Chapter 1707: Mutual Strategy
There were not many men on the positions in front of Japan, only less than two brigades, 1,000 men guarded enough places for four divisions, and only in the bunkers with the most convenient means of transportation, personnel were left, and their task was, of course, not to attack, but to lookout, ready to take advantage of the effect of the tank trenches. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
However, the Japanese army in the bunker, at this time was a little trembling, although they had received a lot of training, and they also carried out targeted exercises for tanks, but the exercises were exercises, the Japanese side did not have tanks as a model, many were just a model as training, compared with the real tanks, the difference was not a little bit, when at least 2,000 tanks, lined up in a neat formation to charge, the pressure on these Japanese troops was direct.
The huge roar of the tank, the vibration of the heavy dead weight on the ground, and even the tongue of fire that kept spraying out of the machine guns gave these Japanese troops who were still guarding the battle line a huge pressure, fortunately, they were hiding in the well-protected bunker, and only used the supervisor to take a look at the actions of the US military, and even when Japan designed the bunker, it did not set up doors and windows on all sides of the bunker, and entered the bunker from below, through the tunnel, under the premise that the tunnel was not completely occupied by the US army, and the way to enter the fort was clear. The bunker is absolutely safe.
Because of this, these Japanese troops spent more than an unforgettable hour, gradually became familiar with the tanks, and began to prepare for the attack, it seems that the American troops have captured a large number of positions, but in fact, this is all the initiative of the Japanese to give up.
On the frontal battlefield, through the processing of the original trenches, more than 1,200 individual tank trenches were formed, which were distributed in different positions, and were quite irregular, and only one-tenth of them played a role in the frontal charge of at least 2,000 tanks of the US army, that is, 120 tanks were trapped in the tank trenches, or in other words, they were affected by the tank trenches, or fell into the pits, or lost their speed, and became live targets.
It's just that the U.S. troops who came up later were too dense and prepared to attack the soldiers, and there was no way to attack those tanks, and even with the help of the infantry, those tanks that fell into a separate tank trench even had the possibility of being rescued.
After all, the tank trench is not a reinforced concrete fortification, these are all constructed with mud or something, but they are just tamped, and the weight of the tank itself is 25 tons, which has a great destructive effect on the trench, plus the infantry uses shovels and wood or something, and the load-bearing is really to a certain extent, and the tanks that the US army is trapped in the tank trench are not unable to be saved.
The fat that has fallen into the mouth, of course, can not just give up, although at this moment, not the time, the last resort, Kawasaki Meijing had to start more than 20 bunkers, for sudden strafing, the incident happened suddenly, even if the US military is wary, the location of the bunker of machine gun strafing, is also beyond their expectations, in a short period of time, it is impossible to clear all the bunkers on the frontal position, dense bunkers, at the beginning, there are people thrown in one or two grenades, but in fact, there are no people, The Japanese army has at least 1,000 bunkers on this line of defense, and there are only about 200 people at present, almost 5 people, and the probability of one in five is that almost all of the front-line ones are empty, which also paralyzes the American army.
In the era of thermal weapons, especially after the emergence of heavy machine guns such as Makqin, the lethal effect of machine guns on infantry is extremely powerful, 20 bunkers, at least 60 machine guns, in just 2 minutes, at least 20,000 rounds of ammunition were poured, even if it was a 2 percent hit rate, hundreds of people were knocked to the ground, and the camp of the US army was slightly chaotic.
The overwhelming attack scene was actually hindered by more than 20 bunkers, but after a little confusion, the U.S. military stabilized, and those who could be entrusted with such a task were definitely the elite forces in the U.S. military, and after hundreds of casualties, they quickly adjusted.
Bunker plus machine gun, its attack method is relatively single, soon, after a simple adjustment, the tank formed a barrier, covering the unprotected army, under the cover of the tank, the infantry quickly passed through different positions on the battlefield, avoided the machine gun fire, gradually approached the bunker, and then with the help of explosive packs, blasting canisters, and even grenades, took those bunkers.
The bunker has a huge lethal effect on the dense and unprotected infantry, but for the infantry with the help of the tank, the lethal effect is limited, the bullets of the machine gun have no lethal effect on the armor of the tank at all, and the machine gun bullets clank on the armor, but they are unable to break through the defense of the tank.
