Chapter 1361: Constantly filling in people
"Da Da Da!" The light and heavy machine guns on the positions of the American and Australian forces began to roar, and these machine guns strafed the dense bullets like the soldiers of the Imperial Army, so that some of the soldiers who rushed to the front were knocked to the ground, and the soldiers behind had to quickly lie on the ground to avoid these bullets. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! "Bullets flew overhead, making a chilling sound. This is undoubtedly something that soldiers need a strong psychological quality to be able to bear. Otherwise, it's easy to fall apart.
"Mortars, take out enemy fire points. Heavy machine gun cover! A second lieutenant platoon commander lay behind a small mound and shouted loudly.
The platoon's 60-mm mortars were being erected, but just after the mortars were erected, they were strafed by machine-gun fire from the US-Australian coalition. Machine gun bullets hit the mortar mount, bursting out sparks. The gunner, too, was hit and fell to the ground screaming.
"Bastard!" Seeing this scene, the second lieutenant platoon commander couldn't help but curse secretly.
Fortunately, their heavy machine guns were also erected and began to strafe the lines of the American and Australian forces. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the spare gunner maneuvered the mortar and began the shelling, firing three shells in a row, and finally hit that point of machine-gun fire.
"Attack!" The second lieutenant platoon commander then ordered. The soldiers of the Imperial Army immediately jumped up from the ground and began to charge.
"Boom." From the forward positions of the Imperial Army, the blackened iron lumps were dismissed. These iron bumps are all tanks equipped by the Imperial Army. Of course, it is not the 'Leopard 2' and 'Tiger' tanks that the armored forces are equipped with, but the No. 2 and No. 3 tanks that the armored forces have eliminated. However, even these eliminated tanks have good combat effectiveness, and their performance is not even worse than the M3 light tank and M3LEE medium tank newly equipped by the Americans. It's even easier to use against infantry. The tank guns of these tanks can easily destroy fixed fire points on enemy lines, and machine guns can easily tear the enemy to shreds.
Each infantry division of the Imperial Army was equipped with a company of tanks, of which 12 were No. 2 and 6 were No. 3. These tanks are capable of providing more powerful attack power to the attacking infantry.
The tank's tracks ran over the ground, like the positions of the US-Australian coalition. Even if these tanks are not fast off-road, they are much faster than the infantry. Therefore, they quickly rushed to the front of the infantry and led these infantry into an attack.
"Oh God! Tanks for the Chinese. And what about anti-tank guns? Destroy these big guys, and when they rush into our positions, it's all over. An officer of the U.S. Army ordered loudly.
Several U.S. officers pushed a 37-mm anti-tank gun into position, and the elongated muzzle was aimed at the advancing Imperial Army tanks.
"Boom!" Anti-tank guns opened fire. The 37-mm armor-piercing projectile whizzed out and crashed into the frontal armor of a No. 3 tank of the Imperial Army in the blink of an eye. It's just that the frontal armor of the No. 3 tank is also very thick, and the distance between them is too far, so that the anti-tank shell fired by the US army has not been able to penetrate the armor.
"Damn, how can the armor of the Chinese tank be so thick! It didn't penetrate it. The officer of the U.S. military couldn't help but be stunned.
Although it didn't penetrate the armor, it scared the tankmen inside the tank enough. When the tank was hit, they thought they were dead.
"Bastards, enemy anti-tank guns, two o'clock direction, take them out!" The captain ordered angrily. You know, they almost lost their lives just now.
The turret of the tank spun and was quickly aimed at the location of the anti-tank gun.
"Oh God! Run, he's aiming for us. The anti-tank soldiers of the American army shouted in horror, and then hurriedly fled for their lives.
"Boom!" The tank's 57-mm tank gun opened fire, and a high-explosive shell accurately hit the anti-tank gun, blowing it into parts.
The 37-mm anti-tank guns of the US-Australian coalition were undoubtedly very difficult to deal with the No. 3 tank of the Imperial Army at a long distance. Unless the distance is shortened to 500 meters or even closer, it will not be possible to penetrate the armor of the Imperial Army's No. 3 tank. Of course, if you change to tank No. 2, it will be relatively dangerous. Tank No. 2 has much weaker armor than tank No. 3.
The infantry of the Imperial Army, led by tanks, quickly approached the defense line of the American and Australian forces, and then launched an attack. As a result, the defense line of the US-Australian coalition forces has been under tremendous pressure. In the heavy shelling of the previous battle, the defense line of the American and Australian coalition forces has been much destroyed. Without these lines, it would undoubtedly be very difficult for the soldiers of the United States and Australia to resist the attack of the Imperial Army.
