In the smoke, one after another, the grass-green Somoa S35 tanks appeared in the eyes of many Japanese troops. Since they were accompanied by infantry behind them, their speed was not very fast. They shelled the Japanese positions while marching. The tanks
The machine guns inside also kept firing forward.
Looking at the densely packed tanks in front of him, Nakamura Ryota became a little panicked. When the tanks came more than 300 meters in front of him, he had already clenched the handle tightly, and when he closed it hard, the Type 92 heavy machine gun suddenly began to spray out.
Tongues of flames and strings of bullets were directed towards the aircraft ahead.
It has to be said that the Type 92 heavy machine gun with a caliber of 7.7 mm is still very powerful, but that only refers to dealing with infantry. It is far from enough to deal with the Somoa tank with 55 mm front armor.
, the bullet hitting the armor of the tank has no other use except to stimulate a few sparks.
"Quick, combat anti-cannon, fire quickly!"
There are still many 37mm caliber combat anti-aircraft guns on the Japanese army's position. Under the orders of Japanese army officers, they kept firing at the rumbling tanks. However, facing the 55mm armor, this gun developed in
At the end of World War I, the anti-tank artillery seemed to be weak and powerless. The Japanese soldiers found in despair that the tanks on the opposite side were still slowly but surely moving towards their own positions, and behind these tanks were densely packed infantry.
"Report, Your Excellency, Division Commander, the Chinese tank troops are attacking the junction between us and the 38th Division. Their offensive is fierce and the soldiers can hardly resist it!" In the headquarters of the 18th Division, people hurriedly entered
Chief of Staff Takayama Kimichiro came in and reported with an anxious expression.
"Huh... the Chinese attacked the joint between us and the 38th Division? How did they find the joint between us and the 38th Division?" Ritsaburo Saito looked at the defense map on the table in surprise.
, the place where the 18th Division and the 38th Division combine is also circled with a basketball hoop.
"Did you see clearly how many troops the Chinese used?" Saito Ritsaburo continued to ask Takayama Kimichi.
"Your Excellency, the scale of the Chinese attack this time is not large. At most, it is only the size of a chariot brigade plus an infantry regiment."
"Yoshi. It seems that this group of Chinese people are not a big concern." Saito Ritsaburo nodded. If the Chinese really planned to drive the Japanese army back, they would not only dispatch such a small number of troops. How could they face tens of thousands of people?
Under the siege of the Japanese army, even the most powerful tank troops could not break out of the encirclement. Therefore, in Saito Ritsaburo's view, this Chinese army was just here to vent their anger at most, and they would naturally retreat when their anger subsided.
"Come here, order the 48th Regiment to rush immediately to the joint between us and the 38th Division. In addition, you immediately call Lieutenant General Sano Tadayoshi of the 38th Division. Tell him to also dispatch a regiment.
If the Chinese dare to rush in, we will join forces to strangle him and tell him to bring more anti-tank guns and explosive packs. The Chinese tanks are very powerful." Saito Risaburo, who had long heard about the powerful Chinese tanks, also specially said
He reminded his chief of staff.
"Hai, I'll notify the commander of Sano Tadayoshi immediately!"
Takayama Kimichi immediately turned around and walked out. But not long after, he came back and reported to Saito Ritsaburo: "Your Excellency, division commander, our first position has been breached, and now the Chinese are attacking our second position.
Line of defense attack.”
"Nani? So fast!" Saito Risaburo exclaimed, "What do those Chinese people want to do? Don't they know how dangerous it is if such a lone army rushes in?"
After saying that, his eyes habitually looked at the map on the table. Suddenly Saito Ritsaburo's body suddenly froze, and after a while he screamed. "No, those Chinese people's target is our first target."
Sixth Heavy Artillery Brigade!"
Having said this, Saito Risaburo's body shook violently, and his eyes were fixed on the map. Because behind the second line of defense on the map, it was clearly marked that the position of the Sixth Heavy Artillery Brigade was there.
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"Immediately order the 48th Regiment to rush to the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade, then order the 56th Regiment to go behind the Chinese and cut off their retreat, and then notify the 38th Division to send troops to respond. I want to eat
Get rid of this daring lone army!" Saito Ritsaburo's voice echoed through the headquarters like a howling owl.
"Speed up and rush over. Rush over!"
Thanks to the fierce artillery fire from the heavy artillery brigade, the Japanese defenses of the first and second positions had been almost destroyed. Li Chenzhe's armored regiment was able to advance quickly, facing the rumbling steel behemoth.
The Japanese army on the position did not have a good solution. The anti-tank artillery did not work well, so the Japanese army had to resort to the magic weapon of meat bombs. However, after the battle at the airport, the armored regiment also accumulated experience in dealing with this kind of suicide attack by the Japanese army.
With a lot of experience, the tanks advancing in parallel shot out metal fire nets, knocking down the Japanese soldiers wearing white menstrual belts to the ground.
