"Chariot...... Tanks also appeared on our flanks! ”

Riichiro Katayama, who was in the trenches through the smoke of gunpowder, watched a number of steel machines painted gray-green in the distance slowly approaching, and his heart immediately sank to the bottom as the tracks made of steel, heavy armor, and artillery.

Originally, he was already struggling to deal with the dozens of chariots in the front, but now he has killed so many chariots from both wings, is this God going to destroy his fifth brigade?

"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, what should we do?"

A staff officer next to him asked in a panic, although in terms of numbers, the fifth brigade is two or three times more than the people opposite, with the strength of their fifth brigade in the past, even if they are facing a **** army, they dare to attack, but now they feel a feeling of helplessness of rats pulling turtles. When these steel monsters in front of them, whether they were rifles or heavy machine guns, they could only tickle them, and even the Type 94 anti-tank guns could not penetrate their frontal armor.

In the face of such an iron knot, Ichiro Yamasha and the officers under his command were simply nerve-wracking. If you want to deal with these tanks, curved artillery is not very useful, unless it is to cover the target with large-scale artillery fire, but it is not easy to carry out such artillery coverage, at least the fifth brigade does not have artillery of this scale. The Japanese army is equipped with only two types of direct-aim artillery, the Type 92 infantry gun and the Type 94 anti-tank gun, the power of these two types of artillery is enough to deal with the Japanese army's own Douding tank, but it is not enough to deal with the thick-skinned steel monsters in front of them.

While Rishiro Katayama was in a dilemma, the Japanese soldiers were looking in horror at the approaching tanks from all directions, and they were shooting at the approaching tanks with their Type 38 rifles, but as before, the bullets would be bounced off when they hit the tanks, and they could only hear the crisp sound of the metal hitting the tank's armor with clanging and clanging metals.

"Everyone is following some of them like during training, the bullets of the little devils can't penetrate our tank armor!"

Behind the slowly advancing tanks were the infantry who were clearly following closely behind, and the squad leaders were shouting loudly, and the tanks were providing cover for the infantry of the infantry battalion as they marched. It was like a moving wall, and the infantry of the infantry battalion followed behind the tanks with various small arms, and the platoons bent down in a skillful formation and followed closely behind the tanks to steadily advance the Japanese positions, all as if they were in training.

"Bang!"

The rifleman who followed the side of a No. 4 tank was half-kneeling on the ground, the G43 rifle in his hand was aimed at a large rock more than 100 meters away, and his head was exposed.

After killing the Japanese soldier, the rifleman did not stop firing, and then another shot hit a man lying on the ground pouting his butt and firing a shot at the infantry not far away with an eleven-year-old light machine gun. A 7.95 mm caliber bullet hit the opponent's helmet. I saw that the other party's head was bent to the back at a strange angle, and it turned out that the huge kinetic energy had broken the neck of the Japanese soldier.

"Dash...... Da Da ...... Dadada......"

As the distance got closer, the submachine guns in the hands of the infantrymen following the tanks also fired, and the dense bullets rained down on the Japanese troops who were hiding in various makeshift bunkers=. In the face of the ferocious offensive of the armored regiment, the Japanese army, which had never encountered this situation, had a particularly hard time coping, and there were constantly Japanese soldiers who were killed and wounded, and even many Japanese soldiers could not bear the pressure of being beaten and unable to fight back, they would frantically jump out of the bunker and rush towards the tank with explosives, trying to die with the tank in front.

Looking at the Japanese soldiers in front of them, one by one fell under the guns of the other party. Riichiro Katayama only felt that his heart was congested, and the chief of staff on the side begged bitterly: "Your Excellency the brigade commander, the 18th Wing is almost unbearable, let's retreat quickly!" The Fifth Brigade was the elite of the Empire. You can't just consume it for nothing! ”

Riichiro Katayama's face was a little cloudy, he was not a rookie who had just joined the army, and naturally knew that if the infantry wanted to resist the attack of armored troops with strong attack capabilities, they could only rely on perfect fortifications and powerful artillery fire. Fighting hard with armored troops in an unconcealed place like this can only lead to the annihilation of the whole army. But Riichiro Katayama himself also had a hard time, and his division commander, Lieutenant General Fujita Shin, had already arrived in Huangmei County. If he went back like this, what would the division commander think of himself, and how would Okamura Ningji, who was far away in Wuhan, think of himself?

And the most important thing is that he heard that Lieutenant General Fujita will soon be transferred out of the Third Division, and the position of division commander will naturally be vacant, and he can fight for it, but if he returns defeated, it will be difficult to say.

Perhaps seeing the thoughts of Riichiro Katayama, the chief of staff said eagerly: "Your Excellency the Brigade Commander, although Your Excellency the Division Commander has arrived in Huangmei County, he has not asked you to defend here, if our brigade casualties are too great, I am afraid that Commander Okamura will really be angry!" ”

Hearing this, Richiro Katayama's heart was shocked. Yes, I just thought that if I went back like this, I would be scolded by the division commander, but if I really wanted to beat the fifth brigade, I am afraid that what awaits me is not a question of whether he can be the commander of the division, but whether he can keep the position of the brigade commander.

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and nodded: "Okay, then this matter will bother Nanqiao-kun for your hard trip, you immediately order the eighteenth wing and the sixth wing to alternate cover and retreat, and the seriously wounded stay to block the enemy." ”

"Hai ......"

The chief of staff of Minamihashi nodded heavily, and then turned around to convey the order, Katayama Riichiro looked at the armored troops who were rapidly pursuing his soldiers in the distance, and there was a hint of history in his eyes, he would definitely avenge this revenge!

"Sir...... The Japanese retreated! ”

"I see it." Fred took his eyes off the binoculars, and replied faintly with a hint of regret in his eyes.

"Sir...... The second battalion and the third battalion asked for pursuit! ”

"Sir, the first battalion requests to continue the pursuit!"

A communications staff officer reported from the side.

Fred said in a deep voice: "Convey my order, all troops stop the pursuit, and retreat immediately after cleaning the battlefield for half an hour!" ”

"Yes...... Ah......h

The staff officer was taken aback and was about to speak, but he saw Fred's indifferent eyes.

"Didn't you hear my orders clearly?"

"Yes!" (To be continued.) )