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The Road to Beginning Chapter 187 Prelude to the Attack

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    The first round of the Allied attack came not slowly, and many M4 Sherman tanks poured out from the depths of the city.  Judging from the intelligence brought back by German soldiers on the front line, the Allies used at least 500 tanks. In addition to the main M4, there were also models such as the M18 self-propelled anti-tank gun and the British Churchill heavy tank.  The order from the German command is to fight a defensive counterattack. After all, the 75mm artillery commonly mounted on the US military's M4 tanks is a sufficient threat to the German armored forces, the Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks. In a head-on confrontation, one's own losses are expected to be very high.  big.  As the commander of an anti-tank destroyer, the command from the headquarters was exactly what Hu Bin wanted. He directed the tank to a hillside and squatted at the rear of the unit with peace of mind, waiting for the enemy on the opposite side to launch an attack.  In order to better snipe the enemy, Hu Bin and his four men dug a tank trench for the hunters to cover up the fragile chassis of the tank. The body was even covered with camouflage made of shrubs. Preparations before the war  It can be said that it is done flawlessly.  Stan forcefully sent an armor-piercing round into the barrel of the 75mm anti-tank gun, and gestured to Ferey, indicating that it could be fired at any time, while Hu Bin monitored the ruins of the building opposite through the observation hole.  According to intelligence from the German troops who had withdrawn from the front, the Allies had gathered a large amount of armored forces at this location and were eager to launch a new round of offensive.  "Ah! The enemy has appeared." Fei Lei's voice shocked the others, and Hu Bin also spotted the enemy in the observation hole.  "It turns out to be a British Crusader cruise tank. Let's wait for it to come forward" Before Hu Bin finished speaking, Ferey had already completed his aim and fired a shot.  There was no time to investigate Fei Lei's reckless move, so Hu Bin hurriedly checked the situation of the shot.  "What's going on, did you hit it?" Stallone shouted eagerly from the driver's seat. He couldn't see the enemy's situation at all, and he had nothing to do while squatting in the pit.  I finally found some fun and seemed very positive.  "Give the enemy a severe blow." Hu Bin glanced at their gunner Fei Lei with inexplicable emotions and continued: "Hit the enemy engine and the enemy's fuel tank caught fire." As soon as Hu Bin finished speaking, Stallone's space prompts  The sound rang out, and the proceeds from destroying an enemy tank were distributed to oneself in proportion.  "We have killed the enemy." Hu Bin saw the Crusader 600 meters away turned into a pile of scrap metal when the ammunition rack exploded, and said the belated victory, but it did not arouse any cheers.  , the three of them looked at Feyre with a "this is unscientific" look.  "Hehe, luck! Luck!" Although Fei Lei said this modestly while scratching his head, everyone could see how proud this kid was.  Stan quickly pushed an armor-piercing round into the barrel.  Without any surprise, he said: "Well done, newcomer."  "This is unscientific!" Seeing the M4 not far away with all its fuel tanks and crawler engines damaged and burned in the raging fire, Hu Bin could calmly take the first step.  I have said this sentence five times, one Hellcat, three M4s, and one Crusader. This is the record of their Stalker during this period.  Good luck seems to have been favoring their young gunner Ferre. As a newcomer, his hit rate of cannonballs is only about 60%.  However, the penetration rate after hitting is as high as 90%, and the probability of damaging the key components of the opponent's tank is astonishingly 70%. Several times when the opponent's tank almost hides behind the bunker, Ferey's shells will hit the target just right.  Destroy the opponent's tracks.  Let several other people shout that it is unscientific.  The Allies suffered a bitter consequences for their hasty attack. The German tanks hiding in tank trenches and other bunkers combined with the artillery of the infantry regiments gave the Allied vanguard a head-on attack, resulting in more than 40 tanks being killed in the first round.  was lost in the charge.  Although the Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks are no longer dominant on the armored battlefield, they are still mature main tanks.  It was not inferior to the M4. Under the skillful control of the elite German armored personnel, the German tanks, which were at a firepower disadvantage, used crossfire to delay the charge of the Allied armored group.  Giving the rear anti-armor forces enough time to output, Hu Bin and the others were able to calmly take down the enemy.  