Looking through the telescope at the seemingly peaceful Dafeng Village.
Uehara Kazuo felt something was wrong in his heart, but he didn't think much about it.
The order from the headquarters is to arrive at Dafengzhuang quickly, capture Dafengzhuang as quickly as possible, seize the grain of the Eighth Route Army, and then evacuate quickly.
500 meters...
400 meters...
300 meters...
Since the entire area outside the front village of Dafengzhuang is relatively flat, you can still see the outline of the entire Dafengzhuang in front of your eyes even without a telescope.
200 meters...
At this time, Uehara also noticed that his team was discovered by the militiamen of Dafengzhuang. Those militiamen emerged from the entrance of the village. Through his binoculars, they looked a little panicked and turned around and went back into the village.
It seems that the tank troops of the Empire of Japan have had a considerable psychological impact on these ignorant Tubal Road.
Having made up his mind, Uehara no longer hesitated and ordered to move forward faster.
He needs to start the battle in advance from the front to attract the attention of the Eighth Route Army in Dafengzhuang, thereby indirectly covering the raids of the cavalry led by Okazaki from both flanks.
Although you look down on the cavalry.
But Uehara had to admit that in such a village surrounded by scattered houses, cavalry must have more flexibility than tanks.
He had even imagined in his mind the scene of that brutal guy from Okazaki storming into Dafeng Village and massacring these Chinese people with a butcher knife.
Poor Chinese...
Uehara sighed coldly, but there was no pity in his heart.
"I haven't experienced such an exciting battle for a long time!"
"Attack!" Uehara pulled out his command sword and issued a military order.
Boom——
Two Type 89 medium tanks, equipped with Type 90 57mm tank guns, took the lead in firing two shots at the house area at the entrance of Dafengzhuang Village.
Amidst the huge roar, the arrogant little devil seemed to be trying to highlight the arrival of the armored troops.
The distance between the two sides quickly shortened to 150 meters.
Hit——
The first battalion commander Lei Dasheng did not hesitate and directly issued the combat order.
Of course, in order not to arouse the enemy's alert, the first battalion commander only sent half a company of troops for the current counterattack.
Dafengzhuang is an important grain transportation area for the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, so it is reasonable for half a company of soldiers to be stationed here.
At this moment, the soldiers of the first company displayed quite powerful firepower.
Five light machine guns set up at different locations in the village entrance area fired at the advancing Japanese infantry.
Six grenade launchers, arranged in groups of two, were divided into three grenade launchers and bombarded the advancing Japanese infantry.
According to the instructions of the first battalion commander, the soldiers took the lead in attacking the infantry in the Japanese coordinated operations, especially the infantry blocking the front of the Japanese tanks.
The area in front of the village of Dafengzhuang is relatively open and has many houses. In order to guard against the concentrated killing caused by Japanese tank and gun counterattacks.
Lei Dasheng gave special instructions and asked half the company's soldiers to open a relatively loose line of skirmishers for defense.
Although the people are scattered, the firepower is powerful.
It was just a face-to-face confrontation between the two sides.
Uehara, who was commanding the operations from the rear, realized that this was definitely the main combat force of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
Except for the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, other units, even the Central Army, may not have such fierce firepower.
Everyone is afraid of death, and the Japanese are no exception.
As the soldiers of the first company focused on greeting the Japanese infantry cooperating with tanks and armored vehicles.
The Japanese infantry who originally blocked the advance of the tanks and armored vehicles hurriedly hid behind the armored vehicles and tanks, using the tanks and armored vehicles as bunkers to fight back.
Uehara couldn't say anything about this.
It is indeed not a wise move to let the soldiers' flesh and blood stand in the way.
"Order the first and second squadrons of tanks to rush forward quickly and forcefully break through the enemy's fortifications. The infantry will follow up in coordination. After the tanks successfully break through, they will coordinate with the infantry to quickly expand the breakthrough results and seize the enemy's fortifications."
"The third tank squad immediately opened the tank front and provided fire support for the attack of the first and second squads!"
"Hi!"
Uehara quickly issued combat orders.
Before the battle, Uehara divided his tank squadron into three tank combat teams.
Among them, the third tank team consists of two Type 89 medium tanks, plus three Type 94 ultra-light tanks equipped with 37mm tank guns.
Provide mobile artillery support for your own side on the battlefield.
This is the scariest thing about a tank equipped with a tank gun on the battlefield.
It does not lie in the tank's powerful mobility and rapid advance capability, but in the powerful fire support it can provide to the battlefield at any time. Coupled with its sturdy armor, it can ignore enemy bullet attacks.
