Chapter 184 Sino-Japanese Tank Attack and Defense Battle
——Beiping
Terauchi Shouichi slapped the map vigorously and shouted, "Aren't you willing to give up this Kozuki Seiji? Now what's the point of attacking Lan Feng and opening the seal? The main force of the National Army still exists, what we should do now is to concentrate our efforts to prepare for the Battle of Wuhan
, instead of worrying about Kaifeng.”
Naosaburo Okabe said anxiously, "Now the National Army has concentrated a large number of troops to move in the direction of the 14th Division. If we do not provide support, I am worried that the 14th Division will repeat what happened in Taierzhuang."
Terauchi Shouichi sighed and said, "The enemy is overcoming the enemy. The enemy is overcoming the enemy again. Order the aviation force to fully support the 14th Division. Power up the 14th Division again and tell them to retreat from Chenliukou immediately and not to continue attacking."
——Outside Lanfeng City
Xiangyue Qingsi looked at the quiet Lan Feng City and asked, "Have the artillery positions been deployed?"
Shojiro Iida, Chief of Staff of the First Army, replied, "The arrangements have been completed. The Peking Headquarters sent two more telegrams asking us to retreat. Commander, what do you think?"
Xiangyue Seiji shook his head and said, "That's just the trick of that old guy Juichi Terauchi. Once we fail, he can take those telegrams and tell Tokyo that the failure was because we didn't obey the command. If he really doesn't want to
If we fight, we will not send logistics troops to transport supplies for us, but also let the second mixed aviation brigade support us."
Iida Shojiro looked at Kozuki Kiyoshi worriedly. From the perspective of a frontline commander, he felt that there was nothing wrong with Kozuki Kiyoshi's command strategy. As a mechanized force, the 14th Division went without logistical supplies.
Fighting is indeed too dangerous.
Kozuki Seiji looked at the sun. It was probably around one o'clock in the afternoon. Kozuki Seiji waved his hand and shouted, "Order the artillery unit to start attacking in fifteen minutes. Contact the aviation force and order them to take off immediately to prepare to cover our attack."
Hu Lian, who was in Lanfeng City, looked at the densely packed chariot troops under the city with a telescope. He was complaining in his heart. Such a comparison of combat power really made him unable to be optimistic about the outcome.
——Kaifeng
****** walked into Agent Jiang's office with his head lowered. Agent Jiang said without looking back, "You know you're back?"
****** whispered, "Father, I did such a thing because I was anxious. Please punish me."
Jiang Jie sighed in his heart, turned around and said with a straight face, "I don't know who instigated you to do such a thing. Don't think you are great just because you guessed the Japanese army's tactics correctly. I tell you, you just
I have been exposed to war in the military academy, but I am still too naive and take it for granted. Come and take a look here. The 14th Division has returned to attack Lanfeng. If you are still in there now, I am afraid you will not be able to get out."
****** immediately replied, "I'm not afraid of death."
Agent Jiang shouted loudly in his heart, "I'm afraid you'll die!" But he said, "I'm afraid you'll be used. You're a piece of trash. You should take a closer look in the next few days to see how the real deployment of troops is going to happen."
If anything, please teach me how to behave like a general."
After saying that, Agent Jiang shook his head and continued, "I have ordered Xue Yue and Hu Zongnan to attack from the east and west respectively. Now we just have to wait for the good news. Being a temple for the handsome man is a thousand miles away rather than going to the front line, huh!!"
****** couldn't help but be filled with doubts. If this was really the case, then Huayuankou should be as stable as Mount Tai. How could something happen? Could it be that the prophecy was false?
——Lan Fengcheng
A telegram is being circulated in the city. What is completely different from ten minutes ago is that Hu Lian is in high spirits at this time, and the soldiers around him are gearing up and preparing to do something big.
"Brother Hu, the commission is such a big deal. Hu Zongnan's First Army and Xue Yue's five armies, there are 200,000 people. If you add other troops, there will probably be 250,000. The little devil is in trouble now.
." Li Liangrong said with a smile.
Hu Lian nodded and said, "Especially the 200th Division, I have always heard of it, but I have never seen it. I don't know if it is really as powerful as the legend."
The 200th Division of the National Army does not have a very late number, but it has a great background. The division was formerly a tank battalion directly under the Military Commission of the National Government. It has been continuously expanded since then. It has just been expanded to five regiments in Hunan with a total of 20,000 people. Among them are
With a large number of tanks, anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft guns, motorcycles, trucks and other advanced weapons, it can be said to be the most elite force.
At this time, the deputy division commander Qiu Qingquan was leading a special column consisting of a tank battalion, an engineer battalion, an armored vehicle team, an anti-aircraft artillery team, a motorcycle search team, a combat defense artillery battalion, and an infantry battalion totaling about 7,000 people.
