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John shrugged. He always admired the heroic actions of the battalion commander in Dehradun that day: "No matter how many yellow-skinned troops come, they can't compete with us, let alone you who are in command here, David Wen Lieutenant Colonel Mori, one of the finest officers in the British Empire."

These words made Wen Sen very comfortable. He smiled and said: "Although I am full of confidence in defending here. But we can't ignore the enemy's superiority in numbers. The Chinese troops still have a certain combat effectiveness. But We also have to believe in the skill of the British soldiers and the impeccable tactics, and I think that even in the face of an attack by a whole Chinese army division. We can hold here for ten days."

Vincent’s arrogance is not unreasonable. The two Balkan wars and the two world wars that Britain participated in have given great inspiration to the armies of all countries in the world. The defense of positions has made a great leap forward. Lieutenant Colonel Vincent’s defense As far as the area is concerned, the front is densely covered with barbed wire, and the back is dug trenches, densely packed with machine guns and rifle fire points. With such an arrangement, we have to admit that Vincent has great commanding skills and can be called a qualified officer.

"Today's weather is really bad." Wen Sen loosened his military discipline button and looked into the distance. The mountains in the distance were undulating in the thick morning fog: "I don't know how the fog can disperse. Such weather , is very suitable for sneak attacks. Although we have not found traces of the Chinese army on the opposite side, we still need to make the soldiers vigilant."

Suddenly, there was a thunderous "rumbling" sound from a distance, and the unknown British soldiers poked their heads out of the trenches one after another, wanting to see what happened. "God, what is that!" John shouted in horror, pointing to the opposite side.

Vincent picked up the binoculars, and the smile froze on his face.

On the hillside in the distance, black armored vehicles continued to emerge one after another. They seemed to emerge from the ground in the mist, making loud noises and slowly moving towards the British army's position.

"Tanks, they are Chinese tanks, all of them enter the position!" Wen Sen finally woke up from his panic, and shouted loudly at the top of his lungs.

Wind and Thunder Surge Three Thousand Miles Chapter 6 Steel Fortress

Before the British soldiers had time to figure out what was going on, the steel monster suddenly sprayed fire snakes, the upper hatch was opened, and the machine guns mounted on it fired wildly. Fell in a pool of blood.The rest of the British soldiers were so terrified that they got into the trenches one after another, mobilized all the weapons they could use, and fought back frantically.

This is the latest new type of tank developed by the empire in recent years, especially the tiger tank is one of the best.The entire tank has a beautiful shape and excellent craftsmanship. It has a crew of 5 people and a weight of 57 tons. Vertical obstacles and trenches of 700 meters.Its thickest armor reaches 45mm, and it is equipped with an 72mm cannon and two 0.79mm machine guns.In such a battlefield can be called the king of war.

For such a behemoth with rough skin and thick flesh, the British's counterattack was not effective at all. Instead, it seemed to anger the monster. The artillery above fired shells one after another, hitting the British artillery accurately. On the battlefield, the artillery positions were ablaze for a while, with explosions one after another, the cannons were destroyed, and the gunners fell in a pool of blood one by one. The British artillery was completely stunned, and there was no chance to fight back.

The spirit of the British has collapsed. This is not a war, but a death!Did the Chinese cast some mysterious spell to summon ancient demons?

"How is this possible? How could the Chinese send a tank unit as an advance? Why didn't our outposts find anything in advance? Did the Chinese fall from the sky?" No one answered his questions. At this time, his hands were a little bit Trembling, the tanks got closer and closer. The barbed wire fence in front of the position had no effect on them, and they fell under the monster's tracks one after another. The British soldiers obviously had no desire to fight under the instant violent blow.

"Damn it, if I have an excellent armored force at this time, maybe I can handle it better now, but Britain is too far away from India, and it is impossible to transport a large number of excellent tanks here from the mainland. We will pay a lot of freight, so this time only one-fifth of the total tanks are supported, and they are still being transported here by transport ship, and it may take ten and a half days to actually arrive. What should we do now? This battle can't be fought anymore." Vincent clearly saw that under the rampage of the enemy tanks, the defenders on the left and right flanks had long been frightened, and they dropped their weapons at the beginning of the battle. After all, the Beekman Infantry Battalion deployed in the central position was still strictly observing the battlefield discipline, but although they were still firing their guns blindly, it seemed that their morale had dropped to the extreme.