However, as the disadvantaged side, the German army also paid a heavy price. Not only did it lose its peripheral defense line, it also lost many anti-tank infantry guns. The No. 3 and No. 4 tanks that delayed the opponent's attack were even more damaged during the retreat.  The opponent's key attacks resulted in the destruction of more than a dozen vehicles one after another.  Seeing that his own defense line was defeated, Hu Bin did not continue to attempt to export, and immediately ordered the pursuers to retreat to the rear.  At this time, Stallone finally found an opportunity to perform. He backed out of the tank trench on the top of the hill, then turned around and ran back.  Only then did the Allied forces discover that such an enemy tank was hidden on a nearby hillock, and they immediately opened fire there. However, the shells were blocked by the protruding hillock and did not pose any threat to Hu Bin and the others.  The first wave of confrontation, both sidesIt can be said that neither took advantage. Although the German army had a slight advantage in record, the overall disadvantage in tank combat effectiveness could not be ignored. The performance of the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks was indeed inferior to the American Sherman.  The next Allied offensive will definitely be much more cautious. They will not charge foolishly after blowing their losses. It is obviously difficult to achieve today's results.  The order from the headquarters was for the troops to defend on the spot and wait for the opportunity to attack, but Hu Bin did not think that this opportunity would come.  He and the other numbered ones did not forget that their most important enemy, the Contractors, had not yet been dispatched. The intention of these guys was obvious, and they must have wanted to deliver a fatal blow when their own side was most vulnerable.  From now on, it seems that it is difficult for the German army to even resist the Allied offensive, let alone counterattack the city.  However, this time the German command did not seem to let the numberers be released. As soon as the first round of the Allied armored offensive ended, a German bomber formation flew over.  The Allied tanks still wandering in the wilderness became the primary target of the bombers, and the artillery positions in the rear were also hit hard.  After dropping their bombs, the bomber formation patted their butts and left, leaving some supplies for the friendly forces below. However, the Mustang fighter formation that was supposed to intercept these bombers arrived late and could only vent its anger on the German positions for a while.  .  The Allied forces, who were unwilling to lose, did not shrink their defense lines for repairs. Instead, they used the cover of their own fighter jets to launch another fierce attack on the German army.  Even Hu Bin felt something was wrong this time. The Germans never expected that the Allies would launch an attack just after the bombing, and they were caught off guard by the Allies in a hurry.  In order to protect the elite armored forces, the German soldiers of the two infantry regiments withstood the roar of enemy tanks.  Use infantry artillery, anti-armor grenades, rockets and other weapons to resist the enemy's attack with difficulty.  But even after paying a heavy price, the German army still could not stop the impact of the torrent of Allied armor. Under the cover of tanks and chariots, the subsequent Allied infantry quickly broke down the German resistance, and the front was once again pushed eastwards.  Blockbusters.  At this time, the situation of the Allied forces was excellent. As long as they continued to pursue, the Germans might be waiting for a last-ditch battle.  But fate seemed to have played a joke on the Allies. The Allies gathered a large number of armored forces here, and consumed astronomical amounts of fuel every day.  Even the Allied forces that had just established a beachhead were facing an embarrassing shortage of supplies, let alone the armored forces far away at the front line.  After two rounds of attacks, except for a few Allied tanks that still had enough gasoline to maneuver, most of the tanks could only serve as forts.  After getting a few days of precious breathing space, the German armored divisions took this opportunity to blow the clarion call for counterattack. Surprisingly, the protagonist of this attack was not the tanks as the main force, but the motorized vehicles that usually served as auxiliary cleaning infantry.  force.  In order to deal with the powerful enemy Contractor, the numberers who participated in this battle worked hard.  Large tank serializers cannot afford them, and they easily become the enemy's primary target on the battlefield.  And cheap motorcycles have become their first choice.  This thing consumes less fuel and can be operated by two people. When equipped with a mortar with good range and firepower, it becomes a small self-propelled artillery.  