Moreover, the infantrymen who followed the tanks were not idle either. They hid behind the tanks and served as the eyes and ears of the tanks. Once any Japanese soldiers who slipped through the net dared to approach the tanks, they would use their Garand rifles and
The mp38 submachine gun ︻┳═ beat them into balls of meat.
Li Chenzhe, who was sitting in a Somoya tank, was currently in the center of the attack cluster, directing the attack of the tank fleet. From his sight at this moment, dozens of grass-green tanks were slowly but firmly moving toward
The front was crushed, and the overwhelming momentum was enough to overwhelm all enemies. The Japanese soldiers who occasionally jumped out were quickly beaten to the ground by the machine guns on the tanks and the infantry following the tanks.
Seeing the torrent of steel crushing all the enemies under his command, Li Chenzhe felt an indescribable joy in his heart.
Just when he was feeling happy, he suddenly saw an artillery shell falling into the middle of the marching team. After the artillery shell exploded, a thick black smoke rose up. An advancing tank was too close to the explosion point, so that
The tracks were blown off and the entire tank began to spin in place.
Seeing such a scene, Li Chenzhe couldn't help being surprised. From the lookout hole, he could see that the caliber of the bomb that had just exploded was at least 105 caliber. Howitzers of this caliber could already threaten their tanks.
He quickly raised the transmitter and said loudly: "3056, do you have any casualties? If not, immediately leave the tank from the escape cabin and withdraw from the battlefield, immediately!"
Soon, a young voice came from the headset: "Sir, our tank only has a broken track. There are no casualties so far. The artillery and machine guns can still be used. We can stay in the tank and use the artillery and machine guns to cover our brothers.
We charge, just let us stay!"
"No!" Li Chenzhe's voice was very stern, "Once the tank loses its ability to move, it will be a living target. If you continue to stay in the tank, you will only die. Now, as the commander of the armored regiment, I order you to evacuate immediately.
immediately!"
"yes!"
Hearing Li Chenzhe's stern tone, the other party obviously knew that it was impossible to stay in the tank, so he had no choice but to obey the order.
At this moment, several more artillery shells fell in the queue of tanks. The violent explosions filled the battlefield with plumes of black smoke. Seeing this situation, Li Chenzhe knew that his armored regiment had been destroyed by Japanese artillery.
They were targeted. It didn't matter that we were sitting in the tank, but the infantry following behind did not have the protection of the heavy armor of the tank. If the Japanese came to cover it with artillery fire, the casualties would be huge.
So he immediately grabbed the microphone, connected to the channel of the division headquarters and said: "Laochao Laochao, I am Gecko, and now the Japanese are bombarding my armored group with artillery fire. The enemy's artillery fire is very fierce. It is probably the Japanese field artillery unit."
Soon, a clear voice came from the headset: "Lao Chao understands, you continue to charge, and leave the rest to us!"
"Well, why is it a woman's voice?" Li Chenzhe couldn't help but be startled. Has the division headquarters already recruited female communications soldiers?
But this was none of his business. His mission now was to break through the Japanese army's second line of defense as quickly as possible. After changing the channel, Li Chenzhe ordered the troops to speed up and seize the time to break through the Japanese army's position.
The location where Li Chenzhe launched his attack was at the junction of the 18th and 38th Divisions of the Japanese Army. This was also a weak area of Japanese defense. Due to the lack of unified command and the fact that the Japanese army was caught off guard, Li Chenzhe and the others were the first to attack.
He quickly rushed to the second position.
At this time, the 48th Japanese Regiment, which received the order from Saito Risaburo, also arrived. Under the command of the commander of the regiment, Hirano Kaede, they entered the position and wanted to drive out the Chinese tanks in front of them. But it was too late. The Chinese
The tanks had already rushed in front of them.
Nearly a hundred Somoan tanks swarmed into the Japanese position, and countless soldiers from the 48th Regiment also rushed towards the swarming tanks. They blew them up with explosives and even stuck bayonets into the tanks.
Tracks, and some with grenades strapped to their bodies rushed towards the rumbling tanks, but their efforts did not bring about the results they wanted. The vast majority of the Japanese soldiers were either killed by machine guns or crushed by tanks.
Meat paste.
"Come forward and mix with China's tanks!" Colonel Hirano Kaede waved his command sword and ordered the soldiers to mix with Li Chenzhe's armored regiment.
Because the Chinese and Japanese sides were mixed together, the Japanese artillery did not dare to continue firing. Although the Japanese Army has never had a tradition of cherishing the lives of soldiers, using the lives of thousands of soldiers in exchange for the loss of a few tanks, this
No one wants to do the business of planting seeds.
But without the support of artillery fire, how could the Japanese soldiers fight against the men of steel with their own strength? Covered by bursts of metal bullets, the Japanese soldiers fell to the ground like cutting leeks.
Seeing this scene in front of him, Colonel Hirano Kaede felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart. The gap was too big and this battle could not be fought!
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