Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1067 1068 The Stubbornness of the Light Infantry
In Leping Village, Xiang Ziyu's battalion has assembled. Although there are still more than 100 people missing, they still gathered most of the soldiers after dawn and rushed to the important node of Leping.

And arrived almost at the same time, as well as Mirage's 2nd Armored Division.A thinly armored light tank produced by Mirage itself appeared in the sight of the paratroopers of the Datang Empire, followed by a second and a third.

This was obviously a vanguard force that came to investigate. They advanced very cautiously, and there were some infantry covering the tanks scattered around.

"The tactics are not bad... It seems that I have learned a lot in Fengjiang." Seeing these mirage troops put on an air of cooperation between Butan and Tan, Xiang Ziyu put down the binoculars in his hand and gave the enemy a thumbs up .

After the mirage mercenaries returned to China from the Fengjiang battlefield, they also brought some tactical systems back to the mirage army: this is how they covered tanks approaching the enemy's positions in Fengjiang. Opened the formation.

"It's a pity that they are still a little tender." The deputy company commander grinned and said, "I will teach them to be human in a while!"

Sure enough, as soon as the deputy company commander's voice fell, the battalion-owned mortars deployed behind Leping Village opened fire. A dozen or so 10mm caliber mortars fired a series of shells, which landed on these mirages with great precision. In the ranks of the army forwards.

"Boom!" The explosion knocked away the mirage infantry next to the tank, and all the mirage soldiers following the tank fell down at once. The tank continued to move forward, and they had no problem dealing with the fragments of the mortar.

"The navy said that the air support will not arrive until the afternoon." Xiang Ziyu didn't expect the navy to help, and said casually: "We can only rely on ourselves now. The open space on the left is the most dangerous. Try it twice. It will attack from there."

On the other side of them is a small highland, where the people of the 2nd company are stationed. They are condescending and the mirages are not easy to attack.The flat area on the other side is a good place for the opponent's tanks to deploy, and it is obviously an area that is more conducive to the attacker.

"I put most of our anti-tank fighters over there, just to see if those goblins can't get on the road." The deputy company commander said while looking at the vanguard of the Mirage armored force that began to retreat in the distance.

Xiang Ziyu looked down at his watch: "They wasted at least another 20 minutes. When we come up again, it will probably be 11 o'clock..."

Sure enough, as time passed, the mirage armored forces resumed their attack. Some of them launched in the front, and the other part relied on their large numbers and began to extend to the flanks of Leping.

The battle soon started again, and the opponent's artillery fire landed in Leping Village. A building was directly hit and collapsed, and the house next to it that was burned down to the frame also completely collapsed in the shock.

The courtyard wall built with earth broke and collapsed section by section amidst the sound of the cannon, and the whole village seemed to be shaking.

After dozens of shells fell, Mirage's tanks couldn't wait to charge.This time, there are not only thin-skinned light tanks, but also some heavy tanks that look very strong.

It is said to be a heavy tank, but in fact it can only be regarded as a medium tank: similar to the situation in Japan, which only pays attention to the development of the navy, and the tanks equipped by the army are not worthy of using a lot of steel.

However, due to the stimulation of the technical indicators of the Tang Empire tanks, Mirage's tanks are much more powerful than the Japanese tanks in World War II: at least they are equipped with a 75mm caliber long-barreled artillery that imitates the Datang Empire Panther tank!
It's a pity that this thing is basically a counterfeit product, not to mention the power, and the price is more expensive.Mirage was reluctant to use it on a large scale, and finally purchased a batch together with the Navy.

That's right, this kind of artillery is also the anti-aircraft gun used on many warships of the Phantom Navy. It has been converted into a tank gun with an anti-aircraft gun, which is also a traditional skill in many countries.

Mixed with light tanks and heavy tanks, the mirage armored forces, under the cover of at least one battalion of mirage infantry, came up with a stud as soon as they came up.

It seemed that they were really in a hurry, and they didn't seem to pay much attention to the paratroopers of the Tang Empire: in their view, light infantry could not compete with heavy tank troops.

"Come up!" A Tang soldier muttered, and stuffed the grenade in his hand into the muzzle of the grenade launcher directly in front of him.

Although the paratroopers of the Tang Empire were light infantry, advanced weapon technology endowed them with fierce firepower.

The sniper hidden in the dark looked at the targets that were already "close at hand" through the scope. His finger was pressed on the trigger, and then with a light force, the recoil from the butt of the gun was transmitted to his gun. on the shoulders.

"Boom!" There was a sudden gunshot mixed with the sound of the guns, and a mirage junior officer who was advancing with the troops fell down. His chest was pierced by bullets, and blood even splashed on the body of the tank next to him.

With this gunshot, the counterattack of the paratroopers also began.Mortar shells fell one after another, and the goblin soldiers who followed the tanks were even suppressed by the firepower of the paratroopers, unable to raise their heads.

"How much ammunition do they have? They fight so fiercely when they come up?" On the high slope in the distance, the commander of the 2nd Armored Division of Mirage, watching the battle in Leping, sneered, and said disdainfully: "I think you will shoot up all of them in a while." What about the shells!"

