Chapter 1927: Encounter III
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In the face of the torrent of tanks rolling in, the 47 battle anti-defense artillery with high hopes failed again, and the devil infantry's psychological defense collapsed in an instant, and began to retreat backwards regardless of casualties. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The devil soldiers who climbed out of cover became the prey of the parallel and course machine guns of the Anjia tanks, the 20 mm cannons of the Type II and III armored fighting vehicles that accompanied the tank attacks, and the 12.7 mm high-level dual-purpose machine guns of the armored personnel carriers.
In the hollow where Tie Gang and Zheng Heng were hiding, the rain of bullets whistled by, and the two of them lay dead at the bottom of the pit and did not dare to move, otherwise it would be too unjust to be killed by their own people.
At this moment, in the depths of the dense forest, trees were constantly broken, and one after another cannon barrels suddenly came out, and almost instantly, the long barrel of the tank with a hideous face shook, and white smoke suddenly rose from the muzzle.
"Boom-"
The front shield of a Leopard II tank that rushed to the front made a loud noise, this time there was no longer good luck, the front shield of the tank that was shot was instantly blasted open by the shell, and with the smoke and flames rising into the sky, the tank continued to move forward due to inertia, rushing out four or five meters away, only to be blocked by a huge rock to stop.
As the tank body was filled with smoke, the roof was quickly opened from the inside, and the five tank soldiers hurriedly escaped, jumped to the ground and ran seven or eight meters away, the ammunition inside the Leopard II tank caused a martyrdom, and in the violent explosion, the tank was instantly torn apart, and was quickly surrounded by burning flames, and the five tank soldiers were hit by a huge wave of air and fell to the ground.
"It's not good, it's a Type 4 tank equipped by the devil's elite tank wing!"
Lieutenant Colonel Mao Yuan, commander of the 36th Tank Regiment of the Eighth Tank Division of the Third Group Army, who was standing on the turret of a Tiger I tank in the middle and rear of the advancing Anjia Army tank army and was holding a telescope to watch the battle situation, saw that his tank had been shot, and then took a closer look at the appearance of the enemy's tank, and suddenly became agitated and scolded: "What kind of reputation the reconnaissance battalion of the Ninth Division is doing, I don't even know what model of the Japanese tank is......
The Type 4 tank is the new trump card of the Japanese tank force, and its main weapon is the Type 4 75 mm anti-aircraft gun, with a projectile muzzle velocity of 860 m / s, which is much higher than the projectile muzzle velocity of the German 88 mm anti-aircraft gun of 820 m / s, and the factors that determine the power of the gun are chamber pressure, muzzle velocity, projectile weight, caliber and charge of the projectile body, generally speaking. The higher the muzzle velocity of the projectile, the stronger the armor-piercing ability. Therefore, the intelligence department of the Anjia Army unanimously determined that the Japanese Type 4 75-mm anti-aircraft guns were much more powerful than the 88-mm anti-aircraft guns equipped with the German army. It can easily penetrate 100 mm thick wrought alloy armor at a distance of one kilometer, which shows its great damage to tanks.
This is also the mechanized unit of the Japanese army equipped with Type 4 tanks galloping across the North American battlefield. An important reason why the confrontation with the United States, which has obtained the tank-building technology of South China, is not left behind.
Now the two sides suddenly encountered. And it is not clear the number of tanks of the opposing side, which is undoubtedly a major test for the 36th Tank Regiment.
However, Mao Yuan did not panic, he said loudly to the microphone on the tank helmet:
"All attention, this is a devil's Type 4 medium tank! With 75 mm of armor in front of the hull and turret and 35 mm of side armor, our 55x diameter 105 mm cannon can break through 200 mm of armor at 1000 meters at an angle of incidence of 30 degrees. At 2000 meters, it broke through 163 mm armor and had no pressure against the tanks of Little Japan! Now I command: Free Fire! ”
At Mao Yuan's command, the tanks of the An Jiajun aimed at the Type 4 tanks that were fighting bravely and revealing all their figures, and opened fire one after another.
"Boom-"
White smoke came out of the muzzle of the black hole, and the frontal armor of the Type 4 tank that fired the first shot was hit, and its frontal armor was at a distance of 500 meters, and it could not resist the blow from the 105-mm cannon shell, and the frontal armor was quickly torn open in the explosion, and the 75-mm Type 4 anti-aircraft gun was directly twisted and rushed into the sky.
