"Head, the last shot!"

With a "clang", Wu Qitie loaded the last multi-purpose grenade into the breech.

The ZT-99B was still galloping, reversing as fast as possible, reversing into a gun emplacement close to the front line, and the turret had turned 180 degrees.

With the butt facing the enemy, you can only evacuate as fast as you can after firing the last shell.

It was not only the shells that ran out, but also the smoke screens.

About 5 minutes ago, in order to withdraw from the exposed position, Situ Lin personally fired the last two smoke bombs.

There are also 2 groups of 8 anti-personnel grenades, but all of them are not needed.

When fired, it is exposed and attacked by the enemy. If it is not withdrawn from the position as soon as possible, even the ZT-99B will definitely be more than lucky.

Situ Lin's ZT-99B was the last tank still in combat, and the other tanks had long since disappeared. The last communication was more than 10 minutes ago, when the commander of the last ZT-99B in the guard platoon reported that he had used up all the shells, and he had given the order to abandon the vehicle, asking the crew members to remove the machine guns from the tank and prepare to move to a nearby position to continue to engage the attacking enemy.

After firing the last shell, Situ Lin and the others had to give up the tank.

In fact, Situ Lin has already made arrangements.

After the withdrawal, Tang Xuebing was responsible for destroying the sensitive equipment on the tank, especially the communication station.

The digital radio has a chip inside it that stores the communication code, which must be destroyed and must not fall into the hands of the enemy.

Wu Qitie was responsible for carrying ammunition out of the car, especially machine gun bullets.

By making use of tens of thousands of rounds of guns and ammunition and relying on favorable defensive terrain, you can fight a good battle with the enemy and not sit still.

Situ Lin was responsible for dismantling the machine gun and choosing a suitable position nearby.

In the right position, the threat of 2 8mm machine guns should not be underestimated, especially against infantry fighting with tanks.

There can be no retreat without an order to retreat from above!

Even if you die in battle, you must stay on the ground.

As the tank roared up the slope, Situ Lin tapped Wu Qitie on the shoulder a few times, got up and got out of the turret.

Situ Lin and the others had retreated to the middle of the defensive position, 200 meters from the front line.

The positions to the north have already been occupied by the enemy.

However, there are still a small number of officers and soldiers in Dongluosha who are resisting, even if almost all of them are wounded, using rifles and other light weapons.

From time to time, gunshots are heard.

Not too dense, and small-caliber firearms are firing.

Because the muzzle velocity is higher and the rate of fire is faster, the sound of small-caliber firearms is more crisp and sounds like popping beans, which is very unique.

Those who use small-caliber firearms are the officers and men of Dongluosha.

Although as early as more than 10 years ago, Xiluosha followed the trend of the times to develop 5.45 mm small-caliber ammunition, and later became the standard caliber ammunition of the Xilu Group, but in the main force of the Xiluosha Army, the assault rifle that fires 7.92 mm intermediate bullets is still used.

This kind of bullet, in fact, comes from the Riman Empire, and is the second generation of intermediate cartridges developed by the Ferman Army after the war according to the actual situation.

Compared with the first generation of intermediate guns, the main change is to increase the length of the cartridge case to 43 mm, so as to increase the charge, solve the problem of insufficient power of the first generation of 7.92 mm intermediate guns, and it was quickly adopted by dozens of countries around the world.

The second-generation 7.92mm intermediate cartridge is arguably one of the most successful rifle ammunition born after the war.

Although compared with small-caliber bullets, the shortcomings of intermediate bullets are obvious, such as the muzzle velocity is not high enough, the ballistic performance is not ideal, etc., but the intermediate bullet has a very prominent advantage, the mass of the warhead is larger, the storage velocity of medium and long distances is higher, and the distance is significantly higher than that of small-caliber bullets.

At a distance of 400 to 800 meters, the intermediate bullet has a very prominent advantage.

Obviously, on the eastern plains of the Western Continent, it is not uncommon for the distance of engagement to exceed 400 meters.

It is precisely for this reason that the West Luosha Army retains a large number of assault rifles that use intermediate ammunition, and they are mainly supplied to front-line assault units.

As for assault rifles, which fire small-caliber bullets, they are not taken seriously and are mainly equipped with second-line troops.

In fact, when developing the 5.45 mm bullet, the West Luosha Army only wanted to complete the task, and did not think that this kind of bullet could become a standard ammunition.

If it weren't for the fact that the Manman Army was so ambitious, focusing on 4.7mm caseless bullets, encountering technical problems that could not be solved at all, and several other competing schemes were problematic, such as Belgium's FN company to keep up with the Beigu Group, the Locke Army also insisted on using 7mm intermediate guns, and the Bran Army's 6mm guns and ammunition were based on the Liangxia Empire, and the Xiluosha Army's plan would not have been selected.

