In the early morning of July 22nd, Moro's 1st Armored Brigade and Country F's 4th Armored Brigade met on the outskirts of Tacloban and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire.
Country F invested a total of 70 tanks, 120 infantry fighting vehicles, 10 self-propelled artillery, and 30 self-propelled anti-aircraft cannons. Among the tank units were 20 M1A1 main battle tanks and various UA armors. In addition, there was a reinforced support battalion to provide battlefield support.
On the Moro side, 60 tanks, 150 infantry fighting vehicles, and 20 self-propelled artillery were invested. Among them, the main battle tanks were mainly T-80, and most of the tanks were the relatively backward T-72.
But although there was a lack of armor power, the addition of Celestial Trade's armored forces obviously reversed the situation.
The front armor of the Tiger II was made of Type A steel and equipped with the Type-50 electromagnetic pulse cannon. It was like a tank destroyer on the battlefield. Although the tanks independently developed by researchers in the apocalypse lacked experience in armored combat, the leading technology still made up for the shortcomings in actual combat experience.
The armor-piercing shells of the M1A1 could only cause damage to the side armor and turret of the Tiger II. In front of the Type-50 electromagnetic pulse cannon, the armor of the M1A1 could be destroyed in one shot as long as the angle of impact was not too tricky.
At the same time, before the two sides engaged in close combat, Celestial Trade's artillery unit took the lead in using "Fireball-1" and launched hundreds of EMP rockets onto the battlefield.
However, interestingly, although the anti-drone equipment was useless, the anti-EMP weapons purchased by Country F from the UA were unexpectedly effective.
When the rockets on Celestial Trade's side took off, Country F's armored units immediately spewed out gray-white smoke.
This smoke was composed of liquid droplets with special concentrations and diameters. It formed a simple "Faraday cage" within the range of the white mist, which played a role in EMP defense against the electronic equipment wrapped in it.
However, the shortcomings of this primitive anti-EMP method were also very obvious. After being attached to the liquid droplets, the communication equipment of tanks and armored vehicles would fail for a period of time due to physical electromagnetic shielding.
But it was still very effective in terms of survival.
At least this time, Country F's army wasn't like last time. After a round of EMP attacks from Celestial Trade, the organization of the entire division was destroyed. After contact with Moro and Celestial Trade's armored forces, they at least had the ability to fight back.
But it was only the ability to fight back.
The road from the beach to Tacloban was littered with the remains of tanks with their tops on fire. Some belonged to the M1A1, some belonged to the T-80, and some belonged to the T-72. In this tank battle, a total of hundreds of tanks were destroyed. More than half of them belonged to Country F, and a small portion belonged to Moro.
As for Celestial Trade, the only damage was a Tiger II that was destroyed by the supporting artillery. The rest of the tanks at most had their tracks broken or turrets destroyed. None of them were directly destroyed by the M1A1.
After taking care of Country F's 1st Armored Brigade, Moro's 5th Mechanized Division began to advance to Tacloban at full speed. The Sea Lions Special Forces took the Black Hawk helicopter to the north to blow up the highway and prevent the Country F garrison from retreating.
Celestial Trade invested a brigade of troops into Leyte Island and grouped with the troops participating in the landing operation. They rode armored vehicles to the edge of the city and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the Country F Army that was entrenched there!
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Most of the civilians in the city had already evacuated, and only a small number of people had yet to evacuate. The city of Tacloban after the EMP strike was like a dead city. Rows of tall buildings were like tombstones, silently overlooking the soldiers who broke into the city and the humble sparks left by the explosives.
After the defense line outside the city was defeated, Country F soldiers had begun to evacuate into the city and were ready to fight Celestial Trade in the streets.
Walking next to Moro's armored vehicles, Zhang Feng held the Reaper Rifle and carefully looked at the windows around him.
Eight Hummingbird drones hovered around the armored vehicles, guarding for possible rocket launchers that might protrude from the windows or explosives thrown from the roof.
Suddenly, a rocket dragged a tail flame to the armored vehicle and blew up the reactive armor hanging on the left side of the armored vehicle.
"An enemy anti-tank team was found on the roof!"
"Four o 'clock direction, take them out!"
The gunner threw himself behind the bunker, set up a light machine gun, and unleashed firepower at the window on the roof. Seeing that the attack failed, the enemy immediately retreated.
"The target is moving!"
"You want to run after showing off?! Fu * k, chase them! " Zhang Feng cursed and issued combat orders through the holographic screen. He assigned two players to go upstairs and eliminate the anti-tank team.
At this moment, bullets suddenly came from the opposite street.
Country F soldiers crouching behind the shopping street set up machine guns and rifles in their hands and unleashed firepower at Zhang Feng's team. Caught off guard, the rifleman standing in the front row was shot twice in the chest. Fortunately, he had the polyethylene armor to protect his life.
"Take cover! Hide behind the bunker! Quick! "
After firing two shots at the opposite street, Zhang Feng leaned behind the concrete wall and marked the enemy target through the drone.
"This is the 121st team. Enemy forces have been found in the southern part of Tacloban. The estimated size is 40 people. Requesting airstrike support."
"Shooter-3 received. The airstrike will begin in 2 minutes. Please mark the enemy unit."
"The target has been marked!"
"… Roger." An Aurora-20 hovering in the air changed its course and flew toward the target area.
The armored vehicle in the middle of the street was reversing, and the machine gun turret at the top spat out bullets at the opposite shopping street.
The glass of the shop shattered on the ground, and the 20mm large-caliber ammunition easily tore the cement blocks from the steel skeleton and nailed the Country F infantry team to the ground.
After ending the communication, Zhang Feng glanced at the countdown to the airstrike on the holographic screen on his arm, then he leaned out of the bunker with his rifle, opened the thermal imaging function on the scope, and used burst fire with the suppression of the armored vehicle to clear the Country F soldiers hiding behind the bunker.
The countdown to the airstrike reached zero!
In an instant, the shopping street where the Country F soldiers were hiding was crushed to the ground by the rain of bullets falling from the sky. The dust spread around and blew to a place two streets away. When he saw the figure of the Aurora-20 whizzing past, Zhang Feng heard the roar of the machine gun.
“clear！”
Zhang Feng roared, held his rifle, and walked out of the bunker.
"Sh * t, my face is covered in dust."
"You should be glad that it's not something else that hit your face."
"Hey, buddy, don't say such inauspicious words!"
The rifleman behind the concrete block stood up with the support of his rifle, wiped his face, and cursed.
Zhang Feng grinned, gave his comrade a hand, and then knocked on the armored vehicle.
"Keep moving."
With the support of the airstrike, all resistance forces were paper tigers. Once the city center was taken, the Country F soldiers still in the city would be completely divided by Moro's armored forces. Either they throw away their weapons and uniforms and pretend to be civilians, or they would be killed or captured!
But at this moment, there was a light in the distance.
Zhang Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and looked in the direction of the light.
The rifleman next to him was also attracted by the light, and he murmured.
"Sh * t, what is that …"
The night sky was lit up, just like a sunrise.
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