"Be careful and hide quickly. You must not be discovered by the Chinese chariot!"
Nestled in a hidden bomb crater, a gunner in his thirties whispered to several soldiers around him. As a veteran anti-tank gunner, when he saw a Chinese tank suddenly appearing from behind, he
He immediately adjusted the position of the artillery fire and placed the Type 94 37mm rapid-fire gun under his command in a deepened crater.
Under his fiddling, the barrel of the gun was almost close to the ground to hide the gun position as much as possible. The height of the bunker was also very low. The gunner could only squat on the gun position and could not even stand up.
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The other four gunners were extremely puzzled by his extremely fearful behavior, but they also felt a little disdainful in their hearts. However, they understood somewhat when they thought that this guy's application for discharge had been rejected several times by the squadron leader.
As a second-class division, the 41st Division set up an anti-tank squadron, equipped with six Type 94 37mm rapid-fire cannons. However, because China's armor was so weak, most of the anti-tank weapons
All reduced to decoration.
But for Ihara Heihachi, this is actually a good thing, which is why he stayed unscathed in China for four years.
However, he is not without troubles. He has been in the service since 1936. According to the four-year service period, he could have applied for retirement and returned home in March this year, but he was forced to do so by the squadron leader who always disliked him.
After suppressing the pressure, Ihara Heihachi knew that the squadron leader wanted him to die on the battlefield, but the more the squadron leader wanted him to die, the more he wanted to survive.
At this time, a Type 94 anti-rapid gun next to it started to fire. I don’t know where the shell hit in the dark night, and then it was immediately hit by the opponent’s tank. Amidst a loud noise, the rapid-fire gun was blown up by the tank’s artillery.
Half empty.
"Ihara-senpai...it seems like Big Bear and the others were hit..." the gunner's cry came from the trench.
"Idiot! Why is this guy firing so early? I told him to wait until the tank is closer before firing."
The older soldier cursed loudly. Having participated in the Battle of Songhu, he deeply understood the truth. Although rapid-fire artillery could destroy Chinese tanks, even the most skilled gunners using field artillery with a narrow range of fire would find it difficult.
Hitting a moving tank, especially when it's still dark at night, trying to hit a tank traveling at high speed in the dark, is no different from winning the jackpot.
At this time, Ihara Heihachi relied on the light from the flares and stared nervously at the two tanks that were getting closer and closer in front of them. They were still more than 200 meters away and were getting closer and closer.
At this time, the tanks on the opposite side had already turned off their lights, and they were not idle either. As they advanced, they fired continuously at the front with their parallel machine guns. From time to time, bullets hit the crater where they were, making a "chirp" sound.
At this moment, Ihara Heihachi finally shouted out the long-awaited firing instructions of the gunners: "Target, right front tank... aim at the leading one! Sight twelve, armor-piercing explosive shells..."
"Bang!" The loader expertly stuffed a slender armor-piercing projectile into the barrel, and the gunner on the side immediately closed the breech.
Everyone was following the order to fire. Just when Ihara Heihachi was about to give the order to fire, the flares above his head suddenly went out, and the entire land fell into darkness again.
"Baga...can't these Chinese people have as many as one flare?"
"Damn it...can't we launch flares ourselves? Where are the artillerymen? Where are they dead?"
Just when everyone was waiting impatiently, two more illumination bombs were shot into the sky, instantly illuminating the entire land, and a huge figure was exposed in front of them again.
"Is this a Chinese chariot?"
"What's going on? Why is the Chinese chariot so big?"
There was a burst of exclamation from the crater, and even Ihara Heihachi's eyes widened in surprise. He remembered that during the Songhu battlefield, the Chinese people he saw were only equipped with a small number of Vickers light tanks.
That kind of tank with a total weight of only six tons has a measly 13mm front armor. It can only withstand ordinary rifle bullets. It can even be difficult to withstand the close range shooting of the Type 92 heavy machine gun. But what are these two big guys now?
Thing? Why is it so big?
Facing the two Panzer IV tanks that suddenly appeared, Ihara Heihachi held his hands nervously. According to his estimation, if he wanted to penetrate such tanks, he would have to put the opponent at least within a hundred meters before he could destroy them.
