Liu Guozhu looked through the slender observation window at the enemy machine gun bunker that was firing incessantly in the distance. It was only about 200 meters away from his tank, and collapsed barbed wire and trenches with mirage soldiers could also be seen around it.
"Front right! Pay attention to the front right!" He loudly reminded the gunner in front of him in the noisy tank. The gunner pressed the button and the turret began to rotate to the right.
The hanging steel plate on the outside makes the turret of the No. 4 tank look larger. Mirage regards this shape of tank as a new model.
However, they soon corrected this misjudgment, because they destroyed a tank and confirmed the characteristics of the wreckage. The tanks of the Tang Army were not upgraded, which is definitely good news for other countries.
This is war. No matter how advanced the weapons are, there will still be losses. Even if the losses are compressed to the extreme, it is still a loss after all!
"I saw it! I saw it!" Soon, as the turret rotated, the gunner saw the target Liu Guozhu had just seen in his sight.
The opponent was still firing continuously, forcing the attacking Tang Army to stop and wait for friendly tanks to destroy this damn firepower point.
"Boom!" The gunner stepped on the firing pedal, and the short-barreled 75mm caliber howitzer fired a grenade, which hit the target two hundred meters away.
Datang Group's lens processing technology is very advanced and the accuracy is guaranteed, so the aiming system of the No. 4 tank is very precise, which also helps the Tang Army's gunner to aim at the target.
Although the ballistic performance of the 75mm caliber artillery with low chamber pressure and short barrel is not good, it still has very high hit accuracy at a distance of about 200 meters.
This shot directly hit a few centimeters next to the perforation hole of the machine gun bunker, instantly blowing off the top of the bunker and killing all the Mirage soldiers inside.
The continuous sound of the Maxim machine gun finally stopped, and the surrounding Tang Army soldiers suddenly lost the pressure to attack.
A trumpeter of the Tang Army who was lying on the ground grabbed the cornet beside him and blew a loud attack horn: "Didi-dip-did-did-did-did-did-did-did-did-did-did!"
This is a small stubbornness of Tang Mo, and it is also his worship of some mysterious power from the East. The sound of the witch's flute, the call of the god of death, the magic sound of attack, the prelude to victory... In short, once this sound sounds,
A devastating attack will begin, and any impregnable defense will be wiped out.
However, in this world, there are not only well-trained infantry but also tanks with rolling tracks that advance with the loud sound of the cornet!
"Directly ahead! There is a hidden fire point directly ahead! They are adjusting the angle of the machine gun!" Liu Guozhu found the target again and reminded his companions loudly.
The gunner turned the turret again, and the bullets fired by the surrounding Mirage soldiers were hitting the steel plate of the tank, also densely packed, like raindrops.
When a tank attacks the enemy's defensive position, what loses the most? It's the paint! The opponent's small arms bullets will hit the tank intensively, which is basically the same as polishing the paint on the tank shell.
Some shell fragments and some larger-caliber weapons may penetrate the steel plates hanging around the No. 4 tank, so nothing valuable can be placed in the compartment between these steel plates and the body.
If you put a helmet, you might find a hole in it after the battle. If you put a kettle, lunch box, etc., it might leak. The same is true if you put a tent, clothes, shoes, and socks.
Therefore, in the end, most of these compartments contained spare road wheels, spare tracks and the like - not afraid of damage, but also able to increase some protection capabilities, killing two birds with one stone.
As for the tents, shoes and socks, lunch boxes, kettles and other things, they were hung directly outside the tank. They were left on the offensive position before entering the battle, and the follow-up troops took care of them.
Don't think that the tank force only has tanks. There are also trucks responsible for transporting fuel, logistics and maintenance personnel, and various second-line troops. Together, they are a large and powerful family.
The No. 4 tank, which had been riddled with bullet marks again, continued to stagger forward. The coaxial machine gun destroyed the enemy machine gun position newly discovered by Liu Guozhu.
There were craters everywhere on the battlefield, and Liu Guozhu's tanks sometimes had to stop to avoid the huge craters and choose an easier path while advancing.
During the detour, it was not so smooth. Inside the tank with a narrow line of sight, Liu Guozhu was caught off guard and his head hit the roof of the vehicle.
He covered his head in pain, squinted his eyes and let out a groan. At this time, the tank crew did not have special helmets. Liu Guozhu was still wearing a traditional soft hat with a brim, which was similar to the hat of the Eighth Route Army.
