Three hundred meters.

Under the guidance of engineers and the cover of their flanks, Japanese tanks and armored vehicles crossed the river one by one to reorganize their formation.

They quickly aimed their spearheads at the hill where the third platoon was stationed and advanced towards it.

It is common sense in combat to occupy the commanding heights, otherwise the Japanese infantry is likely to be hit by side fire from the hills and the infantry and tanks will be separated.

Once the infantry and tanks are separated, the tanks and infantry will fight independently, and both will be in danger.

Two hundred meters.

As Wang Xuexin estimated, the Japanese did not drive the tanks directly up the hill.

Rugged hills or highlands are almost a nightmare for tanks.

The reason is not only the pitch angle problem, but also the tank's backward fire control system...

Most of the tanks at this time used first-generation fire control, which only had simple optical sights (the equipment rangefinder and mechanical ballistic calculator were second-generation equipment in the 1950s).

This backward fire control is fine on relatively flat ground. You only need to rely on the sight and estimate the distance to the target, aim and fire.

However, if the tank is on an uneven hill with one side high and one side low, the plane of rotation of the turret will not be on the same plane as the horizontal plane, so it will be difficult to just aim at the target. Driving up the hill, it will have almost no combat effectiveness and can only be used as a shield.

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Therefore, the Japanese tanks were divided into two parts, one on the left and one on the right, attacking the hills in an arc... This may have been influenced by the "pincer offensive" of its allies.

However, there are indeed many benefits to doing so. For example, the Japanese army is expected to capture the hill from the flank.

One hundred meters.

The Japanese infantry jumped over the tanks and rushed to the front.

The coordinated operations between infantry and tanks are usually not like those filmed in movies and TV shows, where the tanks advance in front and the infantry follows behind.

This is very dangerous in actual combat.

There is no problem at long distances. Tanks have sufficient firepower and strong defense, and can provide effective cover for infantry.

But if you still do this when the distance is close...

The enemy only needs to hide somewhere in front, calculate the route of the tank and temporarily lay anti-tank mines, or estimate the speed of the tank, throw cluster grenades, explosive packets, etc. in front of the tank, and wait for the tank to drive up."

With a "boom"... it blew up easily.

Therefore, when approaching the enemy at close range, the infantry not only cannot hide behind the tank, but must also actively move forward to clear the way for the tank to break obstacles. When the enemy rushes up with grenades and explosive packets, they must do everything possible to block them in a safe range.

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The tank, on the other hand, will follow closely behind the infantry, using its artillery and machine guns to destroy and suppress the enemy's firepower.

However, the Japs soon tasted the pain. When several Japs jumped forward, they suddenly felt pain in their feet and fell to the ground.

Then someone shouted: "Landmines, bullet mines!"

Lieutenant Kiyuki Inoue is the staff officer of the 1st Squadron and the frontline commander of the 1st Squadron.

When the Japanese are fighting, they usually send a staff officer to the front line to strengthen command, which is somewhat similar to the Eighth Route Army using deputy positions to strengthen command.

When faced with a mine problem on the battlefield, you usually have two options:

One is to move the tank up and crush it with crawler tracks.

Second, engineers went out to clear mines.

Inoue Qingshu hesitated for a moment and chose the latter.

Because he judged that the enemy would first release smoke and then lay mines, he obviously hoped that the tanks would come forward to blow them up.

So Inoue Kiyuki followed the armored vehicle and loudly ordered forward: "Use grenades to clear mines and keep moving forward!"

After receiving the order, the Japanese immediately threw rows of grenades forward to clear the way for themselves. There was immediately a lot of dust on the battlefield, and only a blurry figure could be seen even dozens of meters away.

Then, Inoue Kiyuki discovered that the enemy was running away, retreating in small groups... This was completely within his expectation. No one could block the impact of the chariot squadron.

Inoue Kiyuki did not hesitate, waved the Nanbu Fourteen pistol in his hand and ordered loudly: "Speed ​​up, all troops attack!"

The infantry cheered and chased the enemy over the tanks with their rifles. They thought that the battle was over and the imperial army had won again. All they had to do was rush forward and harvest the enemy's lives and the fruits of victory!

However, something terrible happened at this time...

There was a "boom", and after an explosion, a dense sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded in the smoke, as if a dozen machine guns were shooting at them at the same time. At the same time, a large number of imperial soldiers fell in an instant.

Then there were a few more "boom" sounds, and bullets hit the charging imperial soldiers in a shower, stopping their charging formation abruptly. A big hand in the smoke stopped them, and slapped them to the ground.

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"What is that?" Inoue Kiyuki shouted.

"I don't know, Lieutenant!" A soldier hiding in the bunker replied in panic: "The enemy's firepower is very fierce. We have never seen such weapons..."

Before he finished speaking, there was an explosion and the soldier's head tilted and he fell into a pool of blood.

Several projectiles hit the armored vehicle, making a clanking sound. As Inoue Kiyuki moved forward, he crouched and searched on the ground for a while, and then found a few steel balls at his feet.

"Asshole!" Inoue Kiyuki cursed, he guessed it was shot fired from some kind of artillery.

But why was there such an explosion and an explosion that radiated upward?

Inoue Kiyuki doesn't know.

But he knew that if this continued, the empire's soldiers would soon be exhausted!

"Come back!" Inoue Kiyuki ordered: "Follow the tank!"

This sounds like a good idea, and an easier one to accept.

Because the armor of tanks and armored vehicles is a powerful weapon against shotguns.

The imperial soldiers also knew this, so they retreated one by one and hid behind the tanks.

The troops continued to move forward, and there were injured soldiers everywhere on both sides. They were wailing and struggling in pain. Some even vomited blood and could not make a sound. They could only watch helplessly as Zhan Ben stretched out his hand full of blood towards them.

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Inoue Qingshu didn't even look at them, and his heart didn't move at all.

As an imperial soldier, you should be prepared to sacrifice your life for the empire.

When this moment comes, they should face it calmly instead of showing cowardice and fear!

With a "boom" sound, a jet of projectiles hit the armored vehicle with a clanking sound.

This made Inoue Kiyuki feel that his command was correct. The enemy's artillery was useless against armored vehicles.

However, just when Inoue Kiyuki was feeling proud, he heard a whistling sound, and then a tank next to him burst into flames.

Inoue Qingshu looked at all this in disbelief, so much so that he even forgot to avoid it.

After a while, Inoue Qingshu shouted angrily: "What is that?"

"We don't know, Lieutenant!" came the horrified reply from his subordinates: "It can destroy our tanks and armored vehicles..."
Chapter completed!