"It looks like Hirano-kun's chariot! Bastard! ”

In the stationary Type 97 chariot, Ishihara Matsutaro slammed his fist on the armor steel plate. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Through the chariot observation hole, you can see that another Type 97 chariot not far away has been turned into a bonfire. Although Japanese tanks were not usually painted with prominent numeric identification numbers like the Russians, they also had their own methods of identification.

"Shi Yuanjun, beware, the Russians' chariot is still nearby!" Gunner Takemitsu Ishida reminded loudly.

Ishihara gritted his teeth and looked hideous: "Okay, let me avenge Hirano-kun!" Ishida, let's get an armor-piercing bullet! ”

The gunner quickly took an armor-piercing shell from the ammunition rack. The original model of the Type 97 tank was equipped with a Type 97 57 mm short-barreled gun, which could fire grenades and armor-piercing shells, and carried 120 rounds of ammunition, usually 80 grenades and 40 armor-piercing shells, which was suitable for supporting infantry operations, and on the east bank of the Haraha River, in view of the fact that the Soviet Russian army had sent a large number of mechanized corps in Outer Mongolia, the Japanese tank units adjusted the ammunition ration accordingly, and turned into half grenades and half armor-piercing shells.

The 97 Squadron Commander of which Matsutaro Ishihara was the commander was equipped with a crew of 4, the commander and gunner were located in the turret, the driver was on the right side of the front of the hull, the machine gunner was on the left side of the driver, and the turret was located on the right side of the longitudinal center of the hull. In addition to a 57mm gun, it was supplemented by two Type 97 7.7mm heavy machine guns, one of which was a front-mounted machine gun and the other was mounted to the right of the rear of the turret. The power unit is a 12-cylinder air-cooled diesel engine with a power of 125 kilowatts, located at the rear of the car body, the driving wheel is in the front, and the power needs to be transmitted to the gearbox and speed changer at the front of the car body through a very long transmission shaft; There are 6 medium-diameter load-bearing wheels on each side of the car body, the 1st and 6th load-bearing wheels are independent coil spring suspension, and the 2nd-5th load-bearing wheels are each 2 for a group to use balance suspension; Both the hull and turret are steel armored, riveted with a maximum thickness of 25 mm......

Suddenly, Ishihara narrowed his eyes in the darkness: "Attention! The goal appears! Right front ...... Several Russian tanks were found, ready to fire......"

The Japanese army is good at night fighting, and this seems to have been a concept since the time of the Russo-Japanese War. The commanders of the Japanese army admired night raids, and the military regulations also made detailed provisions on night warfare, and this was often practiced in training and drills on weekdays, which was not only a strong and unique military creed, but also out of a sober understanding of their own conditions. After careful aiming, Ishihara fired very confidently, and the armor-piercing shell hit the target accurately, but it was instantly ricocheted off by the turret armor of the enemy tank - in front of the slanted design armor of the C-35, the short-barreled gun of the 97 Medium War was like a flotting stick with no appearance!

Shout...... Rumble!

A cannonball that landed nearby burst into flames, forcing Ishihara to close his eyes. Intense light shone through the periscope on the calm and capable face.

"The enemy has found himself, there is no doubt about it, but the enemy's shooting is not accurate, because they are not good at night fighting, and their night aiming skills are very poor, it must be like this!" Ishihara thought to himself, "Since the enemy's turrets are as hard as rocks, let's attack their hulls or sides."

"Ishida, armor-piercing bullets!"

Ishihara didn't say much, and after aiming, it was another shot. This time, the dark red point of light went straight for the Russian tank in the distance, but the light point grazed the target's turret, sending up a large cloud of mud and sand in the distance.

Ishihara didn't expect the darkness to always protect his chariot from being hit by the enemy, and the second shell was missed, he didn't feel too annoyed, but quickly ordered the driver: "Nakamura, start the chariot and fight again in a different position!" ”

In people's minds, position and luck are linked, but fighting is not like playing cards, and if you lose, you have a chance to play another game. After driving more than ten meters, with a deafening sound, the chariot slowed down significantly after an instantaneous tremble, and after continuing to move for a few meters, only the roar of the engine was heard and the hull was not moved!

"Oops, Ishihara-kun, our tracks have been blown off!" The driver, Saburo Nakamura, shouted.

Ishihara immediately shouted: "Don't panic! ”

With that, he peered through the observation hole to see the situation on the battlefield. According to common sense, at the forefront of the fierce confrontation on the battlefield, once the chariot loses its mobility, it should abandon the vehicle to protect the people and seek the protection of the infantry, but the Japanese army's way of thinking is different from that of other armies, and the idea of bravery and jade is deeply rooted in the minds of the vast majority of officers and soldiers, so in the Pacific War, there have been many cases of the captain and the ship sinking together, and many pilots have also driven the plane to ram the enemy when they could have parachuted to escape, and the performance of the army units is often even better.

