Chapter 1517: The Battle of the Estuary 2
A Dragon tank unfortunately fell into a trap for the Germans, whose mortar and machine gun suddenly left the infantry behind the tank. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info>> Ya> Wen 8__w=w'w=.'y=a=Then the armor-piercing projectiles fired from the recoilless cannon hidden on the flanks whistled towards the target. Hit the iron box hanging on the side of the Dragon tank, the fuse of the shell was excited, and a hot metal jet roared and pierced the tank armor, but with a bang, the iron box was blown to pieces, and the armor surface on the side of the tank left only a pit.
"It's nothing short of a paranormal event, we use recoilless cannons and heavy bazookas to attack our opponents, and the static armor-piercing ability of these weapons is around us! Even if you consider the cuts, it is enough to penetrate the side armor of any tank, in fact, in the battle just two months ago, our bazookas were still enough against the side armor of the Dragon tanks, the good defensive shape of the Dragon tanks was very vulnerable to the blows of heavy caliber rocket launchers, we were able to paralyze at least 3 Dragon tanks, but this situation changed completely after only a month. The dragon tank in chain mail blocked our rocket fire at close range! After the war, a captured German soldier said with trepidation.
Dense rockets flew towards the target with tail smoke, at least 7 or more anti-tank groups launched a deadly attack on this behemoth, the dense explosion continued to sound on the tank, the roar of the tank engine and the sound of the explosion were intertwined, the dust raised after the explosion and the smoke screen released by the tank were mixed together, and from time to time there was a fire through the smoke screen. When the smoke screen cleared, the Germans saw the big crater, the destroyed wheels, the lost exterior equipment, and the potted armor seemed to tell how fierce the attack had been. Just when the Germans thought the whole thing was decided, the beast roared again in a terrifying way! The slender tank gun shook slightly, and a grenade blew a recoilless gun group 3oo meters away into pieces!
However, the damaged tank could not cope with all the crises, and although it relied on rubber armor to block a ferocious bazooka salvo, this only delayed the attack. Most of the composite armor hanging on the outside of the hull has been destroyed or fallen off, and if the Germans do it again, this Dragon tank will be explained here!
The German anti-tank group still had plenty of time to launch the next attack. Tricky machine-gun fire and mortars kept infantry reinforcements at bay. And at this time, a tank with the size of a Dragon tank turret appeared 8oo meters from the German lines, and on either side of this tank were two slender 4omm cannons! "This is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun?" A German soldier looked through the observation hole in the bunker at a vehicle he had never seen before. Yavin Bar w'w·w·w·. `y-a`
Knock knock. With the roar of the machine guns, two long strings of fiery snakes erupted from the slender muzzles. Two fiery serpents were formed, quickly sweeping the surface defense line of the Germans. The earthen breastwork, which was more than 1 meter thick, had no defensive power under the fire of the machine guns, and was directly smoothed out by the heavy artillery fire, and the fortifications reinforced by logs and stones could not stop the 4omm Bofors anti-aircraft guns that used armor-piercing incendiary shells. This weapon is not very powerful on a single unit, but it is moderately powerful enough to eat most of the cover. And the reaction was fast, the fire was extremely fast, and in just half a minute, this self-propelled anti-aircraft gun called the Lynx turned the 3oo-meter-wide area in front of the position into a sea of fire! Not only were the anti-tank groups of the Germans not spared, but most of the machine-gun and mortar units that had been suppressing the infantry were destroyed.
Under the cover of powerful heavy artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns, the Huaxia Army crushed the opponent's defense line little by little. After the defensive line was breached, the Germans also carried out several counter-assaults, so it has to be said that the remaining German units at this time were much worse than their previous performance, and the loss of a large number of heavy equipment made these troops greatly less effective after losing their cover.
