The cannon roared in the distance, and the dense gunfire rang out, and it was clear that the battle was still raging.

Pan Ergou sat on the tank car very unimaged, with a cigarette in his mouth and leaning against the turret to bask in the sun, if it weren't for the messy and damp hair and the black ash on his face that really affected the image, it could really be said that he was elegant and outstanding.

"Master Dog, you are very powerful today, you won 8 yuan in a row, and killed 8 armored vehicles of the enemy, our ace car group should be stable."

"That's a must, what's the total record now?"

"Uh...... 9 enemy armored vehicles and 17 artillery pieces were destroyed, and more than 320 cavalrymen were killed or wounded. I think the number of our cavalry killed and wounded is higher, but the battle record should be divided with that of the brother car crew, and that's it. Tank driver Ye Xiaoming said with some compliments.

"Well, it's a bit less than destroying armored vehicles!" Pan Ergou took a puff of cigarette, raised his head and looked around, and said with some concern; "It's hard to say about other battalions, there are still a few ruthless stubbles in our battalion, they are ruthless, and they are quick to grab heads, let's evaluate this ace car group is still a bit mysterious, if you destroy more than 15 enemy armored vehicles, it will be stable, it's a pity...... There are too few such opponents. Grass...... As soon as the battle started, these bastards all looked like they had taken medicine, and my old arms and legs couldn't play with them. ”

Ye Xiaoming took out a silver wine jug out of nowhere, opened the lid and took a sip, then handed it to Pan Ergou and said; "Master Dog, don't be angry, you can't do anything with this group of grandsons who snatch people's heads, if we don't take the initiative to get out of the battle in the second half of the battle, we need to control the overall situation, at least we have to harvest a few more armored vehicles, do you say yes?"

"That's necessary, I'm having a good time, the company commander will give me such a play, I must talk to him when I go back." Pan Ergou picked up the silver wine jug with a depressed face, raised his neck and poured a few big sips.

"Oops...... Don't me all in, leave me some. Ye Xiaoming hurriedly snatched the silver wine jug, shook his expression a little annoyed, and opened his mouth to pour all the remaining little wine into his mouth.

"Xiao Ming's wine is good, is it gin?"

"Authentic old Tom gin, I added lemonade, how does it taste?"

"That's good, it's just a little bit less."

"Master Dog, you're almost done, if you blow such a good wine with a bottle, I can't afford it."

"Small, how filial you are to me, I will recommend you to go to the next artillery commander training, and there will be a chance to be promoted to sergeant in the future, isn't it much better than breaking the driver?"

"Forget it, how can I have a chance to make meritorious contributions after this battle, at least I haven't fought for more than ten years, I have saved some military merits now, how can I get hundreds of acres of land in Oregon after I leave the army, a proper small farmer, after leaving the army, isn't it beautiful to find a white girl to start a family and have a lot of children to live a small life?"

"You know!" Pan Ergou scolded with disdain, stood up and twisted the sore muscles all over his body, patted the muzzle of the cannon with his hand dotingly and said; "Mouse eyes, the territory of the United States is larger than that of Australia, can this war be fought in a moment and a half?

As long as you participate in the three-month artillery commander training, you can serve as the artillery commander after passing the qualification.

If nothing else, let's just talk about Lao Tzu...... In terms of military merit, the Confederacy would start with at least 300 acres of land.

Now is a precious opportunity to make military achievements, and I will fight until the end of the war, and I will get a sergeant major epaulette on my shoulder, and I will have to earn 1,000 acres of land.

After I retired from the army, I became a big farmer and raised a group of women to give birth to children, which is called an ideal, do you understand...... Brat? ”

Professional sergeants enjoy the treatment of lieutenant-level officers, not only the same military salary, but also the same standard of military merit, which is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers.

Sergeant 1st is equivalent to a platoon second lieutenant officer, 2nd sergeant is equivalent to a lieutenant officer of a deputy company, and sergeant major 3 is equivalent to a captain officer of a full company.

In the army there are only three sergeants, and there are no more of them.

But in the Royal Navy, there are 4th and 5th sergeant majors, that is, they are old and awesome, they all operate large-caliber main ship guns, often have more than 20 years of experience in gun operation, and are the soul of the entire artillery crew, enjoying the treatment of colonel-level officers, The captain has to greet politely when he sees him, and the meals are all in the senior officers' small restaurant.

There are not many such awesome military commanders in a battleship, and there can be four 4th or 5th class military captains sitting in the main ship's gun crew, which is basically a proper first-class capital ship standard, the core part of the Royal Navy's combat effectiveness.

The main guns and auxiliary guns of a capital ship add up to dozens of guns, and only a few guns of the main ship have such treatment, and most of the other gun commanders are second-class and third-class sergeants, and they can only obediently go to the ordinary officers' cafeteria to eat, and the difference in treatment is too great.

Gossip is not mentioned

It is not easy for Pan Ergou to be promoted to the third-class sergeant major, first of all, there is still half a year of service, and only after 13 years of service (the three-year compulsory service period expires, plus 5 years of first-class promotion evaluation) can he be eligible for promotion.

This is only to be eligible for promotion, in addition, it also needs to be recommended by the commander above the regiment level of the service unit, through the service history evaluation, combat merit evaluation, and the same second-class sergeant to compete for a limited number of places, and finally stand out and complete the third-class sergeant major training before being awarded the rank epaulette, this process is not easy at all.

It's like a pyramid, the higher you go, the more difficult it becomes.

"Master dog, our company commander said to rush to replenish the supply, our tank tracks should also be replaced, and if we run down, I'm afraid that the chain will fall off in the battle, and the hydraulic oil is not enough, don't forget to mention it."