"Well done!"
Mao Yuan praised and continued to order: "The first, second, and third battalions should pay attention, pay attention to keeping a distance between each other, and gradually spread out into a fan-shaped offensive to deal with the enemy!" The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd companies of tanks directly under me, follow me for a central assault! We are glorious tank crews, advance and tear them apart completely! ”
The two sides are getting closer!
Although the Japanese Type 4 tanks were powerful, because they were hiding in the woods, they needed to constantly adjust their formations before they could rush out to meet the battle, which formed an unfavorable situation of rushing out of a single engagement, and the Anjia Army tanks that flew in a fan shape soon gained the upper hand.
An Ruiguang, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the 9th Motorized Infantry Division, who was closely following the tank regiment's actions, couldn't help but breathe a long sigh when he saw the Japanese army's Type 4 tanks. If he hadn't decisively chosen to retreat, but blindly put the armored personnel carriers and jeeps in his hands into battle, it is estimated that the entire army would have been wiped out by this time.
In this era, infantry guided weapons are still being studied and explored, and tanks, especially tanks with advanced performance, can only be solved by tanks with similar performance.
On the radio, An Ruiguang ordered the officers and men of the reconnaissance battalion to distance themselves from their tanks, and on the battlefield where the tanks collided head-to-face and hard, these armored personnel carriers and jeeps could not help at all, so they could only abandon the armored personnel carriers and jeeps at a certain distance and engage in foot combat.
The shelling of tanks continued to sound, and without a single step back from both sides, the Japanese tank army rushed out of the woods in a raging way, roaring like a wounded beast.
The tank group of the An Jia Army did not show weakness and rushed forward desperately to cover the weakly defended armored fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, and for the first time in the land of northeastern China, there was a tragic scene of confrontation between mechanized armies.
As the bomber squadron that had just destroyed the Japanese artillery position flew away, three more Anjia Air Force flying squadrons were ordered to join the battle group, one of which was a squadron of attack aircraft specialized in ground attack.
However, when an aircraft hits a tank, the tank can only be hit and cannot return fire, which sounds extremely wonderful, but before the lack of effective guidance, the success rate of hitting is still very low. After all, the tank can move at any time, and whether it is an aviation machine gun, a rocket, or a dive-dropped bomb, it must rely on the pilot to calculate the enemy's movement in advance, and once the opponent's movement line is unexpected, the strike will fail.
Therefore, despite the hard work of two squadrons of bombers and one squadron of fighter aircraft, the results were not great. On the contrary, the Japanese infantry suffered heavy casualties under the blows of aviation machine guns, which accelerated the speed of its collapse.
Lieutenant Colonel Mao Yuan's command tank was very eye-catching, and after giving the battle order, he felt that the Japanese artillery fire was becoming more and more intense. This was during the first Battle of Songhu in 32 years, and he joined the army and made many military exploits. He was also a 30-year-old officer who was trained by the Syrian Non-commissioned Officer School and the Simao Armored Forces Academy and graduated with honors. He voluntarily retracted into the tank and pulled the top cover. Then with a periscope continued to command the operation.
Until now. This Tiger I tank has been hit by three 75 mm shells, fortunately the front armor of the Tiger I tank is 130 mm and has a 30-degree inclination, and the front and lower armor and side armor of the hull are also 100 mm.
After a face-to-face battle, the tank army of the An family army is turning its advantage into victory.
In contrast to the Japanese tank crews, who always liked to gather tanks together, the tanks of the An Jia Army always kept a distance from each other as much as possible. In addition, the terrain where the fierce battle is taking place at the moment is a forest, not a plain, and when the tanks are gathered together, in addition to being unfavorable to air defense, the shells fired out always hit the trees and cause explosions, while the Anjia Army tanks that fanned out from the periphery of the forest had enough time and space to find a favorable time and place to choose a good opportunity to shoot.
The air force kept throwing a rain of bullets at the Japanese troops in the woods, and their role was not only reflected in suppressing the enemy's counterattack on the ground, but also in keeping abreast of the enemy's movements through high-altitude reconnaissance and directing their own tank units to attack the enemy's weak links.
