First of all, there are not many Japanese tanks left, and secondly, with half of the streets blocked, it is no longer possible for the Type 95 light tanks to suddenly break into the Eighth Route Army formations relying on their speed.
The Japanese tanks could only come up one after another, and each one had to face the muzzles of several Eighth Route Army tanks.
But even if the Japanese tanks knew that rushing up would lead to death, they still rushed up from the gap without exception, and then turned into scrap metal one by one.
Among them was Tank Regiment Commander Tomoe Haraguchi.
After the war, his body was pulled out of the tank by the soldiers. There were wounds everywhere caused by armor fragments. However, the soldiers found that he also tried to pull out his pistol and commit suicide, but was unable to do so because of the pain, and ended up bleeding.
Too much and slow death... This can be regarded as the final punishment for the invader, allowing him to savor the pain before death in despair.
After a while, there were no more moving Japanese tanks in front. The whole street was littered with the remains of tanks, and a few had their engines pierced and set on fire, lighting up the soldiers like torches in the dark night.
The way forward.
The T26s in front pushed the wreckage away slightly, cleared a passage in the shortest time, and then rushed towards the enemy's defense line one after another.
What stands in front of us is an infantry defense line, which is built with the help of private houses, sandbags, etc.
Such a line of defense is simply vulnerable to the T26. The Japanese machine gun fire point hiding in a private house can be blasted into the sky with a single grenade from the tank gun. There is no need to waste tank shells on the external bunker fortifications... Mao
The artillery shells Xiong Na bought were limited. At this time, they had almost used them in several consecutive battles. On average, each tank only had dozens of shells left, so it would be wise to use them sparingly.
Therefore, if you do not need artillery shells, you can directly use machine guns to solve the problem. After all, the Eighth Route Army at this time can already produce machine gun bullets.
Parallel machine guns fired at the fortifications built with sandbags, suppressing the Japanese soldiers until they could not lift their heads. Then the soldiers went up in the dark and threw grenades. Three times, five times, five times two times, the defense line was taken down.
If there are some remote locations where grenades cannot be thrown, just use rifle grenades to solve the problem.
The enemy's grenade was also perfectly suppressed by the rifle grenade in this battle... The range of the rifle grenade may not be as far as the grenade, but the important thing is that it fires quickly, and the enemy was completely unaware of the threat of the rifle grenade on the battlefield.
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This is another advantage of rifle grenades, which Wang Xuexin didn’t discover until he used them on the battlefield.
The Japs' grenade shooters are easy to spot on the battlefield. After all, the grenade shooter is meant to be fired standing on the ground. If there are no obstacles, you can tell the difference between it and other infantry at a glance.
Therefore, grenade shooters often become the targets of the Eighth Route Army's sharpshooters and grenadiers.
On the other hand, the rifle grenades of the Eighth Route Army are basically the same as rifles...it is just a grenade launcher installed under the carbine, and the tactical action is no different from that of a rifle.
So at a glance, it seemed that everyone was a rifleman, so the Japanese had no target.
This allows the rifle grenade shooter to easily approach the enemy's grenade, and then hit the grenade with one round after another. After a few rounds, basically everyone with the grenade is in the sky.
Wang Xuexin was not worried about these things the most. He had been worried about the Japanese tanks.
At this time, if a few Japanese Type 97 tanks hide behind the defense line and attack the Eighth Route Army tanks, the Eighth Route Army's losses will be great, and the entire offensive plan may even fail as a result.
But luckily, this didn't happen.
Thinking from Wang Xuexin's point of view, I think this is very strange. For example, the Japanese tank troops just did not need to charge to the death. They took a step back and the sea and the sky were brighter. Not only did they defend together with the Japanese infantry, they would definitely defeat the Eighth Route Army, but they blocked the Eighth Route Army's attack until reinforcements arrived.
But it’s not a big problem.
But the Japanese did not do this. Instead, they rushed up one after another and killed them.
Later, after interrogating the surviving Japs chariot soldiers, Wang Xuexin understood why the Japs commander made such a choice.
The Japs thought their opponent was T34...
That's no problem.
If the Eighth Route Army came up with the T34, the Jaap 97 would be on the defensive in mid-battle, and it would be basically seeking death, because it would be difficult for it to penetrate the frontal armor of the T34, but the T34 can shoot one with one shot, just like cutting a melon and eating vegetables.
After knowing this, Wang Xuexin felt it was funny. He didn't expect that T34 could achieve great achievements without even going on the battlefield.
Adachi Twenty-three on the other side was shocked when he heard the report of the defeat of the tank regiment. He said "impossible" several times.
"How is this possible!" Anda Twenty-three said: "That is a tank regiment, more than twenty tanks, and many 97 medium combat vehicles specially developed for T26, and the enemy only has eight T26s... I
They are not asked to annihilate all the enemies, just to protect the headquarters!"
But this is the fact. The battlefield has never been a place where numbers and theory can determine victory. At this time, the tanks of the Eighth Route Army were already "rumbling" towards his headquarters. Anda 23 could even hear the tracks of the T26 advancing.
The crunching sound.
"Your Excellency Lieutenant General!" The adjutant ran in from outside, then adjusted his military cap a little and hurriedly stood up and bent down in front of Anda Twenty-three. He said in a pleading tone: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, please evacuate temporarily and transfer the defense of the headquarters."
The subordinates are responsible for this, Lieutenant General, please rest assured that my subordinates will never dishonor the honor of the 37th Division!"
Even if the Japanese are escaping, they will still speak nicely. Especially when subordinates say something to their superiors, they must give the superiors enough face.
Anda Twenty-Three said "hum" with a livid face.
He was unwilling to retreat under the attack of the enemy, especially the Eighth Route Army... This does not mean that Anda Twenty-three looked down on the Eighth Route Army as an opponent.
In fact, Anda 23 respects the Eighth Route Army more than the Stubborn Army and the Jinsui Army.
He said to his adjutant more than once: "To be able to persist until now and become stronger and stronger under such conditions is far beyond our imagination! For this reason alone, they are enemies worthy of respect!"
The reason why Anda Twenty-san was unwilling was because he had always been very confident in defeating the Eighth Route Army on the frontal battlefield. He believed that the Eighth Route Army was only good at fighting guerrilla warfare. If it had a head-on confrontation with the imperial army... it would be the end of the Eighth Route Army.
However, this battle severely slapped Anda Twenty-san in the face.
Yuncheng was not only a head-on confrontation between the Imperial Army and the Eighth Route Army, but it was also a defense deployed by Anda Twenty-san personally. He even guessed that the Eighth Route Army would attack Yuncheng and that the Eighth Route Army would use tanks to attack Yuncheng.
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But……
The sound of a cannon shot interrupted Anda Twenty-san's thoughts. He gritted his teeth with hatred but was helpless. As a lieutenant general, there was no way he could stay here and be captured alive by the Eighth Route Army, right?
So he had no choice but to give an order and hurriedly retreated with his subordinates and staff.