With the armored brigade coming out, the mechanized infantry brigade coming out, and the three infantry brigades that are the second echelon will also be dispatched in a few hours.

When the vanguard of the mechanized infantry brigade had just left the eastern defense line of the city, a large number of combat vehicles of the armored brigade had already appeared in the west of Hangzhou, about a dozen kilometers away from the city of Hangzhou.

The city of Hangzhou was divided into two halves by the Qiantang River, with the center of gravity north of the Qiantang River, and this time, the tactics of the independent division were to first recover the city of Hangzhou in the north of the Qiantang River, and then find a way to cross the Qiantang River and eliminate the Japanese army in Hangzhou south of the Qiantang River.

The Japanese army has occupied Hangzhou for nearly a year, and naturally built a lot of fortifications outside the city, although these fortifications were constantly destroyed by Ye Feng's troops, but these fortifications were destroyed, and the Japanese army built them again, and after they were built, they were destroyed a lot by the independent division, and so on.

Last time, the special combat team operated outside the city of Hangzhou, killing more than 3,000 enemies, and blew up many Japanese fortifications, but after a few months, these fortifications were built by the Japanese army again.

West of Hangzhou City.

In addition to the undulating terrain around the West Lake, the distribution of these hills, most of the area is quite flat, just suitable for the deployment of mechanized troops, at this time, the three major tank regiments of the armored brigade have appeared in the west of Hangzhou, mechanized infantry regiment, air defense regiment, position later.

The armored brigade tank unit was discovered by the little devils in a Japanese stronghold, and several Japanese soldiers who were on guard on the watchtower turned pale with fright when they saw the huge armored cluster in the distance.

There was even a Japanese soldier who was smoking and had just lit a cigarette. Before I could take a few puffs, my mouth opened wide. He didn't close it for a long time, and the cigarette in his mouth fell to the ground.

After a long time, these Japanese soldiers who were on alert immediately shouted in fright, and even one of them hurried downstairs, ready to tell his second lieutenant squad leader.

These Japanese soldiers shouted. Suddenly, dozens of little devils in the stronghold found a group of Chinese tanks that were getting closer and closer in the distance, and more than a hundred tanks in the first regiment. is galloping, and the figure is vigorous.

The Japanese second lieutenant, who got the report, hurriedly looked outside the stronghold, and then hurried. Shaking the telegraph inside the stronghold vigorously. Such an important situation, the Japanese second lieutenant could only report it as soon as possible.

It is easy to get through the phone in normal times, but it took a long time to get through today, and as soon as the phone was called, the Japanese second lieutenant was incoherent and hurriedly reported to the Japanese command in the city.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!"

After making the call, the devil lieutenant saw that the little devils had not retreated. Immediately shouted anxiously, and finished shouting. Immediately carrying his command knife, he hurriedly ran outside the stronghold.

However, at this time, there was a company in the first tank regiment, and a total of 11 M4 Sherman tanks had rushed over, less than a few hundred meters away from this stronghold of the devils, who were already completely within the fire range of the tank's main guns.

The gunners of these tanks, seeing that the Japanese troops in the stronghold were preparing to escape, immediately opened fire on the Japanese stronghold, and one shell after another suddenly roared and exploded violently.

"Boom, boom, boom"

In the sound of explosions, the Japanese stronghold became a ruin, and almost all the devils in the stronghold were killed or buried directly under the rubble.

"Everyone, hurry up and move directly to the target area of No. 1."

The commander of the 1st Tank Regiment, seeing that the soldiers were quickly destroying this stronghold of the Japanese army, immediately shouted into his radio microphone to convey his orders.

Suddenly, more than a hundred M4 tanks and twenty or thirty M3 half-track armored personnel carriers advanced towards the established target area

Shannan County, the eastern defense line of the city.

The mechanized infantry brigade of the independent division, hundreds of combat vehicles went out of the eastern defense line of the city, along the road leading to Hangzhou, and the long convoy still looked so spectacular.

A few kilometers in front of the defense line in the east of the city, there have been a lot of Japanese troops stationed, in order to defend against Ye Feng's troops in Shannan County, the Japanese army also built a lot of fortifications, trenches, pillboxes, etc. in this area.

A few months ago, after the 6th Division of the Japanese Army was killed by a special combat team at night, Ushijima Man summed up his experience and concentrated most of the Japanese troops outside Hangzhou, and there were very few separate Japanese troops, except for some necessary strongholds where small units of Japanese troops were stationed, and in most places, the number of Japanese troops stationed in the day was hundreds, or even thousands.

A few kilometers in front of the eastern defense line of the independent division, the Japanese army stationed thousands of troops, not only built hundreds of pillboxes, large and small, but also dug several trenches with a total length of several kilometers.

It was the morning, the visibility was very good, and many Japanese soldiers who were on guard at the forward positions of the Japanese army saw the long line of chariots on the road ahead.

