Li Yunlong's guess was correct, and the Japanese were indeed fooled.
This is a Japanese chariot brigade, commanded by Major Yukie Nagai.
Yukie Nagai is very confident in his tank brigade, because they have all undergone necessary modifications...most of them are protected with sandbags, and the Type 97 tank also has shell casings welded to the weak points of the armor.
The protective capabilities of shell shells are much better than sandbags.
This can be proved by the fact that they rushed here through the interception of the Eighth Route Army and guerrillas.
However, only the Type 97 can do this. If too many shell casings are welded on the Type 95 tank, it will not be much different from increasing the armor thickness, which will make the engine unable to bear the load.
When the battle ahead started, Yukie Nagai was looking at the map to calculate the distance to friendly forces. If he continued like this, he would be able to join forces with the 3rd Tank Group in just two hours.
Yukie Nagai felt that this battle was a bit like the "blitzkrieg" of allies... The Japanese armored forces have always used the battle examples of allies as teaching materials, and were proud to fight a similar battle.
At this time, Yukie Nagai was so high-spirited and proud.
In fact, the Japanese did not grasp the essence of "blitzkrieg" at all.
"Blitzkrieg" is to maximize the advantage of "offense being greater than defense".
That is to use the rapid mobility of tanks and mechanized troops to actively attack and continuously mobilize the enemy's troops...
To defend an area, troops and resources must be evenly distributed in the area, but when attacking, you can concentrate your forces to quickly break through a point.
In the final analysis, it is "concentration to defeat decentralization".
Therefore, "Blitzkrieg" can always defeat more enemies with far fewer troops.
This looks like a "pincer offensive" in the "Blitzkrieg", but its essence is a simple encirclement war.
At this time, Nagai Yue heard gunshots coming from the front.
Yukie Nagai easily judged from the sound of gunfire that the enemy's strength did not exceed one platoon.
Then he received a telegram from Nishikawa Shaye: "Our unit was attacked by a small enemy force and requested reinforcements!"
Nagai Yuuki was a little dissatisfied with Nishikawa, this coward, only a small force frightened him into this.
I'm afraid he is thinking about his beloved wife at home again at this moment!
What a disgrace to the empire!
No wonder he was only a second lieutenant at this time...
If it weren't for his former classmate, Nagai would have thrown him into the engineering corps for demining.
Nagai casually ordered: "Keep moving forward, don't let those Eighth Route Army soldiers escape!"
According to Nagai's opinion, the enemies in this platoon would probably disappear without a trace before the main force could get up.
This has been the norm all this time, and Nagai is used to it.
Therefore, when the gunfire from the front stopped, Nagai took it for granted that the battle was over, and they were one step late...the enemy must have fled.
What Nagai didn't expect was that the battle was indeed over and they were indeed a step too late.
But it wasn't that the enemy had escaped, but that Nishikawa Shaye's reconnaissance team had been wiped out.
Soon Yukie Nagai knew this, because the tank at the forefront reported to Nagai through the radio: "Your Excellency, Major, the Nishikawa team has been completely wiped out, and no one survived!"
Nagai couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this. The enemy only had one platoon, but he was able to annihilate the entire reconnaissance team in such a short period of time, including two tanks... This is not something that the guerrillas can do!
"How did they destroy the tank?" Yukie Nagai was a little surprised. The Eighth Route Army should have been helpless.
"I'm not sure!" replied the person in front: "But it's probably ignited!"
The reason why it is "not sure" is because it is impossible to tell whether the tank exploded after it caught fire, or whether it caught fire after it exploded.
Yukie Nagai thought for a while and then ordered: "Get ready to fight, this is probably a trap!"
Nagai made this judgment because he thought of something: if the enemy could destroy two tanks within a few minutes, it meant that the enemy posed a huge threat to his tank group and could even cause huge losses.
In this case, why did the enemy retreat?
If the enemy doesn't retreat, it means they are still nearby.
So this is a trap.
But now I realized it was too late, especially since the Japanese tanks did not have reverse gear, and it would be very troublesome to retreat on the narrow road.
Considering this aspect, it seems that Nagai should order the troops to rush forward.
But in fact, it is not possible to rush forward or retreat.
First, as soon as the independent regiment arrived at Shanguai, they planted explosives and laid directional mines on the front and rear of this section of the road. Regardless of whether the tanks were moving forward or backward, they would be blown up by the explosives and block the road.
Secondly, if the Japanese tank moves forward, it may be able to push away the two tanks that are still burning.
After all, those two were Type 95s, with a total weight of only 6.7 tons.
What is the concept of 6.7 tons? A Jiefang brand car weighs 3.9 tons and has a load capacity of 4 tons...that is, a car full of cargo is much heavier than it.
The problem is that the Japanese tanks must slow down when pushing away these tanks.
A slow speed means that they will become excellent targets for Molotov cocktails.
So the tanks pushed more and more...and finally they all had to stay here.
Therefore, Nagai's order to "prepare for battle" was correct. In fact, they only had one way to survive, which was to use the firepower of tanks and the coordination of infantry to repel the enemy's encirclement on the spot.
However, Nagai did not realize what they were about to face...
As soon as Li Yunlong saw the Japanese jumping off their bags and cars to spread their troops, he knew that the Japanese had discovered something, so he immediately waved his hand and ordered: "Hit!"
As he spoke, he raised the box cannon and fired two "bang bang" shots in the direction of the enemy!
Intensive gunfire soon rang out, and the Japanese were immediately knocked down before they could even jump out of the car.
At this time, the independent regiment plus the Jinsui Army totaled more than 2,000 people, and many of them were equipped with Jin-made submachine guns, especially the monk's reconnaissance company, which almost everyone had a submachine gun.
This submachine gun can't hit long range, but it can hit five enemies in close combat, and even the enemy's three-eight guns can't withstand it.
So after a burst of gunfire, the Japanese infantry was immediately knocked down in large numbers!
"Chariot, free fire!" Nagai ordered loudly into the radio from the armored vehicle: "Cover the infantry and destroy the enemy!"
Tanks and infantry coexist and cover each other.
The tank provides protection and firepower for the infantry, while the infantry supplements the vehicle's firepower and blind spots to prevent the enemy from approaching.
but……
The tanks at this time seemed unable to protect the infantry at all.
Following the whistle of several artillery shells, there was a burst of explosions behind the tank, and what exploded were balls of fire.
The Japanese infantry hiding behind the tanks were immediately surrounded by a sea of fire amid a burst of screams.