The first round of Allied attacks was not slow, and numerous M4 Sherman tanks poured out from the depths of the city. Judging from the intelligence brought back by the German soldiers on the front, the Allies used at least 500 tanks, including the M18 self-propelled anti-tank gun and the British Churchill heavy tank in addition to the main M4.

The order of the German command was to fight a defensive counterattack, after all, the 75mm guns of the American M4 tanks were generally loaded with enough threat to the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks, the main armored forces of the German army, and in a head-to-head confrontation, their own losses were expected to be large.

As the commander of an anti-tank destroyer, the command command was exactly what Hu Bin wanted, and he commanded the tank to come to a small hillside, squatting in the rear of the troops with peace of mind, and waiting for the enemy on the opposite side to attack. In order to better snipe the enemy, Hu Bin and the four of them also specially dug a tank trench for the pursuers, covered the fragile chassis of the chariot, and covered the body with camouflage made of shrubs.

Stan forcefully fed an armor-piercing round into the chamber of the 75mm anti-tank gun, gesturing to Ferre to indicate that it could be fired at any time, while Hu Bin monitored the ruins of the building across the street through the observation hole. According to the intelligence of the German troops withdrawn from the front, the Allies had gathered a large number of armored forces in this position, eager to launch a new offensive.

"Ahh The enemy appeared. Ferry's voice shook the spirits of the others, and Hu Bin also spotted the enemy's figure in the observation hole.

"It's actually a British Crusader cruiser tank, let's wait for it to get ahead......" Before Hu Bin's words were finished, Ferrey had already completed his aiming and fired out with one shot. There was no time to investigate Fei Lei's reckless move, Hu Bin hurriedly checked the situation of this cannon.

"How's it going, did you hit?" Stallone shouted eagerly from the driver's seat, his position did not see the enemy's situation at all, and he had nothing to do while crouching. I finally found some fun and seemed very positive.

"Gave the enemy a hard blow." Hu Bin glanced at their gunner Ferre with inexplicable emotion and continued: "Hit the enemy engine, the enemy's fuel tank caught fire. As soon as Hu Bin's words fell, Stallone's spatial prompt sounded, and the proceeds of destroying an enemy tank had been distributed to him proportionally.

"We took out the enemy." Hu Bin saw the Crusader 600 meters away turned into a pile of scrap metal in the explosion of the ammunition rack, and told the belated good news, but it did not cause any cheers, and the three of them looked at Ferrey with a "this is not scientific" eyes.

"Hey, luck! Luck! Although Ferrey scratched his head and said this modestly, everyone could see the triumph of this kid.

Stan quickly shoved an armor-piercing round into the chamber. Unsurprisingly, he said, "Well done, newcomer." ”

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"It's not scientific!" Looking at the M4 not far away that the tank track engine was all damaged and burned in the raging fire, Hu Bin could already calmly say this sentence for the fifth time, a hellcat, three M4, and a crusader, this is the record of their pursuers during this time.

Good fortune seemed to have been favoring their young gunner, Ferre, who, as a newcomer, only had a 60% hit rate on his shells. However, the breakdown rate after hitting is as high as 90%, and the chance of damaging the key components of the opponent's tank is an astonishing 70%. Let several other people shout that it is unscientific.

The Allies swallowed the bitter pill of their rash attack, and the German tanks and infantry regiments that had taken refuge in tank trenches and other bunkers gave the Allied vanguard a head-on blow, resulting in the loss of more than 40 tanks in the first round of the charge. Tanks 3 and 4 are no longer dominant on the armored battlefield, but they are full-fledged workhorses. Not inferior to the M4 too much, under the skillful control of the elite German Panzers, the German tanks at a firepower disadvantage used crossfire to delay the charge of the Allied Panzer Group. gave the rear anti-armor force enough time to output, and this is why Hu Bin and them comfortably collected their heads.

However, as the inferior side, the German army also paid a lot of price, not only lost the outer defense line, but also lost a lot of anti-tank infantry guns, as a delay in the opponent's attack, the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks were hit by the opponent in the process of retreat, and more than a dozen vehicles were destroyed one after another.

Seeing that his defense line was defeated, Hu Bin did not continue to covet the output, and immediately ordered the pursuers to retreat to the rear. Stallone finally found an opportunity to play at this time, reversing and exiting the tank trench on the top of the mountain pack, and then turned around and ran backwards. Only then did the Allies discover that there was such an enemy chariot hidden on the nearby mountain bag, and immediately opened fire here, but the shells were blocked by the protruding mountain bag and did not pose any threat to Hu Bin and them.

In the first wave of confrontations, both sides can be said to have taken advantage of it, although the Germans had a slight advantage in terms of combat performance, but the overall disadvantage in tank combat effectiveness could not be ignored, and the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks were indeed inferior to the American Sherman in terms of performance. The next Allied offensive will inevitably be much more cautious, and they will no longer charge stupidly after blowing losses, and it is obviously a little difficult to cause today's results.

