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Chapter 834: Snake Swallows Elephant

But now time waits for no one. If he gives up this defensive frontier, the French will rush through here very smoothly.If they choose to go another way, their own armored forces will not be able to catch up.At that time, Port Marfa will be raided by the French, and the dragon army there will be caught off guard. It is really uncertain whether they can resist it.So he immediately made a decision, "Damn, it's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, I'll fight the French devils!"

After entering the village, he immediately contacted the commando captain of the infantry, and immediately asked them to drive to the road next to Vasata village with the tank to set up an ambush, and let their infantry be the vanguard. Such a small group of French infantry, let them deal with it. Of course, if they encounter a large-scale French tank force, Du Yuming and others will deal with it.After discussing the tactics, Du Yuming and the remaining two tank commanders hurried back to their cars. Du Yuming is the most experienced veteran here. At this time, the other brothers had long since lost their minds and all for him The horse's head is looking forward.Du Yuming asked the troops to recuperate for 2 minutes to check the damage of their own equipment. He himself quickly took the opportunity to drink some water and eat some dry food, and at the same time let the crew members come out to get some fresh air.

The infantry assault captain who stayed to protect Du Yuming and the others was a tall Northwesterner named Chen Ming. He and his assault team originally belonged to Tang Shengzhi's 1st Infantry Brigade, but were transferred to the armored force due to combat needs. Assisting defense, their equipment seems to be quite sophisticated, and these soldiers are well-trained, with a murderous look in their eyes, the two French prisoners were escorted by Chen Ming, and the other infantry boarded a A miniature truck and a half-track motorcycle followed closely behind.

This armored squad started to advance again. At this time, the main force of their company had already rushed to Sulaymaniyah, leaving only this lonely squad, who didn't know their goals or their future.

When the chariot drove on the road again, Du Yuming felt much calmer. After all, he now had infantry to protect his tanks. Although it wasn't really "like a tiger with wings", it was still much better than before.A group of people were walking on the bumpy country road, although they were very nervous inside.No one knows what awaits them!
After a three-minute march, they finally reached the predetermined position.From the map point of view, this place is the most suitable for defense.Because there is a small highland nearby, the road passes by the highland, and the road can be guarded through the highland.However, after Du Yuming carefully checked the surrounding terrain, he found that this is not an ideal place to set up an ambush, because this highland is too prominent, and the French should also be able to notice this. , they may be locked by French artillery fire.If the opponent uses a large-caliber howitzer or a mountain cannon, it will have a great impact on one's own side.Thinking of this, Du Yuming's mind began to turn. He saw a small depression, surrounded by farmland, which stretched to both sides of the road, and inside this depression, there were shrubs more than three meters high. It is rare in Iraq, a country full of deserts.Seeing this, a bold plan emerged in Du Yuming's mind, so he decided to take the initiative to attack the enemy. This is the best tactic to adopt when the enemy is strong and we are weak.

Soon Du Yuming summoned everyone, including the infantry assault team that protected them, and everyone gathered together to listen carefully to Du Yuming's plan, "Listen everyone, there is a road two kilometers away from our front. According to intelligence, the French People are likely to attack Marfa Port through here. Since our information is very limited, we don't know how many troops they have for the time being. According to the captives, they have about a battalion of armored equipment, including about dozens of MAX-30 heavy-duty vehicles. Tanks and Renault light tanks. In addition, they may have 40 to 60 mountain guns or howitzers and an unknown number of 24-pound anti-tank guns. I just observed it and found that if we defend passively, once the French find us, it is very likely It will deal a fatal blow to us. But in order to carry out the intention of the headquarters, this time we will have to adopt defense to hold the enemy, so I decided to adopt defensive and offensive tactics, and first send a tank and a squad of infantry to fight on the high ground defend, while the remaining two tanks set up an ambush in the opposite depression. If the enemy passes by here, the tank on the high ground will fire first, trying to destroy the leading tank of the opponent, stop their entire convoy, and then prepare The two tanks lying in the depression came out from the side and rear, cut off the entire French formation, and finally defeated them." Du Yuming said while drawing a rough battle symbol on the map with a tree branch.

