Although several roads were filled in the anti-tank ditch, there was only one for the "Tiger" to pass, and there was a damaged "Tiger" parked on this road.
All Fukada could think of was to let the tank push away the "Tiger" blocking the road... although he knew that doing so was prohibited. The "Tiger" could not push the "Tiger", and its engine could withstand a "Tiger"
"The weight is already quite strenuous. If the load is doubled, the result will be that the engine will burn out.
This was Hans's experience in the battlefield of the attack on the Mao Xiong. Hans once tried to use a "Tiger" to tow another malfunctioning "Tiger", but the result was that both "Tiger"s were lying on the ground.
But at this time, Fukada had no choice.
However, even if Fukada was willing to take the risk, the Eighth Route Army did not give him much time.
Anti-tank missiles roared in one after another, and one "Tiger" was destroyed one after another. One of them exploded, and the entire turret exploded from the inside, jumped into the air, and then overturned to the ground.
Only then did the Eighth Route Army soldiers realize that the Japanese "Tiger" was being surrounded and suppressed, so they burst into cheers, and some even shouted at the Japanese:
"Little devil, this tank isn't enough for me to fight with. Please bring more tanks another day!"
“Let’s drive something bigger next time!”
Kono Shinta sighed: "The warhead of the injected bomb is small and cannot penetrate the front armor of the 'Tiger', but this missile can carry a larger warhead, so..."
Sanji Ojoto nodded and said, "I thought so too. They should have used the missiles used in air combat to attack tanks, but the warheads were changed to armor-piercing projectiles!"
"yes!"
A tank built at such a huge cost was actually destroyed by a mere missile!
Naosaburo Okabe even had doubts: Has the era of chariots passed?
No, it should be said that the era of imperial tanks has passed!
Kono Shinta looked at Oshiro Sanji in shock and said: "This is a bit like the missiles used by the Eighth Route Army in air combat. They can also change the trajectory!"
"This... is related to the life and death of the imperial army. Please do your best, Mr. Kono!"
What Naosaburo Okabe said was on point.
As for Naosaburo Okabe, he had just been transferred from the arrogant Kwantung Army. Although he had read the battle reports and knew that the Eighth Route Army was not as easy to deal with as before, he still did not let go of his contempt for the Eighth Route Army.
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"What kind of equipment is that?" Okabe squeezed out a few words through his teeth: "Can it destroy the Tiger from the front?"
They all know that the Eighth Route Army has a "Sherman", and the only thing that can deal with the "Sherman" is the "Tiger".
Then Sanji Ojodo added: "From their description of the internal situation of the destroyed tank, it is the same as that of one destroyed by a spray bomb!"
In this case, will the fight against Taiyuan go as smoothly as imagined?
Naosaburo Okabe thought for a while and then replied: "Oshirodo-kun, the anti-tank missiles of the Eighth Route Army are aimed at tanks, and our attack on Taiyuan mainly relies on artillery!"
After Kono Shinta went down, Ojodo Sanji asked: "Your Excellency, General, shall we cancel our attack in the direction of Taiyuan?"
If the Eighth Route Army had this kind of anti-tank missile, then it would make no sense that it would not exist in Taiyuan, and it might even have been produced in Taiyuan.
For example, if the Eighth Route Army does not produce the Tiger or even other tanks because it has anti-tank missiles, then the Eighth Route Army's tanks will become a greater threat on the battlefield.
The cost of the "Tiger" is 300,000 Reichsmarks, which is about 520,000 yen, while the cost of the "Zero" fighter is only 55,000 yen...
But the empire has nothing that can destroy the Eighth Route Army’s tanks!
In this case, is there any way to fight the next battle?
"Your Majesty General!" Kono Shinta comforted: "The 'Tiger' must have its value. Without the 'Tiger', we would be unable to stop the Eighth Route Army's mechanized troops. As for the Eighth Route Army's anti-tank missiles... I think it
It has its own shortcomings, we just haven’t discovered them yet!”
As the saying goes, the higher you climb, the harder you fall. How much Naosaburo Okabe looked down on the Eighth Route Army at first, but now he has been hit so hard that he has a tendency to have a mental breakdown.
When the Japanese saw the "Tiger" being destroyed, they immediately felt guilty.
"Kono-kun!" Naosaburo Okabe said helplessly: "I leave this matter to you, find the weakness of the Eighth Route Army's anti-tank missiles!"
Naosaburo Okabe thought of another more serious problem. He said: "If the Eighth Route Army can easily destroy the 'Tiger' with only such a missile against tanks, then it is still necessary to produce the 'Tiger'
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Now that the "Tiger" has been almost wiped out, does it mean that the "Sherman" can be king again?
When the information reached Naosaburo Okabe's headquarters, Naosaburo Okabe's face turned pale with anger.
Shinta Kono is experienced in this. He had many similar experiences when he followed Neji Okamura to fight against the Eighth Route Army, so his ability to withstand it is much better than Naosaburo Okabe's.
On the battlefield, you cannot stop production of certain equipment just because it is suppressed by the enemy. This will only cause a domino effect, causing more and more equipment to be suppressed by the enemy.
"We don't know what kind of equipment that is!" Ojoto Sanji replied: "According to intelligence, it is like a missile, and it can also change its trajectory..."
"Yes!" Ojoto Sanji immediately knew that he was wrong.
It took Naosaburo Okabe a while before he composed his mind and nodded slightly. He knew that what Shinta Kono said was right.
Naosaburo Okabe understood what Ojodo Sanji meant by his words.
Saying that, Shinta Kono turned his attention to Naosaburo Okabe.
"yes!"
Because even if the Empire builds tanks with thicker armor and stronger firepower, the Eighth Route Army only needs to build larger missiles, and they can destroy the Imperial tanks from a long distance.
This is actually a problem of Ojoto Sanji losing confidence, otherwise he would not have thought of this.
"So!" Naosaburo Okabe said: "It is precisely because of this that we have to attack Taiyuan! When the Eighth Route Army thought they had won a great victory and thought they could march straight into Duolun County, weren't they underestimating the enemy?
At this time? If we can capture Taiyuan and recapture the arsenal at this time..."
Then Naosaburo Okabe changed the topic and said: "It would be best if the Eighth Route Army's anti-tank missiles are produced in the Taiyuan Arsenal, so that we can have this technology!"
At this time, Naosaburo Okabe would rather have this kind of anti-tank missile than Taiyuan.
What Okabe didn't know was that he actually couldn't get any of them...