"Pay attention to the crater! It's too bumpy!" He reminded his driver while covering his head and rubbing it.
Just as he was speaking, the front of the tank hit hard, apparently rushing into another bomb crater.
Before Liu Guozhu could react, the front of the tank began to raise high again, and the entire tank rushed out of the crater and continued to move forward.
This is the state of the tanks of this era. The No. 4 tank using small-diameter tank road wheels has a bear-like off-road performance on complex terrain.
There is nothing we can do about it. Tanks like this are already the most advanced in this era, so there is nothing to complain about.
Liu Guozhu had a Class II Assault Medal hanging on his breast pocket, and hanging on the side of the medal was another Luo Town Combat Medal that had just been awarded to all members of their crew.
This medal is awarded to all combat units that participated in the attack and defense of Luo Town, including air force pilots, infantrymen, and tank crews.
"Stay steady! Damn it!" Liu Guozhu cursed loudly, and his tank also slightly slowed down as he cursed.
Liu Guozhu, who still had a little pain in his head, came to the observation window, looked around, and found that his tank had reached the front of the enemy's position.
The trenches of the Mirage could be seen to his left and right, and there were soldiers from the Mirage moving at a close range.
"We are already on the enemy's position! Keep moving forward! Cross the trenches!" On the chaotic battlefield, there is no difference between staying in place and courting death, so Liu Guozhu decided to keep moving forward.
At this time, he saw a Mirage soldier throwing something towards where they were.
This was the first time he saw someone from the Mirage doing such an action, so for a moment he didn't realize what happened.
The next moment, he realized that the opponent's movement of raising his arms was exactly the same as Tang Jun's throwing a grenade.
Sure enough, in the next second, a grenade exploded near his tank. The rising smoke obscured Liu Guozhu's sight, but he did not suffer any substantial damage.
He was wearing headphones when he was in the tank, which somewhat protected his ears and prevented him from losing his hearing from the shock.
Secondly, the shock wave set off by the grenade did not penetrate the tank's armor, so Liu Guozhu only felt the explosion but was not injured.
"Damn, grenade!" Even though he had no vision, the loader on the side also felt a familiar vibration.
"It wasn't our people who threw it! Damn it! The Mirage people have grenades!" Liu Guozhu pressed his throat intercom and loudly reported to his platoon leader what he had just seen: "I saw the Mirage people throwing grenades!"
"Are you sure? Are you sure?" The platoon leader's voice came urgently from the earphones.
"I saw them throwing something at me, and then it exploded!" Liu Guozhu's tank had already run over the trenches of the Mirage soldiers at this time, and the soil rolled up by the tracks fell down and hit the Mirage soldiers in the trenches.
They were so frightened that they didn't even dare to raise their heads.
"I see your position! Keep moving forward! Let me cover behind you!" the platoon leader's voice continued.
"Understood! I am continuing to move forward!" Liu Guozhu continued to shout: "Forward! Suppress the firepower point of the Mirage country directly ahead! They are retreating! They are retreating!"
"Left side! Bunker on the left side!" "Right side! Fire! Fire! There is a machine gun there!" In the earphones, there were shouts from other tank commanders.
They seemed to be communicating, but what they shouted was basically useless. There was no way, one-third of the commanders in the entire tank platoon were replaced before entering the war.
I heard that one-third of the money taken away was assigned to serve as the commander of the new armored division. Liu Guozhu was unwilling to leave the 1st Armored Division, so he stayed.
It's just that he has been promoted now. He was supposed to be transferred to the platoon leader, but because he took the initiative to stay in the 1st Platoon, he missed this opportunity for promotion.
Although the communication was chaotic, the Tang Army's attack was still rapid. Under the cover of more than 40 tanks, the attacking Tang Army infantry took only one morning to break through the outer defense line of the Mirage defenders.
The battle was not too fierce, because the Mirage troops were shrinking. They planned to place the main battlefield in Beiyuan City, and did not plan to continue to entangle the Tang army on the periphery.
However, they did not give up these peripheral positions, but sent some troops to defend them.
These troops were sold and abandoned. They had no reinforcements and were not allowed to retreat. They were required to fight to the last man and even left a suicide note before setting off.
It's a pity that there are still a few people who are not afraid of death and are willing to die. Although they are restrained by the supervising team and the crazy commander, many people among the Mirage defenders still choose to surrender.
They put down the weapons in their hands, and among the weapons in their hands, the commanders of the Tang Kingdom's frontline troops actually discovered some gadgets that surprised them.
