"Shooting the target...well done, guys!"

The sergeant was talking, with a steel helmet covered with branches and leaves, holding a pair of camouflage binoculars in his hand, and a three-leaf clover pattern embroidered with a collar. Next to him is a MK19 37mm light war defense artillery alliance team equipped with the most basic and effective anti-armor weapon equipped by the MK19 37mm light war defense artillery League. It was finalized in 1919, with fast firing speed, high accuracy, light and durable, and easy to operate. It has been manufactured so far by no less than 30,000. In addition to being widely used by seven European allies, it is also sold to Asia, the United States and Africa, becoming another classic model of the Krupp artillery.

Accompanied by the jingling of empty shell shells hitting each other and the clanging sound of the bulge of the bulge latch closing, the gunner roared calmly and vigorously: "Reloading is complete!"

Just by the sergeant's order, another gunner will turn the mechanical shaker as fast as possible, so as to aim the muzzle at the new target.

"Wait... that guy didn't stop, it was still moving, and it continued to shoot. Guys, let's have another shot!"

Although the shooting elements did not change, the gunner still carefully confirmed the target through the straight scope, and then signaled to pull the rope and fire it.

This light war defense cannon with extremely low failure rate roared with expectations, and the sergeant responsible for observing the shooting situation frowned. Although it was a clear moonlit night, without using artificial light, he could only judge whether the shell hit or not, and it was difficult to intuitively judge the shooting results.

The crisp jingle and dull clang sound came into my ears one after another. Except for the gunners, the rest of the gun crew members were waiting for the sergeant to speak.

After a moment, the sergeant spoke with difficulty: "The target is still moving, we cannot kill it, the enemy's chariots are harder to deal with than we expected, those reconnaissance chariots that are not light armored, most likely British infantry chariots, or 'censor chariots' bought from the United States."

In the last war, the German army's crawler tanks were first shown, playing an active role in sweeping the Allied countries. More than ten years after the war, the great powers were unwilling to be behind the enemy and invested a lot of manpower and material resources in this new weapon. The United States and Britain rely on their own developed automobile industry and combined with their own land strategic thinking to establish their own tank systems. The reason why the American tanks are called "coffee tanks" is because they pay special attention to the maneuverability of the tanks and equip the tanks with strong power and excellent performance suspension systems.

It comes and goes like a cowboy. The primary task of the British Army is to guard the local area and resist invasion from the European continent, so British chariots are clearly divided into two types: one is a infantry support chariot with heavy armor and outstanding firepower, and the other is a ranger-style fast mobile chariot. In 1930, at a military parade to celebrate the 65th birthday of King George V of England, the British Army publicly displayed the "super artifact" weighing more than 40 tons and equipped with twin turrets and three machine gun towers for the first time, which immediately attracted the attention of the world.

The German military decision-making department made long-term and careful preparations during the war against Britain. This can be seen from the stormy sea, land and air offensive on the day of the war. Judging from the information collected by the intelligence agencies, whether it is the six-ton ​​light tank "Vicks" or the multi-turret heavy tank "Paladin", the armor thickness in the main parts is not more than 40 mm. The armor-piercing ability of the mk19 war defense gun is enough to deal with these "British cans" at a close and medium distance. However, each country has its own secret weapons, which is common in previous wars.

When they found that there were British combat chariots that could not be effectively penetrated by war defense artillery on the battlefield, the officers and soldiers of the Irish Marine Corps were surprised but not panicked. The sergeant did not ask his gunners to make unnecessary attempts, but instead ordered them to retreat armor-piercing bullets from the barrel and replace them with gun-fired flares.

Half a minute later, a small flare burst into incandescent light two or three hundred meters in front of the coalition position. The landscape under the moonlight, which was still half-covered by the pipa, finally revealed the tracked chariots moving in front of the attack array with wide and thick bodies with upside-down bathtub-shaped turrets. Their appearance and structure are not exactly the same. Some cars have a short-barrel cannon on the front left, while others have only protruding machine gun barrels.

It was obvious that it was not just this Ai Army combat defense artillery group. In an instant, several flares shone brightened more areas in the field. The coalition artillery fire had been fiercely fired for more than ten minutes, but there were no few British chariots in sight, and among the attacking chariot groups, there were few vulnerable "Vicks"!

Looking at these British chariots that could not be named and could not figure out their performance, the sergeant's thick eyebrows were almost frowning, but he did not intend to give up, but ordered the gunners to aim at the tracks of the enemy chariots to shoot.

The flares can provide nearly daylight, but the duration is very limited. The gunners quickly loaded the armor-piercing bombs and took advantage of the flares to watch. The British chariot they were staring at had arrived about two hundred meters away from the coalition trench. There was only a machine gun on the front of its chariot. At this moment, it was constantly spitting out flames at the coalition positions. Its turret had an arc similar to the edge of the bathtub, and in the middle was a cannon that looked similar to the light war defense cannon.

