The Ming army's tanks quickly broke through the British army's barbed wire wire made of wooden stakes wrapped around the barbed wire. This kind of barbed wire wire was good for dealing with infantry and cavalry, but it was not good against tanks. The barbed wire fence is completely invulnerable to the armor of the chariot, and the chariot can break the wooden stake wrapped around the barbed wire with just one impact! As long as dozens of tanks collide with the enemy's barbed wire fence, hundreds of wooden stakes can be broken in a few strokes. Without so many supporting wooden stakes, the barbed wire fence will naturally fall to the ground.
While these tanks hit the barbed wire fence, they could also use their own 30mm rapid-fire cannons, 13mm anti-aircraft machine guns and 7.5mm heavy machine guns to strafe the British trench lines.
Seeing that their own barbed wire lines were in danger, the British, Indian, and Japanese soldiers in the British trenches also reacted. They all shouted in fear and madly, desperately facing these armored tanks. Fire rifle and machine gun bullets. But these bullets couldn't penetrate the front armor of the tank at all, they just clanked and splashed sparks on the steel plate.
On the Ming army's side, there are still some tanks equipped with 120mm mortars, and they are just waiting for this moment!
This armored vehicle equipped with a mortar does not have a turret. The self-defense weapon is a 7.5mm machine gun installed on the roof. The rear half of its body has no roof, and an extended gun barrel is installed in the open compartment. 120mm heavy mortar. These tanks are called A-11 self-propelled mortar vehicles. They will not participate in the battle of hitting wooden piles and suppressing the British positions with direct fire. Instead, they will hide in a relatively rear position and bombard the British trenches. .
Of course, this relatively backward position is actually very close to the British trenches. Therefore, the effect of shelling is also very ideal! The 120mm artillery shells landed in the British trenches one after another, blowing up the British, Indian, and Japanese soldiers in the trenches and flying bloody!
There are also some 2.75-inch infantry guns on the British position, which can still pose a certain threat to tanks. Soon several tanks were directly hit by 2.75-inch shells and exploded. The British soldiers who saw this scene couldn't help but cheered: "God bless the king!"
Yang Xiuqing, who was sitting in the turret of an A-11 assault gun truck, suddenly heard someone calling him. He followed the sound and saw an artillery base with muzzle flash. He quickly turned the muzzle and fired the gun. The 30mm rapid-fire cannon was aimed at the exposed fort. It fired a few rounds of 30mm shells. It probably happened to explode the 2.75-inch shells. Only a loud "rumbling" sound was heard. The fort along with the 2.75-inch shells inside The inch gun battery and the artillery were all blown to pieces!
Immediately afterwards, Yang Xiuqing discovered an identical artillery fort, and the muzzle of a 2.75-inch gun was poked out, so he turned the muzzle of the 2.75-inch gun he controlled and aimed a few 30-inch guns at it. mm shells quickly destroyed the 2.75-inch gun.
There is not just this one assault gun truck on the battlefield today, but dozens of them! They showed off their power together. How could those 2.75-inch guns on the British trench line withstand their fire? Soon they were all silenced.
Intense firepower swept across the entire front, and the British army was completely unable to raise its head. At this time, the combat engineers on the armored transport vehicle jumped down, removed the logs tied to the tank, and let them roll down into the trench filled with corpses. They quickly filled in the passages and cleared the passages at the same time. There are several rows of obstacles across the road of Route 1.
The tanks blocked by the trenches once again rushed through the trenches at full speed and rushed towards the key Highway 1. Armored infantrymen carrying assault rifles followed closely, constantly firing with powerful assault rifles. The British army is still resisting. Some Indian Asan soldiers showed flexible loyalty at this time. Seeing the menacing Ming army, they all dropped their rifles and raised their hands high.
While the Indian soldiers betrayed the emperor and raised their hands to surrender, the traitor soldiers on the front line also began to flee... They obviously loved their lives more than the British Empire. I saw these people dragging their rifles and running towards the rear where the horses were kept, shouting: "lost, defeated..." as they ran.
The British soldiers from the British Isles were the most courageous. At this time, they were able to fight and retreat along the communication trenches and retreat to their own prepared positions. But the bullets from the assault rifles chased their butts, knocking most of them down in the cold trenches.
The Ming Army's tank group began a deep assault along Highway 1 towards the British front line, and soon rushed into a British artillery position that had been blasted by Dragon 2 fighter jets, crushing the remaining 6-inch and 3.7-inch cannon. Following the chariots and armored infantry, there were many ordinary infantry. They rushed into the British trenches, wiped out the remaining British soldiers, and then left some people to re-defense, while others continued to advance along the communication trenches, using Bayonet rifles, assault rifles and grenades kept driving the British troops from their positions.
On the "Nanjing" where the headquarters of the Ming Army's Southern Continental Army was located, after receiving the good news that the tank group had achieved a breakthrough, General Mu Zhongjun was so excited that he laughed to the sky, and then with a wave of his hand, he ordered: "Infantry The 1st Division, the 4th Infantry Division, the 38th Infantry Division...all attack! Launch a fierce attack across the board. We must act like a magnet to attract the enemy troops in front of us, and we must not let them evacuate easily!"
At the same time, at the other end of the battle line, the temporary headquarters of General Hugh Gough was in chaos. From Admiral Hugh Gough down, opinions were uncertain, and they were hurriedly collecting reserves in order to defeat the enemy in front of them through a cavalry counterattack. While planning a retreat - Hugh Gough's legion was now not only facing the danger of the enemy breaking through the defense line, but also facing the difficulty of being short of ammunition and supplies. The supply column from Sydney will not be felt until 5 days later! The ammunition in the hands of Goff's army could not sustain five days of high-intensity fighting anyway.
If the ammunition is exhausted, how will the battle be fought?
It has to be said that the Ming army picked a good time to launch a counterattack!
However, Hugh Gough's 21 divisions are now assuming a posture of temporarily switching to defense after a large-scale attack. The large forces have been deployed and are intertwined with the Ming army. It is not possible to retreat just because you want to. If the retreat turns into a rout accidentally, then all 21 divisions will be lost to the west of Taibultop Mountain - after all, there are a large number of Ming troops currently attacking. Armored vehicles, these armored vehicles have 6 wheels... and war horses only have 4 legs.
A 4-legged war horse cannot outrun a 6-wheeled chariot!
Without these 21 divisions, the Australian British Army would be completely ruined... Thinking that he might be the sinner who lost the entire continent, Hugh Gough slammed the table and stood up.
The surrounding staff officers were all startled by his "slap", and they all turned to look at him.
Hugh Gough gritted his teeth and said: "Deploy the reserve team to launch a counterattack against the Ming Army's armored convoy on Highway 1!"
His chief of staff, Brigadier General Clinton, was stunned: "General, are you going to use a cavalry group to counterattack an armored vehicle group? Our cavalry may not have the means to fight against an armored vehicle..."
Hugh Gough nodded, "Yes! The gap must be blocked now... No matter what troops are used, the Ming Army's armored convoy cannot continue to break through along Highway 1... Once If we let them penetrate our defense line, then at least 16 divisions of troops will be cut in two by the enemy, and they will lose their retreat. Our supply center along Highway 1 will also be captured by the enemy. By then, All 200,000 British troops will collapse due to lack of supplies!
So, let our 1st Australian Cavalry Corps, 2nd Cavalry Division and 7th Cavalry Division attack now... God, will bless them! "
