Liu Guozhu was in a panic. When he turned his tank around, another artillery shell fell and almost knocked off his tank.
The huge explosion made him feel the vibrations inside the tank, which was a kind of heartbreak and terror of escaping from death.
"Accelerate! Rush over at full speed! Hurry!" Liu Guozhu, who wanted to leave this unfortunate place as soon as possible, did not want to stay here for a minute.
Not far from his side, the body of a No. 4 tank that was directly hit by a shell was separated, which was extremely tragic.
The shell directly smashed the turret of the No. 4 tank. The deformed turret flew far away. The remaining body of the car immediately burned. The rolling tracks stopped in the fire, and the road wheels separated from the car body due to the fire. Rolled to the side.
There were rubber rims around the road wheels of the No. 4 tank, and these flammable materials were burned out in the fire.
Including the lights on the tank and the paint that was already full of bullet marks, they were all peeled off and broken in the fire, and then gradually disappeared.
When everything stopped, only the rusty armor was left on the tank, and the original outline of the tank could be vaguely seen, nothing more.
As for the members inside, they have long been burned to ashes, leaving nothing behind. They will be burned to blackened char and pulverized into ash over time.
"Our trench is ahead!" the driver shouted to Liu Guozhu while controlling the tank to run forward.
"I know! Don't worry! Drive over!" Liu Guozhu felt that as long as these soldiers were not blind, they would definitely see them coming.
Sure enough, in the trenches, the Tang Army grenadiers who saw the shelling hitting their tanks also saw their tanks turning quickly and rushing towards them.
"Tank! The tank is coming! Bend down! Lower your head! Lower your head!" An infantry squad leader saw his own tank rushing over in a panic, and immediately turned back and shouted to his soldiers.
Hearing his shouts, the Tang Army soldiers on the position immediately began to hide. Some bent down and lowered their heads, and some simply ran away.
In just a moment, the first No. 4 tank that rushed over ran over its own trenches, as if it was charging them.
The tracks crushed the edge of the trench, continued to roll with the soil, and then threw the soil hanging on the body onto the helmets of the Tang Army soldiers, making a clanging sound.
After the first tank ran over its own trench, the second tank also rushed over regardless of the road, and rushed over desperately.
Without enough time to glance at the passing tanks, the Tang Army grenadiers who had not waited for the Qi Army's tanks were once again run over their heads by their own tanks.
"Hey! You cowards! Do you know how to bully yourself?" A soldier knocked the dirt above his head in dissatisfaction, turned around and cursed loudly at a tank that was driving past.
Before he could finish cursing, a veteran next to him reached out and pressed his neck, pushing him back into the trench.
The next second, Liu Guozhu's No. 4 tank hit him with its not-so-wide tracks, almost hitting the back of the reckless soldier's head.
The huge body of the No. 4 tank passed over the soldier's head. If he raised his head, he could see the maintenance hatch reserved under the vehicle.
The roar of the engine and the sound of metal friction were deafening, and accompanied by the sound of shells exploding in the distance, it was like a heavy metal concert.
"You don't want your life?" The veteran pressed the recruit's neck and felt the fallen soil rolling into his collar.
He cursed, feeling that these tank crews of the 1st Armored Division were all sons of bitches: "Assholes! These bastards will kill the whole family!"
"Thank you, thank you..." The sky above the young soldier's head was covered by the body of the tank, and he turned around to express his gratitude.
As a result, before he could finish a sentence, his mouth was full of fallen sand. He moved closer to his mouth and greeted Liu Guozhu's whole family.
At this moment, he really wanted to climb onto this damn tank, lift the hatch cover, take out his grenade, pull the safety cover and ask the bastard inside: "Do you know this thing? Do you know him?" ?”
Unfortunately, these tanks were friendly forces and he couldn't do this. What he can do is to laugh at their cowardice and timidity the next time he meets these guys.
Soon, silence returned to the battlefield. The Qi army, which found that the artillery bombardment had no effect, did not continue to fire. The retreating Tang Army armored forces bypassed Luo Town and began to count their losses.
They lost 6 tanks in the recent shelling, two of which were hit by near-misses and malfunctioned and paralyzed in front of the two army formations. The other 4 were completely blown up and are still burning.
Qi's tank troops suffered even more heavy losses. They invested 70 tanks in the attack, but the Tang army and themselves killed 67 of them in one go!
That's right, it's almost like the entire army was annihilated: there were 70 tanks when we set out, but when we returned there were only 3 tanks covered with bullet marks.
