Munitions Empire-Chapter 1160: Leave the 1080 to us

"Attack! Attack!" A group of goblin soldiers screamed frantically as they charged towards the Tang Army’s position: "For the Shen Emperor Your Majesty!"

Accompanied by such shouts, the 2nd Armored Division of the Shen Army once again assembled and launched a charge at the Tang Army’s position.

A heavy tank led the way, heading straight towards the remnants of Leping Village, which had been reduced to ruins by artillery fire. It lumbered along, shielding the dense mass of Shen soldiers behind it, reclaiming the position they had just been driven from.

"The enemy is approaching!" A Great Tang paratrooper loudly alerted his comrades, followed by the roar of machine guns as tracer bullets shuttled back and forth between the two armies, instantly turning the entire battlefield into a cacophony of noise.

The Tang Army’s mortars fired shells, which landed among the Shen infantry troops, flinging these diminutive soldiers into the air.

Even so, the Shen Army continued their assault at all costs, sending in troops by the battalion, as if determined to completely spend their forces in this manner.

Soon, the gun grenades from the Tang Army began to join the fight, with some even hitting the Shen Army tanks with precision.

However, it was improbable for gun grenades to destroy a tank, and after being hit, the Shen tanks continued to advance as if unaffected.

But soon, another Shen tank was hit by a mortar shell and was paralyzed midway. The Shen soldiers swarmed around the disabled tank like ants, continuing to charge towards the Tang Army position amidst artillery fire.

The 2nd Armored Division of the Shen Army seemed to have a premonition that the battle was turning against them, so they attacked with even more desperation than before.

However, they were facing the now-reinforced Tang Army Paratroopers, who had been replenished with RPG rocket launchers, clearly enhancing their anti-tank capabilities beyond what the Shen Armored Corps could withstand.

Another tank had its armor pierced by an RPG rocket; despite facing the paratroopers’ position with its thickest frontal armor, it was still penetrated.

There was no helping it, after all, the armor of the Shen tanks was too thin, especially those so-called light tanks, which were basically on par with armored vehicles.

Even the more heavily armored tanks were taking losses, however, when attacking these tanks, the Great Tang paratroopers had to make flanking maneuvers before firing. RPG rockets couldn’t penetrate the frontal armor of these types of tanks, so the heavy tanks from Mirage Country still posed a significant threat.

The battle continued, and to the south of Leping Village, a tank with a hemispherical turret had rolled over the ridges, its elongated cannon now pointing towards Leping Village.

Inside the body of this Type 59 main battle tank, the gunner was observing the battlefield ahead with his scope, where thick smoke rose, vaguely revealing an enemy tank charging toward the village from a slight elevation on the flank.

"Stop the tank!" The tank commander ordered loudly and then opened his hatch to stick out his body and observe the battlefield with his binoculars: "About 700 meters ahead! Do you see the target?"

"I see it. It’s moving laterally; the hit probability isn’t very high right now!" The gunner was eager to fire a shot, but their shells were truly limited, so he was somewhat reluctant to waste one.

"Then let’s close in!" The tank commander also felt it was somewhat irrational to open fire and expose themselves in such a situation.

So he retracted back into the tank without closing the hatch: "Keep advancing! Close the distance to 300 meters before we take action!"

He had great confidence in his own tank and believed that at a distance of 300 meters, the enemy’s tanks would hardly have the capability to penetrate his own.

At the relatively close distance of 300 meters, his tank cannon could guarantee penetration of any target! Moreover, accuracy would rise to a satisfying level, allowing them to save precious shells.

Thus, the Type 59 tank continued to advance, rolling over the ridges and even spotting the Tang Country Paratroopers’ sentries deployed behind Leping.

As soon as these paratroopers saw their own tank, they immediately waved their arms. They didn’t shout, seemingly worried that their cheers might alert the enemy.

A machine gunner with bandages on his arm leaped out of his foxhole and jogged over to the side of the Type 59 tank, watching excitedly as five sets of road wheels rolled past in front of him and smiling: "Reinforcements have arrived, our Armored Division is here!"

More paratroopers saw the Type 59 main battle tank approaching the village; following the first tank reaching the village’s outskirts, the second and third Tang Army main battle tanks also appeared to the south of the village.

Meanwhile, the turret of the first Tang Army tank that had rolled up next to the village began to rotate quickly, its fearsome 105mm caliber cannon pointing towards the direction of the enemy tank, and a shell was promptly fired.

