Episode 34 Annihilate the Eight Banners Division

Although Shi Shengli is the battalion commander, he has been on the battlefield for the first time since he graduated from the tank academy. But he knows that a tank soldier's composure on the battlefield is more important than anything else.

"I am an elephant. All members of the fourth company should pay attention. After driving through the trench, immediately eliminate the anti-tank soldiers and machine guns! The tanks in the back should cover the ones in front! Everyone, stay calm, just like in training! ... Carry out the prescribed actions immediately!"

The fifteen tanks in the front row drove forward while rotating the turret, turning the barrel and synchronized machine gun behind them. At the same time, the heading machine gun in front kept firing towards the opposite side of the trench.

The battalion commander commanded the tank turret to also turn backwards. Shi Shengli pulled the periscope to observe in the dark turret, and felt the "dinging" bullets constantly hitting the armor outside. At the same time, he felt a slight shock in front, and another

An anti-tank bullet hit the front armor plate.

He stared at the faint light pouring in from outside and shouted:

"Are you okay?"

The driver's voice shouted in the earphone:

"It's okay!... Be careful, we have to cross the trench!"

At this time, the turret was completely turned to the rear. Shi Shengli patted the gunner next to him and pointed outside. The gunner nodded, lay down behind the synchronized machine gun, and placed his eyes close to the observation port, staring outside, preparing to shoot at the people behind the trench.

Anti-tank gunners and machine gunners.

The tank beneath him fell down, its engine roared louder, and then it went up together, crossing the ditch.

A Qing soldier was holding an anti-tank gun and lying in a shallow "anti-tank trench". He closed his eyes tightly and listened to the roar of the giant thing above his head. The tracks turned and a large amount of soil poured on his head.

The Qing soldiers cursed in their hearts, saying that this was called an "anti-tank trench", but in fact it was impossible to dig an anti-tank trench in such a short time. In fact, this was just a shallow trench, and the soldiers could only squat in it and wait for the tanks to drive over their heads.

After passing through, and then standing up to attack the rear of the tank, it is called an "anti-tank trench".

Finally the tank passed by, and he stood up in fear, thinking "Hit the tank and upgrade it two levels" in his mind, picked up the anti-tank gun, and shot the tank that just passed by in the rear butt.

Unfortunately, the muzzle of the gun was higher, and the armor-piercing bullets hit the turret hard. But the turret had already been turned around, and it was the front armor plate of the turret, which was the strongest in the entire tank, that took the armor-piercing bullets.

Shi Shengli felt that the outer shell was hit by a hammer, and subconsciously ducked his face back. Then he immediately pressed the periscope again. When he saw the anti-tank gunner who was loading bullets, he immediately yelled:

"Anti-tank gun! Six o'clock! Destroy!"

The gunner also saw it. Needless to say, the machine gun fired a burst, and the Qing soldier fell into the ditch with his face covered.

A few meters to the right, a Maxim heavy machine gun was spitting flames at the tank. Bullets kept hitting the weak rear of the tank, quickly making several holes in the exhaust pipe and water tank.

But the tank's synchronized machine gun hit him, and the machine gunner on the other side huddled in the trench. Coupled with the shield in front of the machine gun, it seemed that he was not hurt. Shi Shengli shouted:

"Machine gun team! 4 o'clock! High explosive bombs! Destroy!"

"High explosive bomb, over!"

There was a shock in the tank, the shell was fired, and it exploded on the edge of the trench. The heavy machine gun was pushed to the other side of the trench, and was immediately run over by a tank behind it, turning into a discus in an instant.

Shi Shengli ordered:

"The tanks that have passed the trench continue to charge forward! Crush them!"

More than a dozen tanks had already rushed through the ditch one after another and continued to charge forward. Their machine guns sprayed flames and chased the fleeing Qing soldiers in front. The tank guns roared from time to time, throwing the three or two Qing soldiers in front into the air.

Most of the Qing soldiers in the trenches have climbed out and ran away, and a few are still risking their lives by squatting in the trenches. After the tank above them drives past, they pull out the grenades and throw them at the back of the tank. It is not easy to explode accurately. Just use more strength.

It hit the armor and bounced off. But as long as it hit, the tank would burst into flames.

Soon, eight tanks had been hit by bullets and on fire.

The tanks of the Ming Army, it can also be said that the tanks at this time were all gasoline engines. The advantages of gasoline tanks are that they are easy to start and make less noise. They are very suitable for ambushes and sneak attacks. However, their shortcomings are also very fatal. They are easy to hit.

There were flames blazing from the back of these tanks, the top cover was opened, and the tank crew came out. They suddenly changed from the strong to the weak. Only two of the four had submachine guns, and the other two only had pistols. In the heavy fog, they had to avoid attacks from the Qing soldiers.

Bullets, and be careful not to be hit by the tanks behind you as clear troops.

Fortunately, at this time, the organized resistance of the Qing army near the trenches had been overwhelmed, and a small number of Qing soldiers could handle it with their submachine guns.

Soon the infantry came up and jumped into the trench to fight. The remaining Qing soldiers and Ming troops completely captured this "anti-tank defense line" after suffering dozens of casualties.

However, the armored group in front encountered more and more fierce resistance, and now it has almost advanced to the south bank of the Qinhuai River. The fleeing Qing soldiers are now trapped on this line. Their will to resist has begun to become fierce, and many people believe that

When the bannermen fell into the hands of the Ming army and were about to be shot, they all wanted to have someone on their backs before they died.