But under high tension, he couldn't wait any longer, and soon shouted the last word of the password from his mouth: "Fire..."
Japan's Type 94 rapid-fire gun is actually a copy of the German KWK36 37mm anti-tank gun. Originally, the armor-piercing performance of this artillery was not very good. In addition, Japan does not use capped armor-piercing projectiles, which also led to its penetration.
The armor capability is much lower than the original KWK36 37mm anti-tank gun.
The distance of two hundred meters is almost instantaneous for a shell with a muzzle velocity of 700 meters per second. There was only a muffled sound as the high-speed flying shell hit the back of the tank, knocking out the two men following the tank.
The infantryman fell to the ground.
"Baga...load!"
Just when Ihara Heihachi shouted to continue loading, the loader had already stuffed another shell into the barrel.
"put!"
Ihara Heihachi gave the order to fire without hesitation, and the tank he led instantly burst into a cloud of black smoke and flashes of light. As the smoke dissipated, the tank stopped moving forward.
"Hit!"
The gunners in the crater shouted excitedly, with fanatical and excited expressions on their faces. This was the first time they destroyed Huaxia Renren's tank. Now the tank was lying on the spot motionless. At this time, there was a feeling of ecstasy.
Emotions filled the minds of these gunners, while Ihara Heihachi continued to shout commands, preparing to continue to create miracles.
But apparently they were happy a little too early. When the gunners were about to look for the target again, a black smoke suddenly came out of the butt of the tank that they thought was destroyed, and the whole body shook for a while and then actually started to move again.
"Bagayalu, kill him immediately!"
Ihara Heihachi was so angry that he cursed loudly, pushed the gunner away and planned to take aim himself.
At this moment, a searing wave of air hit us, and a series of "dang-dang-dang" sounds were heard. The steel guard plate of the artillery was hit by a bullet, making a crisp metal impact sound. Two people were busy behind the shield.
The gunner fell in a pool of blood.
Ihara Heihachi took a closer look and saw a series of dark holes exposed on the guard plate. All the gunners of this artillery fell on the position and buried their faces tightly in the mud. They all knew that their gun positions were exposed without asking.
Already.
"Bagaya, the damn arms dealer actually brought some junk goods to deal with us!" Seeing that the baffle they used to regard as a life-saving tool could not even block machine gun bullets, Ihara Heihachi was so angry that he cursed.
"Load...ready to fire!"
Ihara Heihachi pushed the two dead gunners aside, put his eyes in front of the gun, and kept shaking the steering wheel with his right hand.
"Hurry up... pick up those who are not dead and load the cannonballs!"
Following his order, one of the gunners who was lying on the ground immediately picked up a shell and rushed forward, while the other gunner yanked the gun bolt handle back.
With a muffled click, the breech block was closed.
Heihachi Ihara felt his hands were a little numb due to shaking the steering wheel and tilting machine for a long time, but he still kept his bloodshot eyes firmly attached to the car. In the dark night, he stared closely at the car driving towards him.
Although the distance was less than two hundred meters away from the tank, he could still see that the gun on the turret seemed to be shaking left and right, apparently aiming at him.
"put!"
Ihara Heihachi knew that he could no longer hesitate. Now that he was at a critical moment of life and death, he might be hit by the opponent a second later. He loudly gave the command to fire, but only heard a muffled sound, the Type 94 rapid-fire cannon.
A cloud of black smoke erupted from the muzzle, and as the cannon body retreated sharply, the slender shells quickly rushed out of the muzzle driven by the kinetic energy of the gunpowder.
The old gunner vaguely saw a cloud of black smoke coming out of the side of the tank that was heading towards them. Although his engine was still roaring, the tank was spinning in circles.
"Senior...Ihara-senpai...we hit it, we hit the track of the China tank."
A gunner jumped up from the crater and screamed with excitement.
Even though they are an anti-tank squadron, due to the limited power of China, their chances of fighting a tank are almost zero. Not only can they fight a Chinese tank tonight, but they can also damage its tracks. We will try harder later.
By destroying that tank, they would have achieved meritorious service.