For the enemy, it was a completely one-sided beating.
As for the Type 92 cavalry tanks of the first and second teams of tanks and some of the 940 ultra-light tanks, they are only equipped with some machine guns and no tank guns.
Therefore, Uehara decided to use the fast mobility of other tanks as the main breakthrough force.
At this time, looking down from above, under the command of Uehara, the three Japanese tank teams, the three points together formed a large triangle.
The five tanks with tank guns owned by the third tank team are the vertices of the triangle and are placed at the rear.
The first and second tank teams, each equipped with several tanks and armored vehicles, as the other two vertices of the triangle, almost forming a horizontal line, advanced at a very rapid speed in the open area of Dafengzhuang Village. p>
As for the third tank team at the rear apex, they used the firepower of tank guns to follow the advance while constantly firing at the Eighth Route Army soldiers who were counterattacking.
Follow Uehara’s calculation.
Under such an offensive, even if the Tubal Road in Dafengzhuang has fierce firepower, it will never be able to stop it.
I have to admit that Uehara, an old Japanese, is quite experienced in the application of tank tactics.
Of course, the premise is to ignore the independent group that has prepared everything long ago and set up an ambush here in advance.
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"Well done!"
The battalion commander who led the soldiers to fight back saw that the Japanese tanks were about to enter the trap area as they quickly charged forward. His eyes widened and he said excitedly.
...What would it be like for a tank that was driving in so fast and plunged into a pit that was five meters wide and more than two meters deep?
Looking at the five or six tanks of the Japanese first and second squads that moved in first to ensure that their firepower was staggered, they all fell into the deep anti-tank trenches dug by the soldiers in advance.
The soldiers of the company who relied on the fortifications of the former village to fight back almost had their faces twisted with smiles.
In the anti-tank trench in front of them, the soldiers were heavily prepared.
The depth is about two meters, the bottom width is about three meters, the top width is about five meters, and the length was dug fifty or sixty meters in one go.
Not to mention these dozen Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, even if there are several times more, as long as the Japanese tanks dare to open the battle line and advance side by side, they will have everything inside.
Under Uehara's order, the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles of the first and second teams advanced rapidly.
Facing the unexpected anti-tank trench, the Japanese tank soldiers had no time to react. Before emergency braking could even start, the entire tank fell directly into the deep trench.
Some of them rolled over directly in the deep pit, and the top of the entire tank hit the bottom of the trench hard.
The overturned tracks were spinning and rumbling, but to no avail.
Otherwise, the soldiers would call the Japanese tanks the Iron Bastards!
Once a Japanese tank overturns, it is much more difficult to get back up than a tortoise with the tank's tonnage.
The third Japanese tank squadron moved forward with five tanks equipped with tank guns.
Because we were behind the first team and the second team, when the first team and the second team suddenly fell into the trench, they still had time to react.
The tank crew inside quickly performed a joint emergency brake on the tank.
Only then did it stop in time.
At this time, looking at it from the perspective of the stunned Uehara Kazuo.
The seven or eight tanks of the first and second squadrons of tanks, plus a few armored vehicles, that were originally advancing on the horizon, suddenly fell into the deep pit, as if they suddenly disappeared from the horizon.
That scene adds a bit of weirdness and comedy!
Bastard...you were fooled, it was a trap!
Suddenly, Kazuo Uehara had guessed everything. For such a huge anti-tank trench, the Eighth Route Army was definitely prepared in advance.
This made Kazuo Uehara even more horrified.
Your Excellency, the Commander, carefully prepared everything and used the organizational and intelligence forces of all parties to finally create the plan to raid Dafengzhuang.
It turned out that everything was planned by the Eighth Route Army.
How cunning are these damn Tuballu?
"Fire!"
"Cover the towing vehicle immediately and rescue the tank!"
"Engineers assist in the rescue!"
I realized that this attack on Dafengzhuang completely fell into the trap set by the Eighth Route Army in advance.
Uehara Kazuo no longer expects to conquer Dafengzhuang.
Now he only thinks about rescuing all the tanks and armored vehicles that have fallen into the trenches, and then quickly evacuating and reporting the situation in Dafengzhuang to the commander.
Seeing that most of the Japanese tanks had fallen into the trenches, how could the commander of the first battalion give the little Japanese a chance?
He laughed twice and ordered to his own artillery: "Lay off smoke bombs and trap the Japanese tanks first!"
"By the way, mix in some chili pepper bombs and choke the little devil to death!"
Boom——
The soldiers have prepared everything long ago.
