Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 697 697 Bloody Battle in the Jungle

“Boom!” The gunner stepped on the pedal and blasted out a cannon. A shell flew out of the woods, crossed a distance of several hundred meters, and directly hit an advancing Dahua 1 tank.

The tank's front armor plate was penetrated, flames burst out, and then it stopped, paralyzed and billowing with thick smoke.

The rest of the Dahua tanks were still moving forward, and they didn't even know that their comrades had been hit. But the Dahua soldiers following the Dahua tank were confused because they saw everything happening.

However, these soldiers quickly restored order and continued to follow their own tanks, stepping forward little by little on the wet soil.

"Boom!" The No. 4 tank hidden in the woods fired another shot, but this time it was not so lucky. The trajectory of the shell was obviously low, and finally hit a raised piece of soil and bounced up. Know where it hit.

 After all, we are fighting against moving enemy tanks, and the distance is very far, so the hit rate will definitely not be too high. The accuracy of tank guns these days depends almost half on the experience of the crew members, and the other half on the processing accuracy of the optical sight lenses.

Even so, the first hit rate of the artillery is very low, and the gunner needs to rely on his own experience to correct the trajectory. Therefore, the rate of fire of the artillery is also a very important performance indicator.

 In the not spacious body of the vehicle, the loader pulled out a shell from the most convenient position, stuffed it directly into the barrel, closed the breech, and then shouted: "Loading is complete!"

 “Boom!” With almost no delay, the gunner stepped on the pedal and fired another shot. This time he adjusted the elevation of the artillery and rotated the turret slightly, and the shell directly hit an advancing Dahua 1 tank in the distance.

This turret was not in the center of the vehicle body, and the slightly crooked front armor plate of the Dahua 1 tank was also penetrated by the shell, which directly ignited a raging fire.

The hatch on the tank turret was opened by the people inside, and a Dahua tank driver who was lucky enough to survive jumped out of the tank, ignoring the flames burning on his calf, and ran desperately towards the distance.

Nearly two seconds later, the fire in the burning tank lost control. Huge flames burst out of the opened hatch, and the tank's turret was blown off in an instant.

 The advancing Dahua tanks were also looking for their enemies. Although the humid forest made the white smoke from the tank's muzzle much smaller, the continuous firing still caused misty white smoke to slowly creep in front of the No. 4 tank.

"Boom!" Tang Guo's gunner didn't pause for a moment. After his loader loaded the shells again, he opened fire again and fired a new shell.

  Killing the opponent as much as possible at a longer combat distance is the only thing he can do now. When the enemy tanks approach, their situation will be completely dangerous.

They are not the kind of German ace tankers who drive King Tiger tanks to torture M4 Shermans. Their tanks are as fragile as their opponents. The only thing they can use is radio communication and the tank driver's weapon control. of proficiency.

This shell missed the target again, but it still caused some damage to the opponent. It bounced off the ground and broke the tracks of an advancing tank.

 It was entirely a matter of luck that one of the attacking tanks was disabled. In this way, three attacking enemy tanks were "killed".

Two Dahua tanks on the opposite side stopped and then opened fire back. The two shells flew into the woods, with a whistling sound, and passed over the heads of the Tang Army's machine gunners in the trench.

The flying shells broke the branches, shattered the branches, and smashed the bark into pieces, sending sawdust everywhere.

 Obviously, these Dahua Empire tankers haven't found their target yet. They are just firing randomly. The trajectory of the shells is far away from the Tang Army's No. 4 tank hiding in the dark.

Knowing that he was not exposed, the Tang Army tank commander retracted his head and shouted excitedly to his gunner: "Keep firing! They haven't found us yet!"

"Boom!" As he shouted, the body of the No. 4 tank trembled, and another shell flew out of the muzzle and flew straight towards the enemy tank in the distance.

It spanned a long distance and continued to rotate during the flight until it hit the steel plate in front of the opposite tank body. Then it melted the steel as easily as a hot knife cutting into butter, leaving a trace on the steel plate. A hole surrounded by burn marks flew into the car body and continued its rampage.

The Dahua tank crewmen inside the vehicle were pierced by iron filings flying everywhere, and died in their positions before they had time to scream.

The gasoline engine of this Dahua 1 tank was ignited again, and then burned and exploded in the drizzle, turning into a brilliant flame.

Like most early tanks, the Dahua Type 1 tank of the Dahua Empire also uses a gasoline engine. After all, this set of things has been used the most and for the longest time in various countries. It can be regarded as a relatively thorough power system.