At this time, not only anti-tank guns, but anti-tank guns also roared one after another in the thick fog.

Tanks and armored vehicles began to be hit continuously, and there were tanks everywhere with fire and smoke. The infantry kept rushing forward, trying to take down the Qing's anti-tank guns, but the Qing soldiers could be said to have resisted desperately, and everywhere

There were machine gun fire, mountain cannons, and mortar shells exploding intensively.

The area near the Qinhuai River is where the Qing army's heavy firearms are most concentrated. When the Qing army first attacked, in order to suppress the Ming army on the other side of the river, they turned away all their heavy weapons. When they resisted the Ming army's tanks, they had no time to deploy them.

Only when we went back did the Ming army's tanks break through so easily. But the Qing army was really in a "last-ditch battle" now. In addition, it was dawn now, and the visibility was much better, which was more conducive to defense.

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Two kilometers to the south, the armored command vehicle parked behind a small slope. Li Gensheng stood under the vehicle, staring at the trucks that kept coming back and the wounded people being carried off, his eyes red.

There are more and more field tents set up nearby, with lanterns lit inside. Female military doctors are busy inside, and the loud howls of wounded soldiers can be heard everywhere.

Damn it, wasn’t it said that if a female military doctor was there to treat the wounded soldiers, they would act like heroes and refuse to cry out in pain? How could you still...

Now five or six hundred wounded soldiers have been sent back, and it is estimated that the number of casualties will not be small. Unexpectedly, under the dying struggle of the Eight Banners Division of the Qing Army, it turned out to be a hard nut to crack. Originally, it was supposed to be a battle of annihilation, but now it seems that there are

The danger of turning into a critical battle.

Li Gensheng grabbed the field phone and shook it:

"Hey, Gao Dayi, how are you? How long will it take to reach the river?"

Gao Dayi, the commander of the mechanized infantry regiment, shouted from inside:

"Sir, we are advancing every minute. We will definitely annihilate the Sixth Division of the Qinglu Eight Banners before seven o'clock!"

Li Gensheng looked at his watch. Damn it, it's only half past six. At such a distance, your armored forces will have to fight for half an hour? He shouted:

"Is there any mistake? We are armored soldiers and they are infantry! Why does it take so long?"

Gao Dayi shouted aggrievedly:

"Sir, on this short front, their anti-tank guns and mountain guns add up to a hundred or dozens of them, plus dozens of anti-tank guns and mortars. The firepower is too dense! I have to let the tanks and infantry cooperate.

, clear it out bit by bit, there’s no way! I can win it with just a rush now, but you have to be prepared to let me lose thirty tanks! Sir!”

Li Gen was so angry that his mouth was filled with smoke:

"Fuck you!"

Throw the microphone aside. Thirty cars? I only have a total of seventy-five fucking cars, and now I have lost about ten cars. If you lose thirty more cars, will I still be alive? Sir Xiang, please take me

It's impossible to kill!

At this time, the radio in the command car rang, and it was Xiang Xiaoqiang’s voice:

"The boss calls the fox, the boss calls the fox."

Li Gensheng rushed into the command vehicle and responded quickly:

"Fox received it, please speak."

"Fox," Xiang Xiaoqiang's voice sighed, "it seems like things are not going well with you. How's it going?"

Li Gensheng seemed to be seeing his relatives, and he explained all the situation here like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube.

He smacked Xiaoqiang’s mouth twice, then sighed and said:

"Fox, you can't do this. We only have this little possessions. How can I explain to His Majesty if we destroy them all... Don't attack forcefully, and persuade us to surrender."

Li Gensheng smiled bitterly and said:

"Sir, it's not that we didn't persuade you to surrender. We all followed your instructions and shouted 'hand over the gun and don't kill', but it was of no use. These Eight Banners soldiers were so influenced by the propaganda over there that they all thought that if we caught the bannermen, they would be shot.

. We have wiped out many enemies now, but captured very few prisoners. Even those few prisoners do not believe the propaganda over there. Of those who believe it, not one of them has surrendered yet."

Xiang Xiaoqiang thought for a moment and said hesitantly:

"Actually, you can try this..."

…

The Ming army's offensive weakened. The infantry no longer rushed upward, the tanks and armored vehicles also retreated dozens of meters, and the artillery and machine guns were ready.

Although the Qing army did not know what was going on, they stopped firing to save their few artillery shells.

After a confrontation like this for a while, an armored command vehicle drove up on the Ming army's position and stopped behind several tanks.

The surrounding soldiers stared at the command vehicle in surprise, and the commander on the tank turret in front also turned around to look.

This armored command vehicle belongs to the commander of the mobile team. How could it be driven so far forward?

In the car, Gao Dayi said to a female military doctor:

"Come, sit here and speak into this microphone. Why are you nervous? Relax, I don't want you to give a speech. Just read what is written on the paper... Okay, let's get started."

The female military doctor glanced at the regiment leader nervously, coughed twice, put her mouth in front of the microphone, and said with a trembling voice:

"Qing Army...Brothers from the Sixth Division of the Eight Banners..."

"Yes," Gao Dayi stood behind and encouraged with a smile, "That's it, it's good."

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To be continued...