"Lieutenant Colonel, we can't fight anymore, those ghost things are really scary." John's voice was a little terrified, "Bullets are useless to them, and our artillery position has been completely destroyed. Let's retreat immediately while there is still a chance. Otherwise we will all die here!"

Vincent also completely lost the courage to continue fighting. With trembling lips, he issued the most shameful order since he joined the army: "Retreat, all retreat to Moradabad, and report to Commander Brock about the terrible things that happened here. The situation!" The soldiers of the Beekman Infantry Battalion who received the retreat order fled the trenches one after another, rushing to the rear.

Panzer Corps took the trenches almost effortlessly. "Want to run? It's not that easy!" Chen Jitang gave an order, and two armored battalions began to chase the defeated British soldiers. A dozen tanks advanced to a village and drove into the street, where several small fortresses of the British army were still spitting out flames. , trying to slow down the speed of the tanks, the tanks destroyed their unnecessary resistance with shells without hesitation, and the British soldiers gave up the last thought of fighting, and desperately broke up in the direction of Moradabad. .Some soldiers who were wounded or had no strength to escape simply dropped their guns and squatted on the ground with their hands folded, waiting helplessly for the final judgment of fate.The Beekman Infantry Battalion, which Brock had placed high hopes on and believed to be able to hold off the Chinese for more than ten days, was defeated in less than an hour, and the frontline positions completely fell into the hands of the Chinese.The armored corps sweeping across the battlefield slowly stopped, and rushed to the top of the front tank numbered 001 to lift the cover. Chen Jitang poked his head out of the sultry fuselage.

The ghostly weather in India is really too sweltering. The high temperature and turbid air inside the tank body made Chen Jitang feel very uncomfortable. His straight officer uniform was soaked and deformed by sweat. Paying attention to military appearance, he has long since taken off only an army green vest with only a pair of shorts underneath.Chen Jitang wiped off the sweat from his head and put on his military cap again. He was quite satisfied with the first battle of the Panzer Corps. From the start of all 1250 tanks to the present, except for two that broke down halfway due to machine failures on the road, the others were on the road. Not a single tank was lost throughout the battle.He looked back, and the assault artillery, half-track armored vehicles, engineers, supply and maintenance troops were slowly appearing in sight, and the artillery and engineers sitting on the cars looked listless, and they all complained that they did not participate. Feeling sorry for this battle, I thought what was going on, I finally arrived at the battlefield, and before I could do anything, I saw that the battle was over, and I came to clean the battlefield.Before dawn, the whole division was ordered to set off, and when they set off, they were ordered not to rush on their way, but to be on their own, leading the tank troops to finish the battle first.

"Legion Commander, it's boring for you to do this." The battalion commander of the military engineer battalion came up with an angry expression on his face: "Brothers haven't slept all night, and they have traveled so fast just to wipe their butts? They have enjoyed the fight, but if you eat meat, you have to share spoonfuls of soup with your brothers, don’t you?”

"Everyone is a whole, don't say such hurtful words." Chen Jitang said with a smile: "The tank runs fast, it all depends on the logistics belt. Although we alone did not lose and broke through the British position, we cannot obliterate the logistics." Brother’s credit, right? To say that I didn’t do you any favors is really wronging me, see for yourself, there are so many prisoners waiting for you to catch.”

The battalion commander of the engineer battalion didn't bother to talk to the officer, and hurriedly arranged for his brothers to take the prisoners. Repairs, supplies, and even the artillery were all over the street to catch the prisoners.

