Chapter 100: The Tank Regiment Strikes
In the evening, west of Hangzhou.
After the Japanese Sixth Division occupied Hangzhou, in order to achieve the goal of long-term occupation, a lot of fortifications were built outside Hangzhou, among which the most repaired were strongholds.
These strongholds are basically composed of watchtowers like blockhouses, and the main building of each stronghold is one or two such watchtowers, and according to the size of the strongholds, the little devils stationed there range from dozens to hundreds.
There were several strongholds in the west of Hangzhou, the largest of which was Zhangzhuang, where a Japanese squadron of 17 or 80 men was stationed, which consisted of a three-storey fortified watchtower and three pillboxes around it, and barbed wire was also drawn from the outside of the stronghold.
Not far from the stronghold, there is a highway leading to the west of Hangzhou, and usually, some devils in the stronghold set up cards on this highway to check and bully the Chinese people who passed by.
Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, it was time for the little devil on the top of the stronghold to change the guard, but the little devil who was about to change the guard saw a very spectacular scene.
In the distance, a large number of tanks and armored vehicles were rumbling over, very spectacular, and the driving chariots were raising dust in the sky.
"Could this be the Empire's chariot brigade, it's really spectacular, it's shocking." A little devil Juncao, looking at the tank in the distance, couldn't help but think.
Several little devils next to him, seeing this military cao looking into the distance, couldn't help but look into the distance, these little devils saw the tank group in the distance, and couldn't help but get excited, thinking that it was their own tank.
The Japanese army never thought that the Chinese army was equipped with so many tanks and armored vehicles.
"Yo Si! It's so beautiful and shocking. ”
The Japanese soldier Cao couldn't help but talk to himself happily, and after speaking, he said to a Japanese soldier next to him: "Go and inform Your Excellency the squadron leader that our tank brigade is coming." ”
A Japanese soldier next to him immediately went downstairs to inform his squadron leader, while the rest of the Japanese soldiers were still watching there stupidly, proud that their empire had such a huge fleet of tanks.
Soon, the Japanese squadron leader of this stronghold came up with a command knife on his shoulder and a telescope around his neck, and along with the Japanese squadron leader, there were several middle and low-ranking officers of the Japanese army.
After getting the report, a huge tank unit actually appeared, and the little devil squadron leader immediately came up, although he was very strange in his heart, how could a tank unit appear.
At this time, the Japanese squadron leader did not suspect that this was a Chinese tank unit.
Standing on the top of the watchtower, holding a telescope and looking into the distance, because it is evening, the light is a little dim, and if you look at it with the naked eye, you really can't see it really, but you can basically see it clearly through the telescope.
However, as soon as he saw these tanks and armored vehicles clearly, the Japanese squadron leader was so frightened that he almost dropped his telescope directly to the ground, and his mouth was so wide that he could almost stuff two eggs.
"Yaga! It is a group of tanks of the Chinese army! ”
After a long time, the Japanese squadron leader screamed in horror, it was actually a huge group of tanks of the Chinese army, the tanks were all models that the Japanese squadron leader had never seen, and the blue sky and white sun logo on the tank body was very eye-catching.
The Japanese soldiers and the Japanese officers next to them were also shocked, and many Japanese officers thought in their hearts that it was actually the chariot group of the Chinese army, and they exclaimed sadly in their hearts, Amaterasu, you are playing with me, how can the Chinese army have so many chariots.
The leader of the devil squadron immediately hurried downstairs, shook the phone in the stronghold vigorously, and reported to the headquarters of the Sixth Division in Hangzhou.
A few minutes later, the tanks and armored vehicles of the tank regiment gradually approached, and at this time, the little devils in the stronghold saw that this was indeed the tank group of the Chinese army.
Without waiting for the little devils in the stronghold to shoot, the number of M4 tanks driving in front of the team was a few shots at this stronghold of the Japanese army.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The explosion of several shells sounded, the M4 tank used 75 mm shells, the power is not small, and some of the tanks may still use alloy armor-piercing shells, and suddenly, the stronghold of the little devils is full of holes.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
After a few more cannons, this seemingly solid large stronghold collapsed and became a ruin, and the little devils in the stronghold were either blown up or buried alive and crushed under the rubble.
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In the city of Hangzhou, the headquarters of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army.
The commander of the Japanese division, Mitsuru Ushijima, had already received a report that a huge group of tanks and armored vehicles had appeared near the Zhangzhuang stronghold in the west of the city, and a large number of tanks and armored vehicles were driving towards it with great momentum.
Niu Dao couldn't figure it out, how could there be a chariot group of the Chinese army in the west of Hangzhou, could it be that this chariot group came out of the ground, you must know that there are basically no national army troops in the entire vicinity of Hangzhou, except for the independent brigade.