More than 50 of them were destroyed by Tang Army tanks at a distance of less than 100 meters, some were paralyzed and abandoned halfway, and several others were destroyed by own artillery fire during the retreat.
After this battle, the commander of the Qi Army's armored forces was almost unemployed: he basically had no available troops.
Originally, Qi's First Army only had 110 Cyric 1 tanks available for use, and 40 of them were damaged due to malfunctions and other problems along the way.
With great difficulty, 70 tanks were saved by removing parts from each other, but 67 tanks were lost in the battle just now.
The three tanks that escaped back were no longer able to participate in the battle. Their power walking systems were used once on the tragic battlefield, and 80% of them were faulty. If you force yourself to join the battle, you will easily become paralyzed on the battlefield.
And if it weren't for Qin Xiong's subsequent reckless firing and indiscriminate attacks, the Tang Army might not have lost a single tank.
To what extent the gap is, even a non-expert can see clearly: the Qi Army's armored forces are not the same thing as the Tang Army's armored forces.
A whale is not a fish! Xiaori...it's not a human! They are all called armored forces, but those from Qi are not real armored forces!
While the commander of the Qi Armored Forces was complaining in his heart, the 1st Armored Division of the Tang Army was also counting the damage.
When Liu Guozhu jumped out of his tank, he discovered that his tank's fender seemed to have been blown away by shell fragments.
The foldable leaf that can be folded up hangs there alone, but the fender has disappeared. His paint, which was already full of bullet marks, was even more damaged after being damaged.
In fact, he was very lucky, because after someone came back, there was a problem with the clutch, and the engines of some tanks were not working stably.
After all, tanks are a new type of weapon and equipment, and it is normal for some problems to occur on the battlefield. An armored division has hundreds of tanks, and being able to maintain two-thirds of them in normal combat is already a very high level of combat readiness.
"They are really ruthless. They started shelling indiscriminately while their own people were still there." A commander with a bandage on his head complained to Liu Guozhu while leaning on the tank.
"What happened?" Liu Guozhu pointed at his head and asked the other party.
"The car was shaking so hard that I hit the handrail..." The driver didn't have the nerve to say that he was running too fast and replied in a mocking tone.
"That's good for you." The company commander walked over with the map and documents, looked at the direction of the third company and said: "A tank in the third company was destroyed... Later... all the tank commanders... I need to go over and hold a memorial service.”
"Yes!" The commander, who was leaning on the tank with his forehead still wrapped in a bandage, stood at attention and saluted.
Liu Guozhu also stood at attention and saluted: "I understand!"
"Oh, by the way, Liu Guozhu, the division commander has read the report you wrote and he is very satisfied! It has been confirmed that you killed the third prince of Qi State. The division headquarters will send someone to praise you later. Don't worry." The company commander seemed to remember. What did he say to Liu Guozhu: "The 2nd company commander deliberately asked me to thank you..."
"Thank me for what?" Liu Guozhu looked confused and didn't seem to be hypocritical.
A smile appeared on the company commander's face, and he used his free hand to point in the direction of Liu Guozhu: "Where can you get so much kindness and sophistication at such a young age? Get out of here!"
Although he was scolding, no dissatisfaction could be heard. It seemed that the company commander was very satisfied with Liu Guozhu, his subordinate.
Tang Jun's revenge was immediate. In the afternoon, countless bombers visited the area where Qi Jun was located.
This time, instead of three or five aircraft carrying out bombing missions as usual, 50 Stukas and 60 Butcher FW-190 fighter jets were dispatched at once.
This was the first time Qin Xiong saw the Tang Army dispatching so many planes. He hid in his headquarters and watched helplessly as his troops were bombed to the point of crying for their fathers and mothers.
More than a hundred aircraft took turns dropping bombs, and Qi's ground forces failed to organize another attack until dark.
The unique sound of Stuka echoed in the sky all afternoon, and the constant howling made the Qi army lose all fighting spirit. No matter how much the officers urged, they were unwilling to leave their hiding place and gathered to attack the Tang army's defense line.
As the coach of Qi State, Qin Xiong had no other solution. Even though he was considered a relatively professional senior commander in the Qi army, he really had no way to defeat the Tang army at another level.
After seeing how powerful the Tang army was, Qin Xiong was now thinking about how to leave this damn place in Luo Town.
At this time, the news of Nanye's loss also reached Qin Xiong's ears. Obviously, there is no objection to the Qi army to recapture Luozhen.
Because their attempt to open up the transportation line between Luozhen and Nanye completely failed with the fall of Nanye.
