"Finally it's our turn!" The commander of the Dahua tank, who leaned out half of his body, put down his binoculars, pressed the intercom, and gave the driver the order to attack: "Go forward! Cover the infantry assault."
After he gave the order, the tank under him began to move forward. Because the ground was uneven, his body swayed slightly with the bumps of the tank.
The Type 3 tanks on the flanks also began to roll forward on their tracks, and the infantry behind the tanks was a dense mass, with hundreds of them in total.
The main force of the armored forces of the Dahua Empire, the pride of pride, the 1st Heavy Tank Regiment equipped with Type 5 tanks, lined up in front of the position to cover the infantry launched the Fengjiang Civil War. Since the outbreak of the Fengjiang Civil War, the Dahua Empire
The largest single attack in history.
A whole regiment of infantry, under the cover of two companies of Type 5 tanks and two companies of Type 3 tanks, launched an attack on the Toyojiang defenders' defense line.
On the turret of the Type 5 tank, the commander with half of his body exposed retracted into the vehicle and closed his hatch cover.
Through the narrow observation window, he saw the battlefield filled with gunpowder smoke and the Fengjiang garrison position that was still exploding violently.
More than 50 artillery pieces were responsible for covering this attack. The artillery shells fell like raindrops on the position of Fengjiang troops, raising thick smoke that covered the sky and the sun, which made people despair.
Under such intensive fire coverage, it is hard to say how many intact parts of the position will be left intact. The small number of troops stationed on the position will also suffer huge losses.
It is thought that due to the extension of the artillery, second-line troops that subsequently enter the position will also be blocked, and there will be a brief troop vacuum period in these positions covered by the artillery.
The biggest reliance of the Dahua Empire's troops this time is these Type 5 tanks with a frontal armor thickness of more than 120 mm, slow movements but full of deterrence.
"Directly ahead! Machine gun bunker!" In the smoke, a machine gun bunker exposed in advance was spraying flames. The Dahua commander saw the target through the observation window and calmly gave the order to attack.
He is one of the best commanders, and his quality is naturally excellent. The tanks he commands are the best in the Dahua Empire, which is also the source of his confidence.
The tank's tracks ran over a corpse that had begun to rot long ago, crushing the bones in the gaps between the tracks, and drove towards the enemy's position bit by bit.
It's not that the tanks of the Dahua Empire are deliberately so idle, but because the engines of these tanks really can't make their tanks go faster.
These tanks can only move forward at a maximum speed of less than 15 kilometers per hour. If they encounter any larger obstacles, they need to consider whether to take a detour.
However, these tanks exchanged speed for heavy armor: even the long-barreled 75mm tank gun of the Panther tank may not be able to penetrate the front armor of these Type 5 tanks at normal combat distances.
Although the medium-sized 90mm caliber tank gun of the Dahua Empire still has poor performance, it is indeed a good choice for a "position-breaking tank" such as the Type 5 tank.
Because on the one hand, its caliber is large enough to be used temporarily as an "assault gun"; on the other hand, it does have some anti-tank capabilities and can also serve as an anti-tank gun.
Maybe even the tank designers of the Dahua Empire themselves didn't know that what they designed by mistake was not a qualified tank, but an "inferior Rat-type battlefield breakthrough tank"...
Therefore, when there is no real tank like the Panther tank that can reverse faster than they can move forward, the Type 5 tank can indeed display amazing combat effectiveness in the right environment.
When bullying the Fengjiang defenders who did not have advanced tanks, the heavy tanks of the Dahua Empire could be described as invincible.
The flaming machine gun bunker only existed for a few minutes before it was blown into the air by the 90mm caliber tank gun of a Type 5 tank.
The elite main force of the Dahua Empire, which had been well trained and had high morale, showed their value in the less tense crushing battle: the first shot hit the target, and their side's momentum was immediately established.
The suppression disappeared, and the Dahua troops immediately got up from the ground and continued to advance. They were getting closer and closer to the defensive position of Fengjiang defenders, and there were more and more craters on the ground.
The Fengjiang defenders on the opposite side immediately discovered the Type 5 tank, which was taller and more terrifying than the Type 3 tank.
Then the Fengjiang defenders immediately found the strongest anti-tank weapon they could find: a 76 mm caliber anti-aircraft gun.
At a distance of about 700 meters, the 76 anti-aircraft gun opened fire, and the first shot did not hit the target. Then the 76 gun kept trying to fire to destroy the Type 5 tanks in front of it, but at a distance of 500 meters,
A 76-gun shell hit the armor of the Type 5 tank, and the shell bounced off!
