Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 1847 1848 Tank Cemetery

A Type 96 main battle tank rushed towards ten Lions Empire tanks placed on the open ground. These Lanes tanks are some old models, which were improved on the tank models previously exported by the Tang Empire.

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

Compared with the German Panzer IV or Sherman, these tanks are just equipped with thicker steel armor and larger-caliber artillery. Other than that, there are few decent improvements.

But after all, they are tanks too! It has a 90mm-caliber main gun and a parallel machine gun, which is enough to pose a slight threat if left alone.

Seeing that the tanks of the Tang Army had rushed in front of these tanks, there was still no Lanes tank turning its turret or twisting its body. These tanks froze in place as if they had been immobilized, waiting motionless for the arrival of the Tang Empire army.

The soldiers of the Tang Army who launched the attack on the flanks were already close to the enemy's weapons. Because there were tanks charging directly in front of them, they launched the attack without any scruples.

Tang Army soldiers carrying rifles rushed to the side of the first tank, but there was still no movement from the other side. 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 floating soil accumulated in the depression of the tank, and relaxed his hand holding the grenade.

At this time, the speeding-up Type 96 main battle tank had already 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 stood in front of the tank and shouted.

He had just braved the courage to climb onto one of Lanes' tanks, but soon jumped down out of fear of being shot by the newly defeated Lanes infantry.

The hatches of many tanks were not closed, and the rut marks beside several tanks were blurred. It looked like they had been abandoned here before the heavy rain.

The other soldiers of the Tang Army also relaxed a little. They focused more on the bushes in the distance, alerting them to possible dangerous situations there.

It's not like there aren't enemies who come back to play with the carbine. You can't be too vigilant on the battlefield. Sometimes you even have to guard against enemy artillery counterattacks and observe in advance to find bunkers and the like.

By the time the subsequent Tang Army troops arrived, this was no longer the front line. Everyone looked at these abandoned tanks curiously, as if they were looking at dilapidated tombstones.

Maybe it was because of a lack of supply parts, maybe because there was no fuel, or maybe just because they were scared out of their wits, these tanks that were supposed to be galloping on the battlefield were left here like this.

Maybe they will be left here like this, no one cares about them and then be buried by nature. Maybe they will be transported away and dismantled, and finally disappear at the end of the factory... In short, they have completed their mission.

No war broke out at all in the next village. When the troops of the Tang Empire approached there, they found that it was already controlled by a special forces team of the Tang Empire.

Last night, these special forces found this position, easily occupied the headquarters in the village, and took control of all Lanes' troops here.

This village is an artillery position deployed by the Lions Empire. There are four 155 mm caliber towed howitzers around the village. There are also some artillery shells in the village that were transported in the rain a few days ago. Lines's artillery commander and his unit, as well as the two anti-aircraft artillery squads responsible for covering these artillery pieces, plus an entire company of soldiers stationed in the village, were all captured without a shot being fired.

Now everyone knows why Lines' defensive position is no longer covered by artillery fire, because the artillerymen covering them have surrendered.

The nearby positions that lost the cover of these artillery 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 Jade City. The battle went so smoothly that Tang Jun stopped to rest for a while during dinner.

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In the underground air defense bunker of Yucheng's headquarters, Paul had already heard the news that the Tang Army's ground attack had begun.

Several villages on the outermost edge of his defense circle have lost contact. It is obvious that the leading troops of the Tang Army have penetrated his defense line.

This is not the most terrifying thing, because no one has any hope in 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 penetrated into the coalition's defense line.

This is not good news for the entire Yucheng defense position. Paul hoped that the Tang army could be delayed, or preferably blocked, so that he could continue with the next deployment.

"If we continue fighting like this, the Tang Army will almost hit our first main line of defense early tomorrow morning." An officer reminded Paul next to him. He didn't tell Paul but he knew it. He grunted irritably and stared at the map to start the battle deployment.

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

Originally, he thought that a similar order would be issued tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but today he had to do this: "Let Dorne's 91st Division reinforce this area... No matter what, it must be on the first line." The defense line blocked the Tang army’s attack.”

"Yes!" An officer in charge of liaison immediately grabbed the phone and began to contact the Dornish friendly 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 direction of the Tang Army's attack. The air raid disturbed him, and the muffled sound coming from above his head made him extremely irritable.

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

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

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

(End of chapter)