The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 271 The Armored Unit Driving Tiger Tanks

"Colonel, I think we should halt our attack here. If all else fails, perhaps we should send in a batch of mechs..."

They watched helplessly as their troops were caught in the chaos of battle within the city, with even the battle mages not escaping unscathed; in the end, not a single person managed to escape.

A Black Hawk major looked at the commander standing next to him and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

He felt that the war could not continue like this; if it continued, they didn't know how many more soldiers would be lost.

The colonel's lips twitched, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he sighed heavily, as if all his strength had been drained, and with a feeble wave of his hand, gave the order:

"Enough! Cease the attack. Besiege the city and keep the artillery firing!"

"Indeed, we've shed enough blood in this city..."

When the order to halt the attack was relayed throughout the army, almost everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It's been so difficult! This damned attack has finally stopped. They've already lost at least a quarter of their forces in the city, but they still see no hope of taking it over.

After giving the order to halt the attack and allow the soldiers to rest, the colonel found a place to sit down and then said to the officers beside him:
“Something’s wrong with this city. I don’t believe it. The troops currently guarding this city are still the original Cambrian army. The difference in quality between the two sides is just too great.”

"Compared to before, this Cambrian army is an extremely elite force. Their squad combat capabilities, infiltration skills, and sophisticated weaponry are all exceptional!"

Recalling the battle scenes he had witnessed, the colonel said with lingering fear:
“These guys are strange. This is the first time I’ve seen a unit that can outmaneuver our soldiers in the alleys and always find their weaknesses.”

"I don't believe they're just familiar with the city's terrain; it's like they have X-ray vision, always able to pinpoint our soldiers' locations accurately."

That's why the colonel believed the city's garrison must be top-tier elite troops.

If they don't have enough combat experience, how can they predict where the infantry they send out will attack?
Only those with extensive combat experience, who have witnessed countless similar situations, can react in the shortest amount of time.

Of course, all of this is predicated on the premise that they can judge the enemy's attack and hiding positions based on their actual combat experience.

But in fact, Colonel Black Hawk was absolutely right; the enemy did indeed have X-ray vision.

With the help of the minimap, players can always spot the enemy's location in the alley in advance and then launch a surprise attack on them.

It's like a fight between two people, one with their eyes open and the other with their eyes blindfolded. Naturally, the one with their eyes open has the upper hand.

In addition to these advantages, the players have far more advantages, such as making the Black Hawk Army misjudge the number of people.

Compared to the Cambrian infantry army that initially numbered tens of thousands in the city, the number of players remaining here is only about five or six hundred, a pitifully small number.

Even so, when the Black Hawk troops launched their attack, they did not feel that the number of enemies had decreased; in fact, they felt that the enemy's firepower seemed to have become stronger.

No matter which direction they attacked from, they were met with heavy enemy firepower. The city seemed to be filled with people everywhere.

Because of this, the Black Hawk Army did not realize that the city was almost a ghost town during the previous attack.

They had originally thought that there were at least tens of thousands of soldiers guarding Ulyanovka, otherwise they would not have been able to fill so many intersections.

But for players, whether or not intersections are filled is really not important.

They don't need a command center or a reserve force; all players can gather on a single front and launch a counterattack against the enemy from the same direction.

If enemies appear on the other side, players can quickly respawn at a nearby respawn point to move to the other side of the city.

Therefore, the Black Hawk team felt that no matter which direction they attacked from, there seemed to be countless enemies blocking their way.

"Colonel, do you think the situation would be better if we moved the armored units into the city?"

In this team, the youngest major asked with some doubt, feeling that since the enemy's firepower was so fierce, why not just send in the heavily armored units with strong defenses?
Upon hearing this, the colonel sneered and said:
"Heh, silly boy, it's obvious you didn't participate in the street fighting during the siege of Paris, is it?"

"If you'd fought in that battle, you'd know that armored units are completely ineffective in cities!"

As he spoke, he picked up a twig from the side and casually drew on the ground:
"You see, like this, if our armored forces launch an attack, they can only advance along the main roads of the city, and they can't take those remote side roads."

