Seven-Four-Five Blitz (5)

"Division commander, the reconnaissance telegram is here. 【 I want: super fast update ]"

The radio in the rickety command car rang non-stop, and the chief of staff turned around and handed the information sent by the reconnaissance plane to Yang Chenghu (the previous text was mistakenly typed as Division Commander Zhou, which has been changed).

"There is about an infantry division that is building a defensive line, in addition to about 300 tanks and 30 75 guns, including about 50 Ford Type 2 tanks.

Now the U.S. forces have lined up the tanks in three lines and arranged them horizontally in front of the infantry positions...... I just want to fight us. The staff officer circled the exact location on the map and guessed the other party's intentions in a highly uncertain tone.

Yang Chenghu was also dumbfounded when he saw this arrangement of formations, not to mention the combination of infantry and tan, but what kind of fighting method is it to line up the tanks in front of the infantry position like this?

And with such a centralized arrangement, it's like looking for death!

As can be seen from the previous skirmish, the United States still used tanks as mobile firepower points to support infantry for a long time, or simply as artillery.

After losing a large number of veterans, the combat effectiveness of the US Army has actually declined very much, no wonder everyone says that Europe is fighting a war at this moment, the empire is fighting a war ten years later, and the United States is still ...... in the last century.

"Where is the artillery battalion?"

"It's less than 10 kilometers from Payson......

"Stop, cover shelling of Payson!" Yang Chenghu said: "Order the 2nd Regiment to bypass the front of Payson and insert it from the left flank, the 1st Regiment and the 3rd Regiment wait until 10 minutes after the start of the shelling to launch a surprise attack, and the 4th Regiment infantry is ready to cooperate." ”

"Commander......, is 10 minutes enough? Do you want to call the Air Force to bomb it first? ”

"No, when will the army rely on the air force to fight a war?!" Yang Chenghu glared at the staff officer, in 1906 he entered the Fengtian Army Academy, after graduating in 09 to the newly formed armored forces, in 12 years he served as the commander of the first armored division, and in 14 years after the former division commander Lieutenant General Luo Feng was promoted and left, he became the commander of the first armored division major general.

The good deeds are to call him and the current commander of the Second Armored Division Li Zongren, the commander of the Third Armored Division Zhang Ke, and the commander of the Fourth Armored Division Wu Peifu as the Four Tigers of the Army.

Now the self-proclaimed No. 1 Tiger has an armored division, 3 tank regiments, 10 battalions (one directly under the tank battalion), 30 companies, 300 tanks, 130 of which are Siberian Tigers, plus an infantry regiment of 5,000 men, 24 War Hammer self-propelled guns and 60 Night Cat armored vehicles.

If you still can't turn over these Yankees on the other side, who don't even know how to use tanks, and call for air force support, I'm afraid that the other division commanders will laugh to death if it spreads.

"Just 10 minutes, and then all of them assault." Yang Chenghu looked up at the falling sun, and said fiercely: "We can't afford it!" ”

"Boom, boom, boom......."

With Yang Chenghu's order, 24 war hammers stopped and began to shell Payson, and the power of self-propelled guns that could follow the movement of armored units began to appear, 152 mm shells could shell the enemy at a distance of 8 kilometers, while the 75 guns equipped by the US army in large numbers needed to be pulled closer to 4000 meters to have enough lethality.

"Battalion commander......, there are still 6 minutes."

"Got it."

Standing on top of the tank, Uliji's burly stature contrasted sharply with the short, thin armored soldiers around him, and many people could hardly imagine how this large Mongolian battalion commander could stuff himself into a cramped tank.

The small town of Payson in the distance is already full of gunsmoke, the power of 24 war hammers is not blown, and 40 kg shells are heavy in the army, not to mention that they can shoot as many as 5 per minute. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

A St. Chamond assault tank, which was dodging and moving, was hit by a shell and turned into a ball of flames, and the machine gunner was a little dumbfounded when he saw this scene: "Battalion commander, if we continue to fight like this, can we still do it?" ”

"How do I know!"

Uligi is also itching, he can't let the artillery stop firing, and leave the remaining tanks and American troops to his battalion to fight, you must know that the imperial armored troops are the same as the navy, and the big dream is to defeat a unit like himself, but now he is watching the artillery might, which is really .......

"Three minutes."

"Battalion commander, the Yankees are rushing over."

