"It rained for half the night, and when the day came, the sky was still gray, the clouds were low and thick, and it was estimated that the German air force would not have been very effective, and we seemed to have arrived at the intended place, and the reconnaissance unit in front said that they had found a convoy winding for several kilometers, and all kinds of vehicles were crowded on the road, and the road to the south was blocked, while a large number of vehicles were still heading south in the north. It seems that we are not in the battlefield, but on the lines of communication behind each other! - Excerpt from "Record of Hook Fights"

Behind a mountain pass, Tao Zhenyu jumped off the chariot that had been almost washed in mud and came to the temporary headquarters, and after a night of wild running, it seemed that they should be almost at their destination, but they did not find the surrounding landmarks or the German lines. The scout took the local guide out for a spin, only to be told that they had deviated from their target. However, this seems to be good news, because the sword in his hand seems to be on the other side's logistics line! And looking at each other's appearances, they seem to be messy enough!

"If we had known, we should have brought a battalion of tanks!" Listening to the report of his subordinates, Tao Zhenyu said with some regret. "In that case, the number of vehicles we have broken down will increase by more than 5%!" The deputy next to him said without giving face. Although there have been accidents of one kind or another along the way, there are still nearly a hundred chariots of various kinds by Tao Zhenyu's side, which is undoubtedly a strong force. But the situation they faced was not good, because they seemed to be in a position between two enemy armies, with the Germans in front and them in the middle. And behind it was another German armored unit.

To be on or not is a question worth considering. If you go up, you may be flanked from both sides. If you don't go up, you won't have a chance to go up again in the future! Tao Zhenyu knows very well how many catties and taels he has. For this part of the troops, facing the battalion-sized German armored units, it is a few things. There are a total of 45 tanks, and now there are only 36 left, and the number of people has been reduced by 2% before the start of the fight! And he doesn't have tank destroyers, he doesn't have large-caliber anti-tank guns! I brought so many chariots here to catch big fish, and if this wave is missed, it is difficult to say whether the next wave will be able to meet it. What's more, the weather conditions don't seem so bad today, and if they are discovered, the Germans will be able to clean themselves up by mobilizing two battalions.

"It's done! Anyway, it's nine deaths, let's talk about it first! "People sometimes need to be ruthless. Be ruthless not only to your enemies, but also to yourself! However, ruthlessness does not mean recklessness, Tao Zhenyu redeployed his forces, it not only wants to attack the enemy troops crowded in front, but also to teach the opponents behind a lesson!

"We have a limited number of tanks, so we have to concentrate on dealing with the pursuers behind, according to the reconnaissance report just now, there is probably a battalion of tanks coming in the back, but for some reason they temporarily stopped the operation. Light vehicles carrying machine guns and howitzers would attack the Germans in front of them. Remember, don't go too deep, there's a tank in there, you can't move. Containment and harassment are fine. Look like you're going to be fierce, but don't put yourself in it. All tanks and wheeled, half-track long-barreled assault guns were divided into two groups, and the assault guns took advantage of their speed to go around behind the opposing side. Choose a better way, don't fall into the pit before you get to the position. Tanks set up an ambush on the west side of the road. Wait until the light chariot strikes in front and ambush the opponent. After a sneak attack, they should retreat to the other side of the roadbed. This is left to the assault artillery unit. In short, we need to defeat the enemies in the back first, and then clear out the ones in front! Tao Zhenyu simply assigned the task.

The action is still relatively smooth, except for the muddy ground, the Germans do not seem to have discovered this force, or they did not take it seriously after they found out, a large number of tanks slowly approached the road under the cover of the terrain, they did not have to go too close, in the face of the armor on the side of the opponent's hull, 1500 meters can be penetrated, as for the problem of low accuracy? It is enough to shoot a few more shots, it is appropriate for the enemy to take the lead in the dark, and it seems that it is not very difficult to face a group of tanks walking on the road at low speed. It is necessary to go around the distance of the half-track and wheeled armored vehicles, but the low shape and earthy yellow muddy paint make them blend well with the background in the distance, but even if they are found, it doesn't matter, the Germans will not expect that the enemy can appear more than ten kilometers behind their positions, and the other party is driving away from a few kilometers away, no one will be idle to intercept, the first is that there is no speed, the second is that there is no time, and now the whole rear is chaotic, who has time to care about these things.