In the wilderness more than 100 meters away, the Soviet Russian tank with the identification number "343" suddenly stopped, and the battle-experienced "Englishman" Bartlet-Alfred Parks did not realize that he had captured a very valuable target -- Ishihara Matsutaro was the most senior and skilled soldier of the Japanese Army's tank training brigade, and he and the other three commanders were called the "Four King Kongs" by their brigade commander, Major General Manet Saburo, and their achievements were once featured in the Mainichi Shimbun.

is also a 57 mm gun, and the ZIS-4 long-barreled gun developed by the Soviet Russian army is enough to crush the Japanese army's Type 97 short-barreled gun in terms of range, accuracy and penetration. With the German "Teutonic Knights" as a hypothetical target, the ZIS-4 was able to penetrate its frontal armor at a distance of about 500 meters, while the Type 97 short-barreled gun was difficult to fire even if it was fired face-to-face.

After a short aim, Parks fired, the first shell was slightly deflected, and his gunner immediately loaded the second. After a slight adjustment, Parks fired a second time, this time the shell hit the turret of the 97th Battle with unmistakable accuracy, and the huge explosion instantly tore through the fragile riveted armor......

"Hurry, hurry! Comrades, hurry up! ”

On another battlefield on the east bank of the Haraha River, in the turret of a BA-10 wheeled armored vehicle, Sergeant Igor Ionov of the Russian Panzer Corps anxiously watched the battle ahead through an observation hole. The weapons of ordinary infantry regiments were completely unable to stop the Japanese armored group that launched a full-speed assault like cavalry, and the hearts of Ionov and his comrades hung in the throat of watching the infantry constantly being swept down by the artillery fire and even machine guns of the Japanese tanks. The BA-10 is a three-axle (six-wheeled) armored vehicle with a BC-3 vehicle turret mounted on the base, and the firepower is equal to that of the BC-3 fast tank, but the armored defense can only withstand ordinary bullets, and it cannot withstand the frontal attack of enemy vehicles at all. On such a battlefield, they are only suitable for reconnaissance in front of a tank unit, or for low-intensity combat missions - in an armored reconnaissance battalion, the BA-10 is tasked with using its rapid maneuverability to attack the enemy's lightly armored and unarmored targets, and its greatest advantage is that it is equipped with an on-board radio station.

As the Japanese armored cluster approached, the company commander received an order from the company commander on the on-board radio to prepare for a mobile interdiction battle with the only four BA-10s and two BA-6s in his hands.

"Yuri, armor-piercing shell loading!"

The engine had not yet started, and Ionov could lower his voice to inform his loader.

With a soft, crisp clatter, the loader calmly reported, "Reloaded!" ”

"Hold on, guys! Victor, ready to start! ”

In sight, more than 20 Japanese tanks rushed forward in the wilderness with great momentum.

"Comrade Sergeant, the platoon commander asked us to attack the one on the left with car No. 3, and they attacked the one on the right with car No. 5, and then quickly retreated!" The correspondent reported in an irresistible tone of excitement that the wheeled armored vehicle weighed only 5.1 tons, but it also required four crew members to operate: the commander, the gunner, the driver and the communicator.

"Okay, aim for the one on the left!" Ionov wasted no time in giving the order, knowing that the turret armor of the Type 97 was only 30 mm, and the armor plates around the engine were about the same thickness, and at a distance of more than 300 meters, the 45 mm tank gun was enough to pose a mortal threat to it!

In order to avoid exposing himself, the gunner did not adjust the shooting angle in advance, but fortunately, his rich combat experience and excellent technical ability made him complete this adjustment in just a few seconds.

Rumble!

The horn of battle was sounded by the sound of artillery from the command vehicle, and as soon as Ionov opened his mouth and shouted "fire", the gunner fired the gun. In just three seconds, six wheeled armored vehicles fired one after another, and at such a distance and in such conditions, the Japanese tanks at the head of the platoon had no time to react at all!

"Well done!"

Ionov couldn't help but shout, and when he looked at it, the shell hit a Japanese Type 97 tank, and the violent explosion made the fierce guy lose his life in an instant, although it moved forward a short distance by inertia, but the whole car was irretrievably burning. In an instant, the ensuing explosion completely turned it into a pile of scrap metal!

Almost at the same time, another Japanese tank hit by a shell collapsed in place, and a crew could be vaguely seen coming out of the cockpit or the captain's hatch, although these people were basically incapable of fighting, and the Russian armored troops opened fire without hesitation. The roar of the machine guns lasted only a few seconds, and the poor creatures collapsed next to their cars in a different position.

With the two tanks in front being exploded one after another, the Japanese tank cluster finally slowed down slightly, or rather, stopped to organize shooting!

Ionov lost no time in ordering: "Viktor, start the chariot and move to the right!" ”

Judging from the current battlefield environment, although these six wheeled armored vehicles are at odds with the infantry units of their neighbors, the huge difference in strength makes them only able to sneak attack and not be able to fight hard. In this case, it is indeed wise to constantly move positions and wait for opportunities to hunt down enemy reconnaissance!

(End of chapter)