After the soldiers quickly approached, they immediately knocked off the Japanese tank's sights, periscopes and other parts that could see the outside of the tank.
This makes it impossible for the Japanese tank soldiers hiding inside the tank to see the outside situation.
The little devils seemed to be blind, mounting heavy machine guns and light machine guns and firing blindly.
Some soldiers of the new regiment who jumped into the trenches, because they did not understand the structure of tanks, fired a row of heavy machine gun bullets from the Japanese, knocking down four or five soldiers on the spot.
"A blind corner! He's so stupid, hide in a blind corner and risk his life?"
A platoon leader of the Second Company of the Independent Regiment couldn't help but cursed, and ordered the soldiers of the new regiment to hide in the blind spot below the side of the tank.
This is the benefit of receiving anti-tank combat training.
The soldiers of the independent regiment are quite familiar with the structure of the Japanese tank and the location of the blind spots.
At this moment, the two sides are in a stalemate.
The Japanese tank soldiers hiding inside the tank were also completely panicked. From the moment they fell into the trap, a large number of Eighth Route Army troops were besieged around them.
The only thing they can do is to operate the light and heavy machine guns inside the tank and fire wildly, using cathartic firepower to cover up their inner uneasiness.
However, the total number of machine gun bullets inside the tank is only about 2,000, and there will always be a time when they are all used up.
The platoon leader of the external independent regiment was also angry and cursed.
"This bastard little devil is still acting like a coward. If he hadn't been trying to seize the tank, we would have blown him up with a bunch of grenades on this thin-skinned tank!"
"Has the hatch cover been pried open?"
"Platoon commander, you can't pry it open, the kid has locked the hatch cover from the inside!"
On the hatch cover of the Japanese tank, a soldier quickly climbed up. He was in a blind spot that could not be shot by the Japanese machine gun. Taking advantage of the tank that was trapped in the trench and could not move, he was holding an iron rod and trying hard to
The tank hatch is tilted up.
But it just can’t be pried open.
The structure of the Japanese tank was also designed to take into account that once the tank's mobility on the battlefield is blocked and the enemy gets close to it, it is easiest to attack the tank soldiers inside through the hatch cover.
Therefore, the Japanese tank hatch can be completely blocked from the inside.
In this way, the three little Japs hiding inside the tank were like bastards who had shrunk into their shells, although their fire attack had no effect on the soldiers hiding in the blind corner.
In order to successfully capture the tank, the soldiers could not kill the little Japs hiding inside the tank for a while.
During the crazy firepower, the inside of the tank, perhaps due to the constant firing of the machine gun, had become very hot, so the Japanese temporarily ceased fire.
An anti-tank combat team belonging to the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment arrived quickly.
"Third Platoon Commander, haven't you dealt with the little devil inside yet?"
The third platoon leader hiding in the blind corner of the tank shouted helplessly:
"The little devils are determined to be a coward. If they don't come out, there's nothing we can do!"
"Let's do it!"
shouted the deputy leader of the anti-tank team who quickly jumped into the trench.
After that, the deputy team leader gave an order, and two other team members also jumped into the pit, then raised the strange-looking rifles in their hands, adjusted the angle, and according to the soldiers' familiarity with the internal structure of the Japanese Type 92 tank,
Aim at the location of the tank soldiers inside the Japs and fire.
"Comrades, stay away, be careful of bullets!" The third platoon leader was startled and shouted quickly. He didn't know if the soldiers of the anti-tank combat team were crazy.
If you use bullets to hit tank armor, can it penetrate it?
Even if it is a thin-skinned Japanese tank, it is impossible for ordinary bullets to penetrate it.
If the bullet doesn't rebound, you might even injure your own comrade.
Bang——
After several gunshots, the third platoon leader looked stunned.
The bullets fired by several soldiers in the sniper team actually punched a small hole in the armor of the Japanese tank.
The Japanese machine gun fire that had started to fire blindly suddenly stopped.
After quickly resolving the battle, looking at the somewhat dumbfounded third platoon leader, the deputy leader of the anti-tank team laughed and said:
"Third platoon leader, don't be dumbfounded. These are the latest hardened anti-tank bullets developed by our repair shop. It's a problem to penetrate the enemy's thin-skinned tank less than ten millimeters at such a close distance.
No."
"The rest of the problem of how to open the Japanese hatch cover is left to you!"
With that said, the deputy team leader took the members of the anti-tank team to support other local battlefields.
...From the perspective of the reporter seeing off his bride, all the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles that fell into the trenches were attacked by the soldiers who immediately charged up.
Some Japanese tanks have already rolled over.
Some Japanese tanks even ran rampant in the trenches after adjusting their tracks, but the tracks were quickly blown up by soldiers.
The little devil hiding inside the tank lost the tank's mobility and fired wildly at the outside of the tank with light and heavy machine guns.
Even if the soldiers of the independent regiment were familiar with the structure of the tank and evaded to the blind spot area in time, there were still some casualties.
At first glance, it looks like a swarm of ants attacking a dozen beetles.
For the Eighth Route Army, such large-scale anti-tank operations are quite rare.
