Chapter 54: The Chariot Appears

"Commander, Hirose has failed to live up to your expectations, and I ask you to punish you severely. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "That night, Hirose Shousuke received a call from Shigeru Honjo.

"Hirose-kun, don't be impatient. Don't let anger burn your sanity, as commanders, we need to stay calm at all times. Honjo Shigeru reprimanded Hirose Shousuke with some dissatisfaction, and in his opinion, Hirose Shousuke was a little impatient.

"Hirose-kun, you don't want to use the special bomb anymore recently, this time find a way to cover it up, the League of Nations has sent a Lytton investigation team, you must pay attention to your actions, so as not to be caught, international influence is still very important to the empire, after all, we still have to pay attention to the interference of those powers."

"Yes, Your Excellency Commander, I see, so are we going to continue the attack?"

"It's nothing, these British and American ghost animals only care about their own interests, as long as the empire occupies the northeast and creates an established fact, will these white skins still come to do justice for the Chinese, but the 14th Division is about to withdraw, the Chinese think that they have the support of the League of Nations, and they have a mind that they should not have, the 14th Division will be transferred to put some pressure on the Chinese, but I have already sent the latest tank brigade to support you."

"Understood, even Your Excellency the Commander."

"It's good that you understand, I'll wait for your good news." Honjo hung up.

"Division commander, Tank Brigade Captain Shinnosuke Yamashita, report to you." An officer walked in the door and saluted Hirose.

"Yamashita-kun, I know you've had a hard time, but I still hope that you can lead the infantry to attack tomorrow and tear apart the northeast defense line for us."

"Division commander, please rest assured, the Chinese army is vulnerable in the face of modern steel chariots, we came all the way to defeat the Chinese, right, please let us participate in the war."

"Haha, that mountain-kun, it's up to you tomorrow, and I'll help you ask for credit from the base camp."

"Then thank you, Your Excellency, Legion." Shinnosuke Yamashita laughed, as if victory was within reach.

At the beginning of the sun, the roar of engines sounded on the positions of the Japanese army, and according to Yamashita Shinnosuke, in broad daylight, defeating the Chinese army head-on can better show the strength of the tank troops and scare these Chinese, and then it is enough to pursue the victory.

This time, in order to show the strength of the chariot unit, Yamashita Shinnosuke also personally commanded the vehicle, Yamashita Shinnosuke is the first batch of students of the Chiba Prefecture Chariot School, and his chariot brigade is an attempt by the Japanese military department, this time he took the initiative to come to support the 10th Division, the purpose is to show the people of the war department the power of tanks. His tank brigade is equipped with 12 Type 89 medium tanks and 24 Wolsley armored vehicles, which can be said to be a bit ridiculous in Europe, but it is a first-class advanced weapon in Asia.

"It's time to show the Chinese how powerful our tanks are." Shinnosuke Yamashita looked around at his tank unit and felt full of confidence.

"Type 89 medium combat vehicles lead the infantry attack, Wolseley armored vehicles maneuver on the battlefield, wait until the Chinese are defeated, immediately go to chase them, do not give the Chinese a chance to retreat safely, our goal today is to break through the first line of defense of the Chinese, you know?"

"Understand, the empire has a long military fortune." The commander of his car responded loudly.

12 Type 89 medium combat vehicles were activated, and the 37 mm guns (later changed to 57 mm) on the vehicles rotated, firing shells from time to time, and the machine gun positions, which posed a major threat to the soldiers attacking the tanks that followed, were taken care of. The two 7.7mm vehicle-mounted machine guns on the car were not willing to be lonely, strafing the soldiers of the Northeast Army, and the Japanese soldiers who followed behind roared and rushed to the position with the help of the cover of the tank, and occasionally the 37mm anti-aircraft guns equipped by the Northeast Army shelled the front of the tank, but in addition to making the armor on the front of the tank appear a little dented, it did not penetrate the armor of the tank. The once solid defensive line now looks precarious, and it looks like it will be breached in the next second.

"Not good, the Japanese used tanks." Wang Yizhe was a little worried when he saw the Japanese tanks through the binoculars, because he once had Renault F-17 tanks imported from France in his Beida battalion, and he knew very well how powerless it was in front of tanks for infantry without heavy firepower. "Tell the artillerymen and knock out these tanks for me."

"Yes." The staff officer hurried down to inform the artillerymen.

"Fight the tank, hey, looks like it's going to shine the new guy. Brothers, push that puppy cannon over to me" This puppy cannon is the Type 92 infantry cannon designed by Jiang Tao before, because of its light weight and small size, it is joked that several dogs can drag this cannon, so these soldiers are used to calling this cannon a puppy cannon.

In a group of four soldiers, the Type 92 infantry gun was easily pushed to the front line, and at this time the advantage of the Type 92 infantry gun was displayed. This gun can fire directly, although the initial velocity of the cannonball is not large, but it is more than enough to fight the small Japanese Type 89 medium tank, the armor used in the 89 type tank is carburized nickel-chromium steel armor, even the front is only 17 mm thick, Although it can block the 7.92 mm bullet commonly used by the Northeast Army, it is not enough for the Type 92 infantry gun, one cannon, because of the 87 kilowatt in-line 6-cylinder water-cooled aviation gasoline engine used, the speed of the tank is really not fast, and the Type 92 infantry gun can easily aim and shoot.

Boom, watching the tank on the left side being bombed into a pile of scrap metal, Shinnosuke Yamashita's heart is almost bleeding, you know, this tank is not too valued in Japan, the production is very low, every tank is a treasure, and destroying one is a huge loss.

"Tell the Wolseley armored vehicles to drive out those infantry guns, cover our tanks, and don't let them attack our tanks again." Compared to the Type 89 medium tank, the Wolsley armored car is much cheaper, and the Wolsley armored car is much faster and more difficult to aim.

Although under the attack of armored cars and infantry, the artillery fire has become much thinner, but the problems of the tank itself have also begun to appear, the engine has begun to have various problems under long-term work, and many tanks have all kinds of mechanical failures, and the speed of propulsion has dropped sharply for a while.

"Damn designers, these people are real moths of the Empire." Shinnosuke Yamashita hatefully hammered the car body, and his hands were obviously red and swollen. "Inform them to alternately cover the retreat." In desperation, Shinnosuke Yamashita reluctantly announced the order to retreat in order to avoid his tank troops becoming targets on the battlefield.