The Chinese offensive was slow but solid. They carried out their plan in a step-by-step manner, striking a wedge in the opponent's defensive line, and then the troops began to consolidate the breach, extending to the flanks to break the entire defensive line, and then moving on to the next line when the follow-up troops arrived. The long-range artillery units that followed, with the assistance of the air force, suppressed the opposing side's long-range strike fire.
However, in addition to the ordinary defensive line, the Huaxia Army also had to face the towns and villages that had been fortified by the Germans, and these buildings were reinforced and communication trenches and bunkers were added to form a complete defense system, and these towns that took more than ten years or even decades to build were more complex and had more dead ends than hastily built fortifications. For the defense line that can be bypassed, the Huaxia Army adopts the strategy of encircling but not fighting, but for some areas that cannot be bypassed. It is still necessary to fight a tough battle.
Street fighting means a lot of uncertainty, means endless entanglement and a large number of casualties, street fighting is a nightmare version of the existence for both the defender and the attacker, but with the investment of Huaxia special combat vehicles. The progress of this street battle is still beyond the imagination of both sides. Yawen 8w'w=w-.=y-a=Although the whole battle was still bloody, the offensive degree of the 6th Army in China was beyond the expectations of the Germans, and many fortresses did not even hold on to half of the planned time! And the series of results that led to this had a great impact on the entire battle situation.
"The first rule of street fighting is that you must never take those seemingly smooth roads!" A very important point in the siege tactics of the PLA in history is to blast yourself to open the way! Those planned roads are full of death traps, mines, fire points, snipers, anti-tank teams hide in the city buildings, just waiting for the other side to come in and then pinch the head and tail to eat it directly.
Under the guidance of the traversers, the Huaxia 6th Army summed up a set of practical plans based on the experience of street battles in actual combat, and several offensive detachments led by special vehicles marched in unison to support each other. At the same time, a large number of infantry squads with obstacle-breaking equipment interspersed between the various assault units. They would often use blasters, explosives to make a hole in the wall as a passage, and they would weave through the inside of the house, in the sewers, and even on the roof, always in places that their opponents didn't expect, although I don't know if there was heaven or hell behind the wall. On the principle of bombing first and then speaking, the Huaxia Legion, which is equipped with a variety of melee weapons, relies on surprise assaults and good melee weapons to gradually wear down the opponent.
Of course, in addition to the contest between the infantry, the heavy equipment accompanying the Chinese also played a considerable role. The Bobcat anti-aircraft gun, which was originally used for field air defense, was better used than tanks in urban combat! The huge elevation angle allows him to easily deal with targets on the rooftops, while vehicles armed with large-caliber mortars are the nemesis of bunkers and fortifications, accompanied by muffled sounds. One could even see low-flying shells smashing pillboxes to pieces like hammers.
The most disgusting thing is the system of trenches, which connect the bunkers, hiding points, and storage rooms into a whole. The Germans could easily move quickly through the trenches, and this dilemma of not being able to catch made the Huaxia Legion a little helpless for a while, but when the Fire Dragon Spitfire tank was put into the battlefield. This weapon that could be called a trench sweeper became a nightmare for the German infantry! When a cloud of flame erupts from the mouth of the bunker, it usually means that there are no living people in the trench.
It's even better than poison gas! Because if you face poison gas, you can wear a gas mask. But if the air temperature suddenly rises to a few hundred degrees in the whole narrow trench, there is nothing to prevent it! "In just an instant, an underground passage more than 3o meters long instantly turned into a defense, where there was a platoon of defenders, among whom ordinary people were instantly engulfed in the chaotic flames. Others suffered severe burns to their skin from the flames and hot air. In a short period of time, they died one after another, and the most painful were those with burns in their respiratory tracts, rolling over and frantically trying to take an extra breath of air, but this only aggravated their injuries. These people cannot be saved, and we can only end their suffering early with a pistol. After the war, a German non-commissioned officer who had participated in the Battle of the Bayou still had lingering palpitations whenever he recalled the incident.
