afterglow

Chapter 25

Dozens of shells just want to shake the already basically formed defensive positions?

The smoke dissipated quickly, and Liu Qidong looked up, only to see three tanks and a brigade of British and Indian infantry approaching slowly about [-] meters away.

The formation is orderly, the steps are neat, and none of them even lower their bodies, as if they are in a military parade.

Cooperating with you is looking down on people, right?

"Tell the combat defense team, be sure to focus on the enemy's tanks!"

"Yes!"

Wearing painted MkI Tommy helmets, earth-brown military uniforms, and P1908 canvas carrying gear, British and Indian soldiers are slowly advancing.

Officers in sunhats, binoculars, and Webley No. 1 flare guns strapped to their waists yelled to keep their distance.

[Picture: General image of the British and Indian Army]

Unaware that their side had entered the gate of death, the British and Indian troops continued to advance under the cover of three A9 cruiser tanks, while Liu Qidong, who was expressionless in the bunker, watched all this silently, waiting for the best time to fire.

The Ming army’s field regulations and officer’s handbook both clearly state that as long as there is sufficient ammunition, defensive firepower must be delivered at the maximum range to disrupt the enemy’s offensive as soon as possible, unless the commander intends to catch the enemy off guard by firing at close range.

Organizing an attack is not easy. It takes time to assemble troops, assign tasks, plan routes, and book fire support plans, etc., so if you use firepower to suppress the enemy from a distance, you can delay their attack very well. Even disintegrate it directly.

However, Liu Qidong, who felt that he had been scorned, thought that he should teach these arrogant guys a hard lesson.

Facing the approaching enemy forces, the heavy machine gun shooter turned the rate of fire adjustment button to the fast mode. In this case, the rate of fire of the VZ.35 heavy machine gun can reach 750 rounds per minute.

"It's two hundred yards away. Have those Chinese escaped?" A major beside Wilson asked himself.

According to the British Army's internal "Infantry Training" recommendation, this distance is the jump point for the start of the shock operation.

Suddenly, a red flare shot up from that hill?

Immediately afterwards, a series of flames flickered.

Intensive machine gun crossfire, precise rifle shooting, and mortar shells constantly blooming in the crowd, the British and Indian soldiers who were walking leisurely last second were shot and fell to the ground.

In terms of firepower deployment, Zhou Changfeng is definitely a master figure in this era. The killing ranges of various weapons planned and adjusted by him are interspersed or overlapped in random order, and there are almost no dead spots.

Arranged on the heavy machine gun positions behind the two wings, the ingenious Czech weaponry made of high-quality steel produced by the Skoda Steel Plant is pouring out firepower frantically, and the orange muzzle flame has never stopped.

In order to adapt to the ammunition of the Ming army, the small batch of VZ.35 ordered by the Ministry of War has been modified. Now, a round of 7.36×56mm bottomless heavy-pointed ammunition is like a fire whip. , the orange-yellow cartridge casing popped out of the ejection port with blue smoke.

The blood mist splashed by the stern heavy-pointed bullet piercing through the fragile human body is extremely poignant. The bullet carrying more than [-] joules of kinetic energy penetrates into a hole the size of a thumb, but when it emerges, it can take away a large piece of flesh and blood. A terrible wound the size of a fist was left at the exit.

Company B and Company C of the Nagpur Battalion, which had just lined up like a living target, were completely wiped out in the blink of an eye. Major General Wilson and all the officers were dumbfounded.

The major who just doubted whether the Ming army had escaped opened his mouth in surprise, and murmured, "This is a bloody massacre..."

"Resume shelling immediately!" Wilson shouted impatiently, "Release smoke to cover their retreat!"

The soldiers of the two companies that had just been hit by the sudden attack were now in a state of despair—some were lying on the ground and did not dare to move, and some were hiding behind the tanks and shivering.Because the number of people who could hide was limited, the soldiers who came after crawling were scolded and scolded by those who were already hiding.

But the experience of the tanks is not much better. The Royal Fifth Tank Regiment (Battalion), as an elite unit transferred from the mainland, is equipped with the A9 cruiser tank, which is a cutting-edge weapon just delivered this year.

The thickness of the frontal armor is 14mm, and the main weapon is a two-pound gun. The combination of a good suspension system and a 150-horsepower gasoline engine can make it reach a speed of 40㎞/h.Interestingly, the A9 cruiser tank also has a small turret equipped with machine guns on both sides of the cockpit, and the total number of members is as high as six.

[Picture: A9 Cruiser Tank]

But now it seems that this is meaningless. The two anti-war teams ambushing in the southwest of the small hill used the same cutting-edge Type [-] anti-aircraft guns to hit these thin-skinned cans several times.

口径四十厘、重约38斤、长达六尺，发射特制的12.8×96㎜钨芯穿甲弹能在200米的距离上击穿25㎜厚度的轧制镍锰钢板，不过对于有表面渗碳工艺的硬化钢板会大打折扣。

Four fixed magazines, the principle of long barrel travel, huge muzzle brake, semi-automatic shooting, all are designed to be able to fire continuously in a short period of time to focus on enemy armored targets.

"Boom! Boom!" The blaze was extremely dazzling when the anti-war gun fired, but fortunately the land was relatively humid so it didn't stir up dust all over the sky.

A bullet longer than a can of eight-treasure porridge was pushed into the barrel by a spring, and the two anti-war guns fired eight armor-piercing incendiary bombs at an A9 cruiser tank within ten seconds, all of which hit.

The bullet containing the terrifying kinetic energy of 14 joules slammed into the armor plate, and the cupronickel armor on the head deformed and disintegrated immediately. ㎜ steel plate; and the aluminum-magnesium particles filled between the bullet core and the armor also deflagrate under the extrusion of a strong impact, and drill into the tank together with the bullet core.

The cruiser tank stopped slowly, wisps of black smoke came out of the gaps and holes, each hatch was opened one after another, and the tank soldiers covered in blood climbed out one after another.

However, bullets and fragments flew across the fierce battlefield at this moment, and all the staggering tank soldiers were killed near the smoking tank.

The other tank next to it was even more unlucky. The two anti-aircraft guns that had been reloaded fired again. This time it seemed that the fuel tank of the tank was ignited?As soon as several hatches were opened, the entire tank was engulfed in raging flames in the blink of an eye.

Due to the poor vision of the tank, the third cruiser tank has not found the location of the well-disguised Ming army defense team until now. The terrified driver subconsciously shifted to reverse gear and tried to reverse the vehicle to evacuate. It took a few seconds to remember the infantry They are hiding behind the car!
The two infantrymen were sucked into the bottom of the tank, and under the crushing of the tracks, their robust bodies burst out bright red juice like a tomato with a kitchen knife. The heart-piercing screams of the two unlucky men only lasted for a short time. Time stopped abruptly.

The shelling of the [-]th Artillery Battalion finally started again, and several smoke bombs fell.

The defeated soldiers of Liushen Wuzhu quickly fled back to the starting position, and the commander of Company C, Albert, who had previously claimed to go to the city for afternoon tea, had now become one of the hundreds of corpses.

(End of this chapter)