"Once we get into a confined space, a Molotov cocktail thrown from upstairs can easily take out one of our mechs, or a cluster grenade thrown from above can do the same."

"But if our troops only advance along the main road, we will not be able to control the city at all, and instead we will be attacked from all sides by the enemy hiding in the surrounding buildings."

After saying all this, the colonel casually tossed the wooden stick aside and said:
"In short, our armored forces are simply unable to move freely in the city and cannot take advantage of their mobility. They are also unable to fight in complex terrain and are too easily tricked and killed by the enemy."

"If we send armored forces in, we will only cause a lot of unnecessary waste of the Empire's valuable assets."

After hearing the colonel's words, the surrounding officers fell silent.

The current war has indeed reminded them of the siege of Paris they experienced a year ago.

At that time, many of the Black Hawk Empire's elite soldiers died in brutal street fighting.

Perhaps it was because of their atrocities along the way that the Iris Empire's will to resist was particularly fierce.

Originally, the Iris Empire had even issued a request for negotiations, and their emperor was even willing to step down or order an alliance with the Black Hawk Empire, as long as a peace agreement could be reached.

Unfortunately, the Black Hawk Empire's plan at the time was to completely conquer the Iris Empire, so it did not agree to the peace talks at the time.

Later on, the war between the Black Hawk Empire and the Iris Empire could only be described as a disastrous defeat.

If it weren't for the fact that the Iris Empire has the world's largest mass cemetery beneath Paris, which contains the remains of over 600 million people who died from the Black Death and the French Revolution, it wouldn't be possible to find such a place.

Using this cemetery, the Black Hawk Empire mobilized all the necromancers from several legions to unleash its largest undead calamity, resurrecting 600 million dead and even creating a Necromancer Titan Legion.

Without such a coincidence, they would have had to sacrifice at least 20 more lives in Paris before they could have any hope of taking the city.

Because at that time, the Iris soldiers who fought to the death were truly insane.

The Black Hawk Empire had never witnessed such a brutal urban warfare meat grinder before, and countless soldiers who participated in that war were left with terrible nightmares.

The street battle they were facing had undoubtedly triggered their nightmare once again.

Although the enemy in front of us is not as well-equipped as the Iris Empire, nor are their tactics as complicated as those of the Iris Empire.

But if we simply talk about the performance of ordinary infantry in urban warfare, they are even better than the Iris soldiers who went crazy back then!
"By the way, sir, can we request a cyborg unit from the rear?"

"I've heard that the cyborg unit has played a significant role in urban warfare. Maybe we could give it a try?"

Suddenly, one of the Black Hawk officers seemed to realize something and asked curiously.

But the colonel shook his head.

"No, I've already applied, but it hasn't been approved yet."

"The Empire's current number of cyborg troops is not large, just like the Magic Commando. These troops are still in the Empire's experimental stage and cannot be armed in large numbers for the time being."

"We did send out some special experimental teams before, but they have been almost wiped out in the fierce battle. The rest of the cyborg troops will probably have to wait a while before they can be deployed again."

Alas, it's all over!

Now they were in a real bind; they simply couldn't figure out how to conquer the city before them.

"Let the artillery continue bombarding us. It seems we have no other options but to let the artillery bombard us now."

The colonel sighed and placed all his hopes on the artillery.

Although he knew that with only the artillery attached to his unit, they could never bomb the city in front of them to the ground.

The extent to which the seemingly intense artillery bombardment actually harmed the Cambrian soldiers hidden in the buildings remains an unknown number.

But just then, they suddenly heard a burst of intense gunfire in the distance.

"Oh no, our artillery!"

Almost simultaneously, the officers instinctively thought of the artillery behind them and jumped up.

Near the artillery position, several companies of Black Hawk soldiers are engaged in fierce fighting with several player squads that have just arrived.

"Attack! Attack! Drive them back!"

"In the name of the Emperor, launch a counterattack! We must not allow our artillery to be harmed!"