Of course, there are exceptions to everything, and there will always be a few fortresses that stand like nails. In the case of repeated shocks with little effect, under the attack of the Air Force's "Block Busters" and Bear heavy mortars, the Huaxia 6th Army could also wipe entire villages off the map. The battle is fierce and bloody, and under repeated battles and attrition, the weaker side will inevitably die due to continuous blood loss!
In the face of the continuous encroachment of the Chinese troops, the Germans began to systematically destroy bridges, roads, and railways to block the pace of the Chinese attack. In the absence of foreign aid, the probability of defeat for the defending side is more than 8%. And judging by the current situation, the best outcome for the Germans is to leave here with as many people as possible. The hope of returning home encouraged the Germans to resist to the end, but it also gave up hope for the Germans who had been abandoned or stuck to a certain stronghold.
"They destroyed all the bridges to the rear and even locked the exits of large bunkers. We are completely desperate, and it has nothing to do with us what imperial glory or what military honor is. I left my warm family in Bavaria to fight the vampires in the inhospitable Middle East, only to be discarded here like waste. If I ever get back to Germany again, I'm going to send these guys to fend off! "A captured German soldier did not forget to reprimand their former commander during interrogation.
The attack of the 6th Army of China on the German-Austrian army quickly consumed the remaining German combat effectiveness. With the gradual compression and attack, the heavy long-range artillery deployed at the front can already reach the opponent's port area. At a distance of 28 kilometers from the port, 12 heavy 8-inch artillery battalions were deployed on the constructed positions, attacking the opponent's ports and other important areas day and night, although the accuracy at such a distance is not to mention, the Germans will also use smoke screens or other means to interfere with the shooting, but the rumbling artillery sound every day is an invisible deterrent! He told the Germans clearly. Their way home is about to be locked up! You're dead!
Of course, this is just a wedge to enter, at most a salient, on the whole, the station line of the Huaxia Legion is still some distance away from the Germans, but just such a salient makes the already tense nerves of the Germans even more tense! They did not hesitate to destroy these artillery positions by all means, and even used the long-hidden train guns and the few remaining air forces!
The Germans' methods still had some effect, the powerful 12-inch shells and heavy bombs were undoubtedly fatal to the hastily constructed positions, but Xu Huaide also decided to blood to maintain this salient, perhaps from a purely military point of view, it did not make much sense to maintain this salient, but from a campaign point of view, it became a core, a magnet, a meat grinder that could constantly attract the Germans to attack and exhaust their last bit of strength!
"My army was on the verge of collapse, and when the last retreat was placed within range of the opponent's fire, despair spread rapidly among the army, and every soldier could see the smoke screen rising near the harbor and the rumbling of cannon fire as soon as he opened his eyes, and although the actual effect was not good, those who did not know the truth were already worried about their end. The panic caused by this situation spread rapidly among the army, and as a result, the number of troops that surrendered on the battlefield gradually increased. Resistance continues to decline. I'm worried about the situation with my troops, maybe we have been wiped out before the start of the joint operation of the Navy and Air Force. "This was written in Manstein's telegram to the German General Staff.
"Manstein can't support it for long, and if we want to get the rest of the troops home, we have to start operating within a week." At a high-level council of the Navy, Air Force, Kruger said this to the Red Baron and Raeder, who were sitting on either side.
"Even with the loss of Basra and Fao, 6 Ki can still be evacuated from other coastal ports in the Persian Gulf, and to be honest, the Navy is not fully prepared at the moment, it would be better to give us a month to prepare." Raeder thought for a moment and said.
"The Air Force is better, and in a week, we will be able to complete all the deployments." The Red Baron replied.
"Basra is the last fortified city, we have left the largest number of troops here, and even if we want to evacuate to other ports now, it is too late, the Chinese 6th Army has blocked the passage to other places, and we can only evacuate by ship. I know the difficulties of the Navy, but now, we have no choice! Kruger's words were filled with a pleading tone.
Thank you for the tips of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade and mosquito medicine ~~~. (To be continued.) )