70th Tank Skirmish (2)
Some of the shells were so close to the tank that the huge impact force overturned the tank directly. As soon as the tank overturned, the fuel was spilled directly, and at high temperatures, the fuel burned rapidly. The burning fuel led the ammunition in the car again, causing an earth-shattering explosion that threw the shattered tank into the air.
The scraps of the little devils, the scattered parts of the tank, the broken weapons and ammunition, all performed in a strange shape in the sky.
Suddenly, he was stunned, and he could only see fire, smoke, and shrapnel flying everywhere, and he couldn't see anything clearly. He still muttered in his mouth: "Nani, *** how can there be heavy artillery?" Where did they get the heavy artillery? What's going on? What's going on? ”
However, there was a burst of cheers from the position of the 771st regiment, and some soldiers still wanted to take advantage of the devil's chaos to go up and destroy the enemy tank with grenades. Chen Geng stopped them in time: "Hold your position, don't go up to cause chaos, don't go up to cause chaos!" ”
Just when Dazuo was frightened, something more terrible came, and a huge motor roar sounded in the distance, which was the tank battalion led by Han Xing.
The M2 tank formation was advancing in a column in rapid motion.
The first tank is a platoon commander of a company, the second tank is a company commander of a company, and the third tank is the command vehicle of Han Xing. In the car, the newly appointed commander of the tank battalion swam forward.
First of all, it took a lot of brains to organize the tank battalion. Although this tank battalion is said to be under the management of the headquarters of the 10th detachment, the leaders of the column are so busy that it is indeed difficult to manage them alone. To whom will this tank battalion be placed? The various infantry regiments fought over and no one could give it, and finally synthesized the opinions of all parties and put it on Hou Dashan's heavy artillery regiment.
Now it's not a heavy artillery regiment, it's simply a mechanized regiment. As soon as the tank battalion appeared, it showed the benefits assigned to the heavy artillery regiment, the heavy artillery cover, and then the tank battalion came out, which was very smooth.
And then who is the battalion commander? This is no ordinary infantry battalion commander, this is the blade of the blade of the 10 detachments. No matter who is in charge, it is also the first time that the eldest girl sits in a sedan chair. Zhang Weihan and Han Xing studied for a while, so they asked You Xiangqian to be the commander of this tank battalion, although You Xiangqian had never driven a tank, but he fought well, and there were also guns in the tank, which was also considered to be on the side.
So this battalion commander is swimming forward.
At this time, Han Xing was sitting in the command car, wearing a tank cap (where is there a tank hat in the 10th detachment, but it doesn't work if you don't wear it, you have to break your head if you don't wear it.) Han Xing thought of a local method, sandwiching cotton and sawdust in his hat, although it was not good-looking, but the cushion was always okay), wearing a tank suit, through the small holes in the tank, he was observing the movement on the battlefield.
The standard crew on the tank car is 6 people, a driver, a gunner, a deputy gunner, an anti-aircraft machine gunner, a radio liaison officer, a commander. On the command vehicle, You Qianqian personally operated the gun, and Han Xing also served as the deputy gunner. If there are too many people, it will be crowded.
In fact, people are resolutely opposed to Han Xing's tank, and Zhang Xiaosan is also unwilling. In the end, Han Xing still relied on Bai Lai, and he had to be the deputy gunner who swam forward, and said that he was the first tank battle, and if he did not participate in the battle, he would not be able to command the tank battle in the future.
Zhang Xiaosan pointed to You Qianqian's nose and said, If Commander Han has the slightest problem and loses a hair, I will ask you. You Qianqian smiled and said, there has to be a premise, that is, I will hang up first.
The M2 tank formation drove forward frantically, the 268-horsepower star-shaped engine made a loud noise, and the heat was quite amazing, so that Han Xing was sweating profusely, and he felt that the temperature in the tank was more than forty degrees. But this was in a combat state, and it was not allowed to open the roof cover to dissipate heat.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Han Xing shouted: "Pay attention to all cars and change formations." With each company as a unit, it becomes a wedge attack formation. The first company was the main attacker, and the second and third companies were pressing my position on the side. ”
After receiving the order, each vehicle quickly changed from the column advance formation to a company-based attack formation. In the first company where Han Xing was located, a platoon of four tanks was immediately arranged in a wedge, the first to act as the arrows of the whole battalion, the second platoon was on the left, and the column was for the attack and defense of the left flank, and the third platoon was on the right, and the column was for the defense and attack of the right flank.
Each tank is 50 meters apart, that is, the 12 tanks form a wedge attack formation with a width of 150 meters and a width of 200 meters.
The second and third companies also formed such a wedge attack formation, which spread out from the left and right of the first company. Their main task was to hold down the position, to carry out reinforcements in the event of an unfavorable situation in the first company, or to strike with fire in the event that the company was disrupting the enemy's formation and the enemy was confused.
The number of general tank companies should be 17 or 20 tanks, and Han Xing's four-four-four formation can be regarded as an invention!