Groups of black dots rushed out of the artillery fire, and unlike the neat and uniform Chinese tank troops, these large and small, including the Ford light tank that was not as good as the Wildcat, the behemoth St. Chamont assault tank, and the Ford 2 tank imitating the Cheetah, rushed over like a swarm.

"It's coming, it's finally here!"

Uliji was excited, and immediately waved his arms, and a large cloud of black smoke came out from behind the butts of the 30 Siberian Tiger tanks that served as the front of the swoop.

"It's time, let's go!"

Returning to the commander's position, Uligi immediately gave the order to charge.

At the same time as the warhammer stopped roaring, more than 180 tanks rushed towards the oncoming American army like a tiger descending from the 5-kilometer-wide battlefield.

"Rush rush ......."

The driver, Xiao Wang, stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, but it still felt too slow.

Gunner Ma Dazhu stuffed the armor-piercing bullet into the barrel half an hour earlier, watched the scale on the scope continue to drop, and from time to time looked at whether the bullet of the synchronous machine gun was jammed.

The Heavy closed the lid and went about his job as a loader.

As for Uliji, he had already grabbed the periscope in one hand and began to pick the first unlucky guy.

"2000 meters!"

30 Siberian tigers, in a triangular formation, ran wildly at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour, and the wide tracks rolled up countless sand and dust, so much so that from a distance it looked like a tornado swept across the wasteland.

"Major, they're too good!"

In the Ford 2 tank in the center, the gunner desperately held the trigger of the 28mm rapid-fire cannon, and the sound of the cannon continued to echo in the closed tank, but unfortunately no matter how hard he tried, except for the occasional spark or two, the enemy on the opposite side just stood still.

What made him dumbfounded was that the speed of the other party was too high, the speed of the Ford 2 tank could reach 20 kilometers per hour on the road, and 12 kilometers per hour off-road, but those Chinese tanks on the opposite side exceeded 20 kilometers when off-road.

"Keep rushing, don't stop." George Patton gritted his teeth, he and Baker had long studied the power of Chinese tanks, and the only chance was to close in and hit the rear armor of the opponent's side, so they must not stop, otherwise they will become targets.

"510 meters."

"Slow down......."

"Front left, Ford 2......."

The violent braking slowed down, so that everyone's body involuntarily rushed forward, Ma Dazhu heard the battalion commander shouting, and hurriedly found the Ford 2 tank, and the muzzle of the gun turned quickly.

"Boom......."

Almost at the same time, dozens of Siberian Tiger tanks began to slow down and fire at the same time, and since it was not yet possible to achieve accurate shelling in high-speed movement, the tanks had to slow down to ensure a high hit rate.

"Boom......."

After a loud explosion in his ears, Uliji hurriedly looked through the periscope and found that the Ford 2 he let him fight was actually intact, and immediately turned his head and glared at Ma Dazhu.

"Didn't you just miss?" The knife-like eyes made Ma Dazhu shrink his neck, muttering in his heart that his hand was not slow, pulling the running bolt and withdrawing from the barrel, and quickly fired the second armor-piercing bullet after the loader stuffed the shell.

"Haha, see if I can't beat ......."

"Ha, didn't hit!"

"Come again!"

After the second shot was fired, Ma Dazhu, who thought he was going to be hit, was not yet proud, and was scolded back by the black-eyed Wu Liji, thinking that it was because of this guy's accurate artillery that he deliberately transferred him to his side, I don't know how many battalion commanders died in red eyes, and even the regiment commander almost wanted to rob, but I didn't expect that the two guns were inaccurate today.

"They didn't slow down, pay attention to the amount of advance!"

After being reminded by the battalion commander, Ma Dazhu, who is nicknamed "one shot" on weekdays, finally found out where he was wrong, and immediately re-aimed, but before his third shell could be fired, the front of the Ford 2 suddenly exploded, and it turned out that the comrades next to him were also aiming at this guy.

"Look at what, there's another one! The distance is 470 meters ......, and the speed is 8 kilometers. ”

Ma Dazhu, who was already screaming in anger, saw it this time, and after a loud bang, the disarmed shell hit the St. Chamond like a black lightning bolt, how could the thin 13 mm homogeneous steel plate block the 76 mm armor-piercing shell, and the explosion occurred in the tank instantly.