The 1st Infantry Division, the 16th Infantry Division, and the 31st Infantry Division of the Imperial Army all had tank companies, and the infantry was supported by tanks when attacking. So, the attack was relatively smooth. However, the Fuso Army and the Annam Army will not have tank support. In addition, their weapons and equipment are generally inferior to those of the United States and Australia, so they have to fight a little harder.
However, the Fuso Army is inherently fierce, even if their weaponry is inferior to that of the United States and Australia. However, with the courage and bravery of the battle, they can also make up for the gap in this regard. And, with the air support of the Imperial Air Force, they were even able to break through the lines of the US-Australian coalition in one fell swoop. However, the Annam Army was much worse. Their weapons and equipment are inferior to those of the United States and Australia, and they are not as fearless as the Fuso Army. Therefore, their losses in the battle were very large, and they were not able to achieve relatively good results.
"Rush! Warriors, break through the Aussies' defenses and kill them all! The officers of the 6th Division of the Fuso Army let out hysterical roars. Under their orders, countless Fuso soldiers bravely faced the rain of bullets and bullets of the US-Australian coalition forces, and launched an attack on the positions of the US-Australian coalition forces with small thick legs. Even if the comrades-in-arms around them were knocked to the ground, they would not even blink their eyes, and just continue to step on the corpses of their comrades. This kind of fierce attack without fear of death undoubtedly made the Australian Army's scalp tingle.
The Australian Army is not an elite unit in the first place. As former British colonies, although they are now self-governing, they have always been under British protection. It's just that the current Britain can be said to be too busy to take care of itself, and there are no extra troops to protect them. This is why they have to turn to the protection of the Americans. The huge Australian Army was also built with the support of the United States. However, these units, which have just been formed, do not have much combat effectiveness at all. There may be nothing wrong with fighting with the wind, but fighting to the death against fierce enemies makes it difficult for them to hold on.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The 75-mm field guns of the Fuso Army are firing frantically. In order to provide strong fire support for the attacking infantry, the Fuso artillery directly pushed these field guns to the forward positions, which was equivalent to directly bombarding the positions of the Australian Army with artillery.
Dense artillery shells exploded on the positions of the Australian Army, and the Australian Army men who blew up were turned on their backs, and the fortifications were also blown up in scattered places, and the losses were extremely heavy. Under such circumstances, it was undoubtedly very difficult to resist the attack of the Fuso Army.
"Da Da Da!" Several Imperial Air Force F9 fighters appeared on the battlefield and began to strafe the positions of the Australian Army. The wing's aviation machine guns fired wildly, driving bullets into the trenches of the Australian Army, killing the Australian Army with extremely heavy losses.
"Hooray, the Imperial Air Force has come to our aid, take this opportunity to break through the defense line of the Australians!" The officers of the Fuso Army shouted excitedly.
The soldiers of the Fuso Army, taking advantage of this opportunity, broke through the defense line of the Australian Army and strangled with them. The two sides directly broke out a tragic white-knuckle battle, and the Fuso Army was very experienced in this regard, and the Australian Army was screaming and embarrassed.
At the same time, the Imperial Army also broke through the American defenses, and the two sides began to fight fiercely over positions.
"General, we have several positions that have been broken through by the enemy, and the enemy's attack is very strong, and it is difficult for our troops to resist their attack." The adjutant of Lieutenant General Short reported to him.
"Bastard, how long has it been since our defenses were breached? Those guys on the front line, are they all dead? Lieutenant General Short scolded. The enemy launched the first wave of attacks, and as a result, their defenses were breached, which is too embarrassing.
The adjutant kept silent, but he couldn't help but feel aggrieved for his comrades on the front line. They are facing the mighty Chinese Army! And it is also the 1st Group Army of the Chinese Army. In the previous artillery battle, their front-line positions were destroyed. Not only were the fortifications destroyed, but the casualties were very large. How is it possible to resist the enemy's attack in such a situation?
"Order them, put the reserves into it, and be sure to resist the attack of the Chinese." Lieutenant General Short ordered.
"Yes, General." The adjutant nodded, and immediately went to deliver the order.
Under the orders of Lieutenant General Short, the troops of the US-Australian coalition stationed at the front had to fill the battlefield with their reserves. It's just that they don't have many reserves in their hands, and even if they fill them all in, it won't have much effect, and in the end, Lieutenant General Short has to mobilize more reserves to join the battle. (To be continued.) )