"Head, the last shot!"

With a "clang", Wu Qiti put the last multi-purpose grenade into the cannon chamber.

The ZT-99B is still speeding, to be precise, it reverses at the fastest speed, regresses into the gun position close to the front, and the turret has turned 180 degrees.

The butt is facing the enemy and can only evacuate at the fastest speed after firing the last shell.

It is not only the cannonballs, but also the smokescreen.

About 5 minutes ago, in order to withdraw from the exposed position, Situ Lin personally fired the last two smokescreen bombs.

There are 2 sets of 8 killer grenades, but they are not needed.

After firing, it will be exposed and attacked by the enemy. If you do not withdraw from the position as soon as possible, even the ZT-99B will definitely be in danger.

Situ Lin's ZT-99B was the last tank still fighting, and the other tanks had long disappeared. The last communication was more than 10 minutes ago. The last ZT-99B commander of the guard platoon reported that he had used up all the shells. He had issued an order to abandon the car, asking the crew members to remove the machine guns from the tank and prepare to transfer them to nearby positions to continue fighting with the attacking enemies.

After knocking off the last shell, Situ Lin and the others had to give up the tank.

In fact, Situ Lin has made arrangements.

After evacuating, Tang Xuebing was responsible for destroying sensitive equipment on the tank, especially the communication station.

There is a chip used to store communication passwords in the digital radio station, which must be destroyed and must not fall into the hands of the enemy.

Wu Qiti was responsible for transporting ammunition, especially machine gun bullets, to the outside of the vehicle.

Use tens of thousands of gun bullets and rely on favorable defensive terrain to fight a good battle with the enemy without waiting for death.

Situ Lin was responsible for dismantling the machine gun and choosing a suitable position nearby.

As long as it is placed in the right position, the threat of 2 8mm machine guns cannot be underestimated, especially for infantry fighting with tanks.

If the above does not issue a retreat order, you cannot retreat!

Even if you die in battle, you must stay on the position.

As the tank roared and retreated to the slope, Situ Lin patted Wu Qiti's shoulder a few times, got up and drilled out of the turret.

Situ Lin and the others have retreated to the middle of the defensive position, 200 meters away from the front.

The positions in the north have been occupied by the enemy.

However, there are still a few Dongluosha officers and soldiers who are resisting, even though almost all of them are wounded, they are using light weapons such as rifles.

From time to time, gunfire came.

Not too dense, and small caliber firearms are firing.

Because the initial speed is higher and the rate of fire is faster, the gunshots of small-caliber guns are crisper, and they sound like a slap of beans, which is very unique.

Those who use small-caliber firearms are Dongluosha officers and soldiers.

Although Xiluosha followed the trend of the times and developed 5.45mm small-caliber ammunition, which later became the standard caliber ammunition of the Western Land Group, the main force of the Xiluosha Army still used assault rifles that fired 7.92mm intermediate type bullets.

This type of bullet actually comes from the Tiaoman Empire, and is a second-generation intermediate bullet developed by the Tiaoman Army based on actual conditions after the war.

Compared with the first-generation intermediate type bullet, the most important change is to increase the length of the shell to 43 mm, thereby increasing the charge volume, solving the problem of insufficient power of the first-generation 7.92 mm intermediate type bullet, and it was quickly adopted by dozens of countries around the world.

The second generation of 7.92mm intermediate type bullets can be said to be one of the most successful rifle ammunitions born after the war.

Although the disadvantages of intermediate type bullets are obvious compared with small-caliber bullets, such as the initial velocity is not high enough and the ballistic performance is not ideal enough, etc., intermediate type bullets have a very prominent advantage, the warhead has a larger mass, the storage speed at medium and long distances is higher, and the far-reaching degree is significantly higher than that of small-caliber bullets.

In the combat distance between 400 meters and 800 meters, intermediate bullets have very outstanding advantages.

Obviously, it is not rare to engage in battle distances of more than 400 meters on the eastern plains of the Western Continent.

It is precisely because of this that the Xiluosha Army retained a large number of assault rifles that used intermediate bullets, and were mainly provided to front-line assault forces.

As for assault rifles that fire small-caliber bullets, they are not valued and are mainly equipped for second-line troops.

In fact, when developing 5.45mm gun bullets, the Xiluosha Army only wanted to complete the task and did not expect that this kind of gun bullet could become a standard ammunition.

If the Goman Army had not been too ambitious and focused on 4.7mm shellless bullets, it encountered technical problems that could not be solved, as well as several other competitive solutions. For example, the Belgian FN company followed Beigu Group, and the Locke Army still insisted on using 7mm intermediate bullets. The technical basis of the Bran Army's 6mm bullets originated from the Liangxia Empire, and the Xiluosha Army's plan would not be selected.

In the outside world's words, 5.45mm ammunition has become the standard ammunition of the Western Land Group, and there is no better choice.

That's why the 5.45mm bullet was not fully promoted. Within the Western Land Group, the main force is still 7.92mm intermediate bullets.

The Dongluosha Army is just the opposite, with 6mm small-caliber ammunition being the only standard rifle ammunition.

The entire Oriental Group does not have intermediate bullets.

Except for small-caliber bullets, they are 8mm full-size rifle bullets.

This cannot be blamed on the Dongluosha Army.

In fact, more than 20 years ago, when the Oriental Group was preparing to unify the ammunition caliber, the Dongluosha Army had the idea of ​​getting some 7.92mm intermediate type bullets. Based on this, a batch of 8mm intermediate type bullets were developed to participate in the bidding competition for the group's standard ammunition.

At that time, the Dongluosha Army had discovered the defects of the first generation of 7.92mm intermediate type bullets, which were also solved by lengthening the shell.