After a while, he said again: "Now I need a volunteer to take on the task of luring the enemy. Who is willing to undertake this task?" Having said that, Du Yuming glanced at the other two commanders.

"Let me come!" Seeing that everyone was silent, Ren Zhankui, the commander of No. 1312, said, "Although this task looks very difficult on the surface, I don't think it will be life-threatening. On the contrary, I think it is better to follow you." It's dangerous, because I never know what you're going to do next." Speaking of which, he smiled slightly.

After confirming the final task, Du Yuming immediately issued the final order: "Okay! Now that everyone understands, check the watch now, it is 6:55, act!"

Everyone knows the arduousness of this mission, 3 tanks against dozens of other main tanks, people who don't understand the situation will definitely think that Du Yuming and the others must be crazy!

Du Yuming ran back to his car and told the crew his plan. The loader Xiao Zhao quickly lit a cigarette and smoked it greedily. The gunner Liu Feng took out the amulet hanging on his chest and prayed silently. Observer Liu Bingsen was devouring a piece of ham. The train captain Wang Baosheng took out the letter from home and looked at it again. Du Yuming picked up his notebook and wrote the following line on it: "January 1916, 1 At 6:6 p.m., enter the ambush site and prepare for battle"

After a short rest, Du Yuming commanded his No. 1331 chariot to hide in a bush under the cover of another No. 1322. Soon several infantry rushed over from the side to help Du Yuming and other crew members use some Trees and shrubs hid the two huge Tiger tanks, leaving only the black muzzle pointing towards the intersection, while the rest of the infantry began to set up directional mines and machine gun firing positions on both sides of the road, ready to block.

After everything was ready, Du Yuming leaned on the command tower of the tank and slowly closed his eyes. Now everything that should be done has been done, and the rest is to wait for the French army to pass here, and then destroy them according to the original plan.Of course, if the main force of the dragon army's armored force can arrive in time, the problem will become very simple. All I have to do is to hand over the defense task to the main force.

The time passed minute by minute. Du Yuming looked at his watch and saw that more than ten minutes had passed, but the French troops hadn't arrived yet, nor had his own main force.Du Yuming felt a little puzzled, but he didn't dare to use the radio to communicate, because the French were probably nearby, and if he rashly communicated with the radio, the enemy would find out the clues, which would ruin his entire plan, so he could only Keep the damn radio silent until those French devils walk into their ambush circle.

In fact, Du Yuming didn't know that the Chinese and French tank units had problems on the road. The follow-up troops of the Dragon Army actually arrived at the village 10 minutes after Du Yuming left, but they encountered a little trouble on the road. A tank accidentally turned over into a ditch next to it because of the darkness.As a result, a large blockage of the entire convoy was caused, which greatly slowed down the speed of travel.

On the other side, the French were also late.The reason they were late was related to Du Yuming.It was precisely because Du Yuming ignited the artillery fire in Wasata Village half an hour ago that the tank unit stopped advancing. The suspicious commander Michelle Legris immediately ordered his troops to stop. Then he quickly dispatched the reconnaissance troops to reconnaissance the situation. After waiting for half an hour for no reason, the reconnaissance troops brought a few disheartened French soldiers. It is a tank of the Dragon Army, and it is definitely not a light tank. It seems to be the main battle tank of the Dragon Army.In addition, there are varying numbers of Dragon Army mechanized infantry.The defense of Vasata Village was torn apart by these hateful Chinese. It is estimated that the Chinese have occupied the village now.

Michelle Legris immediately became worried. If this was the case, his attack might be possible.Thinking of this, Legris immediately ordered the infantry to stop, and then sent a reconnaissance force carrying radio communication equipment to Vasata Village to scout the situation.Of course, they did not see any traces of the Chinese, but instead saw the Chinese tank troops that were encountering a big traffic jam.The excited communicator conveyed this information to Legris.

"How many enemy tanks are there?" Legris asked calmly.

"I don't know how to drive. It is estimated that there may be hundreds of vehicles."

"Order the troops to bypass the enemy's armored forces and move on!" Legris is not an idiot. If he uses his own dozens of tanks to fight against the enemy's hundreds of tanks, what are the chances of winning?
(End of this chapter)