Just as he was watching his troops rallied and continued to attack, another round of less powerful shells fell and landed in the crowd of his troops.

He didn't know that it was a grenade from the paratroopers of the Tang Empire, but the ferocious firepower still made him grit his teeth with hatred.He really didn't expect the so-called light infantry to be so difficult to deal with.

On the other side, the extended mirage troops also encountered trouble on the Leping flank: there were also Datang paratroopers on the small high ground on the Leping flank, which made the extension of the mirage army meaningless.

If they continued to extend to the flanks, it would be tantamount to bypassing Leping: the pure wild land over mountains and mountains, tanks can pass, but cars and luggage cannot.

What's more, taking a detour is tantamount to leaving Leping's Tang Army paratroopers alone. Isn't that throwing the entire armored division's flanks to the opponent and letting the opponent wantonly harass and sneak attack?
"Continue to attack! Within half an hour, I will have lunch in Leping." The commander of the 2nd Armored Division didn't even look at the heavy losses of his own troops on the battlefield, and put the binoculars into the hands of the commander of the 1st regiment, and ordered coldly.

"Yes!" The regiment leader bowed slightly, and then ordered: "Let the 2nd Armored Battalion rush up! Contact the following infantry and ask them to send another battalion! Take Leping at all costs!"

In order to support their own attacking troops, the artillery of the Phantom Armored Forces really did their best: they deployed as soon as they arrived at the front line, and then began to violently bombard the Tang Army's defensive positions.

More than a dozen large-caliber artillery pieces are obviously more powerful than the Tang army's mortars, and the shells fired by the heavy artillery are also better than the shells of the paratroopers.

More than a dozen large-caliber artillery shells landed in the village of Leping, and some not-so-strong houses collapsed in the explosion.

The raised dust filled the entire village, but the paratroopers of the Tang Empire were still fighting back at their own pace, without any confusion.

"If you fight, you will reveal your secrets... and it will blow up the house." Looking at the ruins behind him, Xiang Ziyu's deputy company commander couldn't help complaining.

"We are approaching the front line. It seems that the opponent is really anxious. He didn't even test our firepower." Xiang Ziyu squinted his eyes and looked at the front line. The sniper slowed down the opponent's attack speed and let the opponent's tank There is a little distance between them and the infantry.

All he has to do now is to wait, wait for the opponent to get closer, use light machine guns to block the enemy's infantry, and then let the anti-tank team kill the tanks that are alone and deep.

There is no other way, he only has this trick.There is no need to hide the hole cards at all, and the only anti-tank means for paratroopers is RPG rocket launchers.

So they can easily repel the enemy's first attack, but the second and third time the enemy is prepared, it is not easy for them to succeed.

But they can only fight in this way, nothing more than using tactics flexibly, recombining old methods with the enemy in front of them and continuing to fight with their lives...

"Tug, chug!" According to the pre-plan, there was a gunshot from the light machine gun position that came forward.The bullets fired from the flanks really knocked all the mirage soldiers to the ground.

But the tanks of the mirage army didn't know what was behind them. They continued to move forward, twisting their bulky bodies in the field.

A few seconds later, in the foxhole that had been hidden all the time, the anti-tank fighter of the Tang Army picked up the RPG rocket launcher, poked his head out and pointed the rocket at the advancing mirage tank.

"Huh!" The Tang army paratroopers pulled the trigger, and a rocket rushed towards the advancing mirage tank with white smoke, blowing a hole in the side armor of the tank, paralyzing the tank on the battlefield .

The shaped charge is really easy to use against the steel plate protection, not to mention the armor of the mirage tank is extremely thin.After this tank was destroyed, another advancing Mirage tank was also killed by paratrooper anti-tank ambushed on the other side.

"What is that?" The commander of the mirage army watching the battlefield frowned, looking at the sudden white smoke trails and his own burning tank, he asked angrily.

It's a pity that no one could answer his question. He could only watch helplessly as his tanks were destroyed one after another on the battlefield.

In just a short while, seven or eight tanks were already on fire, paralyzed on the battlefield.And those infantrymen who rushed up with the tanks had also been tortured to death by Tang Jun.

Although they were the elite of the mirage army, despite their determination to take back Leping with a single attack, the mirage goblins retreated in the end.

The losses were too great. Without a clear understanding of the firepower deployment of the Tang army, the blind attack was futile.An hour later, the mirage army still did not approach Leping, they just left the wreckage of more than a dozen tanks and the corpses of more than 300 soldiers in the north of Leping.

"Are these light infantry? Did they really parachute here?" Looking at the messy battlefield, the commander of the Mirage 2nd Armored Division, who was not able to have lunch in Leping, asked in disbelief.

He really didn't expect that an infantry could last so long in front of his tank...or in other words, the opponent could even repel his attack easily.

"Hurry up and arrange follow-up troops! Rush over! Within half an hour! Do whatever it takes to rush into Leping!" He yelled angrily while holding the handle of his command knife at his waist.
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