PS: I'm sorry, there was something at home yesterday. I'll make it up today.

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May 10, Republic 2782 (1941), Nullarbor Plains, Australia.

The main forces of both sides are rapidly approaching, and if you look at it from the satellites, it is two groups of thousands of tanks charging at each other.

However, just as the distance between the two sides was close to 30 kilometers, part of the group of chariots to the west suddenly stopped, and then quickly unfolded. Then, thousands of fiery dragons soared into the air, flying faster than the sound towards the group of chariots to the east.

"Whoosh...... "Whoosh...... "With a terrible whistling sound, 132 mm and 212 mm rockets swarmed towards the enemy tanks......

These are three rocket artillery battalions under the 11th Panzer Division and the 109th Mechanized Infantry Division, with a total of 54 self-propelled rocket launchers, firing 1,440 130-mm rockets and 324 212-mm rockets at the enemy in 20 seconds.

The PHL-6 "Blizzard" 132 mm tracked self-propelled rocket launcher and the PHL-7 "Steel Rain" 212 mm tracked self-propelled rocket launcher are the two latest rocket launchers installed by the Chinese Army. "Blizzard" is a 40-barrel rocket launcher with a maximum range of 30 km. "Steel Rain" is an 18-barreled rocket launcher with a maximum range of 42 km. These two types of rocket artillery can cover an area of more than one square kilometer with a single salvo, and the fire is extremely fierce, so it is also called "square kilometer sweeper".

"Boom, boom...... Boom Boom Boom ...... More than 1,000 rocket launchers fell into the Australian tank group like a blizzard, and most of the team was immediately surrounded by the smoke and flames of the explosion.......

Rocket artillery is not very effective against heavy armored targets such as tanks, but it is very effective against lightly armored and unarmored targets such as self-propelled guns, armored vehicles, and military vehicles.

Yes, the main target of this rocket artillery strike was not the tank group, which was the main force of the armor, but various artillery and armored vehicles of the Australian army, including anti-aircraft artillery. This is also the plan set by the Chinese army from the beginning.

When it comes to tank battles, the Chinese side is not afraid at all, even the zero-distance shooting of the most powerful M7 heavy tank of the Australian army cannot penetrate the face of the red panda, whether it is an armor-piercing bullet or an armor-piercing bullet or even an armor-shattering bullet, all of them are ineffective, as for the stronger panda, let alone the stronger panda. Even if it penetrates the side armor, the M7 has to get close to within 300 meters to have hope. However, with the difference in mobility between the two sides, the possibility of the M7 going around the side and back of the panda is probably more difficult than penetrating the front face.

But those accompanying artillery pieces are annoying. Due to the influence of China, the aviation technology of the original plane is generally about ten years higher than that of the same period in the original time and space, and in contrast, the degree of attention to air defense is the degree. At present, all countries are desperately trying to strengthen their air defense, especially in the mechanized troops that are the trump cards of various countries, and they are desperately stuffing air defense artillery, just like asking for money, so that there are as many antiaircraft artillery in a division as leeks in the field.

For example, the Australian Second Mechanized Corps in front of them has thousands of towed anti-aircraft guns and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns of various specifications from 20 mm to 90 mm, as well as a larger number of anti-aircraft machine guns. This is an important reason for China's current slow development of professional armed forces, and it is also an important reason why it did not dispatch armed helicopters to attack the other side at the beginning of this campaign.

If these anti-aircraft guns are not cleared, won't the helicopters be sent to death in the past?

The helicopter is a good thing, but its shortcomings are also very big, and what it is most afraid of is the small and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, which pose a greater threat to it than missiles. Because in the face of missiles, they can also dodge at ultra-low altitudes, but they have no way to dodge anti-aircraft artillery, and their weak armor cannot withstand the blows of anti-aircraft artillery at all. And even if the fuselage can carry it, the propeller can't carry it, this thing is not armored.

In addition to clearing anti-aircraft fire, there is also the destruction of long-range artillery of the Australian army, especially large-caliber heavy artillery. Although the heavy artillery cannot penetrate the armor of the Panda, their heavy shells can easily destroy the Panda's mobile devices, observation systems and other external equipment. If it is a close or direct hit, the powerful shock wave will destroy the equipment inside the vehicle and even shock the crew inside to death.

Other than that, it's about taking out the opponent's rocket artillery. Rocket artillery is not a high-tech thing, the rocket artillery of this plane appeared in China before World War I, this weapon has been valued by various countries since its advent and has developed a variety of rocket artillery over the years. Kangaroos have made several of them themselves, and now they have received US aid, and there is no shortage of such things as rocket artillery. The threat of rocket artillery is also quite big, of course, it must be destroyed first.

As for the secondary targets such as infantry, they are all beating rabbits with grass, by the way.

After the rocket artillery fired a salvo, the ammunition trucks behind rushed forward to replenish their ammunition. Both rocket launchers have an automatic reloading system, and after docking with the ammunition truck on both sides, it only takes two and a half minutes to deliver spare ammunition in place at one time, which is very convenient for replenishing ammunition.

