The U.S. troops arrived a little earlier than expected, and before five o'clock in the morning, the tanks of the American vanguard appeared north of the town. Zhang Xiaolin saw the M4 "Sherman" tanks with "long noses" in the telescope, and the US tanks did not immediately advance into the town, but stopped about 1,200 meters north of the town, and then more and more "long nose" M4s appeared in the gray moonlight before the early morning.

These M4s should be an improved model with long-barreled guns installed, when he was on the Russian battlefield, Zhang Xiaolin had encountered this type of tank, and knew that the tank guns on these M4s were enough to penetrate the armor of the Type 25 tank, but relatively speaking, the armor of the M4 was weaker, so it was still impossible to be the opponent of the Type 25 tank. The Type 25 tank can easily destroy the M4 at a distance of 1,500 meters.

"Colonel, the infantry of the American army has arrived."

Zhang Xiaolin also saw the trucks following the tank in the telescope, and the US infantry was getting off the trucks, obviously, the US troops already knew that Armidale was occupied, so they did not rush to kill.

"No one is allowed to fire without my orders." Zhang Xiaolin gave an order to the cavalry troops, and then asked the loader who acted as an electromechanical officer to adjust the channel, "The motorized infantry battalion calms down, wait for the US army to attack before firing, remember my order, shoot a few shots and run, don't fight to the death with the US army!" ”

As soon as Zhang Xiaolin's words fell, the battlefield fell silent, except for the rumble of tank engines from the north, and the crackling sound of the few lit bonfires, there was no sound on the battlefield. The American troops were in no hurry to attack, and the Imperial officers and soldiers holding their positions were not in a hurry to open fire. It's as if both sides are just waiting for a good moment. This silence lasted only a few minutes, and when the U.S. infantry had all left the trucks and formed a line behind the tanks, the U.S. tanks began to advance south.

"Hold your breath. Fire only at a distance of 400 meters! Zhang Xiaolin gave the final order to the infantry, and then he directly connected to the communication channel of the cavalry unit, "Each vehicle group is ready to fight, after the infantry withdraws, take out the tanks of the American army first, pay attention." Kill the tanks of the US army first! ”

The first to fire were the three U.S. M4 tanks that ran at the front, and as Zhang Xiaolin expected, the U.S. tanks split into three teams after passing the intersection north of the town, and drove towards the three streets that run north and south in the town. These M4s were the first to fire high-explosive shells, and the targets of the shelling were the barricades that Zhang Xiaolin had set up on the streets before. The power of the 76-mm shells was not small, but fortunately, the motorized infantry battalion moved the defensive line back by several tens of meters, otherwise there would have been casualties among officers and men in the first few rounds of artillery shelling.

The U.S. tanks' fire soon began to extend backwards, and the tanks that followed behind were also shelling houses on both sides of the street. The tankmen of the American army did not expect to accidentally injure the residents of the houses. These American soldiers were also nervous, they had already encountered the reconnaissance troops of the Tang Empire. Knowing that the town of Armidale has fallen into the hands of the Tang Empire's army, no one knows if there are any snipers of the Tang Empire hidden in those houses!

The infantry of the US army followed the tank carefully, and the advance speed of the tank was not fast, about 5 kilometers per hour, and the infantry was just able to keep up. And these infantry are lined up in two columns, a standard accompanying attack queue, at least the U.S. military is still relatively in place in terms of training, but. These American infantrymen were obviously scared and were able to withstand the bombardment all the way to Armidale. Most of their spiritual defenses were destroyed by the fleet's bombers.

Ten minutes later, the American tanks advanced to a distance of 400 meters from the defense line of the motorized infantry battalion, and then, the machine guns of the motorized infantry battalion roared, and the infantry company on the defensive line began to counterattack.

The bullets crackled into the armor plates of the American tanks, splashing sparks one after another. In an instant, the U.S. infantry following the tank all bowed down, and some of them were lying on the ground. When the muzzle of the American tank turned to the point of machine gun fire, the machine gunner immediately stopped firing. The fire point was quickly withdrawn, and the shells fell. Zhang Xiaolin saw in the telescope that the machine gunners had successfully escaped. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, at least the previous training came in handy, these machine gunners were not stupid.

