The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse-Chapter 432 - 425

Gao Yuan always felt that there were too many things on him, too chaotic, making him seem like a walking rack.

But when Klaus grabbed Gao Yuan’s arm and handed him a rocket launcher, Gao Yuan realized that he could still manage.

"Use this! Do you know how?"

Gao Yuan took the rocket launcher loaded with a rocket and nodded, "I know how, but I really can’t aim accurately."

Klaus said seriously, "Then, within twenty meters, can you hit an armored vehicle head-on?"

"Definitely, but why not use grenades?"

"Grenades are too slow, not powerful enough. We need to push the enemy back, suppress their armored advance, look here!"

Klaus picked up a carrying case with three rockets in it and slung it around Gao Yuan’s neck, then pointed at the tanks less than five hundred meters away: "If the enemy still refuses to retreat, you will have to use your superior mobility to destroy the armored vehicles as fast as possible!"

The tanks had approached a distance of nearly five hundred meters, and two of them had stopped to fire on the anti-tank team, with tank cannons blasting and machine guns firing continuously.

The anti-tank team’s chosen firing position was designed for mobility; by retreating a few steps into a small hollow, they could avoid direct hits from shells and bullets.

The anti-tank team moved fifty meters, then once again set the missile launcher on the ground, placing the loaded launch tube on it.

Zapolov shouted, "Prepare for counterattack! We must repel the enemy’s advance, we must buy time!"

The battle was not only at its most intense when guns and cannons were firing; for Gao Yuan and his comrades, the fight had already reached that critical point.

If they failed to stop the tanks and allowed them to breach the loose defensive line and reach their rear, then the battle would be over, ending in defeat.

Thus, the anti-tank missiles were fired continuously, fired and forgotten, and everyone, no matter what weapon they wielded, had to be ready for close combat.

Close combat between men and tanks.

The fourth missile finally launched because the tanks had stopped shooting, so this missile still hit its target accurately.

The T55 was a first-generation main battle tank, and the Red Arrow 12 was the most advanced anti-tank missile, making the weapons natural archenemies incomparable.

Four out of eight tanks had been destroyed, a casualty rate that was unbearable. Yet, the enemy still did not stop their assault.

Gao Yuan was ready to leap into action, as the tanks had entered within five hundred meters, and the armored vehicles were right behind them. If the enemy’s armored vehicles reached a position of four hundred meters, the infantry would dismount to deploy skirmish lines, and then a full-fledged infantry-supported tank battle would be in shape.

Of course, the enemy might also carry out their breakthrough tactics to the end, meaning the infantry would never leave their carriers until they had broken through the lines, that is, reaching Gao Yuan and his team before deploying to fight. In that case, Gao Yuan’s group would lose all their secrets.

If the enemy sought to probe their strength, Gao Yuan and his team couldn’t let them figure it out; battles, after all, revolve around such things.

The fifth anti-tank missile fired off, destroying another tank; five shots, five hits, an efficiency so high it was nearly impossible to replicate.

But the enemy still did not retreat.

The enemy was determined in their fighting spirit, and all the anti-tank missiles had been used up; Gao Yuan and his team had no means left to destroy the enemy’s tanks from the front.

So, only hand-to-hand combat remained.

They couldn’t allow the enemy to break through the line; that would mean losing any chance of waiting for reinforcement, and they couldn’t get locked in a stalemate with the enemy because a large enemy force remained at the rear. As soon as they realized a stalemate at the front, knowing the defensive force was limited, the reserves would immediately press forward.

The forces serving as cannon fodder in fire reconnaissance usually come in two types: one is sacrificial, expendable troops to be replaced after being used up.

The other type consists of the most courageous, steadfast, and determined combatants, who, knowing well that it means certain death, still charge forward fearlessly to the very end.

Clearly, the current enemy was the latter.

Klaus finally gave a fierce wave of his hand, saying viciously, "We can’t hold them; charge!"

Using rocket launchers to take out all of the enemy’s tanks and armored vehicles at five hundred meters was unrealistic. If Gao Yuan had a thousand men and a hundred rocket launchers, he wouldn’t charge.

But now, if they didn’t charge, it was all over.

Gao Yuan suddenly leapt out and charged over, while Zapolov bellowed, "Prepare to face the enemy!"

