Shozo Sakurai was pacing back and forth anxiously in the war room. For the first time, this old Japanese man lost confidence in his troops.
Although the Bushido spirit of the Japanese army is said to be invincible, Shozo Sakurai knows very well that flesh and blood cannot withstand artillery after all. Facing the heavy artillery group of the Chinese Army, no matter how brave and tenacious the Japanese soldiers are,
It can only be in vain. The only hope now is that the 215th Infantry Regiment can break through the Japanese defense line as soon as possible.
As long as the Japanese defense line is broken through, the Japanese heavy artillery group will be exposed to the Japanese front!
It has been more than half an hour since the attack order was issued. If everything goes well, Colonel Harada's 215th Infantry Regiment should have broken through the Japanese defense line by now.
When Shozo Sakurai was getting a little impatient, Professor Murata walked in quickly, immediately put his feet back and stood at attention and said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, five minutes ago, the 215th Infantry Regiment successfully broke through the first line of defense of the China Army.
, but the Chinese army’s tank cluster suddenly burst out of the jungle, killing the 215th Regiment by surprise!”
"What?" Shozo Sakurai frowned, "A tank cluster of the China Army?"
"Hai!" Professor Murata lowered his head suddenly and said, "At least 80 T-26 tanks, at least 100 armored vehicles, and at least more than 2,000 infantry units followed and attacked. The Harada Building was shattered, and more than half of the 215th Infantry Regiment suffered casualties.
The Chinese army has been routed back from its positions, and I'm worried..."
"What!?" Shozo Sakurai said sternly, "At least 80 T-26 tanks!?"
The Japanese base camp knew about the fact that the Chinese Expeditionary Force had a small number of Soviet-style T-26 tanks. When the 15th Army attacked Burma, the Southern Army Command also reminded the commanders of each division. However, the Sakurai Province III
I don’t think the tanks of the Chinese Expeditionary Force will pose much of a threat to the Japanese army, because the Chinese don’t understand swarming tactics at all.
In fact, at this time, only the German and Japanese troops had mastered the blitz tactics of tank clusters. Not to mention China, even the Soviet Union had not yet mastered the blitz tactics of tank clusters. On the European battlefield, the Japanese tanks would never do it.
They appear in clusters on the battlefield, but only appear scattered to provide protection for infantry.
"Murata-kun, did you hear wrongly?" Shozo Sakurai calmed down and said in a skeptical tone, "80 T-26 tanks, this is a huge group of tanks. When will the Chinese
Mastered the blitz tactics of tank groups? No, this is impossible, this is absolutely impossible, you must have heard wrong!"
"Your Excellency, Division Commander!" Professor Murata lowered his head suddenly and said in a deep voice, "It is indeed a cluster of tanks!"
"Baga!" Shozo Sakurai believed it and immediately ordered, "Order the 213th and 214th Infantry Regiments to destroy all roads and bridges on the path of the China tank group, especially the bridges, and then order the Mountain Artillery Regiment
Team, the search team speeds up its march and must meet up with the division headquarters before noon!"
Although Sakurai Shozo did not go to Germany to study, he heard about blitzkrieg from Yamashita Tomofumi!
The tank cluster blitz, pioneered by the famous German general Guderian, was a great breakthrough in army tactics!
Before Guderian, the Western world followed the army tactics of the Napoleonic era, that is, first prepare for artillery fire, wait until the enemy fortifications and personnel were almost killed by our own artillery fire, and then use infantry to break through from one point. Although tanks had already been
It has already appeared, and it is extremely powerful, but it has always been only an auxiliary arm of the infantry.
It wasn't until Guderian was born that tanks finally became the dominant force on land battlefields!
Blitzkrieg completely abandoned the combat formula of infantry as the main force. For the first time, tanks became the main force of the assault. The tanks that were originally used sparsely were assembled in large numbers, quickly breaking through the enemy's defense line with overwhelming force, and quickly advancing in depth. In theory, in a tank cluster,
In the face of blitz tactics, there is almost no line of defense that cannot be broken through!
The only effective way to block the enemy's tank cluster is to use the tank cluster to fight as well!
Historically, the Soviet Red Army only learned this bloody lesson after suffering nearly 10 million casualties and tens of thousands of tanks.
Shozo Sakurai had learned blitz warfare from Yamashita Tobumi, so he knew clearly that destroying roads and bridges could only temporarily block the tank cluster of the Chinese *** Team, but if he wanted to destroy the tank cluster of the Chinese *** Team,
, then we must rely on the battle defense artillery squadron of the mountain artillery wing and the tank cluster of the search wing!
Forward position.
The assault group composed of more than 80 T-26 tanks and more than 100 armored vehicles was unstoppable. In less than ten minutes, it rushed forward thousands of meters. The position of the 215th Japanese Infantry Regiment was completely
Breakthrough, the defense line constructed hastily by the Japanese soldiers was simply vulnerable to the torrent of steel.
