At a distance of about 1000 meters, tank No. 4 could barely destroy the frontal of the Type 29 tank. So under the command of House, the whole unit began to divide into three teams, flanked by light vehicles, but because of the tragic off-road ability and road conditions, except for a small number of half-tracked vehicles and 8*8 vehicles that could move, the rest seemed to be immobilized by the mud. The No. 4 Tank Destroyer, with its thick frontal firepower, used as long-range suppressive fire, attacking the exposed Type 29 tanks and slowly pressing forward. Mortars and other support units released smoke grenades to cover tank attacks.

Scattered smoke and rain severely affected the tanks' attacks, and the unlucky gunners could only use the moment the enemy opened fire to determine the location of the target. However, fortunately, the opponent's movement speed was not fast, and the mortars and light howitzers to which Huaxia belonged also began to suppress the supporting fire of the opponent's rear row. The two sides are in a stalemate. The Germans liked this kind of engagement, because the opposing tanks were limited by their positions, and judging from the captures just now, there were fewer than their own, and House could take out the opponent with only a slow pressure.

One by one, the German tanks pushed away the various vehicles that stood in the way, forming an arc and approaching the opponent under the cover of the No. 4 tank destroyer in the rear. The tanks directly alternate cover each other, gradually approaching the opponent. Shells were fired at the Chinese tanks from all directions, and from time to time the tanks were shot. However, for the time being, it can still be supported by good frontal protection and terrain cover.

A 75M high-speed armor-piercing projectile flying from 500 meters away hit the turret and hull junction of a Type 29 tank, this shell easily tore through the armor here, and then killed and injured most of the members inside with countless fragments, a thick fog poured out of the breach, after more than ten minutes of fighting, the German tank finally opened the battle and successfully destroyed a Type 29 tank, and as the distance closer, the attack efficiency of the German tank skyrocketed! IN PARTICULAR, THE NO. 4 TANK DESTROYER IN THE REAR, THE SLENDER 75MM GUN CAN PENETRATE THE FRONTAL DEFENSE OF THE TYPE 29 TANK FROM 800 METERS AWAY LIKE A SHARP SPEAR, WHILE THE HUAXIA 75MML48 TANK GUN HAS NO WAY TO FACE THE OPPONENT'S 80MM FRONTAL ARMOR WITH A 50-DEGREE INCLINATION AT THE SAME DISTANCE!

500 meters was the distance at which the Type 29 tank could destroy each other with the No. 4, and the remaining German tanks rushed towards the target like cavalry entering the final sprint, and in order to keep their distance, the Huaxia tanks began to release smoke and slowly retreated. However, at a distance of a few hundred meters, it seemed a little late to open the distance when the enemy's gun muzzle reached the head door, and the Germans seemed to see the goddess of victory beckoning to them. The abundant horsepower provided by the Maybach engines allowed the tanks to move quickly on muddy roads, and in the final free attack phase, the formation was a little messy!

With a hiss, a rattlesnake-like sound sounded, and a rocket with a long tail of smoke flew out of a bunker and crashed headlong into the front of a tank No. 4! The rocket successfully pierced the armor in the driver's front and killed the driver and the commander behind him, and the tank, which had been murderous just a moment ago, quickly tilted to the side and collided with a newly destroyed tank. Soon, rockets flew out of the hidden individual bunkers and fired at the approaching tanks, and the two sides met at a distance of 1 kilometer, and the German infantry, who lacked off-road vehicles, had to get out of the vehicles and advance on two legs, moving with difficulty under the muddy ground and the mortar fire of the opposing side. The tanks had long left behind the slow-moving infantry and rushed up, and what the Germans did not expect was that in their rear, the opponent could deploy the ambush so meticulously!

In addition to the rockets, the various anti-tank mines laid also made the last wave of the Germans' assault failure, and the lucky ones that blew up the tracks could continue to be used as fixed turrets, while the unlucky ones were directly blown off the bottom armor, and then the whole crew sat on the dirt plane. JUST WHEN THE HEAD-ON BATTLE REACHED A STALEMATE, THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE LIGHT TANKS ON BOTH WINGS WAS ALSO DIVIDED, AND THE HUAXIA ARMORED VEHICLES WITH GOOD OFF-ROAD PERFORMANCE RELIED ON GOOD MOBILITY AND POWERFUL 30MM MACHINE GUNS TO BEAT THE OPPONENT INTO BURNING IRON BOXES. In a hurry, the response of the German armored forces was quite appropriate, but the direct cooperation of the arms directly dropped the chain.

