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"Hit me hard, and the devil won't be able to let go of even a hair!"

At the entrance of Yangjia Village, the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the New Cavalry Regiment spoke harshly and personally fired an M2 heavy machine gun at the Japanese who were rushing up.

The highway leading to Tianjin passed by Yang Village. At this time, the people in Yang Village had been relocated.

The cavalry troops of the new regiment built a large number of positions here to intercept the Japanese who were preparing to escape.

However, due to terrain restrictions, only one battalion can be placed in the front.

Although they are cavalry, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry battalion in dismounted and infantry combat is also very powerful.

Other cavalry battalions and tanks were in reserve not far away, ready to launch a counterattack at any time.

In this combat mission, the cavalry also brought some M2 heavy machine guns.

A dense rain of bullets poured towards the Japs. Each Japs was cut off at the waist, and their flesh and blood flew everywhere.

Not far away, in a hidden position, several Eighth Route Army tanks opened fire suddenly.

Tank guns and coaxial machine gun fireworks kept blooming, and artillery shells and dense machine gun shells poured towards the Japanese.

Although it was night time and the night sky was pitch black, there was a steady stream of illumination bombs in the sky. The illumination bombs produced by the system launched by the 82mm mortar illuminated an area with a radius of one kilometer as if it were daytime.

The large road lights of several tanks also provided ample visibility for the infantry.

A dense rain of bullets was thrown towards the Japanese who formed the 11th Brigade.

The Japanese who rushed up fell down one after another like mowing grass.

However, the attacking Japanese soldiers continued to advance, and under the cover of mortars, grenade launchers and several mountain cannons, they launched a pig-like charge.

suddenly.

As if receiving some order, the Japanese retreated like a tide.

"What's going on, you damn devil?"

"Aren't you going to fight now?"

The cavalry battalion commander quickly reloaded his ammunition, somewhat unsatisfied.

He fell in love with the Japanese's pig attack tactics.

The Japanese's pig-attack tactics have a great advantage, that is, they are good at bringing military exploits to their enemies.

Don’t let the military exploits that fall from the sky go to waste.

"Ammunition hand, replenish ammunition quickly!"

As the platoon leaders of each company shouted, the soldiers of the logistics company quickly ran towards the position carrying ammunition boxes.

At this moment, hundreds of bright lights suddenly appeared in the wilderness directly in front of the position.

These bright lights shone in one after another, making some soldiers in the forward position almost unable to open their eyes.

"It's a Japanese tank!"

"You retreat first!"

The voice of the commander of the 5th company of the heavy tank battalion came through the walkie-talkie channel.

As soon as he finished speaking, a Japanese 47mm tank shell landed on the Eighth Route Army position. A machine gun position and several machine gunners were instantly overturned, and the soldier fell in a pool of blood.

"What a stupid little devil..."

"Let's retreat first!"

The cavalry battalion commander loudly gave orders and retreated quickly with the sound of M2 heavy machine gun in his arms. The guards and deputy shooters quickly followed with their gun racks.

"Boom boom boom——"

The Japanese tank shells landed densely on the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions.

Although the Japanese tank guns have relatively small calibers, only 37 mm and 47 mm, their advantage is their fast rate of fire.

Although the cavalry battalion of the new regiment is equipped with some M2 heavy machine guns and bazooka rocket launchers, it has become popular in the squad.

These two weapons are very effective against the Japanese's Doudin tanks.

But the power of these equipment can only be exerted when the Japanese's Bean Tank approaches.

The Japanese tanks fired their artillery, large-caliber heavy machine guns and bazookas from a kilometer away. There was nothing they could do against the Japanese tanks.

However, the new group of soldiers on the position retreated in time and suffered less casualties.

"Tum, tom, tom——"

From a hidden position, four tanks from the 5th Tank Company of the New Regiment's Heavy Tank Battalion fired back.

At the rear, nine other tanks from the 5th Tank Company quickly came up.

However, due to poor visibility, only one Japanese 1 tank was exploded. With a bang, a ball of fire burst out, and the Japanese tank was killed.

After more than 50 Japanese tanks shelled the Eighth Route Army's position.

"Kill to—"

On a Type 97 tank, Captain Akita Gin, commander of the tank regiment, waved his sword.

The tanks of the Japanese tank regiment were not equipped with walkie-talkies. Only the tanks of the regiment leader and squadron leader were equipped with radios.

Therefore, communication between Japanese tanks can only rely on roaring.

And tacit cooperation.

Seeing the tanks of the company commander and each squadron leader moving, the Japanese tank driver nearby knew that it was time to charge.

As a result, the Japanese tank crew drivers drove their tanks towards the Eighth Route Army's position.

At the same time, behind the Japanese tanks, about fifty Type 94 trucks did not turn on their lights, but followed behind the Japanese tanks quietly.

