In a blink of an eye, the red flame filled the entire field of vision.

Immediately, Situ Lin suddenly came to his senses.

The deafening explosion sounded, and the T-72B that exploded!

What happened?

Before Situ Lin could figure it out, several explosions occurred in the north one after another, all of which were Xiluosha's tanks and tanks, which were also very sudden.

"head--"

After being pushed by Wu Qi Tie a few times, Situ Lin turned his head and looked into the night sky.

On the top of his head, some light like a meteor flew from the south and smashed towards the north. That was not a meteor, it was a rocket launched by an armed helicopter.

In addition, the initial explosion was also related to armed helicopters, which launched anti-tank missiles that hit the enemy's tank tanks and tanks.

Because the anti-tank missile uses rocket engines and runs for only a few seconds, it will not emit a visible light before hitting the target.

Although the rocket is also propelled by the rocket engine, the range of the rocket is much closer than that of the anti-tank missile.

In a blink of an eye, the explosion of flames swept across the positions that had been occupied by the enemy.

Then, several "Zhi-10A" flew over Situ Lin's head.

Not far away, after reaching the north side of the defense line, he turned back and began to use machine guns to strafuse the enemies on the ground.

One of them flew back and circled around the ZT-99B.

That was the captain's plane driven by Lian Mingyang.

After contacting Situ Lin, Lian Mingyang only said one thing.

Let Situ Lin organize the officers and soldiers to retreat immediately. After about 30 minutes, the attack plane will arrive and bomb the enemy that has already attacked the position.

Because it is determined that the position has fallen, the attack aircraft will not distinguish between enemies and us when dropping bombs.

Subsequently, the long-range artillery in Dongluosha will carry out mine laying operations.

In addition, the western end of the defense line has been broken through by the enemy.

About half an hour ago, the regiment guard company commanded by Pavlov personally carried out the final battle, and then sent a signal of the fall of the position.

Below Pavlov, almost all of the approximately 1,500 Dongluosha officers and soldiers from three battalions and three independent companies were killed.

In addition, the two tank companies that Situ Lin left there have been all fighting, and the 22 ZT-99Bs were all damaged, and only a few tankers retreated.

In fact, it was the support point sent by Pavlov to the rear after being injured and lost his combat capability.

Lian Mingyang had sent several armed helicopters to block the enemies over there and buy time for Situ Lin and the others to complete the retreat.

However, it will take at most half an hour.

No matter how powerful the armed helicopter is, it cannot withstand the enemy that is rushing up like a tide. It must evacuate before the air force's indiscriminate bombing arrives.

At the forward support point, Luo Youliang was already organizing a retreat, and first sent away the wounded with mobility.

All those who were sent to the support point were seriously injured.

To this end, China Airlines has arranged for transport helicopters to reach the support point.

All in all, this line of defense is over.

It was not until this time that Situ Lin noticed that the sky in the east had turned white.

Before they knew it, they had been fighting here for nearly 3 hours and it was about to brighten.

It is now the late summer in the northern hemisphere, and it is in the middle and high latitudes, and it will dawn around 5:30.

After fighting for so long, I still couldn't hold on.

However, there is nothing to be depressed.

That night, the enemy deployed at least three armored brigades to launch a fierce attack. After paying a heavy price, they broke through the defense line guarded by a reserve infantry regiment and an armored battalion. Then, the artillery used by both sides was included, and the gap in strength was even greater.

For Situ Lin and the others, they are actually defeated and honored.

In fact, there are only 38 ZT-99Bs in the entire battalion, and the only one that can be activated in the end is Situ Lin.

After the armed helicopter flew away, Situ Lin went to find several other chariot commanders.

Of the five tanks participating in the last battle, three were destroyed by the enemy, one of which was pierced through the vehicle body from the side by armor-piercing bombs, while the other two lost their mobility due to damage to the walking mechanism. After stopping, they were surrounded by the enemy and destroyed by armor-piercing bombs.

Another one had run out of shells, and because they were worried that they would be captured by the enemy, the commander burned the fire grenade.

Seven of the 12 tankers in these 4 units survived.

Subsequently, Situ Lin and his friends found more than 20 Dongluosha officers and soldiers.

There were all wounded people, less than 10 people who could walk by themselves, and several of them were already dying. Even if they were removed, they might not be able to arrive at the battlefield hospital alive.

Time was limited, and Situ Lin did not dare to delay and immediately arranged for officers and soldiers to send the seriously injured.

Fortunately, there were several infantry fighting vehicles behind them that were not destroyed.

If you want to say, the two maneuver companies that fought in concert had the worst casualties.

