As an important military port and material hub operated by the Allies since before World War 1. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoYa_>> Wenbar>>w-w=w-.-y=The area near the mouth of the mouth of the two river basins was the most heavily defended area of the entire Middle East by the Central Powers, including Basra and Kuwait. Covering the entire estuary, the Germans built several circular defensive belts in tens of thousands of square kilometers, and formed a solid defensive line with the original offensive. This was Germany's last strong foothold in the Middle East.

Although in the end, this place will be abandoned even if it is not breached. But before that, the battle between the Chinese and German armies here directly determined how many German troops could escape, and also determined how long the Chinese would fight in the Middle East, and whether Austria-Hungary could still have a new force left to stabilize the country. To this end, before retreating, both sides made every effort to conduct a large-scale 6 on-the-counter offensive in the area that was begwn by the Germans into the Bayou area!

Geographically, the whole area can be divided into two parts, one is the estuary delta near Basra all the way downstream, which is full of lakes and swamps, and is not suitable for a large-scale 6 war. The other part is the later Kuwait region, which is surrounded by desert to the north and west, and is very suitable for warfare. However, the attack from here is far away from the port city that Huaxia needs to occupy. The depth of the other party is greater, and there is no good way to do it except to slowly grind the other party to death.

Here, the remaining German armored forces were not concentrated for an armored assault. On the one hand, it was because of the heavy equipment losses in previous engagements, and because of the inability to control the battlefield, many damaged and repairable vehicles were forced to be abandoned. And because of the offensive of the United States and Britain on the Eastern Front, not only did the domestic army not have the ability to replenish these war losses, but instead transferred some of its elite troops back home. In this way, the armored forces that the Germans were so proud of could not collide with the Chinese armored forces head-on.

However, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and even so, the Germans had a large number of tank destroyers and anti-aircraft guns of all kinds left, combined with various bunkers and shelters. When on the defensive, the combat effectiveness is still considerable! They carefully laid out their defensive lines, and a complete defensive belt had at least three or more lines, each with an interval of 5 to 7 kilometers. The first line of defense is the line of defense. It is mainly composed of a number of guard posts and minefields. The second line of defense was the elastic line, which could be abandoned in the tactical code of the Germans. Although it exists as a line of defense that attritions and delays the opponent, it is in this line of defense that is not important. The Germans deployed a large number of 75mm anti-tank guns and 88mm anti-aircraft guns!

These guns, which lacked high mobility, were difficult to get back, they needed to tow vehicles and were too vulnerable. Yavin 8w'w=w-.=y-a= was easily destroyed by air raids, so the Germans simply used it and deployed it all in the second line of defense, with improvised support points, trench systems, and infantry and machine-gun nests with tank killers, which were already stronger than most field offensives.

However, this line of defense is nothing compared to the main line of defense at the back! If it is said that the weapons deployed in the second line of defense are still the conventional equipment of the 6th Army. Then the third line of defense, that is, the defensive strength of the main line of defense, on which the Germans relied the most, was clearly marked! Here you can see the turrets of huge 11-inch and even 15-inch naval guns! But these things have a deterrent effect more than they actually do! These striking and bulky heavy artillery positions were destroyed during weeks of sustained bombardment. With the exception of a small number of maneuverably deployed train guns, the effectiveness of any fixed artillery position larger than 8 inches is not to be trusted!

The most feared of the third line of defense were the naval high-level dual-purpose guns and naval guns deployed in permanent fortifications. These things are hidden deep underground, inconspicuous on the surface, and what is even more terrifying is that the guns themselves are equipped on flatbed trailers or other turf! It is possible to transfer between several positions. Great power, small and small flexibility, and these weapons have become the most worrying existence of the Huaxia 6th Army. They are powerful and can move. And there are heavy reinforced concrete fortresses to help. With the auxiliary fortifications, it is definitely a headache!

In some areas, the Germans also deployed a fourth line of defense, which was not continuous, but consisted of the remnants of train artillery and some special forces plus a high-mobility reserve. Long-range artillery provided long-range fire support to the defensive line, while mobile units consisting mainly of Tiger and Tank 4 were used to plug leaks, and intelligence showed that the opposing side also had a small number of Tiger Hunter tank destroyers. God knows where these horrible big guys will be deployed!