A group of Black Hawk soldiers gritted their teeth, their faces filled with resentment, and charged into the dense forest ahead, rifles in hand.

Damn it, these guys somehow managed to get around here and are even hunting down their sentries!

If these guys hadn't been so clueless about stealth and hadn't fired so many shots, their artillery positions might have actually been stolen by them!

In the forest, the catgirl player who climbed to the top of a tree fired a shot, then pounced forward at top speed and quickly landed on another tree, using her climbing skill to stay steady.

Immediately afterwards, she continued to fire her rifle into the distance, her accuracy was extremely high.

"That's strange, this doesn't make sense! I was so far away, and I was shooting at a lone sentry, how could they have spotted me?"

But as soon as she finished speaking, players immediately started complaining.

"Holy crap, what kind of shooting games did you play before? You made such a commotion when you fired your gun, it would be a miracle if the other side didn't notice!"

The catgirl player scratched her head and stuck out her tongue slightly.

The games she used to play definitely had problems, which is quite embarrassing.

After all, the games she played were relatively simple single-player campaigns. For example, you could simply crouch down and walk over to easily infiltrate the enemy camp, and even if you were far away, the enemy wouldn't notice you sniping.

When she arrived, she was surprised to find that the NPCs in the game were much more intelligent than she had imagined!

"Don't just stand there, help me smoke a few cigarettes!"

Just then, a teammate suddenly shouted.

Immediately, players rushed over and threw a smoke grenade forward, temporarily creating cover.

When the Black Hawk soldiers saw the enemy suddenly deploy smoke grenades during their charge, they immediately stopped.

At the same time, a Black Hawk soldier's face showed a look of fear, and he shouted loudly to the people around him:

"Damn it, those smoke bombs! It's Vorontsov's invincible general's troops, that devil in the smoke!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Black Hawk soldiers exclaimed in surprise. Even those who had never seen anything like this before quickly lay down, afraid that they might be wiped out by the enemy if they weren't careful.

Almost simultaneously, several machine guns burst forth from the smoke, rapidly suppressing the Black Hawk soldiers who were charging forward.

Because most Black Hawk soldiers dropped to the ground in time, this volley of fire didn't actually kill many people, but it did disrupt the enemy's offensive rhythm.

Under the cover of smoke and the barrage of fire, the bunny girl player who had shouted earlier suddenly rushed out and quickly raised her bayonet.

One of the bunny girls' biggest advantages is their exceptionally fast running speed and jumping ability, making them seem like they're wearing spring shoes.

Although this running speed doesn't seem to last long and requires a stamina bar to cool down, under normal circumstances it can only maintain the speed of an ordinary soldier.

But in critical moments, relying on this speed, with the cover of smoke and a barrage of grenades, she is simply the best assault soldier!
The Black Hawk soldiers, who were lying prone, had no idea that enemies would rush out of the smoke at such a speed, because machine guns were firing wildly overhead, so much so that most of the Black Hawk soldiers dared not look up.

A few Black Hawk soldiers who were firing from prone positions didn't even have time to aim before they couldn't find where the enemy had gone.

Players throw smoke grenades with real force, creating a massive cloud of smoke. Some players even run through the smoke, throwing cluster grenades as they go.

It has to be said that the player's stamina is truly a huge bug.

For ordinary soldiers, it's not that they can't throw cluster grenades. But they simply can't throw them very far, much less throw a whole bunch at once.

They were nowhere near as skilled as the player in front of them with grenade throwing. He threw five cluster grenades in five seconds, instantly blowing up a group of people. It was practically like a short-range artillery battery!
The Black Hawk soldier lying on the ground never dreamed that he would be blown away by a cluster grenade.

One Black Hawk soldier was still dazed from the explosion and hadn't figured out what was happening when a bayonet was plunged into his head.

After easily eliminating the Black Hawk soldiers in the area in front of her, the bunny girl player twitched her bunny ears, her expression slightly uncomfortable.

"Damn it, this demi-human soldier is fine in every other way, but why is it turning up the game volume?"