Facing the Allied tanks that were paralyzed and unable to move.  The numberers began to launch their own harassment offensive unscrupulously.  The range of the mortar exceeds 800 meters. At this distance, ordinary flat-fire artillery is difficult to reach at the speed of a motorcycle.  The numberers can fly the enemy's kite at this distance.  Although the accuracy of mortars is problematic, they cannot withstand the group operations of the numberers. Often a small team of five or six motorcycles can complete a small-scale covering artillery strike.  The numberers who continued to achieve results even attracted the attention of German commanders.  Later, even the German motorized troops followed behind the numberers and launched endless shifts of harassment against the Allied forces.  The Allies have successively used a variety of methods to curb the unscrupulous harassment of the numberers.  They tried to patrol with the faster Crusader tanks, but they were hit by concentrated fire from armor-piercing machine guns. The thickness of the Crusader's armor made it difficult to believe that this was a tank and not an armored vehicle. Several tanks and armored vehicles were damaged.  After many crews, the British army was no longer willing to send them out for patrol.  The disillusioned Allied forces came up with a new strategy, using terrain such as woods, hillsides and bushes to deploy many anti-armor infantry squads to ambush.  Such tactics did achieve good results in the early stage. Many two-person motorcycle teams of careless serializers were attacked by rockets. Although they did not lose their lives, the cost of losing a motorcycle was enough to make them feel distressed.  However, such tactics of the Allies soon lost their effectiveness. They found that the numberers began to bomb all suspicious locations on the harassment route regardless of the loss of artillery shells. Although this greatly reduced the intensity of the German harassment, the Allies soon became unable to bear it.  Live, because no soldier wants to be far away from him anymore.?The line of defense comes to death.  Several days of harassment plunged the Allied commanders into a deep nightmare. As a result, after a batch of oil was just delivered from the rear, the Allied forces' first reaction was not to attack, but to quickly withdraw from the city.  The German army watched in stunned silence as the Allied forces slowly withdrew. The goal they had failed to achieve at great cost was actually accomplished by a group of motorized troops.  But only the numberers know how much they paid for it. Although the space exchange system sets the exchange location at the German supply point, the materials exchanged are not original to the German army.  After several days of continuous harassment operations, the number of mortar shells fired by the numberers was definitely an astonishing number. If placed on the German armored division, its logistics would definitely be overwhelmed.  The benefits brought by harassment depend largely on luck. After a tank is destroyed, not only will there be a spatial kill reward, but also a considerable number of kills will be accumulated, but only the party that destroyed it can get these kill rewards.  , as for other numberers participating in the attack, they will only receive a portion of the kill reward, and even the cost of the shells cannot be recovered.  However, this kind of gambling-style attack makes the numberers enjoy it endlessly. The numberers who have violence in their bones believe that this kind of game is more exciting than the gambling games in the Paradise City Casino.  But the German army, which had gained a certain advantage and forced the Allies back into the city, faced an unavoidable problem.  In order to achieve the goal of capturing the city, they must next engage in a head-on battle with the Allied forces in the city.  In terms of strength comparison, the forces of both sides are evenly matched, and the German army even has some advantages, but everyone knows the result of a head-on battle between the German armored forces and the Allied M4.  However, the command of the headquarters could not be violated, and the German army had to bite the bullet and march towards the city.  Perhaps the German command also felt that its order to attack was too difficult for this armored division. On the eve of the German attack, a bomber formation was specially mobilized from the rear to conduct a round of bombing of this urban area. A fighter formation was also sent to  Support missions are performed here.  This made the numberers in the armored division somewhat relieved. With air force support, this battle could still be fought.  The German offensive plan was to take the lead with tank troops.  