allonlinenovel Chapter 115: Encounter on the highway, infantry fighting vehicles with fierce firepower
Chapter 115: Encounter on the highway, infantry fighting vehicles with fierce firepower
On the road leading to Panshan County, where the Fifth Division is located, a reconnaissance platoon consisting of six multi-purpose wheeled armored vehicles serves as the division's vanguard search force.
The vehicle equipped by this reconnaissance platoon is a heavy wheeled version of the multi-purpose infantry fighting vehicle with eight wheels, which can also be called the big eight-wheeler.
These six large eight-wheelers have two different versions.
One version is a heavily armored reconnaissance vehicle model equipped with a 30mm cannon.
There is another version with the same weapon.
However, the vehicle is equipped with an antenna and is a heavy armored communications vehicle.
Generally, a reconnaissance vehicle and a communications vehicle form an armored reconnaissance team, and a squad can be composed of three such squads.
However, this time the entire reconnaissance platoon acted together. In order to get to Panshan County quickly, they drove very fast, reaching a speed of 50 kilometers per hour on the road.
For a car weighing more than ten tons, its top speed is only over 70 kilometers per hour.
Moreover, the road to Panshan County is not a cement road, but a gravel road.
50 kilometers per hour is already very fast.
For the people on the bus, it was considered good enough if they didn't vomit up the leftover food.
"Hey, there's something going on up ahead."
At this moment, the captain of a large eight-wheeled vehicle at the front noticed smoke and dust ahead through the periscope and immediately stopped the entire convoy.
Then he opened the hatch and leaned out, using a telescope to search the area where Yang Chen was.
With the help of the high-powered military telescope, he quickly saw the situation ahead.
Trucks with plaster flags printed on them came into view, and at the front of the convoy were three small tricycles leading the way.
Each tricycle is equipped with a light machine gun.
"Devils, it's the devil's convoy!"
The driver was shocked when he saw this, and then continued to look back, but there was no end to the convoy in sight.
"A Fuso convoy has been spotted ahead. There are at least 50 trucks. This is a big fish!"
The driver immediately informed other vehicles of the situation via the car's radio.
Suddenly, there was a burst of exclamations on the channel.
"Platoon leader, let's take him down!"
"Fuck it! I finally found the opportunity, I have to do it!"
Hearing the excited shouts on the channel, the reconnaissance platoon leader who also served as the vehicle commander was also excited.
They were only a few kilometers away from the troops.
If they were to ambush and launch a surprise attack here, they would surely cause chaos in the Fuso army and hold them back at the same time.
When the large force behind arrived, they swallowed up the Fuso army in one gulp.
Thinking of this, the platoon leader made up his mind.
"Then let's do it. I just looked around and there's a small hill a few dozen meters high on our right. The slope is very gentle and we can drive up it.
Moreover, you can't see the situation above by looking up from the road, which is suitable for an ambush. We will ambush here.
As soon as the Fuso convoy arrives, we'll open fire."
Then he added, "Remember to cut off the head and tail. Cars 5 and 6 are responsible for cutting off the tail. As soon as we start fighting, you rush over. Don't let this Fuso army get away."
"Understood!" x5
Then the six vehicles of the entire reconnaissance platoon drove up the hill together.
The reconnaissance team consisting of 5 and 6 vehicles ran slowly forward on the gentle slope so as not to raise too much smoke and dust and attract the attention of the Fuso people.
The vanguard of the 21st Regiment of the Fuso Army did not notice the situation here.
This convoy of the Fuso Army was composed of the 21th Infantry Battalion of the 4st Regiment.
In order to quickly support the Dalinhe defense line from Panshan County, the Fifth Division concentrated most of the division's trucks, totaling over 100 trucks.
Except for dozens of trucks from the logistics troops, all the trucks of the entire division are here.
And they are all 1.5-ton Isuzu pickup trucks, each of which can carry more than ten people.
There happened to be a full infantry battalion on these trucks, more than a thousand people.
Due to the bumpy roadside, the convoy of the Fuso Army's 20th Infantry Battalion was not moving very fast, only about yards per hour.
When they drove to the place where the reconnaissance platoon had just stopped.
Suddenly, the tricycle leading the way in front discovered something unusual.
"There are wheel tracks here, it seems they went up the hill."
Immediately, the three tricycles that discovered the abnormal situation stopped.
Their sudden stop also caused the truck behind them to stop suddenly.
Because the truck raised a lot of dust, the truck behind it could not see the situation clearly.
When I got very close, I realized that the car in front had stopped.
It was too late to brake at this time, so he crashed into it head-on, triggering a chain collision of more than ten troop transport trucks.
The Fuso soldiers in the car were also knocked unconscious.
"Baga..."
A chorus of curses came from the truck.
The platoon leader of the reconnaissance platoon on the hillside saw it and his eyes lit up.
"Good opportunity, go out and fight!"
After saying that, the driver stepped on the accelerator with excitement, and the whole eight-wheeled vehicle rushed out like a tiger out of the cage.
After driving a few dozen meters, it rushed out of the top of the slope and then stopped suddenly.
The turret went off in less than a second.
"Boom boom boom..."
One after another, 30mm high-explosive shells spewed out from the muzzle and shot at several trucks in front of the convoy that had collided with each other.
