Chapter 1592 Confrontation 4
Chapter 1592 Confrontation 4
Hundreds of tanks rushed over directly. This formation was extremely stressful even for Wolf tanks. Fortunately, the French shelter was about 3 kilometers away from the second line of defense. At the speed of the tanks at that time, it passed 2,000 meters. It takes at least ten minutes for a meter to enter range. Taking into account the time to adjust the formation and the time provided for supporting artillery, this time will be longer.
As the mortars began to release smoke grenades, they covered the retreat of the Wolf tanks that were attacking on both sides. At the same time, the 105MM howitzers and self-propelled artillery equipped with 107MM cannons located behind the troops began to suppress the French artillery positions in the distance.
"The attack distance is a bit far, and we have lost the surprise of the attack." A French officer said with some concern as he looked at the German armored troops who calmly adjusted their formation.
"This is the best time we can get. If we wait for them to clear the second line of defense, they will fight us without restraint." David looked at the rolling away The French armored forces also said with some regret. Now, the support lines on both sides of the second line of defense are at least in the hands of the French and have become the two midfielders supporting the French attack. The French's frontal attack was larger than that of the German armored forces.
Before the tanks of both sides collided, in the battle between long-range artillery, the French artillery had already declined. The French artillery, which was mostly towed artillery, was increasingly struggling against the German artillery, which was mainly self-propelled. At least the latter The semi-enclosed combat cabin can provide limited cover for the artillery, and the mobile transfer at any time improves the artillery's survival rate. After all, there is no precision strike in this era. If you want to destroy an artillery position, you can only rely on a large amount of ammunition to cover it. However, the French artillery is almost dead, but the German artillery is alive!
"The German artillery seemed to be invincible. We clearly locked the opponent's firing position and then completely suppressed it with fierce shelling. They quickly stopped fighting back, but after ten minutes, they would be in a new place. Fire, and what about us? When the German artillery shells came over, we could only hide behind the parapets, relying on the built defense lines to survive, and watched with our own eyes as the shrapnel and high-explosive shells exploding in the air pushed shrapnel and flames across the entire At the position, brothers fell into the artillery fire one by one. Occasionally, artillery was hit directly. Balls of flames raged on the position. Our artillery was suppressed by the opponent in just half an hour." After the war, a soldier The French artillery captain met like this.
However, neither side paid attention to the direct battle of long-range artillery at this time, because at this time, the French armored forces had already bitten the Germans, and at this time the German armored forces had also completed the formation adjustment. The first large-scale tank battle on the battlefield in Asia Minor began in an area that was too wide! The Bavarian side had 57 tanks against the French's 132 tanks. Of course, both sides also had a large number of truck guns or other combat vehicles!
"Fire!" At a distance of 1,200 meters, the Wolf tank facing the enemy first launched the attack. As usual, it was a round of correction fire.
The tracer bullets and the first round of shells from the heading machine gun next to the artillery were fired alternately at the distant target. The hit rate of the first salvo of more than 20 Wolf tanks was not high, and Germany could only confirm that 4 to 5 targets were destroyed. And this round of attacks seems to have sounded the clarion call for this steel collision! Realizing that they had entered the effective combat range of the opponent, the French began to charge desperately. They increased the engine power to the maximum, and the engine that had been squeezed to the limit made a tooth-piercing chattering sound.
"Start free fire! Limited attack on high-threat targets!" When the target approached about 800 meters, the Bavarian armored elites began to enter the optimal shooting distance, and everyone fired armor-piercing projectiles at the target as quickly as possible. . And it is at this stage from 800 meters to 400 meters that French tanks lose their combat numbers the fastest!
"May God bless me!" Major Jean Vera of the French Armored Forces kissed the cross on his neck. Violent explosions came from the side. He knew that he had entered the core of the fire storm. Maybe the next second , an armor-piercing round can tear through the fragile armor of the FT10 tank and smash him and his companions into pieces! Vera could clearly see the flaming muzzles of German tanks in the distance, constantly flying on the battlefield like death's scythe. He really wanted to use his rapid-fire cannon to teach these guys a lesson, but his reason told him that at such a long distance, he simply couldn't destroy those iron cans!
"Oh God!" A Renault tank on the left front of Major Vera was directly blown into pieces by an armor-piercing shell. Just as he was controlling the tank to avoid the debris, another shell hit an FT10 on his side. It turned into a ball of fire. Then, artillery shells like hail fell in the attacking formation. In less than a minute, Major Vera saw at least 8 violent explosions around him! The advance of the French armored forces was entirely on a road paved with flames and blood. The originally neat attack formation was dented in a large area by intensive shooting in less than 3 minutes, as if a long sword was directly struck. Broke the tip of the sword!
"The smoke is too big, you can't see clearly!" During this period, the German tank crews scored at least more than 3 dozen hits, of which at least 30 French tanks were completely destroyed. The thick smoke generated after the explosion of the French tanks formed a smoke screen. Blocked between the two sides, the barrel of the artillery was overheated due to its high rate of fire. The fighting room was filled with gunpowder smoke, and the floor was filled with polished shell casings.
"Get ready to retreat! Someone will provide us with cover!" The Wolf tank, which was in stationary firing mode, began to fully activate, and the Germans directly put into reverse gear and began to evacuate backwards. And at this moment, the French counterattack finally came! After paying a huge price, the French tank has approached a distance of about 400 meters! And the powerful Shengmensha self-propelled artillery has also entered the effective range!
Two FT10 tanks rushed out of the thick smoke and appeared on the side of a Wolf tank. Before the Germans could react, six 75MM shells roared into the side of the tank, and the suspension device on the fighting side was directly hit. Another shell penetrated the side of the fort, and orange flames spurted out from the breach.
The other German tanks that reacted quickly blew the two assassins into pieces. As they continued to evacuate, the St. Mengsha self-propelled artillery that had arrived at the front line aimed at the tank company on the flank. At a distance of 600 meters, The 105MM armor-piercing bullet slammed into the front of the Wolf tank with a greeting from the god of death!
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