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Chapter 42 Passive Defense

The tanks slowly sailing on the road are quite unique in appearance. The turrets of these tanks are armoured with wedge-shaped composite armor. The 88mm cannon has a muzzle retractor, and the sturdy tank body is painted with colorful camouflage. Below are 8 large wheels with metal teeth. The outside of the wheels are rubber-made wheels, which are used to prevent "Tang Knife" tanks from causing too much damage to the ground when driving on the road.

This is a foreign trade version from the Chinese Federation Tang Dao Tank. Like other weapon systems in the Chinese Federation, the equipment shape of the foreign trade version is similar to the equipment used by the Chinese Federal Defense Forces itself, and its performance is much worse.

For example, the tanks of the Chinese Federation 1 use a deficient axis armor. The 88mm smoothbore gun can fire a deficient axis tail wing stable shell-piercing shells. Moreover, the 88mm gun equipped by the Chinese Federal Defense Force can also fire anti-tank missiles. Even the ability to fire anti-tank missiles, including the tank guns of the Russian Empire obtained by the Steel Spear model, but still does not have this ability.

The next generation of 105mm tank guns has been developed by China Krupp Company. It is currently mass-producing and storing, and after reaching a certain number, it will start to be replaced.

It was such a tank that made the US military that used the m4 Sherman tank at this time suffer a lot. The m4 tank used by the US military used a diesel engine, no longer a matchbox like a gasoline engine. Moreover, its low appearance is more like a carriageman developed from a Thunderbolt tank. Its forward-tilt armor, 75mm long-body cannon with thermal sheath.

But such tanks are like strollers when dealing with "Steel Spear" tanks. There is a US resistance hub on a hill about 30 to 35 high on the side of the road. The US soldiers on the mountain were preparing equipment to fight against Italian tanks based on the information provided by the reconnaissance.

Soldiers in the "Quick Front" with 45mm high-level dual-purpose cannons quickly replaced the artillery loader with armor-piercing shells. This 45mm long-body tube cannon was specially developed and produced for the "Quick Front". Most of the gun bodies were installed on the top of the bunker on the "Quick Front" and used automatic loaders.

Obviously it is the nemesis of infantry attacks and low-altitude aircraft. With the entire resistance hub, the four-unit 12.7mm machine guns on the bunkers can deal with most situations. But when they defend the road and the Italian tanks approach, such resistance hubs appear a little weak.

The m4 Sherman tank came to the tank's bunker, and the bunker made of steel and cement was narrow and strong. The entire m4 Sherman tank was only exposed, and it could use its tank guns and machine guns to act as a temporary fire ignition.

Omar Nelson Bradley was really helpless about the attack of the Italians. George Patton was basically not prepared to defend when he was in the Seventh Army. When facing him, his enemies should be prepared to defend. Everyone knows that George Patton is not very defensive, and even when he encounters an attack, he will use attack to fight against it. His offense has been learned and studied since the era of the first armored force in Nancy City, the tank regiment of Thunder International. Over the years, George Patton is really familiar with tank attacks.

This is somewhat similar to his brother Li Erganzi Li Jinyu. Their attacks are often unbearable. They are quick, ruthless, and hit the vital point. This is quite different from Erwin Rommel's method, the desert fox. His attack is like a skilled boxer, one trap after another, cunning and fierce. Li Erganzi and Patton are like heavyweight boxing champions. As long as they are hit, they will definitely be "ko".

Therefore, when he arrived at Omar Nelson Bradre in Sicily, facing the mess left by George Patton, he had to step up his defense. Although he was not sure of attacking, he would not lead a group of new recruits and new officers who had not entered the state to rashly attack a group of elite Italian troops that had been fighting for a long time.

But what he did not expect was that the Italian army, who had thought that they had been beaten up by Patton, began to fight back. Even the new tanks used by their armored forces were a headache.

"Note that those Italian tanks are about to appear!"

It is impossible not to mention that the location of the previous resistance hub was very good. It is at one end of an "S"-shaped road. Once the opponent's tank appears, it will be attacked by its 45mm rapid-fire gun. At the same time, it will also have a 120mm large-caliber mortar and 75mm tank gun that resists the hub.