This is not a competition on one level at all, this is a complete killing!
The gunners of the Chinese tank cluster all screamed with excitement. When they saw the Japanese machine guns set up in front of them, they couldn't help but fire. When they saw more than three Japanese infantry gathered in the front, they set up their front-mounted machine guns and fired wildly.
Wherever the tank cluster passed, corpses of Japanese soldiers lay everywhere, and rivers of blood flowed!
The Chinese infantry who followed the tank group were more depressed.
The Japanese soldiers who resisted were basically killed by the tank group. Building bridges and building roads was the job of engineers. In addition to "smoking" and "eating ashes" behind the tanks, the Chinese infantry was left to "make up for the damage" to the Japanese soldiers.
The order was issued by Yue Weihan. The Japanese soldiers holding up corpses on the battlefield, regardless of life or death, must have a bayonet inserted into their hearts.
Meng Gong, 200th Division Headquarters.
The good news from the front came back like a stream of water, and the war room was already filled with joy!
When the two young and handsome major staff officers went to the confidential room to copy the messages, they straightened their bodies, which made the young and beautiful female confidential officers in the confidential room excited. They all say that women are beautiful when they are confident, but in fact
, the self-confidence exuded by men, especially soldiers, is the most fascinating thing.
Soldiers all over the world are essentially the same. When they lose a battle, they all wilt. But once they win a battle, they all puff up their chests and raise their heads, just like they are fighting.
The big rooster was patrolling the hens, and even Dai Anlan had a rare smile on his face.
However, Dai Anlan did not agree with Yue Weihan.
Under the busy work of more than a dozen combat staff, the red arrow consisting of the tank regiment and the 600 regiment was rapidly extending forward on the map. Dai Anlan soon discovered the hidden danger, and immediately poured cold water on the joyful people: "From the tank regiment
There is a small river two kilometers ahead of the current position. As long as the Japanese army blows up the road bridge, the tank regiment's offensive will be terminated."
"End?" Yue Weihan smiled and shook his head. "I think it will only be postponed for two hours at most. This small river is less than thirty meters wide and two meters deep. The engineering corps only needs to fill it with several hundred cubic meters of soil.
Or stones, tank groups and armored vehicle groups can wade across the river and continue to advance deep into the Japanese army."
Dai Anlan continued to retort: "Although two hours is not enough for the Japanese army to build strong fortifications, it is enough for the Japanese 33rd Division's tank troops and mountain artillery regiment to come up with reinforcements. The Japanese mountain artillery regiment has combat capabilities."
Anti-artillery, in jungle terrain, combat anti-artillery is a great threat to tanks!"
"Two hours is enough for the Japanese tank troops and mountain artillery regiment to arrive, but..." Yue Weihan paused deliberately at this point, and continued slowly until he had whetted the appetite of everyone in the war room, "But...
, then the little devil’s chariot unit and mountain artillery regiment must still exist!”
"What do you mean by that?" Dai Anlan couldn't help frowning when he heard the words. He didn't understand.
"Commander Dai, you will know in half an hour." Yue Weihan did not answer Dai Anlan directly. As a time traveler, Yue Weihan certainly knew the threat of dealing with tank clusters. Not only was there a countermeasure of using tank clusters to fight against it, there was actually another one.
A more effective and more lethal tactic is air strike!
In the later Gulf War, the tank troops of the Iraqi Army were completely destroyed by American air power before even seeing the shadow of American tanks. Naturally, the US Air Force of this era could not compare with the US Air Force of later generations. However, this
The Japanese tanks of that era were also unable to compare with the Soviet tanks of later generations.
The sky above the Meng Gong battlefield.
Eight fighter planes led by Major McCann were searching and circling at high altitude.
These eight fighter jets are significantly different from the P-40 fighter jets heavily equipped by the Flying Tigers.
In fact, these eight fighter jets are indeed not P-40 Eagle fighter jets, but the famous P-51 Mustang fighter jet in history! The P-51 Mustang fighter jet is a new fighter jet specially designed by Douglas Company of the United States for the British Royal Air Force. It is surprising to say that
People can’t believe that this aircraft only took 100 days from design, manufacturing to test flight!
The biggest difference between the P-51 Mustang fighter jet and the P-40 is the addition of 10 rocket racks!
The P-51 Mustang fighter can also carry two 1,000-pound aerial bombs. Compared with the predecessor P-40 fighter, the ground attack capability of the P-51 Mustang fighter is greatly enhanced! With such a powerful ground attack capability, it can eliminate
The Japanese army has thin-skinned light tanks and artillery on the move. Isn’t that a piece of cake?
"Sir, the target has been spotted at six o'clock!" The wingman's call suddenly came from the communication channel.
Major Kenyon suddenly pushed the joystick, and the plane immediately made a dive. When he looked out through the porthole, he saw dozens of Japanese tanks and dozens of cannons towed by cars slowly heading north along the highway.