"Report, two high-ranking officers have been captured." At this time, several soldiers came over with a British officer carrying the rank of lieutenant colonel on his shoulders and a British officer carrying the rank of major. The lieutenant colonel was supported by the major, and he had difficulty walking , looking injured.Chen Jitang took a few glances at the two British officers. As a major general, he really didn't take them seriously. He rubbed his chin and asked coldly, "Name, position?"

"Commander of the Beekman Infantry Battalion of the British Empire, Lieutenant Colonel David Wenson, this is the clerk, Major John Hobert." Vinson summoned up his courage and said, "We are prisoners of war and demand fair and humane treatment as prisoners of war. !"

Wen Sen was very unlucky today. When he was running away, the horse was frightened and threw him off the horse. One of his feet was severely sprained and he couldn't walk, let alone run away.It was John who was more loyal and willing to stay with the battalion commander as a prisoner of the Chinese.

After listening to them talking about the situation of being captured, Chen Jitang smiled and said: "I didn't expect that there are some British people who are loyal...Come here, take these two officers to the back, and give him a good look at his feet."

Just as Yowo was about to leave, he suddenly asked again: "Your Excellency, please forgive me for asking, what kind of tank are you driving? Why have we never heard of it?"

"Tiger tank, after the war in India, this kind of tank will definitely be sought after by the whole world." Chen Jitang laughed and got into the tank again, and said loudly: "Brothers, put on the horsepower and go to Moradabad, The Brits and Indians over there have already prepared lunch for us."

"Yowo, I suddenly had an ominous premonition." Vincent said worriedly: "Looking at the high morale of the Chinese army and the new weapons, I think maybe we will lose this war."

John had a bitter expression on his face: "Who knows, God is just, so leave everything to Almighty God to judge!"

Chen Jitang led his armored corps, singing battle songs all the way, marching towards Meerut in a scattered formation.As the last line of defense in the important Indian city of Delhi, a large force of 28 battalions mainly composed of the Indian army was deployed in the outer positions of Meerut.

Because he is not very familiar with the terrain in northern India, and there are large tracts of tropical jungles and even swampy areas here, it caused a lot of trouble for the march. It was originally expected to arrive in three days, but it took a full six days. Chen Jitang was full of anxiety. Burning bubbles, scolding mothers every day, it doesn't help.He knows that speed is the most important thing on the battlefield, and the arrival may be delayed by a day, and the enemy has already made careful arrangements.As expected, he was surprised by the news from the spies in front: densely packed tank regiments were seen in the outer defense area of ​​Mithra, and the flags should belong to Britain and France.Chen Jitang was so angry that he thumped his head fiercely, "Oops, Oops, it's still a step too late, it's already obvious, the tank support from the foreign devils has arrived." He broke his heart, "Damn it, What's the big deal, at worst, let's have a head-on contest, and the time has come to test the combat capabilities of the Imperial Armored Corps!"

At the same time, Chen Jitang's confidence increased greatly when the vanguard troops following behind joined forces with the armored corps.In order to win this victory as quickly as possible, Chen Jitang and his combat staff went through careful deduction and careful arrangements.In his view, the biggest problem at present is not to seize this area, but how to block it first.Today, although India's Asan's deployment of troops in Mithra is not small, their front line is too weak in the face of their own large-scale armored iron stream, especially now that their troops have added a A self-propelled artillery regiment and an elite infantry brigade, which means that the troops that can be mobilized by one's own men have doubled.If such a battle cannot be won, then there is no need to wait for the headquarters to deal with it, and he should die of shame.

Wind and Thunder Surge Three Thousand Miles Chapter 671 The King's Showdown

Chen Jitang is undoubtedly an experienced commander of tank troops, and his layout during the march of tank troops is completely in line with the elements of both offense and defense.What he personally led was the elite 1st Division of the Panzer Corps, which was the division with the strongest breakthrough ability in his hands, and it was also the backbone force, so he placed it on the right wing.This is the most likely direction to encounter enemy tank troops. Although there is no accurate information that the enemy tank troops will definitely appear in this area, Chen Jitang still decides to be cautious.

