Time Travel 04: I Fight the US in the Middle East

Upon receiving the order, the entire 2nd Battalion of the 7th Infantry Regiment of the Ghost Brigade was mobilized!

M2 infantry fighting vehicles, led by more than a dozen M1 tanks, charged out of Baghdad with menacing intent!

The M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle is the mainstay of the US Army's mechanized infantry!

Leaving aside the Gulf War, in last year's war, the 3rd and 4th Mechanized Infantry Divisions, with thousands of M2/M3 series infantry fighting vehicles and hundreds of M1 tanks, stormed into Iraqi territory and advanced to Baghdad!

Soldiers spent most of their time fighting in vehicles, and the M242 Viper cannons and TOW anti-tank missiles on top destroyed more Ito armored vehicles than M1 main battle tanks!

In particular, the 25mm autocannon, when using depleted uranium armor-piercing rounds, can not only penetrate the main armor of the BMP infantry fighting vehicle, but also penetrate the main armor of the T-55 tank when firing continuously!

As for the M1 tank... it was an existence that made the enemy tremble!

The 120mm smoothbore gun fires depleted uranium fin-stabilized discarding sabot armor-piercing projectiles, which are powerful enough to penetrate the main armor of any tank in the world!

Depleted uranium armor is powerful enough to withstand attacks from any tank cannon in the world!

As for fighting themselves... according to the Americans, on the battlefield, if you destroy a tank that can't be towed away, your own armor-piercing rounds won't even be able to penetrate its own main armor!

Combined with a 1,500-horsepower gas turbine engine, this is a tank without any flaws!

Following closely behind the M1 tank is a battalion-level command vehicle converted from an M2 infantry fighting vehicle!

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Parker, the battalion commander, sat in the command vehicle, looking at the map in front of him with a serious expression: "Hmph, if this village dares to hide guerrillas, we'll wipe out the entire village!"

The loss of four Humvees in one go rendered an infantry platoon completely incapacitated, marking the biggest loss in recent months!

Those guerrillas must be made to pay the price!

Crunch!

Suddenly, the driver slammed on the brakes, and Robert Parker's body lurched to the side, his head hitting the steel plate in front of him...

Boom!

"Ouch!"

Robert Parker cursed, "Fuck, what's going on?"

"I don't know, the tank in front suddenly braked!"

Just then, a call came over the radio from the tank unit ahead.

"Calling the Second Battalion, there appears to be an IED ahead!"

They had only just left Baghdad when they encountered a roadside bomb?

"Can we go around it?"

Even if you're driving a Hummer, you can still get off the road, not to mention now that they're all tracked vehicles!

"There's a huge area ahead!"

Robert Parker pushed open the hatch, poked his head out, picked up the infrared imager, and sure enough...

Stone-like objects were placed across the road and on both sides of the road, stretching for several kilometers to both sides!

Normally, a tank could simply ram through it, but now...

Even tanks wouldn't dare take the risk. Even if the IED's explosive charge isn't enough to penetrate the tank's armor, it might still damage the tank's tracks!

Repairing tracks... can be a real headache!

Tanks aren't bomb disposal vehicles!

"Call the engineers over!"

"yes!"

Twenty minutes later, the sapper carefully moved the stone: "Report, it's just an ordinary stone!"

"Those damn guerrillas!" Robert Parker gritted his teeth in hatred!

"keep going!"

With a roar, the convoy continued forward. Just five kilometers ahead, the same scene appeared again!

Deputy Battalion Commander Captain Edwin Schmidt cautiously suggested, "How about... we just ram them?"

"No need, have the engineers continue!"

Twenty minutes later.

"Report: It's just an ordinary stone!"

I was tricked twice!

Everyone was so angry they were cursing!

Ahead, the tank company commander, O'Daniel, gritted his teeth and shouted, "Forget about IEDs! Charge! Charge to Jufra village!"

"yes!"

They weren't even part of the 2nd Battalion of the 7th Infantry Regiment; they were just there to assist in the battle, so... they didn't need to obey the battalion commander's orders!

The gas turbine at the rear emitted a series of turbine-like roars, delivering a powerful output of 1,500 horsepower. The behemoth, weighing over 60 tons, sped along the highway, its sound carrying far and wide, startling many birds into taking flight...

A fully equipped tank company has fourteen tanks, divided into three tank platoons, each with four tanks, and two more tanks at the company headquarters. In last year's war, only nine tanks were destroyed on the battlefield, while about eighty were rendered combat ineffective.

Over the course of a year, all the necessary repairs have been completed. Since we haven't been out and about much lately and there haven't been any vehicles that need maintenance, this time almost everyone is out on the job!

Fourteen tanks sped along Highway 6 toward the village of Jufra! Behind them, M2 infantry fighting vehicles were also running at full speed, vying for the lead!

Finally, as night fell, the shadow of a village appeared in the distance!

"Take the road to the right ahead, and you'll head straight for Jufra Village!" O'Daniel shouted.

Ahead, the driver, Old John, quickly turned the left handle of the control lever.

The M1 tank does not have a steering wheel in front of the driver's seat. Instead, it uses a T-shaped control handle, which is like a motorcycle handlebar and can be turned on both sides, just like turning a throttle.

To turn right, you have to twist the left handle more, which will accelerate the left track and make the tank turn right. The driver needs to get used to it for a while before he can master this reverse operation.

Meanwhile, in the dark ditch in the distance, Majid was feeling tense.

"Azam, can that thing we made really blow up tanks?"

This afternoon, the elderly, women, and children in the village were evacuated. After all, if the Americans really came, they would most likely massacre the village. Fortunately, everyone was from the Zhu Aifeier tribe, so it wouldn't be a big problem for them to temporarily seek refuge in other villages.

The other sixteen heroes went to the highway after nightfall to plant fake roadside bombs, while Azam stayed here to make real roadside bombs, but...

Who would have thought that tanks would be among them!

That's the most advanced tank in the world!

During last year's war, even the Republican Guard's most elite T-72 tanks could not confront it head-on!

And now, what are we pre-planting?

The copper radiator removed from the destroyed Hummer was hammered and shaped into a bowl-shaped structure, several kilograms of explosives were stuffed inside, and a steel shell was added to the outside... This thing could probably only blow up a Hummer at most.

Azam gave a faint smile: "You'll find out soon enough!"

The roar of the gas turbines echoed in the night sky. After the tank units drove off the road, they changed from a single-file march to a combat formation!

Generally, tank units use a wedge formation during attacks to concentrate firepower at the front and deal with threats on the flanks. During retreats, they use an inverted V-shape, the opposite of the wedge.

The tank company is now in a single line, with fourteen tanks lined up and advancing towards the village!

The advantage of this is that it provides the strongest firepower without any obstruction; the disadvantage is that it is vulnerable to attack from the flanks. However… on the current territory of Ito, the M1 tank is the strongest! Who dares to launch a sneak attack, and who can launch one?

"Report! Some rocks blocking the way ahead, suspected to be IEDs!" Old John shouted.

"Ignore it, just ram it!"

Having been deceived twice in a row, they will definitely not fall for it again!