Yes, it flew away! Everyone saw the lightning-fast shell, and then the shell actually hit the front armor of the No. 5 tank, and was then bounced into the sky.
Perhaps it was because the Type 5 tank was not facing the 76 gun, so the armor had a good angle. The scene of the shell being bounced completely shattered the confidence of the nearby Fengjiang defenders.
The Dahua Empire tanks that discovered the anti-tank gun position began to stop, and then aimed their muzzles at the 76mm anti-aircraft gun.
Two shells hit the vicinity of the 76 gun almost at the same time, stirring up a patch of mud. Then the third shell hit the target, and the parts of the 76 gun were thrown into the air. The surrounding Fengjiang soldiers were killed and wounded.
Wounded, he has lost his combat effectiveness.
"It's really vulnerable!" Seeing that the opponent's anti-tank gun position was destroyed, the Dahua Empire commander in the turret sneered and continued to issue orders: "Cross the trench! Keep moving forward!"
Following his order, the Type 5 tank had already begun to rush towards the trenches of the Toyoe defenders. The few Toyoe soldiers left in the trenches scattered and had no intention of resisting.
The Dahua infantry jumped into the severely damaged trench and saw the corpses of Fengjiang soldiers lying in a mess.
These corpses are easy to identify. Just by looking at the comfortable Tang military boots they wore and the M35 helmets scattered in the trenches, you can clearly identify these soldiers as Fengjiang defenders.
The wide tracks smashed the edge of the cement-reinforced trench, then carried the soil across the top of the trench, and then smashed the edge of the other side behind the trench.
Because the weight of the tank was too great, those trenches were more or less damaged when the Type 5 tanks passed by.
The Dahua infantry who followed up immediately felt relaxed, because the heavy tanks rushing in front had already cleared most of the obstacles for them.
All the machine gun bunkers were destroyed without exception, and the remaining Toyoe defenders who had no time to escape had to surrender. Unable to stop these Type 5 tanks from rampaging, a ring of defenses seemed to be collapsing.
In the Dahua Empire, such a wavering can basically declare the end of a line of defense: they are not the Tang Army, and they do not have the courage and resilience of the Tang Army to continuously counterattack.
"What? Hello? Tell me clearly! What? The front line position is lost?" Inside the headquarters, the commander of the Fengjiang garrison, who was holding the phone, was incompetent and furious, roaring crazily at the phone.
Fierce gunshots were heard from time to time on the other side of the phone. The officer reporting there was also very anxious: "The enemy tanks can't be penetrated! They can't be penetrated! Both 76-guns are gone! I have no anti-tank guns here anymore."
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"If you don't, hold on! You are not allowed to take a step back! Do you understand? You are not allowed to take a step back!" Inside the division headquarters, the division commander ordered hysterically.
His superior had given him a death order, but now his division seemed to be under heavy attack from the enemy - just a few minutes ago, his 2nd Regiment Commander also reported that his position was on the verge of collapse.
"Sir! I have to retreat! The enemy is already dozens of meters away!" The person on the phone hung up immediately after saying this, completely ignoring the order not to take a step back.
"Division Commander! Division Commander!" An officer hurried in at this time and reported desperately: "It's over! Our position is completely destroyed... The 1st Regiment is retreating, and the 2nd Regiment has collapsed..."
"Damn it..." The division commander of Fengjiang originally wanted the 3rd regiment to hold on, but after thinking about it carefully, he changed the order: "Retreat! Burn the things and leave quickly!"
He grabbed the helmet from the wall and put it on his head: "Why do you beat your own people so hard? If you have the ability to beat goblins..."
After that, he walked out, and the adjutant followed closely. The non-commissioned officers and civilian staff around him had already begun to throw some documents on the ground, preparing to light them on fire.
On that day, the flanks of the circular defense line on the west side of Toyoe were breached, and the Toyoe defenders, who had no intention of fighting, began a great rout. They gave up other circular defense lines that could still be held and began to retreat towards Toyoe.
This retreat lasted nearly a hundred kilometers, and the retreat stopped only 20 to 30 kilometers away from Fengjiang.
After all, behind them is Fengjiang. If they retreat again, they will have nothing.
As a result, on the basis of the original temporary defense line, these Toyoe troops, reinforced by Mirage mercenaries, began to strengthen this defense line.
After the troops of the Dahua Empire chased for nearly 100 kilometers, they no longer had the strength to attack and could only stop where they were and wait for the follow-up troops to follow up.
During this period, they encountered many troubles. For example, Toyoe's troops destroyed the railway when they retreated. For example, they lost their air superiority...
However, Zhao Chen still won a hearty victory. Now his vanguard force was very, very close to Fengjiang.