At this time, there was no need to hide the troops. The main force of the battalion came out in full force, lined up a large number of grenade launchers, and quickly threw smoke grenades towards the area where the Japanese troops were.
"Corpser, blow the charge horn for me!"
Dududududududu——
"The first company will make a frontal assault, and the second and third companies will make a detour for me. First, focus on getting rid of the Japanese tanks that have not fallen into the pit!"
A large number of smoke grenades were thrown, and as the smoke billowed into the air, the Japanese tank third team, which was thirty or forty meters away from the huge anti-tank trench, was quickly shrouded in smoke.
Among them, the chili pepper bomb is a masterpiece of the repair shop.
The pungent smell even resembles the mustard gas bombs of the Japanese.
A gust of wind blew over, and the pungent smell of chili peppers even choked the soldiers who launched the charge.
Cough cough cough——
Coughs could be heard all over the battlefield.
The thick smoke that quickly enveloped the nose and the pungent smell caused many kiddies who had seen gas bombs to cover their mouths in panic.
What made the little devils' hearts tremble fiercely was that the charge horn belonging to the Eighth Route Army's general offensive was heard from all directions.
The large number of shouts of killing made Uehara despair.
This is indeed a trap set by the Eighth Route Army in advance.
Judging from the voices shouting to kill, the strength of the Eighth Route Army was far greater than previous observations.
Almost at the same time.
Violent gunfire sounds suddenly came from the area on the left and right wings of Dafengzhuang Qiancun.
Uehara suddenly woke up. This was Okazaki's cavalry squadron attacking.
This gave Kazuo Uehara, who was suddenly attacked and beaten without the ability to fight back, a glimmer of hope in his heart.
He hoped that the Eighth Route Army had not anticipated the cavalry surprise attack.
If Okazaki can lead the cavalry squadron to the back and side of the Eighth Route Army in front of him, maybe things will turn around.
At this moment, on the battlefield in the left and right wing areas of Dafengzhuang Village, the actual situation is:
Okazaki, that grumpy old Japanese, led the Japanese cavalry and launched a fierce attack directly on the flank of Dafengzhuang.
When the two sides were less than a hundred meters apart, the soldiers who had been preparing on the left and right wings quickly attacked.
The Japanese raid force this time carried cavalry. How could such news escape the intelligence network of the Independent Regiment?
Lei Dasheng and other three battalion commanders have prepared everything long ago.
Second Battalion Commander Du Aiguo and Third Battalion Commander Zhu Wu are respectively responsible for the left and right wings stationed in Dafengzhuang.
The two battalion commanders knew very well how to deal with cavalry.
A large number of light and heavy machine gun fires were lined up directly on the fortifications, intertwined into a dense and almost airtight firepower network, and rushed away.
The flying bullets collided fiercely with the oncoming Japanese cavalry.
The tragedy and bloodshed that followed can be imagined.
The power of the heavy machine gun is astonishing. The bullets are fired suddenly, and all the Japanese who are hit have broken arms and limbs, blood is scattered everywhere, and the horses that are shot also fall down one after another.
Okazaki, the unlucky Japanese cavalry squadron leader, experienced firsthand the reason why cavalry charge tactics have gradually withdrawn from the stage due to modern machine guns, artillery and other hot weapons.
Intense machine gun fire, mixed with the bombardment of 50 small artillery.
More than a hundred cavalrymen, who were charging forward, only tightened the reins of their horses and were about to turn their horses' heads to escape. After a moment, most of them were broken and sank in the sand.
Okazaki, an old Japanese who wanted to go into the village and kill people, was beaten into a hornet's nest by machine guns and men and horses because he was at the front.
In order to eliminate these Japanese cavalry in one fell swoop, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment had no time to feel sorry for the loss of their horses.
In the words of Second Battalion Commander Du Aiguo: After this battle, it’s time to have a horse meat feast at the base!
In the end, the exchange of fire between the two sides lasted only about ten minutes.
The elite Japanese cavalry squadron led by Okazaki only managed to escape more than 20 Japanese cavalry.
On the flank battlefield, as far as the eye can see, the broken limbs of people and horses are all over the ground, and the sprayed blood almost soaks the entire land, silently telling the tragedy of the local battlefield here.
Outside Dafengzhuang Village.
Uehara Kazuo, who was originally counting on Okazaki's cavalry unit, listened to the shouts of killing coming from all directions and did not bother to rescue the tank that fell into the anti-tank trench.
He quickly ordered the third tank team to quickly break out in the direction of the attack...