The roof leak happened to rain overnight. Just when House's armored troops couldn't advance or retreat, the Huaxia wheeled assault guns that came around from behind finally came up to beat the sticks! Just when the front line was a pot of porridge and the Germans focused their attention on the southwest direction, several battlefields equipped with 30MM machine guns and 75MM howitzers stuck out from the other side of the roadbed, and the smaller turrets with good pitch angles perfectly used the cover of the roadbed, and the heavy troops, mortars and light howitzers in the rear row of the German army did not expect that the opponent would send a force to secretly infiltrate their rear, and the guard posts deployed in the rear were harvested by a string of 30MM howitzers in a few minutes. And then under the cover of wheeled combat vehicles, the infantry began to get out of the vehicles and prepare for battle. WHEN A WHEELED ASSAULT GUN ARMED WITH A 75MM CANNON CLIMBED THE ROADBED AND AIMED THE GUN AT THE BACK OF THE GERMANS, ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF GERMAN TROOPS REACTED!

The roar of artillery and the roar of large-caliber machine guns instantly broke the calm of the German rear, and even directly affected the situation on the battlefield. But now, these wheeled combat vehicles, which appeared in the rear, completely disrupted this plan. Although these wheeled assault vehicles did not play much role in a frontal battlefield, and perhaps a grenade could make them incapacitated, when they used their speed and maneuverability to penetrate the weakly defended rear of the Germans from the rear, it became the last straw that broke the camel's back!

In the rear of the German army, they had no weapons that could threaten these light cavalry, machine guns and grenades easily harvested the lives of the Germans, and blew expensive artillery and various trucks to pieces. All kinds of wheeled and half-tracked vehicles tore the German positions to pieces like a sharp blade. The infantrymen who arrived later continued to consult the divided and surrounded Germans with their assault rifles and machine guns. The roar of guns even alarmed the dimly lit German troops who were killing in front, and the huge pillars of smoke rising from time to time in the rear announced the current situation of this German army! "Kill those tank destroyers and we'll win! Instead of focusing on dealing with the fleeing stragglers, the Chinese light cavalry focused on the tank destroyers who were turning in the muddy mud. This is the last heavy weapon in the German rear, destroy them and win!

At close range, a wheeled vehicle with flexible movement is naturally much easier to use than a tank destroyer without even a turret! A wheeled tank armed with a 6-pounder gun drove quickly in front of a tank destroyer No. 4, and the tank destroyer No. 4, with an angle of fire of only 30 degrees from the left and right, could not keep up with the angular velocity of the opponent. After a hasty shot, the target was completely lost. And after the opponent leisurely turned to the flank of this tank, he fired 3 armor-piercing shells in succession less than 400 meters! The first shell successfully penetrated the opponent's fighting compartment armor, the second pierced the engine in the rear, and the third shot directly ignited the fuel tank!

"Retreat south and join your allies! Units alternately cover and withdraw from the battlefield! In the face of the rapidly eroding war situation, House finally chose to join the southern German army that had just been shot black, he was very unwilling, the number of opponents would not be very large, and there were not many wheeled chariots that were killed from behind, but just like that, they were still defeated, it happened too suddenly, and House never even made a relevant plan! However, in the end, he still made the right choice, whether he continued to stay on the battlefield or evacuated north, he had been disabled, and his troops would be caught up and annihilated by the other side, and only by going south and making contact with friendly forces that were still chaotic could he protect himself. Although the troops in the south are very chaotic, the troops and equipment are there, plus their remaining tanks, the other side does not dare to rush hard! And just as House was preparing to go south, the German army in the south also split up to the north to meet it.

"Gather the troops and go, let's break away in the northeast direction!" When he realized that it was meaningless to fight any longer, Tao Zhenyu decisively ordered a retreat. The two sides quickly disengaged, and the first battle behind enemy lines in the uppercut battle group ended. After losing 10 tanks and about 15 other vehicles, Tao Zhenyu managed to cripple a reinforced German armored battalion. The exchange ratio between the two sides is at least around 4 to 1! Such a record cannot be said to be small. However, what to do next is a question, there is not much room for movement behind enemy lines, and the Germans, who have suffered heavy losses, will certainly not give up the search for them.

