At noon on the 24th, after nearly six hours of rapid march, the Third Armored Division arrived in Naihele.

Unfortunately, the Egyptian army was still half a beat slower, and the 600th Armored Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces arrived half an hour in advance and had already started in advance.

Fortunately, the scouts sent by the Egyptian army discovered the Israeli armored forces in time.

More importantly, the armored Israeli troops lying on the left wing of the Egyptian army exposed their whereabouts in advance, rather than waiting until the battle begins before entering the battlefield.

As a result, the Third Armored Division launched a queue before reaching Nehel.

Although the Israeli army's multi-directional assault caused some trouble to the Egyptian army, the Israeli army quickly suffered and found that it was the main armored unit of the Egyptian army.

According to the combat records of the Egyptian army, a tank company commander drove a Type 24 tank and opened fire at 4,700 meters away, accurately hitting an Israeli "Mekava 4" main battle tank. When the tungsten alloy long pole armor-piercing projectile penetrated the turret, it detonated the ammunition in the turret, causing the ammunition to explode, and all four Israeli tankers were killed. This artillery opened the curtain of this armored battle.

The battle was very fierce, and the Israeli army had to face twice its own tanks, and all of them were Type 24 main battle tanks.

More importantly, the main battle tank of the 600th Armored Brigade is the "Mekava 4" type.

According to data released by China, Type 24 is a standard fourth-generation main battle tank and the world's first fourth-generation main battle tank. When the front armor resists kinetic energy armor-piercing bombs, it is equivalent to 1,400 mm of homogeneous rolled armor steel. When resisting energy-concentrating armor-piercing bombs, it is equivalent to 1,800 mm of homogeneous rolled armor-piercing steel. If it is coated with reactive armor-piercing armor-piercing bombs, it is equivalent to 30% higher than that. It can withstand the kinetic energy armor-piercing bombs launched by all fourth-generation main battle tanks, as well as all anti-tank missiles that were put into service before 2030.

Of course, this data must be a bit moisture.

What is certain is that even the 140 mm electrothermal chemical smoothbore gun of the fourth generation of the Western main battle tank can only be used to use the most advanced kinetic energy armor-piercing shells to penetrate the front armor without the reactive armor. The 120 mm smoothbore gun of the third generation of the main battle tank has a kinetic energy of only 10 megajou. It is impossible to penetrate the front armor of the Type 24 without the reactive armor.

If the combat distance is two thousand meters away, it will be even more impossible.

Although the Type 24 sold to Egypt by China at that time did not have reactive armor, the main armor did not weaken and still met the standards of the Chinese military.

As a result, in this tank battle, many Israeli tankers clearly hit the opponent, but found that the Egyptian tanks were not destroyed as if nothing had happened, but were still fighting, and even responded quickly and counterattacked the Israeli tanks that fired at them.

The Israeli tanks not only cannot wear the Type 24 front armor, but also cannot withstand the Type 24 gunfire.

According to the information released after the war, when China sold the Type 24 tank, it did not distribute the standardized ammunition of the Chinese Army, especially the depleted uranium alloy armor-piercing bombs specially developed for 140 mm electrothermal chemical smoothbore guns. Instead, it was equipped with the tungsten alloy long-rod armor-piercing bombs evolved from 120 mm armor-piercing bombs. The armor-piercing ability was weakened and it could only penetrate 880 mm thick homogeneous rolled armor steel two thousand meters away. However, the energy storage performance of this armor-piercing bomb was very good, and its armor-piercing capacity was more than 700 mm at 4 thousand meters, which was much higher than the power of the third-generation main battle tank, and it could easily deal with the third-generation main battle tank.

According to the tests conducted after the war, after the "Mekava 4" main battle tank was coated with reactive armor, the protective ability of the front armor on the turret to resist armor-piercing bombs was only equivalent to 650 mm of homogeneous rolled armored steel, which was about 30% lower than the data claimed by Israel.

The result is that even four thousand meters away, the "Mekava 4" type could not stop the armor-piercing bullets from Type 24.

It was definitely a nightmare for Israeli tank soldiers.

If you can't wear your opponent's armor, you can easily destroy it by your opponent. It's just that you don't have the power to fight back. How can you fight this battle?

What's even worse is that the 24-type fire control system is much more advanced than the "Mekava 4" type.

In addition to the ultra-long range given by large-caliber tank guns, the Type 24 fire control reaction time is only four seconds, that is, the trained tank hands can fire after four seconds of discovering the target. Almost all fire control data is the responsibility of the computer, and the cannon is also controlled by the computer. The gunman or the chariot commander only needs to choose to strike the target and then press the fire button. The "Mekava 4" type is operated by the most skilled tank hands and also takes six seconds to complete the preparation. The cannon or the chariot commander needs to control the cannon, so the fire reaction time is generally about nine seconds.

In a tank battle similar to bayonets, a few seconds of gap is enough to determine victory or defeat.