Song Qing quickly adjusted the camera on hand and started filming inside the trench.
The other side.
The Japanese squadron leader Kazuo Uehara realized that the situation was over and defeat was certain.
Facing the Eighth Route Army troops that quickly attacked under the cover of smoke, he quickly gave the order to retreat.
Not only that, Uehara, an old devil, even got into a Type 89 tank himself and broke out with the tank's high-speed maneuverability.
At this time, Uehara's tank force only has two Type 89 tanks and three other Type 94 ultra-light tanks with 37mm tank guns.
Some of the others fell into the trenches, and some were directly entangled by the attacking Eighth Route Army.
The coordinated infantry without tank armor protection had already been beaten to pieces by the fierce firepower of the Eighth Route Army, and suffered all casualties.
We boarded the cavalry squadron we had originally hoped for at Okazaki.
Just a moment ago, he used the gradually dissipating smoke to see more than 20 cavalry escaping from the flanks of Dafeng Village.
There is not even a figure of squadron leader Okazaki among them.
At this moment, Uehara still didn’t understand what happened.
He only wanted to escape from this nightmare place, and then complained to the Commander how stupid the plan to attack Dafengzhuang was. It was clearly a trap carefully designed by the Eighth Route Army.
"Report to the battalion commander, five Japanese tanks are breaking out, and we're afraid we won't be able to stop them!"
The communications soldier hurriedly ran to report to the first battalion commander Lei Dasheng. Lei Dasheng also saw several Japanese tanks that were about to break out of the smoke envelope.
"There is nothing we can do. Notify the artillery unit. Don't let go of the remaining Japanese tanks even if they explode!"
Lei Dasheng gave the order without hesitation.
Although the regiment commander's order is to capture these tanks as completely as possible, it is obviously impossible to do so at the moment.
"Yes!"
As soon as the order was issued, military motorcycles were used to quickly detour back to the anti-tank artillery unit of the independent regiment on the flank of the Japanese tanks.
The deputy commander of the artillery battalion of a team, the howitzer, opened fire under the excited command.
The howitzer, who had a very clear understanding of the structure of the Japanese tanks, quickly estimated the movement speed, direction and distance of several Japanese tanks, and then determined the appropriate density advance.
Coupled with the artillery position commanded by the howitzer, five 37mm anti-tank artillery fired in clusters.
Utilize local area coverage firepower to increase hit rate.
The artillery shells were so accurate that it was like predicting the advance of Japanese tanks.
Boom——
A shell was hitting the side armor of a Japanese Type 89 tank that was quickly escaping northward.
The next moment, the artillery shell exploded, directly smashing the side armor of the Japanese Type 89 tank. The Japanese tank that originally drove in quickly staggered to a stop.
There is no doubt that under this attack, the Japanese tank soldiers inside should have been shocked to death.
This is exactly what is expected from a howitzer.
The armor on the side of the Japanese Type 89 tank is much thinner than the armor on the front.
The power of the anti-tank gun built by the independent regiment is enough to destroy the tank if it can hit the flank armor forward.
Hiding inside another Type 89 tank, Kazuo Uehara, who temporarily served as the tank commander, was so frightened that his face changed drastically.
"Anti-tank guns, damn it, these Eight Route Army soldiers actually have anti-tank guns!"
"Drive in at full speed, hurry up, break out!"
Uehara Kazuo roared at the tank driver. Facing the repeated blows from the independent regiment soldiers, he could not even think of fighting back.
Seeing that the howitzer was successful, the howitzer kept giving orders, and the artillery fire continued to bombard the Japanese tanks as they fled.
Except for the last Type 89 tank, the armor of the other three Type 94 ultra-light tanks is as thin as a piece of paper.
If it is hit by an anti-tank artillery, even the front armor can be destroyed in one fell swoop.
A Japanese gunner seemed to be annoyed and shouted into the inside of the tank, asking the driver to maintain the speed of the tank and slow down slightly, and then mobilized the attached 37mm tank gun to fire back at the howitzer artillery position. "Well done, let's fire!"
As soon as the Japanese tank slowed down, the howitzer immediately seized the fleeting opportunity and ordered to fire.
Boom——
The two shells seemed to cross each other in mid-air at a very fast speed. The shells fired by the howitzer blew the opponent's Type 94 tank into pieces amidst the explosion.
However, the shells fired by the Japanese gunners exploded more than ten meters away from the right side of the artillery position of the howitzer line.
"Haha, you little brat, did you learn your artillery skills from a bitch?"
The howitzer couldn't help but taunt loudly. Looking around, the Japanese only had the last Type 89 tank left, and they fled all the way.
"Deputy battalion commander, are you still firing?"
Looking at the last Japanese Type 89 tank that quickly broke out of the encirclement, the howitzer shook his head.
"Forget it, don't waste the shells. The distance is too far. The Little Devil's Type 89 medium tank is much larger than the Betting Tank. It is 80% impossible to hit it from such a long distance."
"Yes!"
At this point, the Dafengzhuang anti-tank battle is coming to an end...