Under his personal deployment, the marching layout of the 1st Division has bear tanks on the right flank. They are responsible for the protection and supply tasks in this direction. On the forward line, there is a mixed formation composed of leopard and lion tanks, while The backup support line is the main Tiger tank.The task Chen Jitang gave them was to quickly advance southwards, that is, in the direction of Moradabad, after breaking through the Mithra line of defense, so as to increase the strategic depth of the Dragon Army, so as to prepare for the follow-up anti-tank artillery battalion, high-level The artillery battalion builds a position.On the rear line was the 2nd Armored Division, whose main task was to act as a reserve, but also to protect the least defensive artillery units.

According to the scheduled plan, Chen Jitang only wanted to rush his troops to Mithra's Indian defense line quickly. If the time came in time, he would have enough time to set up the battlefield, and he could even send troops to the British tank troops who arrived later. An ambush.Unexpectedly, on the Mithra line of defense at this time, a large-scale British tank unit has already entered one after another. After repeated investigations by scouts, the number of tanks equipped and the tank turret Judging from the number of the troops, it should be two integrated armored corps, and the number of tanks should be at least a thousand or more.

For the sake of caution, Chen Jitang decided to exclude the two armored companies for further investigation or probing. Of course, this is an extremely dangerous mission. If the two companies are first discovered and surrounded by the enemy, they will undoubtedly be attacked. The brutal massacre of the pack of wolves, even wiped out the whole army, so Chen Jitang patted Brigadier Su Jin on the shoulder and said maliciously: "I will give you a mission to send you to death, do you dare to do it?"

As a brigade-level commander under the 1st Army of the Imperial Armored Corps, Major Su Jin has always commanded his troops in a cautious style.The white face and slightly thin body make him look like a general who can gallop on the battlefield, but Chen Jitang understands the blood and pride of a soldier in his bones best. Such almost harsh words challenged Su Jin.

"Dare! If you can't complete the task, you will shoot me!" Sure enough, Su Jin's pale face flushed red all of a sudden, and she hit the tank hard with her fist, giving a deafening answer.

During this period of time, Su Jin was the same as all the officers and soldiers on the front line.He deeply felt that the battle situation was not good, but he believed that the root cause of this bad situation was not in the combat soldiers, nor in the commander's tactical command, but in the damn weather here.The weather here is really too hot, with periods of fog and rain, which greatly affected the marching pace of the troops and also affected the front investigation.After a few hours of docking, the track of the tank unknowingly fell into the mud as deep as half a meter and could not be started. Not only that, the wear and tear of the parts was also increasing day by day.Many of the tanks in his unit had problems from time to time and were eventually withdrawn from combat.

In addition to the problem of marching, logistical supplies also encountered huge difficulties in bad weather. In the swampy tropical jungle, transport vehicles moved by mechanical wheels were far inferior to horse-powered supply teams. It is more effective in transportation, but the transportation volume of animal power is too small, and the speed is slow, which cannot meet the needs of front-line operations at all.

Su Jin, his family owns three silk reeling factories. In the eyes of ordinary people, he can definitely be a wealthy young man who has no worries about food and clothing. Support, from this point of view, he is a pure soldier, and he will not think too much about things that he can't understand. For him, he can not follow the life path specified by his family, but obey the orders of his superiors is the most important thing.

After receiving the commander's order, he led two armored companies and rushed forward along the way. There was no time to rest. Although he was quite tired, he immediately fought ten times after entering the outer cordon of Mithra. With the spirit of two points, he led the troops to search for the southern passage.The task he gave to the two search companies was: "Be on alert in the area three kilometers south of your main position, and report back immediately if you find the enemy's movements. At the same time, try not to exchange fire with the enemy without receiving orders, so as not to suffer unnecessary loss.

When the two tank companies drove out, the vanguard of the New Crusaders had already marched to a place less than four kilometers away from the outskirts of Mithra.If their planes can detect this area at this time, they will find that the Chinese tank troops of the two companies are like a weak civet cat, carefully stepping towards the sharp fangs of a mammoth.