"Whoosh...... Whoosh ......"

Four minutes later, the rocket artillery unit, having obtained the latest parameters of the target, made a slight tweak, and again came with a salvo. After this round, they quickly moved forward. Although the intelligence says that no kind of artillery of the Australian army can reach this distance at present, it is better to be cautious.

A few minutes later, when the distance between the two sides was reduced to 20 kilometers, the Chinese self-propelled artillery group also stopped firing.

"Boom, boom...... Boom Boom Boom ...... Boom, boom, boom, boom ......"More than 200 heavy guns with a caliber of more than 130 mm roared.

This is the combat style of the Chinese army, which has always believed in the doctrine of large-scale bombing, whether it is a chariot or an infantry, as long as there is an opportunity, the artillery will wash the ground first, and then blow it up first. Therefore, the tactics of the Chinese army have been criticized by traditional military experts in the world, who believe that the war fought by the Chinese has no beauty at all. It is to flood the opponent with many, more, more frenzied artillery fire and bombs, and then push it flat, and there is no dazzling trick at all.

But Wen Desi and the military # bigwigs all regard these accusations as farts, because this is the war of the industrial era. This is a great coincidence, back to basics.

"Boom, boom...... Boom Boom Boom ...... Boom, boom, boom, boom ......"Dense shells rained down, and the wreckage of countless vehicles was already added to the Australian army. The mechanized legion, which had been majestic just a few minutes ago, was now full of shattered steel parts, twisted barrels, and flesh that could no longer tell what it was.

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"Bastard, are the artillerymen all eating Xiang, why don't you fight back?"

"What about our cannons, what about our cannons?"

Numerous angry yells rang out in the Australian army's channel.

"Our artillery has insufficient range, and the first attack of Chinese artillery is our artillery. Now we have lost more than 90% of our towed guns, and about 70% of self-propelled guns. Brigadier General Herbert Durant, Chief of Staff, reported with an ugly face.

The commander of the group army, Lieutenant General Ewen Mackay, had a pale face, and he was no stranger to the combat methods of the Chinese People's Liberation Army; as early as the 20 s, Australia regarded this behemoth in the north as the number one imaginary enemy, and the study of their strategy and tactics was naturally the top priority. But no matter how good the analysis on paper is, it can't compare to the actual one.

Now Lieutenant General McKay already deeply feels that even though he has done a lot of preparation, he still seems to be underestimating his opponent.

Lieutenant General Mackay twitched the corner of his eye, and said with difficulty: "Damn, how can their artillery fire be so accurate?"

"I don't know......," Brigadier General Durant said he didn't understand.

At this time, the Australian officers and soldiers were immersed in helplessness and panic, while the Chinese commanders opposite them were celebrating with their crowns.

"I really can't imagine that our guided munitions are so easy to use, and they can achieve such a high hit rate when hitting moving targets. You see, after these two rounds, most of the opponent's artillery was reimbursed. Hahahaha......" Major General Xu Chen, commander of the 11th Armored Division, laughed. He was very happy with the result.

"Yes, it's really easy to use, but it's a little more expensive, and one guided munition is used as four or five rounds ......of ordinary ammunition," Brigadier General Jiang Qianyu, commander of the 109th Mechanized Infantry Division, said with a smile.

"Four or five rounds of ordinary ammunition can't achieve this effect, or even ten, so it's still cost-effective...... said the political commissar of the 11th Panzer Division.

"Okay, the rocket artillery will fire another salvo, and the next air strike will begin......" Seeing that the strike effect was so good, Xu Chen immediately ordered the direct army aviation to dispatch.

"Buzz buzz ......" In the explosion of shells, suddenly joined by the roar of the engine. I saw a large number of flies-like black dots gushing out of the air, and 18 Z-10 "Tiger Armor" helicopter gunships and 134 Z-9 "Giant Sand Mantis" armed transport helicopters showed their shapes and rushed towards the Australian army with murderous spirit.

"It's a Chinese helicopter! Prepare for air defense!" The Australian military is not an indigenous person who has never seen the world, and it knows at a glance that China is going to carry out an air strike.

However, they were soon embarrassed, and under the storm of artillery fire just now, their anti-aircraft fire suffered heavy losses. Nonsense, just now the main targets of Chinese rocket artillery and heavy artillery were these anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns.

The helicopter ignored the Australian tanks at the front and directly re-fired the surviving self-propelled guns later, mainly those remaining anti-aircraft guns. First of all, they must ensure their own safety, and these anti-aircraft guns pose the greatest threat to them, so naturally they must be eliminated first.

"Whoosh...... Whoosh...... "There was a flash of fire under the short wings of the helicopter, and more than a hundred anti-tank missiles flew out. The heavy artillery and anti-aircraft artillery that had survived several rounds of artillery fire just now could no longer bear it and turned into burning wreckage.