The fume extractor pulled out the smoke from within the tank’s cannon, all of which was spat out the barrel. This feature was not available on past tanks, and it ensured the air quality inside the tank, allowing the crew to fight continuously in a relatively comfortable environment.

The fired shell instantly pierced through a Shen heavy tank attempting to cross a rubble barrier. Due to the strong penetrative power, the shell exited the other side, carrying along several Mirage Country soldiers with it.

Indeed, the shell pierced through the tank, entering from one side and flying out the other. The tank that was penetrated caught fire instantly and exploded a few seconds later.

None of the Goblin crew members escaped from the burning tank, indicating that the people inside might have been killed the moment the tank was hit.

Only an armor-piercing round with a long rod after penetrating the armor could cause a large number of fragments to kill. This discarding sabot armor-piercing technology ensured powerful penetration capabilities, with very high technical requirements, which other countries simply do not possess yet.

Watching as one of their own tanks was destroyed and hearing the deafening blast, the Shen Army soldiers only then realized that, on the other side of the village, a tank they had never seen before was aiming its main cannon, still smoking from firing, at them.

The Shen Army soldiers, at a loss in that moment, had not yet grasped the seriousness of the situation. They pointed and shouted towards the distant Type 59 tank, signaling to catch the attention of their own tanks.

Indeed, some of the Shen Army tanks had noticed the Tang Army tanks over there, they began to turn their hulls, aiming their turrets at the distant target.

Just then, the Type 59 main battle tank fired another shell, and a flash of fire later, another Shen Army heavy tank was penetrated, paralyzed on the spot before the ammunition exploded.

The explosion was exceedingly brutal; even a piece of steel plate from the turret broke off at the weld, flew into the air, and then crashed onto the body of another tank.

"Boom!" A Shen Army tank equipped only with a 76mm tank gun fired at the target, but its shell missed the Tang Army’s Type 59 tank.

The Shen Army’s tank sighting system was just too poor, and the accuracy of the artillery was very average, so the first shell did not pose a threat to the Type 59 tank, which had already fired two shots.

Another Shen Army heavy tank aimed its gun barrel at the Tang Army tank and also fired a shell.

This 90mm caliber gun-fired shell did not have a high muzzle velocity, and after hitting the turret of the Tang Army tank, it was deflected into the sky.

Then a third Shen Army tank fired a shell at the Type 59, the shell collided with the ground beforehand, bounced off the soil, flew over the low-profile turret of the Type 59, and landed who knows where.

At that moment, the Type 59 tank fired another shell, which accurately hit the turret of the Shen Army heavy tank that had just fired, leaving a hole in it.

At this distance, despite hitting the thickest armor shield of the Mirage Country tank, the 105mm armor-piercing round easily penetrated the target, killing everyone inside.

The stricken heavy tank caught fire on the spot, and soon the ammunition inside also exploded, killing many of the surrounding Shen Army soldiers.

Just then, the second Tang Army tank burst out from the middle of the village of Leping. It rolled over the rough road, bypassed a huge crater, and then aimed its main gun at the attacking Mirage Country army.

Then it also fired a shot. With a single shot, it turned a Shen Army light tank into scrap metal. The Shen Army began to collapse, the tanks covering the infantry began to retreat, and the Shen Army infantry following these tanks also started to retreat rearward.

Watching a Type 59 tank pass by him, Xiang Ziyu raised his arm and cheered; they had finally received ground support, indicating that at least their rear was now secure.

Before they were isolated behind enemy lines, fighting bravely on their own. Now, their rear, or rather their flanks, finally had the support of friendly forces.

"Good timing! Welcome!" Xiang Ziyu shouted loudly at the tank, as if venting the suppressed emotions from before.

As if by telepathy, a Type 59 main battle tank stopped beside him, the commander popped the hatch and stuck his head out, shouting to him: "Buddy! We’re not too late, are we?"

"Not at all!" Xiang Ziyu responded with a smile: "We thought you were planning to spend the night on the beach!"

"Hahaha!" The commander laughed heartily: "We are late! You guys have suffered! But leave the rest to us!"

"No problem! It’s all yours!" Xiang Ziyu didn’t try to be a hero and immediately left everything to the 9th Group Army’s tanks.

The tank commander gave Xiang Ziyu a thumbs up, then dove back into the tank, closed the hatch, and the tracks of the Type 59 tank began to roll again, as its heavy body moved forward once more.

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I have something urgent today, the second update will be very late, you can read it tomorrow morning, sorry.