It must be said that the deployment of the Germans really caused a lot of trouble for China at the beginning stage. Wide minefields, powerful long-range firepower, and very tricky firing points deployed everywhere. Either the frontal forced breakthrough of armored forces. After all, ordinary suppression artillery is inherently ineffective against a strong fortress, and you don't see that in the island battle in the Pacific War, the powerful 16-inch naval guns of the Americans may not be able to destroy all targets. Yavin Bar w'w·w·w·. 'Y-A' with the cooperation of the Germans' mine nets, light and heavy fire points. Several short assaults were to no avail.

"The safest way is naturally for the Air Force to smash slowly and the tanks to push slowly, but the current situation is obviously in a hurry, and the only way is to integrate a more versatile assault group, and it is difficult for conventional vehicles to play a role. But fortunately, the General Armament Department has prepared it for us, and now it's time to see if the final assembly zoo is easy to use! Xu Huaide, who was in charge of the general attack, ordered.

The zoo of the General Staff is the nickname given by the front-line troops to special vehicles. Among them, the Dragon medium tank carrying the minesweeper is nicknamed the crab because of the two huge minesweepers with a kilometer hull, which are a bit like the two pincers of a crab. The 12-inch heavy self-propelled mortar modified from the same turf is known as the Bear Rock Destroyer, which is only 14 times as long. A weapon with a range of only 6 kilometers using a rocket extended-range projectile is a highly specialized existence, similar to the historical Assault Tiger self-propelled gun. Although the range is not far and it is very bulky, its special reinforced concrete armor-piercing projectile weighing nearly 45o kg is the nemesis of the bunker! There is no problem at all in blasting through the 3.5-meter reinforced concrete with one shot, and no matter how thick the German pillbox is, even if you count the soil layer above, it is impossible to have this thickness!

Moreover, the bear self-propelled gun also has a certain amount of armor protection, the entire fighting compartment is front, and the front of the gun is a huge inclined armor surface, with a thickness of 8omm and an inclination of 45 degrees, although the effect in the face of anti-tank guns is not good. However, considering the attack distance of the Bear self-propelled gun, not to mention that it is difficult to hit the flat-fire gun at this distance, and even if it hits, it will not be able to penetrate the front. There is also a layer of top armor with a thickness of 3omm on the roof of the fighting compartment, which is used to protect against the attack of grenade shrapnel. Moreover, in order to resist the close attack of armor-piercing shells, the bear self-propelled gun also uses rubber-steel plate armor, which is the first generation of composite armor, and the effect of dealing with armor-piercing shells is average. But to deal with the armor-piercing bullet that absolute steel steel (this is not the author's fabrication, interested people can Baidu it.) ）

The Crab and the Bear are just two representative vehicles of the General Staff Special Vehicles, but in fact, the entire special vehicle family includes a series of functions from special obstacle breaking, dealing with specific targets to urban street fighting. And after strengthening these special vehicles, Huaxia's armored torrent once again roared and rushed towards the opponent!

After an hour and a half of fire preparation, a group of strangely shaped vehicles appeared in the German field of vision, and at the urging of the officers, the German troops entered the defensive line from the rear bunkers, and one by one the firing points were quickly activated. This line of defense was the elastic line of the Germans, the kind that could be abandoned. However, this time the commander of this line of defense does not seem to think so, he has invested a considerable amount of troops, even including anti-aircraft guns placed in reinforced bunkers, he wants to use this line of defense to take a good time off the sharp energy of the opposite side, just like he did a few days ago!

The Huaxia Legion easily broke through the anti-tank barriers and pit viper barbed wire on the periphery, these things have long been out of shape under the blow of artillery fire, and in the face of the tank's collision, the real threat is those anti-tank mines, although some of them have been detonated, but some of these guys with relatively sluggish fuses have survived. Mines using shaped warheads can completely tear through the bottom armor of existing tanks, whether it is a Tiger or a Dragon! This mine has destroyed several opponents in previous battles, and when the tank presses on it, the fire flashes. It never disappointed the Germans!