Qiu Qingquan's tanks are mainly T-26 and Vicker tanks. Although they are both light tanks, they are already the most powerful weapons of the National Army at this time.
Qiu Qingquan looked ahead and asked, "Where are we ahead? How far is it from Lanfeng?"
The communications soldier replied, "In front is Sanyi Village, which is guarded by about a squadron of Japanese troops. It is only thirty miles away from Lanfeng. As long as Sanyi Village is breached, Lanfeng can be seen."
Qiu Qingquan put on his tank hat and said, "What are you waiting for? Let's speed up."
Fifteen minutes passed in a blink of an eye, and the Japanese attack began.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The huge roar could be clearly heard in Lanfeng City, which was seven or eight miles away from the Japanese artillery position, but what was faster than the sound was the terrifying shell.
Hu Lian felt as if the whole earth had been lifted open, and he fell to the ground, followed by a deafening explosion.
Dust and gravel kept falling from the ceiling, the dim electric light was swinging like crazy, and countless documents were scattered to the floor.
"This, this is a heavy artillery!!" Hu Lian had stayed in Luodian and was extremely familiar with this feeling.
Hu Lian immediately lay down on the ground, listening to the explosion and muttering something. After a while, he got up and said to Li Liangrong, who was holding on to the wall, "This 14th Division is so rich. It has at least fifty 150-caliber heavy artillery."
, I also felt that there were about forty 100mm artillery pieces, which I couldn’t hear at all, but I estimate that there were more than two hundred artillery pieces in total. I, Hu Lian, am so proud."
Hu Lian secretly felt bitter in his heart. His entire division had less than 40 artillery pieces over 75mm, and these were basically mortars.
Tens of kilograms of artillery shells hit the city wall of Lanfeng City hard. The earth and rocks on the city wall were constantly blown down, and the smoke and dust raised seemed to cover the entire Lanfeng City.
"Hoo~~" There was a roar, and Xiangyue Qingji looked at it, but dozens of black spots appeared in the sky. They were the Japanese air force. He only saw these planes shaking their wings, flying at the civilians at low altitude.
Bombs were thrown where military flags were held, and some Japanese aircraft even rushed into residential areas and dropped bombs, blowing countless houses into rubble.
Qiu Qingquan looked at the neat rows of Japanese cavalry in front of him, and then looked at the steel chariot under him, and couldn't help but laugh. He never expected that the Japanese cavalry troops stationed in Sanyi Village would actually be
, the duel between modern and medieval knights has not yet begun, but the winner is already clear.
The purpose of arranging cavalry to guard the perimeter is to report the main force as quickly as possible once the National Army attacks. It is not Kenji Doihara's mistake.
The squadron leader of the Japanese cavalry squadron looked at the National Army tanks adjusting their formation on the opposite side. He drew out his sword angrily and said, "Gentlemen, please remember your identities. We are outnumbered and the only thing we can do is to kill more."
The enemies, let them remember the terror of the Emperor's warriors. Everyone rushed into the enemy's formation with grenades and detonated them. Listen to my orders!! Charge the formation!" After saying that, they rushed forward waving their swords.
It must be said that under the exaggeration of the bushido spirit, the Japanese army's fighting will was extremely high. Although they knew that the odds were against them, none of the Japanese cavalry retreated. Instead, they followed their commanders and strove forward.
Qiu Qingquan waved his hand and shouted, "Comrades, kill for the innocent souls of Nanjing!!"
More than thirty tanks started violently, with black smoke billowing, and they tried to crush them forward. The "click-click" sound of the machine guns easily drowned out the Japanese army's shouts of killing. The Japanese squadron leader's riding skills were extremely good, although his shoulder
He was hit by a bullet, but he persisted and rushed into the tank formation.
"Long live the Emperor!!" The Japanese squadron leader suddenly pulled the fuse with his teeth. The grenade was smoking, and he was seen rushing towards a tank.
There was a "boom" explosion, and the tank was silent for a while before starting again.
"I'm scared to death. Fortunately, the frontal armor was exploded. It wouldn't be possible if it were the territory." Qiu Qingquan patted his chest and said with some concern.
Behind the back of the 200 Division are the corpses of Japanese cavalry. The 200 Division captured Sanyi Village.
After being bombarded for half an hour, Hu Lian's troops finally slowly raised their heads. Many people's ears were bleeding, and many National Army soldiers had their internal organs damaged by the shock wave of the explosion in the battle just now.
Hemorrhage was massive, and many Nationalist soldiers were buried alive in the fortifications that were already pit after pit.
Hu Lian shouted, "Quick, go and count the number of people."
Li Liangrong asked worriedly, "Brother Hu, why don't we withdraw?"