"My God, the headphone user almost died on the spot!"

Andrei was also unsure about the cause of this problem, because when he redeemed this unit, it seemed to have the characteristic of having keen hearing.

But to be honest, he also felt that this feature seemed to be of little use to players.

Players use the minimap to scout for enemies; which serious player judges an enemy by their ears?

Compared to hearing, the minimap is much more accurate, and players can simply turn up the volume to hear the enemy's voice more clearly.

A series of explosions naturally led the enemy to quickly pinpoint the player's main attack area, but they simply couldn't keep up with the player's movement speed.

Before the stamina bar is depleted, the movement speed of the bunny girl player is almost comparable to that of the battlefield cavalry.

At that speed, running, firing a gun, and throwing grenades simultaneously, he could truly be unstoppable against a group of enemies lying on the ground who hadn't gotten up yet.

Most importantly, she had other players providing cover fire behind her, working together in coordination.

Players who chose the horse girl picked up machine guns and followed, constantly firing at the enemy with their light machine guns while occasionally putting them away and switching to cavalry lances for a charge.

Most importantly, this female player is also a support soldier. She can continuously throw ammo packs to the teammates in front to replenish their supplies and prevent them from running out of grenades.

A group of players, whose methods were ruthless to the extreme, used the smoke screen as cover to blast their way to the enemy's artillery position.

Faced with this menacing group of Cambrian soldiers, the Black Hawk artillerymen were powerless to resist and had almost no choice but to surrender.

However, before Andrei issued the prisoner-of-war mission, the players obviously had no desire to capture the enemy. Most players chose to kill the enemy in front of them immediately to earn merit points.

Of course, this is also because they were just a suicide squad and had no ability to bring the prisoners back.

This time, they had circled around to the rear and fought their way into the enemy's position. Therefore, they could take advantage of the surprise and engage the enemy in a decisive battle. Once the surrounding enemies rushed up, they would most likely be annihilated, given the sheer number of Black Hawk soldiers here.

In a series of explosions, howitzers were destroyed one after another, and even the shells piled up nearby were burned by the player.

Seeing that the artillery positions were already blown to bits, the colonel, who was trembling with rage, suddenly felt dizzy and then his eyes rolled back, and he lost consciousness.

Seeing this, his deputy looked on in despair. Wasn't this a clear attempt to frame him?

With his superior officer now unconscious, he has no choice but to take command of the battle. But can he possibly save the destroyed artillery positions?
When the responsibility is investigated later, he will have to bear some joint responsibility, which makes him feel that his life is bleak.

"Damn it, where are our armored units? Where on earth have they gone?"

Although he knew that armored units were not suitable for entering the city and fighting the enemy, in this desperate moment, he still hoped that he could receive support from armored units.

Aside from the Empire's invincible armored forces, he couldn't think of any other way to take over the city in front of him!

They had assumed that the Cambrian army they had surrounded was exhausted, but for some reason, this force seemed to have been replaced by another unit, and their performance was completely different from the previous two days!
As for where the Black Hawk Empire's armored forces are located, right in front of us, they are not far away.
Then we'll have to look at the plains near the Tuscan River.

Large numbers of Black Hawk armored units stopped advancing along the road and quickly concealed themselves in nearby, relatively hidden locations, where they set up anti-aircraft guns.

Because they had just received very bad news: the Cambrian Empire's air force was launching an air raid in their direction and would soon be flying over their heads!
The Black Hawk air force, which was supposed to move alongside the armored forces and bombard the enemy ahead of them, was severely damaged in the battle with the enemy's air force!
"Absurd, utterly absurd! How could the Cambrian Empire's air force have become so powerful?"

When Kenneth, the commander of the armored regiment in front of him, received the latest news, he couldn't help but break down and start cursing.

It's unclear whether the Cambrian Empire's air force is developing too rapidly, or whether the Black Hawk Empire's air force has been stagnant.

This war has only lasted for less than four months since it started, so how come their air force has been reduced to such a state?

