Yutomijiro set the attack distance at about 300 meters.
In fact, it is more than 200 meters, because 300 meters is the ultimate range of the Japanese grenade. More than 200 meters will have more grenade launchers to suppress the enemy's anti-tank guns.
It is a good idea to have Tomijiro:
Use grenades to suppress the enemy's anti-tank guns, and then use the Type 97 tank's artillery and machine guns to suppress the enemy's infantry... World War II tanks had to stop to fire accurately, so the Type 97 tank should stop on the offensive line about 300 meters away.
Then, use the speed of 95 light combat to quickly break through the enemy's infantry positions and destroy or even crush the enemy's anti-tank guns at close range.
The coincidence is...
The Type 97 tank gun must be within 300 meters to penetrate the T34 armor, and it is exactly 300 meters away.
Gangzi was a little nervous on the armored vehicle when he used binoculars to look at the enemy tanks coming up like a tide.
Gangzi did not have much experience in commanding tanks, and he even asked Wang Xuexin to hand over the command task to Androvich.
But Wang Xuexin rejected the request without thinking.
"I'm talking about Gangzi!" Wang Xuexin said: "If we let Maozi command, can he still drive a tank on the battlefield? Think about it, he has to command while fighting, and he still speaks Maoist dialect, so how much more can be packed in the tank?
A translator?”
Gangzi thought about it and thought it was right.
This would require Androvich's command to lose a skilled crew, which is one tenth, and the impact on combat effectiveness cannot be ignored.
Then Wang Xuexin patted Gangzi on the shoulder and said: "Actually, it's not difficult. You just need to understand the enemy's tanks and your own tanks, and then fight guerrillas with the enemy. You can't go wrong! We must learn to command our own tanks.
, there will always be a day when you can’t rely on others!”
Gangzi looked helpless. It’s not that he didn’t know this. He also knew about enemy and friendly tanks... Ever since he was recruited into the tank company by Wang Xuexin as the company commander, he had been carrying data like armor thickness and artillery penetration like crazy.
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If for no other reason than that, I feel like the burden on my shoulders is heavy.
These tanks in Gangzi's hands are the most advanced tanks, better than the Japanese tanks.
This is envy in the eyes of others, but it is pressure in Gangzi's eyes... He has all the best tanks in his hands. What if he still can't defeat the Japs or loses half of them in one battle? Isn't he?
Became a sinner? How many lifetimes will it take to repay a debt?
Therefore, ever since the Japanese came, Gangzi had been so nervous that his mouth was dry and his palms were sweating.
Seeing that there were at least fifty Japanese tanks overwhelming him, five times as many as his own, Gangzi immediately felt like he was about to collapse.
However, what surprised Gangzi was... the Japanese Type 97 tank stopped 300 meters away, but the small tank rushed forward!
Isn't this just outside its penetration depth?
Gangzi put down the telescope, and then gritted his teeth and ordered: "Everyone is here, reverse out of the bunker! Target the enemy Type 97!"
Gangzi remembers what Wang Xuexin said: "Fighting guerrillas with the Japanese is absolutely correct!".
What is guerrilla warfare? It means "when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we advance."
If the Japanese are forced to advance 300 meters, we will pour some.
If the Japanese come in again, we will fall again...
Anyway, you can’t go wrong by keeping a distance of about 300 meters from the Type 97. As for the Type 95, it can basically be ignored.
As soon as the tanks from the Eighth Route Army appeared, Yutomijiro was frightened. Through his telescope, he saw tanks that he had never seen before "rumbling" out of the bunkers, with black barrels and strange
The look made him feel chills in his heart.
What kind of tank is this?
What is the thickness of the armor?
How does the tank gun perform...
Tomijiro knew nothing about it. The only thing he knew was that the 7th Tank Regiment was in trouble this time.
Tomijiro knew that chariot warfare cannot be withdrawn simply by withdrawing.
When retreating during a battle, you must expose your weak flank and rear to the enemy. If you are not as fast as the enemy tank, you will not be able to retreat no matter how hard you retreat.
Therefore, Aritomijiro believed that he could only fight on no matter what.
Then Tomijiro's mind became clearer... Could the anti-tank guns just now be these tanks?
If so, it means that they can penetrate the 97 medium combat frontal armor at a distance of 500 meters, which is not a good thing.
Aritomijiro immediately gave the order: "Order the second and third squadrons to fire on the enemy tanks!"
Tomijiro had a glimmer of hope, hoping that in the 97th battle, he could penetrate the enemy's tank armor.
But it was T34 that fired first...
This is not to say that the quality of the Eighth Route Army is better than that of the Japanese with high coordination, but that the T34 has made anti-tank plans while it is still in the bunker, so the armor-piercing shells have been loaded.
The mission of the Japanese Type 97 is to provide fire cover for the infantry, so the barrel is still filled with grenades.
At this moment, the Type 97 at least needs to destroy the grenade before it can be replaced with an armor-piercing bomb... so it is half a beat slower.
Just hearing a burst of gunfire, four Type 97s were hit on the spot, and one Type 97 may have been penetrated by the engine. Black smoke first appeared, and then it burst into flames a few seconds later.
The tank crew opened the hatch cover and tried to escape, but before they could get out, the entire turret was blown into the sky with a loud bang.
The T34's machine gun "click, click, click" sprayed bullets at the Japanese infantry, knocking groups of charging Japanese to the ground... This is the reason why the T34 came out of the bunker. If it was just to fight the Type 97, just continue to hide in the bunker.
Just let the Japanese misunderstand you.
Only then did the Type 97 fire a batch of shells.
After a burst of smoke, Tomijiro found that the enemy tank made no movement at all. He even saw the cannonball hitting the enemy tank but being ejected into the air and flying far away.
Arifujiro gritted his teeth and ordered: "Second and Third Squadrons, advance at full speed!"
This order is correct. Since you cannot penetrate the enemy's armor, you should shorten the distance to the target, otherwise you will only be passively beaten.
However, Aritomijiro soon discovered that things were not as easy as he imagined... When the 97th battle was advancing, the enemy's tanks were reversing, so the distance between the enemy and ourselves was always about 300 meters.
Tomijiro sighed secretly: "This is the enemy's trump card!"
At this moment, Yutomijiro didn't even know how to direct.
But then I thought about it, if the enemy's tanks retreated like this, could the 97th China Battle be able to bully the Eighth Route Army infantry? Or maybe break through the Eighth Route Army's defense line first.
Thinking about it, Yutomijiro ordered: "Keep moving forward, targeting the enemy's infantry and defense line!"
However, what Yutomijiro didn't expect was that his order was still wrong.
To be precise, the order was correct, but there was a small accident...
The Eighth Route Army's previous explosive rocket launchers could not penetrate the Type 97 frontal armor with sandbags added, but since the rocket launchers were replaced with hollow charges, this is no longer the case.