Could it be that this tank unit belongs to the Independent Brigade, as soon as he thought about it, Mitsuru Ushijima immediately rejected the idea, just kidding, how could the Independent Brigade have so many tanks.
Ushijima couldn't figure it out, and in desperation, he had to report to Matsui Ishine on the one hand, and order the Sixth Division to prepare for battle on the other.
However, in the face of a huge group of tanks, Ushijima did not have the slightest confidence that his sixth division could resist the attack of this tank unit.
Hoping that the target of this Chinese chariot unit was not their own Sixth Division, hoping that they were just passing by the west of Hangzhou, Ushijima was full of secret prayers in his heart.
However, Ushijima's prayers were in vain, and the soldiers of the tank regiment went straight to the Japanese 6th Division, and the main target was the thousands of Japanese troops of the 6th Division outside the eastern defense line of the independent brigade.
In order to meet the needs of the outside world, the Sixth Division had hoarded thousands of Japanese troops outside the eastern part of the city, in a large area two or three kilometers to five or six kilometers away from the eastern defense line of the city, and in addition, a field artillery brigade was also ready to provide artillery support for the Japanese infantry attacking the eastern defense line after the offensive began.
West of Hangzhou.
Successfully destroying the Japanese stronghold of Zhangzhuang, the fighters of the tank regiment, under the command of the regiment commander Sun Yougen, went straight to the defense line east of the city of the independent brigade, and the stronghold of Zhangzhuang was less than twenty kilometers away from the defense line east of the city.
The distance of more than ten kilometers, for a very mobile tank, is a matter of thirty or forty minutes, the sky has just completely darkened, and the fighters of the tank regiment are not far from the defense line east of the city.
In the night, all the tanks, armored vehicles, and car lights are all on, illuminating the front into a day, and looking at the tank regiment from a distance, it is very beautiful, with little lights, pillars of light, constantly sweeping ahead.
Although some Japanese officers had just received orders from the Sixth Division, there might be a huge tank group coming towards them, but these Japanese officers never thought that it would be such a huge tank group.
Suddenly, a large number of little devils jumped in a hurry.
Sun Yougen, who was in the armored command vehicle, saw a huge Japanese camp in front of him, and saw a large number of Japanese troops, Sun Yougen's face was happy, he took his wireless telephone microphone, and said loudly: "Attention all battalions, take the company and platoon as a unit, attack freely, and give me a little devil who beats hard." ”
The tank attack is to eliminate these little devils, the more little devils are eliminated, the greater the pressure on Matsui Shigen, this is what Ye Feng has already explained to Sun Yougen, Sun Yougen will naturally not be ambiguous, and immediately order his soldiers to attack.
Coming out of Pingyuan County, every tank was filled with fuel, and every tank was fully equipped with ammunition, so there was no need to worry about running out of ammunition at all.
After receiving the order, the fighters of the tank regiment immediately formed a scattered tactical formation, and began to attack the little devils in a company or platoon unit, a tank platoon is four tanks, which can completely take care of each other, and a company is thirteen tanks, which is completely a powerful force.
"Tom, tom, tom......"
Many tanks, while driving towards the little devils, began to shell the little devils, and one shell after another suddenly exploded in this camp of the Japanese army.
The fighters of the infantry battalion and the air defense battalion were not far behind, and the heavy machine guns on the armored vehicles were fiercely strafing at the Japanese soldiers, and at the same time providing cover for the tanks of the tank battalion. The anti-aircraft anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns of the anti-aircraft battalion have been changed to horizontal firing, and they are firing fiercely at the little devils in bursts.
A large number of tanks, a large number of armored vehicles, soon rushed into the Japanese camp, this is at least a wing-sized camp, there may be more than 3,000 Japanese troops, the entire camp, there are many field tents, and the little devils are stationed in the field tents.
Since the 6th Division was ready to attack the eastern defense line of the Independent Brigade when the time was ripe, the Japanese camp had very few fortifications, only a small number of machine-gun points were repaired, and a few trenches were dug.
At a Japanese machine gun point, a Type 92 heavy machine gun was firing fiercely at the M4 tanks in front, which was a machine gun point made of sandbags, on which the Japanese heavy machine guns were erected, and several Japanese soldiers who fired were hiding behind the sandbags.
The Japanese heavy machine guns fired bullets that made one of the M4 tanks clang, and the sparks flew straight out, although it seemed to be relatively moving, but there was basically no substantial damage.
The tank apparently spotted a Japanese heavy machine gun spraying flames more than 100 meters away, shooting at itself, so the tank's turret rotated rapidly, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at the Type 92 heavy machine gun.
"Boom!"
The barrel of this tank flashed, and a shell whistled out, blowing up the Japanese heavy machine gun directly into the sky, and several little devils who fired the gun were even blown into pieces.
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