A day later, Typhoon Butterfly swept over the Tainan area and continued northwest along the island of Taiwan.

The Tang Army Marine Corps sent several mechanized infantry companies, with the cooperation of the Marine Corps special forces, to tentatively launch an attack on the Japanese troops in Xiangshang north and east of Chashan. However, the main force of the Tang Army did not dispatch, but seized the time to build fortifications in the Chashan area, turning the Chashan area into a solid bridgehead position for the Tang Army to land on Taiwan.

As soon as the typhoon weakened, the 11th Brigade of the Japanese Army, at the urging of Zheno Okada, hurriedly left Tainan Prefecture and marched in the direction of Chashan, intending to sweep the Pingtung counties in the shortest possible time and drive the Tang Army out of the island of Taiwan.

More than 10,000 Japanese troops advanced mightily, and the commander, Major General Hattori Susukita, learned that the Japanese air force would provide air support, and the 33rd Division from Hualien and the 17th Division from Kaohsiung followed up.

"I think they are all frightened by the Tang Army, just change their names, they are still the same people, how can they be stronger than those on the mainland?"

Hattori Susukita swore that he sat in the truck and looked through the rearview mirror at the vast array of troops behind him, including a reinforced artillery wing, which was his real reliance.

In terms of the establishment of the Japanese army at the brigade level, it is rare to have a reinforced artillery wing, and the Hattori Susuita Brigade is one of them, and the Japanese ace who was personally awarded the flag by the Japanese emperor is also one of the few units in the Japanese army that has achieved motorization.

"Report, the front found that the Tang Army troops were moving towards me along the road, about a large group of about a force." A Japanese signal corpsman quickly ran over to report.

"Stop moving forward. Defend in place on the basis of favorable terrain. What is the configuration of forces in the Tang Army? Although Hattori Sukuda didn't take the Tang Army seriously, he didn't dare to underestimate the enemy too much.

"Thirty chariots, and a small force of skirmishers, escorted the advance."

"What type of vehicle?"

"According to the information we have. It should be the T2 amphibious main battle tank and the W2 waterway amphibious infantry fighting vehicle, the main gun of the T2 tank is 88 mm caliber, and the machine gun of the W2 infantry tank is two M2 point 50 Browning heavy machine guns. ”

T2 is the Tang Army's main battle tank specially equipped for the armored forces of the Marine Corps, compared with the T1 King Tiger main battle tank equipped by the Tang Army, the main gun caliber of the T2 tank has not changed, but the armor has been greatly weakened, only one-third of the T1 King Tiger tank. The total combat weight also dropped to about forty tons, which belonged to medium tanks.

The W2 infantry fighting vehicle is based on the W1 tracked infantry fighting vehicle equipped by the Datang Army, and is equipped with ship-shaped armor to become an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle. Due to the fact that the Marine Corps is limited by the carrying capacity of amphibious landing ships. The W2 abandoned the tracked turf used by the W1 and changed to a 6×6 wheeled version in order to save weight, and the body was lengthened to facilitate the transportation of more soldiers. This is extremely important for beach-rushing landing operations.

The main liliang of the Don Marine Corps consisted of T2 amphibious tanks and W2 amphibious infantry fighting vehicles. The armored forces are equipped with a relatively larger number of tanks, and the motorized units are equipped with a relatively larger number of infantry fighting vehicles. However, for the Marine Corps, there is no strict division between the armored forces and the mobile forces, depending on the situation in the landing zone.

Taiwan is mountainous, and most of the roads are dirt roads and very narrow, so the several marines sent by the Tang Army are mixed tanks and tanks, and Liliang is more balanced.

However, for the Japanese army, they themselves did not have many tanks. Although the 11th Brigade was the ace of the Japanese army, it was equipped with only ten tanks and five mobile machine-gun pillboxes.

