Boom! Boom! Boom!

The artillery deployed in the Japanese positions opened fire on the rapidly advancing Russian tanks, and these lightweight, small-caliber guns appeared to be easy against light tanks and ordinary fortress fortifications, but on the east bank of the Haraha River, outside the city of Arshan, they were in serious trouble with the C-35 medium tanks equipped by the Russian army - as the battle progressed, the Japanese gunners found that their armor-piercing shells were helpless against the simple, slanted armor of the enemy attack arrays, The ricochet rate of armor-piercing projectiles fired by 37-mm guns reached 70 percent, while the effective damage of 47-mm guns was only about 40 percent. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the face of the rolling Russian armor, the Japanese soldiers in the trenches were under great pressure.

Shoji Yamazaki was a veteran of the 2nd Division of the Japanese Army, and was honored as a "marksman" because of his accurate marksmanship. At this depressing moment, he crawled on the edge of the trench, and his companions were deployed in the trench in a relatively dispersed manner, and the weapons used were mainly 38 large covers, supplemented by a type of submachine gun included in active service in 1941, and a Taisho 11 type light machine gun or 92 type heavy machine gun was arranged at intervals, these conventional firearms devoured the lives of countless Chinese soldiers and civilians in the war of aggression against China, but they could not stop the armored aircraft group of the Soviet Russian army. That's why many Japanese infantry had bundles of grenades and bottles of fuel next to them.

Behind the trenches, the few remaining anti-tank guns were deployed behind bunkers dug in craters, and gunners in steel helmets were loading armor-piercing shells into their chambers. In the war of aggression against China, the Japanese artillery consumed very few armor-piercing shells, which could only come in handy when attacking strong fortifications such as city walls.

The Russian tank cluster soon advanced into range of the machine guns, and not only did the tank guns frequently burst into deadly flames, but the machine guns in the turret and front of the body also spewed tongues of fire like the core of a viper. The Japanese side is weak, only large-caliber mortars are bombarding the Soviet Russian attacking forces at a slower speed, but unless they hit the top of the turret directly or land next to the tracks, the falling shells are no threat to the Soviet tanks!

Behind the billowing dust kicked up by the tracks of the enemy tank, Yamazaki saw his prey, a large group of Russian infantry had left their carriers. Although the color of the uniform was exactly the same, he was still able to distinguish officers and soldiers from their target's cap and posture. At a straight-line distance of about 500 meters, he fed the first round into the chamber of the gun, and after a slight aim, pulled the trigger.

In his sight, a burly Soviet Russian officer was still waving his arms to signal the soldiers to follow the chariot troops, but at this time he had already disappeared into the crowd.

With a crisp click, Yamazaki fed the second bullet into the chamber. Although the veterans warned rookies not to use their rifles to shoot targets up to 500 meters away on the battlefield, the principle of adapting measures to local conditions is above all dogma.

In the second shot, Yamazaki still found a Russian Soviet officer, but this time he missed slightly, and the sound of bullets frightened the officer, and he was busy prostrate on the ground, saying something with a hideous expression. Not far behind him, on several half-track armored vehicles, the soldiers seemed to be using vehicle-mounted artillery mirrors to measure the range, and after a while, heavy mortar shells whistled down and landed precisely around the Japanese trenches, and even a few fell directly into the trenches.

In the third and fourth rounds, Yamazaki fired directly at the advancing Russian soldiers. After a platoon of bullets was gone, Yamazaki estimated that he had killed at least three Russians. In this short period of time, the Japanese anti-tank artillery team also killed seven or eight Russian tanks, and the Japanese units in the trenches were also firing fiercely at the front to prevent the Russian infantry from approaching their positions.

Yamazaki picked up his rifle, and at this time he could see the Japanese soldiers in the front line of trenches throwing grenades in front of them, the smoke from the explosion formed a gray-black fog wall, and the bullets that could be fired from the opposite side were still ruthlessly plundering the lives of these people, and he watched a rifleman wearing a Japanese steel helmet fall with a bullet in his hand, and the anger and sorrow in his heart were mixed, brewing a bitter and spicy spirit.

In the sunlight, a BC-4 tank with a very obvious appearance suddenly broke out of the fog wall, it quickly crossed the last 50 meters, and when it ran over the front edge of the front of the Japanese army's first-line trenches, the body was slightly upturned, and a wide chassis suddenly appeared in the middle of the rapidly rotating tracks, which is said to be one of the weakest parts of the tank. The opportunity was fleeting, and the steel chariot raced over the trench at a speed of at least forty yards, startling the Japanese officers and soldiers next to them, one of whom was holding a ****** that had already been lit.

Yamazaki had previously fought Chinese, British, and American soldiers, but had never seen such a fierce attack. The Russian offensive was desperate, and although it meant heavy casualties, the intrusiveness of the attack often put the defending side under great psychological pressure.