The Germans have been trying to clear the passages, tanks, half-tracks and other vehicles with some off-road ability have been driven off the road, while some tractors have also driven up the road to clear various broken down vehicles. Just when they were busy, the troublemakers appeared! The whistling of shells from the distant hollows overpowered the noise on the side of the road. Ten seconds later, the first wave of mortar shells exploded in a dense queue!

THE LETHALITY OF THE SHELLS IS COMPLETELY PROPORTIONAL TO THE DENSITY OF THE OPPONENT'S TROOPS, AND THESE HIGH-EXPLOSIVE SHELLS FIRED BY THE 120MM MORTARS CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A SUCCESS. A SHELL LANDED ON A 105MM CANNON, BLOWING UP THE GUN AND THE TRACTOR IN FRONT OF IT TO PIECES, AND THE OTHER SHELL FELL BETWEEN TWO TRUCKS, DIRECTLY REIMBURSING THE GERMAN ARMY FOR 2 SQUADS, BUT THIS IS NOT AS GOOD AS THE SHELL THAT HIT AN AMMUNITION TRUCK, AND THE SMALL-SCALE AMMUNITION DETONATION DIRECTLY EMPTIED ALL THE LIVING CREATURES WITHIN A FEW DOZEN METERS AROUND!

The Germans were scrambling to launch a counterattack, but unfortunately, the already congested roads made it impossible for the Germans to find a flat, dry ground to deploy their artillery. However, the tanks and half-tracks on the periphery reacted quite quickly. Tank No. 4 and various infantry fighting vehicles began to attack each other under the command of the commander, but don't worry about any formation and order in a hurry, just concentrate a few tanks and rush! The Germans judged that the number of each other would not be very large.

"But the opponent is really annoying!" The target was unexpectedly at 4 km, and when the German tanks attacked with the infantry, several more points of fire were exposed. The other side even has rocket artillery, a wave of short but deadly rocket strikes that directly reduced a car company to ashes! The hastily assembled German troops had to be pursued separately. THE RESULT OF THE DISPERSAL WAS THAT OTHER VEHICLES FOUND AN OPPORTUNITY, AND A TANK ARMED WITH A 57MM CANNON WAS AIMED AT A RAPIDLY PASSING TANK FROM THE SIDE. Accompanied by a beating muzzle, a tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectile flew towards the target 800 meters away! After 2 seconds. With the sound of collision and metal tearing, the shell pierced the turret of a tank No. 4, but unfortunately the after-effect of this shell was not enough, and the tank continued to move forward, and even the turret seemed to be able to turn, so the vehicle had to make up for another shot!

This piecemeal approach was not destined to do much damage to the Germans, and the self-propelled mortars and rocket launchers retreated under the cover of other vehicles before the German tanks could catch up, but this still alarmed the House battle group waiting behind. A battalion led by House plus a company of tanks and tank destroyers were waiting for the road to be cleared, which was an important reason why Huaxia found that the German troops behind had suddenly stopped. Still, the distant sound of artillery and cries for help on the radio caught his attention.

"Aren't they just light armored vehicles? Let's teach them how to fight! "As soon as House gave the battle order, he closed the tank hatch and headed for the battlefield. For the armored troops, if there is an emergency during the march, the first thing is to get up and down the roadbed, after all, it is too dazzling on the road. House also wanted to deploy his troops quickly, but the muddy roads and numerous vehicles made it slow to deploy, and the troops were divided into groups like a long line. Light vehicles are responsible for reconnaissance and search in front, behind are tanks, and finally tank destroyers and assault guns.

"Our actions didn't go well from the start. The ground was in terrible condition after being soaked in rain and run over by heavy vehicles. Many of our armored vehicles are ordinary chassis, and do not have better passability like those battlefields in China that use 8*8 chassis. Quite a few wheeled vehicles just left the road and got stuck in the mud and couldn't get out, and in this case. An unexpected thing happened, a large number of Chinese tanks appeared on both sides of the road! It's as incredible as seeing Eskimos in the tropics, and I don't really know how they got here. We faced the battle in a hurry, and at first we tried to overwhelm our opponents with numerical superiority. But soon. The other party is coming out from all directions, they are a big force! The number is more than we imagined! This is how a German officer recalls the situation after the war.

