The duel between chariots, the victory or defeat depends on two aspects, the first is the performance of the chariot, this is the most important, if the performance of the chariot is too different, even if Guderian, an armored genius, is in vain. The other aspect is the human factor, which is also divided into two aspects, the first aspect is, of course, the commander's command ability, and the second aspect is the quality of the tank crew.

In terms of the performance of combat vehicles, Japan and the USSR are simply incomparable. Although the Japanese army's main battle tank, Type 97, was far stronger than Type 94 and Type 95, it still could not escape the criticism of thin skin and big stuffing. And Soviet tanks, from design to production, were designed to deal with the Germans, their performance was extremely powerful, and the thickness of the armor was repeatedly increased. The main battle tank used by the Soviet Union now is the T34 modification, which is the terminator of the German active tank, compared to the Japanese Type 97, which is the gap between grandfather and grandson.

Again in terms of human comparison, although Japan began to produce tanks in February 1927, for a long time afterward, like other countries, the tank wings were divided into divisions and regiments, rather than used centrally. Despite the fact that from the "IX. After the "18 Incident", the Japanese army participated in all large-scale offensive operations, and in 1934, the Kwantung Army first established the 1st Independent Mixed Mechanized Brigade, but there was no breakthrough in tank tactics. The first time Japan used tanks intensively was in the Nanchang operation in the spring of 1939 and the "Nomenhan" operation in the autumn. There were successes and failures in these operations, and the Xuzhou operation and the "Normenhan" operation suffered relatively large losses. On the outskirts of Xuzhou, the Japanese attacked with tank groups one after another, but many of them were destroyed by the artillery of the 5th Theater. In contrast, Japan lacked the necessary experience in the use of tank clusters and was in a state of confusion, while the Soviet Union used tank clusters and artillery groups to launch frontal attacks on the Japanese army in the Battle of Nomenkan, resulting in nearly 60,000 casualties in the Japanese army in a very short period of time.

However, now Japan has also formed a tank group, and this tank group is a tank army that has just been formed. In June 1941, the Japanese base camp sent an army inspection delegation led by Yamashita Fumiki to inspect the operations and battlefield conditions of the German and Italian armies in Europe. Later, in light of the experience and experience of the failures and successes of the Japanese army in the previous battles in Normenhan and in Malaya, the Philippines, and Burma, he deeply felt the need to organize the tank units that had been used in a centralized manner so as to give full play to the rapid and mobile assault capability of the tank units. For this reason, the Japanese army headquarters immediately ordered the formation of a tank corps, with Yoshida Tokushi as the commander, belonging to the 1st, 2nd, and tank teaching brigades, and established two tank schools in Qian* Prefecture in Japan and Siping in northeastern China.

The Soviet Union not only has rich experience in commanding tank clusters, but also has a large number of tank schools in Siberia and Moscow, Stalingrad, Leningrad, Caucasus, Ukraine and other places, with a total of more than 30, and most importantly, after the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, the Soviet Union was beaten by Germany's tank clusters at the beginning without fighting back, and then the Soviet officers began to study tank tactics, and now a large number of new tactics are being applied to the war, These were all tactics developed at the cost of the lives of millions of Soviet Red Army soldiers, and in fact the combat effect was very strong, which was far from being comparable to that of the Japanese.

Liliutun, 4 kilometers outside Jiayin City, is located in a large plain, but at this time, there are only a few dilapidated courtyards left in Liliutun, all the land is also deserted, and there is a dead silence around. Ten years ago, Liliutun was still a large tunzi with a population of more than 800, but since the arrival of the Japanese, they have begun to brutally massacre the residents of the Sino-Soviet border area in order to create a no-man's land, and Liliutun is one of the tragedies in this context. …,

However, with the roaring advance of the chariot and the strong dazzling lights, Li Liutun's dead silence was soon broken. Jiayin was the gateway to the important town of Yichun in North Manchuria, and at this time the supreme headquarters of the Kwantung Army in North Manchu was in Yichun, and Lieutenant General Okada knew that his second tank division had a heavy responsibility, and he reported the war to the general headquarters of the Kwantung Army while organizing the tank division to block the Soviet mechanized troops.

General Yamada was terrified when he received the telegram, and the Shina people eventually got involved with the Soviets, which was undoubtedly terrible news for the Japanese Empire. Yamada Otozo knew that the situation was serious, and this was beyond the scope of his authority as the commander of the Kwantung Army, and the declaration of war between countries was not something that he could control as a small army general.

Yamada Otozo sent a telegram to Tokyo, hoping that Tokyo would protest to the Soviet government and that it would be better to resolve the issue peacefully. He knew the situation of the Kwantung Army and the entire northeastern region of China best, although now the Kwantung Army was already a huge military group with a million heavy troops in the eyes of others. However, Yamada Otozo knew that the Kwantung Army was no longer the most powerful force in the entire northern China, and now that the Kwantung Army had an opponent, the devilish army developed by the hateful General Shina was capable of fully confronting the Kwantung Army, so it was best for Yamada Otozo to settle the dispute with the Soviet Union peacefully. But if peace does not resolve the dispute between the two sides, then immediately send more reinforcements to Manchuria and deal a blow to the invading enemy. On the other hand, Yamada immediately mobilized all the forces he could mobilize to carry out an active defense, trying to stop the southward movement of the Soviet army.

