Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 606 606 Enemy’s Grenade

Liu Guozhu looked through the slender observation window at the enemy machine gun bunker that was firing continuously in the distance. It was only about 200 meters away from his tank, and you could still see collapsed barbed wire fences and trenches with mirage soldiers.

“Front right! Pay attention to the front right!” He loudly reminded the gunner in front of him in the noisy tank. The gunner pressed the button and the turret began to rotate to the right.

The hanging steel plate on the outside makes the turret of the No. 4 tank look larger. Mirage regards this shape of tank as a new model.

However, this misjudgment was soon corrected, as they destroyed a tank and confirmed the characteristics of the wreckage. The tanks of the Tang Army have not been upgraded, which is definitely good news for other countries.

This is war. No matter how advanced the weapons are, there will still be losses. Even if the losses are compressed to the extreme, it is still a loss after all!

"I see it! I see it!" Soon, as the turret rotated, the gunner saw the target Liu Guozhu had just seen in his sight.

The opponent was still firing continuously, forcing the Tang Army to stop and wait for the friendly tanks to destroy this **** firepower point.

"Boom!" The gunner stepped on the firing pedal, and the short-barreled 75mm howitzer fired a grenade, which hit the target two hundred meters away.

 Datang Group's lens processing technology is very advanced and the accuracy is guaranteed, so the aiming system of the No. 4 tank is very precise, which also helps the Tang Army's gunner to aim at the target.

Although the ballistic performance of the 75mm caliber artillery with low chamber pressure and short barrel is not good, it still has very high hit accuracy at a distance of about 200 meters.

This shot hit directly a few centimeters next to the perforation hole of the machine gun bunker, instantly blowing off the top of the bunker and killing all the Mirage soldiers inside.

The continuous sound of the Maxim machine gun finally stopped, and the surrounding Tang Army soldiers suddenly lost the pressure to attack.

 A Tang Army trumpeter who was lying on the ground grabbed the cornet beside him and blew a loud attack horn: "Didi-dip-did-did-dip-didi-did-did-did-did!"

This is a small stubbornness of Tang Mo, and it is also his worship of some mysterious power from the East. The witch's flute, the call of death, the magic sound of attack, the prelude to victory... In short, once this sound sounds, a devastating attack will begin, and any impregnable defense will be wiped out.

It’s just that in this world, there are not only well-trained infantry but also tanks with rolling tracks that advance with the loud sound of the cornet!

"Directly ahead! There is a hidden fire point directly ahead! They are adjusting the angle of the machine gun!" Liu Guozhu found the target again and reminded his companions loudly.

The gunner turned the turret again, and the bullets fired by the surrounding Mirage soldiers were hitting the steel plate of the tank, also densely packed, like raindrops.

 When tanks attack the enemy's defensive positions, what will cause the most losses? It's paint! The opponent's small arms bullets will hit the tank intensively, basically like polishing the paint on the tank shell.

 Some shell fragments and some larger-caliber weapons may penetrate the steel plates hanging around the No. 4 tank, so nothing valuable can be placed in the compartment between these steel plates and the body.

You may put a helmet and find a hole in it after the battle. If you put a kettle and lunch box, it may leak. The same is true if you put a tent, clothes, shoes, and socks.

 So, in the end, most of these compartments contain spare road wheels, spare tracks and the like - they are not too afraid of damage, but can also add some protection capabilities, killing two birds with one stone.

As for things like tents, shoes and socks, lunch boxes and water bottles, they are all hung directly on the outside of the tank. They are left on the offensive position before entering the battle, and the follow-up troops help take care of them.

Don’t think that the tank force only has tanks. There are also trucks responsible for transporting oil, transport and logistics maintenance personnel, and various second-line troops. Together, they are a mighty family.

 The No. 4 tank, which had been beaten again and covered with bullet marks, continued to move forward unsteadily. The coaxial machine gun completely destroyed the enemy machine gun position newly discovered by Liu Guozhu.

There are craters everywhere on the battlefield. During the advance, Liu Guozhu's tanks sometimes had to stop to avoid the huge craters and choose an easier road.

 In the process of detouring, it was not so smooth. Inside the tank with a narrow line of sight, Liu Guozhu's head hit the roof of the vehicle when he was caught off guard.

 He covered his head in pain, squinted his eyes and let out a groan. At this time, the tank crew did not have special safety helmets. Liu Guozhu still wore a traditional soft hat with a brim, which was similar to the hat of the Eighth Route Army.