Almost all of the six platoons and 168 officers and soldiers were killed in that shelling.

It was too sudden that the anti-tank teams scattered at various launch points had no time to hide, and there was no place nearby for hiding.

After the shelling, many officers and soldiers had no bones left.

Although there has not been any news from the first and second companies for the time being, according to Lian Mingyang, the two tank companies must have suffered heavy casualties.

A reinforced armored battalion, except for the logistics support company, was almost exhausted.

This is Situ Lin’s own camp!

As they retreated from the position, a team of air force's "Occurrence-9A" whizzed past overhead.

Although it has night combat capabilities, such as being able to use short-range air-to-ground missiles guided at night, it is limited by electronic equipment, such as an overly simple fire control system, "Ocamp-9A" rarely takes place at night, and basically provides support to ground troops during the day.

If you want to say, this cannot be blamed on the Air Force.

When designing the "Occurrence-9", the Air Force also solicited opinions from the Army. The Army took it for granted that night combat was not common, so it did not propose that it must have the ability to fight at night, but only emphasized its combat effectiveness in harsh environments.

The reasons are: First, the Army did not expect night vision equipment to be promoted and popularized so quickly, and second, it was not willing to bear the additional costs.

Because it is a dedicated attack aircraft and mainly serves ground troops, the "Occurrence-9" is a joint project jointly funded by the Air Force and the Army.

That's why about one-third of the procurement and maintenance costs of the "Ocamp-9" are provided by the Army, and the other two-thirds are also counted as joint military expenditures, which will still squeeze out the Army's funds. For the Army, which is not much military expenditure and has long been surpassed by the Air Force and Navy, if it is necessary to develop low-altitude support forces, it is willing to spend money on armed helicopters directly controlled by themselves.

That's why the "Observe-9A" is designed very simple.

Of course, in "Observation-9B", all of these defects will be compensated.

Although only one set of optical aiming equipment was added, the "Occurrence-9B" already has night combat capabilities and can provide firepower support to ground troops at any time.

To be honest, that 40mm Gatling cannon is the real killer.

Because it was the main weapon of the "Occasion-9" and there was no substitute for the time being, the Imperial Army retained ammunition of this caliber.

Don’t forget that whether it is an infantry fighting vehicle or an armed helicopter, they all use 30mm machine guns.

In addition, the Imperial Navy's close-defense system also uses 30mm machine guns, and can also share ammunition with the Army's machine guns.

As for the Air Force fighter jets, they used 30mm air cannons in a unified manner more than 20 years ago.

In fact, 30mm is not only the standard caliber of the Imperial Army, but also the standard caliber of the Oriental Group, and is adopted by all member states of the group. Because 40mm is not the standard caliber, it is not included in the group's logistics support system and the Imperial Army must bear it itself.

40mm ammunition can also be traced back to the anti-aircraft guns of the Second World War.

According to the internal agreement of the Oriental Group, the "October-9" will be the last combat platform equipped with 40mm machine guns, and weapons of this caliber will be eliminated from then on.

Even if medium-caliber ammunition between 30mm and 100mm is required, larger calibers will be considered.

As expected, the next generation of infantry fighting vehicles should be 60mm machine guns, and it is very likely that they will choose to repress the bullet.

But now, the 40mm Gatling machine gun of the "Attack-9A" still has irreplaceable value.

Simply put, this machine gun can destroy any target of movement!

The main battle tank is no problem.

In theory, a 40mm sub-caliber armor-piercing projectile can penetrate 250mm thick armor. Looking around the world, no main battle tank has a top armor thickness of 250mm.

Even the thickness of the top armor of the ZT-99B is within 100 mm.

The key is that the 40mm high-explosive bomb has a killing power of 5 times that of a grenade.

Usually, two-thirds of the ammunition box in the "Attack-9A" are high-explosive bombs. After all, in battle, there are not many targets that need to be destroyed with armor-piercing bombs.

Most of them are soft targets, and high explosive bombs are enough.

Although only a few "Attack-9A" flew over, Situ Lin only saw 4, maybe 6, but it was enough for the enemy in the north to drink a pot.

The key is that in addition to the 40mm machine gun, the "October-9A" can carry several tons of bombs.

Under extreme circumstances, the "Attack-9A" can carry up to 16 500kg aviation bombs, or other ammunition of equivalent quality. In the Imperial Air Force's ammunition depot, there are special ammunitions such as cluster bombs and napalm bombs for use, and they can also be matched at will.

The main use of range bombing is napalm bombs.

This special bomb, which was born in the last war and was "promoted" by the Imperial Air Force, is a killer weapon against exposed personnel.
To be continued...