Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 653 Heavy Tank Xingtian
The commander of the French army and the commander of the European Holy Alliance, Villars, rode his horse with a serious face.

The commander was still young, but he was already deeply trusted by Louis XIV.Commanding an army of up to 50 men is a great honor, but it is also a great responsibility and pressure.

Villar is conservative in many aspects. For example, he does not like to inspect the battlefield in a jeep, but likes to ride a horse with his subordinates.Perhaps in his heart, the knight complex still exists.

The sudden attack by the commander-in-chief of the Qing army, Cheng Lin, caused the collapse of the carefully maintained lowland front in France, the destruction of the Netherlands, and even the occupation of the northeastern part of France by the Qing army.Villar was ordered to lead the army to the front line when he was in danger.The commander-in-chief was also a very tough figure. Regardless of the fact that many of the French troops had only just been organized, had not been on the battlefield much, and were even unstable, he immediately ordered the European Holy Alliance to launch a fierce attack on the Qing army.

This time Villar also deployed the T-2 tanks obtained from Ming Dynasty, a total of more than 500 vehicles, and launched an armored raid against the Qing army.

The Qing army had just occupied the Netherlands, but it was also unstable.The Cossack general Krasnov, who had performed well in the previous battle, immediately launched the Qing army to defend against Villar's fierce attack. However, Villar's attack was menacing, and the European Holy Alliance forces were indeed fierce. Within three days, the troops led by Villar The Allied forces drove Krasnov back more than 50 kilometers.

This can be said to be the brightest achievement Europe has achieved since the war began.Although there were still back and forth on the battlefield, the Qing army under the command of Krasnov was far from collapsing, but it did not lose its position but took it. This is really the first time since the war began.

Louis XIV was overjoyed when he learned of this situation in Paris, and even publicly stated at the banquet that on the day of Villars' triumph, he would honor this talented general and make him the new Marshal of France.

The French Marshal is a great honor, and both of them are military figures who have made great contributions to France.For example, Viscount Turenne, who died more than ten years ago, once made great achievements for France in the 30-year war.

Villar was also very excited after learning that he might obtain this military rank.Villar was born in a down-and-out family, and his father was a diplomat. His success today is entirely due to his own efforts.Unlike the famous British general who has been canonized as a duke, the duke has real skills, but he is even better at making money. Villar fought with a knife and a gun.

However, General Villar's enemy is no small matter, and it is the Western Qing Empire, which has not been defeated so far.

After achieving good results in the first few days of fighting, Villar found that it was difficult for his army to achieve any eye-catching results.He and his opponent fought constantly on the jagged fronts, and the two sides won each other. Some positions were lost in the morning and regained in the evening. The two sides fought like this repeatedly without rest.

After the successful application of the initial armor torrent, the French army quickly exposed many of its weaknesses.Many of their tanks and chariots have maintenance problems after intensive use.The French army also lacked enough technicians and parts to maintain these tanks. After participating in many battles, many tanks had to withdraw from combat and wait for repairs.

On the battlefield, battles between French T-2 tanks and Qing army Qiongqi tanks were often staged.

Krasnov, like his opponent, loves horseback riding, because he is a Cossack, and they are a nation on horseback.

However, Krasnov admitted that the era of cavalry is over, and there is almost no room for cavalry on this battlefield.Now most of his Cossack compatriots have become infantry or joined the armored forces, and there are very few people who are still on horseback.

"Is the Xingtian tank already in place?"

"Yes, General."

A satisfied smile appeared on Krasnov's face: "Do these French people think that relying on the Eastern Kingdom to get good weapons can suppress our Qing army? This is a dream!"

In this day's battle, the French army launched another attack on the Qing army's position.This is already the routine of the French army. The French army will organize tanks to attack the position with the coordination of infantry.Before that, the French army would carry out relatively large-scale artillery preparations, but this kind of artillery preparation was not an order of magnitude problem at all compared to the Ming army's artillery preparations.

After the shelling, more than a dozen French T-2 tanks, accompanied by hundreds of infantry, attacked.This position is a key position set up by the Qing army to defend the rear. General Villar hopes to break through the Qing army's position and continue to develop in depth, and then completely wipe out the defending Qing army.

The T-2 tank has formed a certain technical advantage over the Qing army tanks in actual combat. Although the two types of tanks are similar in size, after all, the industrial base and military industry of the Ming Dynasty are more developed than those of the Western Qing Dynasty. The foreign trade tanks made by the Ming people It should not be underestimated either.Although these tanks are not as durable and easy to maintain as the Type [-] tanks used by the Ming army themselves, they are still very good in artillery technology.

The T-2's artillery hits the armor of the Qiongqi tank head-on, and it can bring reliable damage to the enemy.It was also relying on the strength of the T-2 tank that the French army was able to repel the powerful Qing army in a frontal conflict.

"What it is?"

"It's black and big, is it a new tank from the Qing army?" the French tank drivers uttered a cry of surprise.

Soon the cry of surprise turned to a cry of terror, and then to a cry of terror.

Those heavy and huge tanks are several times heavier than the T-2 light tanks, and their huge bodies can be seen to have quite thick armor.What's even more terrifying is that the barrels of these heavy tanks are longer and thicker, which means that their artillery is more powerful.

With a bang, a shell hit a French T-2 tank. These T-2 tanks themselves were suspected of being thin-skinned and stuffed. When they were hit by the 88mm cannon of the Qing army's heavy tanks, they were directly tanks. Destruction.

The T-2 tanks were like a group of frightened pigeons, and they dispersed. The soldiers who followed the counterattack of the Qing army's heavy tanks quickly slaughtered the attacking French army.

On the battlefield, the Qing army used their secret weapon, the Xingtian Tank, for the first time.Although the technology of this tank can hardly be called mature, the huge self-weight of more than 40 tons and an 88mm cannon put great pressure on the French army.Xingtian Tank Fighting T-2 is like an adult bullying a child.The French had symptoms of "tank fear" again, and hurriedly asked Ming Dynasty for more powerful tanks.

(End of this chapter)