 “Watch the crater! It’s too bumpy!” He reminded his driver while covering his head and rubbing it.

While he was speaking, the front of the tank hit hard, and it apparently rushed into another bomb crater.

Before Liu Guozhu could react, the front of the tank began to raise high again, and the entire tank rushed out of the crater and continued to move forward.

The tanks of this era are in this state. The No. 4 tank using small-diameter tank road wheels has a bear-like cross-country performance on complex terrain.

There is nothing we can do about it. Such a tank is already the most advanced in this era, so there is nothing to complain about. Liu Guozhu's breast pocket hung with a second-class Hussars Medal. On the side of the medal hung another Luo Town Combat Medal that had just been awarded to all members of their crew.

 This medal is awarded to all combat units that participated in the attack and defense of Luo Town, including air force pilots, infantrymen, and tank crews.

 “Stay steady! Damn it!” Liu Guozhu cursed loudly, and his tank also slightly slowed down as he cursed.

Liu Guozhu, who still had a little pain in his head, came to the observation window, looked around, and found that his tank had reached the front of the enemy's position.

 His left and right could see the trenches of the Mirage people, and soldiers from the Mirage country were active at a close range.

"We are already on the enemy's position! Keep moving forward! Across the trenches!" On the chaotic battlefield, staying where you are is no different from courting death, so Liu Guozhu decided to keep moving forward.

At this moment, he saw a Mirage soldier throwing something towards where they were.

 This was the first time he saw someone from the Mirage doing such an action, so he didn't realize what happened for a moment.

The next moment, he realized that the opponent's movement of raising his arms was exactly the same as Tang Jun's throwing a grenade.

Sure enough, in the next second, a grenade exploded near his tank. The rising smoke obscured Liu Guozhu's sight, but he did not suffer any substantial damage.

 He was in the tank and was wearing earphones. These protected his ears to some extent and prevented him from being shocked and losing his hearing.

Secondly, the shock wave caused by the grenade did not penetrate the armor of the tank, so Liu Guozhu only felt the explosion but was not injured.

 “Damn, grenade!” Even though he had no vision, the loader on the side also felt a familiar vibration.

"It wasn't our people who threw it! Damn it! The Mirage people have grenades!" Liu Guozhu pressed his throat intercom and reported loudly to his platoon leader what he had just seen: "I saw the Mirage people throwing grenades!"

"Are you sure? Are you sure?" The platoon leader's voice came urgently through the earphones.

"I saw them throwing something at me, and then it exploded!" Liu Guozhu's tank had already rolled over the Mirage soldiers' trenches at this time, and the soil rolled up by the tracks fell down and hit the Mirage soldiers in the trenches. They were so frightened that they didn't even dare to raise their heads.

"I see your position! Keep moving forward! Let me cover behind you!" the platoon leader's voice continued to come.

"Understood! I am continuing to move forward!" Liu Guozhu continued to shout: "Forward! Suppress the firepower point of the Mirage country directly ahead! They are retreating! They are retreating!"

"Left side! Bunker on the left side!" "Right side! Fire! Fire! There's a machine gun there!" In the earphones, there were shouts from other tank commanders.

 They seemed to be communicating, but what they shouted was basically useless. There was no way, one-third of the commanders in the entire tank platoon were replaced before entering the war.

I heard that one-third of the money taken away was assigned to serve as the commander of a new armored division. Liu Guozhu was unwilling to leave the 1st Armored Division, so he stayed.

 It's just that he has been promoted now. He should have been transferred to the platoon leader, but because he took the initiative to stay in the 1st Platoon, he missed this opportunity for promotion.

Despite the confusion in communication, the Tang army's attack was still rapid and fierce. Under the cover of more than 40 tanks, the attacking Tang Army infantry took only one morning to break through the outer defense line of the Mirage defenders.

 The fighting was not fierce because the Mirage troops were shrinking. They planned to place the main battlefield in Beiyuan City, and did not plan to continue to struggle with the Tang army on the periphery.

　　It’s just that they did not give up these peripheral positions, but sent some troops to defend them.

 These troops were basically sold and abandoned. They had no reinforcements and were not allowed to retreat. They were asked to fight to the last man and even left suicide notes before setting off.

It's a pity that there are still a small number of people who are not afraid of death and are willing to die. Although they are restrained by the supervising team and the crazy commander, many people among the Mirage defenders still choose to surrender.

 They put down their weapons, and among the weapons in their hands, the commanders of the Tang frontline troops really found some gadgets that surprised them.

 (End of this chapter)