The command ordered the troops to defend on the spot and wait for the opportunity to attack, but Hu Bin did not think that this opportunity would occur. He and the other numbered ones had not forgotten that their most important enemy, the Contractor, had not yet been dispatched, and it was clear that the men's intentions were to deliver a fatal blow at their most vulnerable. And from now on, it seems that the Germans will not even be able to resist the Allied offensive, let alone counterattack the city.

However, this time the German command did not seem to let the numberers release, and just after the first round of the offensive of the Allied armored forces, a German bomber formation flew over. Allied tanks, still roaming the wilderness, became the primary target of the bombers, and the artillery positions in the rear were also hit with heavy blows. Before the bomber formation slapped its ass and left, it also put down some supplies for the friendly forces below, while the Mustang fighter formation, which was supposed to intercept this batch of bombers, was late and could only vent for a while at the German position.

The Allies, who did not lose the battle, did not shrink the defensive line to repair, but used the cover of their own fighters to launch another onslaught on the German army. This time, even Hu Bin felt bad, the Germans never expected that the Allies would launch an attack just after the bombing, and they were caught off guard by the Allies in a hurry. In order to ensure the elite armored units, the German soldiers of the two infantry regiments withstood the roar of the enemy's fighting vehicles. With infantry artillery, anti-armor grenades, rockets and other weapons, it is difficult to resist the enemy's attack.

But even at a terrible cost, the Germans still did not stop the onslaught of Allied armor, and the subsequent Allied infantry, under the cover of tanks and combat vehicles, quickly broke up the German resistance, and the front was once again pushed eastward.

At this time, the situation of the Allies was very good, as long as they continued to pursue, what awaited the Germans could be a last battle. But fate seemed to play a joke on the Allies, who amassed a large number of armored forces here, and consumed an astronomical amount of fuel every day. Even the Allied forces, which had just established a beachhead, were facing the embarrassment of a shortage of supplies, not to mention the armored forces that were far from the forefront. After two rounds of attacks, the Allies had enough gasoline to maneuver here, except for a few tanks, and most of the tanks could only be used as batteries.

The German Panzer Division, which had been given a few precious respites, took this opportunity to blow the horn of a counteroffensive, and surprisingly, the protagonist of this attack was not the main tanks, but the motorized mobile units that usually served as auxiliary sweep infantry.

In order to deal with the rival contractor, the numbered person who participated in this battle can be said to have a hard time. Large vehicles cannot afford to be numbered, and they are easy targets for the enemy on the battlefield. And cheap motorized locomotives became their first choice. This thing consumes less fuel, and two people can start it, and with a mortar with good range and firepower, it becomes a small self-propelled gun.

Face the Allied tanks paralyzed and unable to move in place. The numberers began to launch their own harassment offensive with impunity. The firing range of the mortar is more than 800 meters, and at this distance it is difficult for ordinary flat-fire artillery to reach the speed of a motorcycle. The numberers could have flown enemy kites at this distance. Although the accuracy of the mortars is questionable, they cannot withstand the gang operations of the numberers, and often a small detachment of five or six motorcycles can complete a small covering artillery strike.

The numberers, who had been constantly gaining success, even attracted the attention of the German commanders. Later, even the German motorized units followed the numbered ones, launching endless shifts of harassment against the Allies.

The Allies have used a variety of methods to curb the unbridled harassment of numberers.

They tried to patrol with the faster Crusader tanks, but were hit by heavy fire from the armor-piercing machine guns, and the thickness of the Crusader's armor made it difficult to believe that it was a tank and not an armored vehicle, and after damaging several tanks and quite a few crews, the British were no longer willing to send them out on patrol.

The disillusioned Allied forces made a new move, using the terrain such as woods, hillsides, and bushes to place many anti-armor infantry squads for ambushes. This tactic did work well in the early stage, and many of the two motorcycle teams were attacked by rockets, and although they did not lose their lives, the cost of losing a motorcycle was enough to make them feel distressed. However, this Allied tactic soon became ineffective, and they found that the numberers began to bomb all suspicious points in the harassment route regardless of the loss of shells, and although this greatly reduced the intensity of the German harassment, the Allies soon became unbearable, because no soldiers were willing to move further away from their own lines to die.

After several days of harassment, the Allied commanders fell into a deep nightmare, causing the first reaction of the Allied forces not to attack, but to quickly withdraw to the city after a shipment of fuel had just been delivered from the rear. The Germans watched in amazement as the Allies slowly retreated, and the goal that they had failed to achieve at great cost before was actually accomplished by a group of motorized troops.

However, only the numberers know how much they paid for it, and although the exchange system of the space set the exchange point in the German army's supply points, the exchanged materials were not the original ones of the German army. After several days of non-stop harassment operations, the mortar shells fired by the numberers were definitely a staggering number, and if they were put on the German Panzer Division, it would definitely drag down its logistics.

