761 The classic battle of Cold Artillery - ambush the tank company! (1)
Back to the current battle situation.
Li Yunlong believed that the Japanese would definitely transport food through the railway line, so he asked Zhao Gang to lead the main force and follow the orders of the brigade headquarters to cover the independent regiment on the Yangquan flank.
And he led the tank company secretly to the vicinity of the Japanese transport railway line, trying to make a move and wait for the enemy.
He Dahai, commander of the tank company who learned Li Yunlong's thoughts, immediately said:
"Captain, if our tank company goes into battle head-on, these seven fragile tanks will definitely not be able to withstand the artillery fire of the little devils."
"But if we can lurk all the way and catch the little devils off guard, then the power of our tank company will be maximized."
"We often deal with the Japs with infantry ambushes. This time we might as well let the Japs have a taste of being ambushed by tanks."
It can be said that He Dahai's ideas coincide with Li Yunlong's. What Lao Li likes to do most is to send out surprise troops.
In Lao Li's opinion, what's the point of fighting a conventional war?
It is necessary to fight the kind of classic surprise battle in which fewer people win more, so that he can show his ability.
But the matter was serious, and Li Yunlong was no fool. He looked directly into He Dahai's eyes and asked, "Are you sure?"
He Dahai, who has never lost his domineering attitude as a soldier, nodded without hesitation.
"Captain, don't worry, our tank company has been practicing latent training in the mountains during this period."
"We, this time, were like the ghost, touching the little Jaap's railway line and catching him off guard."
"Okay, let's fight like this!" Li Yunlong gave the order. He gave full play to his unquestioning mind and handed over the command of the tank company to the more professional tank company commander He Dahai.
Li Yunlong, who has never been afraid of taking risks, followed him personally to witness the battle of his new second regiment tank company.
He Dahai, who received Li Yunlong's military order, began to deploy this operation.
His first step was to do quite a good job of camouflaging his three tanks and four armored vehicles.
"The turret, roof, including side armor and front and rear armor, are all covered with dead branches. They must be separated by fifty meters. At first glance, they might think they are a bush."
"Loose pavement should be dealt with in time to remove ruts."
The soldiers of the tank company took quick action under the command of He Dahai.
Soon, three tanks and four armored vehicles were completely covered by leafy branches.
If such a well-camouflaged tank is hidden in a mountainous area and is surrounded by branches and green leaves, it will not be easy to detect it from a certain distance.
Soon after, everything was ready. After each tank and armored vehicle had enough ammunition, they set off towards their destination.
That is a major railway transportation line to Ping'an County.
As early as in the war room, Li Yunlong had analyzed that if the Japanese army transported supplies to Yangquan, this transportation line would be the most likely choice.
When secretly advancing toward the predetermined railway line area, according to He Dahai's deployment, the three tanks and four armored vehicles did not advance in a straight line in a horizontal line, which would have been too easy to expose.
He ordered two tanks to form a group. When one group of tanks and armored vehicles was moving, the other tanks and armored vehicles should remain stationary and be alert to the surroundings at all times.
"Attention, all cars, the second group continues to move forward!"
Like a bunch of advancing bushes, after the two tanks of the first combat group stopped, He Dahai gave the order for the second group to move forward.
Originally, the communication methods between tanks were nothing more than gesture communication, military flag communication and messenger communication.
However, Kong Jie believes that these traditional communications will reduce the tank's communication efficiency, and can easily lead to exposure and attack by the Japanese Air Force.
Therefore, Kong Jie spent some money to get a lot of American walkie-talkies from John to facilitate the communication between the tank troops during the battle.
In this battle, the tank company of the New Second Regiment had three tanks, including two Japanese-style Type 92 cavalry tanks, one Type 94 cavalry tank, and four armored vehicles, including Type 92 armored vehicles and Type 9 armored vehicles commonly used by the Japanese.
Type 1 armored vehicles and the like.
According to the standard division of tank combat members, He Dahai divided the tank crew inside the tank into gunners, loaders, drivers, commanders, etc. according to the different tasks they undertake.
