Chapter 23: Facing the Blows (Part I)
Under the fierce and dense firepower of Xu Wen, Li Wu and other people in Qingfeng Village, this group of devil cavalry was shot and fell.
Especially the devil lieutenant in the lead, even the men and horses were beaten into a sieve, and the powerful anti-aircraft machine gun bullets burst his head like a watermelon.
Under the multiple firepower of Xu Wen's tank guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, light and heavy machine guns and submachine guns, the devil cavalry who followed up also suffered a devastating blow.
By the time the four Type 95 tanks in the back rushed over when they heard the news, more than 100 Japanese cavalry had been beaten by the intensive fire of the people in Qingfeng Village, and there were less than 20 left.
More than a dozen devil cavalrymen looked at the corpses of their comrades all over the ground in front of them, and witnessed the whole process of their tragic deaths, and they were all frightened and scattered, and they turned around and ran away.
As the cavalry of the 16th Division, they had never seen such a fierce and dense firepower, and the heavy machine-gun fire, which could even break horses into pieces, was almost non-existent in their army.
Therefore, they were really frightened, completely ignoring the fact that their four Type 95 tanks had already rushed up, turned around and fled in a hurry.
The first to discover the four Devil Type 95 tanks was the five No. 4 tanks on Xu Wen's side, and a Devil Commander who accompanied the team immediately ordered four Type 95 tanks to fire at them.
With the orders of several devil commanders, these four Type 95 tanks roared one after another.
Balls of flames suddenly flew out of the barrels, turned into balls of fire, and flew towards the tanks of the independent battalion hundreds of meters away.
I have to say that the combat level of the little devil's tank soldiers is still quite good, and they basically hit the target in the first round of salvos.
The four No. 4 tanks, including Xu Wen's car, were all hit by high-explosive armor-piercing shells.
However, it was their front armor that was hit by the shells of the Devil tanks, and it is well known that the front armor of the tank is the place where the tank has the greatest thickness and the strongest defense.
At a distance of a few hundred meters, not to mention that the Devil Type 95 tank is only equipped with a tank gun of 37 mm caliber.
Even an American Sherman tank equipped with a 70 mm caliber tank gun may not be able to penetrate the front armor of the No. 4 tank.
What's more, the No. 4 tanks that Xu Wen obtained from the system are all the most advanced models, and the defensive armor is more powerful than the average model.
Therefore, this round of salvo from the devil failed to penetrate Xu Wen's No. 4 tank, and the armor-piercing shell only left a slight dent in the front armor of the tank, and then dispersed in a cloud of gunsmoke and sparks.
"Big brother, it's a little devil's tank!" Li Wu said loudly to Xu Wen on a wireless walkie-talkie in another No. 4 tank.
Xu Wen immediately ordered: "Listen to my orders, all tanks and Humvee military vehicles, immediately aim at the devil's tanks and kill them for me!" Don't let a single one go! ”
With Xu Wen's order, the five No. 4 tanks quickly began to adjust the firing angle of the gun barrels.
It takes time for a tank to adjust the direction of fire, but the anti-aircraft machine guns on ten Humvee vehicles are much faster.
Before their tanks could adjust their firing direction, the fighters manipulated their anti-aircraft machine guns to aim at the Japanese tanks that had already entered the 300-meter range.
Ten 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine guns immediately opened fire.
Bump Bump! The very dull and deafening sound of shooting suddenly rang out one after another, and countless hot bullets formed ten dazzling scarlet tongues of fire, which roared through the air and flew towards the Japanese tank.
The four Type 95 tanks of the devils were hit one after another, and under the bombardment of the 12.7 mm caliber anti-aircraft machine gun armor-piercing bullets like a storm, the defensive armor of these four Japanese tanks was as fragile as paper paste.
Countless holes were punched out in an instant, and the entire tank was instantly beaten into a honeycomb shape, and the devil tank crew inside was also killed on the spot by raging warhead fragments.
The Qingfeng Zhai soldiers on the Humvee military vehicle had no intention of ceasefire, and continued to strafe wildly, pouring countless scorching steel bullets into the devil tank, which had completely lost its ability to move.
Not long after, four honeycomb-shaped Japanese tanks burst into flames and exploded.
It's too late, it's too fast, that is, your five tanks can adjust their firing positions and lock on to the target.
Seeing that ten Humvee military vehicles have already killed all the enemy's tanks with their own strong firepower.
Xu Wen immediately ordered all vehicles to stop firing, and at the same time issued a new order to ten Humvee military vehicles by radio.
"Chase me and kill those fleeing devil cavalry! Don't let a person go!! ”
"Yes!" The soldiers on the ten Humvee military vehicles echoed in unison, and they all drove the military vehicles forward and chased them out like a speed.
In fact, the devil's cavalry did not go far, and ten Humvee military vehicles galloped at full speed on the road, and the speed could reach sixty or seventy kilometers per hour, which was not slower than the war horses at that time.
Therefore, the fighters quickly caught up with the devil cavalry in their cars, and immediately opened fire after the opponent entered the effective range of their own vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft machine guns.
Under the intensive fire of ten anti-aircraft machine guns, the dozen or so devils who took advantage of the chaos to turn around and flee were quickly shot and killed.
Only one lucky private rode into a wooded field, narrowly avoiding the pursuit and shooting of Xu Wen's men.
By the time the warriors of the Humvee jumped out of the car and outflanked them with their guns, the devil cavalry was gone.
The small test of the slaughter of these devils not only verified the strength of their small unit after being replaced with Humvee military vehicles, but also greatly boosted the morale and confidence of the officers and soldiers under his command.
So that they will be more calm and brave in the next battle!
The cavalry commander and tank commander of the 16th Division were leading their main forces along the road to Suzhou.
Halfway through, he encountered the vanguard cavalry who had escaped from the south, and in a moment of horror the devil cavalry was taken to the two winged commanders.
Fan Zezaburo Dazuo, the commander of the cavalry wing, looked at his subordinates and asked, "What happened?" ”
The devil cavalry, who was still apprehensive, said with fear on his face: "Return, sir, we were ambushed by the elite armored troops of the Chinese army, their firepower was very fierce, our cavalry and tanks had no power to fight back at all, and they were wiped out by their assault, and only the lowly ones escaped by luck." ”
"What? Armored forces of the Chinese? The two devil wing captains thought they had misheard, and looked at each other in surprise, and the cavalry wing captain asked in a very stern tone: "Private of the second class, are you stupid?" What nonsense? The armored units of the China Army were wiped out by the Imperial Army as early as the Battle of Shanghai, how could it be here? ”