TAO ZHENYU READJUSTED HIS TROOPS, AND TANKS AND MOST OF THE WHEELED COMBAT VEHICLES OR HALF-TRACKS EQUIPPED WITH 75MM CANNONS WERE DEPLOYED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TOWN. THE CITY IS MAINLY EQUIPPED WITH WHEELED COMBAT VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 57MM GUNS AND MACHINE GUNS. Mortar teams were deployed in the city. Howitzers are deployed about 3 kilometers from the town. Less than an hour after Huaxia had completed his preparations, the German striker had already appeared about 3 kilometers northwest of the town.

"It seems that Huaxia is planning to make a break with us here!" Colonel Baker said to his subordinates after receiving the information sent back by the front scouts. "From the current point of view, it has been about 3 hours since Huaxia occupied this place, and the town itself is not big, but there is a small hill in the southeast of the town, and there is a forest in the northeast, which has brought us a lot of trouble to outflank. And we carry a limited number of howitzers and mortars, and even less ammunition. And if we wait for the troops behind to come up, I'm afraid we will have to wait until evening, and then they will have a chance to retreat in the night. It's really hard to do. ”

The Germans easily saw through Tao Zhenyu's plan, but unfortunately, even if you see through it, you have to jump into the battlefield arranged by the other side! According to the map, the roads in the town were not wide, and the Germans knew that they had a rocket weapon that could destroy tanks at close range. So bulky tanks are naturally not suitable for use in street fighting. After some thought, the Germans decided to cover the infantry attack on the town with light armored vehicles and assault guns, while the tank forces attacked the heights to the southeast from both flanks and cut off the retreat of the opposing side.

1200 meters! Fire! Two platoons of No. 3 assault guns fired a dense barrage of shells at the town in the distance, and these assault guns armed with 105MML24 howitzers were used as an infantry support fire in Germany. The Germans had a good grasp of the distance, at which the enemy could not effectively destroy the No. 3 assault gun, even if the enemy had deployed tanks in the city, partly because of the poor accuracy of the distance, and partly because the new No. 3 assault gun was equipped with additional armor.

Assault artillery fire was prepared, sappers went up to clear mines, and then light armored vehicles took the lead into the town, followed by panzergrenadiers. IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE ABILITY TO SUPPRESS FIRE, THE GERMANS EVEN PULLED SEVERAL 20MM SELF-PROPELLED ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS INTO IT. But when the Germans entered, they found that this town was not at all the same as on the map! The obstacles on the road cut off the way forward. The newcomer Germans were immediately dizzy!

A GERMAN WEASEL-TYPE LIGHT TANK APPEARED ON THE STREET CORNER, ALTHOUGH IT WAS EQUIPPED WITH A 30MM MACHINE GUN SUITABLE FOR STREET FIGHTING, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HIS GUN MOUNT ELEVATION ANGLE WAS TOO LOW, AND THE ELEVATION ANGLE OF 25 DEGREES MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO REACH THE HIGH-RISE BUILDING IN AMBUSH. The infantry next to it was also very vigilant, and the machine gun crew carefully entered the building next to it under the cover of the infantry, and after making sure that it was safe, reinforced the doors and windows to turn them into a temporary fire point. Everything unfolded as in the manual of street fighting tactics, and the Germans attacked in a very orderly manner.

"What's the name of the saying? The higher you stand, the worse you fall! It's not okay for people to always look at the top and not look at the soles of their feet! Sun Yanming clearly marked the location of the other party on the map according to the report of the guard post, the other party has entered the coffin prepared for them in Huaxia, so it is time to close the coffin lid!

"Let's get started!" Sun Yanming signaled to a sapper next to him, and then, the sapper decisively pressed the detonation button! Seconds later, a deafening explosion was heard on the road leading to the center of town, and the buildings on both sides of the road fell like dominoes, destroying the collapsed buildings, along with the German soldiers in the buildings and the wheeled vehicles on the road. Some people were even seen in the building being thrown into the air and then smashed down! The sound of buildings collapsing and the screams of soldiers filled the battlefield in an instant. The Germans only paid attention to the presence of enemy troops and mines in the building, but did not think that the building itself made of wood and stone could be used as a weapon, and these buildings were very inexplicable, and a small amount of whirlwind explosives in the right place could blow up an entire building and a squad of infantry inside!

Huaxia spent some effort to set up this trap, and in order to ensure concealment, all the wires and explosives were buried in the ground. In order to ensure that the bomb will definitely explode, many key explosion points have also prepared backup detonation devices. Now, while the accompanying infantry had been killed by a small half, and the remaining infantry was overwhelmed by the dust and smoke, the counterattack of the Chinese troops began. "Just control the scene, don't rush to attack!" A series of blasts changed the terrain, and piles of rubble provided shelter for the rest while burying large numbers of German troops. Although the infantry suffered heavy losses, the various armored vehicles with armor protection did not have much effect, and the well-trained German troops could still rely on the ruins and the remnants of heavy weapons to resist. If you launch a reckless charge at this time, you will fall into success.