In addition to those who have stood firm in the bunker, the infantry in the resistance hub also has anti-tank teams equipped with flamethrowers, bazooka and explosives. When the opponent's tanks exchange fire with their own resistance hubs, they can dispatch from the invisible place and then give the opponent's tank some great taste.

Of course, this method of attacking armored troops is to seek death against the "tank nanny" of the Chinese Federation. But no country in the world is as rich as the Chinese Federation, using a double-mounted 4-tube 12.7mm machine gun to deal with the infantry. However, this time the Italian attack had many characteristics of the Chinese Federal Defense Forces, just like the situation at this moment.

"Secretly, their gunboats..."

In the U.S. positions and radio, since the Italians began to attack, this sound appeared several times every day with screams. Italian tank troops obviously knew about the resistance hub on the hill in front of them. In the battle with new pilots of the U.S. military, the Italian pilots flying the Seraph Piston-type combat attack aircraft gained air superiority, which allowed ground troops to enjoy the assistance of air force in the attack.

A "timely rain" gunboat dual-plane team appeared in the sky thousands of meters high. There was no ordinary anti-aircraft weapons there, but anti-aircraft cannons could be fired, just like now. The 45mm high-level dual-purpose cannons on the US military bunkers sprayed shells into the sky. But compared with the 105mm cannon, the range of the 45mm air-proof cannon is too small.

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The continuous explosion sounded near the bunkers of the "Quick Front", and the entire position was trembling under the explosion of heavy artillery shells. After all, these shells shot from thousands of meters above the altitude are much more powerful than the armor-piercing capabilities of the shells fired on the ground. Especially the attacks on the weak top of the "Quick Front".

In the violent explosion, the 45mm high-level dual-purpose cannon flew into the sky in the bloody red flames. The roof of the bunker also suffered heavy blows again and again, and the sand in the broken sandbags was constantly exposed from the cracks.

The commander in the bunker tried hard to lift his head, which was shocked in the explosion, shouting, not knowing if others had heard the order.

"dugout……"

In the bunkers of the "Quick Front", there is a kind of underground anti-aircraft hole. This is also the reason why the "Quick Front" is very popular among infantrymen, because the anti-aircraft holes deep into the underground have a spherical compression-resistant shape. They also include rations, drinking water, emergency lighting, and simple medical supplies. Even if all channels of the entire anti-aircraft hole were destroyed, the escape hatch and tools gave the people inside the way to dig out the ground. An adequate air reserve and over-consideration system can allow a team of people to hold inside for two hours.

The most important thing is that it is built underground, that is, it is not easy to be hit, and even if it is hit, it must be attacked by a heavy aviation bomb or the main gun of a battleship, otherwise it cannot be destroyed.

The people in the "Quick Front" shouted, opened a round steel hatch in the bunker, then jumped in and went from the slide to the underground anti-cannon hole. When you want to come out, you can go back to the bunker through the stairs. If the bunker is still there under the attack of air firepower.

Just in a bunker, the surviving soldiers in a small team jumped into the anti-aircraft hole, and more shells fell from the sky with a scream. The entire resistance hub was jumping under the attack of the 105mm and 37mm rapid-fire cannons of two "timely rain gunboats", and huge explosions of fireballs flew out on the ground.

In addition to the "timely rain gunboat aircraft", the better way to deal with this resistance hub is large-scale incendiary bombs. Although these bunkers are underground, it is useless to stay anywhere when there is no air breathing. This is also the reason why US soldiers prefer anti-aircraft holes when facing attacks.

In the underground anti-aircraft hole, the explosion sound was not so close to the soldiers, but the vibration still made the earth shake continuously. But at this time, the cabin doors in the anti-aircraft hole were closed. Except for the pressurized air supply ducts connected by steel pipes, they were completely isolated from the outside world. Those air supply channels can detect poison gas and biochemical preparations, and if there is any, they will automatically alarm.

But at this time, the air brought in suddenly came with a strong smell of burning. The people in the anti-cannon felt difficulty breathing and opened their mouths one by one. At this time, intermittent shouts came from the radio.
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