A safe area was cleared on the periphery of the city as a fulcrum for the attack. Then other tanks, artillery and infantry used this fulcrum to launch an attack on the center of the city. Finally, they defeated the Allied defense line in the center of the city and included the key bridges in their own defense zone.  middle.  In this plan, the German tanks shouldered a great responsibility. They not only had to undertake the task of frontally attacking the city and establishing a fulcrum, but they also had to act as infantry bunkers in the subsequent advance to the center of the city.  In view of the insufficient combat strength of the Sherman tanks faced by the Panzer III and IV tanks, the German armored divisions incorporated the self-propelled anti-tank guns of the anti-tank battalions into the ranks of the vanguard to make up for the lack of firepower.  Such a combat order really made Hu Bin and the others tense up.  Their stalkers were undoubtedly included in the first order of battle. Fortunately, in order to protect this powerful 75mm artillery, the German army specially equipped the stalkers with three Panzer III tanks to escort them.  In order for the plan to succeed, the commander of the armored division finally used all his strength.  Five majestic Tiger heavy tanks removed their camouflage and officially joined the battle sequence.  The Tiger tank equipped in Hu Bin's armored division is only the initial model, but its battlefield deterrence is not inferior to other similar models at all.  The 102mm alloy armor on the front of the body and the 136mm gap armor on the turret give the Tiger tank unparalleled frontal protection capabilities, making it difficult for most tank artillery to penetrate its frontal defense.  The super powerful 88mm gun also allows the Tiger tank to penetrate the frontal armor of most tanks.  The 700-horsepower Maybach engine enables it to reach a speed of 38 kilometers per hour, and its reputation has been throughout the history of tanks during World War II.  Because of the huge threat the Tiger tanks posed to the Allies and their unimaginable fuel consumption, the commanders of the German armored divisions had to hide these Tiger tanks under thick camouflage.  To prevent being annihilated by Allied air raids, the time had come when the Germans had to use them.  The German general offensive was launched as scheduled. Unlike the armored forces of other countries, the German armored forces have superior combat literacy, which allows their armored forces to use the offensive mode of group formation. The offensive formation of many tanks forming a small group mode covers each other.  Move into enemy-controlled urban areas.  When Hu Bin and the others saw the actual Tiger tanks that had only been introduced at the top of the vehicle exchange list appearing in the array of attacking tanks, their pursuers decisively hid behind the Tigers.  The thick smoke emitted from the exhaust port of the Tiger tank's engine drifted into the Hunter's tank along the gap, but the choking smell did not cause anyone to complain, because the tall and thick body gave the Hunter a  Among them, Hu Bin and others have an infinite sense of security.  Of course, the German army¡¯s big moveArousing great attention from the Allied forces in the city, an anti-tank gun extended its muzzle from the window of the camouflaged bunker building, but was discovered by the sharp-eyed German tank crews. Before firing a shot, it was hit by a round of artillery fire.  The volley destroyed the building where it was located, and it was buried deep in the rubble.  Hu Bin commanded Stan to replace the hunter with a round of HE shotshells. This batch of shotshells was specially equipped at the supply point for the following urban combat. At the same time, in order to prevent the enemy's possible heavy tanks from appearing, Hu Bin also prepared for the hunter.  The Stalker's 75mm gun is equipped with several more expensive heap high-explosive tungsten core armor-piercing rounds.  The full load of shells and fuel increased the hunter's weight dramatically, seriously affecting the speed of the tank. However, Hu Bin had to arm his tank with the standard of fighting a protracted war. If it was due to insufficient ammunition or fuel,  The biggest tragedy is that the tank is damaged due to these reasons.  Three hundred meters away from the edge of the city, the German armored cluster finally encountered a decent counterattack. Allied soldiers in the building relied on various anti-armor weapons to attack the approaching tanks, but the results were very average.  It is difficult for weapons such as rockets to destroy a tank with one shot, and the German formation mode played a huge role. The intact tanks immediately moved forward in front of the injured tanks to resist the next attack, and each group had a purpose  The concentrated fire suppression also effectively hit the Allied defense lines, and soon the leading German troops rushed into the city.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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