"The main forces are ready to block the junction, and we will knock out the enemy reinforcements first." Encirclement and reinforcements, a very common style of play. At the same time, it was also a very effective way of fighting, more than a dozen various combat vehicles and a reinforced company of infantry fell into it, and it was impossible not to save it. And this time the Germans finally couldn't bear it anymore and threw tanks as spearheads of the attack! "Bulldoze the city!" This was Baker's order to the troops, and more than a dozen tanks were killed in a dignified division under the cover of howitzers and assault guns. The 75mm gun continued to spew deadly flames, and buildings in the distance were blown into wreckage one by one.

800 meters, 600 meters, 400 meters! WHEN TANK NO. 4 PENETRATED DEEP INTO THE TOWN, FLAMES SUDDENLY ERUPTED BACKWARDS FROM THE BUNKERS CLOSE TO THE GROUND, THESE BUNKERS WERE SPECIALLY MODIFIED, AND THE BACK WAS OPEN, JUST TO MAKE THE 90MM RECOILLESS GUN IN IT BE ABLE TO USE NORMALLY, ALTHOUGH THE RANGE OF THE ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS USED BY THE RECOILLESS GUN WAS LIMITED, BUT THE POWER WAS DEFINITELY NOT BLOWN! THE VERTICAL ARMOR PENETRATION DEPTH OF UP TO 150MM IS ENOUGH TO PENETRATE ALL THE ARMOR ON THE FRONT OF NO. 4, PROVIDED THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE SHELL FUSE, OF COURSE!

At least 12 recoilless guns spewed tongues of fire, of which at least 8 hits, but the final result was rather tragic, 3 tanks were completely destroyed, and the other 2 seemed to have broken tracks! The Germans searched hard for the enemy's firing points, but suddenly found that due to the terrain and insufficient gun depression angles, a huge part of the recoilless gun positions were actually outside the artillery firing range. Immediately when the infantry tried to use machine guns and mortars to clear these anti-armor units, grenades fired from the northeast burst into the battle ranks of the German army! And where the Germans could not see, light armored vehicles began to go around the flanks, and then aimed at the side armor of the German tanks with 6-pounder guns with black holes!

The situation seemed to have become clear, and Sun Yanming thought that he could control the whole audience, but soon, Tao Zhenyu's telegram made him nervous again! The German army outflanked from both flanks began to divide a part of the troops to launch a centripetal assault into the city, there were not many troops in Huaxia to block the attack, and there were not many in the city, although Sun Yanming blocked the first wave of the opponent's attack, but the German army, which had a great numerical advantage, could still calmly crush the opponent with absolute strength. THE ONLY 75MM HOWITZER UNIT THAT COULD PROVIDE LONG-RANGE FIRE SUPPORT FOR SUN YANMING WAS ALSO SUPPRESSED BY THE OTHER SIDE, AND SUN YANMING CLEARLY SAW THE FLAMES RISING FROM THE REAR POSITIONS OF THE GERMAN ARMY IN THE TELESCOPE! The Germans' rocket artillery has finally begun to be installed in large numbers! ALTHOUGH THE FIRING RANGE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE AS LONG AS THAT OF THE HUAXIA, IT IS STILL ENOUGH TO SUPPRESS THE 75MM SHORT-BARRELED HOWITZER.

ALONG WITH THE ROCKETS FELL THE GERMANS' 150MM SELF-PROPELLED HOWITZER SHELLS. A dense rain of bullets soon blew up an artillery position with only 6 howitzers to the surface of the moon. With the exception of one self-propelled howitzer, which quickly escaped from the ascension, the remaining 5 guns were destroyed within 5 minutes. The first corner of Tao Zhenyu's zigzag defense line was easily uprooted by the Germans.

However, although the Germans increased the pressure on the defenders in the city, they made their flanks weaker. TAO ZHENYU STILL HAS AT LEAST 18 TANKS IN HIS HANDS THAT CAN BE USED, IN ADDITION TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF WHEELED ARMORED VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 75MM CANNONS. Shortly after some of the German vehicles penetrated deep into the town, Tao Zhenyu finally moved, and the tanks began to attack the German tank units from the side of the mountain, while most of the wheeled tanks were ambushed on the other side to block possible reinforcements.

