Tashiro Akyun always thought there was a mistake. He still didn't believe that the Eighth Route Army had tanks. He just thought that some careless gunner mistook them for the enemy.
It wasn't until Tashiro ran up to the turret and looked out through the perforations and saw tanks slowly driving up the road, followed by groups of Eighth Route Army troops wearing gray military uniforms, that he had to believe this fact.
"Your Majesty, Major!" A disgraced squadron leader ran up and asked in a panic: "What should we do? The Eighth Route Army... has a lot of tanks!"
"Asshole!" Tashiro Ayumi cursed loudly: "What else can we do? Stop them! Organize a demolition team to blow up all these tanks!"
"Yes!" the squadron leader responded and ran back to the unit to command.
But the squadron leader didn't know how to fight this battle at all.
In fact, not only the squadron leader didn't know, but even the captain Tashiro Ayumi didn't know.
In the past, the Chinese army did have tanks, but they were extremely rare and did not know how to coordinate infantry and tanks. Of course, it did not take much effort to deal with such tanks.
Anda 23rd's 37th Division landed in Shanghai at the end of the Songhu War. When they set foot on this land, the Chinese tank troops had been almost wiped out.
Therefore, the 37th Division never faced tanks.
In fact, the Japs were not only like this on the Chinese battlefield. When facing Yingjiang's tanks on the Pacific battlefield, their anti-tank method was still to launch suicide blasts with cluster grenades. If there was any improvement after that, it was that they developed a
Magnetic thunder and lightning-piercing things.
So the battle turned into a massacre.
At the forefront were ten tanks from a tank company, and Longfengping could only accommodate ten tanks.
These tanks were arranged in groups of three, and the three groups were arranged in a front triangle in front of the Japanese gun towers and bunkers. The tank at the front was only a few dozen meters away from the Japanese gun towers.
The reason why the front triangle is used instead of the rear triangle is because Wang Xuexin believes that the easier the battle looks, the more careful you must be. Moreover, this is the first time that the Eighth Route Army tank unit has been put into actual combat. They are not very familiar with coordination, so they use the more reliable front triangle.
Formation.
The characteristic of the front triangle is that the wings are very strong and difficult to break through...
For example, there is a tank at the front, and there are two tanks behind it, one on the left and one on the right, in a three-by-three formation.
If the Japanese infantry wanted to approach the front tank from the blind spot on the flank, they would expose themselves to the two tanks at the rear.
If the Japanese went further back, hoping to sneak attack on the flanks of the last two tanks... they would inevitably be exposed to the firepower of another group of tanks.
All in all, when using the "front triangle" formation, the flanks of almost all tanks are safe, and each tank only needs to pay attention to the target directly in front of it during combat and destroy it.
If there is any tank whose flanks are not safe enough, it is the two outermost tanks in the last row.
But these two tanks were far away from the Japanese, and the Japanese had to pass through the firepower of groups of infantrymen to reach them.
On the contrary, if an inverted triangle formation is used, although the firepower from the front is stronger, it will also send two tanks without flank cover in front of the enemy, giving the enemy a chance to destroy them.
There is no need for Wang Xuexin to be anxious. He believes that this battle will not take too long and that the best way to fight is to fight slowly and steadily.
Using the tank unit in the front triangle formation, as long as it protects itself well, it can form an advantage of "I can hit the enemy but the enemy cannot hit me."
For example, what was happening on the battlefield at this time was that the Eighth Route Army's tank guns were blasting the Japanese turrets one after another. Although there were constant gunfire from the direction of the Japanese, they were helpless against the tanks.
With a "boom", the 101 car fired another grenade at the turret. The turret immediately flew rubble and made the Japanese scream in agony.
The first digit of "101" represents the first company, and the last two digits represent the tank number, so we know it is the No. 1 car of the first company.
The 101 car is a bit special. Instead of firing at the perforations of the turret, it fires at the wall of the turret, and it only fires on one side.
Later, Wang Xuexin learned that the commander of Car No. 101 was a mason. He was once captured by the Japanese and used to repair gun towers. He worked for a full year before escaping out.
After the war, he explained like this: "We don't have many artillery shells, and we can't afford to waste them! How long will it take for this round to kill all the Japanese in the first blockhouse? Will it be over if the blockhouse collapses?"
Sure enough, there were only three shells. When the 101 vehicle loaded the fourth shell and turned the turret to aim, the turret was seen to tilt slowly, then faster and faster, and finally collapsed with a "bang".
The towering turret that was just a moment ago turned into a pile of dust and ruins in the blink of an eye. Countless Japanese were crushed to death and buried alive inside and outside the turret, and there were many Japanese who were injured by rubble and screamed in agony.
"Boom", there was another gunshot. This one was fired by car No. 107.
In each tank company, vehicles "01", "04", and "07" are the platoon leader's and team leader's vehicles.
These cars have greater autonomy at the front of the group.
The two vehicles at the rear must closely follow the vehicle in front to provide cover for them, making them more passive in battle... This is actually a shortcoming of the three-by-three system, which is that it is not so flexible.
But in the case of insufficient training, communication, etc., it is necessary to sacrifice some flexibility to achieve the best comprehensive combat effectiveness. After all, there is no free lunch in the world, and there is no tactic that can be formed in a short time and have all advantages. If there is, then
Countries around the world have long been using it uniformly.
Car No. 107 has a better view because it is in the front. It has advanced more than ten meters to the flank, which makes the triangle formation less square... This is no problem, because as Wang Xuexin said, the three-by-three system should not be used in combat.
As for the three-three system, as long as you know your mission in the general direction, you can make changes according to the needs of the battlefield and local conditions.
When Wang Xuexin saw this scene in the telescope, he secretly praised it in his heart. It seemed that the soldiers had learned the essence of the three-three system.
Vehicle No. 107 moved itself to a flat hard ground... Whether it is a hard ground is very important, otherwise the tank is likely to sink into the mud at different depths, causing the vehicle body to be uneven. In this case, it will be difficult for the gunner to aim at the target.
It was different on hard ground. After the 107 vehicle stopped, it aimed at a bunker thirty meters away, and then fired the shell into the bunker with a "bang" sound.
This explosion from the inside out does not look violent on the surface, but flames and blue smoke are emitted from the perforations in all directions of the bunker.
But Wang Xuexin knew that the Japanese hiding inside were all dead. They had fully absorbed the energy of the shell. Even if they were not killed, they would be killed by the instantaneous increase in air pressure, and their death would be very ugly.