The battle situation was so urgent that the independent regiment only prepared for ten minutes before receiving orders about the enemy's situation.
First, the sentry wearing a straw hat standing sentinel on the treetops raised a flag, and then the order was passed down one after another:
"Hidden, prepare to fight!"
"The enemy is coming!"
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Li Yunlong lay on a high place, raised his binoculars, looked around the corner in the distance, and found a Japanese armored reconnaissance team.
Two Type 95 light tanks plus seven shoulder tanks, three at the front and four at the back.
This reconnaissance team was obviously carefully deployed, which put Li Yunlong in a bit of a dilemma.
Usually, the Japanese reconnaissance team usually consists of a tank or armored vehicle plus a few shoulder bags. At most, the shoulder bag carries a few engineers for demining.
This configuration and firepower are sufficient to cope with general guerrillas and small force attacks, so they can conduct reconnaissance in the front and clear obstacles for the main force to prevent the main force from being ambushed.
However, this reconnaissance team is often ignored by the enemy.
Li Yunlong often did this before, that is, sending the reconnaissance troops to attack the main force behind them, so the reconnaissance team became useless.
At this time, the Japanese increased the firepower of the reconnaissance team. There were two tanks and seven shoulder bags. This firepower could not be ignored.
Faced with this situation, Li Yunlong had to consider a question: If this reconnaissance team was released, would they be able to block the main force and cause a large number of casualties?
Although the main force is also equipped with rocket launchers, the limited number of rocket launchers has probably been used up by now.
If the Japanese reconnaissance team steps up to block it, the main force will be surrounded and unable to rush out.
Thinking of this, Li Yunlong immediately ordered: "Order the Seventh Company to kill these Japs and save ammunition!"
"Yes!" The correspondent immediately conveyed the order.
There is a reason why Li Yunlong gave such an order.
He hoped to kill the Japs reconnaissance team without exposing his own strength, that is, without letting the main Japs following behind hear too many gunshots.
Only the Seventh Company could do this... Li Yunlong was not trustworthy of others, so he trusted Xiao Dongbei's marksmanship and command.
When Wang Xuexin received this order, he was a little surprised. Why did he want to destroy the Japanese reconnaissance team this time and also gave a separate order for the Seventh Company to fight?
Could it be that Li Yunlong deliberately let Qilienduo "eat meat"?
However, when Wang Xuexin saw the Japs' reconnaissance team, he understood that not only were they going to eat the reconnaissance team, but they were also trying to show the enemy that they were weak.
Therefore, sometimes on the battlefield, superiors and subordinates still need to be on the same page, otherwise there will be no time to discuss the military situation in an emergency. If Li Yunlong's intentions are not understood, it will be difficult to implement the tactics in place.
Wang Xuexin did not hesitate and immediately ordered: "Prepare the third row, prepare the rocket launcher!"
After giving the order, Zhang Qingcai's sharpshooter platoon each aimed at its own target.
The rocket launchers were also loaded with rockets one by one.
At this time, Wang Xuexin looked through the sniper scope and discovered that there were small sandbags hanging outside the Japanese tank. One of the tanks at the rear even had a specially designed cloth sandbag, grid by grid, with sand apparently sewn inside.
Wang Xuexin secretly thought that it was worse. Firstly, this sandbag would trigger the rocket in advance so that the rocket could not explode close to the tank armor. Secondly, it would become an additional layer of armor outside the tank armor to absorb most of the impact, which would probably cause the rocket to explode.
Unable to penetrate tank armor.
No wonder the main force's defense line in the reverse slope direction was so easily forcibly broken through by the Japanese tanks. It was probably because the rocket launchers could not effectively penetrate it.
Thinking about it, Wang Xuexin gave the order: "Stop firing the rocket launcher, hit the tracks as close as possible to the target, and be careful to avoid the tank's blind spots!"
"Yes!" The bazooka shooter immediately understood Wang Xuexin's order and temporarily put away the bazooka.
This is the benefit of being diligent in training. As long as the soldiers are given an order, they will know what to do and what not to do.
Otherwise, the rocket launcher shooter should be confused at this moment... The road is only forty meters away from the hiding place. Within the range of the rocket launcher, why should we shoot close up? Where is the tank's blind spot? How to avoid it?
"Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in wartime" is an unchanging truth, especially the "bleeding" is likely to be the blood of comrades-in-arms.
In the blink of an eye, the Japanese reconnaissance team came up along the road.
Wang Xuexin kept his muzzle fixed on them and followed them as they moved. A Japanese machine gunner on the side fight seemed to have discovered something and suddenly turned the muzzle of his machine gun and pointed in this direction.
Wang Xuexin did not hesitate, and once he pulled the trigger, the machine gunner's blood spattered on the spot with a "bang" sound.
The soldiers in the third row immediately pulled the trigger. In an instant, the Japs on their shoulder bags fell into a pool of blood one after another. Many of them were shot to death before they even had time to shout.
However, there were still a few Japs who reacted quickly and hid behind the tanks in time... In fact, it was not the Japs who reacted quickly, but the driver of the Tricycle who responded quickly. He drove the Tricycle in as soon as he discovered that there was an ambush ahead.
The rear of the tank left three rows of soldiers helpless.
Second Lieutenant Nishikawa Shaye commanded this reconnaissance team.
When he received this mission, he knew that he and his men had a narrow escape... The reconnaissance team, and its configuration, was obviously used to attract enemy firepower, and the Eighth Route Army also had terrifying "spray bombs" in its hands.
Although sandbags have been hung on the outside of the tank's armor, this does not mean that it can withstand the attack of the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
This made Nishikawa Shaye so nervous that his throat was filled with smoke. He kept swallowing saliva while looking out through the observation hole, and occasionally glanced at the photo of his wife posted next to him.
When the gunfire rang out, Nishikawa Shaye, who was experienced in combat, was no longer nervous. He immediately ordered: "At three o'clock, shoot freely!"
The driver immediately pointed the tank towards the target... The front-mounted machine gun of the Type 95 tank has a limited range of fire, and the tank must face the enemy before it can fire.
When the machine gun was firing at the enemy, Nishikawa Shaye used the radio to report to the main force in the rear: "Our unit was ambushed by a small group of enemy troops, requesting reinforcements, requesting reinforcements!"
The Type 95 tank has only three crew members, of which the commander, gunner, loader and rear machine gunner are all concurrently held by the commander. Nishikawa Shaye has to report to his superiors, and it is impossible to control the artillery at the same time.
Wang Xuexin immediately realized this, and he ordered the rocket launcher shooter: "Concentrate fire on the tank that has not fired its gun first, get on it!"
This moment made the rocket launcher shooter very puzzled. The one in the rear that was not firing didn't seem to be a big threat, so why should he shoot it first?
However, they didn't ask any more questions. This was because they believed in Wang Xuexin's judgment and because the military situation was urgent. They just said "yes" and rushed forward with a rocket launcher in hand.