Most of the time, the soldiers did not have the right to choose their opponents, and the Russian infantry had already followed the tank platoon to about 100 meters from the Japanese trenches. Between the lightning and flint, Yamazaki fired a shot, and a snow-white-skinned Soviet Russian officer on the opposite side fell to the ground, only to see that the Russian infantry behind did not have time to think about it, and stepped straight over the corpse of their companions, and rushed towards the Japanese position with a roar - after using up the grenades, explosives packs, ****** and other weapons, the Japanese riflemen inserted their bayonets and instantly returned to the battlefield where cold weapons dominated everything.

Just when the Japanese front-line positions were about to collapse, dozens of combat vehicles painted with plaster logos appeared on the battlefield. Known as the "Imperial Army's Strongest Armored Combat Team", this unit brings together the Japanese Army's elite armored talents, and is also a "testing ground" for the priority installation of various new equipment.

The appearance of their own armored units gave great encouragement to the Japanese infantry, and the shouts of "Long live" soon sounded on the forward positions, and small groups of Japanese troops rushed out of the position with bayonets and explosives, and most of them were swept down by the enemy's guns in the blink of an eye, but this fanatical jade fragmentation still greatly boosted the morale of the defenders, and at the same time shocked the enemy mentally.

Rumble!

The explosion from behind the side was so violent that the sound waves pierced the eardrums deeply. Yamazaki subconsciously lowered his body, and when he turned his head, he saw that a Type 97 chariot that had just arrived at the position was burning and catching fire, and all kinds of fine particles were flying at a rapid speed, but fortunately these were only mud fragments raised by the explosion and not shrapnel.

Before Yamazaki had time to think about it, another yellow-green camouflage painted Type 97 tank was hit by the artillery fire of the Soviet Russian army, and this kind of "heavy cavalry" that charged and was invincible on the Chinese battlefield was as vulnerable as a cardboard box in front of the Russians, which made Yamazaki both surprised and worried.

At this moment, a shuttle of bullets whizzed in, instantly knocking down Private Kimura Shinto beside him.

Kimura is Yamazaki's fellow countryman and his friend in the army, seeing this, Yamazaki hurriedly threw down his rifle and pressed Kimura's wound with both hands: "Kimura-kun, Kimura-kun, hold on!" Medic! Medic! ”

Yamazaki watched as large streams of blood poured out of his companion's heart, and his young face twitched helplessly, and his black eyes began to hollow. The paramedics hurried in, but before he could tear the bag open, the ordinary Japanese soldier had ceased his activities for good.

For every soldier who has participated in many battles, witnessing the death of his comrades is brutal but common, and Yamazaki only has time to cover the faces of the victims with the sun flag. The whizzing bullets were full of threat, and he had to refocus his attention on the front.

Shout...... Rumble!

"Damn it!" Seeing his artillery hit the enemy vehicle, only to be deflected off by its thick armor, Yamazaki felt desperate, why was the lagging and vulnerable army on the radio so strong on the battlefield?

The opposite C-35 quickly replied with a 57mm gun in the main turret, and its firing range of less than 300 meters allowed it to easily hit and destroy a Japanese tank, and mercilessly swept at the exposed Japanese soldiers with a dense stream of bullets.

At this moment, in the front headquarters of the Japanese army, Lieutenant General Yoshida Tokutoku and his staff were watching the battle ahead with concern.

"Sir, the 1st Tank Teaching Wing has been repulsed, the positions of the 2nd Division have been broken through by enemy tanks and infantry, and the defense line is on the verge of collapse! General Maruyama said that they urgently need reinforcements from the chariot troops, and asked us to send all chariots to the battle! ”

"To continue to hold this line of defense, we are afraid that we will have to pay a very heavy price!" Yoshida said to his deputy with a telescope, "If I can hold the line at the cost of casualties, I would rather drive the tank to the front line myself, but the enemy has air supremacy, and our aviation is unlikely to support the front line today!" ”

The commander of the chariot teaching brigade, Manai Saburo, said urgently: "Then what should I do?" General, just watching the 2nd Division being run over by enemy tanks? This would saddle us with a notorious reputation for cowardice and perhaps a military trial. ”

Compared with Manai Saburo's anxiety, Yoshida was much calmer: "Tell General Maruyama that due to the containment of enemy fighters, the support troops will definitely not arrive before tomorrow, and the night battle is our only hope of reversing this situation, so his division must hold out until dark no matter what!" ”

In this way, more than two hours later, the Japanese 2nd Division filled the last reserve force composed of orderlies, logistics personnel, and lightly wounded into a brutal battle for position. As the last few anti-tank guns were also destroyed by the enemy while defending against the enemy's heavy tank attack, the Japanese infantry were completely flesh and blood to resist the onslaught of Soviet tank units. After the fierce battle, the position was littered with fragments of limbs and Russian tanks with broken tracks - although these big guys could not continue to advance, the Soviet tanks turned these heavily armored tanks into fixed fortresses on the position, and even after running out of shells, they still attacked the surrounding Japanese officers and soldiers with machine guns and even grenades carried in the vehicles for melee combat, and with the support of these fire points, the Soviet Russian infantry gradually drove the Japanese troops out of the deep trenches, It seemed only a matter of time before Arshan was captured and cut off from the retreat of the Japanese-Manchurian forces.

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