In the early morning of July 22, the Moro 1st Armored Brigade and the Philippine 4th Armored Brigade met on the outskirts of Tacloban City and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire.
The Philippines has invested a total of 70 tanks, 120 infantry fighting vehicles, 10 self-propelled artillery, and 30 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. The tank units include 20 11 main battle tanks and various American armors. In addition to this, there is a reinforced support battalion to provide battlefield support.
The Moro Kingdom has invested 60 tanks, 150 infantry vehicles, and 20 self-propelled artillery. Among them, the main battle tanks are mainly 80, and most of the tanks are the relatively backward 72.
Although there is a lack of armor strength, the addition of the Star Ring Trading Armored Force has obviously reversed this situation.
The Hunter Tiger, which has a steel-shaped front armor and is equipped with a Type 50 electromagnetic gun, is like a tank destroyer on the battlefield. Although the tanks independently developed by apocalyptic researchers lack experience in armored combat, the leading technology still fills the shortcomings in actual combat experience.
The 11 armor-piercing projectile can only cause damage to the side armor and turret of the Jagdtiger, while the 11 armor is basically taken away in one shot as long as the impact angle is not too tricky in front of the Type 50 electromagnetic gun.
At the same time, before the two sides came into close contact, Starlink Trading's artillery unit took the lead in using "Fireball 1" and launched hundreds of rockets on the battlefield.
However, what is interesting is that although the anti-drone equipment is useless, the anti-weapons purchased by the Philippines from the United States are unexpectedly effective.
When Starlink Trading's rockets took off, gray-white smoke immediately spewed out from the Philippine armored units.
This kind of smoke is composed of droplets with special content and diameter, forming a simple "Faraday cage" within the scope of the white mist, which plays a defensive role in 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 malfunction for a period of time due to physical electromagnetic shielding.
But I have to say that it is still very effective in terms of saving lives.
At least this time, the Philippine Army was not like last time. After a round of salvo fire from Star Ring Trade, the organization of the entire division was wiped out. After contacting the armored forces of the Moro Kingdom and the Star Ring Trade, they at least have a certain ability to fight back.
But that's just the ability to fight back.
The road from the beach to Tacloban City is littered with the ruins of tanks with burning tops. Some were classified as 11, and some were classified as 80 or 72. In this tank battle, a total of hundreds of tanks were scrapped. More than half of them belong to the Philippines, and a small number belong to the Moro Kingdom.
As for the Star Ring Trade, the only battle damage was that one Jagdtiger was hit and exploded on the top by the support artillery. The rest of the tanks had their tracks broken or their turrets damaged at most, and were not directly destroyed by the 11. .
After eliminating the Philippine 1st Armored Brigade, the Moro 5th Mechanized Division, which landed on the island, began to advance toward Tacloban City at full speed. Sea Lion special forces took Black Hawk helicopters to the north to blow up roads and prevent the retreat of the Philippine defenders on Leyte Island.
Starring Trading invested a brigade of troops on Leyte Island, organized with the troops participating in the landing operation, quickly rushed to the edge of the city in infantry vehicles, and started a fierce exchange of fire with the Philippine Army who was stationed here!
The vast majority of civilians in the city have been evacuated, leaving only a small number of people who have not yet had time to evacuate. After the attack, Tacloban City looked like a dead city. Rows of tall buildings are like tombstones, silently overlooking the soldiers who broke into the city and the humble sparks left behind by the explosives.
After the defense lines outside the city were defeated, Philippine soldiers began to evacuate into the city, preparing to start street battles with Star Ring Trading.
Walking next to the armored vehicle of the Moro Kingdom, Zhang Feng held the Ripper rifle and carefully looked at the surrounding windows.
Eight Hummingbird drones hovered around the armored vehicle, alert for possible rocket launchers sticking out of the windows or explosives dropped from the roof.
Suddenly, a rocket dragged its tail flame 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 rooftop!"
"Sixteen o'clock, kill them!"
The fireman rushed behind the bunker and set up his light machine gun to unleash firepower on the window on the roof. Seeing that the attack failed, the opponent immediately retreated.
"The target starts moving!"
"You're pretending to be cool but you still want to run! Damn it, catch up with me!" Zhang Feng cursed as he issued combat instructions through the holographic screen and assigned two team members to go upstairs and eliminate the anti-tank team.
At this moment, bullets were suddenly fired from the opposite street.
The Filipino soldiers crouching behind the shopping street set up 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, he was protected by polyethylene armor and his life was saved.
"Hidden! Get behind the cover! 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 Team 121. Enemy troops were found in the southern part of Tacloban City. The estimated size is forty. We are requesting air strike support."
"Shooter 3 received. The air strike will start in 2 minutes. Please mark the enemy units."
"Target marked!"
"Roger." An Aurora 20 hovering in the air 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 top was spitting flames toward the shopping street opposite.
The glass of the store was shattered all over the floor, and the 20 large-caliber ammunition easily tore the cement block from the steel frame, pinning the Philippine infantry team to the ground.
After finishing the communication, Zhang Feng glanced at the air strike countdown on the holographic screen on his arm, then reached out of the bunker with his rifle, turned on the thermal imaging function on the scope, and used burst fire to cooperate with the suppression of the armored vehicle to clear out the people hiding behind the bunker. of Philippine soldiers.
The countdown to air strikes reaches zero!
In an instant, the commercial street where the Filipino soldiers were hiding was crushed to the ground by the rain of bullets falling from the sky, as if a storm had passed by. The dust spread out in all directions and blew two streets away. Only after seeing the Aurora 20 whizzing past did Zhang Feng hear the roar of the cannon.
"r!"
Zhang Feng roared, holding a rifle, and walked out of the bunker.
"Shet, you splattered ashes all over my face."
"You should be lucky that it wasn't someone else who shot you in the face."
"Hey man, don't say such unlucky things!"
The rifleman who was kneeling behind the concrete pillar stood up with his rifle on his back, wiped his face and cursed.
Zhang Feng grinned, gave a hand to his comrade, and then knocked on the armored vehicle.
"keep going."
With the support of air strikes, all resistance forces are paper tigers. When the city center is taken, the Filipino soldiers still in the city will be completely divided by the Moro armored forces. Either throw away their weapons and uniforms and become civilians, or the only thing waiting for them is to be killed or captured!
But at this moment, a light lit up in the distance.
Zhang Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and looked in the direction of the flashing light.
Also attracted by that light, the rifleman next to him murmured.
"Shet, what is that?"
The night sky lights up like a sunrise. .