Chapter Ninety-Two: Tank Soldiers
Qin Chuan planned to make use of these four tank cars, so he ordered Wang Daliu and Zhang Changshan to ask if anyone in the third battalion had ever driven a tank car, and at the same time he also called the regiment headquarters and the brigade headquarters to ask them to replenish some tank car drivers.
Sun Yuanliang, commander of the 88th Division, felt sorry for his armored troops and was reluctant to transfer his armored troops to this side. So Qin Chuan could only ask him for some people who could drive tanks.
If it really doesn't work, Qin Chuan can only let these tanks play other roles.
Fortunately, although Sun Yuanliang was stingy, as soon as he heard that Qin Chuan wanted to borrow people, not tanks, he readily agreed to Qin Chuan's request.
He dispatched more than a dozen tank crews from the armored battalion to report to the third battalion.
The soldiers of those armored battalions were also suffocated. Seeing that his comrades-in-arms were fighting with the Japanese army on the front line, he had good equipment on his side, but he could only watch the show in the rear.
Many soldiers on the front line said that the soldiers of the armored battalion were old soldiers, and they bought the front row seats and watched the war drama staged by China and Japan in Shanghai.
It was the troops of a squad that were dispatched, and the squad leader Chen Chen was a Hubei man, and the first thing he saw when he saw Qin Chuan was a standard military salute. Behind him, there were other tank crews.
"Chen Chen, the leader of the second squad of the third platoon of the fifth company of the armored battalion, was ordered to support the third battalion in the operation! Please instruct the camp! His voice was sonorous and powerful, with the unique air of the land of Jing Chu.
Qin Chuan looked at Chen Chen and the soldiers behind him, and pointed to the Japanese Type 89 tank lane parked in place: "The little devil's Type 89 tank is not as good as the German tank you drove before, can you drive it?" ”
Chen Chen smiled very confidently and said: "Don't worry, we can drive the German tank, and the little devil's tank can drive." ”
Qin Chuan nodded and said, "Okay, go up and give it a try!" ”
When Chen Chen heard this, he immediately said in a loud voice: "The seven brothers of the Gan family! Dequeue! Give the camp a show, how to drive the little devil's Type 89 tank!! ”
Hearing his words, the seven people in the queue immediately came out, and the age gap between the seven brothers was not very large, and their faces were quite similar.
Looking at the seven soldiers who came out of the ranks, Qin Chuanxin said, are these seven brothers the reincarnation of the gourd baby?
"Gan Xinda! Sweet mosquitoes! Ganding! Ganwen! Gan Wu! Cami! Gan Liuzi! ”
The seven brothers shouted their names and ran to the two tanks next to them.
Soon, the seven of them got into the tank together with Chen Chen. Some were machine gunners, some were commanders, some were drivers, some were gunners.
After groping around in the Japanese Type 89 tanks for a while, they basically mastered the driving methods of these tanks.
It's like an ordinary person driving, you can drive a manual transmission Santana in the driving school, and there is basically no problem with other cars, they are all the same.
In just three minutes, the two tanks moved in front of Qin Chuan.
Pan Wei, the deputy squad leader, waved the order flag in his hand and directed the advance of the two tanks. Under their driving, the two Japanese tanks rotated in place, stopped sharply, and advanced with a clear vision.
The soldiers of the three battalions who were watching next to them also applauded at this time. Others whistled.
"Good! Master Sun can be regarded as giving us some treasures in the third battalion this time. Tomorrow the little devil may have another tank car coming, the big guy is ready for battle!! Let the little devils also see how powerful our Chinese tank soldiers are!! Qin Chuan said to the soldiers of this tank squad.
"Don't worry, our guns may not be as good as the brothers of the third battalion, but if we say that we are driving a tank car, we can make the little devil kneel down and call Dad!" Chen Chen said confidently.
On the Japanese side, the destruction of two tank brigades in a row made Matsui Ishone's head hurt a little.
It will take some time for the rest of the armored forces to be mobilized. Tomorrow's attack, they will have to use only infantry.
The person responsible for tomorrow's attack on Ping'an Street has changed from the original offensive strength of a brigade to the current wing.
Saharu Nagakawa, the commander of the 38th Wing of the Japanese Army, used a telescope to observe Ping'an Street at this time.
At this time, it had become a ruin, and there were only a dozen buildings still standing stubbornly on top of the ruins.
At the top of one of the buildings, the head of the battle against Ogawa was hung along with the flag of the Chinese army.
Many Japanese soldiers and officers did not look in that direction, because when they looked that way, they felt that they were being greatly humiliated.
The assault on Ping'an Street had been going on for so long, and they had lost two armored brigades and one infantry brigade, and they were stunned that they had not taken down the neighborhood until now.
This was undoubtedly a slap in the face to the Japanese army that threatened to "destroy China in three months."
"For tomorrow's offensive, we need the support of the aviation unit to drop a large number of incendiary bombs and incendiary bombs on Ping'an Street." The co-captain of the 38th Wing, Nagagawa Saji, looked at Ping'an Street in the distance and said.
Matsui Shigen said: "Give you all the fire support you want, but Ping'an Street must be taken down."
In fact, that block no longer has much strategic value at this time, but because of the battle in this block, it has become a New Year in the hearts of the enemy troops on the entire front.
As long as Ping An Street is still in their hands, they feel that they have not failed! Of course, the most important thing is that the General Staff Headquarters has a new combat plan, and we can maintain the offensive on Ping'an Street and attract the enemy's attention here. ”
Hearing this, Nagagawa Saji asked, "A new battle plan?" ”
As a result, Matsui Ishine just glared at him, Nagagawa George, an officer at the level of wing commander, was obviously not qualified to know such a high-level decision.
Nagagawa Saji also knew that he had said too much, so he immediately said, "I'm sorry, Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, I lost my words. ”
Matsui Ishine smiled, then patted him on the shoulder encouragingly and said, "Fight tomorrow, go all out!" Ping'an Street has merit, if you can't take it, you are not at fault! ”
When Nagagawa Saji heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. Because as long as it's not a death order, he can take the most reasonable way of fighting, and the enemy on the opposite side will be consumed little by little.
As for the battle plan of the staff headquarters, he didn't dare to speculate much as a wing commander.
At this time, far away from the battlefield in Shanghai, a large number of Japanese troops began to assemble supplies, and took trains, mules and horses, etc., to the port.