The convoy coming on the highway was the Independent Regiment.
Originally, according to Wang Xuexin's intention, he would not run into the Japs at all. He quickly drove down to Yunjing County, handed over the car and ran away. After driving north for a few minutes, he would be within the scope of the Eighth Route Army. The Japs would not be able to react no matter what.
That hammer hits us and then runs away. Who can catch us?
This is blitzkrieg!
This can be called "the only martial arts in the world that is fast and unbreakable"!
Who would have thought that the Independent Regiment's battle in Yunjing County was so fast, but it was delayed again and again due to other matters, and it took more than twenty minutes.
Then after getting on the road, I was dragged down by the speed of the tank...
The speed of the Type 95 tank is pretty good, and it can reach a speed of 45 kilometers per hour on the road.
Although this thing is small and lacks armor and firepower, its maneuverability is still quite good. More importantly, it has a low failure rate and can travel 250 kilometers continuously without maintenance.
When the Japanese invaded Singapore in the past, to be precise it was at the end of this year, they used this small tank combined with bicycles to penetrate deeply into Singapore. They used 40,000 troops to defeat 130,000 British troops who collapsed and surrendered... At this time
The British guys are really hard to beat.
The speed of the Type 97 tank is not very good. It can barely reach 35 kilometers per hour on the road, so the cars following it can only slow down and follow slowly.
Wang Xuexin regretted bringing the Type 97 tank with him. He leaned out and patted the car window, and suggested to Li Yunlong at the front of the car: "Commander, why don't we just throw this tank away? This speed..."
But before he finished speaking, Li Yunlong responded: "Why are you throwing it away? That's a tank. How can you let go of such a treasure? Is there anyone as wasteful as you?"
So what else can Wang Xuexin do?
The Eighth Route Army is a unit that even treats machine guns and cannons as treasures. How can we keep the tanks if they are captured? That would be the same as taking his life.
There was no other way, Wang Xuexin could only let it go, hoping that the Japanese reinforcements would not arrive in time.
Along the way, the Independent Regiment kept passing enemy artillery towers, some close and some far away.
This is because the road is straight, but the blockhouses have to be built to the commanding heights according to the terrain.
The nearest blockhouse is one or two hundred meters away from the road.
Wang Xuexin knew that the puppet soldiers in the blockhouse actually realized that something was wrong, but they pretended not to know and did not even dare to shoot.
Just kidding, the Eighth Route Army has hundreds of men in tanks and cars, but their artillery tower only has a few dozen men, and the weak point in the rear is facing the enemy. If they start fighting, wouldn't they be looking for death?
Then Wang Xuexin's worry came, as a group of cars drove towards him at a fast speed. There were more than thirty cars and at least eight or nine hundred people.
But how could Wang Xuexin have imagined that the Japanese would only come with all kinds of cars, not even an armored vehicle?
Then there is no need for Li Yunlong to give orders at all... In fact, Li Yunlong cannot give orders. There is no radio in the car and he cannot make contact with tanks and armored vehicles.
The one driving the Type 97 tank at the front was the monk.
This guy is usually a troublemaker, and he will find someone to fight no matter what. Now he sees this opportunity and he is not willing to let it go easily.
He just hesitated for a moment and then shouted: "Hold on tight!"
The machine gunner was just Gangzi. He was the same machine gunner when Huitian drove the tank against Yucun last time. After working with him once, Monk felt that this guy was a good hand at shooting machine guns, so he transferred him to the reconnaissance company as the platoon leader.
Gangzi asked doubtfully: "Company commander, what do you want to do?"
"Hit him!" the monk replied: "How enjoyable would that be? It's fast and saves bullets!"
As he spoke, he ignored Gangzi's look of fear, stepped on the accelerator and pulled the joystick to suddenly change the direction of the tank.
There was a loud "expanding" sound, and all the crew members in the tank were shaken to pieces by the strong force. Before the gunner could react, a blow hit his head and immediately swelled up into a big bump.
But the monk drove the tank and ran over it like a man who was fine.
The tank rolled over the car, rising and falling suddenly, and sometimes it suddenly fell because the car was crushed. Others had never seen this battle before, and they only screamed in fear.
The monk shouted cheerfully:
"Fuck you little devils, today I will let you have a taste of the power of tanks!"
"Crush you bitches to death!"
"When you see the King of Hell, don't forget to say that I, the monk, did it!"
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After running over several cars in a row, it drove onto the flat ground. At this time, even the observation hole of the tank was stained red by the blood spurting up.
Then the monk shouted at the gunner: "Why are you still standing there? You're going to f*cking hit me!"
The gunner then reacted, adjusted the angle and fired a shot with a "boom".
At this time, Gangzi pulled the trigger of the machine gun and fired a string of bullets at the car in front.
The monk was so bold that he stepped on the accelerator and rushed towards the group of Japanese cars...
If the monk knows some theoretical knowledge about infantry-tank coordination, he should not attack alone but should cooperate with the infantry at the rear.
Otherwise, as long as the enemy estimates the speed of the tank and drops a few grenades on the chassis, the tank will be overwhelmed.
But how did the monk know this? He knew that the tanks were thickly armored and not afraid of bullets, so why not take this opportunity to hit a bunch of them? So he rushed inside and hit everyone he saw.
It can be regarded as a mistake.
The Japanese who had just jumped out of the car were unprepared, and the people were so dense that they did not dare to throw grenades. The intruding tank actually caused a huge mess.
The soldiers of the Independent Regiment jumped out of their vehicles and formed a formation, shouting and charging towards the Japanese who were in chaos.
Along with the soldiers, there was a Type 95 tank and two armored vehicles. The machine gun fired at the crowd of Japanese soldiers, causing the Japanese soldiers to scream and fall down in pieces without the ability to fight back.
As the soldiers approached, they threw several Molotov cocktails. In an instant, people and vehicles were burned to ashes, and there were screams everywhere.
This was something Wang Xuexin didn't expect.
In terms of strength comparison alone, when more than 900 Japanese soldiers fought against an independent group of more than 600 people, it was obviously the independent group that suffered a loss.
Even if the independent regiment has tanks and armored vehicles, it has no experience in coordinated operations or using these equipment, so it is still doubtful whether it can achieve combat effectiveness.
But the fact is that a random fight like this will instantly make the Japanese lose their combat effectiveness, and then they will almost be at the mercy of others.
If there was any exception, it was that the cars behind them saw that the situation was not going well and immediately turned around and fled along the way they came.
There were many Japs following the car, shouting to get a ride... The Japs were not afraid of death, but they just didn't get there at the right time.
The battle ended within ten minutes. Burning cars and corpses were everywhere on the road, which was blocked. The air was filled with an unpleasant smell of burning and blood.
Li Yunlong directed the armored vehicles and cars to retreat a little, and then asked the monk to drive the tanks back again, thus pushing a path through the burning cars.
Two or three miles further north, we will almost reach the section controlled by the Eighth Route Army.