"Yaga, what's that?"

A Japanese lieutenant happened to be at the forward position to check the Japanese army's standing guard and vigilance, and suddenly faintly heard the rumbling roar, and immediately looked in the direction where the sound came from, only to see in the distance, a long chariot procession, very spectacular, mighty, and without an end in sight.

As soon as he saw this, the Japanese lieutenant immediately ran back, and even stumbled, and even fell, but the little Japanese lieutenant ignored it completely, got up and ran into the distance, where there was apparently a small headquarters with a telephone.

Soon, many Japanese troops also saw a large number of combat vehicles of mechanized infantry brigades, these Japanese soldiers were simply dumbfounded, so many combat vehicles, it was simply the only time in their lives, even some small Japanese officers, and they had never seen so many combat vehicles at one time in their lives.

"Yaga! Quick, hurry up and get ready for battle. ”

A Japanese soldier, after seeing so many chariots, opened his mouth in surprise at first, but when he finally came to his senses, he immediately shouted anxiously and commanded the little devils on the position to prepare for battle.

This is a large position, and a large number of fortifications have been built with great difficulty, and they must not give up, even if their opponent is a huge group of chariots, the little devil can only stubbornly resist.

Suddenly, the terrible sirens sounded on the Japanese position, and a large number of Japanese troops, in a panic, entered the position, entered the trenches, and entered the pillboxes, ready to fight

In the city of Hangzhou, the headquarters of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army.

Although the commander of the small Japanese division, Ushijima Mitsuru, did not see the Chinese chariot group outside the city with his own eyes, but now Ushijima Mitsuru was stunned, and he did not have the appearance of a Japanese lieutenant general division commander at all.

Ushijima Mitsuru is also an experienced and well-informed senior general of the Japanese army, but one by one, the phone calls came in from outside, and all of them reported one situation, that is, a large number of Chinese tanks appeared outside the city, and they appeared in groups.

Ushijima didn't speak for a long time, and if these calls were all true, there were at least several chariot groups outside the city, and each chariot group was the size of hundreds of chariots.

Ushijima was still in shock, and a Japanese soldier ran in again in a panic and reported loudly: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, hundreds of Chinese chariots have been driven out of the eastern defense line of Shannan County, and these chariots are coming straight to our position. ”

"Hundreds of chariots again, do you want people to live!"

Next to them, many small Japanese officers in the command headquarters heard the news, and their hearts were filled with sadness, how could they fight with so many tanks.

Hearing this even more shocking news, Ushijima didn't speak for a few minutes, and after a long time, Ushijima's face gradually became ugly.

Tie Qing's face was blue, he walked back and forth in his command headquarters, and after thinking for a while, Ushijima Mancai said: "Order the troops outside the city, rely on the fortifications to resolutely resist, and in addition, send our chariot brigade to support the battlefield in the west of the city,"

Several small Japanese officers carefully recorded Ushijima's orders, and as soon as Ushijima's orders were delivered, these small Japanese officers immediately hurried forward to convey the orders to the Japanese troops below.

Seeing these Japanese officers leaving, Ushijima said weakly to the chief of staff next to him: "Send a report to His Excellency Commander Matsui in Nanjing, asking for tactical guidance." ”

West of Hangzhou.

This area soon became the main battlefield, and this area was also the key strike area of the independent division, and the combat vehicles of the mechanized infantry brigade were already beginning to assault the Japanese positions, and if there were reconnaissance planes in the sky, they would also see that a large tank force was also driving towards here less than a few kilometers away.

This huge tank unit is, naturally, a tank regiment of an armored brigade.

According to the operational plan, the main force of the armored brigade will go up from the northwest of Hangzhou and penetrate directly into the north of Hangzhou to cut off the connection between the Japanese army in Hangzhou and the Japanese army in Shanghai, and at the same time, snipe the Japanese reinforcements in the direction of Shanghai.

In the north of Hangzhou, the terrain is more flat, although there are rivers and water networks, but the impact on the armored brigade will not be very great, some shallow rivers, whether it is tanks or armored vehicles, can wade through, a little deeper river, the armored brigade will definitely avoid.

The huge tank group of the mechanized infantry brigade is getting closer and closer to the Japanese positions in front, from three or four kilometers in the past to one or two kilometers now.

The distance was getting closer, and many chariots drove down the road, along the flat terrain, towards the Japanese positions in the distance, and the soldiers on the chariots were ready.

A straight machine gun, the muzzle of the black hole hole was aimed at the Japanese position in the distance, and many soldiers were slightly boiling in their hearts at this time.

The distance was getting closer and closer, hundreds of combat vehicles, with great momentum, pounced directly, and when there were still several hundred meters away from the forward positions of the Japanese army, many soldiers began to shoot.

Each M3 half-track armored vehicle was equipped with one 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun and two 7.62mm machine guns.

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The first update. (To be continued......)