Chapter 151: Tank Destroyer

This tank brigade of Little Japan can be regarded as a crooked fight, this tank brigade was originally here to trouble the mechanized infantry brigade, but the little devils actually found a huge artillery position farther away, and suddenly, these little devils were ecstatic in their hearts.

Soon, the Japanese tank brigade abandoned the tank group of the mechanized infantry brigade and went directly to the heavy artillery brigade in the distance.

Many soldiers of the heavy artillery brigade naturally saw this tank brigade of Little Japan, and these soldiers were anxious, and even some soldiers on the M3 half-track were ready to drive their armored vehicles to rush up and block the Japanese tanks from rushing over.

Yang Weiguo, the commander of the heavy artillery brigade, was on his command vehicle at this time, and he also saw the Japanese tank brigade in the distance.

Holding the binoculars, Tang Wankun saw that it was a group of about forty or fifty tanks. This was a reinforced tank brigade of the Japanese army, which was supposed to have four tank squadrons under its command, each of which was equipped with ten tanks.

Tang Wankun, the commander of the mechanized infantry brigade, naturally saw the Japanese tank group not far away heading straight to the position of the heavy artillery brigade, so Tang Wankun immediately conveyed the order.

"Attention regiments, battalions, send all our M8 armored vehicles and M20 armored vehicles up to snipe the tank group of Little Japan, hurry, hurry!"

The whole situation is extremely urgent!

The mechanized infantry brigade is armed with a small number of M8 armored vehicles and M20 armored vehicles, and it is clear that at this time, these armored vehicles will take on the heavy duty of tank destroyers.

The situation is very critical now! Very critical!

Once the Japanese tank group approached the positions of the heavy artillery brigades. Once the artillery is fired at the position of the heavy artillery brigade, the consequences are unimaginable, and the position of the heavy artillery brigade is on. In addition to the large-caliber howitzers, there are quite a few large trucks, which are loaded with ammunition.

Fortunately, however, the M8 and M20 armoured vehicles of the Mechanized Infantry Brigade moved quickly, and as soon as the order was received, about thirty or forty of these armoured vehicles were approached towards the tank group of small Japan.

Soon, it turned into a contest between tank destroyers and small Japanese tank groups.

Captain of the Little Japanese Tank Brigade. Seeing that less than a kilometer ahead was the huge artillery position of the Chinese army, he was overjoyed and ordered all the Japanese tanks to speed up. Towards the heavy artillery brigade.

However, soon, these Japanese troops also discovered that dozens of wheeled armored vehicles suddenly rushed out of the tank group of the mechanized infantry brigade not far from them at high speed. The Japanese captain was slightly taken aback.

But. Seeing that it was all armored vehicles, and his heart was determined, the Japanese captain was completely unaware that the M8 armored car and the M20 armored car could be used as tank destroyers, and in addition, the Japanese captain did not know these armored vehicles.

The distance between these armored vehicles of the mechanized infantry brigade and the small Japanese tank group was rapidly reduced, and these thirty or forty armored vehicles were completely blocked in front of the heavy artillery brigade. Completely separating the Japanese tank group from the heavy artillery brigade, how is it not the M8 armored car and the M20 armored car mobile and flexible. The speed of travel is very fast, and in such a short period of time, it is completely impossible to change to another tank.

"Boom, boom, boom"

Quite a few armored vehicles preemptively fired at the Japanese tanks hundreds of meters away while driving, and although the distance was relatively far and the accuracy was somewhat lacking, several shells still hit the target.

Small Japanese tanks have a characteristic, that is, the vehicle is light, the armor is thin, and the firepower is weak, like the Type 92 tank and Type 95 tank equipped with this small Japanese tank brigade, all of which are light tanks, the tank weight is only a few tons, which is about the same as the weight of ordinary armored vehicles, and the main weapon is only a 37 mm tank gun.

Several shells hit the little Japanese Douding tank, and suddenly, these tanks were damaged, almost all of them were destroyed, and large holes appeared in the tank body, emitting black smoke, and it was obviously scrapped.

"Yaga !!"

The captain of the small Japanese team happened to see this scene, and saw that three or four of his tanks were destroyed in an instant, and he was so angry that he screamed.

Some small Japanese tanks, seeing these M8 and M20 armored vehicles of the mechanized infantry brigade firing, suddenly stopped, moved their muzzles, and aimed at those armored vehicles in the distance and fired.

Soon, as both sides opened fire, a fierce artillery battle began.

"Boom, boom, boom"

While small Japanese tanks had to stop where they were before they could aim and fire, the M8 and M20 armoured vehicles of the mechanized infantry brigade could fire while driving.

These armored vehicles of the mechanized infantry brigade are equivalent to hitting a fixed target, while the tanks of the little devils are equivalent to hitting a moving target.

I saw that an M20 wheeled armored vehicle, while driving, aimed at a small Japanese Type 92 light tank two or three hundred meters away, and after aiming, the 37-millimeter gun barrel of this armored car flashed, and a shell whistled out.

"Boom!"

Accurately hit the target, and punched a big hole in the small Japanese tank two or three hundred meters away, and the small Japanese tank was full of black smoke.

