It was the tank troops led by Gangzi who came. After they finished dealing with the Japanese tank regiment, they had no time to clean up the battlefield. Instead, they rushed to the defense line at full speed to reinforce the Shanxi-Sui Army.
Although Gangzi has always disliked the Jinsui Army...
The Jinsui Army was actually much better than the Stubborn Army, which had no sincerity in cooperating with the Eighth Route Army from the beginning to the end and had been engaging in petty tactics.
But when the Jinsui Army was beaten by the Japanese and lost Taiyuan, it must cooperate sincerely with the Eighth Route Army from the perspective of interests.
Therefore, Yan Laoxi was once regarded as a model of cooperation in the war of resistance by patriotic youth across the country.
It's just that Yan Laoxi's confidence was shaken later... He thought that even if he united with the Eighth Route Army, he couldn't defeat the Japanese, so he started flirting with the Japanese, trying to make the Japanese only attack the Eighth Route Army while he reaped the benefits.
But now if Yan Laoxi regains his confidence...
If the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, they would fail sooner or later.
In addition, the support equipment and strength of Ying Jiang and Mao Xiong in the Eighth Route Army have been improved, and Yan Laoxi's wavering heart will of course tilt towards the winning side again.
The performance of confidence should be different from before, so the Jinsui Army should be a uniting force.
This was what Li Yunlong told the soldiers during a meeting, and Li Yunlong heard it from the leader.
Gangzi thought it made sense, so just like the leader said, he should put aside his past grudges and treat the Jinsui Army as his comrades.
When dealing with your comrades, of course you should reinforce them as soon as possible.
So the tank troops appeared in front of the Japanese, and the first one was the nine T34s... The T34s were fast, leaving the T26s far behind.
As they were advancing, Gangzi saw the Japanese suppressing the Jinsui Army in the trenches and fighting. The situation was very critical.
Gangzi immediately gave the order: "Everyone is here, shoot while marching, and fire at the enemy!"
Androvich responded: "Comrade company commander, you cannot shoot without accuracy while marching..."
"We don't need precision!" Gangzi interrupted Androvitch: "We just need to let them know we are coming!"
When Androvich heard this, he thought it made sense. The "they" were not just the Japanese, but also the Jinsui Army.
When the Japanese knew that the tanks of the Eighth Route Army were coming, they would get into chaos. When the Jinsui Army knew that the tanks were coming, their morale would be boosted, so the situation of the battle would be different.
Thinking of this, Androvich said to the crew in Russian: "Who said the Eighth Route Army can't fight? They are much smarter than us!"
The driver turned around while driving the tank and responded: "Comrade Captain, before our tanks came to their aid, they fought against the Japanese with such rudimentary equipment... This already explains the problem!"
Androvich nodded.
I thought to myself that maybe it was precisely because they were poorly equipped that they had to make a fuss about tactics.
What Androvich didn't know was that compared to the Wooly Bear, China already had military books such as "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "Thirty-Six Strategies" that could be used.
Sure enough, after the shells passed, the situation immediately changed.
At first, the Japanese took it for granted that the group of tanks approaching from a distance were their own. Unexpectedly, they actually fired at them... When they looked carefully, they turned out to be enemy tanks.
The psychological shock this caused to them cannot be described in words.
"What's going on? Where is our chariot?"
"If the enemy's tanks come towards us, does that mean our tanks have been completely wiped out?"
"Impossible! That's our most advanced 'One Style'!"
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The most advanced tanks, and even used the 97th battle to form a regiment, but they were wiped out by the enemy in just half an hour. This was not only a problem of equipment, but also made people who always felt that they had an absolute equipment advantage in China
The Japanese's sense of superiority suffered a fatal blow.
Sekiguchi Tianli hurriedly raised his binoculars to take a look, and his face, which was still flushed with excitement from the victory, instantly lost all color.
"It's T34!" Sekiguchi Tianli gritted his teeth and said, "There's T26 behind us! Damn it, where is Konno's tank regiment?"
Sekiguchida Ri did not believe that Chimi Imano's tank regiment was defeated so quickly. He thought that the Imano regiment might be dealing with another group of enemies.
"Your Excellency, Major!" the communications soldier guarding the radio reported in horror: "We are unable to contact Lieutenant Colonel Konno. Could he..."
"Bastard!" Sekiguchi Tianli slapped the signal soldier to the ground and shouted: "The Konno regiment is on the way, enter the trench to organize defense!"
In fact, Sekiguchida knew that Konno's life was probably in danger, otherwise it would be impossible for enemy tanks to target infantry like them.
But what else can Sekiguchida Ri do at this time?
He could only use this lie to lie to himself, and more importantly, to lie to his subordinates!
Therefore, under the order of Sekiguchi Tianli, the Japanese who originally surrounded the Sixth Battalion looked for hidden defense lines... If they continued to maintain the encirclement situation, the Eighth Route Army tanks would just grind forward and the machine guns would be able to mow them down.
It's a big piece.
Sekiguchi Tianli led a small team into the occupied trench to organize defense.
The quality of the Japs cannot be underestimated. If this were an ordinary army, they would collapse the moment they saw the tanks.
But they only panicked for a while, and then organized a defense and even organized a demolition team...
The demolition team consisted of three people and carried the Japanese "Type 1 cyanide grenade".
After the war, Wang Xuexin was quite puzzled that the Japanese were carrying such grenades.
Because this so-called "one-piece cyanide grenade" is actually a poison gas grenade invented by crazy Japanese soldiers.
This kind of grenade has a glass shell and a special protective sleeve when carried. It must be removed from the protective sleeve before use in combat.
This thing is very toxic. It only takes 2 seconds of exposure to cause poisoning and unconsciousness, and death within 5 minutes, even if you wear a gas mask.
but……
Isn't this gas grenade only useful in confined spaces?
If it is thrown outside the tank, the poison gas will be blown away by the wind before it enters the tank. What effect will it have?
Later, Wang Xuexin realized that the gas grenade equipped by the Japanese was specially used to deal with T34.
To be precise, the Japanese wanted to capture T34 alive...
Tanks like the T34 are the most advanced tanks not only on the Chinese battlefield, but also on the Hans.
The Japanese have never dreamed of capturing a few T34s completely.
On the one hand, this can be used as a reference for the Japanese to produce tanks, and on the other hand, the muzzle can be turned to deal with the tanks of the Eighth Route Army... It may even be possible to drive a wedge between Mao Xiong and the Eighth Route Army. It can be said that it kills several birds with one stone.
Therefore, their idea is that when Chimi Konno's tank was fighting with the T34, the infantrymen at Sekiguchi climbed onto the tank with this gas grenade, opened the cover, and threw the gas grenade inside.
Another feature of this poisonous gas is that the poisonous gas will dissipate automatically after 10 minutes.
Therefore, the Japanese can immediately turn these captured tanks into their own weapons...
Wang Xuexin was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. If the Japanese infantry and tanks had not been separated by some strange combination of circumstances, it would have been possible for the Japanese to surrender a few T34s.