At this point, the other infantry on the line also began to return fire, and the American tanks increased their advance, while the infantry quickly left the road, and when they reached the first row of buildings on the outskirts of the town, most of the American infantry hid behind the buildings, rather than following the tanks.

"Damn, the Yankees are so afraid of death?"

Hearing the voice of the cavalry battalion commander, Zhang Xiaolin laughed. "The shells are loaded and ready for battle. After the motorized infantry battalion lets go of the US tanks, it will be up to us to perform! ”

The loader immediately pushed an armor-piercing round into the chamber, closed the bolt, and then patted the gun commander on the shoulder to signal that the shell had been loaded. Zhang Xiaolin also retracted into the tank at this time, sat in the captain's position, and his eyes were on the observation periscope. This is a wide-angle periscope, the field of view is much wider than the gun commander's aiming periscope, under normal circumstances, it is Zhang Xiaolin to select the target, and then tell the approximate location of the target to the gun commander, let the gun commander carry out accurate aiming, and then fire.

The infantry companies on the front line were retreating step by step, and according to Zhang Xiaolin's orders, these infantry did not put up stubborn resistance, but did not immediately flee for their lives, but ran a few steps and turned around and fired a few shots, leading the American tanks towards the ambush position. The U.S. troops did not expect that there was an ambush in front of them, and when they found that they were only being attacked by some infantry without anti-tank weapons, they accelerated their speed to catch up, and did not care about the infantry behind.

"Here, attention, 50 meters ahead! Damn, it's too close! Zhang Xiaolin swallowed his saliva, "Don't fire, put the front one over, and hit the last one!" ”

Zhang Xiaolin's tank was ambushed in a small alley, and a collapsed wall "covered" the tank, and the US tank passed by the main road outside the alley, a distance of only 50 meters. And for tanks. This distance is simply closer than the distance of the infantry fighting with bayonets, which can be regarded as the distance of fighting with daggers.

U.S. tanks rumbled through the streets, and although a few tank captains were observing the surrounding alleys, the night was gray. And there were also shadows of the houses that hid those Type 25 tanks hidden in the alleys, and the American tankers were not able to detect the danger lurking on both sides.

Zhang Xiaolin did not fire the artillery, and the other tanks did not fire, they were all waiting for the order of the division commander.

After the seventh tank passed, Zhang Xiaolin patted the gun commander on the shoulder. "Wait for the last one, aim for the turret. Fuck it! ”

"Fuck it!" The gunner shouted.

A huge gray shadow entered Zhang Xiaolin's field of vision, this is an M4, the muzzle of the gun is pointed at the alley on Zhang Xiaolin's side, Zhang Xiaolin can even feel that the American commander in the tank must be looking at him, but the gray shadow covers the Type 25 tank!

"Fire!"

When the turret of the M4 entered the firing range of the tank gun, Zhang Xiaolin shouted loudly, and then an armor-piercing shell flew out of the muzzle, before the sound of shelling reached Zhang Xiaolin's ears. The armor-piercing shell hit the turret of the M4 tank, blowing almost the entire turret away. This was the signal for the start of the battle, and in less than ten seconds, the first shells were fired from all the Type 25 tanks hidden in other squares, and in less than ten seconds, at least 20 M4s were destroyed.

"Rush out, quick, speed up!" Zhang Xiaolin is no longer a colonel and division commander. Rather, it was an ordinary commander, "Pay attention to the north side." Let the other tanks wipe out the U.S. forces that enter the town, and watch the north! ”

The Type 25's engine roared, accelerating to a speed of fifteen kilometers per hour in just 50 meters, and then crashed into the M4 stuck at the exit of the alley. The moment the tank burst out of the alley, the turret passed to the left, aiming at the street to the north. After loading the gun with the next armor-piercing round, the loader climbed out of the turret and operated the machine gun on the turret, while the gunner strafed the parallel machine gun.