When the shell hit the truck accurately, it exploded immediately.
"boom....."
Almost instantly, a fireball burst out from the pile of trucks.
Several trucks were affected and exploded into the sky.
In less than a few seconds, an explosion was heard from the other side.
At this time, vehicles 5 and 6 also launched an attack at the rear of the convoy.
The process of cutting off the head and tail has been completed, and now it is time for them to reap the harvest.
Six heavily armored reconnaissance vehicles turned into ruthless harvesting machines.
The 30mm machine gun poured shells into the convoy at a rate of several rounds per second, blowing up one truck after another.
At this time, the Fuso army also realized that they had been ambushed.
One by one, the Fuso soldiers jumped off the truck as quickly as possible.
At this time, artillery shells also fell on their heads.
As the 30mm shells exploded on the ground or on the vehicles, they were immediately blown into pieces, with blood and flesh flying everywhere and corpses scattered all over the ground.
In this case, the truck is no longer their cover, but they should stay as far away from the truck as possible.
After all, the number of vehicles in the reconnaissance platoon was still a little too few.
The Fuso army also quickly organized a counterattack.
Dense bullets were fired at several heavy armored reconnaissance vehicles.
At the same time, grenades fired from grenade launchers also flew over.
From this we can see that this is a well-trained Fuso army.
They were able to organize a counterattack so quickly even after being ambushed.
The thing is that their counterattack has no effect on heavy armored vehicles.
As a heavy armored vehicle weighing more than ten tons, its armor thickness ranges from 15 mm to 38 mm.
It is slightly thicker than the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle of the same tonnage.
After all, the tracks and suspension system alone of a tracked infantry fighting vehicle take up a lot of weight.
Therefore, the armor is a little thinner than that of wheeled vehicles of the same tonnage.
Of course, this is also largely related to the fact that the moving structure of the multi-functional wheeled infantry fighting vehicle is not that complicated.
"Machine guns, machine gunners suppress them."
At this time, the vehicle-mounted MG34T general-purpose machine gun and the 30mm cannon also started firing together.
Directly suppressed the firepower of the Fuso people.
The Fuso troops who wanted to rush up were also swept down in large numbers.
"boom....."
Suddenly a shell landed on the Fuso convoy on the highway.
Then one shell after another fell.
More than ten trucks were destroyed immediately, and the surrounding Fuso troops were also blown down.
Then one after another Panzer IV H tanks appeared on the hillside.
The explosion just now was caused by the high-explosive bomb they fired.
The main force finally caught up from the rear.
"It's over!"
When the Japanese saw more and more tanks appearing, despair appeared in their eyes.
But they had no intention of stopping their resistance.
On the road, BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles were speeding past.
When they arrived, it also meant the end of the 21th Infantry Battalion of the 4st Regiment of the Fuso Army.
In less than twenty minutes, the battle was over.
"This is the vanguard of the Fuso reinforcements. Judging from their size, they should be an infantry battalion, and there must be more infantry behind them.
"Use the 32rd Tank Battalion of the 33nd Tank Regiment, the th Battalion of the rd Mechanized Infantry Regiment, and the Reconnaissance Battalion as the vanguard to charge forward and disrupt their formation. Follow-up troops will follow and devour them in one gulp."
The situation was indeed just as Liu Tianyang, deputy commander of the 11th Armored Division, who was in command of the troops, said.
The 21th and 7th Infantry Battalions of the st Regiment were marching rapidly about kilometers behind the convoy.
Although they were some distance apart, the faint sound of the explosion still aroused their vigilance.
"Something must have happened with the 4th Infantry Battalion.
It seems that the Dalin River defense line has been lost and the Fuxing Army troops have rushed over.
Order all troops to build defensive fortifications on the spot. The Renaissance Army will be here soon!"
The commander of the 21st Wing immediately made a relatively accurate assessment of the current situation.
The Dalin River defense line had indeed been lost, and the 76th Regiment was almost wiped out by the main force of the st Motorized Infantry Division.
At this moment, two motorized infantry regiments of the 11st Motorized Infantry Division were following the th Armored Division.
"Captain, since the 4th Infantry Battalion has already encountered the Restoration Army, we should retreat quickly."
It would be unwise to fight the Fuxing Army in such a desolate plain without building any fortifications.
The commander glanced at the officer and asked, "Can you outrun the tanks and trucks of the Restoration Army?"
Hearing the captain's reaction, his face was immediately filled with shock.
Yes, they only have two legs, and all the trucks of the entire division were concentrated on the 4th Infantry Battalion.
They are still more than 20 kilometers away from Panshan County.
Their forced march speed was ten kilometers per hour, and it took more than two hours to run these twenty kilometers.
By the time they were halfway there, the Fuxing Army had already caught up with them.
Therefore, the correct approach is to build defensive fortifications on the spot to block the attack and at the same time send troops from the Fifth Division to reinforce.
Less than twenty minutes after the gunfire stopped, the smoke and dust were imprinted on the plain blocking position of the 21st Regiment of the Fuso Army.
"The Renaissance Army is here, everyone prepare for battle."
However, the first to arrive were not the vanguard of the 11th Armored Division, but the artillery shells and air force.