On the outskirts of Xiangyuan, a Ming Empire's No. 2 tank toppled down half of the collapsed wall, and the tumbling tracks rolled up the dirt and crushed several corpses that had been frozen hard. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The slender 50 mm cannon was pointed forward, and the tip of the barrel still had black smoke marks from firing. It slowly pushed forward, its massive body revealing little by little.

Two Ming Empire soldiers with weapons bent over, cautiously passed behind the tanks beside them, and then crouched down behind the remaining section of the wall.

Soon, the second No. 2 tank slowly drove out of this tank's side with the same mighty barrel, and unlike the No. 1 tank, the No. 2 tank, which used thicker armor and a larger hull, was more shocking every time it appeared.

"No target found! Safe for now! Through the narrow gap in the tank, the commander in the turret of the tank pressed the throat intercom and said to the commander of another tank.

As he spoke, the soldiers of the Ming Empire, who were covering the advance of the two tanks, were also constantly observing the surrounding scene. They were responsible for protecting the flanks of the tanks and occupying the buildings, which were no longer indistinguishable from the ruins.

Xiangyuan is an important transportation hub in the southeast of Pyongyang, which has become a battlefield, which means that Pyongyang, an important city in the north of the Korean Peninsula, is about to be completely surrounded by the Ming Empire.

"Side!" An infantryman shouted at the top of his voice to remind the tank troops, and another tank commander, who was lying on his hatch with half of his head exposed, had apparently heard this reminder in front of the open tank turret hatch.

He nodded, then squinted in the direction of danger alerted by the infantry, and then saw something moving slowly on the edge of the ruins!

"Japanese tanks!" He saw the other side, apparently the other had already seen his tank, and the turrets of both sides were turning, and it was the Japanese tank that the turrets were turning faster.

Because the Japanese tank was aimed first, it turned half a circle in advance. And at this dangerous distance, there is also a high probability that the Japanese tank will penetrate the side armor of tank No. 2!

"Cover! At 3 o'clock in my tank! A Japanese tank! Fire! Fire! Turning his turret, the commander, who had spotted the enemy, hissed over the radio at the same time.

"We can't see the target! How far away is it? The radio headset heard the voices of the other captains replying.

"Behind that tall ruin about 250 meters away from me!" He had seen the barrel of the opponent's 30 mm gun, slowly aiming at himself.

"The walls block the view! Damn it! A voice came from the other tanks, which seemed to be unable to see the target that the commander was seeing.

"Fire at the wall! Interfere with it! Interfere with it and fire! In the headphones, a loud voice commanded. Obviously, the Ming Empire is not here with two tanks, but with more and more.

"Boom!" Without the slightest hesitation, the first tank of the Ming Empire aimed at what he thought was the target, firing a shell at the wall.

The 50 mm cannon was more than enough to pierce the wall, but the Ming Empire tank that fired was clearly on the wrong target, and the shell hit a distant building.

"Boom!" "Boom!" Before the smoke could rise, the second and third tanks also opened fire. As if they didn't need money, the shells flew one after another to their targets.

This time they apparently chose the target, and one shell pierced through the wall and hit the side of the Japanese tank, and the other shell also pierced through the wall like tofu, carrying a large pile of debris and hitting the tracks and armor plates of the Japanese tank.

Because the Japanese tanks were not well protected, the Japanese soldiers piled many sandbags on them, so the shells that penetrated the wall did not penetrate the target, but only drowned the target in a cloud of smoke.

"Boom!" The Japanese tank fired its own shell out of the smoke, and I don't know if it was nervous or for some other reason, but the shell flew past the main torso of the Ming Empire tank it was aiming at, and did not hit its target.

Almost grazing the turret of the Ming Empire tank, the shells pierced the luggage box on the side of the No. 2 tank turret, and the tents and sundries inside flew everywhere.

Even the dragon emblem of the Ming Empire painted on this iron box, as well as the number of this tank, were sent flying. But the tank itself was unharmed and did not suffer much damage.

"Fire! They're firing! Fight back! Shoot back! "The tank commander of the Ming Empire gave his artillery commander an order to attack. After all, the Japanese Type 91 tank was equipped with a 30 mm caliber gun that was also very fast, and it was also a big threat to the Ming army.

With the order of the commander, the commander of the artillery also fired his shells. Propelled by the expansion of the gas, the shell flew out of the barrel and flew towards its target at an extremely high speed.

Because it was already full of smoke, looking through the periscope and sight, it was not immediately possible to tell whether the shell had hit its target or not.

However, the explosion that followed confirmed the news that their shells had destroyed the enemy: with a huge explosion, smoke flew out of the turret of the opposing tank, and then more black smoke filled the air, enveloping that direction at once.

"Destroy the target! We've destroyed the target! "Seeing such a violent explosion is enough to prove that the Japanese tank has been completely destroyed.

The third Ming Empire's No. 2 tank bypassed the two tanks that were parked in front of it and fired, knocked down a low tree next to it that had lost its leaves, and then slowly turned its direction.

Then there was the fourth tank, then the fifth, and finally, there were more and more No. 2s, one after the other as if there was no end in sight.

Fan Ming stood on his armored car, looked at the Japanese tank that was burning and exploding in the ruins in the distance, and put down his binoculars: "There are Japanese defenders here!" Let the brother troops be careful! ”

Next to his tank battalion, more than 2,000 soldiers of the Ming Empire, armed with machine guns and bayonets, began a tentative attack on Xiangyuan under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles.

At the headquarters of the 1st Army, the chief of staff handed a telegram to Zhang Jianjun and reported: "General! The forward units of our army have already arrived in Xiangwon, and as long as they occupy there, Pyongyang will be almost surrounded on three sides! ”