After dealing with the first one, Ma Dazhu finally regained his confidence in "hitting the nail on the head", and after piercing a big hole in what he thought was a small Ford light tank, he immediately turned the gun and aimed it at a St. Chamond 400 meters away.

The bullet hit the tank's tracks, and although it was not completely destroyed, it was put on its stomach, and then a cheetah saw the opportunity to stuff a string of 37mm shells into it.

Although there was no lore, Ma Dazhu almost didn't pause, he knew that as long as the track was broken, someone would come to clean up the mess sooner or later, so he aimed at the next one!

At this moment, he is the only master of the tank, as long as the battalion commander chooses the target, it is almost bloody.

The turret rotated 37 degrees to the left and aimed at a Ford 2 tank that was trying to pass through the front, and the shell drilled into the junction of the turret and the body like a meteor, and the violent explosion directly lifted the turret several meters away.

After completing the lore, the body turned sideways, the turret turned 23 degrees to the left again, and the fifth St. Chamond fell under the muzzle of Ma Dazhu! At the moment of reloading the shells, he did not forget to use the synchronous machine gun to sweep several American troops who had drilled out of the tank.

Right now!

This seemingly honest and honest peasant man is a killing god, a killing god! As long as he rushed to within 500 meters, almost no American tank could be spared, and when the tank he was in was constantly accelerating and decelerating, after breaking through the American tank formation, there were already 8 piles of steel garbage left!

Several U.S. tanks that were still trying to intercept turned around and ran away when they saw him!

"Turn back, kill again, haha......!"

"Fire, fire!"

The continuous fire of the tank next to him made George Patton's eyes red, especially the one in the middle, which was like a grim reaper, and shouted hysterically at the tank.

"Major, we must slow down, there is no guarantee of a hit at such a speed!" The gunner shouted, reminding George Patton: "Their frontal armor is thick, they must go around the flanks!" ”

"Then slow down and let Wenbeck go to the left!"

"Attack their flank...... boom!" To the left, a ball of fire interrupted Barton's words, and a Saint-Chamond was paralyzed again.

"Damn it."

"Spread out, don't concentrate!"

After being hit one after another, Baker immediately saw the problem, in addition to the speed was too accurate, his side was too concentrated, so he hurriedly ordered to disperse.

The three faster Ford 2s were lucky enough to pierce the opponent's tank formation, and as they prepared to turn to attack the opponent's fragile rear armor, several orange-red flames suddenly emerged from the dust.

I saw that thousands of Chinese infantry had already followed the tank's butt and killed it.

"Infantry, it's infantry! Beware of grenades and shells! And what about our infantry? Let them keep up! When George Patton saw this, he remembered that the infantry was still in the trenches behind, and immediately began to summon them up.

The American infantry, who had long been frightened by the fierce battle, was willing to rush into the tank engagement zone where bullets were flying, but before they could think about whether to refuse the order, a large amount of dust appeared in the left rear, which made the cold sweat of Patton and Baker flow down almost at the same time, the enemy still has tanks!

The roundabout 2nd Regiment arrived just in time, and in the face of the American infantry and the makeshift fortifications they had dug, a full 100 tanks were plunged into it like red-hot irons.

The tanks in front were beaten so that they couldn't raise their heads, and a large number of tanks came from behind, which broke up the psychological defense line of the infantry at once, so before the tanks approached, many American soldiers raised their hands early.

This scene also made Baker and Barton completely desperate.

"Major, we are surrounded!"

"Major!"

"Rush out, left!"

"Boom......."

In just 96 minutes, the largest tank battle since the start of the war ended, and in front of the 1st Panzer Division, which was in full lead, Patton and Baker used all their strength, but still paid the price of 227 vehicles destroyed.

"Divisional commander, these prisoners ......."

Standing in the middle of the tank wreckage all over the ground, Yang Chenghu and the staff officers scratched their heads, the troops were too brave, and they captured more than 100 tanks and more than 10,000 American infantry, but the problem was that they only had 5,000 infantry in their hands.

What about the captives?

"Put your weapons away and leave a tank battalion to guard them."

"What about the soldiers?" The staff officer grimaced.

"Go west on their own, let them surrender themselves to the 17 Infantry Division in the back!"

"Ah...... is that okay?"

"If it doesn't work, it has to work!" Yang Chenghu looked at the sun descending and said heavily: "We don't have time. ”

RO！ ~！