As soon as night fell, when Gu Xunlei's front-line headquarters was set up, the battle for the attack on Port Macquarie began, and the first to "speak" was not the ground combat troops commanded by Gu Xunlei, but the battleships in the artillery bombardment formation of the First Task Force, and the last batch of bombers that flew in after evening.

The sound of cannons, explosions came from afar, and it looked dull and strange. Gu Xunlei looked at the fires flashing in the northern sky, and suddenly thought of those battles in Russia and Western Europe. Night has completely fallen, maybe God also feels the battle that is about to take place, the clouds are very low, there is not a single tear of starlight, except for those flickering explosions, the sky is dark, and it is this little bit of fire that tells those soldiers on the battlefield that the battle has begun, it will not be a peaceful night.

"General, the 2nd Cavalry Division has been transferred to its position."

Gu Xunlei continued to look north for a few seconds, and then nodded slightly. "Let's get started, let's end this fight soon!"

There was a rush of shelling, and it was the self-propelled guns that were in the artillery positions behind them firing. The shelling was like rhythmic music, with occasional abrupt stops, followed by a rapid "drum beat". If the battlefield is a big stage, then the artillery is the drummer on this big stage, and when the war drums are beating, the battle reaches its climax.

The first to attack was still Weng Yu's armored assault force, and two battalions of tanks attacked from the flanks of the American lines. The infantrymen followed the tanks with cats on their backs, allowing them to fend off the enemy's machine-gun bullets. The tanks did not advance very quickly, and would occasionally stop and fire two shots at enemy fire before moving on. These gigantic steel monsters resemble land beasts, a gray shadow at night. It is only when the cannon is fired that the flash of the muzzle illuminates their bodies.

The U.S. counterattack arrived quickly, but it was rather weak. At the time of the assault of Weng Yu's tank troops. The artillery positions of the American army have been destroyed by naval guns and bombers. The only thing the U.S. military can resist tank units is large-caliber mortars equipped in infantry battalions and "Bazooka" rocket launchers in infantry companies. No other weapon posed any threat to the Type 32 tanks, including those laid by the U.S. forces at the front of their positions, because most of them were anti-infantry mines. The threat to tanks is also quite limited.

The assault on Weng Yu's side did not go very well, when the tank unit advanced not far in front of the American position. He had to put a couple of tanks with minesweepers installed in front of the line, and those anti-infantry mines were not much of a threat to the tank, but they were very annoying, and if the tank's tracks were pressed directly on, they could blow up the tracks. Weng Yu had to be on the safe side, he didn't want his troops to stop and repair after the battle.

The biggest threat to tanks is still those bazookas. The "Bazooka" was not powerful enough to penetrate the frontal armor of the tank, but as soon as the tank entered the American position, the American infantry had the opportunity to go around the side of the tank, or even the rear. The side and rear armor of the tank could not block the bazooka. Therefore, Weng Yu had to let the infantry follow as soon as possible.

This is also the key to the synergy of Butan. Tanks are offensive weapons, and their assault capabilities are unmatched, but in the same way, it is difficult for a single tank to effectively suppress the infantry's anti-tank fire when facing infantry at close range. The infantry that accompanies the tank can effectively deal with the enemy's infantry, so that the enemy's infantry does not have the opportunity to use the rocket launcher against the side and rear armor of the tank.

The speed of the advance of the troops was only about five kilometers per hour, which was enough. Machine gun bullets kept hitting the tank, Weng Yu, who was sitting in the tank, felt like a sardine in a can, the can was being beaten, and he could only observe the situation outside through the periscope, fortunately, this "can" was strong enough, and ordinary weapons could not threaten the "sardines" inside.

"On the left, machine gun fortress!"

The gunner immediately aimed at the target, and an 80-mm high-explosive shell was immediately fired, and the machine gun fortress was also blown to pieces in the explosion, and the two American machine gunners were almost blown into the sky.

