Gangzi's Type 89 heavy machine gun is even more brutal.
The Japanese's old 89 is a water-cooled heavy machine gun similar to the Maxim machine gun. It has a thick water-cooling casing and needs to be filled with water from time to time. Of course, it cannot be moved to a tank.
Later, the Japanese changed this thing into the new 89, removed the water-cooling tube and replaced it with air-cooling. Once it was moved to the tank, it became a big killer.
200 rounds of ammunition are fed by a belt, and the rate of fire is 550 rounds per minute.
With a click of his fingers, there was a "click-click" sound, and the bullets were fired at a speed of 9 rounds per second. In more than 20 seconds, the bullet chain was gone.
The Japanese infantry outside fell in pieces like autumn leaves swept away, and even a few tanks were caught on fire... The rear armor of the Japanese Type 95 light tank is the same as that of an armored vehicle, only 6 mm.
Unable to withstand heavy machine gun bullets, he was disabled after a few rounds of bullets passed by.
Laojiu stared intently at the Type 97... The Type 97 can be considered an advanced large tank in the world of Japanese tanks.
Mainly because this thing suffered a loss in Nomonhanna.
Before Nomonhan, the Japanese definition of a tank was to support infantry. They believed that the tank's armor could withstand attacks from most infantry weapons, and the artillery was also a large-caliber howitzer (57 mm short barrel). This kind of artillery
More suitable for providing fire support to infantry.
As for the anti-tank mission, let it be left to the infantry regiments and independent rapid-fire artillery battalions, squadrons and other equipped wing artillery and combat defense artillery (rapid-fire artillery).
Then as soon as the fight started, I was immediately taught how to behave by Mao Xiong... The Mao Xiong tank is equipped with a 45mm cannon and is mainly anti-tank. After the enemy tanks are eliminated first, the rest is not just free to play?
Needless to say what the result was, the Japs tanks were completely suppressed on the battlefield. Colonel Yoshimaru Kiyoshi, commander of the 3rd Tank Regiment of the 1st Tank Regiment, was killed in a Type 97 tank with both his men and his vehicle.
So the Japanese learned from their experience and increased the Type 97 frontal armor to 25 mm, and replaced the 57 mm short-barreled howitzer with a 47 mm Type I anti-tank gun... This armor-piercing projectile can penetrate 75 mm vertical armor at a distance of 500 meters.
This is Wang Xue’s No. 97 style.
Although Laojiu didn't know this, he knew very well that the opponent of a "big" tank must be a "big" tank, so no matter how others played, he tried hard to find the Japanese "big" tank in the observation hole.
When Laojiu found it, I broke out in a cold sweat on the spot.
Because the Japanese "big" tank was parked in front, with its dark muzzle facing right here.
No wonder Guizi Type 97 reacted so quickly.
Until now, the other Japanese tanks had not figured out the situation. They thought they had been shelled or sneak attacked by the enemy and were at a loss... This was due to the tank's poor external perception ability, and it was still dark, plus the command vehicle was the first
Time was blown up, and it was difficult to figure out what was going on in a short time under the chaos.
But the Japanese Type 97 is different.
The commander of the vehicle, Second Lieutenant Shiroda, was the last person to speak to squadron leader Shigekawa Kazuichi. Although Shigekawa Kazuichi did not say it directly, it was not difficult to analyze from his words that there was a Type 97 behind him.
Then Shigekawa Kazuichi's command vehicle was blown to pieces.
Second Lieutenant Shirota thought for a moment and recalled that a Type 97 had been captured by the enemy before, so he gave the order: "Turn around immediately, target Type 97, the enemy drove a Type 97 in!"
As soon as Shirota adjusted his head, he found the Type 97 rushing up like crazy. He quickly ordered the crew to aim at the target.
"Fire!" Following the order, the gunner fired an armor-piercing round.
But by a very coincidence, half of the target's tracks ran over a Type 94 tank. On the side of the tank, the armor-piercing projectile flew past the target's turret.
Wang Xuexin and others were so shocked that they covered their ears and shouted. It felt like they were held upside down in a big clock and then hit hard with a sledgehammer outside.
For a long time, Wang Xuexin was in a state of chaos, and his actions became much slower unconsciously.
But Wang Xuexin knew that this could not be the case.
Otherwise, if the second shell comes... the car will be destroyed and everyone will be killed!
Want to fight enemy tanks?
There is a serious problem here. The opponent is a tank team that has been trained for a long time. The driver and gunner can work closely together.
For example, when you want to dodge, you start moving, when you want to launch, you stop, and the movements are done in one go, just like the instructions of the arm.
However, Wang Xuexin and his team were improvised, especially the monk, who drove a tank around without any rules. How could Laojiu aim?
What's more important is that there are enemies everywhere around you at this time. As long as you stop, you will be dead or alive, so you can't stop and aim.
After thinking about it, Wang Xuexin shouted towards the driver's seat: "Monk, hit him!"
Wang Xuexin shouted the word "bang" very hard, because he was worried that the monk's hearing had not fully recovered and he would not be able to hear.
The monk didn't answer, so Wang Xuexin shouted twice more with all his strength.
Later, Wang Xuexin found out that the monk actually answered that it was Wang Xuexin himself who had not recovered his hearing and could no longer hear... The armor-piercing bullet scraped past the side of the turret close to Wang Xuexin, and it was Wang Xuexin himself who suffered severe hearing loss.
Under the control of the monk, the tank turned a corner and crashed head-on into the Japanese tank which was stationary and aiming.
Laojiu also understood Wang Xuexin's intention and hurriedly turned the slightly off-center turret... It may not be possible to control other directions, but if the tank is heading towards the target, then the turret only needs to be turned to the center, which means it is facing the target.
This doesn't require coordination, it just requires a little luck to see whether the Japs can keep their composure or Laojiu can move faster.
After all, Laojiu's movements were slower.
However, Second Lieutenant Shirota did not remain calm.
The Japanese gunner has indeed aimed at the target. As long as the tank does not move, the gunner is 90% sure that he can hit the target. After all, the target moves in a straight line and is very close.
But when Shirota saw the Type 97 hitting it at high speed, he quickly ordered the tank to move to avoid it.
Shirota's tank was on a diagonal line, and the turret tilted to the left. As soon as the tank body moved, the gunner immediately lost his target, and with a "boom", the armor-piercing projectile deflected again.
This is exactly what Wang Xuexin hopes.
His tank had already positioned its turret, and Laojiu hardly needed to operate the turret... While the monk was tracking the target, he was helping Laojiu aim.
The problem was that the tank was moving rapidly on the rugged ground, and the front of the vehicle was bouncing up and down so badly that Laojiu did not dare to fire this shot easily.
The Japanese tank immediately realized the crisis and hurriedly turned the turret to aim at Wang Xuexin while moving...
Two tanks without a vertical stabilization system were fighting with bayonets at close range. Both were trying to destroy the target on the move, or they were forced to do so.
Wang Xuexin observed the opponent's tank and then shouted: "Fire, fire!"
Laojiu didn't care so much at this time, and fired a cannonball with a "boom".
The enemy tank only shook violently and then stopped moving.