Each Type 94 truck is equipped with several oil drums, which are filled with fuel.

Colonel Akita Gin, who had fought against the Eighth Route Army tank unit, knew very well that his tank regiment was on the absolutely weak side.

Even if the Eighth Route Army tanks were parked there and doing nothing, one of his tank regiments of 54 Doudin tanks would be difficult to break through the defense of the Eighth Route Army tanks.

and so.

To deal with the tanks of the Eighth Route Army, Akita Ginichi never put his hope in these more than 50 tanks.

Instead, prepare to use a truck full of gasoline to kill the tanks of the Eighth Route Army!

Each Japanese driver's body was strapped with detonators and explosives, preparing for a suicide bombing attack.

At the beginning, Akita Ginichi planned to place more than fifty trucks in front of the tank.

But when he went to the battlefield, he found that this tactic would not work at all.

The Eighth Route Army seems to have endless rounds of flares. Once a truck is placed in front of a tank, the truck will become a target for the Eighth Route Army tanks.

In order to destroy the Eighth Route Army tanks, Akita Ginichi used the tanks as targets for the Eighth Route Army and covered the trucks approaching the Eighth Route Army tanks.

"The Japanese tanks have begun to charge, at least 50 tanks!"

"Old Wang, do you, Company 3, want to come up and join in the fun?"

The heavy tank battalion of the new regiment has about 200 tanks, each tank company has 15 tanks, and each tank company is equipped with 10 Leopards and 5 Joffres.

The heavily equipped synthetic battalion is equipped with 24 tanks. For this battle, Li Yunlong prepared more than 300 tanks.

Moreover, there is a large number of new tank soldiers in Taiyuan who are training to drive 150 tanks.

Those 150 tanks were in business to kill the Japanese Army 731, and the other 150 tanks had been handed over to the headquarters.

"Our 3rd company is on the way here. With such a good opportunity to make a contribution, why is our 3rd tank company missing?"

In the call channel, the laughter of the 3rd tank company commander sounded.

There was no hint of nervousness in the voice of the 3rd company commander, and he was even a little impatient, as if he was leading the 3rd company not to fight, but to celebrate the Japanese's birthday.

"Flare!"

The 5th company commander grabbed the walkie-talkie and said loudly:

"double!"

Boom boom – On the mortar position of the cavalry battalion of the new regiment, all the mortars opened fire, firing twenty illumination bombs into the night sky.

The field of vision in the one kilometer radius area suddenly became a little brighter.

As the Japanese tanks approached, the Japanese tanks were clearly exposed to the sight of the Eighth Route Army tank gunners.

Accompanied by the loud firing sound of tank guns, one tank gun after another directly hit the Japanese tanks.

The gunners of the new regiment all use high-explosive artillery shells, because if they use armor-piercing shells to hit Japanese tanks, there is a chance that the armor-piercing shells will penetrate the Japanese tanks.

The 75mm high-explosive artillery shells can not only penetrate the Japanese tanks, but the shells will not penetrate, but will explode directly.

75mm high-explosive artillery shells can even threaten the Panther tank, let alone the Japanese Doudin tank.

However, due to issues with the rate of fire and range of fire, the 75mm mountain gun or 75mm field gun is generally less effective for anti-tank purposes.

As the 3 tanks of the 15rd company joined the bombardment, the firepower of the new regiment's tank guns was doubled.

Although the moving Japanese tank is more difficult to hit, it is not a big problem for tank gunners who have received a lot of live ammunition training.

Amidst the loud noise, the Japanese tanks were blown up one after another.

"attack!"

Seeing that there were less than 20 Japanese tanks left in the field of vision, the 3rd company commander issued an attack order.

He wanted to use the Panther main battle tank to hit the Japanese tanks and give the Japanese tank soldiers a little shock.

"Wait! There's something behind the Japanese tank!"

However, the 5th company commander promptly stopped the 3rd company commander on the call channel.

At this time, the commander of the 5th company was half exposed outside the tank, observing the battlefield situation with a telescope.

"What's there?"

The 5th company commander got out of the tank and raised his binoculars to take a look.

At this glance, he really saw something behind the Japanese tank. As the Japanese tank approached, he saw clearly what was behind the Japanese tank, and he was stunned:

"That's...the devil's bean truck? What do the devil want to do?"

"Aim at the Japanese truck and shoot!"

The cautious 3rd company commander gave orders to the gunners and loaders.

As the tank body suddenly shook, a 75mm high-explosive artillery shell drew a straight line in the air and hit the Japanese truck directly.

"boom--"

Along with an explosion, a huge ball of flames suddenly rose up, and the firelight illuminated the surrounding area.

Dozens of Japanese 94 trucks became clearly visible in an instant.

At this time, the Japanese tanks were only about 300 meters away from the tanks of the New Regiment, and the Japanese cars were only about 350 meters away from the Eighth Route Army tanks.

