The intersection of Hezi Street where Zhu Tianhao lives is only two miles away from Chifeng Primary School.
The reason why Li Yunlong didn't let them attack Chifeng Primary School in his plan was because this unit only had five tanks and nothing else. In principle, it was difficult for this unit to exert its combat effectiveness... The tanks left the cover of the infantry and it was like
The iron can is just waiting for the enemy infantry to find an angle to open it.
With a force like this, Li Yunlong thought it would be good if it could block the Japanese headquarters at the intersection of Hezi Street. He also expected it to attack a primary school and defeat the Japanese in one fell swoop?
However, what Li Yunlong did not expect was that the plan could not keep up with the changes. Because the Japanese were prepared, the other two commandos were blocked. No matter how hard Li Yunlong pressed the telegram outside the city, it was of no avail.
At this time, Li Yunlong even wanted to give up the plan.
"If it doesn't work, just withdraw!" Li Yunlong said helplessly to Zhao Gang: "We can't stay at the intersection of Hezi Street for too long. As time goes by, we will be surrounded by Japanese soldiers and our third tank company will all stay there!"
Zhao Gang also understood this. Li Yunlong's plan was actually to take advantage of the Japanese's lack of long-range anti-tank equipment to allow the third tank company to penetrate. However, this insertion should be mobile at all times rather than guarding a certain place. Once they stopped, they would immediately face the enemy.
Danger of being blown up.
Therefore, Zhao Gang did not dare to hesitate. He nodded and said: "I agree, give up the plan and bring back the third tank company!"
Just as he was about to give the order, he heard a communications soldier shout: "Commander, the third tank company has launched an attack on Chifeng Primary School!"
"What?" Li Yunlong was stunned. He originally wanted to stop it, but after thinking about it, he realized that this was indeed feasible.
"Old Zhao!" Li Yunlong said: "The Japanese lack anti-tank equipment, and at the same time, their troops are sent to the periphery to fight against my army's 'Sherman' commando team. Do you think... Chifeng Primary School Club has become a
Empty shell?”
"That won't work!" Zhao Gang objected: "Old Li, this is too dangerous. If the Japanese are prepared, the entire army will be wiped out!"
Li Yunlong didn't say anything. He thought to himself, how can there be no danger in fighting? If you don't want to be in danger, don't go to the battlefield! What's more, the third tank company has been in danger from the beginning of this interleaved mission. Now it is even more dangerous.
What difference does it make to be less dangerous?
Thinking of this, he ignored Zhao Gang's objection and said to the correspondent: "Order the third tank company to beat me hard! Penetrate Chifeng Elementary School and don't look back under any circumstances!"
"yes!"
Zhu Tianhao felt warm in his heart when he received this order. He knew that the regiment commander was thinking about the third tank company, especially the last sentence "Punch through Chifeng Elementary School, and you are not allowed to look back under any circumstances"... On the surface, this looks like
A harsh order was issued, but what it actually said was "Don't hesitate to evacuate immediately if you miss a hit."
Zhu Tianhao did not hesitate, replied "yes", and then concentrated on commanding the battle.
At this time, the tank company had already met the Japanese who were surrounding them... The Japanese obviously did not expect that the Eighth Route Army tanks would concentrate their strength to break out from their direction, and quickly dispersed, hoping to hide in the houses on the street to find cover.
But Zhu Tianhao did not give them this chance. He coldly ordered: "Fire!"
With a few "boom boom" blasts, the shells roared towards the Japanese.
Although the T44 tank cannot fire while moving, the Japs crowd is only a few hundred meters away from the tank at this time. In addition, the Japs are very dense and the lethality of shrapnel is large. A few rounds of shells will immediately blow up the Japs and knock them down with screams.
A big piece.
Then machine gunfire rang out, and the Japanese lying on the ground were knocked down one by one and unable to move in a pool of blood before they could get up.
Then Zhu Tianhao ordered "advance at full speed", so the tank stepped on the accelerator and ran over it as fast as possible amidst the roar of the engine...
This reflects Zhu Tianhao's command ability on the other hand. The reason why he ordered "advance at full speed" is because it is very dangerous for tanks to pass through the road where enemy infantry is present, because the enemy infantry is likely to throw cluster grenades or explosive packets onto the road.
Below the tank chassis, and the armor below the tank is very weak.
Usually this is the time for the infantry to cross over the tanks and move forward to "clear the field", but the T44 has no infantry cover, so there is only one thing they can do: take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and pass as quickly as possible!
Zhu Tianhao's decision was right. The Japanese hurriedly prepared grenades and explosive packets and threw them. However, due to the delay in the grenades and explosive packets, the T44 passed at full speed. The result was that the grenades and explosive packets exploded behind the tank one by one.
Before Zhu Tianhao left, he knocked down a pillar of the house and buried several Japanese in the collapsed rubble.
After the tanks of the Eighth Route Army left, the surviving Japs got up from the pile of corpses with lingering fear. At this time, there were soldiers everywhere who had been beaten, injured, and crushed to pieces by tanks. The screams were even louder.
It was a loud noise.
Tanks have such power. If the infantry fails to seize the opportunity to blow up and paralyze this steel monster when dealing with it, they will instantly defeat the infantry.
A few surviving Japs even shouted and wanted to catch up and take revenge, but after running a few steps they stopped helplessly and knelt down on the street... The maximum speed of T44 on the highway is 50 kilometers per hour. If the Japs want to chase
On the road, the speed is almost as fast as running a thousand meters in one minute, and it is almost impossible to do it while carrying equipment and explosive bags.
Zhu Tianhao completely forgot about the Japs behind him. His eyes were fixed on the wall of Chifeng Elementary School in front, and he ordered: "Everyone, pay attention to the wall in front! The barrels of No. 1 and No. 3 cars turned back,
Stay in battle formation and fire freely after passing the wall!"
"yes!"
The two tanks in front turned their gun barrels to the rear, and then easily knocked over a large section of the wall with a "soar" sound.
The tanks broke in from the school playground, which is very advantageous for tank operations. What they need is open space.
However, there are also several anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns hidden on the playground... They are covered with tarpaulin and camouflaged. From the sky, they will only be seen as a roof.
This was probably an arrangement made by the Japanese who were worried that the Eighth Route Army aviation would bomb Chifeng Elementary School, but the Japanese certainly did not expect that what they were going to face was not an Eighth Route Army aircraft but a tank.
A bunch of Japs' anti-aircraft artillerymen gathered together to play cards during their busy schedule... The anti-aircraft artillerymen did have time to play cards, because their operations were preceded by early warning. When the enemy planes came, the first thing they discovered should be the radar, and then the air defense artillerymen would be activated when the air defense siren sounded.
Get in position.
At other times, the anti-aircraft artillerymen can amuse themselves and find something to do.
They never imagined that the Eighth Route Army would come so inappropriately and overturn the table when they were having fun!