The gunfire quickly intensified. The ground infantry in the houses lying in ambush on both sides of the street also opened fire, and the American infantry following the tanks were so suddenly hit by the sudden rain of bullets that they could not find the north.

"Accelerate. Speed up, crush them, crush those bitches! ”

The battle was extremely fierce, and at this moment, all the soldiers were no longer human, but became killing beasts on the battlefield. While most of the Type 25 encircled and annihilated the remnants of the American tanks, several tanks led by Zhang Xiaolin's car rushed north along the street. Their target was not the tanks of the American army, but the American infantry that followed behind. The machine guns on the tanks, as well as those erected on the surrounding houses, gave the Americans no chance to counterattack. Many US officers and soldiers did not even have time to react before they were crushed into meat sauce by the tanks that suddenly rushed out.

This is the cruel side of war, for the officers and soldiers of the warring sides, being killed by machine gun bullets is not much different from being crushed by a tank, and the final result is death. No one cares what method is used to kill the enemy. And until this time, I am afraid that the vast majority of US officers and soldiers did not know that they had fallen into the trap of death.

The first to react were the American troops on the outskirts of the town, and their first reaction was to turn around and run, but it was too late. By the time Zhang Xiaolin's tank fired its first shells, the infantry in the houses on both sides had already been killed, blocking the way for the American troops to retreat. An entire tank battalion, as well as an infantry battalion, fell into the death trap. And in the chaotic battle, the American army could not think of surrendering, and the officers and soldiers of the Tang Empire did not think of taking prisoners at this time.

Life is rapidly consuming, passing, the battle is like a huge, life-devouring beast, every second there are lives destroyed, in this battlefield, life is worthless, and the officers and soldiers on both sides want to survive, and if they want to survive, they have to destroy the opponent, and when they take the enemy's life, they can save their own lives.

"At 11 o'clock, kill those bitches!"

With Zhang Xiaolin's order, several rows of machine-gun bullets immediately flew over, and several American soldiers leaning against the corner were immediately beaten into a sieve.

"At 1 o'clock, attention, bazooka!"

As the "Bazooka" rocket grazed the turret of the tank, the machine-gun bullet also flew towards the two American soldiers with bazookas, and one American soldier was hit in the head by the bullet, and half of his head was cut off. Another soldier was shot in the waist and his body was cut in two, but he did not die immediately, the upper half of his body was still crawling forward, and an Imperial Army soldier rushed over and gave the doomed American soldier a shot to solve his pain.

The battle went into a state of madness, and Zhang Xiaolin also entered a state of madness, the shells of hot machine gun bullets fell from the top of his head, and he didn't know it until a bullet case fell into his collar, and he was burned awake.

"Damn, damn it, damn it!" Zhang Xiaolin hurriedly took out the bullet casing that was still emitting white smoke and threw it on the floor, "Hanzi, pay attention to your brewing!" ”

The loader retracted and smiled innocently at Zhang Xiaolin, he was also playing like crazy, who didn't care where the bullet casings fell.

"Damn, you kid want to close the dark room?"

"Colonel, I didn't mean to!"

"If you do it on purpose, I'll shoot you right now!" Zhang Xiaolin also laughed.

His eyes were back on the periscope, and as he turned the periscope to look north, several shades of gray immediately appeared in view. Zhang Xiaolin didn't react immediately, but when he realized that it was a few heavy tanks, he immediately subconsciously pulled the loader next to him. The loader was just about to lean out again, but Zhang Xiaolin pulled him back into the turret, and then, a few fires flashed from the north side of the town, and in less than a second, a shell grazed the top of the turret of Zhang Xiaolin's car, and if Zhang Xiaolin didn't pull the loader, the shell would definitely kill the loader.

"Reverse, reverse, go inside the house on the right!" Zhang Xiaolin shouted.

The dull sound of the cannon has been heard, the driver is also aware of the danger, immediately turned the lever, the tank stopped moving in an instant, and then the left track accelerated, and the right track tightly buckled to the ground, when the second shell came, Zhang Xiaolin's car had already drilled into the house on the right side of the street, and one or two Type 25 tanks behind were hit by shells, and two wounded tankers climbed out of the turret......