Chapter 828 The First Sunrise

In the early hours of July 22, the 1st Armored Brigade of the Moro State and the 4th Armored Brigade of the Philippines met on the outskirts of Tacloban City and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire.

The Philippines invested a total of 70 tanks, 120 infantry fighting vehicles, 10 self-propelled artillery, and 30 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. Among them, the tank unit includes 20 11 main battle tanks, as well as various American armor. In addition to this, there is a reinforced support battalion to provide battlefield support.

On the Moro side, 60 tanks, 150 infantry vehicles, and 20 self-propelled artillery were invested. Among them, the main battle tanks are mainly 80, and most of the tanks are relatively backward 72.

But although there is a lack of armor strength, the addition of the Star Ring Trade Armor Troops has obviously reversed this situation.

The Jaeger, whose front armor is steel, is equipped with a Type 50 electromagnetic gun. It is almost a tank destroyer on the battlefield. Although the tank independently developed by the researchers of the last days lacks experience in armored combat, the leading technology still fills in the shortcomings in actual combat experience.

The 11 armor-piercing projectile can only cause damage to the Jaeger's side armor and turret, while the 11 armor is in front of the Type 50 electromagnetic gun, as long as the angle of the projectile is not too tricky, it is basically a one-shot rhythm.

At the same time, before the two sides came into close contact, the artillery unit of Starlink Trade took the lead in using "Fireball 1" and projected hundreds of rockets on the battlefield.

But what is interesting is that although the anti-drone equipment is useless, the anti-weapons purchased by the Philippines from the United States unexpectedly worked.

When the rockets on the side of the star ring trade were lifted into the air, the Philippine armored unit immediately sprayed gray-white smoke.

This kind of smoke is composed of liquid droplets with special content and diameter, forming a simple "Faraday cage" within the range of white mist, which plays a role of defense against the electronic equipment wrapped in it.

However, the shortcomings of this primitive countermeasure are also very obvious. After being attached by droplets, the communication equipment of tanks and armored vehicles will fail for a period of time due to physical electromagnetic shielding.

But I have to say that it is still very effective in terms of life preservation.

At least this time, the Philippine army was not the same as last time. After a round of volleys from Xinghuan Trade, the organization of the entire division was wiped out. After contacting the armored forces of the Moro Kingdom and the Star Ring Trade, at least they have a certain ability to fight back.

But it's just the ability to fight back.

The road from the beach to Tacloban City is littered with the wreckage of tanks with flaming tops. Some belong to 11, some belong to 80 or 72,

In this tank battle, a total of hundreds of tanks were reimbursed. More than half of them belong to the Philippines, and a small part belongs to the Moro country.

As for the star ring trade, the only battle damage is that a Jagd Tiger was killed by the top of the supporting artillery, and the rest of the tanks were at most broken tracks or damaged turrets, and there was no direct destruction by 11. .

After finishing off the 1st Armored Brigade of the Philippines, the 5th Mechanized Division of Moro State, which landed on the island, began to advance towards Tacloban City at full speed. Sea Lion special forces took Black Hawk helicopters to the north to blow up the road and prevent the retreat of the Philippine defenders on Wright Island.

Star Ring Trade invested a brigade of troops to Wright Island, organized with the troops participating in the landing operation, and quickly rushed to the edge of the urban area in an infantry vehicle, and launched a fierce exchange of fire with the Philippine Army who was entrenched here!

Most of the civilians in the city have been evacuated, only a small number of people have not had time to evacuate. After the attack, Tacloban City is like a dead city. Rows of high-rise buildings are like tombstones, silently looking down on the soldiers who broke into the city, and the humble sparks left by the explosives.

After the defense line on the outskirts of the city was defeated, Filipino soldiers had already begun to evacuate into the city, preparing to start street fighting with the Star Ring Trade.

Walking beside the armored vehicle of the Moro Kingdom, Zhang Feng held the Ripper rifle in his hand, carefully looking at the surrounding windows.

Eight hummingbird drones hovered around the armored vehicle, on the alert for rocket launchers protruding from windows or explosives dropped from rooftops.

Suddenly, a rocket dragged the tail flame and rushed towards the armored vehicle, blowing up the reactive armor hanging on the left side of the armored vehicle.

"An enemy anti-tank team was found on the roof!"

"At sixteen o'clock, kill them!"

The fireman rushed to the back of the bunker, set up a light machine gun, and unleashed firepower on the window on the roof. Seeing that one blow failed, the opponent retreated immediately.

"Target starts moving!"

"Pretending to be aggressive and wanting to run! Damn it, chase after me!" Zhang Feng cursed, and at the same time issued a combat command through the holographic screen, and assigned two team members to go upstairs to eliminate the anti-tank team.

At this moment, bullets were suddenly fired from the opposite street.

The Filipino soldiers crouching behind the shopping street raised their machine guns and rifles, and unleashed their firepower on Zhang Feng's team. Caught off guard, the rifleman standing in the front row was shot twice in the chest. Fortunately, the polyethylene armor blocked him, saving his life.

"Conceal! Get behind cover! Quick!"

Fired two shots into the opposite street, Zhang Feng leaned against the back of the concrete wall and marked the enemy target with the drone.

"This is Squad 121. An enemy force was found in the southern part of Tacloban City. The estimated size is 40 people. Air strike support is requested."

"Archer 3 received, the air strike will start in 2 minutes, please mark the enemy unit."

"Target marked!"

"Received." A Jiguang 20 hovering in the sky changed its course and flew towards the target area.

The armored vehicle in the middle of the street was reversing, and the machine gun turret on the top was spewing flames towards the opposite shopping street.

The glass of the store was shattered all over the place, and the 20mm large-caliber ammunition easily tore off the cement block from the fine steel skeleton, nailing the Philippine infantry squad to the ground.

After finishing the communication, Zhang Feng glanced at the countdown to the air strike on the holographic screen on his arm, then poked out the bunker with the rifle in his hand, turned on the thermal imaging function on the scope, and used burst fire to cooperate with the suppression of the armored vehicle to clean up the hiding behind the bunker Filipino soldiers.

Countdown to air strikes!

In an instant, the commercial street where the Filipino soldiers were hiding was smashed to the ground by the rain of bullets falling from the sky, as if a storm had passed through. The dust spread in all directions and was blown two streets away. Zhang Feng heard the roar of the machine gun only after seeing the Jiguang 20 roaring past.

"r!"

Zhang Feng roared, and walked out of the bunker with a rifle in his hand.

"Shet, you splashed ashes all over my face."

"You should be lucky, it's nothing else that shot you in the face."

"Hey buddy, don't say such unlucky words!"

The rifleman, who was crouching behind the concrete pier, stood up with his rifle on his body, wiped his face and cursed.

Zhang Feng grinned, gave his comrades a hand, and then tapped on the armored vehicle.

"keep going."

With the support of air strikes, all resistance forces are paper tigers. When the city center is captured, the Filipino soldiers who remain in the city will be completely divided by the armored forces of the Moro Kingdom. Either throw away their weapons and military uniforms and become civilians, or what awaits them is to be shot dead or captured!

But at this moment, a light appeared in the distance.

Zhang Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked towards the direction where the light was shining.

Also attracted by the light, the rifleman next to him murmured.

"Shet, what's that?"

The night sky is lit up like a sunrise. To be continued.

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