The enemy was always approaching at high speed; they were not stationary, so when Gao Yuan launched his charge, the enemy’s infantry filed out from behind the armored vehicles in two lines, then spread out to both sides and immediately went prone, establishing echeloned fire team positions.

Advancing while deploying and a portion continuing to assault with the vehicles, standard Soviet tactics—the tactics the Soviet Union once prepared to use to flood Western Europe with an armored tide, were essentially just like this.

If an armored vehicle began to reduce speed, it meant it was starting to deploy infantry, while those that continued to advance at high speed were aiming to charge through to the enemy’s center for close combat.

The tanks continued to advance, armored vehicles kept up, and until now, aside from firing five anti-tank missiles, Gao Yuan and his team had not fired a single shot.

A tank surrounded by infantry is a sitting duck, so the tanks were making preparations for tank-infantry coordination. The tanks began to slow down, the armored vehicles also slowed down because the enemy also knew they were about to enter the enemy’s positions, preparing themselves for close-quarters battle.

From one of the armored vehicles, two lines of infantry jumped out, then followed behind the vehicle, advancing at an infantry’s pace.

Time and the state of battle both reached a critical point, and then, the critical point was broken.

An officer, who was behind an armored vehicle, halted upon receiving an order. Clutching an AK47 in his left hand, he raised his right hand and swung it down powerfully, and with a roar that was subdued yet impassioned, he shouted.

"Ura!"

With that shout of "Ura," the infantry deployed and following behind the armored vehicles and tanks received a clear signal.

"Ura!"

The cries were not uniform, but a heartfelt "Ura" from deep within gave the charging infantry their final signal.

Decades had passed since the Soviet Union’s dissolution, but its tactics resurged at this moment.

This was the enemy, but when the enemy charged with cries of "Ura," Zapolov felt his blood boil just the same.

Zapolov, both excited and furious, stood up and roared, "Ura!"

Fire was finally exchanged, as several spread-out fire points began to shoot at the opposition. The enemies accompanying the tanks were hit and fell to the ground, but comparatively, Gao Yuan and his team’s density of fire wasn’t sufficient. Sanitation Worker casualties were bearable, so the charging enemy was even more exhilarated.

"Ura!"

The profound shouts suddenly turned vehement, the type of cries that accompany an all-out sprint.

Ralph finally opened fire. A sniper grenade launcher hit a slowly moving armored vehicle, and two hiding general-purpose machine guns began firing at two crossfire points simultaneously.

The enemy’s tanks began firing at the machine gun positions, and the assault vehicles started to accelerate, trying to bypass the crossfire points.

If a battle was to start, it was to be decisive.

Gao Yuan, attempting a flanking attack from the side, finally made his move. He’d waited for the assault vehicles to move away and immediately lunged at the enemy from the rear flank.

Zapolov manned a machine gun, firing strings of bullets towards the infantry protected by tanks and armored vehicles, which blunted the lethality of the attack.

Gao Yuan finally came within less than a hundred meters of the armored vehicle but was still not confident that he could hit it with his rocket launcher. Still, he had the rocket launcher shouldered, and he continued to advance.

Fifty meters, thirty meters—Gao Yuan fired the rocket. At this distance, launching a rocket was not much different than putting a gun to someone’s forehead and firing.

The rocket was propelled out of the tube by the launching charge, and after traveling thirty meters, the rocket’s engine ignited, accelerating its flight. If it didn’t hit the target, it would explode and self-destruct after reaching its maximum range.

But within thirty meters, the rocket could still be used, as the shaped-charge warhead’s fuze had been triggered.

The rocket exploded. An armored vehicle was hit. The infantry on both sides of the vehicle finally spotted Gao Yuan, who had suddenly appeared beside them. Several of them immediately aimed their guns at Gao Yuan, but before they could take aim, Gao Yuan had already sped to the side of a tank.

Using the enemy’s tank for cover was a tactical maneuver only Gao Yuan could execute.

The movement continued, as did the battle, with the attackers shouting "Ura" as they charged, and the defenders yelling "Ura" in desperate resistance.

This was a long-missed battle, heated from the start, where neither side could afford to retreat. freewēbnoveℓ.com