Chapter 53: A Devastating Blow (Part II)
Almost as soon as Xu Wen's side was arranged, he saw a large number of devil infantry with guns, swarming and quickly approaching the forward position of the independent brigade.
It is already at a distance of less than four hundred meters, and at this distance heavy machine guns and tank guns, vehicle-mounted machine guns of armored vehicles, and anti-aircraft machine guns of anti-aircraft vehicles can already fire, because this distance is within their absolute effective range.
But Xu Wen did not rush to order the fire, but let the devil continue to advance.
Because he found that he had previously repelled the devil tank with the Tiger Style, which had never been charged with the infantry in concert, but kept a distance of nearly five hundred meters from the infantry attack group, and slowly followed.
Xu Wen guessed that the devil tank should have wanted to give its own attacking troops some fire support at a critical moment.
Because the effective range of tank guns is actually no more than a thousand meters.
Because no matter how far away it is, the commander's line of sight will be affected, which will affect the accuracy of the tank gun.
And the tank unit of the Independent Brigade led by Xu Wen is also more than 100 meters away from the front-line trenches.
That is, the Devil tank is now almost a kilometer away from the tank units of the Separate Brigade.
This tank unit was the most threatening of all the units of the 6th Division, except for the artillery brigade, and was far more mobile than the artillery wing.
Therefore, Xu Wen especially wanted to kill them, so after discovering this situation, Xu Wen decisively ordered: "All the tanks listen, raise the angle of fire, and prepare to aim at the tanks behind the Japanese army, kill the enemy's tanks first, and then turn back to clean up these infantry."
The armored vehicle-mounted machine gun and the anti-aircraft vehicle-mounted machine gun were aimed at the Japanese attacking troops in front of the position, and as soon as they entered within 200 meters of our front line, they immediately opened fire and hit me hard! ”
After everything was deployed, Xu Wen sat in the Tiger tank and began to observe the distance and movement of the devil through the tank's unique lookout scope.
It didn't take long for thousands of devil infantry to finally enter the shooting range demarcated by Xu Wen.
Without Xu Wen urging again, 30 MG42 general-purpose machine guns on 15 armored vehicles of the tank battalion and 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine guns on 30 Humvee military vehicles opened fire one after another.
Suddenly, the forward position of a regiment was filled with gunfire, and bullets were like rain.
Dazzling tongues of fire roared and poured down towards the devil's attacking troops.
It is well known that the rate of fire of the MG42 general-purpose machine gun is up to 1,000 rounds per minute, and 30 rounds can fire up to 30,000 rounds per minute.
Coupled with thirty anti-aircraft machine guns, the resulting rain of bullets is very dense, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as dense as a rain.
Under such terrifying dense firepower, the devils of the 45th Infantry Wing can be regarded as having fallen into blood mold, just like the harvested rice, and they were planted by bullets in patches.
Rushing up a batch, falling a batch, and repeating the cycle, the casualties are very heavy!
The Japanese tank wing, which was about 500 meters behind the infantry, was also suddenly bombarded by the Tiger and fifteen No. 4 tanks and one Sherman tank.
It's just that because of the distance, Xu Wen and the other shells didn't hit all, and the first salvo of sixteen high-explosive armor-piercing shells only hit the target, and the rest were all empty.
Rao was like this, and four Japanese tanks and armored vehicles were also blown up on the spot.
Although the caliber of the tank guns of the No. 4 tank and the Sherman tank is slightly smaller than that of the Tiger type, it is also very powerful, and it is not a problem to destroy Japanese tanks with armor thickness of only 8-12 mm, or armored vehicles with a thickness of only five or six millimeters.
In the blink of an eye, four more tank fighting vehicles were lost, and the commander of the devil's tank wing, Kura Chen Mingji, was taken aback and quickly ordered a retreat!
His tank wing was originally responsible for attracting tanks from the Independent Brigade to open fire, creating opportunities for his own air force to bomb, and waiting for an opportunity to give the 45th Infantry Wing some offensive fire support.
Now that the mission has been completed, Cangchen Mingji naturally does not dare to stay any longer, because if he stays within the fire strike range of the independent brigade for one more second, he may be reimbursed by a valuable tank fighting vehicle.
There is no way, the tank firepower of the Chinese army is too fierce, and it has already cast a psychological shadow on Cangchen Mingji.
With Cangchen Mingji's order, the remaining dozen or so Japanese tanks and armored fighting vehicles quickly turned around and retreated, and some simply hung up the reverse gear and retreated frantically.
Xu Wen commanded the tanks to fire a salvo to chase and bombard, and after killing the two Japanese wheeled combat vehicles that had no time to escape, Xu Wen decisively ordered: "The devil tank is withdrawn, let me lower the barrel and aim at the Japanese infantry in front of me to bombard the damn one!" ”
"Yes!" Li Wu and other officers and men of the tank battalion responded to their promise with a bang, quickly manipulated the tanks and combat vehicles to adjust their firing angles, and began to bombard the Japanese infantry crowd in front of the position.
Originally, the devils of the 45th Wing were killed and wounded countless by the vehicle-mounted machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns of the tank battalion and the anti-aircraft battalion, as well as the cross-intensive fire of the defenders of the first regiment and the three battalions.
It was bombarded by a salvo of tank guns, and the casualties were even heavier.
The ghost soldiers who charged in groups were killed and wounded in a violent explosion.
Seeing that the 45th Infantry Wing was strewn with corpses all over the field, dead and wounded, the offensive was completely frustrated and was about to be unable to support it.
More than 20 medium bombers belonging to the 3rd and 4th fleets of the Japanese Navy, escorted by eight Type 97 fighters, finally arrived.
The fighters took the lead, and the formation immediately drilled out of the clouds and swooped down at high speed towards a mass of positions under heavy artillery fire.
Soon, the vehicle-mounted machine guns and cannons of the eight Type 97 fighters opened fire one after another, falling from the sky like meteors and roaring fiercely towards the position of the independent brigade.
Whoosh, swish, Countless course, machine guns, and bullets poured down, knocking down the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion of the regiment who were fighting fiercely with the Japanese troops on the position.
There were also a lot of bullets, hitting the defensive armor of tank battalions and anti-aircraft tank fighting vehicles, bursting out with a large number of sparks and a piercing sound of gold and iron.
However, the defense capability of the Humvee military vehicle was far worse than that of the Tiger and the No. 4 tank, so some of the window glass was pierced by the on-board machine guns of the Japanese aircraft.
"Brigade commander, the enemy plane is coming! What are we going to do?? Li Wu's anxious voice was transmitted over the radio to Xu Wen's Tiger tank.
Xu Wen looked up and did not panic, at this time, the soldier in charge of driving the tank suddenly reported to Xu Wen in surprise: "Brigade commander, look, the devil attack force in front of the position has retreated!" ”
Xu Wen looked up and looked forward, and sure enough, he saw the devil infantry who were still charging just now, and they suddenly retreated like a tide.
"Damn, Lao Tzu understands, the little devil's attack is fake, and it's real to attract us out and kill us with plane bombing!" Xu Wen suddenly realized, and immediately ordered: "Pass my order, the three battalion defense troops will find cover and hide on their own!"
Tank fighting vehicles retreated, armored vehicles scattered with anti-aircraft battalions, and switched to air defense on the spot! Since the Japanese planes are coming, let's run into them head-on! ”
"But brigade commander, we're running out of ammunition on our vehicles!" The voices of Li Wu and the others came again, and Xu Wen said: "You don't have to worry about this, let me go, don't be stingy with ammunition, I'll supplement it to you as soon as I finish fighting!" ”