Although he did not understand why the commander would do such a "business" with the navy, from Ikeda's point of view, he wished that the more artillery the better. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 He quickly ordered the shelling to stop, because the artillery observers on the front line sent a message that the Indian troops were retreating, and that their tank units and infantry had rushed forward in pursuit, and that if they fired again, they would hit their own men.

As far as the Japanese army's tactics are concerned, they have always been very rigid -- the artillery bombardment is done by the infantry charge, the infantry is charged by the artillery bombardment, and then the two flanks break through, the middle road is detoured, and so on and so forth. But it was this routine of infantry tactics in World War I that had few opponents in regular warfare in East and Southeast Asia. Even if the tank was later equipped, it was a routine to support the infantry in the process of use, and it was nothing more than a little dependence on the charging soldiers.

Suzuki Sosaku nodded with satisfaction, while telling Ikeda to send this batch of long-legged Tom on board, and then transferred to another heavy artillery brigade to observe the use of French Schneider artillery, Schneider's Miss 75 has always been very famous, and the Japanese army is also very familiar with its performance, although Miss 75 in the European battlefield is completely outdated, but Suzuki Sosaku thinks that it will be very suitable for use in India, so it is very equipped.

In fact, the German army also knew that the French artillery was easy to use, in addition to using the captured French artillery, in the process of gradual reconciliation between France and Germany, because the quality and supply of artillery shells were guaranteed, the Ministry of Armaments was willing to place a large artillery order with France, especially Schneider's M1932 155mm plus howitzer and M1927/28 howitzer, although they were developed before the war, but in fact their performance was slightly better than the 150mm caliber guns of Krupp and Rheinmetall used by the German army -- the same firing range. The French guns were the lightest; With the same power and weight, the French gun had the longest range. And in comparison, French goods are not expensive. With this batch of artillery as the foundation, the Ministry of Armaments was able to free up more time and energy for the production of tank guns in Germany's domestic arsenals.

However, these medium-caliber artillery Germans were not willing to give to the Japanese army, Suzuki Sosaku wanted to observe the Schneider M1927 85mm field gun, the caliber and power of this classic gun are completely unused in Europe (basically replaced by 105mm howitzers or 120mm mortars), just to clear all the stocks to the Japanese army, and the latter is like a treasure, for this weight of only 1.8 tons, the maximum range of more than 15,000 meters of artifact expressed great admiration.

Now that the firepower of the Indian army has become a universal brand, all kinds of arms can be found in the British, French, Soviet, American, German, and Italian systems, and Suzuki Sosaku is happy to refuse anyone who comes, what is the use, and as for the supply of such things, he has not worried about it at all -- there are many stocks on Ceylon. In the past, the army was still using animal-powered vehicles to transport ammunition and supplies, and only the most important ones were wheeled to get trucks, but now the number of Wanguo brand trucks in the warehouse is more than qualified drivers, not to mention that a group of drivers have to drive armored vehicles and tanks, which is completely "beyond their means", and the whole scene is no less than a bitter haha suddenly harvested 100 two-color balls, and the whole person is dizzy with excitement for a happy day.

Hearing the news of the infantry's report that the Japanese army dispatched Matilda's tanks, Brigadier General Memphis felt that things were a little tricky, as the commander of the armored forces, he clearly knew how difficult Matilda was, these tanks were undoubtedly captured in Europe or North Africa, it seemed that the Germans had spent a lot of money to support the Japanese army, but since he had just opened his mouth and Lieutenant General Giffard to intercept the mission, and at the same time to cover the retreat of the infantry as much as possible, he had to bite the bullet.

Sure enough, after hearing the news that the Japanese army was driving Matilda tanks to break through the defensive line, the entire 6th Tank Brigade was blown up and down -- it was humiliating to be beaten by the Germans and called them inferior in skill, and to be attacked by the Japanese and even the Japanese armed with British tanks. And they know Matilda very well, although the armor is thick enough to cover infantry battles, but it is not enough to fight tank battles, Sherman tanks can easily go around the enemy's flank and break it.

The tanks rumbled, and the British tank brigade used the Valentine tank as the arrow, and the left and right flanks were more mobile and agile Sherman tanks, and rushed towards the Japanese with great vigour. Menzies's strategy was to use the Valentine tank to attract the attention of the Matilda from a distance, taking advantage of the slow movement of the enemy and firing in a circle by Sherman.

The two sides soon encountered each other, but the British officers and soldiers were surprised to find that the intelligence was not accurate, and the Japanese army had a new tank, not Matilda, which looked very nimble and did not seem to have bad defensive capabilities, and at a distance of about 800 yards, Sherman's artillery could not help the other side.

"Bang dang!"

"Bang dang!"

The two sides began to fire at each other, and in the face of the enemy's nimble artillery fire, the Shermans were idle, but Valentine next to them suffered, they had to face this guy who was too nimble, and the frontal ricochet was very powerful, and the shells of the 2-pounder gun were always bounced off the way.

"What the hell is this?" Everyone was suspicious: this was obviously not a British tank, let alone a German tank, whether it was No. 3 or No. 4, they all knew it.

The Japanese troops on the opposite side seemed to be very excited, this unit was the second batch of tank brigades that landed in the morning, when they struggled to get to the beachhead, the British troops on it had already been swept away by the Germans, and they finally rushed here with great effort, and they didn't catch any battles along the way.

Seeing that there were British tanks rushing over, the captain of the brigade Takeda shouted excitedly, and immediately commanded the troops to meet the battle, although they were few in number, but because they had been adrift outside for a long time, they really couldn't get a fight, and now they were desperate and bravely pounced.

The British tank crews were indeed not mistaken, these were not Matilda, but the supplies that the Germans sold to the Japanese army - T-34/76 tanks. In terms of the level of winding, in the class of more than 20 tons, not to mention that Valentine and Matilda are not opponents, even Sherman is also willing to bow to the upper hand. What's more, the quality of the 76.2mm tank gun equipped with the T-34 is not bad, and it can be mutually destroyed with the Sherman.

The armoured forces of both sides quickly collided together, and the British had slightly more tanks, but Valentine's armored battle was completely cumbersome; Although the performance of the Japanese tanks was slightly stronger, the lack of a radio station on the T-34 limited their combat capability, and large-scale armored warfare quickly turned into a small group confrontation.

As they fought, the decline of the Japanese army began to show...... (To be continued.) )