In the words of the outside world, there is no better choice for 5.45mm bullets to become the standard ammunition of the Western Continent Group.

It is precisely because of this that the 5.45 mm gun cartridge was not fully promoted, and within the Sairiku Group, the main force was still the 7.92 mm intermediate gun cartridge.

The East Luosha Army is the opposite, with 6mm small-caliber bullets being the only standard rifle ammunition.

There were no intermediate cartridges throughout the Eastern Bloc.

In addition to small-caliber bullets, it is an 8mm full-size rifle cartridge.

This cannot be blamed on the East Luosha Army.

As a matter of fact, as early as more than 20 years ago, when the Eastern Bloc was preparing to unify the caliber of ammunition, the East Luosha Army had the idea of getting some 7.92 mm intermediate gun cartridges, and on this basis, it developed a batch of 8 mm intermediate gun cartridges to participate in the bidding competition for the group's standard ammunition.

At that time, the East Luosha Army had discovered the defects of the first generation of 7.92mm intermediate cartridges, which were also solved by lengthening the cartridge case.

In terms of performance, the 8 mm intermediate gun cartridge developed by Dong Luosha is slightly better than the second-generation 7.92 mm intermediate gun cartridge of the Western Continent Group, which can meet the performance indicators proposed by the Eastern Group, and is the most prominent of several participating ammunition in many aspects.

It is a pity that the Eastern Bloc ultimately chose the 8mm full-size rifle cartridge of the Liangxia Empire.

The reason for choosing the 8mm rifle cartridge, in addition to the longer range and better ballistics at the end point, is also related to the ammunition of the unified rifle and machine gun.

Don't forget that the 8mm intermediate cartridge can be used as a bullet for a squad machine gun at most, and certainly cannot replace the 8mm full-size rifle cartridge as a heavy machine gun ammunition. What's more, at that time, the concept of a universal machine gun had already appeared, and there was a great tendency to replace heavy machine guns.

In addition, general-purpose machine guns will be issued at least to infantry platoons, and even to infantry squads.

If you choose the intermediate type of ammunition submitted by Dong Luosha, you will have to equip the infantry unit with 2 types of ammunition, which will inevitably increase the burden of support.

With 8mm full-size cartridges, there is no such problem.

Of course, the direct result of this choice was to force the Eastern Bloc to begin to develop small-caliber ammunition after the end of the Polish-Iraqi War.

Although throughout the Polish-Iraqi War, high-powered rifles such as 8mm full-size bullets had very eye-catching performances, especially in the western mountains, the powerful bullets ensured the power of long-range engagements and allowed infantry to fire at a greater distance, but the problem of full-size bullets was also exposed at a glance, and the most prominent thing was that the burden of logistics was too great.

To put it simply, the bullets are too heavy.

In this war, the Imperial Army used a total of 750 billion rounds of ammunition of all kinds, and it took 500,000 rounds of ammunition to kill 1 enemy.

Obviously, just sending ammunition to the front line is a big problem.

In the heat of battle, the number one task of transport helicopters is to deliver guns and ammunition to the front line!

In addition, the mass of the bullets is too large, which will inevitably lead to a decrease in the number of infantry carries, which will greatly reduce the sustained combat capability of the troops.

At that time, an infantry member of the Imperial Army could normally carry five magazines of 20 rounds, plus one box of 100 rounds of bulk ammunition, for a total of 200 rounds of ammunition.

This is the standard of combat.

In comparison, the Poi soldiers, who use 7.92 mm intermediate cartridges, are capable of carrying between 300 and 350 rounds of ammunition in combat conditions.

In almost all battles, the infantry of the Imperial Army ran out of ammunition.

In addition, before the end of the Polish-Iraqi War, the Republic of Nuland was the first to introduce 5.56 mm small-caliber bullets, and the performance was very outstanding.

Even in the Western Continent Group, the Belgian company FN has developed a 5.56 mm small-caliber cartridge for export.

In this context, the Liangxia Empire launched the second round of selection of standard caliber guns and ammunition, which also required a unified caliber within the Eastern Bloc.

In the end, the winner was the 6mm small-caliber bullet recommended by the Imperial Army.

Over the past decade or so, the member states of the Eastern Bloc have replaced rifles that fire 8mm full-size bullets with rifles that fire 6mm small-caliber rounds.

The same goes for the East Luosha Army.

Although some of the old rifles have survived, they have either been provided to the militia or converted into semi-automatic sniper rifles.

All of the rifles issued to combat units were small-caliber rifles.