Hu Lian shook his hand and said, "Don't worry, brother, my fortifications are dug very deep. I just killed five or six hundred of my people at most. Besides, tanks and artillery can't occupy the position. It's always the infantry who really occupy the position. Our
The bullets can't hit his cannons or his tanks, but his infantry can still be beaten to death. Just wait, and when his infantry comes up, I will tell him that the Chinese are the ancestors of war."
But after a long time, the Japanese infantry did not come to attack. Hu Lian was feeling strange. A late telegram made him suddenly realize and said with a smile, "Great, our 200th Division of the First Support Army has arrived."
At this time, Qiu Qingquan was leading the 200th Division and the Japanese right-wing troops in the first tank offensive and defensive battle between China and Japan. After Qiu Qingquan had all the anti-aircraft guns and combat anti-aircraft guns set up positions in Sanyi Village, he was
Prepare to move forward, the Japanese army has already reacted.
Xiangyue Qingji looked at the bombed-out Lanfeng City in front of him, and snorted and said, "The National Army came so fast. Doihara-kun, please lead a regiment and all the artillery to continue attacking here. I will
Fifty chariots are left for you."
Doihara Kenji nodded and said, "Yes, I wonder what your Excellency, Commander, is going to do?"
Xiangyue Qingji pointed to the chariot behind and said, "I will lead the main force of the chariot force and a regiment to fight the enemy. It is said that the National Army coming this time has a large number of tanks. I can be sure that this is the main force of the National Army.
Troops, we must completely defeat them."
About two hundred tanks moved in a mighty manner towards Sanyi Village, while Dofei principle reorganized his troops and prepared to attack.
Xiangyue Qingji quickly arrived at Sanyi Village with his chariot. Looking at the prepared 200th Division chariot troops, Xiangyue Qingji nodded, drew his command sword and pointed forward and shouted, "All troops attack!!"
Qiu Qingquan looked at the smoke and dust that was seven or eight times larger than his tank troops, swallowed his saliva, gritted his teeth and shouted, "Fight and retreat at the same time, all combat anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft guns are ready to meet the enemy."
The main tanks of the Japanese army at this time have changed from Xiaoduding to Type 89 and Type 95. Xiaoduding is mostly used for patrols in the occupied areas. Most of the tanks in front of Qiu Qingquan are Type 95 light tanks.
tanks and 89 medium-sized tanks, which doubled the pressure on Qiu Qingquan's Italian Vick tanks. On the contrary, the Soviet T-24's defensive power was slightly stronger, but it was also extremely dangerous in the face of the 57MM short gun of the Japanese tanks.
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Because Qiu Qingquan occupied the high ground, he took a preemptive strike. More than 30 tanks opened fire one after another, and then reversed, luring the Japanese troops to attack forward.
Xiangyue Qingji looked at the National Army tanks that were fighting and retreating, and said with a smile, "Do the Chinese people still think it's the Mongolian mounted archery period? Besides, our speed is faster than theirs, move forward!! Attack!!"
The Type 95 tank weighs only 6.7 tons, which is about the same as the Vicker tank. However, it is worth mentioning that the Type 95 tank uses a diesel engine, which makes it extremely maneuverable and can quickly break away from the Type 89 tank.
Protect and prepare to surround it from both sides.
Due to lack of training, it was difficult for Qiu Qingquan's tank troops to hit the high-speed Type 95. Instead, they had to stop every time they fired, which slowed down the speed. The Type 95 finally began to counterattack.
The Type 95 tank carries a 37-gun, which is enough to tear through the 15MM armor of a Vicker tank at a distance of 800 meters.
Xiangyue Qingji looked at the five or six smoking tanks that had been destroyed, and shouted excitedly, "Speed up, speed up, kill them all!!"
There was a crisp "bang" sound, and a Vicker tank that was retreating stopped. A hole the size of a bottle appeared on its front. However, it was hit by a Japanese tank.
Qiu Qingquan's eyes widened. These tanks were all imported from abroad with great difficulty. One tank was missing one tank.
As if to challenge Qiu Qingquan's limit, in just a few minutes, seven or eight tanks had been hit and destroyed, and even more were injured. Qiu Qingquan finally couldn't bear it anymore and took out a red flag and threw it out.
"Fire the gun!!" "Fire the gun!!" "Fire the gun!!"
The roar of artillery fire came one after another, and a battalion of twelve anti-tank guns fired at the same time. In an instant, six balls of fire appeared.
A half hit rate is already pretty good for them who lack training.
Anti-aircraft guns also fired. Although Sulotong's 20mm anti-aircraft guns were a little less powerful, their firing frequency was high, which panicked the Japanese army who were confused about the situation.
Xiangyue Qingji looked at the tanks in front that were being hit constantly, and shouted, "Quick, let the Eighty-Nine Styles charge forward, don't retreat, charge!!!"
The Type 95 tank that was attacked in the front also reacted and started to counterattack. For a while, you were back and forth, explosions were heard everywhere, and a tank offensive and defensive battle reached its climax.