WITH A "BOOM", LIU XINYU, THE COMMANDER OF THE THIRD ARMORED COMPANY, BEGAN TO SHOOT AN ARMOR-PIERCING BULLET AT A JAPANESE TYPE 95 TANK, AT THIS TIME THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES WAS 500 METERS, AND THIS ARMOR-PIERCING BULLET EASILY PENETRATED THE 12MM ARMOR OF THE TYPE 95 TANK.

The total combat weight of the Vickers tank is 7.3 tons, and the thickness of the frontal armor is 13MM, this tank is a light tank, and in the future European battlefield, the Vickers tank will not be able to fight with the German tank at all, but the Vickers tank 47MM tank gun is able to penetrate the armor thickness of 25MM at a distance of 500 meters.

The Japanese army's most equipped Type 89 tank needs a distance of 100 meters to penetrate the armor thickness of 25MM.

A Type 95 tank of the 1st Independent Tank Squadron of the armored detachment deployed by Morikawa Nakasa was easily destroyed, and Liu Xinyu's car was the first to start firing.

As Liu Xinyu's car began to shoot, the remaining eight Vickers tanks of the 3rd Panzer Company immediately began firing.

Tank troops are different from infantry operations, infantry can get orders, but the armored troops are inside the tank, the internal noise is very large, they can rarely get orders, they can only contact through the radio, but some emergency situations through the radio contact is too cumbersome, so the commander of the armored company will sometimes use artillery shells to guide and give firing orders and directions.

"Boom, boom." The armored 3rd company of the right echelon began to stop, and nine Vickers tanks took the lead in firing at the 1st squadron of separate tanks.

Five armor-piercing shells hit two Type 95 tanks and three Type 89 tanks, and five Japanese tanks were destroyed on the spot.

The remaining seven Type 89 tanks of the first echelon of the Japanese army also began to stop advancing, and the 57MM tank guns on the turret began to turn, but before they could start firing, ten Type 95 tanks, two Type 89 tanks, and eleven T-26 tanks launched an attack on these seven Type 89 tanks.

One after another, armor-piercing shells were fired at the tanks, and all seven Japanese Type 89 tanks were destroyed, and many tanks had two or three bullet holes in their bodies.

Ten Type 89 tanks and two Type 95 tanks of the 1st Separate Tank Squadron were destroyed, and they did not even have time to inflict any losses on the armored battalion.

The second squadron of independent tanks in the rear had already stopped advancing, and the turrets of the tanks were turning rapidly, but before they could start firing, this group of Japanese tanks came under fire from the anti-tank guns of the 6th Cavalry Regiment.

The second company of the cavalry artillery battalion, the fourth company of the armored battalion, two anti-tank artillery batteries began firing at the same time.

SIX 47MM ANTI-TANK GUNS, SIX 37MM ANTI-TANK GUNS, TWELVE ANTI-TANK GUNS BEGAN FIRING.

One by one, armor-piercing shells were fired, and before the twelve tanks of the Japanese Second Independent Squadron had time to shoot at the tanks of the armored battalion, they were hit by the key fire of the anti-tank guns, and six Type 89 tanks were destroyed on the spot, and the remaining four Type 89 tanks and two Type 95 tanks began to drive, trying to avoid the attack of the anti-tank guns.

But the tanks of the armored battalion began to shoot, and thirty-three tanks fired armor-piercing shells at the same time.

Six tanks were punched with a number of bullet holes, four of them had shells inside the tanks detonated, and a huge explosion began to sound.

At this time, the only tank of the Japanese armored detachment was the independent 3rd Tank Squadron, which was equipped with eight Type 89 tanks, two Type 95 tanks, and the other two Type 89 tanks were the seat of Morikawa Nakasa's car and a tank under the direct command of the armored detachment Morikawa Nakasa.

Now the number of tanks in the Japanese armored detachment is only nine Type 89 tanks, two Type 95 tanks, and only five of their eight anti-tank guns remain.

Nakasa Morikawa looked out through the periscope, and his face became gloomy.

Just after the battle, he lost most of the tanks on his side, and seeing that the tanks of the New Second Brigade continued to advance, Morikawa Nakasa couldn't help but have a fear in his heart.

"The squadron of anti-tank guns immediately fired and hit the Chinese tanks." Nakasa Morikawa shouted loudly, and his eyes turned red.

The transfer of five anti-tank guns had been completed, and they began to aim at the tanks of the new 2nd Brigade, and armor-piercing shells began to be fired out.

Five armor-piercing shells hit three Type 95 tanks, which were destroyed on the spot.

But with the firing of five anti-tank guns, their positions were again revealed, and six infantry guns, six mountain guns, six mortars, eighteen guns of the cavalry battalion began to shell the Japanese anti-tank guns, while the tanks of the armored battalion continued to advance.

When they were less than five hundred meters from the 3rd Squadron of Separate Tanks, the remaining thirty tanks began to fire.

Thirty tanks with two anti-tank gun batteries, the remaining tanks of the Japanese began to suffer huge losses, when the third squadron of independent tanks was destroyed five tanks, Morikawa Nakasa immediately began to give the order to retreat, the Japanese five Type 89 tanks and one Type 95 tank began to retreat to the rear in embarrassment.

At this time, all eight anti-tank guns of the two anti-tank gun companies of the Japanese armored detachment were blown up, and the armored detachment suffered heavy losses in the first battle with the armored battalion.

Morikawa Nakasa's face turned pale, he knew that even if he saved his life this time, he would have no way to explain it when he went back.

"Pursue at full speed, be sure to annihilate the Japanese armored forces!" Xiao Zhiwei immediately gave the order.

Thirty tanks began to pursue, and at this time, Ge Haifeng's cavalry battalion also began to move, and the cavalry troops quickly chased after the tank troops in front, and together with the tank troops, they killed the Japanese troops in the middle led by Kojima Yoshizo.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the armored detachment failed in battle, Morikawa Nakasa withdrew with the remaining six tanks, a large number of tank units are chasing them, and more than 100 infantry fighting with the armored detachment are blocking it, but they are unable to resist these tank units."

The captain of the 72nd Wing came to the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Brigade, Major General Yoshizo Kojima, and the captain of the Wing said in a panicked tone.

"Order the motorized infantry brigade to immediately set up a position to intercept, and the rest of the troops will quickly advance towards Xuting Town, and immediately rush to Xuting Town, as long as it meets with the artillery troops of Xuting Town, the tank troops of China will not dare to continue the pursuit." Kojima Yoshizo immediately gave the order.

Obviously, he intended to sacrifice the armored detachment and the motorized infantry brigade to intercept the tank troops, so as to cover the withdrawal of the three cavalry wings to Xuting Town.

In Kojima Yoshizo's opinion, as long as his troops entered Xuting Town, they would meet the artillery of the Xuting Town Mounted Artillery Wing, and the tanks of the New Second Brigade would not dare to continue to pursue them.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Brigade Commander." The captain of the 72 Cavalry Wing immediately saluted and said.