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No matter how much you curse, the battle will continue, the Leopard tank has been holding out on the battlefield for a long time, and Tanaka, who cannot retreat, can only continue to fight.
The second armor-piercing shell was quickly ready for fire, and this time Tanaka shosa steadied himself before giving the order to fire.
After full aiming, the armor-piercing shell flew straight towards an American M3lee tank in the distance when it was fired by the Japanese gun commander.
Then, the shell hit a hole in the steel plate of the opponent's frontal armor and flew into the interior of the opponent's tank.
Countless fragments of armor and armor-piercing shells splattered inside the interior of this M3lee tank like a storm of steel.
The American soldiers inside were beaten into a sieve by these fragments, and after a bloody storm, everything fell silent.
The American M3lee tank, which had been hit, was paralyzed in place, emitting a puff of green smoke and never moving again.
Inside the American radio channel, there was an exclamation: "Car No. 2 has been hit!" The opponent pierced the front armor of car No. 2! ”
In the midst of such exclamations, the American tanks continued to move forward. One after another, the M3lee tanks attacked in the direction where the Japanese tanks were.
Relying on the absolute superiority in numbers, the American tank crews fearlessly marched forward, braving the sharp artillery fire of the Japanese tanks to narrow the distance between the two sides.
"Boom!" The Japanese tank fired a third shell, this time hitting another American tank, and the hapless American tank exploded, leaving the corpses separated in a horrific sight.
However, the American tanks are still advancing, and the distance between the two sides is constantly being shortened. Tanaka frowned, and kept roaring and giving orders, trying to use his own attack to scare off the Americans' counterattack.
When he fired the fifth shell and destroyed the third tank of the American army, he realized that the Americans would not back down even if they died.
Yes, the Americans really had no intention of backing down, and the commander of the 1st Infantry Corps, the American general Thompson, gave his tank unit a death order to annihilate this counterattacking Japanese army at all costs.
As an American front-line commander, he had always believed that the greatest threat to him was the Japanese armored forces that counterattacked on the beachhead that day.
What the U.S. military has been guarding against, that is, the counterattack of this tank force, which was used as a fist by the Japanese army.
Now that the other party has finally shown its fangs, the first reaction of the top US military commander is that this time the other party cannot be allowed to go back!
"Yo Xi! Yo West! Then let's take a look, who is more afraid of death! Leaning his eyes against the circular observation window, Tanaka Shaosa snorted coldly without knowing whether to be angry or excited.
Soon, his tank fired ten shells and destroyed 6 American tanks! This record is already very scary.
If it had been in the past, the US tank forces might have chosen to retreat, and even the nearby positions would have collapsed.
For the US military, such a war situation can already be described as tragic. So on the side of the United States, it is not surprising when to give up.
Before the counterattack began, they had almost 60 killed, which was already a devastating blow for an infantry company.
Had it not been for the heavy shelling that followed, as well as the timely arrival of American tank units, the infantry company would have abandoned its position and been defeated.
Similarly, in a defensive battle, 6 tanks were lost, which can really be said to be a huge loss. If the losses were measured, the American commanders at the front ordered to retreat, and it was not a bad decision.
But they are still holding on, and they have no intention of taking half a step back! What made the Japanese army even more depressed was that the U.S. troops around them had the intention of reinforcing them, and the U.S. troops were really hard at home this time!
"Keep going! Let these Yankees see! My boy from the Japanese Empire is a coward or not! Tanaka Shaosa, who was fighting alone, opened his eyes angrily, and instead of retreating, he advanced to meet the tanks of the American army.
In front of more than a dozen American tanks, the Leopard tank under his command had the momentum of riding a thousand.
"Keep firing! Aim for the U.S. combat vehicle right in front of you! "Tanaka is feeling very good now, and he feels that the tank he commands has brought him infinite strength.
He trusted this tank too much, and thought it was the most powerful tank in the world! The American tank on the opposite side was in front of him, no different from papier-mâché.
The German-made tank is simply a work of art, and the 75 mm caliber long-barreled gun is simply a rampant mass killer.
Every shell can destroy enemy tanks, almost no distance restrictions, Tanaka galloping across the American tanks, it is really a brave man.
However, no matter how arrogant he was, the Japanese army fought fiercely until this moment, but did not push any further.
Rushing left and right, these Japanese soldiers and Tanaka's tank have been moving around the same place all the time, and there is no actual attack progress at all.
Although they killed so many American tanks, the losses in infantry were mostly Japanese.
The American side has lost about 60 people, while the Japanese have lost nearly 150 people. Most of these Japanese troops were annihilated by American artillery fire, and a small number died in the storming of American infantry positions.
Moreover, the U.S. side is not fighting back indiscriminately, they are trying to encircle the Japanese troops who have broken through into the U.S. positions.
So, although Tanaka's Leopard tank had destroyed many American tanks, it had gradually fallen into a state of encirclement.
American shells are coming from all directions, getting closer and more deadly!
Some shells pierced the side skirts of the Leopard tank and hit the load wheels; Some of the shells pierced the storage compartments on the side of the turret and were embedded in the side armor.
If they had gotten closer, these shells would have been able to penetrate the Leopard tank and destroy this terrible beast of war.
After all, the Leopard tank is not very thick in armor in other directions, except for the amazingly strong frontal armor protection!
"Boom!" Just as Tanaka was struggling to fire his 14th shell, an armor-piercing shell finally pierced the side armor of the Leopard tank.
The shell ignited the engine and gasoline tank behind the tank's hull, and the entire Leopard tank exploded and burned.
After the last expletive word that came to the back of his mind, Tanaka lost consciousness....... This counterattack by the Japanese on the island of New Guinea also collapsed with the huge explosion of the Leopard tank.
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