"The other side does not have a No. 4 tank destroyer, nor does it have self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, so it is safe!" For the Huaxia armored forces, they had a clear psychological advantage over the No. 4 tank. This was Tao Zhenyu's first frontal battle with the opponent's armored forces since he went deep behind enemy lines, and the two sides discovered each other almost at the same time, and then, Huaxia's high-speed armor-piercing projectiles roared in! At a distance of 800 meters, a Huaxia tank using high-speed armor-piercing shells can easily penetrate the front of the opponent, and even if the distance is farther, it can knock through the opponent's turret armor at a distance of 1000 meters. And if the opponent wants to penetrate the front of the Type 29 tank, it needs to get close to 600 meters! If you include the additional manganese steel tracks or extra armor on the front, I'm afraid this distance will be changed to less than 500 meters! The huge offensive and defensive gap made Huaxia handy in this firefight.

"They've got their whole forces out, and this is an opportunity!" When the news of the flank detour of the tank troops being attacked by the other side reached Baker's ears, he decisively ordered the whole army to assault, but due to the tragic terrain, the width of the follow-up troops was not large. In the ensuing engagement, the Germans' weasels and the Huaxia wheeled tank destroyers also made the Germans remember them vividly. The turret of Huaxia's wheeled tank destroyer is relatively rear, to balance the extra weight brought by the increase in armor in front, the Germans generally prefer to use MK103 30MM machine guns, in order to ensure the safety of the front, Huaxia deliberately increased the first armor of the armored vehicle to 40MM and tilted 50 degrees, which means that unless the opponent uses expensive tungsten alloy high-speed armor-piercing bullets, it is difficult to penetrate.

THE TONGUES OF FIRE FIRED BY THE 30MM MACHINE GUN SWEPT OVER LIKE A LONG WHIP. Sparks popped up on the thick, sloping armor. THE GERMANS NATURALLY DID NOT EXPECT THE OPPONENT'S WHEELED COMBAT VEHICLES TO BE SO STRONG, BUT THE OPPONENT'S SLENDER 75MM ARTILLERY WAS ENOUGH TO DESTROY ALL THE VEHICLES WITH BATTERIES IN THE CURRENT GERMAN ARMY! Whether it's tank No. 4 or a wheeled tank! "Kill the first few cars, and then we'll retreat!" After all, the Germans still had a numerical advantage, and there was still a lot of support firepower, and under the all-round attack of the opponent's tank guns, machine guns and mortars, the Chinese wheeled armored vehicles also suffered losses. IN ADDITION TO THE UNLUCKY ONES NAMED BY THE 75MM GUNS, THERE WERE ALSO SOME SUSPENSION SYSTEMS DESTROYED BY SHRAPNEL THAT WAS CLOSE TO MISS.

"The scene is a little out of control!" Soon, both Baker and Tao Zhenyu realized this, the scene was too chaotic, there was me in the enemy, and I had the enemy! However, as Tao Zhenyu blew up the No. 4 tank, the whole situation gradually became clear, the supporting German troops were hindered by various wrecks and mines laid on the road and could not advance, and the Huaxia tank troops finally reduced the 14 tanks left on the flank by the other side to parts after paying the price of 6 tanks, and successfully copied the back road of the German tanks that rushed into the city. The battle between the two sides lasted almost three hours, and finally stopped when the sun went down.

After the end of this battle, Tao Zhenyu was finally able to evacuate safely at night, but this time the troops were once again greatly reduced, the light armored vehicles were almost lost, and there was only one company left of the tank! According to the original plan, as long as he could ensure a speed of 8 kilometers per hour one night, he could go to the cover range of his air force the next day. "That's the end of it?" As he was leaving, Tao Zhenyu muttered to himself in the night sky facing him. To be honest, he wasn't very happy with his performance this time!

"End hair! You guys are, Lao Tzu still has to hide in Tibet! At this time, in a corner of the battlefield, Meng Yan was still hiding in Tibet with his last two tanks and a few infantry fighting vehicles. Their situation is much more unlucky than Tao Zhenyu! Not only is it isolated, but the ammunition and fuel are basically depleted, the only two tanks that survived seem to be useless, and the remaining diesel fuel is left for wheeled vehicles. The ammunition compartment was opened, the shells were placed on the gun and the engine, and then Meng Yan decisively threw a grenade with a delay of more than 5 seconds into it!

"I thought that sooner or later I would be killed or caught by the Germans, there were no tanks, there was not much ammunition left in the tanks, and the remaining period of time could be described as hiding, and I even bet with myself when the Germans would find us! But I survived in the end, was it luck or luck? Meng Yan once said this after returning to the army. And in fact, this is not only his luck, but also a change in the situation on the battlefield! Neither Meng Yan nor Tao Zhenyu expected that this operation would have such a big impact on the war!

There is still no recommendation next week, and there has only been one text push for about two months since there was a small recommendation in early July, and the situation of the author's book can be described in more than a tragic word. The author who continues to work hard asks all book friends to have the ability to support it-! Thank you!! (To be continued.) )