After the order to attack was given, the 4th Armored Division of the U.S. Army took the lead in launching an attack, and a huge torrent of steel composed of 390 tanks began to rush to the position of the Fuso Army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 At the forefront of the INFO is the M1 light tank, this light tank, not even ten tons, the thickness of the frontal armor is only 15 mm, and the side armor is only a few millimeters, which can barely withstand large-caliber machine guns. Behind him were the M2 medium tanks. In fact, this tank is only 11.6 tons, which can only be regarded as a light tank in the Chinese Empire. But in the US Army, it is called a medium tank. The thickness of the frontal armor was increased to 25 mm, and the armament consisted of a 37 mm tank gun and five 7.62 mm machine guns.

In addition to these tanks, there were dozens of armored vehicles, hundreds of half-tracks that followed the tanks in the charge. On top of these armored vehicles and half-tracks, infantry is loaded. After the tanks have torn through the enemy's defenses, they will dismount and fight, on the one hand, to protect the tanks, and on the other hand, to expand the results of the battle.

The U.S. 4th Armored Division was followed by the U.S. 30th Infantry Division and the Australian 5th Infantry Division. In order to achieve the effect of a surprise attack, the US-Australian coalition forces did not prepare for artillery fire at all when they attacked, and completely wanted to rely on the strength of the armored forces to tear apart the defense line of the Fuso Army.

On the defensive line of the 12th Infantry Division of the Fuso Army, most of the soldiers were asleep, and there were only a few observation posts. Even these observation posts were mostly dozing off. In last night's battle, they achieved very good results. But again, the losses of the 12th Infantry Division of the Fuso Army were not small. After a day's fighting yesterday, they had lost more than two thousand men. However, even though the losses exceeded 10 percent, the morale of the troops remained unaffected. On the contrary, because he won the battle and was praised by the Imperial Army, his morale was high.

"Boom." Suddenly, the earth seemed to shake, and the sky seemed to be thundering.

An observation post on the position of the 12th Infantry Division of the Fuso Army rubbed his sleepy eyes, grabbed his binoculars and looked into the distance. But then, the expression on his face froze. After rubbing his eyes, he looked over again.

"Bastard! Tanks of the Americans. Sir, the Americans are attacking, a lot of tanks. The observation post shouted loudly.

"Bang!" He raised his rifle and fired, and the sound of the gunfire woke everyone else into the trenches. When they saw a large number of tanks of the US army, their faces suddenly changed drastically.

"What about anti-tank guns? Quickly push the anti-tank guns up. Anti-tank bazookas are also ready. Report to your superiors right away, we need reinforcements. A battalion commander ordered. Although, their battalion was armed with only two 37-mm anti-tank guns. They were all eliminated by the Imperial Army, but against such thin-skinned tanks of the Americans, there was no problem at all, but the number was too small.

In addition to the anti-tank guns, there were only twelve anti-tank rocket launchers. Although, these weapons are all sharp weapons against American tanks. However, the number is still too small. The Americans launched a charge with hundreds of tanks, and the momentum was almost as if it were overwhelming, making it difficult to face. Even the Fuso people are not afraid of death when they fight. But at this time, it is inevitable that fear arises.

The American armored forces launched a large-scale offensive, which attracted the attention of the commander of the 12th Infantry Division of the Fuso Army, Major General Jizo Nakamura, who, on the one hand, ordered the troops to prepare for battle, and at the same time ordered the artillery battalion to prepare for fire. Although the power of the 75mm field gun is not very great, it is enough to deal with the Empire's 'Leopard 2' tank and 'Tiger' tank. But against these lightly armored light tanks of the Americans, there is no problem at all.

In addition, Major General Nakamura Jikizo also reported like Lieutenant General Yamawaki Masataka, requesting reinforcements from the 14th Army of the Imperial Army.

Lieutenant General Huang Jianling, commander of the 14th Army of the Imperial Army, ordered the 14th Armored Brigade to reinforce the 12th Infantry Division of the Fuso Army. However, the 14th Armored Brigade was stationed more than 40 kilometers away from the defense line of the 12th Infantry Division of the Fuso Army, and it took an hour to arrive. This hour was undoubtedly a difficult test for the 12th Infantry Division of the Fuso Army. However, Lieutenant General Huang Jianling still asked people to contact the Air Force and ask the Air Force to send fighter planes for reinforcements. In addition, the rocket artillery battalion and self-propelled howitzer battalion, which had previously been reinforced on the left flank, also fully supported the 12th Infantry Division of the Fuso Army. The Americans dispatched armored troops, as expected by Lieutenant General Huang Jianling. But the dispatch of armored forces on the second day of the battle came as a surprise to him. After all, the armored forces are the hole cards of the Americans, and now they are exposed, in order to be a little too early.

