Chapter 1017: Buying a Tank
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After the armored brigade of the 8th Group Army of the Chinese Army rushed to the front of the US defensive line, the US army's large-caliber heavy artillery no longer posed any threat to them. And now, it is the turn of the armored troops of the Chinese Army to ravage those American troops!
"In the direction of nine o'clock, the heavy machine gun fire point of the American army, armor-piercing shells!" A T5 'Cheetah' medium tank was parked less than 50 meters away from the US position, and the battery slowly turned and aimed at a heavy machine gun fire point of the US army.
"Fire! Kill those devilish Chinese! A second lieutenant officer of the U.S. Army shouted loudly, as if he realized the threat of the Chinese tank, he commanded the heavy machine gun and fired fiercely at the Chinese tank!
"Da Da Da!" Heavy machine guns began to fire heavily at the Chinese tanks. However, the dense bullets fired at the tank, the light ones were blocked by the tank's armor, and there was no other effect than a crisp impact of the 'bell-bell'.
"Boom!" In the face of provocations by the US military, Chinese tanks seem to be angry. An orange-red fire flashed from the muzzle of the tank gun, and the entire tank was violently shocked by the recoil of the gun, and then looking at the heavy machine gun fire point of the US army in front, it had been blown into the sky.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "A large number of tanks rushed into the positions of the American troops and began to destroy the firing points of the American troops with tank guns, clearing the way for the infantry attack behind. Even at this time, the U.S. military had not given up resistance, and they desperately fought back with the weapons in their hands. But in the end, it turned out that this qiē was in vain. Neither heavy machine guns nor mortars could be done in the face of tanks and thick armor. On the battlefield, it completely presents a one-sided shape.
The U.S. defense line was constantly breached, and the panicked U.S. troops scattered and fled, which became the last hunting target for tanks and armored vehicles of the Chinese armored forces. Machine guns mounted on tanks and armored vehicles. Harvesting the lives of these American troops with dense firepower.
When the confidence of an army is destroyed, there is not much fighting power left in the army. That's how the current US military is. Even in the face of Japanese mercenaries who were not afraid of death in battle, they still had the courage to fight. After all, apart from being a little ferocious, the Japanese are not much different from them, the same nose and two eyes, and they will die after being hit by a bullet, so there is nothing to be afraid of. However, the armored forces of the Chinese army drove them to a deep powerlessness. The rifles, machine guns, and even artillery in their hands did not pose any threat to these iron lumps at all, and they were completely on the side of being slaughtered in front of these iron lumps. In this contrast, their confidence was quickly shattered. Even if the officers at the front exhausted all means. Nor could it prevent the rout of the troops.
The rout of the American forces allowed the Chinese army to occupy the second line of defense on the periphery of Cuautra with ease. The Chinese soldiers in the armored car got out of the car and began to clear the American troops on the defense line with the cooperation of the armored car. Soon, the 9th Division and the 10th Division of the Army in the rear also entered the position, clearing all the remaining American troops on the defensive line. In less than an hour, the second line of defense of the US army fell into the hands of the squadron.
After that, the armored brigade of the 8th Group Army of the Chinese Army once again fought non-stop against the third line of defense. It was also the last line of defense outside Cuautra that launched the attack. The US soldiers stationed here were already frightened. What happened to the friendly forces in front of them had already created a deep fear in their hearts. When the armored forces of the Chinese army began to attack, and the weapons in their hands could not threaten the armored forces of the Chinese army. The American officers and soldiers were quickly defeated, and they fled quickly into the city of Cuautra, as if it were safer there.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, less than two hours after the start of the battle. The U.S. forces in Cuautra were all occupied. All the American troops retreated into the city of Cuautra. Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops crowded into the city. It has become the object of artillery shelling by the Chinese army. Often, a single shell will take the lives of several American soldiers.
"General He, order the armored forces to outflank and block the retreat of the American forces in Cuautra. Surround them first, then destroy them! Marshal Zhao Bowen put down the telescope in his hand and gave the order for the next step. The street fighting is undoubtedly very tragic, even with the strength of the Chinese Army, it will pay a lot of damage in the tragic street fighting. Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops crowded into Cuautra, making the defense here even more perverted. If you attack the city without adequate preparation, I am afraid that you will pay a lot of casualties. In addition, in Cuernavaca, not far from Cuautra, there are still hundreds of thousands of US troops, and these US troops must not be allowed to slip away. After the armored forces have broken through the U.S. defenses and completed the encirclement of the U.S. forces, they will move into an offensive against the U.S. forces in Cuernavaca. And the street battle in Cuautra, Marshal Zhao Bowen prefers to be completed by Japanese mercenaries and Korean mercenaries!
