It's just that using a rocket launcher on a half-track is a bit dangerous.
The reason is that there is a tail flame behind the rocket launcher, and there are ten soldiers on the vehicle. Even if there are no soldiers, the vehicle is still equipped with ammunition, which can easily be burned by the tail flame and detonate.
To this end, Wang Xuexin also specially modified the vehicle mount of the half-track vehicle.
When it is necessary to launch the rocket launcher, a safety lock is buckled from the vehicle mount. This safety lock can lock the rocket launcher mounted on it at a safe angle to ensure that its tail flame will not burn the ammunition on the vehicle.
And the comrades lying low in the rear.
In this way, the anti-armor capability of the half-track vehicle comes, not to mention the thin-skinned armored vehicles of the Japanese, even the Type 95 light tank.
However, this rocket launcher has an irreparable shortcoming, that is, its accuracy is poor.
But any accuracy problem can be solved with quantity. If one shot doesn't work, just try ten...
As soon as the Japanese tanks or armored vehicles came up, four or five armored half-tracks rushed towards them from all angles relying on their speed. Then there was a "whooshing" sound, and four or five rocket launchers fired at the tanks in the darkness.
Run away.
As long as one of these four or five rockets hits, the Japanese tank will be finished.
If there is no hit, then use the speed advantage of the half-track car to change to another batch...
Under the attack of the Eighth Route Army's tactics, in less than ten minutes, the combination of 95 light combat vehicles and armored vehicles, which the Japanese regarded as a steel shield, was easily defeated by the Eighth Route Army. At this time, the Eighth Route Army's T26 tanks had not even taken effect.
In fact, the role that tanks can play in this kind of melee is very limited.
The reason is that the tank has a narrow field of vision and can hardly see the target clearly in the dark. Most of the time, it can only be used as a slow-moving shield.
The Eighth Route Army's T26 is like this, and the Japanese's Type 95 is also like this.
This is also the main reason why the Japanese Type 95 will be approached by a half-track vehicle and destroyed with a rocket launcher.
When Noel saw that the front was out of control and the troops had been defeated before he could react, he quickly ordered the driver to turn around and retreat.
Noel is Captain Hans, he will not fight until the so-called "last moment" like the Japanese.
What's more, this is not his war, he is just a consultant, and there is no need to risk his life for someone else's war.
But Noel is a veteran after all. He was not frightened by this scene, and his mind could continue to function, so he sent a telegram to Lieutenant Colonel Yata as soon as he retreated: "Your Majesty Lieutenant Colonel, we have been fooled.
, retreat immediately! The Eighth Route Army has half-track armored vehicles!"
According to common sense, Noel's words were enough to warn Yata Shibu and let him withdraw his troops and return to Laoyang Village.
But that's not the case.
One reason is that Noel did not specify the number of half-track armored vehicles.
Shiho Yata received Noel's telegram when he arrived at his destination and prepared for an ambush.
Shibu Yata was very familiar with the terrain in this area. He immediately thought that if the Eighth Route Army mechanized troops wanted to attack the train station, they would have to pass through a crossroads called Xiayangzhuang.
Shibu Yata deployed his troops here.
He divided his troops into three parts, one for each of the three roads at the intersection. Once the Eighth Route Army's mechanized troops came up, the imperial army could surround and attack it from three directions.
After being prepared, Shiho Yata ordered all locomotives to be shut down and conduct a brief inspection to ensure that they could quickly ignite and flank the enemy when the war started.
At this time, Noel's telegram came, and the staff officer stepped forward and reported to Yata in a low voice: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant Colonel, the captain has warned us that the Eighth Route Army has half-track armored vehicles and requires us to retreat immediately!"
"Half-track armored vehicle?" Yata Shibu was confused for a while: "Does the Eighth Route Army still have such a thing?"
Of course Yata Shibu knew what a half-track armored vehicle was. Captain Noel told him more than once: "It is not possible to use sidecar motorcycles as the main force of mechanized troops. Its defense and load-carrying capabilities are too poor. We should use
There’s an armored half-track!”
Shibu Yata could hear cocoons in his ears, and he even cursed in his mind: "This annoying guy, if there is one, why don't I know how to use it? The empire doesn't have this kind of equipment, why are they asking me to conjure it up?!"
Shibu Yata never imagined that the Eighth Route Army would equip the mechanized troops of the empire before they were equipped with this thing.
However, Shibu Yata's first reaction was that the Eighth Route Army should not have many half-track armored vehicles.
"There are only a dozen of them at most!" Shibu Yata analyzed: "If we encounter some in the direction of Noel, how many more are in front of us?"
So Shibu Yata put Noel's warning aside and ignored it without even thinking about it.
Another reason why Yata Fushibu would do this is that he believed that Noel, the consultant, was too timid. He did not have the sacrificial spirit that an imperial commander should have at all. Therefore, his warning must be dealt with at any time.
discount.
What Yata Shibu didn't know was that he would soon regret not listening to Noel's warning.
Yata Shibu's arrangement was originally effective.
Because what he intercepted was the fifth battalion that was used as bait.
The Fifth Battalion was not equipped with half-track armored vehicles. Just like what the Japanese saw and detected, they were all equipped with shoulder bags and a few T26s.
This kind of equipment is obviously not as effective as the combination of a Japanese shoulder bag, an armored vehicle, and a tank when it is difficult for tanks to function in the dark.
On the other hand, the first battalion following the fifth battalion was hit by Noel's troops and was fighting, so the fifth battalion was really in danger. Once it stepped forward and fell into the encirclement of Yata Shibu as planned, it would indeed be
It's possible that Yata made dumplings for him.
However, despite all his calculations, Shibu Yata never imagined that the location where he would set up an ambush would be at the crossroads of Xiayangzhuang...
It is not only the only way for the Fifth Battalion, but also the only way for the Fourth Battalion to outflank Laoyang Village from the right wing, and it also comes from the other direction, that is, the south.
The commander of the fourth battalion was called Hong Chengjun. He still felt strange. Why were the enemies who fought all the way in front of him a few Japanese and puppet troops? Why was the army in front of him full of Japanese.
Not only are they all Japs, but they are all well-equipped Japs with shoulder straps and even armored vehicles and tanks.
Not only were they well-equipped, their combat qualities were extraordinary, because they responded immediately and launched a counterattack against the Fourth Battalion.
only……
What makes Hong Chengjun feel strange is that these Japanese soldiers are clearly hiding in the dark. Logically speaking, he should have fallen into an ambush by the enemy.
Why did everyone panic during the fight as if the Japanese had fallen into an ambush...