Of course, since the Japanese have lagged far behind Western countries in the field of armored vehicles, the Japanese tanks captured by the independent regiment in Dafengzhuang were mainly cavalry tanks, with very few medium tanks captured.
The internal capacity of these light tanks of the Japanese army is very small.
For example, the standard internal capacity of the Little Devil's Type 92 cavalry tank is three people, while the Type 94 cavalry tank has only two people.
These tanks were rarely equipped with tank guns.
So gunners and loaders are completely unnecessary.
The main weapons loaded are heavy machine guns and light machine guns.
How could a general like Li Yunlong, who had a special liking for artillery, watch helplessly as this iron bastard didn't even have a cannon?
So after Kong Jie sent the tanks and armored vehicles over, Li Yunlong ordered the New Second Regiment to develop a repair shop that had been developed for more than a year. Using some simple and practical methods, some artillery pieces were installed on the Japanese armored vehicles and tanks. p>
These artillery pieces are naturally not tank guns, but flat-firing cannons that have been modified by repairmen.
Anyway, in Li Yunlong's opinion, as long as it is a cannon fired from a tank, no matter what kind of gun it is, if it can kill the little devil, it is a good gun.
When the tanks and armored vehicles were delivered, Kong Jie communicated with Li Yunlong on the phone.
"Old Li, the strength of a tank does not lie in its armor's fire protection and ferocious firepower, but in its ability to advance quickly, giving the artillery the ability to move on its own."
"Think about it, it's like a flat-firing cannon. If it could reach any point on the battlefield quickly at the speed of a tank, wouldn't such a weapon be terrifying?"
"So whether it's an armored vehicle or a tank, if we can attach some artillery of suitable calibers to armored vehicles and tanks, it will become a smart and fast self-propelled artillery that is more suitable for mountain combat."
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"That is the ultimate direction of our Eighth Route Army's tank warfare in mountainous areas."
Therefore, the tank company of the new Second Regiment formed by Li Yunlong, the so-called tanks and armored vehicles, actually look a bit nondescript in appearance.
The location where machine guns were originally supposed to be installed was ordered by Li Yunlong to be modified and set up with some small-caliber flat-firing cannons.
Another example is the Little Devil's armored vehicle. The original machine gun perforation hole on the top was directly transformed into a turret with a flat-fire cannon.
Ensure that the entire armored vehicle has heavy machine gun firepower, as well as tank gun firepower.
The soldiers were immersed in the driving of the tank. Li Yunlong and the first battalion commander Zhang Dabiao were also sighing at the powerful weapon such as the tank.
The tank team passed through a relatively gentle ravine area.
Suddenly, the roar of aircraft engines came from far away in the sky. He Dahai's face changed slightly, and he immediately issued an order through the walkie-talkie:
"Air defense, all vehicles immediately enter air defense preparation!"
After He Dahai's order was issued, the soldiers of the tank company quickly took action. The tank soldiers who were originally nesting inside the tanks and armored vehicles quickly and orderly evacuated from the tanks and armored vehicles, and took shelter not far away from the armored vehicles and tanks.
Under the ravine or soil slope, quickly cover yourself with the help of surrounding branches and dead trees.
This is an air defense preparation maneuver performed by a tank company during normal training.
For tanks, the greatest threat is nothing more than aircraft bombing.
So once you detect the movement of enemy aircraft.
When the tank itself does not have anti-aircraft equipment, such as weapons such as anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, what the soldiers have to do is to quickly detach from the vehicle body and then hide nearby.
Wait for the camouflage of the tank itself to hide from enemy aircraft.
Ten thousand steps back, if accidentally exposed, the main targets of the Japanese bombing were tanks, and the tank soldiers who evacuated in time guaranteed their lives because they evacuated in advance.
After a while, the roar of the plane intensified on the heads of Li Yunlong and his group, and then gradually faded away.
He Dahai, who was hiding not far from Li Yunlong, breathed a sigh of relief.
"During this period, the Japs have stepped up their reconnaissance of the railway lines along the way. Commander, looking at the situation just now, it is a reconnaissance plane from the Japs area!" He Dahai analyzed.