However, China's new tanks also have a small weakness, that is, the target during the march is too obvious, and the smoke caused by the high-horsepower diesel engine power is enough to be seized by the enemy at a long distance, especially when a large-scale tank force advances , this weakness is more obvious.

The two tank units facing each other met in a relatively open area. The jungle on both sides of the road had a slight turn at this place, and the New Crusaders who first discovered the enemy's situation, they You can see thick smoke rising from behind the jungle barrier.Immediately afterwards, Su Jin's troops also detected the enemy tank camp. Facing such a large-scale tank cluster, Su Jin couldn't help taking a breath, and immediately ordered the troops to stand by to reduce the smoke from the motors, and at the same time Report the situation detected to Chen Jitang by telegram.

"Damn it, it's a blessing, not a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided. This time, let's have a head-to-head contest with the enemy to see who is the coward!" Chen Jitang broke his heart and said, "Order everyone to drive towards Mithra at full speed. Enter!"

On the Indian defense line, the commander of the coalition tank unit was Colonel Keren. When he stood on the turret and saw the gray-black smoke in the distance through the telescope in his hand, the first thought that came to mind was, I just encountered Chinese armored forces, and it seems that their number is still very large, at least not all of my own troops can deal with it.

After that, Karen considered how he should respond: retreat?This shows that the safest way is that this tactic should be chosen first when the enemy is strong and we are weak.However, the cruel reality tells him that if he withdraws his troops in a swarm now, the subsequent battles will become very difficult, not for anything else, just because the tank troops that have just entered Mithra at this moment have not yet done a good job. Immediately ready for battle, they need time.Therefore, from a responsible point of view, Karen felt that he should organize a sniper battle on the front line while sending back the enemy's situation report, at least delaying the speed of the Chinese advance.

Although Karen's military rank is not high, but his willpower is very firm. Once he had this idea, he immediately decided to implement it and set about setting up a temporary sniper position.To be honest, the terrain on this line is not suitable for a tank sniper battle at all. The flat roads and dense woods restrict the flexible movement of tanks to the greatest extent.Under such conditions, there is almost no possibility of an ambush, and the two sides can only face-to-face head-on.

But even so, Karen still tried his best to use the terrain to gain even the last sliver of advantage for himself.To achieve this goal, Keren divided his troops into two formations, preparing to attack the Chinese tank troops that were about to march in the left and right flanks.At the same time, he also dispatched four "Crusader 2" tanks, lurking on the left edge of the jungle, in order to be able to surprise the enemy's siege tanks.

The rapid advance of the Chinese troops resulted in Karen not having much time to arrange. Just before his tanks formed the best offensive formation, Su Jin's pathfinding troops, who had bypassed the corner first, had already appeared in Keren. Len's vision.

According to Chen Jitang's formation method, at this left turn, the first to encounter the Crusader tanks was the elite 1st Division in that direction.The vanguard of the division encountered three "Covenant" tanks heading straight from the left flank just as they turned around the bushes.Although this British tank is relatively close to the Crusader 2 tank in terms of firepower, it is only half the weight of the Crusader tank, so its maneuverability is quite good, and it is a good choice for assault operations.

The first to be attacked were the two Chinese Leopard tanks. In comparison, they had weaker firepower and thinner armor, but their only advantages were good maneuverability and fast driving speed.Even some armored soldiers are not optimistic about this tank.Therefore, when the three Covenanters appeared in front of them without any warning, the two tanks chose to retreat. They didn't even turn around, so they drove back to their rear team, hoping to find the best attack position, but the situation on the battlefield changes suddenly, and a slight hesitation may lead to major consequences.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Three consecutive cannon shots were fired, and the three covenanters that rushed forward fired first, but unfortunately, their shells failed to hit their target, but the one that was slightly behind hit a Leopard tank turret.Since the turret is the weakest part of the frontal armor of the tank, and all the Covenanters fired high-speed armor-piercing shells, the shells pierced through the steel plate of the turret without much effort, and then, amidst a series of huge explosions, flames burst into the sky , The turret of this tank was completely blown to pieces!

Three thousand miles of wind and thunder