The attack on Ping'an County went smoothly at the beginning, but subsequent attacks became more and more difficult.
Not only is the resistance of the Japanese army getting more and more intense, but the biggest problem is that the county is full of civilian houses. If you are not careful, innocent people will be injured, so that the siege troops are helpless when fighting, and they have no tanks and other heavy weapons.
But he didn't dare to let go of his hands and feet, and the beating was very painful.
Especially as they got closer and closer to the brigade headquarters located in the center of the county, the resistance they encountered became increasingly fierce. As the casualties of the troops further increased, the third and fourth battalions had to stop attacking for a while to wait for reinforcements.
"boom……"
In a huge explosion, the last turret of the ammunition depot was blown down. Less than 200 meters away from the turret, a Type IV F tank triumphantly shook its short barrel, seeming to
Show off the power of artillery.
Ma Zhanfu, the commander of the third company of the fourth battalion who was originally responsible for attacking the ammunition depot, asked the fourth battalion commander Nong Tiancai on the side: "Batalion commander, the enemy's turrets have been pulled out, can we launch a general attack?"
"No hurries?"
Nong Tiancai shook his head, "Do I need to tell you how important the ammunition depot is? The Japanese have more than a few troops inside. Be careful of their dirty tricks. Correspondent, tell the brothers in the armored battalion right away,
Let them walk around the ammunition depot twice to see how the Japanese react... remember... speak politely."
"I understand, battalion commander!"
The correspondent made a knowing gesture.
There is no way. From the day the armored forces were created, their status was destined to be higher than that of the infantry. Who wants the infantry to always ask for help from others? For the sake of life, there is no shame in talking about sweets.
Soon, the two Panzer IV tanks began to move around the ammunition depot. Not only that, the machine guns on the armored vehicles were also not idle, and dense bullets kept spraying at the gap in the collapsed wall like water.
As expected, the Japanese couldn't bear it any longer, and soon a figure rushed out.
The moment he came out of the thick smoke, Nong Tiancai could still see the white bandana tied on his forehead and the explosive bag in his hand.
"Half a year...boom..."
It was just that the Japanese soldier was shot to pieces by bullets within two or three meters of the wall. The explosive pack in his arms was also detonated at the same time. The huge explosion shook the ears of Nong Tiancai, who was more than 100 meters away.
Gotta buzz.
When the gunpowder smoke cleared, Nong Tiancai was surprised to find that the gap that was originally only about two or three people had been blown up by the explosive pack that had just exploded, creating a large gap of four to five meters, revealing a large house inside.
"The tanks continued to fire...blow out the gap in the wall." Nong Tiancai, who was overjoyed, grabbed the microphone directly from the correspondent's hand, tuned to the channel connected to the tank, and shouted loudly.
"Boom...boom..."
The tank crew who received the order did not show any pretense and fired several rounds of high-explosive shells. In less than five minutes, there were seven or eight more gaps in the originally solid wall.
Seeing the new gaps that kept appearing, the Japanese troops in the ammunition depot became anxious. If this continued, the opponent's tanks would be able to drive in openly, so how could they defend it.
"Half a year..."
"Half a year..."
Amidst the slogans, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers holding explosive packs rushed out from various gaps and rushed towards the tanks. Unfortunately, the militia soldiers outside were not vegetarians. Amidst the bursts of intensive gunfire, these
All the Japanese soldiers fell in front of the tanks with hatred.
"Battal Commander... let's attack quickly and let the tanks take the lead. I think it will only take half an hour at most to end the battle." Seeing the Japanese troops falling one after another, the third company commander said excitedly to Nong Tiancai.
Nong Tiancai hesitated, "It's easy to drive a tank in, but what if the Japanese jump over the wall and detonate the ammunition depot?"
Although I don’t know how many weapons and ammunition are stored in the ammunition depot, looking at the size of this warehouse, even if it is only half filled, hundreds of us will have to be here if so much ammunition is detonated."
"This..." The third company commander also scratched his head in embarrassment.
This is the difficulty of street fighting. Even in the 21st century, this problem is still a recognized problem in the world. Even if it is as powerful as the United States, it is a little helpless when encountering this situation. What's more, we are still fighting in an ammunition depot. This is dangerous.
It has increased geometrically.
"Ta da... da da da..."
Just when Nong Tiancai was unable to do anything, a burst of gunfire suddenly rang out from inside the ammunition depot, and then the gunfire became intensive.
Nong Tiancai was stunned: "Hey... why is there a fight inside? No... those are our people. Someone broke in."
Soon, Nong Tiancai and the surrounding soldiers heard that the continuous and clear gunshots inside were the unique crisp sound of the MP40 submachine gun, which was completely different from the Japanese 38-type rifle that fired once every time.
The third company commander was still a little confused: "Sir, did the little Japs lure us in deliberately? Wait until we are all in before detonating the ammunition depot?"
"It's possible, but it's unlikely. What if it's really one of our people inside? Are you going to stand by and watch?"
Nong Tiancai glared at the third company commander, "What did Commander Gao instruct us? Never abandon or give up. This is the purpose of our Liantai Militia!"
After saying that, he took the microphone from behind the communications soldier and said urgently, "Second Platoon of Tanks... I am Nong Tiancai, the commander of the fourth battalion. Now we have brothers who have rushed into the ammunition depot. You guys should attack immediately and make certain moves."
Be quick, we'll follow!"
The two tanks wandering outside heard the sound coming from the radio and no longer hesitated. They increased their horsepower and rushed towards the wall.
"Boom... bang..."
With a dull sound, a large hole was opened in the seemingly solid wall again. The two tanks did not stop at all after crashing through the wall. Instead, they continued to twist left and right at the wall, and soon the gap expanded to
More than ten meters.
Seeing the tanks rushing into the wall, the bullets fired by the Japanese soldiers in the arsenal became more intensive. However, they only spattered a few sparks when they hit the tanks, which could not do anything to it at all.
"Bang..."
Suddenly, a shell flew out and hit the front armor of the tank. However, the angle of this shell was wrong. After hitting the tank, it made a harsh metal impact sound and bounced away.
Although the shell failed to destroy the Panzer IV tank, it also shocked the crew inside the tank.
As the commander of the vehicle, Huang Jianhua quickly put his eyes in front of the observation window, but the smoke outside was too big and the glass was too thick, so he couldn't see anything clearly.
He grabbed the handle and pulled it down, and the glass lens of the observation window also dropped.
As the lenses fell, my vision became clearer.
"On the left front, at three o'clock, at a distance of 60 meters, there is a Type 94 37mm rapid-fire cannon. Kill him quickly!" Huang Jianhua's voice changed in desperation.