The first to engage with the Soviet tank cluster was the 6th Tank Wing of the 3rd Tank Brigade of the 2nd Tank Division of the Japanese Army, and each tank wing of the Japanese tank unit participating in the battle was composed of a Type 95 light tank squadron and three 97 medium tank squadrons, as well as a Type 97 tank squadron and a maintenance squadron, each tank wing had 73 tanks of various types and 27 other vehicles.

The Japanese army kept all kinds of information about the tank division strictly secret, and even at the meeting of the commanders of the participating divisions held by the Kwantung Army Headquarters, the relevant information of the tank units was not publicly announced, and the station of the tank division was completely in charge of the Japanese themselves, and there was no puppet army to assist, which was a special case at that time.

Okada's most fortunate thing now is that the Soviets and the Chinese troops do not know the actual situation of his tank division, because on many occasions those politicians in the empire have repeatedly preached their tank units, and there is an essential difference between the data and the data that those politicians said, 300 tanks This data is just a cover-up, in fact, his second tank division has a total of 8 tank wings, with nearly 500 tanks of various types, and more than 400 auxiliary vehicles and self-propelled guns. Moreover, the tanks owned by his second tank division are all the latest Type 97 tanks of the empire, and their combat effectiveness is extraordinary, which is also the basis for Okada to dare to intercept the Soviet tank group alone.

For Lieutenant General Wagrashi of the Soviet Union, this southward operation was not as difficult as he imagined, and unlike Lieutenant General Okada's complacency, Lieutenant General Wagrashi appeared more calm. Because before launching this attack, he had a certain understanding of the Japanese main battle tanks, and he had actually seen the kind of iron box in the tank bases of the Chinese. Lieutenant General Wagrahi believed that with the great red Soviet T34, they could completely sweep all those iron boxes into the garbage heap, because they had experimented in the Chinese tank bases, using the Japanese Type 97 tank against the Soviet Union's first-generation T34, and the results were very exciting. The shells of the Japanese Type 97 tank hit the armor of the T34 basically had no effect, and at most the T34 tank could stop a little, and it could not damage the T34 at all.

According to the information sent by the Chinese miraculous general, the Japanese stationed a total of a tank division in the small city of Jiayin, with a total of about 350 taels of various tanks, which was only equivalent to a tank brigade of the Soviet Union, but the one he brought from the Far Eastern Military Region this time had five tank brigades, and the difference between the enemy and our forces was five times. Lieutenant General Wagrahi simply did not think that the Japanese would be able to hold out for long under such a powerful attack. …,

"Hinversky, have our tank units crossed the Heilongjiang River, where have the vanguard gone?" The supreme commander of the tank force, Lieutenant General Wagrahi, must know where his troops are now.

"Report to Your Excellency General, it has all crossed half an hour ago, and now only our command is still on the other side of the river in the entire tank group. The vanguard was approaching the small town where the Japanese were stationed, and perhaps now they were fighting, but General Fedor did not send an update on the battle. Said Chief of Staff Hinversky.

"The Japanese monkeys are really not like words, and they dare to provoke our great Soviets in a place the size of a palm, and they are allies of the damned Germans, damn indeed. You ordered General Fedor to let him cross the Heilongjiang River, put the T34 tank teaching brigade in the most comprehensive, and then put the BT7 fast tank in the back, and the whole tank force went to that small city with all its might, and there was no need to ensure that none of the 350 tanks could escape. The Wagrahi fighter shouted.

"Yes General, I'm going to deliver your orders, but I want to ask the General if our command needs to move forward?"

"Of course, I ordered the guard regiment to immediately protect the headquarters and move to the opposite side of the Heilongjiang River, and by the way, I told Fedor that I wanted to go into the city to rest before dawn, and I don't know if they can't let me realize this wish."

"Yes General, I will convey your words to General Fedor as they are." Hinversky said loudly.

The collision of two torrents of steel in the "boom" on the periphery of a small city in northern China is the result that Lieutenant General Okada wants to see. After receiving the report of the patrol force, Okada set up a large number of surveillance posts along the Heilongjiang River, and as soon as the tank group led by Fedor crossed the Heilongjiang River, Okada received detailed information, and also knew that the Soviet Union's vanguard tank unit had a total of more than 200 Soviet combat vehicles.

So Okada Zi pulled all the most elite 400 Type 97 tanks and 120 large-caliber self-propelled guns in his hands to Liliutun, and when the two tank units were only 3 kilometers apart, Okada ordered the Type 97 tank cluster and artillery cluster to immediately send out all the vanguard troops to encircle and annihilate the Soviet Union.

Since China, the United States, and the Soviet Union were extremely secretive about this joint operation, the Japanese did not know how many tanks the Soviet Union would send this time. Therefore, he wanted to destroy this vanguard before the arrival of other tank units of the Soviet Union, and the loss of more than 200 tanks could not help but feel distressed even if the Soviet Union had deep pockets.