However, this time, in the face of heavy minesweepers, the powerful anti-tank mines were completely ineffective, and the mines that were detonated according to the change in pressure could not distinguish whether they were minesweepers or tank tracks. The armor-piercing bullet has a good penetration depth, but the after-effect is limited. The blown up Minesweeper Roll can continue to make do. Several Dragon tanks advanced slowly, and from time to time they used their main guns to clear targets along the way, accompanied by clouds of smoke rising from the ground. A security zone hundreds of meters wide was opened.

When the sides approached to a distance of 8oo meters, the German anti-tank guns began to fire. A shell whizzed towards the target, and the Germans knew that the Dragon tanks in front were almost indestructible, so they chose to attack the vehicles behind the tanks. It has to be said that the Germans chose a very tricky position, they were very small from the ground, and they also took advantage of the terrain. The depression angle of the Dragon tank's gun is a little smaller, and the opponent's low profile does not have a good effect on direct fire.

"Pull the boar up! It's time to look at them! Meng Yan, who was in charge of the front-line command, was very annoyed when he looked at the stagnant troops. The Dragon tank lacks more than enough offensive ability, and if it gets closer, if the opponent deploys heavy anti-tank guns on the hidden reverse position, the Dragon tank will not be able to eat and walk, and once this spearhead is destroyed, it will not be able to fight behind.

The Wild Boar is a heavy-duty wrecker vehicle equipped with a 1o-inch mortar gun on the front of the body. The caliber is only 8 times. The theoretical range is only 2 km. But this thing is the same as the Bear self-propelled cannon, nothing else, the cannonball is powerful enough! With the help of lifting equipment, a 15o kg shell was loaded, and as a huge smoke ring rose into the sky, a heavy reinforced concrete armor-piercing projectile smashed on top of the target's bunker at a drop angle of 45 degrees! The heavy warhead tore through more than half a meter of reinforced concrete and the layers of logs and soil that covered it. With a violent explosion, the entire gun nest was blown up, forming a huge crater from the air!

This kind of artillery is very slow to load, but the effect is very good, plus the number of this kind of heavy artillery nest is not very large, after a roll call, Meng Yan's troops were able to continue to advance, but if they go further, they will enter the final link of positional warfare, and fight at close range. At a distance of 5oo meters to 1oo meters, the density of enemy fire will increase exponentially, and recoilless guns, mortars, various machine guns and rocket launchers will become the great enemy of armored forces and infantry. It is also from this time that the greatest casualties appeared.

The armored formation of the Chinese began to unfold, and under the cover of infantry fighting vehicles, a large number of infantry armed with assault rifles began to disembark and accompany the tanks. This imitation of the 1938 assault rifle made by the AK47 is the choice of the assault force, although there is still a low accuracy, the man-machine effect is not very good, but the victory is fierce firepower, and the stability is very high, to put it bluntly, it is anti-manufacturing, very suitable for fighting in desert areas!

The tank is not very effective when dealing with a large number of skirmishers, and the infantry machine gun group will also be attacked by mortars set up behind obstacles, the 3omm machine gun on the infantry fighting vehicle is really good, but the body itself is too brittle, so in the end, it was handed over to another special vehicle in Huaxia to resist the attack of a large number of infantry pigs and anti-tank groups, this combat vehicle called the Lynx was originally designed for air defense, two 4omm Bofors anti-aircraft guns with a large capacity ammunition reserve and electric turret, It's almost the most responsive, and the Type 29's turf has decent defense.

These vehicles, which have a frontal capacity to withstand guns of caliber up to 75mm, are definitely much stronger than vulnerable infantry fighting vehicles. Although there is some suspicion of wasting resources, the General Armament Department believes that in order to reduce personnel losses and cope with the needs of special combat situations, a small amount of equipment Bobcat is also a good choice!

When the two sides approached a distance of 4oo meters, the fire of the German line was activated in an instant! Countless guns and cannons flickered and jumped across the battlefield with deadly fire, and the Germans attached great importance to anti-armor capabilities, in addition to regular anti-tank guns, there were also recoilless guns and rocket launchers that used a lot of armor-piercing shells. These weapons are intertwined, forming an impenetrable web of fire at medium and close range!

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