Chapter Seventy-Four: Blowing Up the Tank
"Liuzi, throw Molotov cocktails on that tank!!" Qin Chuan roared.
When the six sons next to him heard this, they directly threw out a Molotov cocktail filled with napalm. The moment the Molotov cocktail arrived on the roof of the Japanese tank, Qin Chuan immediately raised the Barrett sniper rifle in his hand.
"Bang!"
The sound of gunfire came, and a bullet was in the air, directly piercing the bottle of napalm. At this time, the location of the Molotov cocktail was directly above the Japanese Type 89 tank.
"Boom!!"
The flames immediately ignited the napalm that had been splattered out as the bottle burst, and in an instant, like a burning cloud of fire, appeared on the top of the Japanese tank. Then this piece of burning napalm fell directly on the Japanese tank, so that the entire tank was wrapped in flames.
The smoke from the burning of napalm, as well as some of the napalm, entered the interior of the Japanese tank directly through the cracks in the Japanese armor plates and hatches.
The crew of the Japanese tank immediately screamed, opened the hatch and jumped out of it. The smoke and the flames that entered the cockpit were enough to kill them.
And the moment they jumped out of the tank, the dense firepower network of the three battalions directly knocked them out from the roof of the tank.
Another tank car was disposed of, and at this time the Japanese army was left with only three tanks.
Two of them are on the other side of Ping'an Street. It belonged to the area defended by the 9th and 10th companies.
Zhang Changshan, the commander of the ninth company, saw the surging Japanese tanks, and immediately yelled: "First class, take a cluster grenade and blow up the little devil tank of the dog day." ”
The first squad leader heard this, and without saying a word, he led his soldiers and rushed towards the surging Japanese tank.
They tied seven or eight grenades together and lined up in a long line. The soldiers who rushed to the front were all trying to fend off the Japanese heavy machine guns and infantry bullets, and their purpose was to cover the Demoman at the back of the line.
Most of these missions involved death, and sometimes even the lives of dozens of fighters were sacrificed to be able to take out a Japanese tank.
The moment the squad leader jumped out of the position with his soldiers, he was immediately hit directly by the Japanese infantry with the rifles in his hands. And the soldiers behind them were still charging forward.
At this time, the heavy machine gun on the Japanese Type 89 tank began to roar.
"Da !!"
The bullets from the heavy machine gun hit the human body, and immediately a splash of blood exploded on it. One by one, the warriors fell to the ground, but the whole team continued to charge forward.
The death of these soldiers gave the Demomen in the rear a distance of more than 20 meters.
"Kill !!" The Demoman roared and pulled the grenade's lead away, rolling it under the Japanese tank.
The Japanese infantrymen who were dodging bullets behind the tank, saw such a crazy third battalion of soldiers at this time, and immediately dodged to the side.
"Boom !!" With a loud bang, the bottom armor of the Japanese Type 89 tank was directly blown through. Most of the Japanese tank crews inside were killed and shrapnel penetrated their bodies. As for some of the Japanese infantry next to them who reacted slowly and did not dodge, they were also overturned to the ground by the shock wave.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Changshan's tears almost burst out of his eyes. In that moment, a squad was all killed.
And the soldiers on the battlefield were also moved by the heroic behavior of the first group, and they all roared angrily, and the guns in their hands shot wildly at those Japanese soldiers.
At this time, those Japanese troops were also shocked, the key is that they lost the cover of tanks, and they were exposed to the fire network of light and heavy machine guns, and it was difficult to carry out a surprise attack.
On the other hand, Wang Daliu chose to let the Japanese army's Type 89 tank into their neighborhood. But at the moment when the tank car entered, the soldiers hiding on the upper floors on both sides threw bottles of Molotov cocktails directly from the roof to the Japanese Type 89 tank.
The Japanese tanks were able to withstand the bullets of the machine guns, but the gaps between their armor plates could not stop the flow of napalm and the influx of thick black smoke.
But in doing so, a lot of soldiers were also lost.
The Japanese infantry next to the tank car originally had the function of covering the advance of the Japanese tank. Seeing the soldiers of the three battalions appearing on the roofs of the houses on both sides, they raised their rifles one after another to shoot.
The marksmanship of these Japanese infantry was originally very accurate, and within 100 meters, they were basically able to hit 100 shots. Most of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives to throw napalm became targets for the Japanese army the moment the throwing was completed.
"Bang Bang !!"
When the shots rang out, five or six soldiers fell straight from the roof.
Some of these soldiers have not died directly, but those Japanese devils will not show mercy and directly replenish their guns.
Seeing that the Japanese tanks were eliminated, the advancing Japanese infantry lost their greatest support.
At this time, the soldiers of the three battalions, who were hiding on both sides of the street, immediately began to shoot wildly.
For a time, the flower machine with fierce firepower, as well as the Czech and heavy machine guns, all sprayed bullets at the Japanese soldiers who had lost the cover of their tanks.
More than a dozen Japanese soldiers who followed the tank rushed in resisted for less than five minutes, and were all annihilated by the ferocious fire in Ping'an Street.
At this time, the Japanese army was left with only the last command tank of Shohei Shiro, and the last Type 89 tank. But he will not rush to the block of Ping'an Street, at most he will only provide a certain amount of fire support outside, he is the commander, if the charge is too far forward and hangs up, then their attack will be a complete failure.
At this time, the strength of more than 500 people in the two squadrons of the Japanese army was already dead and wounded, and the losses were very heavy. However, the strong orders of the rear commander forced these Japanese soldiers to continue to advance hard.
In their rear, a Japanese brigade of nearly 1,000 men sent by Matsui Ishine to support had also risen up.
It's just that they no longer have the cover of tanks, only the coordinated advance of infantry and mortar grenadiers remains.
Without those tanks, the soldiers of the third battalion were no longer afraid. They were already very experienced in dealing with the Japanese infantry, especially in this kind of street fighting.
The soldiers on both sides began to fight for the forward position on Ping'an Street.