At the start of the war, thanks to the overwhelming advantage of their shields, the Black Hawk Empire's air force was able to almost completely overwhelm the Cambrian Empire's airships.

Although in terms of sheer numbers, Cambrian airships were not much fewer than Black Hawk airships, and in fact, Cambrian airships were even more powerful.

However, in actual combat, they failed to destroy many of the Black Hawk Empire's main airships; on the contrary, most of their own airships were destroyed at the beginning of the war.

Just as they were advancing triumphantly, the air force of Army Group North suffered a series of inexplicable attacks.

Initially, it was those biplanes that seemed simple in structure but were exceptionally agile in air combat.

The Black Hawk Empire had never seen an airplane before, and they didn't recognize what an airplane was, so they called it a mechanical bird.

Because in their view, this thing really did look like a bird from a distance, at least much more like a bird than their airship.

Faced with these extremely agile air combat units, their small airships became useless first, and their large airships could only rely on their shields and a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower to wear them down.

While they are not entirely unable to counter such air force units, there is no doubt that their air force is gradually losing the initiative in air combat.

According to the analysis of the Black Hawk Empire's rear staff, they believe that the enemy's biggest advantages, besides its flexibility, are its low cost and fast takeoff speed.

It takes at least several hours for the Black Hawk Empire's airships to take off, and if there is a shortage of equipment, they may not be able to launch more than a few airships in a whole day.

If their air force wants to conduct maneuver operations and react quickly in the air, they must park their airships in the air in advance.

But this will undoubtedly put the air force commander's ability to anticipate events to the test.

Just as the Black Hawk Empire was beginning to study these strange mechanical birds and develop their own, they were suddenly astonished to discover that the Cambrian Empire's mechanical birds had undergone a tremendous innovation!

The enemy's mechanical bird not only changed from its original wooden structure to a metal structure, but also replaced its two pairs of wings with a single pair of wings.

Most importantly, the extent of their speed increase is just too abnormal, isn't it?
Previously, the speed of those mechanical birds was only about 200 kilometers per hour, and sometimes it didn't even reach 200 kilometers per hour.

But now, the enemy's mechanical birds have reached speeds of over 600 kilometers per hour!
In aerial combat, speed means agility and initiative.

By now, their air force seems to be no match for the enemy at all.

"Anti-aircraft guns, take them out quickly! Watch out for enemy dive bombing!"

When the distinctive sound of the Mosquito bomber came from the sky, the Black Hawk soldiers on the ground were all in a panic.

Their armored forces do not have such strong air defense capabilities.

Although the Peacemaker's four machine guns and the Dreadnought's main cannon can all fire at aerial targets, it is clear that these things were not specifically designed for air combat.

It was thanks to the Black Hawk Empire's deployment of a large number of 88mm anti-aircraft guns to all its armored units in order to deal with the enemy's heavy armored units that their air defense capabilities were enhanced.

Even so, their 88mm anti-aircraft guns had difficulty locking onto enemy aircraft that came and went like the wind.

Shells kept exploding in the sky, and the player piloting the bomber couldn't help but complain about the enemy's absurd proximity fuse.

This thing is supposed to be a cutting-edge technology used by the US Air Defense Forces during World War II, but it ended up appearing in the Black Hawk Empire's army first!
Of course, considering how outrageous the technology tree in this world is, they felt that this thing didn't seem like much.

Compared to the massive Titan machines of the Black Hawk Empire, this is just an extra fuse with slightly darker technology. What's so special about that?
"Good heavens, it seems we've locked onto the enemy's main armored force. This place is practically teeming with Black Hawk Empire troops!"

"Okay, but please, when you're flying the plane, sway it to the side a bit. Don't just fly straight down like that. Didn't you see our teammate was just shot down?"

The player sitting in another camera position complained while manipulating the machine gun on his plane to continuously strafe downwards.

Although he was under the cover of armored forces, he couldn't actually hit many infantrymen.

But no matter what, these infantrymen he killed were at least small fry, and they could still bring him some merit points, which was much more than the hard work of running forward as an infantryman on the ground.