The tanks of the Japanese army were dominated by Type 97 medium tanks. The total combat weight was only 15 tons, the vehicle was light, the armor was thin, and the firepower was weak, so it basically did not have the ability to fight tanks. This is mainly because since the Russo-Japanese War, the imaginary enemy of the Japanese army has always been China, and the backward China does not even know what tanks look like, and the anti-tank firepower is also weak, which allows Japan's small tanks to show off their might, so the development of Japanese tanks is inhibited.

The Japanese mobile machine-gun bunker was only wrapped in iron sheets, with a shooting hole in the middle, like an iron box, which was just a machine-gun bunker that could be moved.

These two invincible weapons in the eyes of the Japanese army are very backward and shy compared with the Tang Army.

Hattori Susukita frowned, he didn't expect to run into the armored forces of the Tang Army as soon as he saw them, and immediately ordered the Japanese army to step up the construction of positions, and at the same time ordered the "armored forces" to meet the enemy.

On the narrow road, ten Japanese Type 97 tanks took the initiative to attack.

Bang! Bang!

The Japanese Type 97 tank stopped for a moment every few tens of meters to facilitate the gunner's aim and fire. The 57 mm caliber short-barreled gun fired several grenades in a flash, which exploded near the Tang Army tank, splashing earth and rocks.

The Tang army did not show weakness, the T2 tank took the lead, forming a triangular attack formation, and the main gun of the tank with a caliber of 88 mm and 70 times the diameter opened fire violently, and the power was amazing.

The tanks on both sides were about a kilometer apart, and a fierce battle suddenly broke out, with artillery fire flying and gunpowder smoke filling.

The caliber of the Japanese army's Type 97 tank main gun is too small, only 57 mm, and it is a short-barreled gun, the length is less than a quarter of the Tang Army's T2 tank, and the caliber is far less than the 88 mm large-caliber main gun of the T2 tank.

On the other hand, looking at the Tang Army's side, occasionally Japanese tank shells hit the Tang Army's tanks, but they could not cause fatal damage, and the smoke cleared, and the Tang Army's tanks still roared forward unscathed.

Hattori Sukuda looked through a telescope on the hillside, and immediately sweated after seeing this situation, and the pride that had been accumulated in Chinese mainland for a long time was diluted at this moment.

Remembering that when fighting against the Nationalist army in Chinese mainland, a few tanks can scare the other side, and a small squad of Japanese troops can chase tens of thousands of Nationalist troops like rabbits to escape, occupying one city after another.

Boom! Boom!

The sound of the cannon woke Hattori Susukita and pulled him back from his former glory.

In less than half an hour, all ten Japanese tanks were destroyed, and the Tang army did not lose a single tank and continued to advance forward.

At this time, the Japanese infantry had already built several lines of defense in front, and the machine guns opened fire with a click, crackling on the armor of the Tang army's tanks, and all of them were bounced off.

"Order the artillery wing to prepare to open fire and be sure to block the advance of the Don Army."

Hattori Susukita's face was very ugly, the first battle was so difficult, and when the opponent did not have many troops, this was undoubtedly equivalent to slapping him in the face and mocking his previous wild words.

The artillery bombardment of the Japanese army began, and there was still a certain threat to the tanks of the Don Army. However, it was not so easy for the immobilized Japanese artillery wing to hit the moving tanks of the Tang Army.

The tanks of the Don Army followed a Z-shaped route, so it was difficult for the Japanese artillery to predict the amount of advance, and it was very difficult to directly hit the tanks of the Don Army with artillery fire.

Several rounds of shelling fell, leaving a large crater on the road, but not a single shell hit the tank of the Tang Army, and Hattori Susukita suddenly cocked his beard.

At this time, the tank group of the Don Army had already broken through the first line of defense of the Japanese army, and the parallel machine guns above the T2 tank opened heavy fire, sweeping the nearby Japanese troops. On the W2 wheeled infantry vehicle that followed, M2 heavy machine guns in parallel opened fire.

Da-da-da-da! Da-da-da-da!

The machine guns on the tanks of the Tang Army fired mercilessly, and the Japanese troops fell one by one, and flesh and blood flew everywhere. (To be continued......)