The benefits of harassment are largely a matter of luck, as a tank is destroyed and not only has a space for kills, but also accumulates a considerable number of kills, but only the destroyed side can get these kills, and the other numbered people who participate in the attack will only receive a share of the kill rewards, and even the cost of the shells will not be returned. But this kind of gambling attack has made the numberers tired, and the numberers who have a violent factor in their bones think that such a game is more exciting than the gambling game in the big casino in Paradise City.

But the Germans, who had gained some advantage and forced the Allies back into the city, faced an insurmountable problem. In order to capture the city, they must next engage the allies in the city.

In terms of strength comparison, the forces of the two sides were counteracted, and the Germans even had some advantages, but everyone knew what the result of the German armored forces and the Allied M4 frontal battle was. But the orders of the command could not be disobeyed, and the Germans had to march head-on to the city.

On the eve of the German attack, a bomber formation was specially transferred from the rear to carry out a round of bombing of this urban area, and a fighter formation was also sent here to carry out support tasks. This made the numbered people in the armored division somewhat relieved, and if there was air force support, this battle would still be fought.

The German offensive plan was led by tank units. A safe zone was cleared on the outskirts of the city as a fulcrum for the attack, which was then used by other vehicles, artillery, and infantry to attack the center of the city, finally breaking down the Allied defenses in the center of the city and including key bridges in their own defense areas.

In this plan, the German tanks had a great deal of responsibility, not only to attack the city head-on and establish a fulcrum, but also to act as a bunker for the infantry in the next advance towards the center of the city. In view of the lack of combat strength of tanks No. 3 and No. 4 in the face of the Sherman tanks, the German Panzer Division also incorporated the self-propelled anti-tank guns of the anti-tank battalion into the ranks of the vanguard to make up for the lack of firepower. Such a combat order really made Hu Bin and the others tightened. Their pursuers were undoubtedly included in the first battle sequence, but in order to protect the powerful 75mm gun, the Germans specially equipped the pursuers with three No. 3 tanks to protect them.

For the success of the plan, the commander of the armored division finally took out the power of pressing the bottom of the box. Five majestic Tiger heavy tanks have been removed from their camouflage and officially joined the battle sequence.

The Tiger tank equipped in Hu Bin's armored division is only the initial model, but its battlefield deterrence is not inferior to other models of the same type. The 102mm alloy armor on the front of the body and the 136mm gap armor on the turret gave the Tiger unrivaled frontal protection, making it difficult for most tank guns to penetrate its frontal defenses. The 88mm gun also allowed the Tiger to penetrate the frontal armor of most tanks. The 700 hp Maybach engine allowed it to reach speeds of up to 38 km/h, and its reputation was throughout the history of World War II tanks.

Because of the huge threat of the Tiger tanks to the Allies and their unimaginable fuel consumption, the commanders of the German Panzer Divisions had to hide the Tigers under thick camouflage. Prevent annihilation by Allied air raids, but now the time has come when the Germans will have to use them.

The general offensive of the German army was launched as scheduled, and unlike the armored troops of other countries, the armored troops of the German army had a better combat quality, which enabled their armored troops to use the offensive mode of small formations, and the offensive formations of many tanks in the squad mode covered each other and marched towards the enemy-controlled urban area.

When Hu Bin and the others saw the Tiger tanks that had only been introduced at the top of the vehicle exchange list appear in the array of attacking tanks, their pursuers decisively hid behind the tiger's ass. The smoke from the exhaust port of the Tiger tank engine drifted into the chaper's chariot through the gap, but the choking smell did not cause anyone to complain, because the tall and heavy body gave Hu Bin and the others among the pursuers an infinite sense of security.

Of course, the big move of the German army attracted the attention of the Allied forces in the city, and an anti-tank gun sticked out of the window of the camouflaged bunker building, but it was discovered by the sharp-eyed German tankers, and before a single shot could be fired, the building was destroyed by a round of artillery fire, and it was buried deep in the rubble.

Hu Bin commanded Stan to replace the Stalker with a HE shotgun, which had been specially equipped in the supply point for the next urban battle, and in order to prevent the enemy from possible heavy vehicles, Hu Bin also equipped the Stalker's 75mm gun with several more expensive HEAP high-explosive tungsten core armor-piercing rounds.

The full load of shells and fuel caused the hunter's weight to increase sharply, seriously affecting the speed of the chariot, but Hu Bin had to arm his chariot with the standard of fighting a protracted war, and if the chariot was damaged due to insufficient ammunition or lack of fuel, this is the greatest tragedy.

Three hundred meters from the edge of the city, the German panzer group finally encountered a decent counterattack, and the Allied soldiers in the building relied on various anti-armor weapons to attack the approaching tanks, but the results were mediocre. It was difficult to destroy a tank with rockets and other weapons, and the German formation mode played a huge role, the intact tanks immediately moved forward in front of the wounded tanks to fend off the next attack, and the purposeful fire suppression of the groups also effectively hit the Allied lines, and soon the German vanguard rushed into the city. (To be continued......)