"Keep in line, don't rush too forward, and cover each other!" Weng Yu turned the periscope, "On the right side, two points of defense, bazooka!" ”

As the turret turned, the side-by-side machine guns immediately rang out, and hundreds of machine gun bullets immediately enveloped the half-crouched American infantryman, and the moment he fell, the rockets shot out and flew into the night sky. Weng Yu wiped the sweat from his forehead, if it was a second late, then this rocket could have hit his tank.

Within half an hour, the armored troops commanded by Weng Yu broke through the first line of defense of the American army, and the infantry following behind immediately occupied the American position. The attacking forces did not stop. Weng Yu also immediately made contact with the artillery, asked the artillery to extend the fire to the rear of the American position, and at the same time let the artillery fire more than a dozen flares.

In an instant, the American positions were shrouded in an orange light, and in a dozen or so hours, the tanks of the two tank battalions found their targets and fired shells, many of which were shelled by several tanks at the same time. When the flares went out, the tanks continued to rush, and the artillery and naval guns began to extend to the rear of the American positions. The offensive continued, and the second infantry battalion followed behind the tanks and rushed towards the next line of American defense.

In the rear, Gu Xunlei did not immediately put into the reserves, and Weng Yu's attack went smoothly, so smooth that he couldn't believe it. In the previous hour of fighting, the two tank battalions engaged in the battle lost only 4 tanks, and 3 of them were blown up and damaged tracks, which are now being repaired, and the other 1 was concentrated in the tail of the turret by rockets, and the three tankers in the turret were killed and wounded, but the driver was not injured. It's a miracle. The infantry units accompanying the attack suffered only more than 40 casualties, and judging from the preliminary results, the US troops suffered at least 400 casualties or were captured. If we continue to fight at the current pace, I am afraid that the battle will be over before 12 o'clock.

Gu Xunlei was waiting patiently, there was no need for him to invest too many troops. The main thing is that now the support fire of the naval guns is quite fierce, which almost destroys the will of the American army to resist. If he continues to invest troops and expand the offensive. There is a high probability of accidental injury. In addition, the artillery fire strikes are quite accurate. Before the tank units advanced, the artillery had cleared most of the threatening targets.

"General, the 1st Cavalry Division is in trouble."

"Trouble?" Gu Xunlei turned around.

"Three tanks have already been destroyed, and now Colonel Weng Yu is leading the troops in a roundabout ......"

"Destroyed by a bazooka?" Gu Xunlei immediately walked towards the tent.

"It's not. It must have been destroyed by several American tanks. ”

"U.S. tanks?" Gu Xunlei was even more unconvinced, "Let the guard battalion prepare to go." Also, send the third tank battalion up, I'll go and see, what kind of tank is that! ”

On the front line, when the tank troops under Weng Yu's command suffered the first round of blows, he had not yet reacted, and when the three tanks were destroyed and burned, Weng Yu realized. They're in trouble. Soon, he found out. The three tanks were destroyed by several tanks hidden behind the American lines, and from the silhouette, this should not be an M4 tank, but a much larger heavy tank than the M4. This was also the first time that Gu Xunlei's troops encountered a heavy tank of the US army on the battlefield.

The two tank battalions have dispersed, one is maneuvering quickly in front of the US position, and constantly firing at the slow US tanks, but the tankers have found a problem, 80 mm ordinary armor-piercing shells are difficult to penetrate the opponent's armor, and those US heavy tanks have suffered a lot of shells, but they still continue to fight as if nothing has happened!

Weng Yu led another tank battalion around from the left. When Gu Xunlei arrived at the battlefield with the guard battalion, and the third tank battalion was also put into battle, Weng Yu's tank battalion had already broken through the US defense line from another place. This time, Weng Yu did not wait for the infantry to follow, but let the tank unit quickly pass through the position of the American army and go around the back of the American heavy tanks.