"These accessories should be given priority to the tank lying in the nest, you just be careful when driving the tank, I haven't settled accounts with you when I was fighting just now, and I almost broke my old waist, can't you drive slowly?"

"Slow down, and the shell will turn around."

"Xiao Ming, come here, I promise not to beat you, you will block a sentence if I say this......" Pan Ergou scolded with a smile.

The ammunition loader Ah Bing is an honest man and a newcomer, and when he heard them fighting, he just smiled and didn't speak, took out a rag and carefully wiped the gunpowder residue left by the artillery, and worked diligently and hard.

The traffic on the highway was rolling, kicking up patches of smoke and dust.

Company commander Captain Geng Jiamao walked around the wreckage of the American armored vehicle and said loudly to the resting tank soldiers; "The ammunition and equipment supply vehicles are in the back, it is estimated that there will be an hour to come up, now the shells have finished a few car groups to pick up tools to follow me, let's go repair the few broken down cars, the other car groups continue to be vigilant, well, the enemy has reinforcements coming, everyone pay attention to a point, to prevent the combat troops in front of them from missing people, it is strictly forbidden for any idle people to approach, do not listen to the warning, and there will be no mercy."

"Yes, sir."

The crew of the car, which had been basking in the sun for a long time, moved one after another, and the No. 2307 tank car still had 9 shells left, and the ammunition loader Ah Bing ran behind the heavy machine gun on the turret, pulled the bolt and loaded the bullet belt, and carried out the alert mission.

Driver Ye Xiaoming and artillery commander Pan Ergou both returned to the combat position, but Pan Ergou sat in the commander's position, exposing half of his body to observe the situation outside at any time.

It was past two o'clock in the afternoon

The Battle of Arlington had just finished the first half, and the Royal Janissary 4th Armored Division, together with the main force of the Shangri-La Division, was engaged in a division and siege of the American troops.

The troops of the 3rd Panzer Regiment were divided into tank companies on the vast plains, harvesting the enemy with machine guns and artillery, while the infantry divisions all got off their vehicles and fought, forming a semi-circular encirclement and squeezing them step by step, crushing and capturing the enemy in front of them.

The fierce gunfire continued until about five o'clock in the afternoon before it gradually thinned out, and near dusk, brilliant fiery clouds appeared in the sky, as if to match the appropriate scene for this bloody battle, and the battlefield with a radius of dozens of square kilometers was covered with black smoke and countless corpses.

Under the attack of the torrent of armor, more than 30,000 American troops lost nearly 10,000 people, captured more than 10,000 people, and the rest fled.

At this time, Washington, the capital of the United States, had been completely displayed under the sharp edge of the mobile corps, revealing its soft lower abdomen, and the 26 to 70,000 troops were still on the Washington defense line 10 kilometers away or even hundreds of kilometers away, and the capital was completely in a foregone conclusion.

Outside Washington

"Division Commander Wu, judging from the current situation, our troops cannot enter Washington, but should bypass Washington and quickly move south, and defeat the enemy who has returned to help day and night, which is the best policy."

The speaker was Major General Gu Haikang, the commander of the Shangri-La Division, who once served as the commander of the White Tiger Division, participated in the Australian Civil War 19 years ago, and is a veteran and experienced general.

Lieutenant General Zhao Jiaxiong, commander of the Royal Janissary Army's 4th Armoured Division, contracted tropical malaria while in Panama and has not recovered from the disease, and is now recuperating in Richmond.

Now it is Brigadier General Wu Baoli, deputy division commander, who is acting as the division commander and is responsible for commanding this armored corps, which has played a beautiful left hook in the Battle of Washington, with brilliant results, and has won the attention of Major General Gu Haikang.

"What's up ahead now?"

"According to the reconnaissance of the Army Air Corps, on the highway leading to Washington, there are no less than 5~60,000 people are returning to the reinforcements quickly, and the black pressure marching column is out of sight, more than 10 kilometers long, and the nearest unit has arrived in Puzli, probably between 10 18 kilometers and 20 kilometers south of Washington."

"Oh......" Brigadier General Wu Baoli thought for a moment and did not rush to make a statement.

His face has completely faded from the jumps of his youth, he has been trained by the war, and he looks resolute and calm with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his face, and he is an out-and-out Confucian general.

"After all, Washington is a large city with a population of more than 300,000 people, and there are many armed militias, and it is difficult for us to fight an urban war with the existing manpower. And now the captured prisoners can't be released, and it's troublesome to put them back in the city and pick up guns to fight. Brigadier General Wu Baoli muttered to himself, compared his hand on the map, and said after considering the time and speed of both sides;

"According to the speed of the U.S. military's starry night, it will probably be more than four hours before we can reach the outskirts of Washington, causing us even more trouble.

At the speed of our mobile corps, it only takes less than an hour to move from the northwest suburbs of Washington to the southern suburbs of more than 10 kilometers.

In this case, please leave a battalion of infantry divisions to guard the prisoners, and the main force of the division will go south with us and strike hard at the enemy in the southern suburbs of Washington.

The troops trimmed up and had something to eat, and in an hour they were out.

As long as the illusion of the enemy holding on to Washington is defeated, I will eat the fat of the capital when I want, and those who resist to the end will not mind learning from the marshal to set a fire and burn this place to nothing.

Master Gu, what do you think? ”

Major General Gu Haikang nodded in agreement; "Fighting urban warfare is our shortcoming, but destroying the enemy in sports is our strength, this time we have to learn a good lesson with the Mi Guoyan, it doesn't work if there are too many people."

"Hahaha...... Well said, that's it. ”