At this time, the No. 4 tank was still spinning in place, its flat tracks had come off, and the turret was also spinning, but it was still strafing the position with machine guns.
Ihara Heihachi quickly aimed at the target and fired again. The shells exploded on the turret of the tank. But this time their luck was not so good. The armor of the opponent's tank was so thick that they fired three shells in a row.
Not wearing their armor.
However, their luck ended here. Due to the continuous shooting, their position was also locked. The tank with its tracks broken stopped, turned the turret and aimed at them and fired two shots in succession.
"boom!"
The first shell hit the rapid-fire cannon and raised a large piece of soil. The second shell followed closely and hit the rapid-fire cannon. With a huge explosion, the rapid-fire cannon was blown away from the crater.
When it came out, it disintegrated in mid-air.
A choking smoke shrouded the entire crater. The thick smoke choked Ihara Heihachi so much that he couldn't breathe and couldn't help coughing violently.
"Ueda...Imai..."
He shouted loudly, and it was impossible to see the position of his companions in the smoke-filled bunker. Ihara Heihachi waited for a while, and after the smoke slowly dissipated, he discovered that four of his subordinates had been killed by artillery shells, two of them.
Even the body was only half-parted.
"idiot..."
It cursed fiercely, then carefully poked its head out of the crater, and found that several Chinese tanks had bypassed the field artillery's firing range and came towards them from the flank.
"I have done my best to His Majesty the Emperor, and now I have to live for myself."
Ihara Heihachi murmured something in his mouth, looked around to himself, and found that there was no movement from several nearby artillery positions. They were probably all killed in the battle. He jumped out of the crater without hesitation and headed towards
Run as hard as you can from behind...
"Everyone pay attention...I say it again, you must not walk in a straight line, otherwise you will end up like the idiot No. 0031, who is still spinning in circles. Pay attention to the combat defense cannons, the little devils are very cunning, and their combat defense
The guns are very concealed, so you must be careful and careful. I don't want to see any idiot ruin the tank that the senior officer spent a lot of money to buy because of his own stupidity."
The armored battalion's intercom sounded with the angry curses of Li Chang'an, commander of the armored battalion.
"Also, the No. 4 tank is in the front and the Lynx is in the back. Remember to protect the Cyclone and Rafale in the back."
Huang Jianhua pressed his eyes tightly behind the observation mirror, listened to the voice coming from the headset, and muttered: "Everyone has heard it, cheer me up. Be careful of the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery. If anyone
Even if you don't die with one shot, you'll still have to peel off your skin."
The correspondent and machine gunner on the side is holding the MG34 machine gun and observing the surroundings carefully. If he encounters any possible target, he will shoot a bunch of bullets at it regardless of the situation.
The armored battalion's attack was so fierce and swift that the 133rd Wing's blockade did not have much effect. Especially after the anti-tank squadron failed to block the attack, the Japanese army could only rely on a few temporarily formed teams to stop it. However,
None of them were successful. Those soldiers who rushed out with explosive packages and cluster grenades either fell under the tanks' coaxial machine guns, or were killed by the infantry following the tanks.
As the tanks advanced, the armored battalion was like a sharp knife stabbing into the back of the 41st Division. At this time, more than 20 Tornado anti-aircraft self-propelled artillery and Rafale self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery arrived immediately behind the tank.
"Dong dong dong..."
When the first Tornado self-propelled gun opened fire with its 20mm quadruple Fl** 38 anti-aircraft gun, everyone was startled.
With the rapid and dull sound of artillery, the Japanese attack formation that was attacking Qixiaguan less than two miles away from them suddenly fell down like a banana tree blown by the strong wind.
The 20mm quad-mounted Fl** 38 anti-aircraft gun may not be as powerful at hitting high-altitude aircraft, but it must not be too brutal when attacking people. A group of Japanese soldiers who were desperately attacking on the hillside were hit by a sudden bullet.
As the rain swept across, an entire squadron of soldiers were dispersed in less than a minute. However, none of those who were shot could have their whole bodies left intact. They were all turned into broken limbs.
arm.
Immediately afterwards, the second...the third anti-aircraft self-propelled artillery also joined the battlefield. For a moment, it seemed that there was only the sound of dozens of self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery firing...