The sound of the steel treads roared in the wilderness. The treads of the T-84 main battle tank ran over the plains and raised a cloud of dust behind it. This steel beast modified from the former Soviet T-80UD main battle tank was particularly fierce on the open plains. As the main force of the Ukrainian government's armored legion, it was also a nightmare for civilian armed forces.
"Eight T-84s, no identification."
"… Confirm Arrow's tank formation, approved to attack."
"Roger."
Next to a hill two kilometers away, a group of soldiers in kinetic skeletons crawled behind the grass.
On the third day of the airborne landing in Ukraine, Zhang Feng's 1st Orbital Airborne Brigade was competing with the Ukrainian 4th Armored Brigade and Arrow mercenaries for control of the northern town of Donetsk.
Zhang Feng, who was at the front, raised his binoculars and locked his vision straight on the eight tanks. When the tanks advanced to the marked position, he gestured to Sergey, who was behind him. The Slavic boy understood and tapped a few times on the holographic screen of the arm guard.
At the same time, several drone hives deployed behind the bunker two kilometers away opened their hatches, and dozens of Hummingbird drones flew out of the hives. Under the guidance of the remote road signs, they flew close to the ground toward the eight tanks.
Hanging under them were not machine guns, but sticky bombs secured by mechanical claws!
The tank formation advanced to the edge of the farmland and began to slow down, preparing to drive through the ditch.
Entering the low-terrain area, the vision of several tanks was greatly reduced. A machine gunner pushed open the top of the turret, poked out half of his body, and held the handle of the machine gun with both hands. He used the muzzle to guard against possible dangers around him.
At this moment, dozens of drones that had already entered the blind spot of the tank suddenly rushed out of the grass and rushed toward the tank formation that was passing through the ditch.
The machine gunner's pupils suddenly constricted, and he began to shout. He pulled the trigger and fired while using his foot to kick the passenger below him. A hail of bullets flew over, but only one drone was unfortunately hit. Most of the bullets pierced into the cabin behind the drone and smashed the rotten wood into pieces.
"He said reverse." Behind the hill two kilometers away, Sergey stared at the picture on the screen of the arm guard and bit the tip of his tongue in excitement.
"Don't talk nonsense," Zhang Feng said impatiently.
"Okay, boss, they can't get away." After setting the drone's target, Sergey smirked and pressed the last button.
Seeing that it was impossible to hit these flies, the Machine Gunner hurriedly retreated back into the cannon turret and closed the top cover. After the commander gave the order to retreat one kilometer, he immediately turned on the electromagnetic shielding device hanging outside the tank, but it was too late. All the attack commands that had been processed by the terminal had already been stored on the chip inside the drone.
Just as the entire tank formation began to reverse, the first echelon of drones had already flown over the tanks. The fist-sized sticky bombs landed on the surface of the tank. When all the sticky bombs were in place, they exploded together and destroyed the reactive armor hanging on the surface of the T-84.
After discovering the intentions of these drones, the tanks suddenly panicked, and the roar of their engines doubled in volume. However, no matter how much they overdrafted the life of the engine, it was impossible to escape. The second echelon of drones had already flown over their heads, and this time, the sticky bullets directly stuck to the armor of their tanks.
"Goodbye."
Sergei muttered something in Russian.
There was no deafening explosion, only a brief flash of fire. The eight tanks collectively laid on the ground, and after losing power, they slowly came to a stop, like eight dead dogs stopped there. Of course, this amount of explosives alone was not enough to blow up the entire tank, but the "caving effect" formed behind the armor due to the explosion and the flying steel fragments were enough to turn the members inside the tank into sieves.
This method of fighting was a "folk method" Zhang Feng summarized when he served in the Celestial Trade Marine Corps. At that time, they dealt with the Country F army that had just equipped the M1A1 main battle tank in City M and used this method to kill the crew inside the M1A1 and captured the entire tank.
Not far away, a Ukrainian dressed as a farmer emerged from the bushes and trotted to the nearest tank. He took out a pistol from his pocket, climbed on the armor of the tank, and carefully moved the top cover of the tank turret.
After confirming that the people inside the tank were all dead, he immediately stood on the turret of the tank and whistled excitedly at his comrades in the bushes.
Soon, more than a dozen civilian armed soldiers in camouflage emerged from the bushes, approached the tanks, and checked the situation inside one by one. A few brave lads even jumped into the tank and carried the badly mutilated corpses out.
"There's going to be fun tonight."
The white man squatting behind Sergey suddenly grinned. His voice was so wretched that Sergey felt goosebumps all over his body.
"Today's mission is over. Let's go." Zhang Feng stood up first, and then several soldiers in kinetic skeletons also followed and walked to the tanks two kilometers away.
When they joined up with the civilian armed soldiers, they immediately received warm cheers. A passionate Ukrainian female soldier even boldly stepped forward and gave the heroes a bear hug. Finally, she hugged the white man named Hans and gave him a French kiss …
Zhang Feng saw from the corner of his eyes that Hans hugged the Ukrainian girl to the side of the cabin, and the two chatted with a smile. Later, Hans gave her a pack of cigarettes, and the two walked into the farmhouse.
At this time, a Ukrainian man with a beard wearing a gray coat full of mud came over, grinned at him, and handed him a wrinkled cigarette. Zhang Feng had some impression of him. He was the first person to climb on the tank.
"Do you smoke?" He said in English.
"Smoke mine."
Zhang Feng took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, shook out two, put one in his mouth, and handed the other to him. In the resistance zone, cigarettes could be used as US dollars, and it was a popular hard currency. Zhang Feng didn't lack cigarettes, so there was no need to take a cigarette from this poor man.
The Ukrainian didn't refuse. After taking the cigarette from Zhang Feng, he took out a lighter from his pocket and lit it for himself and Zhang Feng.
"Philip, eight T-84s, I have to thank you on behalf of Odets from the tank battalion. He always wanted to get a few T-84s from the other side, and now his dream has come true. He can finally replace a few tractors in the team. "Philip laughed.
"You'd better add an anti-collapse lining inside. The armor that has already produced a collapse effect is prone to a second collapse." Zhang Feng shook off the cigarette ash and pointed to the nearest tank.
"We'll pay attention!"
Celestial Trade naturally didn't care about these tanks, but they were treasures in the hands of the armed forces. Of course, Celestial Trade didn't work for free. These spoils of war that they couldn't use would be converted into rubles by the employer at a suitable price and sold to the armed forces.
Of course, the money wouldn't be paid immediately, but it would be loaned to the Donetsk government in the form of a loan, and it would be slowly paid back after the war. It didn't matter if they couldn't pay it back. Compared to the banknotes that could depreciate at any time, Celestial Trade was more inclined to exchange them with other things.
After chatting with the man named Philip for a while, Zhang Feng estimated that his comrade should be done, so he stubbed out his cigarette and was about to leave. However, at this moment, the dispute not far away attracted his attention …
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