Chapter 139: The Clash of Steel
By the time the 11th Tank Division and the 118th Infantry Division of the Imperial Army, which had suffered heavy losses, packed up the mess and treated the wounded, it was already dark, and Lieutenant General Richard, who could not rush at night, had to order to rest in place.
After Ouyang Yu in the rear command received the bombing assessment report, he thought that this was the best opportunity to destroy these two troops, so he ordered the second armored division that went south to reinforce Kaskinen City to turn halfway and rush towards the place where the 11th Tank Division and the 118th Infantry Division of the Imperial Army were located, the goal of the 1st Armored Division remained unchanged and continued to reinforce Kaskinin City, the airborne regiment had launched a fierce battle with the 117th Division of the Imperial Army that reached first, the airborne regiment had repelled several attacks of the 117th Division with the support of powerful air support and armed airships, and the casualties of the 117th Division were much greater on both sides, and the battle in Kaskinin City was currently in a stalemate stage。
After a night's rest, the morale of the 11th Tank Division and the 118th Infantry Division was restored to a certain extent, and as soon as the sun rose, the soldiers lined up and rushed to the road again under the urging of the officers.
The march in the morning went smoothly, without the second air raid that Lieutenant General Richard had imagined, and after a short lunch break at noon, the two remnants of the army began to rush again.
Ten kilometers away from the 11th Tank Division and the 118th Infantry Division of the Imperial Army, the 2nd Armored Division of Ouyang Yu's Army had already moved into place and blocked their way forward, because the 2nd Armored Division was all composed of system soldiers and had no qualified commanders, and the distance was too far to command directly, so Ouyang Yu took a plane to the front line to command the first tank battle between Ouyang Yu's army and the Imperial Army.
The Second Armored Division only has one hundred and fifty No. 4 H tanks and double M3 half-track armored vehicles, of which only a quarter of the M3 armored vehicles with seventy-six mm anti-tank guns are installed, but the No. 4 tank is much stronger than all the tanks of the Imperial Army in terms of firepower, armor and mobility, and the number of tanks in the Eleventh Tank Division of the Imperial Army is actually less than that of the Second Armored Division after being attacked by air raids, this battle is not much pressure for Ouyang Yu, she is very confident that the Eleventh Tank Division and the 118th Infantry Division of the Imperial Army will be completely annihilated.
The M3 armored car in charge of reconnaissance brought the news of the enemy's approach, Ouyang Yu did not engage in any sneak attack ambush, and the surrounding terrain could not sneak attack and ambush, but ordered all the No. 4 tanks to attack on all fronts, and drove towards the enemy with a dignified attitude, and the following M3 armored vehicles and infantry moved north to prepare to outflank the rear road of the two imperial army units, and she herself moved with the infantry.
"Your Excellency, General, we have found a large number of enemy tanks heading towards us!"
Lieutenant General Richard hurriedly asked, "Are there any infantry following?"
"There are no infantry, all tanks. ”
"It's all tanks?" Lieutenant General Richard stroked the bushy beard on his chin and thought for a while and ordered: "Inform Major General Johnson to stop advancing, and all the infantry will remain under his command, so that our tanks can meet them at full speed!"
"Yes!"
The 113 tanks of the 11th Tank Division left behind the accompanying infantry and accelerated to meet the tank group of the 2nd Panzer Division, both sides were very mobile and saw each other after ten minutes.
"Stop advancing, the FT-3 tanks spread out the battle line, the FT-2 goes forward two hundred meters to protect, and the FT-1 runs to the left and right ready to flank from the flanks!" Lieutenant General Richard, riding on one of the FT-3 tanks, gave a series of orders to his troops.
As a very strangely designed FT-3 multi-turret tank, the tactics of this tank are also very different from ordinary tanks, in order to exert all the firepower, the FT-3 tanks will line up in a row to turn left collectively during the battle, and all the tank turrets are all facing the right, just like a battleship at sea, so that all three turrets can all open fire, so the right side armor of the FT-3 tank is also the thickest.
At the same time as Lieutenant General Richard gave the order, Ouyang Yu was also giving orders to his troops, because the battlefield terrain was wide and relatively flat, so she ordered one hundred and fifty tanks to be evenly divided into three arrow-shaped formations on the left, middle and right, the middle was responsible for cutting through the middle line of the 11th Tank Division, outflanking the left and right roads, giving priority to annihilating the already backward wolf tanks, and then encircling and annihilating the relatively difficult earth turtles and FT-3 tanks in the middle.
"Attack!"
Ouyang Yu and Lieutenant General Richard ordered almost at the same time, and the tanks on both sides all increased their throttles, like wild horses on the loose, and killed the enemy.
"Boom, boom, boom......!"
Ouyang Yu's No. 4 tanks stopped shooting at a distance of 1,500 meters, the main target was the wolf tank on both wings, the accuracy of the first round of shooting was not very high, only more than a dozen wolf tanks were hit by bullets and caught fire, and the rest took out the maximum speed and drove towards the side of the No. 4 tank on the left and right, the small-caliber magic crystal cannon used by the wolf was relatively reluctant to deal with the T-26 and T-35, and the No. 4 with eighty mm rear front armor was completely immune to their shooting, so the wolf stubs had a chance to penetrate the armor of the No. 4 tank only by going around the side of the No. 4 or even the back。 (Tank No. 4 had thirty mm armor on the sides of the hull and turret, fifteen on the back, and about the same turret.) )
"Attack! Attack!"