Their Mosquito bomber was not equipped with 4000 pounds of bombs, but rather with a large number of small bombs and rockets.

While this prevents them from inflicting significant damage on individual targets, these small bombs can still severely damage enemy armored forces.

As for rockets...

How should I put this?

In the original historical context, the effectiveness of attack aircraft equipped with rockets was actually quite limited.

In most cases, attack aircraft have difficulty hitting enemy tanks with rockets.

If we take Soviet attack aircraft as an example, on average, they would need to scramble about seven times to have a chance of destroying a tank with rockets, mainly because these rockets were extremely inaccurate.

However, in the hands of the players, these rockets are incredibly accurate, the only problem being that when they dive to launch rockets, they are more easily locked onto by ground anti-aircraft guns.

But players don't care about danger anyway.

It's just a bunch of gunfire, nothing compared to how much fun they get from it.

One bomb after another was thrown by the players onto the heads of the enemy armored forces, and every now and then a mech would explode on the spot, and the whole wilderness was a scene of raging fire.

The Black Hawk team was almost completely overwhelmed by the player's barrage of attacks.

Their anti-aircraft firepower has been pushed to its limit, and enemy planes are constantly being shot down from the sky, but the enemy's bombing is just that fierce!
Especially when a 4000-pound heavy bomb suddenly explodes, just one bomb can destroy several mechs parked nearby at the same time!

This thing has incredible firepower; the destructive effect is simply astonishing!
As the number of armored units destroyed increased, the battle mages hidden within this force by the Black Hawk Empire also began to move.

However, the Abyss Mages, who were previously very effective at bombing airships and other units, were actually quite limited in their effectiveness when bombing these fighter units.

The Abyss Mage's Sulfur Rain wasn't very fast, so it could easily penetrate the enemy's Void Shield and then cause a large area of ​​burning to the airship below.

Of course, most Cambrian Empire airships were simply not equipped with shields.

They only had a handful of mages willing to join the battle, and among these mages, very few knew how to use shields.

Based on the current combat situation, the Deflection Shield, which has an effect similar to Void Shield, is basically the best choice among mage shields.

Because this shield doesn't directly block enemy attacks, but instead redirects them to other areas, it significantly conserves energy and is very difficult to break through instantly.

Unlike those pure magic shields, where a mage's total magic power is limited, a single cannonball can penetrate the magic shield.

In this context, Abyss Mages were once known as airship killers, until they encountered these incredibly fast fighter jets.

The sulfur fire rain released by the abyss mage was almost impossible to cover the fighter jets because they were simply too fast!
Without calculating the lead time properly, by the time they finished casting their spells, the enemy's fighter jets would already be far away.

However, having calculated the lead time, the players weren't stupid; when they saw such a large magic circle suddenly appear in the sky, they naturally knew to quickly dodge to the side.

So after all that effort, these abyss mages' sulfur fire rain failed to hit even a single aircraft, instead accidentally injuring their comrades below.

Some unlucky Black Hawk soldiers accidentally got doused in their own mage's sulfurous fire rain, which made them so angry that they cursed loudly on the spot.

After a period of intense bombardment, the player's plane left the area, or rather, went to find a more valuable target.

Of course, this is also because a player tagged the Air Force in the communication channel and said:
"Gentlemen, let us take over the battlefield. This battlefield has been taken over by the Empire's armored forces!"

"Armored elites, advance!"

"Wash it up—!"

As Andrei looked at the player chat area, a big question mark slowly appeared in his mind.

He felt like something was off.
Which empire's armored forces are you from? Why is his right hand unconsciously raising forward?
"Driver, stop! Gunner, take aim!"

"1500 meters away, aim at the most prominent one, fire!"

Andrei, sticking his head out of the tank turret, looked at a Fearless mech in the distance and shouted orders at the player, thoroughly enjoying his role as a tank commander.

It is said that the Tiger tank's guns were extremely accurate; experienced tank crews could even achieve a first-shot hit from 2,000 meters away.