In terms of performance, the 8mm intermediate bullet developed by Dongluosha is slightly better than the second-generation 7.92mm intermediate bullet of Xilu Group, and can meet the performance indicators proposed by Oriental Group. In many aspects, it is the most prominent among several types of ammunitions to participate in.

Unfortunately, Oriental Group finally chose the 8mm full-size rifle bullet from the Liangxia Empire.

The reason for choosing 8mm rifle ammunition is not only related to the longer range and better end-point ballistic performance, but also to the unified rifle and machine gun ammunition.

Don’t forget that 8mm intermediate type bullets can act as bullets for squad machine guns at most, and will definitely not replace 8mm full-size rifle bullets and become ammunition for heavy machine guns. What’s more, the concept of general machine guns had already appeared at that time, and there was a tendency to replace heavy machine guns.

In addition, general-purpose machine guns must at least be distributed to infantry platoons, and may even be strengthened to infantry squads.

If you choose the intermediate type of bullet submitted by Dong Luosha, you must equip the infantry troops with two types of bullets, which will inevitably increase the burden of support.

This is not the problem when using 8mm full-size bullets.

Of course, the direct result of this choice was to force the Oriental Group to start developing small-caliber bullets after the end of the Boei War.

Although in the entire Boei War, large-power rifles such as 8mm full-size bullets were very eye-catching, especially in the western mountain war, the huge bullets ensured the power during long-range combat and allowed infantry to fire at a longer distance, the problem of full-size bullets was also exposed, and the most prominent thing was that the burden of logistics support was too great.

Simply put, the bullet is too heavy.

In this war, the Imperial Army used up a total of 750 billion guns of various types, and killing one enemy would require 500,000 guns of guns.

Obviously, just transporting ammunition to the front line is a huge trouble.

When the battle is fierce, the number one task of transporting helicopters is to transport bullets to the front line!

In addition, the mass of guns and bullets will inevitably lead to a reduction in the number of infantry carrying, which will greatly reduce the troops' continuous combat capabilities.

At that time, an infantryman in the Imperial Army could carry 5 20 rounds of magazines, plus a box of 100 bulk bullets, carrying a total of 200 rounds of bullets.

This is the standard of combat.

In contrast, Boy soldiers who use 7.92 mm intermediate type bullets can carry 300 to 350 rounds of bullets in combat.

In almost all battles, the Imperial Army infantry encountered the problem of insufficient ammunition.

In addition, before the end of the Boei War, the Republic of Newland had taken the lead in launching 5.56mm small-caliber bullets, and their performance was outstanding.

Even at the Continental Group, Belgium's FN company has developed 5.56mm small-caliber bullets for export.

Against this background, the Liangxia Empire launched the second round of standard caliber bullet selection, which also required a unified caliber within the Oriental Group.

The final winner was the 6mm small-caliber bullet advocated by the Imperial Army.

Over the past decade, all member states of the Oriental Group have successively replaced rifles that fire 8mm full-size rifles with rifles that fire 6mm small-caliber guns.

The same is true for the Dongluosha Army.

Although some old-fashioned rifles were preserved, they were either provided for militia use or converted into semi-automatic sniper rifles.

All small caliber rifles are distributed to combat troops.

In fact, the 6mm small caliber bullet is not bad.

After the Imperial Army took the lead in purchasing squad machine guns that fired 6mm small-caliber bullets, other member states of the Oriental Group successively purchased and equipped squad machine guns, and many were imported from the Liangxia Empire or purchased licenses to produce them on their own.

If you want to say it, the popularity of squad machine guns has greatly improved the combat effectiveness of infantry.

In the past few decades, the Imperial Army infantry had been able to rely on the direct support firepower that had been distributed to the first-level heavy machine guns and general-purpose machine guns.

Although the general-purpose machine gun is powerful and has a longer range, it is too heavy for infantry.

Of course, there is no need for such strong suppression of firepower in many cases.

According to statistics made by the Imperial Army, most of the time, infantry faced enemies within 600 meters, with a maximum of only 800 meters. Therefore, the infantry squad's demand for suppressing firepower is only 600 to 800 meters, which is much closer than the range of a general-purpose machine gun with a range of more than 1,000 meters.

In fact, it is only this requirement that the Imperial Army is equipped with the largest small-caliber bullets.

The key is that squad machine guns that use rifle bullets must reach a range of at least 800 meters, and it is best to suppress cluster personnel 1,000 meters away.

According to the tests conducted by the Imperial Army, the effective range of the 5.56mm gun bullet of Beigu Group and the 5.45mm gun bullet of Xilu Group is difficult to reach 800 meters, let alone 1,000 meters. Even if the latest technology, such as using better materials to make warheads, can increase the range, it will inevitably lead to a surge in the price of gun bullets. As a large amount of ammunition consumed, it will definitely be very sensitive to costs.

The only way to increase the range and preserve the advantages of small-caliber bullets is to increase the caliber appropriately.

This small-caliber rifle uses machine guns for overtime and shares ammunition equipment system, which is a major feature of Oriental Group.

Of course, his performance in battle is also very outstanding.

Until now, the reserve troops of the Dongluosha Army can withstand the attack of an armored brigade of a Xiluosha Army by relying on a dissatisfied infantry battalion. In addition to the support provided by Situ Lin and others, especially the mainstay of the ZT-99B in anti-armor combat, the key is that the infantry squad of the Dongluosha has a more fierce close-range suppression firepower, and often rely on firepower to suppress and repel the enemy's attack.

In position defense warfare, a large number of squad machine guns have irreplaceable value.

To put it bluntly, the Xiluosha Army probably has never encountered such a situation, that is, machine guns are everywhere on the defensive positions.
To be continued...