July 22, 1909 at 9 a.m

The mechanized Eastern Front Mobile Regiment of the Imperial Expeditionary Force appeared in the Arlington area, "rumbling" like a torrent of steel on the road, and at the forefront were the fast and agile Wolf light reconnaissance tanks, several of which drove off the road and galloped on the Great Plains shortly after the winter wheat harvest.

Kilometers apart

It is the main Cheetah medium tank platoon of the mobile corps assault, which is moving along the road, and the long steel queue has no end in sight, and under the sunlight, these steel monsters with a cold luster are murderous, and the black hole and hole cannon mouth are pointing straight ahead.

At this moment, the hatches above the tank driver and commander were all open.

The commander wore a gray-black rubber tank crew cap, revealing half of his body outside, enjoying the verdant scenery of the central plain in mid-July, and some people still had a cigarette in the corner of their mouths, looking leisurely.

The driver in front of the tank hull also showed his head, and the open cabin driving was much more comfortable than the combat driving, and there was no need to be stuffy in the steel jar filled with the smell of sweat and engine oil, especially during the battle, the thick smoke of gunfire after the artillery fire was simply choked to death.

Tank gunners and ammunition loaders were not so lucky, a tank only had two hatches, and they had to sit honestly inside the tank and enjoy the unique mixture of oil and diesel.

On tank car No. 2307 in front

Geng Jiamao, the captain of the 3rd Battalion and 1st Company of the 2nd Regiment, stood on his command car, his body swaying with the bumps of the tank car, the sweat on his forehead had been dried by the cool breeze outside the car, and he looked in a good mood.

His tank serial number 2 belongs to the 2nd Armored Regiment, 3 belongs to the 3rd Battalion, and 07 is the No. 7 car of the first company, which looks clear at a glance.

Because of one tank company, the maximum number of tanks in the establishment is 22.

Therefore, the first tank company is from the No. 1 car to the No. 22 car, the second company is from the 23rd to the 44th, the third company is from the 45th to the 66th, and the other than the 66th are light reconnaissance tanks.

"Company commander, you've been comfortable for a long time, can you let me go out to breathe?" The one who spoke was the artillery commander Pan Ergou, an old qualified second-class sergeant, who has been in the army for more than ten years, and is an old guy who can play with artillery.

"That's not good, Brother Ergou, I'm about to fight, I have to keep an eye on it." Captain Geng Jiamao replied with a smile.

The backbone of the expeditionary force depends on these professional veterans, especially in the technical arms of the armored division, the driver and loader can do it as a recruit, and the gun commander must be a veteran, he is the soul of the entire tank combat crew.

In terms of age, Pan Ergou is two years older than the company commander Captain Geng Jiamao, everyone stays in a steel tank to fight, life is the same life, death is the same death, the fighting friendship is very strong, so Captain Geng Jiamao wants to shout "Brother Ergou", and the ammunition loader Ah Bing is a new Ding for more than a year, so he has to shout "Master Dog".

"Fuck me, I was loaded with so many shells last night, and there wasn't even a place to turn around in the cabin, but it squeezed me to death." Pan Ergou looked unhappy.

"Master Dog, why don't I exchange with you? I'm comfortable here...... "The driver Ye Xiaoming is a veteran whose service has expired, and he shouted with a grin in front of him because of the war overdue.

"You stay honest, Xiao Ming, don't say that the dog looks down on you, your driver can be driven by anyone, my cannon is not a guy who can play with anyone, and you can't play it."

"Let's even admit this, otherwise how can you be a dog?"

"That's a must." Artillery Commander Pan Ergou raised his face proudly.

He is a veteran gunner for more than ten years, and the gunners in the company are all apprentices and grandchildren trained by him, and seven or eight of them are now first-class sergeants, and the rest are estimated to be converted into reserve sergeants when this war is over, and they can get the high salary of captain-level officers.

Listening to the discussion of the guys in the car crew, the company commander Geng Jiamao said with a hearty smile; "Brother Ergou, bear with it a little longer, after a while, after the battle, all the shells will be fired, and the ground around you will be big, you can lie down and sleep if you want."

"Company commander, how much I have to think about it, so I will hide in the gun compartment to sleep, isn't it nice to find a white girl to sleep with her arms after the battle?"

"Watch out for your old waist, don't get tired."

"Hey, hey, hey...... After this battle, company commander, as long as you give me a few more days off, I promise to give birth to your little nephew, Brother Ergou doesn't dare to brag about anything else, these two cannons are guaranteed to be loud, and they will never smear us in a row. ”

"Hahahaha......" the rest of the tank crew burst out laughing.

"Let's save some snacks...... "Company commander Captain Geng Jiamao also laughed, he suddenly saw the reconnaissance tank in front desperately waving the red flag, his face immediately became serious, he picked up the binoculars to observe carefully, and then shouted loudly;" All pay attention, spot a large force of enemy troops, and prepare for battle. ”

After speaking, he took out the red command flag in the tank and waved it three times overhead, paused, and repeated three more times to give a battle signal to encounter a large number of enemy troops.

Then he took out the green command flag and waved it a few times, pointed to the left side of the road, and then pointed to the right side of the road a few times, and gave the battle order.

in an instant

The tank group driving on the road immediately split into two, and the first and third platoons of 10 tanks rushed out of the road and drove towards the field on the left, spreading out in the shape of a "goose" in the process, and forming a two-zigzag formation, which was a tank detachment battle formation preparing to meet the enemy.

