Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 550 550 Hindsight

 “Thank God the **** radio is finally working!” came the surprised voice of the 2nd company commander. The communication had been blocked before, which made him very excited after finally finding the 1st company.

Liu Guozhu also breathed a sigh of relief. He pressed the intercom and said: "My tank is not a command vehicle. The No. 5 tank can't be found. Repeat, the No. 5 tank can't be found."

"You don't care about your comrades in the No. 2 car?" In the earphone, the commander of the No. 2 car said resentfully: "There are at least 100 Qi army prisoners in front of me...it's all black."

“Would you like me to give you some advice? Car No. 2?” Liu Guozhu grinned.

 “What suggestions?” The captain of car No. 2 immediately became curious.

Liu Guozhu pressed the intercom on his throat and replied with a smile: "I suggest you ask them to throw away all their weapons!"

“That’s a good idea, why didn’t I think of it?” The captain of car No. 2 was very angry: “Do you think everyone is as stupid as you to dare to open the hatch and go out?”

 “Hahaha!” The sudden silence on the battlefield made Liu Guozhu relax and smile unbridled.

“Stand where you are! We’re on your flank! I’ve even seen your tanks!” the commander of the 2nd company shouted excitedly on the channel.

"I saw some Qi officers wearing different military uniforms here! It may be their headquarters!" Liu Guozhu looked at the tents, maps, tables and chairs scattered around through the gaps in the observation window, and reported the report.

“You are so lucky!” the 2nd company commander cursed jealously, and then Liu Guozhu saw a No. 4 tank knocking over a wooden carriage and appearing to the north of his tank.

By this time, the Qi army had completely collapsed. Not many people were fighting back. Only the faint sound of gunfire could be heard, as well as the harsh roar of Stuka dive bombers in the distance.

“What the battalion commander means is that since the opponent’s artillery position has been paralyzed, it is our best choice to retreat now.” The tanks of the 2nd company approached, and the radio communication became clearer.

With the interference sound of the current, Liu Guozhu agreed and said: "It is indeed a good idea to leave here. If the people of Qi know that we only have so few troops, they will definitely rush back."

“Without infantry cover, we cannot fight here for a long time.” The 2nd company commander continued: “All the machine gun bullets have been fired, and one-third of the artillery shells have been consumed.”

"You're right." Liu Guozhu was not a reckless man. He also knew that his tank machine gun had few bullets left.

The machine gun on the No. 4 tank is not the MG-42, but the predecessor of the MG-42, the MG-34T machine gun with a round barrel sheath. The production process of this machine gun is more complex than that of the MG-42. The advantage is that it can be installed in a tank.

The barrel of this machine gun has no heat dissipation holes. The thicker barrel dissipates heat slightly better, which can ensure that the machine gun can fire continuously for a longer period of time. Anyway, there is no need to consider the weight when mounted on a vehicle.

The machine gun in the tank cannot use ammunition chains, so the MG-34T machine gun uses drum magazines to supply ammunition. The machine gun in the entire tank has 3,000 to 3,500 rounds of ammunition. With the MG-34T machine gun's rate of fire, it is actually easy to shoot them all. .

 In order to continue fighting, armored soldiers always carry more ammunition. Originally, the No. 4 tank was designed to carry 3,000 rounds of machine gun ammunition. Everyone will try their best to stuff more bullets. At most, it can carry more than 4,000 rounds.

 Despite this, Liu Guozhu and the others only had less than 500 rounds of ammunition of about 3,500 rounds left.

If the fight continues at this state, it is estimated that if the Qi army counterattacks, they will also withdraw from the battle because they run out of ammunition.

With the cover of the peripheral tanks, Liu Guozhu could finally open his hatch cover and climb out of the tank to find the results of his victory.

Those senior officials of the Qi State wearing gorgeous military uniforms must be dead, but their bodies must be useful.

Soon, Liu Guozhu brought the 2nd company commander to his trophy, which was next to a collapsed white tent and was very easy to identify.

　　It’s just that after seeing the corpse on the ground, the 2nd company commander was a little uncomfortable. The broken brains on the ground and the **** rotten flesh are really visually impactful and make people feel uncomfortable.

"You are really good..." The 2nd company commander, who covered his mouth with his hand and could still smell the smell of blood and gunpowder smoke, commented with a pale face.

He doesn't mind if you let him kill in the tank, but facing so much minced meat will still make him uncomfortable.

"If it doesn't work, just throw it here." Liu Guozhu also felt that handling these corpses was a bit disgusting, so he was open-minded and prepared to give up this meritorious service.