In addition, when Type 24 travels at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour, the starting hit rate of the sports target is as high as 85%, while the "Mekava 4" type has a hit rate of less than 70%. If the combat distance is more than 2,000 meters, the gap is even greater.

It can be said that the "Mekava 4" type has no advantage in the 24-type.

All the Israeli tankers have is unparalleled courage.

It was discovered that Egyptian tanks could not be destroyed during long-distance combat. The Israeli army did not retreat, but accelerated its approach, hoping to save the defeat by shortening the combat distance.

According to post-war tests, it is only 50% possible for the "Mekava 4" type to penetrate the front armor of Type 24 after at least 500 meters.

The question is, does the Israeli army have the opportunity to shorten the distance to within 500 meters?

You should know that the Third Armored Division not only has advantages in equipment performance, but also has advantages in military strength.

Apart from courage, the Israeli army had only ambush troops lying on the flanks.

However, this ambush force exposed its whereabouts in advance, and only had a limited impact on the Third Armored Division. For example, let the Third Armored Division slow down its advancement, first dispatched a tank battalion to spread to the right wing, and only placed two tank battalions on the front, without concentrated combat.

As a result, after nearly fifteen minutes of battle, the Israeli tankers finally got their wish and shortened the combat distance to 500 meters. Unfortunately, only eleven "Mekava 4" models were still fighting, and they had to face eighty-four Type 24s.

From the first shot to the destruction of the last "Mekava 4" model, less than twenty minutes have passed.

On the flank front, after the Israeli army commander discovered that the situation was hopeless, he led the last seven "Mekawa 4" vehicles to evacuate northward and circled back to Naihele.

During these more than ten minutes of battle, the Third Armored Division lost only five Type 24 vehicles, three of which were repaired by armored repair vehicles four hours later, and the other two were sent to the tank overhaul factory and were eventually successfully repaired. Only eight Egyptian tank soldiers were killed and seven were injured.

For the Egyptian armored forces, this is definitely a proud victory.

You should know that in the first four Middle East wars, the Egyptian armored troops had not achieved major victories, let alone defeating an Israeli armored brigade in a battle.

According to the war report released by Egypt, a total of 127 vehicles were destroyed and eight Israeli tanks were seized in this battle.

Because neither mechanized infantry on both sides followed, no armored vehicles were damaged.

Judging from the results of the battle, this is definitely the most important victory that the Egyptian armored forces have achieved in the tank war so far.

In the afternoon of the same day, Najaf made a televised speech, highly commending the armored forces and the Third Armored Division.

Don’t forget that Najaf has served in the armored forces for more than ten years and is also an armored soldier commander, and has a special relationship with the armored forces.

After leaving the infantry to clean the battlefield, the Egyptian tank column continued to advance towards Nehel.

At around 3 pm, the Egyptian army arrived outside the city of Nehel and began to prepare for artillery fire.

After losing most of the tanks, the Israeli army retreated to the city and hid the remaining dozen "Mekava 4" models in the town buildings.

Because the infantry did not keep up, the Egyptian army was not in a hurry to launch an attack.

Naihele is a very small town with less than 2,000 permanent residents, only a few hundred buildings, and most of the residents have fled. According to the idea of ​​the Egyptian front-line commander, they first carry out a covered artillery fire strike, destroy the buildings, and then launch a ground attack.

Doing so can avoid street fighting with the Israeli army to the greatest extent.

You should know that in close street battles, the "Mekava 4" type is also a big threat.

The five Type 24 lost by the Egyptian army were all penetrated by the "Mekava 4" armor-piercing bullets in close combat, and two of them were penetrated head-on at a very close distance. If they were attacked on the side, even two thousand meters away, the "Mekava 4" model would have a big enough threat.

Qi Kaiwei was shocked when he received the frontline battle report.

At 3:45, Qi Kaiwei issued an order to the commander of the Third Armored Division, be sure to defeat Naihele before dark.

You should know that the mission of the Third Armored Division is not to defeat Nehel, but to capture Semed. Only by defeating Semed can the situation of the Egyptian army improve. Although annihilation of the 600th Armored Brigade is an amazing victory, compared with strategic gains and losses, this tactical victory is nothing. If you cannot reach Semed before the Israeli army, it will be difficult for the main force behind it to be deployed.

Under Qi Kaiwei's urging, the Third Armored Division launched an attack at around 4:30.

In the first two rounds of attacks, they were defeated by the Israeli army.

It is understandable that the first attack failed, because the infantry did not keep up and could only launch an attack by tanks. After breaking through the Israeli defense line, they failed to gain a foothold and were beaten back by the Israeli army. The failure of the second attack completely exposed the quality of the Egyptian army, that is, the coordination between the Intra-Tankan was seriously inadequate.

By the time the Third Armored Division organized its third attack, it was already dark.

At around seven o'clock at night, the Third Armored Division broke into the city of Naihele, unexpectedly without encountering resistance, and even did not find Israeli defensive forces!

Then, the commander of the Egyptian army realized that the Israeli army retreated at 6:30.
Chapter completed!