On the position of the artillery battalion of the 12th Infantry Division of the Fuso Army, a 75-mm field gun has been raised high, and the gunners are carrying shells. Although, the 75-mm field gun was enough to destroy the thin-skinned tanks of the Americans. However, the hit rate is bound to not be high. Anti-tank guns are direct-fire guns that are aimed at and then fired. The field artillery, on the other hand, is a curved artillery, and the shells are in a parabola, and whether they can hit a tank moving at high speed depends only on luck.

"Fire!" The battalion commander of the artillery battalion gave the order, and the 75-mm field guns immediately began to roar.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The shell, under the action of kinetic energy, flew out of the chamber at high speed and flew towards the tanks of the 4th Armored Division of the US Army.

"Boom!" The shells kept falling, blasting craters on the ground.

"Oh God! The Fuso people opened fire. Said a tank driver.

"Leave those damn shells alone, they can't hit us. Unless our luck is terrible, we will be hit. "The commander of the tank seemed very calm.

However, as soon as the commander finished speaking, a shell hit an M1 light tank next to them. Weakly armored tanks are easily penetrated by shells. The shells inside the tank exploded, turning the entire tank into a blazing fireball.

"Oh God! Number 4103 was hit. The driver yelled in horror.

"****, hurry up, otherwise, we may also be hit." The captain yelled.

Although, the probability of a moving tank being hit by a grenade is not high. However, once hit, it is often destroyed. The light tanks of the Americans, the armor was too thin, and even more ineffective.

The 36 75-mm field guns of the artillery battalion of the 12th Infantry Division of the Fuso Army, as well as the 75-mm field guns of the subordinate regiments, opened fire one after another, and the dense shells exploded in the tank ranks of the 4th Armored Division of the US Army.

Although the probability of being hit was not high, it still caused a lot of trouble for the US 4th Armored Division, and some tank drivers collided with other tanks in order to avoid these shells falling from the sky, causing the tank to be damaged.

On the position of the American troops, General MacArthur, with Lieutenant General Witt and others, were watching the battle. The high-speed charge of hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles also shocked him, the commander. The frustration of being defeated by the Chinese* army was also swept away. He believed that even the Chinese* army would have a hard time withstanding such a large-scale armored attack, let alone the Fuso Army, which lacked anti-tank weapons.

"Your Excellency, Commander, with a powerful armored force, there will be absolutely no problem in tearing through the defense line of the Fuso Army. After we tore through the left flank of the Chinese, we were able to outflank their frontal line, forcing the Chinese to stretch the line. In this way, we, who have the superiority in troops, will have an even greater advantage. Lieutenant General Witte said.

If he had known that armored forces were so useful, he would have thrown them into them a long time ago. In that case, maybe there won't be a few failures in a row. However, if the armored unit is the fist unit of the US army, if it wants to be used, it must first obtain the permission of General MacArthur. That's why Lieutenant General Witte didn't think about using these armored units.

At this time, the artillery bombardment of the Fuso Army began, and the smile on Admiral MacArthur's face gradually faded when he saw that the tanks were constantly being destroyed. He felt it, the attack of the 4th Panzer Division, although it was shocking. However, the performance of these tanks was too bad. This may be a significant factor in their failure to succeed.

"Your Excellency, it is not so easy for a grenade to hit a fast-moving tank. This can only say that the luck of those damn Fuso people is not bad. Our losses won't be too big. Lieutenant General Witte said.

Admiral MacArthur nodded, but a trace of uneasiness in his heart still lingered and could not be dissipated.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "A violent explosion sounded, and it was the 14 self-propelled howitzers of a battalion of the 210th Self-Propelled Howitzer Brigade of the Imperial Army that opened fire.

Although, hitting a tank with a large-caliber howitzer, it was very difficult. However, the 210-mm self-propelled howitzer is so powerful that it can inflict fatal damage if it explodes not far from a US tank.

A 210-mm shell, exploding on the battlefield. Three tanks of the US army within a radius of twenty meters were directly destroyed. One was blown off by the shock wave generated by the explosion of the shell, and was smashed when it landed. The other two were punctured by shrapnel. The armor of American tanks was too weak to withstand the attack of shrapnel from large-caliber howitzers.

Although only one battalion of the 14th self-propelled howitzer brigade of the Imperial Army was reinforced to the left flank defense line, these 24 howitzers brought a lot of losses to the 4th Armored Division of the US Army. (To be continued.) )