The appearance of the Japanese tank unit was extremely sudden, and it really caught the Soviet vanguard by surprise. In the first round of shelling, more than a dozen tanks were shot, and 7 or 8 tanks were destroyed.

Immediately after that, the Japanese artillery group did its best to launch an artillery attack on the Soviet vanguard troops, and at the same time, the tank units also charged towards the Soviet tank group, and the muzzles of all the Type 97 tanks were also aimed at the Soviet tank troops.

In just five or six minutes, at least 1,000 heavy artillery shells fell on the heads of the Soviet tank group, and the road was full of paralyzed Soviet tanks, which could not be seen clearly because of the darkness, but judging by the burning fire, at least 40 tanks were destroyed.

But this is only a momentary thing, Okada's good mood only lasted less than ten minutes, when the two tank units collided head-on, when the shells from the Japanese Type 97 tank fell on the body of the Soviet tank, Okada and all the tankers were stunned, only to see that the Soviet tank was only a little paused after the head-on blow of the latest tank of the Great Japanese Empire, and then continued to rush forward, and at the same time, the dark muzzle was also aimed at the oncoming Imperial Tank Group. …,

"Boom", I saw that the frontal armor of a Type 97 tank was hit, and in an instant the turret of the Type 97 was blown away, and the tank quickly ignited a raging fire, and the most terrifying thing was that the tankmen in the Type 97 tank did not escape at the first time when the tank was destroyed.

This is not a tank showdown, it seems to be a land massacre. More than 400 Japanese Type 97 tanks did not have the upper hand in the confrontation with less than 160 Soviet T34s, as Okada imagined, but a large number of tanks were destroyed by Soviet tanks.

Because the tanks of the two sides were intertwined, and the Japanese tanks were fighting around the Soviet tank troops, Okada's artillery group could not support the tank troops, otherwise the Soviet tanks would not have hit it in one shot, but the Japanese dense Type 97 tanks were likely to be hit first.

After 20 minutes, the battlefield was littered with the remains of burning chariots, ranging from Japanese Type 97 to Soviet T34s, and the smell of burnt vehicles filled the battlefield.

Commanding the vanguard of Soviet tanks was Major General Serryev, who was very dissatisfied with the raid. Originally, he thought it was a game, but in just over 20 minutes of the battle, his tank brigade lost more than 60 tanks, which he had never thought about before the war. Major General Serryev, the main battle tank of the Japanese army, Type 97, had also seen it himself, and he had personally seen that test, and in his mind that this sortie was actually a game, and those iron boxes of the Japanese would not cause any damage to the T34 designed by the great genius designer Koshkin at all.

But Serryev did not expect that the Japanese would take advantage of their familiarity with the terrain and put a cluster of heavy artillery behind them, and the power of several hundred guns was still very great. Fortunately, Serryev is different from Ivanov, he is a high-ranking officer who has really received the baptism of war on the battlefield and has a lot of combat experience. According to the place where the shells fell, Major General Serryev knew that this was a Japanese 105mm cannon group, and the artillery positions were no more than 5 km from here.

Serryev knew that his only chance was to rush to the artillery positions of the Japanese and crush the artillery clusters to pieces with tank units. Therefore, Major General Serryev ordered the tank troops to rush in the direction of the Japanese artillery positions desperately, and after encountering the Japanese 97-style interception, Serryev was not surprised or panicked, but was overjoyed. With the "protection" of these Japanese iron boxes, it was impossible and did not dare for the Japanese artillery clusters to fire here.

Sure enough, the battle went as Serryev had expected, but there were some surprises. Although the Japanese Type 97 tank could not pose a threat to the T34, the Japanese tankmen could. Many Japanese tankers often make a very crazy move when their tanks are wounded or entangled in the T34, that is, they do not hesitate to launch a suicidal charge at the Soviet tanks, and use the destructive power of dozens of shells in their tanks to die with the Soviet tanks.

More than 20 T34s were destroyed by Japanese tanks in this way, and by the beginning of the war, the Soviet tank group had lost nearly a third of its tanks. Of course, the situation of the Japanese army on the opposite side was even worse, the battlefield was full of burning Japanese Type 97 tanks, this kind of thin-skinned and stuffed iron box and the Soviet T34 were not a technical thing at all, and the huge technological gap made this kind of thing to show off its might on the Chinese battlefield a big joke in front of the Soviets. In just over 20 minutes after the start of the battle, nearly 200 of the 400 most elite Type 97 tanks of the Japanese Second Tank Division were destroyed, and it is not an exaggeration to say that more than half of them were killed or wounded.

The battle continued, but the next battle had become a one-sided show by the Soviets, and the big supporting role of the Second Tank Division of the Japanese Kwantung Army seemed to have completed his role, and the performance in the next battle was even more unbearable, before the arrival of the Soviet follow-up troops, less than 50 of the remaining 200 Type 97 tanks could move, and all the rest were swept into the garbage heap by the Soviet tank group.

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