"Yes, Marshal!" The commander of the 8th Army, General He Bingju, had no doubts about this and immediately gave the order. Several other infantry divisions of the 8th Army immediately went up and began to encircle Cuautra with the armored brigade. In addition, the 10 infantry divisions from the 151st to the 160th will also cooperate with their brothers.
"Your Excellency Marshal, this weapon called a tank in your army is too powerful, and this is completely an epoch-making weapon! This will greatly change the current pattern of warfare! Major General Haines said with excitement on his face. He suddenly saw hope of getting the German Army out of its predicament, which in northern France was already mired in a bitter trench war with the Anglo-French forces. The endless trenches kept the Germans farther and farther away from Paris. It was already very difficult for the Germans to defeat the Anglo-French forces. At the same time, because of the continuous loss of battlefield advantages, the German army also built a lot of trenches in order to cope with the counterattack of the British and French forces. As a result, the whole of northern France has become a moat-filled zone. The Germans and the Anglo-French forces were slowly shedding blood in front of these trenches.
If the Germans had such tanks equipped with the Chinese Army, then the trenches of the Anglo-French forces would not be able to become a stumbling block to the German advance. The invincible German Army will also sweep across Europe, quickly win the war, and establish Germany's position as the hegemon in Europe. Major General Haines looked at the tank units of the Chinese Army, his eyes were so hot, as if he had seen a peerless beauty.
"Yes, General Haynes, the armored forces are the pride of the Imperial Army, and this will also be the sword of the Imperial Army!" Marshal Zhao Bowen said with a smile. He was very satisfied with the appearance of the armored forces. Originally, the commanders of the army groups of the Imperial Army strongly demanded that the construction of armored forces be further strengthened, for example, each army group should build one tank division, and two or three mechanized divisions should be built. However, their establishment was mercilessly denied by the imperial emperor Wang Yuze. The cost of building a tank division is equivalent to that of most of the group army. If these generals really had to do what they thought, the Empire's finances would not be able to support it. In the end, Wang Yuze relented and asked each group army to establish an armored brigade as the fist force of each group army. This also led every army group to use the armored brigade as a killer weapon. However, judging from the current appearance of this armored force, it is indeed worthy of their killer title.
"Yes! Your Excellency the Marshal. The combat effectiveness of your army is already in the forefront of the world, and now with the addition of these armored forces, I don't think there is any country in the world where the army can compete with the Chinese army! Major General Haines spoke with a deep envy.
Marshal Zhao Bowen smiled and did not answer, but he extremely agreed with Major General Haines's statement in his heart. Although, the German Army has always been known as the number one in the world. However, Marshal Zhao Bowen believed that with the cooperation of the fighters in the sky and the armored forces on the ground, even the German Army would absolutely not be able to resist the advance of the Chinese Army.
"Your Excellency Marshal, you know, the Western European theater has now fallen into endless trench warfare, and every trench requires a lot of lives to be captured, which will make the German Army pay a heavy price for it! Your Excellency Marshal, I hope that your country will be able to export such tanks to Germany, or sell Germany a complete set of production technologies! Maj. Gen. Haines said. A voice in his heart told him that these armored units were exactly what Germany needed, and that Germany had to have them. With these armored units, it was possible to quickly defeat the Anglo-French forces. Moreover, if Germany and China break up in the future, Germany will not be without the power to counterattack in the face of the strong armored forces of the Chinese army.
"I'm sorry, General Haines, but it's not up to me to decide whether or not I can sell tanks to your country. Like the warplanes of the Imperial Air Force, tank technology is the highest level of military secret of the Empire, and without the consent of His Majesty the Emperor, even if I am the Minister of War of the Empire, I have no authority to decide on the export of such weapons! Marshal Zhao Bowen said. He knew very well that it was impossible for China and Germany to be friendly forever, so he was naturally reluctant to export such a weapon of the state to the Germans. So he simply pushed all the qiē on the body of the imperial emperor Wang Yuze.
"Your Excellency Marshal, I will send a telegram to the country and ask the government to talk to your country!" Maj. Gen. Haines said. For the tanks of the Chinese Army, he will not give up so lightly!