However, even so, this M20 wheeled armored car did not let go of this small Japanese tank so easily, and several guns in succession directly beat the little Japanese tank into a pile of scrap metal.

Whether it is an M20 wheeled armored vehicle or an M8 wheeled armored vehicle, the actual rate of fire of the 37-mm gun on the vehicle is as high as 20 shells per minute, and it can fire a shell in about three seconds.

After destroying the little Japanese tank, the M20 wheeled armored vehicle did not stop, but continued to drive while looking for the next target.

Not far away, a small Japanese Type 95 light tank obviously aimed at this M20 armored car, and the barrel of this small Japanese tank flashed, and a shell flew towards it.

However, while the M20 armored car was moving, the shell of the little Japanese missed and flew past the back of the M20 armored car, and I don't know where it hit.

"Yaga!"

Seeing that he was already crooked for the second time, the devil gunner on this small Japanese tank was so angry that he screamed.

In just a few minutes of the battle, the situation on the battlefield was very obvious, only three armored vehicles were destroyed by the little devils, and almost ten small Japanese tanks were destroyed by the soldiers, and the battle damage ratio was as high as three to one.

If it were not for the absence of the cover of tanks, these armored vehicles of the mechanized infantry brigade would not have suffered such great losses.

As a tank destroyer, in battle, whether it is an M8 armored car or an M20 armored car, it relies on maneuverability and flexibility, and in addition, if there is a tank cover, the advantage of the destroyer will be obvious.

However, even without the cover of tanks, these M8 armored vehicles and M20 armored vehicles still performed remarkably, apparently, inseparable from the usual hard training of the fighters.

Tang Wankun, commander of the mechanized infantry brigade, and Yang Weiguo, commander of the heavy artillery brigade, saw that these thirty or forty armored vehicles performed well and completely blocked the tank group of small Japan, and both of them quietly breathed a sigh of relief, the form just now was really too dangerous.

Fortunately, there are these M8 and M20 armored vehicles with excellent performance.

However, as the battle progressed, time passed minute by minute, and the two looked forward to it again, looking forward to the arrival of the 3rd Tank Regiment of the Armored Brigade.

As soon as the tank group of Little Japan was discovered, both of them contacted the 3rd Tank Regiment through the radio system, and the 3rd Tank Regiment was originally tasked with protecting the heavy artillery brigade, but until the heavy artillery began to build artillery positions, the tank brigade of Little Japan was never found.

The 3rd Tank Regiment waited here for almost an hour before heading north, and it was precisely because of the hour-long wait here that the 3rd Tank Regiment did not leave here for long, nor did it leave far.

Just now, the outstanding performance of 30 to 40 M8 and M20 armored vehicles of the mechanized infantry brigade won 10 precious minutes, and now that the two sides have been fighting for 10 minutes, it is believed that the 3rd tank regiment that has returned to the reinforcements will soon come.

Thinking of the more than 100 M4 Sherman medium tanks of the Third Tank Regiment, whether it was Tang Wankun or Yang Weiguo, both of them were slightly excited in their hearts.

Just now, the tank group of the little Japanese dared to sneak attack and almost put himself in danger, and the commander of the heavy artillery brigade, Yang Weiguo, wished that the tank group of the little Japanese was completely annihilated by the third tank regiment.

Thinking of this, Yang Weiguo stood on his car, holding a telescope and looking north, sure enough, in the distance, with the help of the telescope, Yang Weiguo vaguely saw the huge chariot group of the Third Tank Regiment, which was coming towards the little devil.

"Well, great, our tank group arrived in time."

Yang Weiguo's face was excited, his face was slightly red, and he held a telescope and kept looking at the tank group of the Third Tank Regiment that was heading straight over.

Tang Wankun, commander of the mechanized infantry brigade, saw that his M8 and M20 armored vehicles were destroyed several in the process of fighting with small Japanese tanks, and he was also very unhappy in his heart.

Looking at the time, ten minutes have passed since the battle between the two sides, and it is estimated that the Third Tank Regiment should also arrive, so Tang Wankun also took the telescope and looked north.

Suddenly, Tang Wankun's face was overjoyed, because, through the telescope, Tang Wankun also saw the huge figure of the tank group of the third tank regiment.

"Ha Luha, our tank group is here, and the tanks of Little Japan are finished." Tang Wankun put down his binoculars and smiled.

After laughing, Tang Wankun shouted happily at his inter-vehicle radio communication system: "Brothers, our tank group is here." ”

Many soldiers who were fighting with the little devil tank, when they heard that the soldiers of the tank regiment were coming, everyone's morale was greatly boosted, just now, everyone had no choice but to use their own armored vehicles to compete with the tanks of the little Japan, and also sacrificed at least a dozen comrades-in-arms, and now, since the tank group of the tank regiment is coming, everyone naturally wants to beat the little Japan.

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The second more.

Today is the first day of February and the second day of the Lunar New Year, I wish you all a Happy New Year! Good luck in the Year of the Horse! In addition, brothers who have a guaranteed monthly pass, vote for our iron army, and now we are in great need of everyone's monthly pass support. (To be continued......)