A burst of bombardment by Hou Dashan's heavy artillery just now showed good results, and three of the bean chariots were overturned, and four of them were blown down. That is, the tanks of the two squadrons lost almost a quarter at once.
As soon as he broke free from the smoke and shrapnel, a company of Han Xing's tanks suddenly rushed into the convoy and split the convoy in two. "Stop attacking the infantry in front, turn around, and attack the tank convoy behind," he shouted. No, we want to destroy all the enemy tanks that rushed into our formation. ”
The M2 tank has such an advantage, the armor in front is 25 mm, and the armor on the side is not thin. Another initiative of Han Xing was to remove all the machine guns of country U (at that time, the machine guns of country U were quite advanced, but they were lagging behind the 12.7mm heavy machine guns) and replaced them with two powerful 12.7mm heavy machine guns.
Besides, Han Xing's vehicle formation rushed in, and each tank was only responsible for one side of the attack or defense. The Japanese bean chariot is different, it has to take into account at least two directions of attack or defense.
Another feature is that the Nippon Bean Chariot has a capacity of 2 people. One person drives a car, one person operates a gun or a machine gun. The M2 tank, on the other hand, has a capacity of 6 people in a spacious car, and those who drive only drive the car, those who fire the guns only manage the artillery, those who operate the machine guns only operate the machine guns, and those who contact only manage the contact.
Who is superior and who is inferior will be revealed at once.
There were also some machine gun bullets that hit the M2's armor, but the M2 was just like nothing, causing those bullets to fall one after another, and how the M2 should be fired or how to fire.
The 12.7 mm heavy machine gun bullet hit the bean tank, it was different, the armor of the bean tank was penetrated, the bullet got into it, and it ran into the car, and if it was unlucky, it injured the people in the car.
The 37mm guns of both sides were also firing at each other, but in the rapid running, the hit rate of both sides was not high, and it was not as good as the machine gun bullets.
Han Xing's tank battalions, the second and third companies also showed their might, and with their collective strength, they continued to fire and fire shells at the scattered bean chariots.
The blind cat touched the dead mouse, and several bean chariots were really hit, and the thin steel plate was blown up at once, and in an instant the bean chariot became a pile of scrap metal. Some drivers escaped from their cars, and on the battlefield where shrapnel was flying, they were quickly hit by bullets from unknown sides, and reported to the Japanese emperor.
There were also a few bean chariots burning, like burning paper for a convoy of beetles.
On the position of the 771st regiment, there was warm applause. Some fighters jumped up in excitement and cheered loudly for the M2 tank. was so angry that Chen Geng shouted: "You lie down honestly for me." Look for death! You. ”
After a while, the warrior stood up again and applauded.
Chen Geng went up and kicked him down.
In the command car, Han Xing stimulated You Qianqian and said, "Battalion Commander You, Battalion Commander You, you have fired 5 shots in a row, why can't you shoot accurately?" I'm ashamed! If you can't fight accurately, you don't want to be the battalion commander, and those who can do it will do it. ”
The sweat on the head of the swim forward had already come out, and he shouted anxiously: "Why is it not easy to fight this running car and the moving target?" You have the ability, or you fight. ”
"Hmph," Han Xing said with added fuel to the fire, "If I were the commander of the tank battalion, I would have fought a long time ago, and this is a chance for you." If you can't grasp the opportunity, then give it to someone else! ”
Han Xing's words provoked the fire of You Qianqian, he concentrated all his energy, calculated the amount of advance, and hit it with one shot. Coincidentally, this cannon hit, and a bean chariot was instantly destroyed by an armor-piercing bullet, resulting in a big explosion, and the driver did not come out and was already killed.
Excited, he swam forward and jumped forward, hitting his head on the steel plate above his head, only to feel Venus rushing around. He covered his head and shouted, "Hit, hit, I hit one!" Hit one! ”
As soon as he saw that it was not possible to fight like this, it only took ten minutes for more than a dozen bean chariots to be destroyed, as if, as if the enemy's tanks did not suffer any losses.
The trumpet still understands that if this continues, the tanks of the two squadrons will be completely finished. He decisively gave the order: "Retreat, retreat to Shen County." The cover of the first squadron, the retreat of the second squadron, and then alternate cover. ”
The rest of these bean chariots were unwilling to fight, and quickly withdrew from the battle. But it was not so easy to withdraw from the battle. If you want to run, at least you have to run faster than others, and the speed of these bean chariots is nearly 10 miles slower than that of the M2, and if you want to run, you have to use tactics.
Han Xing saw that the devil wanted to run, so he issued an order: "Pursue the enemy and beat the water dogs." ”
Therefore, the No. 1 squadron was miserable, blocking Han Xing's tank battalion to prevent it from passing. Han Xing's second and third companies greeted them with shells, and soon, these dead targets that did not move were destroyed.
Han Xing's second and third companies chased after each other, and the remaining dozen or so tanks ran with their despair. Shells constantly exploded in front of them, left and right.