si-mexico Chapter 488: The First Tank Showdown
Chapter 488: The First Tank Showdown
"Brothers, the Air Force has won another great victory. Salute our victorious brothers."
In front of the position, Zhang Maozi said excitedly that in the sky above their left, fighter planes were lined up in neat rows, flying low over the position of the 4th Brigade as if they were being inspected.
Seeing their brothers on the ground saluting in unison, all the pilots in the planes saluted back and slightly shook their wings.
"Report to Commander Zhang, the brothers have not brought shame to our 72nd Division this time. After returning and reloading the bombs, immediately bomb the Japanese positions."
The flight captain's call was also received by Zhang Maozi.
"Then remember, apart from the two divisions in front of us, try not to expand the battlefield. The Marshal's orders are that the main battlefield is still on the Xiongnu Steppe. Our goal this time is to bite off a piece of meat from these two divisions. If we're lucky, we can kill them all."
Zhang Maozi had to give a warning. He had just been promoted to the commander-in-chief of the front line. If his men did not obey and flew directly to the northeast, that would be a big deal. After all, the First Flying Division was crippled and the entire sky belonged to them.
"Please rest assured, Commander Zhang, our troops will strictly abide by the Marshal's orders."
Zhang Maozi was still a little worried about the Air Force's promise, so he asked the chief of staff to contact Li Qiankun and ask him to tie the rope in his hand tighter. After all, they were flying in the sky, and a slight move of the joystick could take them dozens of kilometers away.
Xiongnu Front
When Li Shaoyi woke up, he received the news of the air force's victory. Seeing that the Japanese had lost about 200 planes, he put the telegram aside calmly.
"Marshal, these are more than 200 aircraft, a quarter of Japan's production."
When Wang Manli saw this scene, she reminded Li Shaoyi in particular.
"This is perfectly normal. Our aircraft are more advanced than theirs, and our training time is several times longer. If we still don't get this result, who can I cry to?"
Li Shaoyi stretched, and Wang Zihan beside him had already handed him toothpaste and toothbrush. Although he was on the battlefield, his living conditions were still good, with two beautiful secretaries serving him.
After hearing what Li Shaoyi said, the people around him thought that there was nothing wrong with it. Pilots were fed with gold. Pilots who joined the 72nd Division could train however they wanted every day and had enough supplies of all kinds.
It takes a thousand days to train an army and only a moment to use it. All the abilities accumulated through routine training should be brought to bear now, and the Japs will no longer be able to threaten us. As for Zhang Maozi's subsequent ground offensive, Li Shaoyi did not care. The commanders on the front line knew how to fight, so we should not interfere.
In addition, destroying the two Japanese divisions can also make them behave themselves, so that these guys won't mess around in the rear when we are recovering the land from the Huns.
"Reporting to the commander, according to aircraft reconnaissance, our First Brigade's armored regiment is about to collide with the Rakshasa armored regiment."
When he arrived at the combat command room, Li Shaoyi finally heard some refreshing news.
"Order Tang Guoping to have his tank regiment charge forward and shred the Luosha armored regiment."
Li Shaoyi said with high spirits that according to the information obtained by Natasha, the tanks currently on the Rakshasa side are mainly BT2 light tanks.
The main weapon of this tank is a 37mm gun, and the chassis and suspension come from Christie of the United States.
It weighs only 14.5 tons, which is a huge difference compared to our M24 tank.
Our tank's 75mm gun can easily tear apart the Rakshasa tank, but their 37mm gun may not be so easy to hit us, and even some heavy armored vehicles cannot be destroyed.
Of course, it will still be lethal if you get close, so it depends on how our commanders fight.
Tang Guoping, who was thousands of miles away, received the order and immediately ordered the brothers of the 1st Armored Regiment to go to the battlefield, with 112 tanks and 45 heavy armored vehicles.
There are also more than forty light armored vehicles roaming around the battlefield, and the soldiers on them are all carrying iron fists.
This thing is also a simple rocket developed by the Junkers. It can accurately deal with light tanks like this. Even in the late World War II, it could also hit Sherman and T-34 tanks.
Li Shaoyi had told them long ago that in addition to tank-to-tank confrontations, our people must carry a large number of Iron Fist anti-tank rockets. Don't underestimate this thing. Although the range is a bit shorter, it can give an infantryman the power to confront a tank.
To put it another way, even if you can't destroy the tank, blowing up some dirt and making the tank pay attention to your direction can also buy time for our tank shooters.
The 1st Tank Regiment of the Rakshasa Xiongnu Front had a total of 47 light tanks, four of which broke down and were not adapted to the situation on the battlefield. There were also 17 light armored vehicles, which bravely rushed forward when they saw the enemy in the distance.
But when they saw the full picture of Tang Guoping's armored regiment, many Rakshasa soldiers felt as if their hearts were being grasped by someone.
Doesn't that country to the south only have a hundred or so tanks? Are they all being brought to the battlefield? Are they all being brought to our battlefield?
Many Rakshasa soldiers had their heads full of question marks, and couldn't believe that what they saw was real, but they were quickly pulled out of their imagination.
Tang Guoping's men fired first. The 75mm tank shells instantly penetrated the Rakshasa tanks and turned into fireballs one after another.
The remaining tanks of the Rakshasa side were not to be outdone and rushed forward very bravely. Their commander ordered to fire within 400 meters, because the result of firing beyond 400 meters was seen just now. Apart from making a dent in the enemy's iron sheet, it had no other ability, and could not even take out those heavy armored vehicles.
On the other hand, Tang Guoping saw that the Rakshasa tanks were about to rush up and engage in close combat with us, so all the tanks reversed at high speed. Although they were not as fast as the Rakshasa tanks, as we retreated to the south, each tank aimed at its target and called out its names one by one.
On a battle line of less than 2 kilometers, half of the Rakshasa tanks were destroyed, and we only lost three tanks. As for those light armored vehicles, they dared not move forward. Soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals, our light armored vehicles equipped with Iron Fists took advantage of their mobility and almost killed more than half of their light armored vehicles.