After defeating the enemy in the west, the tank group of the 17102nd Armored Battalion advanced all the way eastward, almost dispersing the Fan army that launched attacks from both sides of the road. Even if the ambush of the Fan army was not able to smash the Fan army in one fell swoop, it disrupted the Fan army's combat deployment and changed the combat process.

To be honest, the 17102nd Armored Battalion is too small. No matter how powerful it is, there is only one battalion, and the only infantry company has not kept up.

The key is that the 17309th CPPB and the 17104th Armored Battalion, sandwiched between the team, have also been attacked and are fighting against the Fan army. Therefore, when the 17102nd Armored Battalion arrived, the situation on the battlefield was very chaotic, and the enemy and us were mixed together, and there was no way to distinguish them.

Although during the Posa Bay War, the Imperial Army discovered the problem of enemy-to-me recognition and forced all main combat vehicles to be coated with fluorescent powder on the sides of the vehicle body and turret and the rear of the enemy-to-me recognition logo, this simple method is easily mastered and utilized by the enemy.

That's it this time.

On the tanks and chariots of the Fan Army, there are also Imperial Army’s enemy-to-me identification logos!

No doubt, this is definitely the idea of ​​Newland Consultant.

What's even more terrible is that the profiles of the two main battle tanks, ZT-99B and M1A1, are very similar and cannot be distinguished in night vision instruments.

Even if you get close, it is difficult to tell it out in the fierce battle.

Because of fear of accidentally hurting a friendly army, the 17102nd Armored Battalion had to slow down and fire at a closer distance when it reached the middle of the battlefield.

Fortunately, the Fantasy tanks also have to face the problem of identification between the enemy and the enemy.

The key point is that the front-line commander of the Fan army obviously did not expect that after the battle began, he would be counterattacked from the west.

Of course, after the 17102nd Armored Battalion launched a counterattack, the attack of the Fan army was curbed.

The fierce battle lasted until around 1:15 am. The joint command aircraft departing from Gua Harbor arrived and began to provide enemy information to the ground forces.

However, the Air Force did not dispatch front-line attack aircraft as soon as possible.

It is not that there are no front-line attack aircraft available, but that the joint command aircraft discovered ground targets suspected to be field air defense systems. Moreover, the electronic reconnaissance aircraft accompanied by early warning aircraft also detected signals from air defense radars and judged as field air defense system. Therefore, the electronic attack aircraft and air defense suppression fighter aircraft must be sent first. Only after the threat posed by the air defense system is eliminated can the front-line attack aircraft be dispatched.

Affected by this, Land Airlines also retreated the newly dispatched armed helicopter back.

Although the Fan army has always lacked advanced air defense systems, especially long-range air defense missiles, its short-range air defense systems are numerous and complex.

There are only three types of field air defense systems assigned to battalion-level troops, namely the "Rattlesnake" from Rock Kingdom, the "Roland" from Bran Kingdom, and the "Avengers" imported from the Republic of Newland. Moreover, the combat scope of these three air defense systems almost completely overlaps.

In addition, the Fan Army also has four types of individual air defense missiles, namely the "Sthorn" of Newland, the SA-7 of Xiluosha, the "Starlight" of the Bran Kingdom and the "Northwest Wind" of the Rock Kingdom. Among them, the "Northwest Wind" with the most advanced performance was only introduced from the Rock Kingdom two years ago. The number of equipment is relatively small. The performance of the SA-7 is no longer considered advanced. Because of its high price, the "Starlight" also only has a small number of equipment for the main force.

The main use is a relatively advanced "stinger" with relatively advanced performance.

Obviously, the short-range air defense system of the Fan army and the large number of individual air defense missiles can be used to deal with armed helicopters and front-line attack aircraft flying at low altitudes, and the threat is quite large.

Two-thirds of the front-line attack aircraft and armed helicopters lost by the empire were shot down by individual air defense missiles and field air defense systems based on short-range air defense missiles. Not many of them were shot down by anti-aircraft artillery. After all, both front-line attack aircraft and armed helicopters had very thick armor.

So far, there are nearly 100 attack aircraft and helicopters shot down by the "Sthorn".