Andrei was eager to see what kind of hit rate the player would have at a distance of 1500 meters.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the player, who had already trapped the enemy in the small circle, fired a shot.

It must be said that the gun sight of this Tiger tank is of excellent quality, providing crystal-clear vision when observing distant objects, and it even has a bunch of scales on it!
Although the gunner, Jackdaw, couldn't really understand the scales, that didn't stop him from comparing them with the Soviet tanks he had driven before, and then gave them a big thumbs up.

An 88mm armor-piercing round was fired from the cannon in an instant, hitting the Dauntless mech in the distance at extremely high speed.

Clearly, the Fearless mech had also noticed the Tiger tank that had just rolled over the hillside.

However, before he could even aim his gun at the tank, the Tiger had already hit it first.

As the Fearless mech was pierced through from front to back and then collapsed to the ground, bursting into flames, a satisfied smile appeared on Andrei's lips.

"Excellent, a brilliant shot!"

He didn't hold back his praise, but at the same time he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the biggest advantage of these players was that they could transform into technical units at any time.

For other countries, training personnel such as armored soldiers, pilots, or other technical branches requires significant costs and time.

Once they suffer heavy losses in war, it will be difficult for them to replenish these technical troops in a short period of time.

But players don't need to care about these things at all.

They can't guarantee they'll instantly become ace-level fighters, but they are definitely qualified technical soldiers.

No matter what weapon it is, once they get their hands on it, they can quickly master it and rapidly develop excellent combat capabilities.

Besides Andrei's Tiger tank, various other tanks also went out, but only the Tiger tank could achieve a hit at that distance.

Players attempted to hit the target using T34 and KV-1 tanks, but they didn't achieve many hits, as the shells often deviated from their intended target.

In the end, only the T34 equipped with the 57-pointed needle version was able to hit at such a long distance.

"Speaking of which, now that we have the Type 57 'Magic Needle,' does that mean the original T34/76 tanks can be phased out?"

After Andrei noticed the player's tank configuration, he suddenly realized a subtle problem.

Every player who purchased an early model of the T34 tank would choose to equip it with a Type 57 mortar.

The original 76mm tank gun might have performed better in the middle and when covering infantry, but in terms of penetration and accuracy, the high-pressure 57mm tank gun is more reliable.

Furthermore, since the Type 57 Gun is only purchased by players as a cannon, essentially an upgrade component for a tank, its price is actually quite low.

This means that players who can afford the T34/76 tank can also afford the high-performance Type 57.

This led to the 57mm gun version of the T-34, which was originally produced in small quantities during World War II, becoming rampant in Andrei's army.

Although the 57mm gun's penetration power was not as good as the Tiger's 88mm gun, its long-range penetration power was still quite impressive, and it could easily penetrate most of the Black Hawk's armor.

Apart from some armored units that appeared to be extra-reinforced versions of the Hunter mechs, seemingly able to block 57mm cannon fire at a distance of 1500 meters, the remaining armored units were almost always hit by a single shot.

"Tsk... I thought we were going to have a fierce tank battle here, but it feels like we're shooting at targets?"

Looking at the slow reaction speed of the opposing armored forces, Andrei complained with some dissatisfaction.

However, just to be on the safe side, he retreated back into the tank, no longer wanting to show off outside.

This tank doesn't really need a commander, because players already have excellent visibility. Andrei is mainly here to act as a mission NPC for players, and also to satisfy their urge to be a tank commander.

Bang! A sudden muffled sound, like a knock on a door, but amplified by the tank's cavity, made the sound exceptionally crisp.

An enemy has hit a Tiger tank. It's unclear what kind of gun it is, but it's most likely a 75mm gun.

However, those cannons did not seem to be able to penetrate the Tiger's frontal armor at a distance of 1500 meters, and Andrei's tank was completely undamaged.

"Gunner! Fire! Find the guy who ambushed us!"

As soon as Andrei finished speaking, the crow fired a shot, but the shot missed.

"Quick, load it! Eat the chocolate, eat it in big bites!"

(End of this chapter)