Each country has its own automobile industry. It is not difficult to come up with more advanced gasoline engines. Anyway, if the power is insufficient, just use the number of cylinders to make up. If six cylinders are not available, it can be made into eight cylinders. Fuel consumption does not matter, as long as it can be used.

It’s just that this thing uses gasoline, and the explosion problem is actually quite serious. Although Tang Jun himself used it before, there weren't many anti-tank weapons that could penetrate the armor of the No. 4 tank at that time, right? Now, most of the Tang Army’s No. 4 tanks have been equipped with diesel engines, which have greater torque and better performance, and the problem of explosion is also much smaller.

Next to the Dahua tank that was hit and exploded, another Dahua tank rolled its tracks and continued to move forward. The Dahua soldiers following it avoided the burning tank body and continued to move forward with weapons in hand.

 In fact, many of them had already seen the approximate hiding place of the No. 4 tank that was firing, but they had no way to notify the friendly tanks rushing in front of them.

They could only bite the bullet and follow their tanks and continue to move closer to the Tang army. This is the only thing they can do.

If it is the Tang Army, the communication troops following the infantry can at least feed back their observations to the attacking tank troops and tell them the approximate position. This also makes it easier for them to predict the enemy's position and conduct rough aiming.

　　Despite poor tactics and little experience, the tank troops of the Dahua Empire relied on their numerical advantage to gradually shorten the fighting distance between the two sides.

On the other side, the tanks of the Dahua Empire, which had never been attacked, were approaching the woods covering the infantry. At the critical moment, the hidden Tang Army machine guns began to roar.

Tracer bullets were very conspicuous in the slightly hazy drizzle, and they shot into the crowd of Dahua troops like lasers.

Those Dahua soldiers who were crowded behind the tank and were baptized by the hail of bullets as soon as they were exposed suddenly fell on their backs.

Amidst the hail of bullets, a Tang grenadier in a foxhole jumped up and threw the prepared explosives at the advancing enemy tank.

"Boom!" The huge explosion engulfed the tank and enveloped the Tang Army soldiers who were close to the explosion. The ears of people nearby were filled with buzzing sounds. Many Tang Army soldiers in the paratrooper pits were almost thrown away. The soil buried him alive.

The artillery support that had just been contacted finally arrived, and the shells fired by the two Hornet self-propelled artillery landed right on the edge of the forest.

 The shells stirred up the soil and suppressed the surrounding Dahua soldiers in place. They lay down and did not dare to raise their heads easily and continue to move forward.

Another Dahua Empire tank began to turn, and the machine gun on the turret fired wildly. A Tang Army soldier who tried to get close to the tank was shot and fell to the ground. The explosive in his hand exploded next to the body, causing mud and water to cover the sky.

“Boom!” A shell struck from a distance. It was fired by the No. 4 tank. The shell hit the turning Dahua Empire tank from the side, and then the tank exploded.

The continuous tragic explosions made the surrounding Tang Army soldiers miserable. They hid in foxholes as if they had experienced the baptism from hell.

By the time they cheered up again, the enemy was already within easy reach. A melee ensued, with assault rifles and shouts of killing echoing throughout the woods.

The battle on the No. 4 tank was still going on. As the battle continued, the loader's speed slowed down significantly.

 The ammunition at a convenient location around him has been used up, so he has to increase his movements to get the ammunition further away for use.

 This further exhausted his physical strength, and the rate of fire of the No. 4 tank also slowed down significantly. But at this moment, the remains of seven or eight Dahua 1 tanks were already burning on the battlefield.

 The number of Dahua Empire tanks participating in the attack was significantly reduced, but their position was already very close to the No. 4 tank that was firing.

What makes people nervous is that several of these tanks have already discovered the Tang Army tanks that are firing. They are aiming and shooting, trying to deal with this only threat.

 A Dahua Empire tank opened fire, and the 90mm main gun fired a shell. The shell flew away against the turret of the No. 4 tank, and even hit the bulge above the tank, causing a burst of sparks.

"We've been hit!" Feeling his tank shaking slightly, the electromechanical man shouted nervously.

"No! Don't scare yourself! We have not been penetrated!" The commander loudly comforted everyone's emotions, and then continued to shout: "Aim and fire! The enemy is coming!"

The gunner has already aimed at an enemy who is also stopping to aim at them. The muzzles of the two tanks are aimed at each other.

“Boom!” “Boom!” Almost at the same time, both tanks fired their own shells.

 (End of this chapter)