In addition, the battle situation on the front line is in a stalemate, and there is also the problem of enemy-to-we identification. Even if the front line attack aircraft and armed helicopters arrive, they may not be able to provide support to the ground forces. In fact, due to the battlefield situation, the 171st Brigade that followed behind cannot allow the artillery to provide firepower support to the front line forces.

It must be admitted that the commander of the Fan army and the consultant Newland were indeed cruel and ruthless.

At around 1:30, the long-range artillery of the Fan army showed its power.

The first ones to be bombarded were the Fifth Company of the 17103rd Armored Battalion, which was still resisting tenaciously, and the three tank companies that gathered behind the defense line to launch a counterattack.

Given the situation at that time, if the 17103rd Armored Battalion successfully launched a counterattack, it would definitely be able to break through the encirclement of the Fan army.

It can be seen that the commander of the Fan army had no choice.

However, this also ruined the Fan army that was besieging the 17103rd Mechanical Camp.

The cover shelling that lasted for about 10 minutes directly defeated the 17103rd Armored Battalion, crushed the counterattack that had not been launched, and also "eliminated" more than 1,000 nearby soldiers. It can be said that the commander of the Fan army who ordered the shelling did not consider the front-line combat troops at all.

At almost the same time, it was only a few minutes late. The 17304th Cylinder Battalion, located at the end of the team, was also violently bombarded.

If you want to say it, there are indeed great problems with the quality of the Fan army.

Before this, the 17102nd Armored Battalion had already entered the battle and rushed to the front of the 17304th Mechanical Battalion, attacking the front line of the Fan army.

The key is that the 17304th CBT has been in a state of "paralyzing".

It can be seen that the 17102nd Armored Battalion posed a threat to the Fan army and needed to focus on attacks, but the Fan army's long-range artillery targeted the 17304th Mechanical and Infantry Battalion.

The artillery lasted for nearly 10 minutes before the Fan army suddenly reacted.

In other words, in these 10 minutes, the 17102nd Armored Battalion adjusted its offensive tactics, mainly to expand the front width.

Although the artillery fire was still very fierce, most main battle tanks escaped this disaster.

In addition, by expanding to both sides of the highway, the 17102nd Armored Battalion also deviated to the rear of the Fan army and achieved a counter-encirclement of the Fan army.

Although the anti-encirclement has little practical significance when the troops are insufficient, it is impossible to encircle and annihilate enemies with more troops than themselves, for the Fan army, whose morale is not high and whose fighting will has begun to shake, the armored troops suddenly appearing in the rear have extremely strong "lethality", which will inevitably cause serious chaos and even lead to some of the Fan army surrendering in front of the formation.

It can be seen that at that time, the encirclement of the Fan army was already shaking.

The battle continued until 2 a.m., and the Fan army in the middle of the front was almost collapsed.

At that time, it was not the Fan army that restricted the 17102nd Armored Battalion, but had to leave the infantry company behind to help the 17304th Mechanical and Infantry Battalion to rescue the wounded. In order to avoid the artillery attack of the Fan army, the originally together tank group was divided into two routes and could not maintain the assault intensity.

If the 17102nd Armored Battalion was not dispersed, the battle would end before dawn.

In addition, there is a very serious problem.

While continuing to assault eastward, the 17102nd Armored Battalion failed to contact the 17309th Climbing Battalion ahead, and was not sure about the situation of the 17309th Climbing Battalion.

However, this is not a problem for anyone.

At the beginning of the war, the 17309th Mechanical and Infantry Battalion was hit hard by a key blow. Several command vehicles were all destroyed, and almost all senior officers of the battalion headquarters, including the battalion commander, were killed by the Fan army snipers a few minutes later.

Since then, several companies of the 17309th Machinery and Shooting Battalion have been in a state of fighting on their own.

What's even worse is that the other platoon leaders did not connect to the battalion-level communication network, or they all believed that there were higher-level officers who were commanding the battle.

As a supplementary force, it was already very good that the 17309th Machine Bus Company did not disband after the battalion commander and other major officers were killed.

The battalion did not go to Posawan. It was a temporary additional force formed by the 17th Armored Division after it arrived in Pakistan.

It is incorporated into the vanguard force, not for combat, but for providing support services to other combat battalions, such as transporting fuel and other combat materials.

That's right, the 17309th Cyber ​​Camp is located in the middle of the team.