With the hope of the entire gun crew, another armor-piercing ejected from the bore. Obviously, it was because of the light that it had been waiting for more than ten seconds before the sergeant shouted excitedly: "We did it, it was great. We interrupted its right track. Now it should stop moving forward! Yes, it stops moving!"

"Continue attack or transfer the target?" The gunner asked with his head raised.

The sergeant replied without hesitation: "Add to the next target according to this method."

Unless you encounter a chariot suspended by Christie, breaking the track is indeed an effective way to prevent the enemy's tank from continuing to advance. But the real problem is that the area exposed to the track is only a small part of the front of the tank, and it is separated by two or three hundred meters. The visual environment is not ideal. How many combat defense artillery groups can hit the target with one blow?

Seeing the British chariots moving closer and closer with the rumbling sound, the Irish paratrooper Gallach's hands began to tremble. Every time he fired, he risked being shot by enemy machine guns. It felt like facing the god of death who kept waving his sickles. What was so bad that once these steel monsters ran over the trenches, war defense cannons, heavy machine guns, etc. would definitely be swept away by them. It is not that only relying on rifles and bayonets cannot block British infantry, but after the defense line is broken, do people still have the courage to continue fighting?

After staying in the bunker for about half a minute, Gallach took a deep breath, got up, raised his gun, and aimed it in one go, but the flashes of lights confusing his vision. The most attractive thing is the light of guns and cannons burst out from the British tanks, but ordinary rifles and bullets have no effect on these guys. When his eyes finally adapted to the light, Gallach saw countless figures swaying behind the British tanks, and pulled the trigger with a slight adjustment, and then flew back to the battle rhythm of the bunker, how much can the defensive firepower be maintained?

Just as Galach was gradually falling into despair, a loud explosion suddenly came from the front of the position, and a moment later there was another one. Although the tremor from the ground was not as strong as when the British heavy artillery bombarded, it could also be felt that the power of the explosion was extraordinary.

"The enemy has crushed the heavy mines we buried!" Gallach said with relief when he heard someone say.

Immediately afterwards, a non-commissioned officer trotted along the trench and sent an order: "Everyone is ready for viscosms, and the enemy chariots will be thrown as soon as they get close to them. They will see and throw them away, and nail them to the position! The grenades are also ready to kill the chariots and immediately deal with the enemy infantry that follow up, and the rifles are equipped with bayonets!"

The defense of countermeasures calmed the panicked soldiers. Galah pulled out the bayonet from the scabbard, quickly loaded the rifle, placed the rifle against the trench wall, and then unscrewed all the grenades at hand, including the "viscosity bomb" distributed to the front line position after landing. This is the nickname the soldiers gave to the m30 anti-war chariot grenade. It relies on magnetic adsorption on the chariot armor and uses the jet effect of hollow charge to penetrate the steel plate to kill the personnel in the vehicle. It is another technical equipment contributed by the Irish military department to the Allies' camp.

After making these preparations, Galach picked up the rifle. Because he installed the bayonet, he was not as comfortable as before. He had to be more careful. However, this time he just poked his head out and felt like he was hit hard with a slaughter. His head was blank. He suddenly fell into the trench and found that the bullet he shot was stuck on it. If this guy hadn't been of good quality, he would have died.

Soon, someone in the trench shouted: "Fifty meters, viscoelastic preparation!"

The gunfire around him suddenly became much sparse, and it seemed that everyone was preparing to throw anti-war chariot grenades.

The front of the helmet was concave. I wonder if it would affect its bulletproof effect. Galach didn't care about it at this time, so he pulled it on his head, picked up the rifle and stood up.

The friction of the metal track sounded like it was right in front of me.

Before he could touch the grenade placed on the anti-war chariot, a short scream of shells coming from the air came, and the fire, the impact, and the explosion rushed in an instant, causing his thinking to be shocked again and the person staggered and fell to the ground.

What's going on?

Behind the coalition trenches, more than a dozen "Celtic warriors" were chariots in the wheat field, and aimed at British tanks with the moonlight and fire on the battlefield. These 20-ton medium-sized tanks were originally designed and developed as standard tanks in the Allied countries, so they required simple structure, balanced performance, moderate cost, and mass-produced models to fully meet these standards. However, affected by complex factors such as national strategy and political interests, this type of tank failed to become a general equipment for the Allied camp. They only served in four countries: Ireland, Germany, Spain, and Austro-Hungarian Empire. By the time the war broke out, the total output of the "Celtic warriors" was less than 800, far less than the German Army's 30-ton main tank "Teutonic Knights".
Chapter completed!