Every second on the battlefield is deadly!

The main battle tank of the Japanese army is the "Type 97 medium combat vehicle" newly equipped by the Japanese army this year. Vertex. Fastest updates

The reason why it is called "97" is the last two digits of the Japanese emperor's year 2597, which was successfully developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 1937, that is, last year, and just equipped the troops this year to replace the original 89 tank.

The Type 97 medium tank, with a total combat weight of 15.3 tons, a crew of 4, and an engine of 140 hp 12-cylinder air-cooled diesel, located at the rear of the hull, the vehicle has a maximum speed of 38 km/h, the driving wheels are in front, and the power needs to pass through a long propeller shaft to the gearbox and speed changer at the front of the hull. There are 6 medium-diameter load wheels on each side of the body, the 1st and 6th load wheels are independent coil spring suspension, and the 2nd to 5th load wheels are each 2 in a group to be suspended with balanced suspension. Both the hull and turret are steel armored, with a willow joint structure and a maximum thickness of 25 mm. The length of the vehicle is 5.516 meters, the width is 2.33 meters, and the height is 2.23 meters.

The Type 97 tank had a crew of 4 people, 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 to the right of the longitudinal center of the hull. The main armament is a Type 97 57 mm short-barreled gun, which can fire grenades and armor-piercing shells, carry 120 rounds (80 grenades, 40 armor-piercing rounds), and have an armor-piercing muzzle velocity of 420 m/s. The penetration depth is 20 mm at 500 meters and 11 mm at 1200 meters.

The Type 97 had two Type 97 7.7mm heavy machine guns with a load of 4,035 rounds, one of which was a front-mounted machine gun and the other was mounted on the right side of the rear of the turret.

It is said that this tank is the most successful tank developed by the Japanese army during the entire Anti-Japanese War!

After Yuan Gang's command car fired a shot, the shell missed, missed the Japanese tank, and fell on the straggler line of the 14th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army, which was already lying down.

The gunner on the command vehicle anxiously shouted: "Steady! Steady! ”

This was the first tank-to-tank actual battle of the armored battalion of the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army, and the commanders and fighters were a little excited, and it was normal for the first artillery to be inaccurate. The key is that Yuan Gang's command was correct, and he immediately determined the key attack targets and concentrated his forces on attacking the three main battle vehicles of the Japanese army, at least it played a role in making it impossible for them to use tank guns to attack the armored vehicles and cars of the Eighth Route Army!

If the main combat vehicles of the Japanese army attacked the armored vehicles and automobiles of the Eighth Route Army, it could not be said that there were no missed bullets, and at least two or three artillery pieces destroyed one target, which was normal. Because those armored vehicles and automobiles, in front of the armor-piercing shells of the main battle vehicles of the Japanese army, are like paper!

Heroes can't stand the crowd! Although the Japanese tank soldiers are well-trained and more proficient and accurate in controlling weapons, the Eighth Route Army has more tanks and a few to beat it, so the effect is naturally different!

Under such circumstances, in order to get rid of the unfavorable situation of being besieged, the main battle vehicles of the Japanese army could only hurriedly do "S" maneuvers to dodge the armor-piercing bullets fired by the tanks of the Eighth Route Army one after another.

It's a pity that the armored battalion of the Eighth Route Army implemented the wolf pack tactic, and the tanks swarmed up, completely surrounding the three Japanese tanks, and it couldn't maneuver even if it wanted to!

Yuan Gang's command vehicle seized the opportunity, slammed his buttocks, emitted a puff of black smoke, and with a "boom", sent an armor-piercing shell into the side of a Japanese medium tank, and the shell drilled into the body of the vehicle, causing the ammunition to detonate, and the devil tank suddenly caught fire and exploded!

With one shot, the tanks of the armored battalion fought even more happily!

Seeing that the situation of the three main battle tanks was not good, the light tanks of the Japanese armored squadron hurriedly rushed up to the rescue, and the vehicle-mounted machine guns on the vehicles aimed at the tanks of the Eighth Route Army!

It's a pity that the Japanese light tank is not equipped with a tank gun, only a machine gun, which is used for search and reconnaissance, if you break into the infantry position, you can show off your might, and in the face of this kind of tank engagement, it has no effect at all, the bullet hits the tank, and a spark is sparked, and the bullet falls down to the ground!

The remaining two Japanese main battle tanks became tigers surrounded by wolves, and they were shot by the tanks of the Eighth Route Army, and they were beaten into wreckage after a while!

Just when Yuan Gang commanded the main battle tank to encircle and annihilate the three main battle tanks of the Japanese army, the 92 infantry guns and rapid-fire guns pulled on the car immediately joined the battle group, and their targets were the six light tanks and armored vehicles of the Japanese army.

This kind of tactics is not available in ancient and modern China and abroad, and only the Eighth Route Army, which learned war from war, will have it! The 92 infantry guns were mounted on the car, and the rapid-fire guns were mounted on the car, aiming at the Japanese light tanks and armored vehicles that were frantically strafing with the on-board machine guns, and opened fire fiercely.

With a "boom", a Type 94 light tank that was shooting at the tank of the Eighth Route Army with a vehicle-mounted machine gun, that is, the "bean chariot" jokingly called by the Japanese army, was hit by an armor-piercing bullet fired by the Type 92 without military tactics, and the thin armor could not block the penetration of the armor-piercing projectile, and the warhead drilled directly into the body of the car.

A light tank and an armored vehicle of the Japanese army finally got out of the encirclement of the tanks and armored vehicles of the Eighth Route Army, and several shells flew at the same time, including 92 infantry guns and rapid-fire guns, which instantly turned the Japanese light tanks and armored vehicles into fireballs!