Gu Xunlei looked at the battle ahead in the telescope, and only at the moment of the explosion could he see the situation on the front line clearly, which was also a big trouble in the night battle, and it was a trouble for both warring sides. It took a lot of effort for Gu Xunlei to see the US tanks with only half of the hull exposed above the surface, obviously, the US military used these tanks as fixed fire points, which is simply the biggest waste of tanks, if the tank can't maneuver, it is not a tank, but an ordinary pillbox.

When one of the tanks was hit by an armor-piercing shell, a violent explosion lit up almost the entire sky, and the armor-piercing shell must have hit the ammunition in the tank, and the explosion was caused by the explosion of the ammunition in the tank.

"With high-speed armor-piercing shells, all with high-speed armor-piercing bullets!" Weng Yu used the radio to inform the other tanks, "Damn, aim to the side, use high-speed armor-piercing shells, don't use ordinary armor-piercing shells!" ”

The other tankers also immediately found the trick of using high-speed armor-piercing shells against thickly armored tanks, and not ordinary armor-piercing shells. The biggest difference between high-speed armor-piercing bullets and ordinary armor-piercing bullets is that ordinary armor-piercing bullets are made of high-quality alloy steel, while high-speed armor-piercing bullets are made of tungsten alloy cores. Tungsten alloy is the most suitable material for making armor-piercing bullets, but because of its high price, ordinary tanks will not be equipped with too many high-speed armor-piercing bullets, and high-speed armor-piercing bullets should not be used when ordinary armor-piercing bullets can be used.

The battle against those tanks was soon over, and by the time Gu Xunlei arrived next to the American tanks with his guard battalion, Weng Yu's tank force had advanced two kilometers and was attacking the third and final line of defense of the American army.

Seven U.S. tanks were burning, and all of them were destroyed after being hit in the side armor. These tanks are much larger than the M4 and are completely different in appearance from the M4. Before, Gu Xunlei had never seen this type of tank on the battlefield. Obviously, this is the new tank developed by the United States, and it was first provided to the US military units in Australia.

"General, the 2nd Cavalry Division has broken through the third line of defense of the American army and is now advancing in the direction of the port."

"Wait a minute, let the sappers tow these tanks back." Gu Xunlei couldn't be happy at all, "It seems that we have encountered a new tank of the US army!" ”

The staff officer immediately wrote down this order, but how to drag away dozens of tons of iron guys is a big problem.

"Let the reserves attack!" Gu Xunlei only gave the order for an all-out attack at this time, "Besides, is there any news from Colonel Zhang Xiaolin?" ”

"Not for the time being, they have deployed a new defensive line, but they have not encountered the US military."

Gu Xunlei nodded, and he took one last look at the destroyed tanks. "End the fighting as soon as possible, put all the American prisoners in centralized custody, and in addition, contact the Marines and ask them to send troops over as soon as possible."

The ensuing battle went much smoother, as the American defensive line quickly collapsed under the attack of tanks and infantry, and the warships in the shelling formation were pouring shells on the American positions at any cost, as if the shells did not cost money. At about one o'clock in the morning, the last American troops entrenched in the harbor surrendered their weapons and surrendered to Weng Yu's tank force. Gu Xunlei entered Macquarie Harbor at three o'clock in the morning, after the infantry had completed their sweep of the harbor. At this time, he had already received a message from Yuan Ye that the Marine Corps led by him was coming, and it would probably arrive before dawn.

When letting the infantry sweep the battlefield, Gu Xunlei came to those US tanks again, he always had a bad premonition, he knew that on the battlefield on the Australian continent, the US army would not only have so many new tanks, and this was just the beginning.

Sappers are trying to pull up one tank, for which two Type 25 tanks are used for towing. The sappers first dug a lot of the ridge in front of the American tank, then laid a few logs, and then let the Type 25 tank tow it. It's a tricky job.

Gu Xunlei stood by and watched, the new tank of the US army must be regarded as a big monster, much larger than the Type 25, this must be a heavy tank, and this is what Gu Xunlei is worried about, there are only medium tanks in his troops, and there are no heavy tanks!