Infantrymen are more flexible in street fighting. They can drill into any alley without traffic restrictions. They can also hide in houses and attack the enemy from the dark. If they have a rocket launcher that can hit dozens of meters, they will definitely be the enemy.
Square Tank’s Nightmare.
This is also the main reason why modern tanks have always had a headache in street fighting... Even modern tanks with night combat capabilities cannot deal with this tactic of infantry hiding in houses with rocket launchers, not to mention that the Japanese tanks do not have night combat capabilities at this time.
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Wang Xuexin did not go with the rocket launcher shooter. He only heard the unique whistle of the rocket launcher on the street on the other side, followed by several explosions.
Haraguchi Chie was stunned at the first moment. Although he knew that the Eighth Route Army had rocket launchers, all his attention and focus was on the enemy's T34, and all he thought about was how to deal with the Eighth Route Army's T34...
Tomoe Haraguchi has already thought about it. When the enemy T34 emerges, the 97-Zhongzhan may still be unable to penetrate its frontal armor... Although theoretically, the 97-Zhongzhan can penetrate the T34 within a distance of 100 meters, but that is just a theory.
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The characteristic of the T34 is that its turret armor has an inclination angle.
This inclination not only increases the armor-piercing thickness of the enemy's armor-piercing projectiles, but also makes it possible for the enemy's armor-piercing projectiles to bounce away, even at close ranges.
Tomoe Haraguchi understands that in a close-range tank battle like this in an alley, if the target cannot be destroyed immediately, it will be his own tank that will be destroyed, and it may even cause a complete collapse.
Therefore, in order to ensure that the enemy's emerging tanks could be destroyed and then cause a chain effect, Tomoe Haraguchi deployed two 97 medium tanks on both sides of the street, while the other medium tanks were waiting for opportunities in the dark.
Haraguchi Chie thought this way: Once the enemy T34 appears, if the frontal armor is to face the 97th Central Battle here, the weak side and rear armor will inevitably be exposed to the 97th Central Battle on the other side.
It is possible for one tank to miss, but if two tanks miss at the same time, the probability is very small.
Therefore, Tomoe Haraguchi suddenly gained confidence in this battle. He felt that even if the enemy had more T34s, they would only bring him credit.
Haraguchi Chie even imagined that the T34 troops of the Eighth Route Army, which terrified the empire, were blown into scrap metal one by one in front of him... As a tank soldier of the empire, nothing can be worse than this.
Show glory!
However, just as Tomie Haraguchi was having a sweet dream, suddenly several bright lines streaked across the air, and then with a "boom", a 97 Zhongzhan caught fire.
"What's going on?" Tomie Haraguchi shouted at the radio: "Where did the enemy come from?"
"Your Majesty Colonel!" the adjutant replied loudly: "It's not enemy tanks, it's enemy infantry. They are attacking our tanks with 'spray bombs'!"
Haraguchi Chie's head felt like he had pressed the pause button and he couldn't think anymore...
infantry?
How could it be infantry?
How can infantry be the opponent of chariots?
But it just left the chariot helpless.
Because there are houses with windows everywhere on both sides, infantry can move flexibly in these houses, but tanks have strong firepower but cannot output... Of course they cannot attack without knowing the target's location.
However, the "spray bombs" in the hands of enemy infantry can easily destroy the tank.
Therefore, the Eighth Route Army, which was still in a passive position, turned the entire situation from passive to active just by sending in infantry.
It is estimated that Tomoe Haraguchi will be cursing in his heart: These bastards, how can you not play your cards according to the routine!
However, a battlefield is a battlefield, and there is no room for regret.
Just when Haraguchi Chie hesitated, two more tanks were hit. After being hit, they either burst into flames or stayed in place. This has shown that the Eighth Route Army's "spray bombs" can effectively penetrate the 97th battle tank.
Armor.
"Your Majesty Colonel!" the adjutant shouted: "We can't wait like this any longer!"
Haraguchi Chie understood what the adjutant meant.
If you continue to stay here, you will only be destroyed by the enemy's "spray bullets" one after another.
but……
What else could happen?
Haraguchi Chie thought about it and decided that the best solution would be for the chariot troops to stay in place and maintain their formation. As for the enemy infantry, the imperial infantry should be left to deal with it.
Tomoe Haraguchi is right to think so.
Because the tank can only be passively beaten in this situation, it is the infantry who can occupy the houses on both sides of the tank and protect the safety of the tank.
Therefore, Tomoe Haraguchi shouted at the imperial soldiers waiting in ambush in the fortifications on the other side of the street: "Don't be stupid, occupy those houses to protect the tanks!"
But no one listened to Haraguchi Chie's command...The Japanese military discipline was no joke. The order they received was to protect the headquarters, and they did not dare to take a step beyond their control.
Once they take the initiative and throw infantry into the battle of chariots, what should they do if there are loopholes in the defense circle and the enemy breaks through?
Therefore, no one moved for a long time, until Anda 23 received a call and knew that the chariot unit was in danger, so he sent a squadron to cooperate with the chariot unit.
But it was already a few minutes later, and five of Haraguchi Tomoe's tanks had been destroyed.
And at this time, Tomoe Haraguchi’s mentality has also collapsed...
In fact, in the final analysis, this is the result of the Eighth Route Army's rapid advance.
In terms of quality, training and coordination, the Japs are not bad in any aspect.
The problem was that Wang Xuexin did not give them any time to prepare. The entire process from the Eighth Route Army tank troops breaking through the South Gate to annihilating an anti-tank squadron to the Japanese headquarters in the center of Yuncheng only took 20 minutes.
During these twenty minutes, all the Japanese units were hurriedly mounted, or temporarily deployed to block the gunfire.
So information, coordination, and command are all not on the same plane.
For example, Adachi Twenty-Three knew that it was T26 from the Eighth Route Army, but Tomie Haraguchi, the commander of the chariot unit, thought it was T34.
Another example is that Haraguchi Tomoe's chariot unit was not under the command of Adachi Twenty-three, so Adachi Twenty-three just transferred it over, not knowing that the chariot unit did not have infantry coordination.
Tomoe Haraguchi was unable to command the Adachi 23 troops. Although there were Imperial soldiers everywhere, there was no infantry to coordinate with them.
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Everything seemed to be a series of coincidences, but in fact it was the Eighth Route Army's surprise attack that had the effect.
Hans's "Blitzkrieg" is actually the same. On the basis of fully grasping the enemy's information and intelligence, tanks are used to launch surprise attacks on weak parts and then quickly penetrate and encircle them without giving the enemy any time to breathe or prepare, thus achieving the goal of "taking the smallest possible action".
The goal is to achieve the greatest results at the most cost.
Wang Xuexin's raid can also be regarded as a blitzkrieg.