Lieutenant General Richard shouted in the communication, and the thirty-one FT-3s and twenty-five turtles on the front opened fire in unison, shooting a large number of fist-sized earthy yellow magic bullets, these earthy yellow magic bullets are special gravity bullets for tanks, because the Imperial Army has not yet developed armor-piercing bullets, but the clever alchemists have developed another gravity bullet that can be used to attack tanks.
A No. 4 tank was hit by a gravity bullet on the gun shield on the turret, the fist-sized gravity bullet instantly expanded ten times the volume and then quickly shrunk, in the process of shrinking, the steel plate that was in contact with the magic bullet was peeled off and absorbed layer by layer, and then the magic bullet was reduced to the size of a needle's eye, and the compressed magic energy exploded with a bang, when the smoke of the explosion dispersed, the gun shield and turret armor of the No. 4 tank that were hit were obviously missing a layer, although it was okay for the time being, but if the same part was hit again, it was likely to be penetrated。
Ouyang Yu, who was commanding by remote control more than ten kilometers away, was frightened by the effect of the gravity bomb, she thought that the armor of the No. 4 tank was invincible in front of the tanks of the Imperial Army, but the strange alchemy technology of the other world broke her illusion, and the tanks of the Imperial Army were fully capable of destroying the No. 4 tank.
"Speed up and rush forward!"
Because the distance is too far, the shells fired by the No. 4 tank at the FT-3 and the earth turtle are all bounced off, and the two tanks that pose the greatest threat are also these two tanks, in order to ensure the victory of the battle, the No. 4 tank must quickly approach in order to penetrate the opponent's armor, which is the weakness of the earth's natural science, and the magic bullets fired by the opponent can cause 100% damage regardless of the distance.
"Boom, boom, boom......!"
When the distance between the two sides approached a thousand meters, the tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectile fired by the No. 4 tank easily penetrated the last right armor of the FT-3 tank, and the FT-3 tank with ammunition racks all over the body was penetrated, without exception, all the ammunition exploded, and the gravity bombs and bursting shells stored in the tank either compressed the tank into a ball of iron, or blew the tank to pieces, but the turtle tank with only one magic crystal cannon was better, and several turtle tanks that were not hit by the key point still continued to fire vigorously。
"Boom......!"
The front armor of a No. 4 tank was made a large hole by a gravity projectile, and the subsequent explosion shock wave tore apart the bodies of the crew members in the tank, and the turret was blown out by the shock wave, which was the first No. 4 tank lost by Ouyang Yu.
The distance between the two sides is significantly closer again, the hit rate of the No. 4 tank is getting higher and higher, but the same is true of the tanks of the Imperial Army, more and more No. 4 tanks are destroyed, but the FT-3 tanks of the Imperial Army have also suffered heavy losses, and an FT-3 tank worthy of three firepower is the key target, and more than half of the thirty-one FT-3 tanks have been destroyed so far, and nearly half of the turtles have also been destroyed.
Compared with the tragic battle in the middle, the battle on both wings is that the No. 4 tank pressed the wolf-filled tank to fight, the wolf-filled tank's weak armor and firepower and mobility have been comprehensively suppressed, the No. 4 tank can withstand the wolf-filled tank's shooting, and then fire at the best shooting distance, and in less than half an hour, the wolf-filled tanks on both wings have lost seventy-seven eighty-eight, and the rest have lost the courage to continue fighting, some tank soldiers fled from their favorite cars, and some turned around and ran away and were blown up from behind by a cannon.
After the 2nd Armored Division won the victory on both flanks, and the hundreds of No. 4 tanks on both flanks outflanked the flanks of the center as fast as possible, Lieutenant General Richard, who knew that there was no hope of victory, looked up to the sky and sighed: "If my troops had not been attacked by air raids and lost most of them, our army would have a good chance of winning this battle, hey...... Surrender. ”
A white flag was raised from the tank where Lieutenant General Richard was, and thanks to the report of the Imperial Army's prisoners and treatment personnel sent back by Princess Ronie and Ouyang Yu's special identity, Lieutenant General Richard thought that surrendering to Ouyang Yu was not a shameful and unacceptable thing.
It didn't take long for Lieutenant General Richard to be brought in front of Ouyang Yu, this was something he strongly requested, and Lieutenant General Richard wanted to see Ouyang Yu with his own eyes.
"Your Highness, Richard, the general of the defeated army, salutes you. ”
Lieutenant General Richard didn't bother to correct his address Ouyang Yu, "I heard you want to see me?"
"Yes, Your Highness, the lower officials have heard of you for a long time, and they have long wanted to witness your demeanor, and when I saw it today, it was really like his name. Lieutenant General Richard's expression seemed to be happy, and the frustration of defeat was not at all visible.
After a brief conversation with Lieutenant General Richard, Ouyang Yu ordered the guards to take him down, and then commanded the troops to kill the remnants of the 11th Tank Division and the 118th Infantry Division non-stop.