On the front line, in an observation post, Delved, who was dressed in ordinary soldiers' clothes, looked at all this with satisfaction, before the momentum was like a bamboo, but the opponent took the initiative to give up, he had read the report of the US army on the Japanese camp, whether it was the Canadian army annihilated 250,000 in less than a day, or the temptation of a small force, encountered a tough resistance, these all proved that this unit is well-trained, he has been waiting for Japan's counterattack, if Japan has not fought back, he will be worried, He was worried that the Japanese side had some conspiracy and tricks, but when the Japanese side counterattacked, it was still like this, and he completely relaxed his mind and became more confident in this attack.
As the commander-in-chief of the armored forces, he no longer needs to take the lead in commanding, and on the premise that there is no communication device, the commander is located in the army, and the effect is not much different from that of the army, and at most it plays a role in boosting morale. Now the US military is like a bamboo, what else is there to boost morale.
After the 20 bunkers were cleared, the speed of the U.S. army began to accelerate, the beautiful scenery of Kawasaki in the rear, looking at the situation on the battlefield, sighed, the U.S. army is really not so simple, although he didn't plan to completely block the footsteps of the U.S. army, but the U.S. military speed is so fast, maybe the layout of the rear may not be able to have an effect, he shook his head with a wry smile, and then picked up the phone.
When the U.S. military continued to go deeper, in the rear, Japan's strategic artillery fire began to sound, and the rumbling artillery sound made Del Ved a little helpless, this is probably the biggest disadvantage, the powerful United States, actually unable to suppress Japan on the ground firepower, depending on the situation, it should be arranged in more than 10 kilometers of strategic artillery fire, the number of these artillery, will not exceed 100, but the U.S. military can not influence, not even interfere.
More than 10 kilometers of long-range artillery fire, can not carry out accurate shooting, at most is to cover the attack, the US army before attacking the Japanese camp, has considered this problem, tanks and infantry will act under the enemy's superior artillery fire, or hide behind the tank, rely on the tank to cover, or simply a skirmish, so as to reduce the lethality of long-range artillery fire as much as possible.
In this era, long-range artillery fire has not increased its power, more fragmentation attacks, did not form the strong power of howitzers in later generations, later generations, more than 150 mm howitzers, his killing radius is more than 30 meters, this 30 meters, is not a possible killing range, just the shock wave and air wave attack generated by the explosion, it is possible to kill a thin soldier, strong body, can not get up in a short time.
In this era, the power of explosives is far from reaching this level, therefore, even in the attack of the Japanese heavy artillery, the US army is only slightly suppressed, the attack formation is scattered a little, the speed of advance is a little slower, when charging, the casualties are a little larger, but it has little impact on the tank troops, long-distance heavy artillery, more than 10 kilometers under the premise, it is almost impossible to carry out accurate attacks, more than 100 artillery, against 2000 tanks, according to the probability, it is possible to hit, But in fact, after 15 minutes of shelling, more than 100 strategic guns, at least 3,000 shells were fired, but only 30 of them hit the tank in the end, and only one percent of the hit rate, and the most important thing is that only 3 tanks had an effect, and there were 3 tanks, which were hit by vital points, or destroyed armor, and entered the interior of the tank, and the rest was only slightly damaged, which did not affect the tank's advance.
For the current progress, Delved is more satisfied, with a defense line 3 kilometers deep, At present, it has broken through to within 1.2 kilometers, as long as the tank penetrates this defense line, even if the Japanese army still has the ability to resist, this defense line can still be left in a small number, but it can no longer pose a threat to the US army, the US army can calmly arrange, and even send tanks to attack the Japanese strategic artillery fire located in the rear, the tank may take 40 minutes to cover 10 kilometers, but more than 150 mm of strategic artillery fire, from deployment to retraction and transfer, 1 hour is simply not enough.
Just when Delved was full of joy, and even looked forward to the victory of the first battle, more than 2,000 tanks put into the first batch of the battlefield, played a sufficient effect, after cutting through the Japanese frontline position, the follow-up tanks continued to enter, completely smashed the Japanese defense line, and achieved a phased victory in the Battle of Juno.
At this time, the situation on the battlefield has changed again, and it seems that when passing through a line of defense, the tanks in front of them have slightly become chaotic, not only the US tanks on the front line have been blocked, but the follow-up tanks have also appeared in a certain amount of confusion, and the situation of the US army has changed dramatically, and the offensive has been blocked. (To be continued.) )