“Are you stupid? Get all these corpses into the car and put them one in each car! Go back to find the prisoners to identify them and take pictures...” The 2nd Company Commander glanced at Liu Guozhu and came up with an idea: “Hurry up and set off in 5 minutes.”

"I can't fit it in my vehicle... How many can you take?" Liu Guozhu looked at the 2nd company commander, somewhat reluctant to put these corpses on his tank... because they were disgusting. "Okay! Whatever we take away will belong to our company." The 2nd company commander grinned and prepared to take advantage.

 “That’s no problem.” Liu Guozhu felt that he was a good person.

So a few minutes later, the armored soldiers of the Tang State resisted the urge to vomit, loaded a bunch of corpses with broken heads and rotten chests onto their tanks, and then exited along the original road before the Qi army's counterattack arrived. battlefield.

 The surprise battle ended, and the chaos of Qi's 3rd Army continued. One division was locked in a bitter battle at the front, most of one division had collapsed, and the other division was still encamped and had no idea what was going on.

The following Qi troops were still converging on Luozhen, but the sound of Qi Jun's artillery that filled the sky before disappeared strangely.

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 Communications are backward and cannot be spread to all troops. Sometimes it is beneficial. At least most of the current Qi troops don't know that their general headquarters has been taken over.

They are still performing their duties and conscientiously executing the last order they received. Like keep moving forward, like keep attacking.

However, as more and more collapsed troops passed detailed information to more troops, the Qi army still experienced chaos and wavering.

"What do you mean by defeated soldiers? A few deserters who don't know where they came from said random nonsense. How can I believe it?" A Qi officer threw his hat on the engine compartment of the car and asked angrily. road.

"Captain, we have come a long way. We didn't have any supplies along the way, and we didn't receive any new orders, so we just rushed to Luo Town in a muddle..." The subordinate looked at the miserable soldiers who came to deliver the news. He looked at his group leader again and spoke to persuade him.

"What on earth do you want to say?" The leader also had a fiery temper. He stared at his subordinates and interrupted his nonsense.

“Commander...the signal troops sent out have not returned yet. I think it is necessary to confirm that the 3rd Army side...” the officer suggested cautiously, fearing to anger his commander.

After a few seconds of silence, the commander of the Qi Army, who seemed to have a bad temper, was helpless and explained: "What can I do? I sent two signal soldiers out, but none of them came back. What can I do? Make changes without authorization. Order? Do I still want to live?"

 Sometimes, if you just follow the rules, there will be no problems. The situation on the battlefield is ever-changing and anything can happen. The commander is responsible for any decision.

When their regiment set off, the order they received was to rush to Luo Town before tonight. At that time, the Qi army did not know that Luo Town was missing.

Then the troops began to move, and communications became less smooth: some of the tens of thousands of troops were still on the ground, and some were already on the way, and everything became a mess.

Taking their regiment as an example, since they set out on the road, they have basically lost contact with the Western Front Headquarters. The command could not find their exact location, and they could not find the exact location of the command.

There was no way. The third prince was originally responsible for staying at the same place, but he rushed to the front line in a hurry. As a result, when the third prince left, he left a huge mess behind him.

 From the time their regiment set out until now, they have actually not contacted the general headquarters. As the commander of the regiment, he sent out communication troops five times in total, but none of them found the superior liaison unit.

The division headquarters of the division where this regiment is located can't be found. I went directly to the headquarters of the Third Prince, but I couldn't find it either.

So he could only move towards Luo Town in accordance with the order he received at the beginning, and then met a regiment from another division, crowded together on the road, and covered a distance of less than 7 kilometers in the morning.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to contact him, it’s that he really doesn’t know where the **** the commanders are! The signal soldiers he sent out could only inquire all the way, groping for it like a blind man, and no matter whether they could find it or not, they would eventually find out awkwardly that they didn't know where their troops had gone...

When he went there, he was searching blindly, but when he came back, he couldn't even find them... This was also the reason why he was unwilling to send out signal troops - as many as they sent out would be lost, and what's the use of sending them out?

"Then, Commander, we have to figure out the situation. Are we going all the way to Luo Town like this?" The officer under his command was a little anxious, and he persuaded anxiously: "It would be better if we can take it back, but if we can't take it back... "

"Then don't we just go and take it back?" The regiment leader glared at him, and then looked at the two defeated soldiers with dissatisfaction: "You said that the Tang Army raided the rear guard of the 3rd Army from the flank and rushed into the artillery position. Where?"

“…North, about 4 kilometers…” A defeated soldier pointed to the direction he fled and said something vague.

“I don’t know, I’m just a loader. Someone asked me to retreat, so I ran away.” Another soldier answered truthfully.

 (End of this chapter)