The 10 tanks of the first platoon and the fourth platoon of the company, plus the two command tanks of the company headquarters, drove down the road, lined up in battle formation in the field on the right side of the road, formed an offensive front with a width of 3~4 kilometers, and drove forward with a "boom".

"Bang Bang Bang", three red signal flares rose into the sky and exploded, sending out a combat signal.

The leading tank battalion of the mobile corps immediately made a combat response, and the tank vehicles drove down the road into the field one after another, and with the tank company as a unit, they discharged three clear waves of "human" herringbone combat queues, advancing at a speed of 5~8 kilometers per hour.

The rear tank battalion of the 2nd Panzer Regiment immediately slowed down, and the motorized infantry battalion was at the same time ready for battle and ready to fight whenever needed.

Not for long

From the direction of Washington, there is a strange armored convoy, the steel armor looks extremely hideous, there are various patterns painted on the outside of the hull, some specially added sharp jagged ramming horns, the car is wearing a French two-horned military cap more than 100 years ago, and it is also decorated with bright red or white feathers, shouting like a rooster in heat.

At first glance, it's really bluffing.

However, in the face of the tanks slowly approaching from the field, these American armored vehicles quickly revealed their original form, because most of these armored vehicles were modified from trucks or cars, and once the rubber tires left the road and entered the muddy fields, they quickly sank under the pressure of the heavy body.

Only a few armored vehicles converted with tractors were able to drive off the road and stagger through the fields.

The distance between the two sides became closer and closer, and after approaching to the 2-kilometer range, a dense group of machine guns and artillery roared, and for a time the sound of gunfire resounded through the sky and the earth, enveloping the fields of Harrington in a strong atmosphere of war.

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

The shells fired by the American mortars exploded in the field, kicking up large black mud masses, and the power was amazing.

"Hurry up, stop, I'm going to take out that mortar truck." During the battle, Pan Ergou roared loudly, he mobilized the turret turn, aimed the 40mm howitzer at an American armored vehicle about 1,600 yards away, took careful aim, and slammed the launch plate.

I felt only a thud on the car, then a deafening explosion of shells as they were fired, and thick smoke filled the cabin, choking on the smell of oil, diesel and sweat.

I saw the shell draw a clear arc and hit it, exploding near the US mortar armored vehicle, separated by more than 10 meters.

"Damn, it's missed, reload me with another high-explosive bomb." Pan Ergou's eyes were red and he stared at the periscope tightly, his fingers gently adjusted the turret, and then fired decisively.

The disarmed 40-millimeter grenade struck the US mortar armored vehicle 1,600 yards away in a clear arc in a loud shelling, and in the violent explosion, the orange-red fire ball enveloped the shoddy mortar vehicle and blew it into a pile of rags.

"Oh...... It's a nice fight, and it's the third car. ”

“ oh， yeah…… Master Dog is powerful today, and he is too handsome. ”

"Bell Bell Bell ......"

There was a crisp sound of gunfire and bullets intersecting from the tank hull, and Pan Ergou hurriedly roared loudly; "Run, we're being targeted."

The tank car started violently and rushed forward, and all the occupants involuntarily slammed their backs into the chairs.

As soon as car No. 2307 left, a shell whistled nearby and exploded, but it exploded lonely.

on the battlefield

The tanks of the pioneer battalion were very chicken thieves, picking up the armored vehicles equipped with artillery of the US army and beating them severely, but they turned a blind eye to the armored vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns, and allowed the bullet fire chain fired by their heavy machine guns to crack the heavy tanks and fly sparks.

It didn't take long for the tank battalion in the rear to come up from the field and encircle and suppress the US armored convoy on the highway from all directions and angles, blowing them up one after another, turning them into piles of scrap metal paralyzed on the road.

At this time, it can be seen that the biggest drawback of the US armored fleet is that it does not have strong cross-country ability.

Once the front armored vehicles were destroyed and blocked the road, then the long armored convoy on the road became a dead snake, and only a few armored vehicles converted by tractors were able to go down to the fields to fight, and it was not surprising that they were the first to be destroyed.

The remaining wheeled armored vehicles were overloaded and would sink into the soft fields and become a live target for the tanks of the expeditionary force.

The battle lasted more than two hours, and most of the more than 300 armored vehicles of the US army were destroyed, and a small number of them were abandoned by the US soldiers who fled in a hurry.

The losses of the Expeditionary Force's Qianfeng Tank Battalion were negligible, except for the destruction of one Wolf light tank, three killed, and the failure of 6 Cheetah tanks.

Probably the biggest loss is that the ammunition is exhausted, and you don't stop to wait for supplies.

on the side of the road

The wreckage of destroyed American armored vehicles was everywhere, and the tanks of the 2nd Regiment and 3rd Battalion were parked on the side of the road in a long line.

Cars roared on the road, and military trucks full of soldiers drove past them, and the soldiers on the vehicles saluted the armored soldiers who were resting after the battle, and their eyes were full of respect.

Needless to say .......

The charred wreckage of US armored vehicles that can be seen everywhere on this highway is a monument that shows the achievements of the armored troops.

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