The 92 infantry guns and rapid-fire guns on the vehicles of the Eighth Route Army aimed at the light tanks and armored vehicles of the Japanese army, and the tanks of the armored battalion of the Eighth Route Army, which ended the tank battle, roared with their motors and dragged black smoke, and also pounced on the light tanks and armored vehicles of the Japanese army.

The armored squadron of the 4th Brigade of the Japanese Army, which was independently mixed into the Japanese army, had only six light tanks and six armored vehicles in total, and how could it withstand such an anti-tank artillery attack, until the last armored car saw that the situation was not good, turned around and fled, and was bombarded into wreckage by the tanks of the Eighth Route Army that caught up, and this confrontation between armored forces ended at a very fast speed!

With the destruction of the Japanese armored squadron, the tanks and armored vehicles of the armored battalion of the Eighth Route Army began to crush the Japanese infantry.

The vehicle-mounted machine guns on the tanks, the vehicle-mounted machine guns on the armored vehicles, and the heavy machine guns mounted on the front of the cars all spewed tongues of fire and rolled towards the Japanese positions.

At this time, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd regiments of the eastward advance detachment had not yet arrived, and only the armored battalions and heavy firepower units carried on the cars were crushing and ravaging the Japanese troops.

The captain of the 14th Brigade of the Devil's Independent Infantry was already stunned, he never imagined that the armored squadron of the brigade and regiment, which was supposed to be a decisive battle, was destroyed by the tanks and artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army in an instant, and not even a single tank escaped!

The captain of the devil brigade saw clearly that the tanks and tactics of the Eighth Route Army were far behind, but they had more tanks and had an advantage in numbers; Moreover, the Eighth Route Army's cars pulled so many 92 infantry guns and rapid-fire guns, attacking their own armored squadron together, just like a group of hungry wolves pounced on a Menghu, no matter how brave the Menghu was, it couldn't stand the wolves.

One thing is good, the captain of the devil brigade was inspired by the Eighth Route Army's 92nd infantry guns mounted on cars to shoot armored vehicles horizontally, so he wanted to try to make his two infantry guns of his artillery squad also shoot tanks and armored vehicles horizontally. It's a pity that the machine gun fire of the Eighth Route Army was too strong, and he couldn't get up at all when he crawled on the ground, and he couldn't get to the artillery team.

Seeing the tanks, armored vehicles, and cars of the Eighth Route Army rumbling over, the captain of the devil brigade knew that it was impossible for his infantry brigade to block such a steel monster, so he had to order to leave one squadron to continue to block it, and the other squadrons retreated in the direction of Majiaqiao!

If you want to retreat at this time, it will definitely be too late!

The tanks and armored vehicles of the armored battalion of the Eighth Route Army roared up, and the roar of the machine guns on the vehicles directly tore through the skirmish line of the 14th Independent Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army and rushed over.

150 cars pounced on with their headlights wide open and along the ruts that had been crushed by the tanks. Then, these cars lined up, drove slowly, and illuminated the battlefield with their headlights, so that the heavy machine guns and infantry guns on the cars could be vigorously fired!

Under such firepower, not to mention people, even a stone can be broken!

The 14th Independent Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army was quickly crippled!

The brigade commander ordered a retreat, the brigade commander ordered a retreat, but the firepower of the Eighth Route Army was so strong that the little devils couldn't retreat if they wanted to. Desperate devil soldiers, desperately throwing grenades, trying to cover their bodies with the smoke from the grenade explosion, so that they can shoot or escape!

There are also little devils who are desperate, holding grenades, getting up from the ground, and pounced on the tanks, armored vehicles, and cars of the Eighth Route Army, like moths to a fire, and were beaten into a hornet's nest by machine guns!

In the night, the little devil began to roll on the ground, rolling towards the blind corner where the headlights could not shine, and then turned over and ran away in a hurry!

The captain of the 14th Independent Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army did not have such a blessing! As soon as he gave the order to retreat, an armored vehicle of the Eighth Route Army drove in his direction. This old devil, there is also a kind, pounced on the heavy machine gun, pushed away the machine gunner who had already been killed, and opened fire on the armored car!

The Type 92 heavy machine gun has very strong firepower, and if it really hits the relatively thin part of the armored vehicle, it may be able to penetrate it. It's just that the captain of the devil brigade can't shoot continuously, and the machine gun bullets of the Eighth Route Army flew in, and they directly knocked him on the heavy machine gun.

The 14th Independent Infantry Brigade has a total of 810 people, and since it was formed in February, it has not gone through a big tough battle or a vicious battle, and it has only followed the butt of the main division to fight the autumn wind, and there have been basically no casualties. Tonight, not far south of Majiaqiao, this army was completely defeated by the Eighth Route Army!

By the time the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd regiments came up, all that remained was to pursue the stragglers who had fled and clean up the battlefield.

Kawamura Dong, the commander of the 4th Brigade of the Japanese Independent Mixed Brigade in Majiaqiao, immediately led the brigade headquarters and the communications team to escape after learning the news that the armored squadron had been annihilated by the Eighth Route Army.

Kawamura Dong was going to apologize by caesarean section, but he knew that he would definitely go to a military court when he returned. However, when he sent a farewell message to General Terauchi Toshiichi, commander of the North China Front, and Lieutenant General Mitsu Mijiro, commander of the First Army, His Excellency the General and His Excellency the Lieutenant General immediately called back: "We must not let the brigade flag and code book fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army!" ”

The codebook is easy to do, just burn it. The brigade flag is also easy to do, just burn it! However, after receiving the telegram, Major General Kawamura Dong immediately thought that he had the responsibility to bring back the brigade flag and code book safely, and immediately dispelled the idea of apologizing for his crimes, got into a car, and fled in a puff of smoke! (To be continued.) )