The tank gunners and observers kept their attention on the Japanese tanks, but the Japanese trucks did not have driving lights, so they did not see them at first.

at this time.

The Japanese drivers also knew that they had been discovered, so they quickly shifted gears, stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, crossed the tank and rushed towards the Eighth Route Army tank.

"It's fuel, you stupid little devil!"

The 5th company commander was suddenly startled and broke into a cold sweat.

Fortunately, the tank did not attack, otherwise it would have been a suicide attack by the Japanese, and the consequences would have been disastrous.

"Fire the Japanese truck I'm targeting!"

The two company commanders roared loudly.

At this time, the Japanese truck was already rushing over at full speed. With the Eighth Route Army's flares providing visibility, the Japanese driver's goal was very clear.

Tom-tom-tom——

The Eighth Route Army's tank guns and coaxial machine gun fireworks continued to bloom, and the Japanese trucks were blown up and set on fire.

However, the speed of Japanese trucks is much faster than that of Doudin tanks, and many Japanese drivers do not walk in a straight line.

Some tank shells deflected. Just when the two company commanders wanted to issue a retreat order.

The new regiment of cavalry reentered the position, set up machine guns and rifles, and fired at the Japanese trucks. The rocket launcher soldiers fired with bazookas.

With the close cooperation of infantry and tank soldiers, a dense rain of bullets poured towards the Japanese convoy.

at last.

The last Japanese tank and truck were blown up about 30 meters away from the new regiment's forward position.

……

"idiot……"

Behind, there is a gathering place for Japanese soldiers.

After listening to the staff report, Major General Maikura Toshizaburo, commander of the 11th Huncheng Brigade, was furious. He held the major general's sword hand, almost bleeding.

From the beginning of the tank regiment's attack, the entire battle lasted less than 10 minutes, and his tank regiment was completely shattered.

Since entering the Chinese battlefield, the 11th Mixed Brigade has never suffered such heavy losses.

The Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness far exceeded his imagination.

Although I was very angry and frustrated, there was nothing I could do.

The enemy's firepower was simply too strong, including heavy tanks that could not break through the defenses, endless flares, and extremely powerful infantry firepower.

Even the enemy's individual soldier quality is not as bad as that of the Japanese soldiers.

Major General Toshizaburo Makikura walked quickly to Okamura Neiji and reported: "Reporting to the commander, the tank regiment has been completely destroyed. Please order the artillery regiment to be set up to cover the Eighth Route Army artillery positions with artillery fire. We Forming the 11th Brigade will definitely open up the passage for the large troops!"

"No need!"

Okamura Neji looked at the watch on his hand, then waved his hand expressionlessly and said.

He had just received news of the Eighth Route Army's full-scale attack on Baoding.

He deployed the 2nd Brigade and the 108th Artillery Regiment there. In fact, the strength was less than one brigade, because the 2nd Brigade suffered heavy losses in the Eighth Route Army's attack a few days ago.

Under the full attack of the 2-strong main force of the Eighth Route Army, the 108nd Brigade and the th Artillery Regiment were able to hold their positions for one night, which was considered very good!

Even if the artillery regiment is allowed to set up artillery, the Eighth Route Army's super firepower will be enough.

In one night, the 11th Brigade may not be able to open the road. Even if other divisions are sent together, it will only increase casualties.

If they stayed here for one night, the main force of the Eighth Route Army would definitely bite them and eat them all.

"Send the order to blow up all the mountain artillery, heavy artillery, artillery shells and trucks. We will bypass here and turn towards Tianjin."

When Okamura Neji gave the order, he felt his heart bleeding.

除了5个山炮兵联队之外，这其中可是有重炮联队的20门150毫米榴弹炮和10门240毫米榴弹炮。

But now that the road is cut off, they will inevitably be unable to march with these mountain artillery and heavy artillery. Even if the mountain artillery and field artillery can be dismantled and transported by mules and horses, it will greatly slow down the team's speed.

As long as the artillery is there, cannons and artillery shells can be replenished by the base camp.

This time, they were running for their lives, and if they ran slowly, they would die.

"Hi."

A combat staff member suddenly lowered his head, turned around and went to deliver the order.

Boom boom boom——

As Okamura Neiji's order was issued, the Japanese soldiers quickly blew up the trucks, cannons and artillery shells, and either burned or blew up the things that could not be taken away, taking only dry food, firearms and ammunition.

This huge explosion made the Eighth Route Army cavalry and tank soldiers not far away look at each other.

The Japanese ammunition depot exploded?

After the order from the Japanese headquarters was issued, tens of thousands of Japanese officers and soldiers spread their legs and fled towards Tianjin in response.

Okamura Neji also rode on a fast horse and escaped for his life under the cover of hundreds of Japanese cavalry. (End of chapter)