According to Tao Zhenyu's plan, they would first move northeast as far as possible away from the core area of the German army, and then turn back at night to kill the rifle. As for what you can meet at night, it all depends on whether the investigator is good or not, and his own luck. Tanks with shorter trips will spend the rest of the day looking for a place to hide, while reconnaissance vehicles and Troop Vehicles will scout and take action to disrupt the opponent's judgment and concentration of forces. Although just got a big win. However, Tao Zhenyu realized that his remaining tanks might not be able to touch the other side again, and after losing the tank, the simple wheeled combat vehicles and tracked armored vehicles would lose their ability to attack fortifications, and the significance of the assault behind enemy lines would be greatly reduced.

Just when Tao Zhenyu was about to wait for the opportunity, the German army, which had stabbed people in the back, mobilized troops like a nest, and vowed to pull out this battle group that killed him behind and made the German Imperial Army lose face! "Determine the location of the various units first, and all the supply convoys and small units that are moving immediately move closer to the nearby military station. Immediately began to use the new means of contact, and the reconnaissance unit immediately went out to search the entire rear, allowing the Air Force. With that, Kruger looked at the pouring rain outside. Well, let the Air Force look out for their airfields and planes. Also tell the front-line troops to be careful. ”

Kruger's order was quickly given, and it was quickly carried out, and the Germans, who had just been knocked out, began to strengthen their barracks and defenses along the way, and all the troops were mobilized, even the cooking squad took up rifles and sapper shovels instead of the iron spoons they often used! All the strongholds began to strengthen their defenses in the heavy rain, they set up minefields and outposts on the perimeter of the strongholds, began to strengthen bunkers, and even dug new trenches in the rain, well, digging and digging in the back became digging canals.

Assaults behind enemy lines are never as beautiful as people imagine, in fact, in addition to the first wave of strikes can be a surprise victory, the rest of the time Huaxia troops need to beware of the opponent's sneak attack! The local environment is unfamiliar, and the supply and perception of troops are weak. In such a situation, the only thing that can be relied on is the quality of the commanders and officers and men. Tao Zhenyu needed time to re-alienate himself from the next battle plan, but the strangulation of the Germans had already been carried out step by step, and the traces left on the ground by the movement of a large number of vehicles could not be cleaned up by simple rain washing, and experienced scouts could still find out the general whereabouts of the opponent. And just when Tao Zhenyu and Kruge were fighting wits and courage, a small army that was originally abandoned had just arrived on the battlefield.

Meng Yan, who was wearing a poncho, got out of the tank, and then took the binoculars and glanced around, and then let out a sigh: "It's really quiet today!" "Meng Yan, who fell behind because he fell into the pit, not only finally rushed to the combat vehicle, but even pulled out another 3 tanks, and also brought the fuel and supplies of the remaining broken down vehicles!" This guy is simply a guy who cuts gold with a Buddha face and splits meat on the legs of mosquitoes! They loaded everything they could into the car! Even packed us up! A Chinese tankman who was "coerced" once said indignantly!

However, Meng Yan still missed the first battle, and by the time it reached the battlefield, both sides had already stopped, and they didn't even have time to clean up the battlefield. Looking at the wreckage of the chariots scattered all over the battlefield, Meng Yan realized that he seemed to be unable to find the large troops, and using medium-range radios behind enemy lines would undoubtedly expose himself. "But it's okay, I can finally do it on my own! Just as he was about to pull the vehicle out of his hideout, several half-tracks that suddenly appeared in the rain caught their attention, and some people got out of the vehicles, and then drove northeast. "The opposing side's reconnaissance troops? Interesting! Meng Yan muttered to himself.

"Alright, let's follow the rut. But don't be fast, the Germans must have stepped up their reconnaissance of the rear, and we will slow down, hoping that the rain will drown out the sound of the engines and the smoke coming out. Meng Yan ordered. So, a small force of 4 tanks and 6 wheeled armored vehicles set out on the journey.

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