Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1847 1848 Tank Cemetery

A Type 96 main battle tank rushed towards ten tanks of the Lions Empire that were placed on the open ground. These Lions tanks were all old models, which were improved on the tank models exported by the Tang Empire earlier.

Judging from their appearance, they should all be "new tanks" designed by the Lions Empire itself, but in their core these tanks are still equipped with gasoline engines and front gearboxes.

Compared with the German Panzer IV or Sherman, these tanks were only equipped with thicker steel armor and equipped with larger caliber guns. Other than that, there were almost no significant improvements.

But no matter what, they are also tanks! With a 90mm main gun and coaxial machine guns, they are still enough to pose a threat if left alone.

Seeing that the Tang army's tanks had already rushed in front of these tanks, but none of the Lions tanks turned their turrets or twisted their bodies. These tanks seemed to be frozen in place, waiting for the arrival of the Tang Empire's army.

The Tang army soldiers who launched the flank attack had already gotten close to the enemy's weapons. Because they were supported by the tanks charging in front of them, they launched the attack without hesitation.

The Tang army soldiers holding rifles rushed to the side of the first tank. The other side still did not move. A Tang army soldier stuck to the side of the tank and saw the tracks under the tank that were covered with mud.

He frowned, looked carefully at the loose soil accumulated in the dent of the tank, and relaxed his hand holding the grenade.

At this time, the Type 96 main battle tank that had accelerated to attack had circled around and approached the "opponent" in front of it from the other side.

"These tanks have been abandoned." After climbing onto a tank and seeing the rainwater accumulated inside, a Tang army soldier standing in front of the tank shouted.

He had just bravely climbed onto a Lions tank, but soon jumped off for fear of being shot by the Lions infantry who had just been defeated.

The hatches of many tanks were not closed, and the tire tracks next to several tanks were blurred, indicating that they had been abandoned here before the heavy rain.

The other Tang army soldiers also relaxed a little. They paid more attention to the bushes in the distance, guarding against possible dangerous situations there.

It's not like there haven't been enemies that have come back to attack you, so you can never be too vigilant on the battlefield. Sometimes you even have to guard against enemy artillery counterattacks, and look for good cover in advance.

By the time the follow-up Tang army arrived, this was no longer the front line. Everyone looked at these abandoned tanks curiously, as if they were looking at a dilapidated tombstone.

Perhaps it was because of the lack of spare parts, perhaps it was because there was no fuel, or perhaps it was simply because they were scared, these tanks that were supposed to be galloping on the battlefield were left here.

Perhaps they will be left here like this, ignored and buried by nature, or perhaps they will be transported away and dismantled, and finally disappear at the end of the factory... In short, they have completed their mission.

There was no war breaking out in the next village. When the Tang Empire's troops approached there, they found that it had been controlled by a special forces team of the Tang Empire.

Last night, these special forces reached this position, easily occupied the command post in the village, and took control of all the Lions troops here.

This village was the position where the Lions Empire deployed artillery. There were four 155mm towed howitzers around the village, and some artillery shells were transported in the rain a few days ago. The Lions artillery commander and his troops, together with the two anti-aircraft artillery squads responsible for covering these artillery, and a whole company of soldiers stationed in the village, were all captured without firing a shot.

Now everyone knew why there was no artillery cover for Ryans' defensive positions, because the artillerymen covering them had already surrendered.

The nearby positions that lost the cover of these artillery pieces were abandoned within a few hours or occupied by the Tang army after resistance.

In just a few hours, the Tang army had advanced seven or eight kilometers and captured many villages outside Yucheng. The battle went very smoothly, so smoothly that the Tang army stopped to rest for a long time during dinner.

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In the underground air-raid shelter of the headquarters in Yucheng, Paul had already heard the news that the Tang army's ground offensive had been launched.

The few villages on the outermost edge of his defense circle had lost contact, and it was obvious that the vanguard of the Tang army had cut into his defense line.

This was not the most terrifying thing, because no one had any hope for the outermost line of defense. The most terrifying thing was the speed of the Tang army's advance: the battle had only broken out for a few hours, and the Tang army had already cut into the coalition's defense line.

This was not good news for the entire Yucheng defense position. Paul hoped that the Tang army could be delayed, or better yet, stopped, so that he could continue with the next deployment.

"If we continue to fight like this, the Tang army will almost hit our first main line of defense tomorrow morning." An officer reminded Paul. Paul knew it without him saying it, and he hummed in annoyance, staring at the map and began to deploy the battle.

He needed to mobilize some troops to move to the most dangerous places and stand by at the first main line of defense to block this wave of attack by the Tang army.

He originally thought that he would issue similar orders tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but he had to do it today: "Let Dorn's 91st Division reinforce this area... No matter what, we must stop the Tang army's attack on the first line of defense."

"Yes!" An officer in charge of liaison immediately picked up the phone and began to contact the friendly Dorne forces stationed behind the first line of defense.

Paul continued to stare at the map, wondering whether this was a test by the Tang army or the main attack direction of the Tang army. The air raid disturbed him, and the continuous muffled sound coming from above his head had made him very irritated.

This was only the first day of the Tang army's attack. Paul knew that he would have to endure such torture for ten days, twenty days... or even a year.

"General! Your dinner is ready again." A chef came up behind Paul with a sumptuous dinner and reminded the commander that he had completed his work again.

During dinner time, the coalition forces were still busy dealing with the attack of the Tang army, and Paul had no way to eat. He could only ask the chef to wait and bring dinner later.

(End of this chapter)