After a quarter of an hour of fighting, the pilots clearly saw that the Japanese Type 4 tanks were being surrounded by our Leopard II and Tiger I tanks, while the armored fighting vehicles and personnel carriers that were originally following behind our tanks were bypassing the frontal battlefield of the tank battle and outflanking the Japanese infantry.
It turned out that Lieutenant Colonel Mao Yuan had an extremely keen eye, and he found that the Japanese army did not carry out infantry coordination, so that the tank troops reduced the protective pressure from the side, and the Type II and Type III armored fighting vehicles equipped with the 4th and 5th armored infantry battalions that were originally used to escort the tank troops could neither cause damage to the opponent's tanks nor withstand the blows of the Japanese Type 4 tanks, so they simply let them avoid the frontal battlefield and go to the rear of the forest to slaughter the Japanese infantry.
"Bang-"
A Type III armored fighting vehicle that had made a detour to the side of the forest to attack the devil infantry was hit by a shell from the side and hit its tracks, and immediately lay on its stomach.
The front of the hull and the front of the turret can only protect against 25 mm cannon shells, and the body and sides of the turret can be protected against gun shells and shell fragments, and its main role is to provide auxiliary fire for tanks on the battlefield against soft targets such as infantry, as well as slow air targets at low altitudes and ultra-low altitudes.
"Heyi, pay attention to the direction of one o'clock......"
Sergeant Ho Zhijie, the commander and ammunition loader of the Lie Wo Chariot, greeted the gunner Dao He Yi. Dao Heyi, a native of the Dai ethnic group, whose ancestral home is Bashu County (formerly Siam Bashu Province) in Shannan Province, joined the army two years ago and was assigned to the Third Army, and only began to officially serve as a machine gun gunner for armored combat vehicles at the end of last year.
Although the armored combat vehicle has temporarily lost its ability to maneuver, the officers and men have not given up, and still regard the combat vehicle as a fixed point of fire, constantly spraying tongues of fire outward.
At this time, in the direction of the chariot at one o'clock, a group of ghost soldiers who were about to turn around and flee after being hit found that the armored combat vehicle had lost its ability to move.
"Come if you're not afraid of death!"
Dao He Yi glanced at the periscope, quickly operated the rotating gear of the turret, and said with a curse in his mouth: "Little devil of dog day, look at Lao Tzu if he doesn't beat you to death!" ”
As the turret turned, Dao Kayi pulled the trigger, and the muzzle of the 20mm cannon spewed tongues of fire frantically, sweeping several devils to the ground.
However, the devil's reaction speed is not slow, and when the turret turns, the devils howl and disperse, so there are still many devils approaching the chariot at high speed.
"It's not good, everyone, hold on, open your mouth, and close your eyes!"
He Zhijie, the commander from Liupanshui, Guizhou, saw a grenade draw an arc in the air, and then there was the sound of steel hitting each other on the top cover, and immediately issued a warning.
"Boom-"
At the moment of the grenade explosion, the inside of the armored combat vehicle shook violently, but fortunately, the jolting was bearable, Dao He Yi didn't care that his forehead was hit with a big bag, and hurriedly turned the muzzle, looking for the target, and soon the tongue of fire spit out, and the two ghost soldiers who were watching the effect of the grenade explosion bloomed with beautiful blood flowers on their chests, and fell headlong in a pool of blood.
The three crew members in the car suddenly became nervous, and it turned out that there was a "knock" sound from the top of the chariot, which indicated that there were ghost soldiers who climbed onto the chariot, and then there was a "click" sound from the hood, apparently prying the lid on top of the chariot.
The driver, Sergeant Dai Yao, nervously moved from the driver's seat, and like his two comrades, he pulled out a pistol from his waist, raised his head, and aimed it at the cover.
Although all three of them knew that this was almost useless, it could only be so, because the inside of the chariot could not deal with the enemy on the roof, and once the hood was pried open, the devil did not need to show his head at all, and dropping a grenade was enough to kill!
At this critical moment, armored personnel carriers have already followed.
Seeing the danger of their comrades-in-arms, the two personnel carriers opened the back door, and instantly rushed out more than 20 armored infantrymen, and without deliberately aiming, they shot at the devil soldiers who were lying on the armored combat vehicle and frantically pried the top cover, and the two devils covered their chests and fell to the ground from the top of the tank unwillingly!
When the rest of the devils saw that the large army of Anjia Army had arrived, they were panicked for a while, turned around again, turned around and ran towards the forest. (To be continued)