"I'll go. The situation has changed a little, and the other party is unfolding very quickly! When a large number of German tanks came down from the road in the field of vision, Tao Zhenyu found that the other party was not so easy to deal with, the other party would spread out in advance in formation and pass diagonally from the ambush area, although it was still a sneak attack, but this time the effect was not as good as expected, at least the artillery and the opponent's side formed a certain angle, and the probability of penetrating the side of the No. 4 tank would be lower. However, there is an advantage that the opponent will attack in the southwest this time, and some tanks will not fall to the east of the roadbed that Huaxia cannot attack, and all the enemy troops will be under the guns of the Huaxia armored forces, while the wheeled vehicles that detour from the north can use the roadbed on the other side to cover themselves.

I have to say that Huaxia's camouflage work is still very good, in addition to relying on the terrain, the tank is also covered with a large camouflage cloth, plus a little mud, it can be well integrated with the surroundings, and even the gun barrel is covered, before Tao Zhenyu entered the ambush position, the rain was falling again, and it was difficult for the other party to find the movement in the distance in the fog. And when the first qiē was just ready, and the car crew had not yet drunk a cup of hot tea to warm up, the German tank troops came up.

"THEY'RE AS SLOW AS SNAILS, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WATCHED LAST NIGHT, AND THEIR LIGHT VEHICLES ARE EVEN WORSE, WITH BROKEN DOWN VEHICLES BLOCKING THE ROAD FROM TIME TO TIME, MAKING THE ALREADY CHAOTIC FORMATION EVEN MORE CHAOTIC, WHILE WE ARE LIKE A GROUP OF HUNTERS AIMING AT THE TARGET WITH 75MM TANK GUNS, WAITING FOR THEM TO COME INTO RANGE!" A Chinese tanker recalls the state of the battle.

"Fire!" THE LONG-AWAITED ORDER TO FIRE WAS FINALLY GIVEN, AND I SAW THE SLENDER 75MM TANK GUN JUMP SHARPLY, THE SHELLS FLEW OUT OF THE MUZZLE AT AN EXTREMELY HIGH SPEED, AND THE HOT BARREL EVAPORATED THE FALLING RAINDROPS IN AN INSTANT! Clouds of mist instantly covered the front of the tank. The rumbling cannon sound instantly resounded throughout the battlefield, and the linearly distributed Huaxia armored forces fired the first round of salvos, and at this time, the distance between the two sides was only about 1,000 meters, and the huge side of the tank was exposed under the muzzle of Huaxia, and the situation could be imagined!

A flamshell erupted from the side of the turret of a tank No. 4 struggling through the mud, igniting the ammunition placed in the aft compartment of the turret, and after a loud bang, the multi-ton turret was torn apart. A huge fireball erupted from the gun mount. The attack of the Chinese Army was very sharp, and almost all the vehicle crews were desperately looking for targets and then firing. Even a small number of elite crews fired 7 shells in less than a minute. A dense rain of bullets flew through the rain curtain and shot at the target. In the space of a few minutes, one of the tank companies at the very edge was shattered by the dense barrage of shells.

"Spread out, all tanks turn! It's a trap! Light vehicles move in both directions. Tanks rush up, don't care about those broken down vehicles, just press over! Sue the tank destroyer troops, stabilize the position! The Type 29 can't beat you! After a short period of adaptation, the German panzer quickly began to cope with the situation in front of them, and although they were reimbursed for almost a company of tanks, the Germans still had a numerical advantage, and this time a technical advantage! The Type 29 tank really can't beat the No. 4 tank destroyer equipped with a 75MML60 gun in frontal shooting! But that's a later story, so let's not mention it for now.

The large number of destroyed tanks provided cover for the Germans, but at the same time hindered their continued approach. A large number of tanks began to steer slowly, and some of the daring commanders even opened hatches and leaned out to find their targets. The scene was somewhat chaotic, but the Germans were already preparing to fight back. On the contrary, on the Chinese side, although the fire was preemptive, and the rate of fire was fast, the accuracy of the first wave of strikes was not high due to the poor line of sight and the influence of air humidity on the trajectory of the artillery. The battle has just begun, and it's too early to say who will win it!

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