Because I did not contact the 17309th CPPB and I was not sure about the situation of the battle, the 17102nd Armored Battalion had to slow down the assault speed.

The key is to organize the officers and soldiers of the 17309th Mechanical Infantry Battalion we encountered during the assault.

Instead of following tanks, we should protect transport vehicles parked on the highway, or to be precise, transferring those undestroyed transport vehicles to safety.

It must be said that the quality of officers of the main forces like the 17102nd Armored Battalion is definitely not exaggerated.

At that time, the commander of the battalion had already thought that after crushing the enemy's ambush, he would definitely launch a counterattack, and he needed to replenish ammunition and fuel, especially ammunition. After nearly 2 hours of fierce fighting, the shell consumption of most tanks in the 17102nd Armored Battalion had exceeded half.

Fortunately, when the 17102nd Armored Battalion was trapped in the middle of the front, the artillery bombardment of the Fan army finally came to an end.

In fact, the long-range artillery units of the Fan army were worried about being bombed, and ended the artillery attack at around 2:30 a.m. and were urgently evacuated from the frontier positions.

The reason is also very simple. The Imperial Air Force's electronic attack aircraft and air defense suppression fighter aircraft have arrived.

Obviously, the Fan army did not think that those heavy fighters with anti-radiation missiles only had to deal with air defense systems and would not destroy the artillery positions they encountered.

It is necessary to use anti-radiation missiles to strike artillery positions, which is not impossible.

Besides, when performing air defense suppression missions, the "War-16AD" often carries several additional laser-guided bombs to deal with low-value targets that do not require the use of anti-radiation missiles, or solid targets that cannot be destroyed with anti-radiation missiles, such as an air defense command post built with reinforced concrete.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the 17102nd Armored Battalion stabilized the mid-section of the crumbling front.

However, with the continuous high-intensity combat, the 17102nd Armored Battalion also suffered heavy losses, and there were less than 20 tanks that could continue to fight.

Given the situation at that time, this was not a big problem.

In front of the 17309th Mechanical Step Battalion, there is the brother unit of the 17102nd Armored Battalion, that is, the 17104th Armored Battalion, which is also affiliated with the 171st Armored Brigade.

In terms of combat effectiveness, the 17104th Armored Battalion is definitely not under the 17102nd Armored Battalion.

The three armored battalions incorporated into the vanguard are all real ace troops. Judging from their combat performance, these three battalions are very powerful.

Before the 17102nd Armored Battalion arrived, the 17104th Armored Battalion had stabilized its position.

The key is that the battalion is heading east according to the battlefield information provided by the joint command aircraft, and to be precise, it is going to assist the 17103rd Armored Battalion.

As for specific tactics, as long as you can break through the encirclement of the Fan army from the east, you will be expected to turn defeat into victory.

In fact, this is also the key to the two armored battalions located in front of the team attacking east after the battle started and did not consider retreating westward.

There is only this highway, and you can cut off the retreat of the Fan army by rushing to the east.

Obviously, this is also the main reason for the 17102nd Armored Battalion to rush forward at full speed, because at that time, only the battalion could provide the two brother troops in front. To put it bluntly, even if the operation to break out to the east was in trouble, it could retreat westward with the support of friendly forces.

From this point of view, it can also be seen that the personal qualities of the front-line commanders of the main force are very outstanding.

In addition, this also truly reflects the gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides.

With the combat effectiveness shown by the Fan army, if you really want to ambush two combat brigades, you may be defeated after the battle begins!

In fact, Newland Consultant had expected this.

According to relevant information disclosed after the war, there were several officers of the Western Land Group in the Newland Advisory Group, but they were all using fake identities. The main reason is that the Van Rou authorities have not reached an agreement with the Western Land Group on the issue of joint operations and have not agreed to allow the Western Land Group's military advisers to participate in the combat operations.

Given the situation at that time, these officers from the Western Land Group played a very critical role.

After all, only the Western Legion fought against the Imperial Army on the ground battlefield and achieved good results.

As for Newland Consultant, his experience is mainly in the sea and air. He knows the Imperial Navy and Air Force, and he only has little understanding of the Imperial Army.

Obviously, the Western Land Consultant would never underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army, especially the main force.
To be continued...