Chapter 257: The U.S. Army Counterattacking
Outside the town, dense with American soldiers have already launched an offensive operation.
At least one battalion of U.S. troops, operating outside the town, has already put pressure on Li Youming, who has less than a hundred troops.
Li Youming, who fully understood the entire operation of the US military, also frowned, because the action reaction of these US soldiers in front of him definitely did not look like they had no combat experience.
The deployed troops did not attack in a hurry, but were carefully preparing, and from this point of view, the other side at least had a certain combat level, which was much better than most of the American troops encountered before.
This is undoubtedly not good news, because it is enough to prove that the army in front of us is the main force of the US military.
At this time, the main force of the US army was not too many, and most of the US soldiers were recruits.
However, the baptism on the battlefield is also in the big waves, and in the battles again and again, the US military has also been able to build units with rich combat experience.
It's just that such troops, in the large-scale forces of the US Army, have a very small proportion.
However, for the Red Alert soldiers, the American soldiers in the distance who were preparing to attack had a completely different feeling.
In recent months, the Red Guard Corps have attacked, and the U.S. forces have fled.
In the front line of the defensive line, in the foxholes connected together, a lurking soldier sighed: "It's been a long time since I encountered an attacking enemy, and the last time I encountered it was in Mexico." ”
"These Yankees have learned to be obedient, and the blood and fire refining is really extraordinary, and the scrap iron will be refined into hundreds of refined steel." Another soldier next to him said.
"Boom!"
A shell landed in the town, blowing up a large number of American corpses.
Every Red Alert soldier who heard the explosion couldn't help but frown.
This was not a mortar bomb, but a howitzer of at least 105 mm caliber, and several shells that followed also fell around the town.
It is clear that in the rear of these American troops, at least one artillery battalion is in support, and the heavy artillery used is also 105 mm caliber.
All the soldiers quickly retracted into the foxhole, and the foxhole of the Red Guard Regiment was mandatory.
The depth of the excavation must be more than one meter, and at this depth, there are a number of steps that allow the soldiers to quickly leave the foxhole, and have a place to squat, and can also hide in the deepest part of the foxhole to avoid shelling.
Unless the shells fall directly in the foxhole, ordinary ground artillery cannot threaten the soldiers hiding in the pit.
Soldiers who retracted into the pit, waiting for the end of the shelling.
Red Alert soldiers, who are familiar with dealing with various battlefield situations, can only be said to be commonplace for such shelling.
It's just that in the face of the enemy who can get heavy artillery support, the Red Alert soldiers have to pay attention to it, the size of the enemy is definitely more than one battalion, and it is not possible to make it a division of troops.
Once it encounters an attack by a division of the US army, it is no joke, after all, the size of a division of the US army is at least more than 9,000 people, and even the general division-level troops are the scale of tens of thousands of people.
Among the three tanks that were hidden, Li Youming also noticed it for the first time, and immediately said to the communication soldiers in the tank: "Hurry up and inform the division headquarters, if no reinforcements arrive within half an hour, the town will be completely lost." ”
The message was sent out, and it was quickly responded: "Air support will arrive as soon as possible, located thirty kilometers behind the town, the self-propelled howitzer battalion has entered the predetermined position, ready to support the town." ”
As soon as the response from the division headquarters arrived, the town was subjected to more intensive shelling, and even the tanks were shaking under such an attack.
The artillery kicked up columns of smoke one after another, and the dirt and wood chips flew everywhere.
The density of significantly strengthened artillery, the enemy in front, at least one division, and, most likely, not an infantry division in general, but an armored division of the American army.
Because of the infantry divisions, it is rare to have such a large number of artillery pieces equipped.
Li Youming can only pray now that the attacking US troops should be infantry divisions, otherwise if they are armored divisions, with the strength of three tanks, they will not be able to stop the large number of US tank troops.
The Rhino tank is not invincible, and the 105-mm tank gun of the US M4 tank is already capable of threatening the Rhino tank.
In a head-on confrontation, the Rhino tank was not afraid, thinking that the M4 tank was not an opponent at all in terms of speed and flexibility, and the 105 mm gun of the M4 tank could not penetrate the armor of the Rhino tank head-on.
However, if you encounter a large number of enemy tank forces, once surrounded, the three Rhino tanks will also be quickly destroyed, and the main gun of the M4 tank can penetrate the back armor of the Rhino tank.
However, before Li Youming's prayer was completed, under the cover of American artillery fire, a large number of American tanks appeared, all M4 tanks, and they were all M4A3 equipped with 105 tank guns.
Seven or eight M4 tanks rushed through the front line and, under the cover of artillery, led the American infantry who had been preparing to attack, and launched an attack on the town.
Dense machine-gun fire, covering the entire town, the M4 tank has an advantage, that is, sufficient machine-gun fire, which is very impressive to the infantry.
Bullets dripping from the eaves of the eaves almost destroyed all the remaining buildings in the town.
The Red Police sniper, who was hiding in the distance, was not polite at all, and as soon as a gunshot rang out, a US Army sergeant major who was showing his head behind the tank let out a death-threatening scream.
"Anti-tank bazookas, prioritize taking out attacking US tanks." Li Youming calmly gave the order to attack.
The Red Alert soldiers lurking in the foxholes, quick and covert aiming, and five soldiers with bazookas on their shoulders, easily destroyed the attacking American tanks.
There were only three US tanks left in the attack, but Li Youming did not expose the tanks, not even the machine gun positions.
The remaining three tanks, as if they felt very risky, quickly withdrew, while the American soldiers who followed behind the tanks lay on the ground.
"Ask the artillerymen if they will be able to destroy the enemy's artillery." Li Youming asked anxiously.
The self-propelled howitzer battalion, located thirty kilometers behind the town, answered Li Youming with practical actions.
Eighteen 155-mm self-propelled howitzers, with their barrels raised at the same time, the artillery drones have found the location of the American artillery positions, forty kilometers away, just within the attack range of the self-propelled howitzer battalion.
The salvo of shelling, shells streaked across the sky, and the positions of the American troops, who were preparing for a new round of shelling, were soon covered by explosions.
As if it had been discussed, an Air Fortress bomber appeared on the battlefield in the sky and dropped a large number of bombs.
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