weapons are intertwined, forming an impenetrable web of fire at medium and close range!

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