In fact, after Liu Wanyun was arrested, Lingzhi's staff officers and agents from the inner factory decided to let her send back a false news, that is, the mixed 3rd Brigade was reinforced by a long detour, and no other troops rushed directly to the area around Demaji.

In fact, everyone was not very hopeful about this, because at that time, there were two teams that attacked the Nujiang cable suspension bridge, and the other team led by the "Hoffmans" had been completely wiped out and could not send back the news.

One side has not heard from him, but the other side continues to pass on information unharmed? This is obviously suspicious.

But it didn't matter, even if the British were suspicious, it would confuse their judgment and buy a little time.

However, MI6 received a message from another informant who sent back the opposite - the vanguard of the mixed 3rd Brigade had galloped lightly across the mountains for reinforcements, so be careful.

The two contradict each other, and MI6 was unable to tell who was true and who was false for a while.

On the contrary, they were more suspicious of the informant's intelligence, how could it be possible to cross a mountainous area of nearly one hundred and twenty miles in two days? What's more, a lightly armed unit with a few hundred people can't stop Wilson's task force of five or six thousand people.

In the evening of that day, more than 300 officers and men who had fallen behind finally arrived one after another.

Looking at a dusty and exhausted sergeant, Zhou Changfeng waved his hand and ordered: "Separate according to the unit to which you belong, and then hurry back to the team." ”

The fully equipped battalion already had as many as 800 people, and with the addition of a temporarily reinforced team, the total number was nearly 1,000 people, and now it was finally complete.

The most reassuring thing for him was the arrival of the air defense platoon, because the four 40 centimeter caliber, that is, 12.8mm anti-aircraft machine guns it was equipped with, were definitely big killers, but because they were relatively heavy, the air defense platoon finally brought them.

Zhichang 31 years finalized and installed, long-stroke piston air conduction automatic principle, iron landing lock, gun body weight 71 pounds, anti-aircraft tripod weight 96 pounds, 75 rounds of non-scatterable bullet chain feed, theoretical rate of fire 500 rounds per minute; It can fire a series of large-caliber munitions, including ordinary bullets, armor-piercing bullets, armor-piercing incendiary bullets, tracer bullets, and instantaneous explosion bullets.

"Deploy to the window and pick a good position."

"Yes."

Circumference played with a large 12.8×96mm bullet with a purple painted warhead, indicating that it was an instantaneous bomb filled with a small amount of explosives. Due to the complex structure and high cost, this type of bullet is usually only available for large-caliber bullets, after all, it makes no sense for small-caliber bullets to be filled with a little explosive.

The Ming army is different in the color of bullets, such as armor-piercing bullets, all countries in the world use black without exception, but the Ming army is silvery-white; In addition, incendiary bombs are red and tracer rounds are yellow.

It has to be said that in terms of the core of the armor-piercing bullet, no one dares to call the first if the arrogance of the Ming Dynasty is called the second, and the Ming army usually only uses steel-core armor-piercing bullets during training, and the front-line units are basically tungsten core armor-piercing bullets.

[At the same time, in the original plane, the crew of Tank IV looked at the precious Pzgr.40 tungsten core APCR and cried.jpg]

At this time, Zhou Changfeng suddenly thought that these anti-aircraft machine guns didn't seem to have a pre-installed anti-armor bullet chain, so he reminded: "By the way, you take out a separate bullet chain, and then disassemble a bulk ammunition box, and make a whole bullet chain separately according to the grouping of two armor-piercing shells, two fire-piercing bullets, and one instantaneous explosion bomb." ”

Armor piercing, burning, and blasting are completed in an instant, and they are the heroes of heavy machine guns, and Zhou Changfeng can already predict the wonderful scene of enemy tanks being turned into bonfires not long after.

The sun is setting in the west, and the clouds in the sky are dyed golden yellow by the glow of the sun, and it is really embarrassing to watch such a beautiful scenery in the aftermath of a fierce battle.

The rumbling of artillery began again, and this time the British and Indian artillery began to fire at Heights Zero and the city of Demagi at the same time, howitzers, mountain guns, mortars, tank guns, dozens of artillery pieces of different calibers were pouring shells on the air defense, and the officers and men in the hospital building only felt that the whole building was trembling slightly.

Under the cover of non-stop artillery fire, two companies of the Raigar battalion, accompanied by five A9 cruiser tanks and eight Kaden-Lloyd ultralight tanks, rushed towards the open area between Heights Zero and the city.

At the same time, two companies of the Natipur battalion quietly detoured northward, under the cover of smoke, trying to enter the woods north of the city, where they could establish a strong position to further pin down the defenders of the city.

The Hyderabad battalion was deployed from the starting position, ready to respond to friendly forces at any time, and assisted friendly attacks with heavy machine-gun and mortar fire.

Although the deployment of the British and Indian troops was basically the same as Zhou Changfeng guessed, such a big posture also made him a little uncertain.

You must know that there is a complete Gurkha regiment (battalion) that has not been dispatched by the enemy in the face, and it is said that the combat strength of this unit composed of warriors from the Gurkha region is very good?

Zhou Changfeng does not like to underestimate his opponent, and even if he only looks at the rumored seven or eighty percent, this Gurkha battalion must be treated with caution.

"The enemy tank detachment is approaching at a constant speed! 1,000 meters! The soldier with the rangefinder shouted.

The Trinity 12.8×96mm tungsten core armor-piercing projectile can penetrate 25mm rolled steel plate at a distance of 400 meters; Armor-piercing incendiary shells were slightly lower, about 21mm.

Since the bullet hitting the target tank cannot always be a vertical incidence under ideal conditions, the actual penetration depth is not so high, and it must be pushed closer before shooting.

The main shooter of the anti-aircraft machine gun put his thumbs on the "trigger" in an inverted zigzag, while the second shooter next to him held the bullet chain in both hands, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the dozen tanks and hundreds of enemy troops that were slowly approaching in the distance.

Shells continued to fall near the building, and even 4.5-inch grenades hit the building directly, followed by the screams of the wounded.

The time seems to be extraordinarily long, and the distance of 500 meters is enough to walk half a cup of tea?

With the order of the perimeter wind, the four 80mm mortars of the artillery platoon immediately fired four rapid shots, and the heavy machine guns also opened fire.

"First of all! Finish again! ”

The anti-aircraft machine gun team was required to gather fire on one of the cruisers at the front.

The tank had been prepared for a long time, and it piled up sandbags and debris on the outside of the hull as additional protection, so everyone aimed at its tracks or sides and fired.

A bullet containing more than 15,000 joules flew out at high speed, piercing through the weak armor! The first tank, which was set on fire by four anti-aircraft machine guns, was turned into a hornet's nest in the blink of an eye, and its hull was covered with dense bullet holes and bullet marks, which was particularly terrifying.

Its turret had barely rotated half a turn before it moved, wisps of black smoke peeking out of the gaps.

Then, the last tank was also killed.

The other tanks that reacted immediately opened fire, and one after another 2-pound high-explosive shells flew in, and the Vickers heavy machine guns on the ultralight tanks also fired wildly at the building.

Zhou Changfeng took the telescope and prepared to go down to the third floor, just at this moment, a 3.7-inch grenade hit the building, and then another 2-pound high-explosive bomb accurately passed through a window on the third floor, hitting the opposite pillar and exploding.

Zhou Changfeng, who had just walked down the stairs, was overturned on the spot, and if he hadn't been wearing a steel helmet, the back of his head would have hit the steps and he would have been able to drink a pot. He struggled to his feet, and it took a few seconds before he felt the pain set in.

"Sir!"

"Medic !!"