Actually, 6 mm small-caliber bullets are not bad.

After the Imperial Army took the lead in purchasing squad machine guns that fired 6 mm small-caliber cartridges, other member states of the Eastern Bloc, including Dong Luosha, successively purchased and equipped squad machine guns, and many of them were imported from the Liangxia Empire or purchased licenses for their own production.

To say, the popularity of squad machine guns has greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the infantry.

In the previous decades, the infantry of the Imperial Army relied on direct support firepower to be heavy machine guns and general-purpose machine guns distributed to the platoon level.

Although the general-purpose machine gun was powerful and had a longer range, it was too heavy for infantry.

Of course, many times it is not necessary to have such a strong suppressive firepower at all.

According to the statistics made by the Imperial Army, most of the time, the infantry faced the enemy within 600 meters, and at most only 800 meters, so the infantry squad's need for suppressive firepower was only 600 to 800 meters, which was much closer than the range of the general-purpose machine gun of more than 1,000 meters.

In fact, it was for this need that the Imperial Army was armed with the largest small-caliber bullets.

The key is that squad machine guns that use rifle bullets should have a range of at least 800 meters, and it is best to suppress group personnel at a distance of 1,000 meters.

According to the tests conducted by the Imperial Army, the effective range of the 5.56 mm guns of the Beigu Group and the 5.45 mm guns of the West Continent Group can hardly reach 800 meters, let alone 1,000 meters. Even if the latest technology is used, such as using better materials to make warheads, the range can be increased, but it will inevitably lead to a skyrocketing price of guns and ammunition, which must be very cost-sensitive as a large amount of ammunition consumed.

The only way to increase the firing range and preserve the advantages of small-caliber bullets is to increase the caliber appropriately.

This system of equipment for small-caliber rifles and machine guns and shared ammunition is a major feature of the Eastern Bloc.

Of course, the performance in battle is also very outstanding.

In addition to the support provided by Situ Lin and them, especially the mainstay role of the ZT-99B in the anti-armor battle, the key is that the infantry squad in East Luosha has more ferocious close-range suppressive firepower, and often relies on firepower to suppress and repel the enemy's attack.

In positional defensive warfare, a large number of squad machine guns have irreplaceable value.

To put it bluntly, the West Luosha Army has probably never encountered such a situation, that is, the defensive positions are full of machine guns.

Unfortunately, the round of artillery before the start of the offensive had already routed the defenders.

"Head!"

"Aim and fire!"

As he said this, Situ Lin had already turned the general-purpose machine gun mounted on the ring seat and aimed the muzzle of the gun in the direction from which the gunfire came.

In fact, the enemy's losses were also heavy.

"Boom-"

A blinding glow followed, followed by a deafening sound of cannonade, and the last of the multi-purpose grenades were fired out.

The aim was at a BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle at a distance of more than 1000 meters.

In fact, Situ Lin did not see the shell hit the target at all.

The glaring muzzle flame temporarily blinded him.

Then the tank sped off.

"Tom-tom-"

Hearing the sound coming from the side, Situ Lin knew that Wu Qitie had also drilled out of the turret and was firing with a 35mm automatic grenade launcher.

The tank was jolting violently, and it was very fast.

It took a few more seconds for Situ Lin's eyesight to fully recover.

Tracer shells were constantly flying nearby, mostly gunshots, but there were also some small-caliber shells.

"Da Da Da-"

You don't see any enemies, but you can fire in the direction where the flash appears.

The rain of bullets poured by the enemy became more and more intensive, as if this ZT-99B was the only target.

Maybe it's really the only goal!

"Don't stop, don't go in a straight line!"

While shouting to Tang Xuebing, Situ Lin quickly glanced around.

He was looking for allies, but they weren't there.

"Big rice balls, in the direction of 3 o'clock, rush straight over!"

It was a T-72M that had rushed to the rear, and was turning its gun around to take out the ZT-99B that was heading south.

The line of defense has long been broken through by the enemy, and it is not strange that there are enemy tanks in the rear.

After Situ Lin gave the order, Tang Xuebing immediately drove the tank to steer.

There was a noticeable tilt in the body, mainly because the steering speed was too fast.

Unfortunately, still not fast enough.

The enemy's tank was about 100 meters away, and Situ Lin saw with his own eyes that the muzzle of the 125-mm smoothbore gun had been turned around, and he was about to open fire.

For armor-piercing shells, this distance is simply too close.

However, 100 meters is too far for a tank.

Finished!

When the glaring flames appeared, Situ Lin grabbed the grip of the machine gun.

It's nothing more than an instinctive reaction to no avail, and after being hit by an armor-piercing bullet, it's useless to hold on to anything.