Chapter 128: Bombardment of Tanks
"Hoarse, hoarse."
The devils who withdrew from the Battle of Wuhan kept urging the soldiers to speed up. Their failure in the Battle of Wuhan this time was entirely because of this flying fox. Therefore, the commanders of their various divisions were holding back the fire in their hearts, and wanted to rush to Jiujiang as quickly as possible to completely eliminate this flying fox.
"Matsuura-kun, why don't you speak."
The commander of the 30th Division and the commander of the 101st Division saw that Jun Matsuura of the 106th Division was just listening to their conversation and did not express his opinion, and the two immediately became puzzled and immediately asked.
"Two, this flying fox is not easy to deal with, I suggest you don't underestimate the enemy."
"Nani? Matsuura-kun, what's wrong with you, aren't our three divisions and one independent detachment the opponent of the Flying Fox? ”
"I'm just reminding you two that I surrounded and suppressed the Flying Fox with the strength of most of the division, but they were defeated by them with the strength of one regiment. The commander of this 30 division should have known that one of his wings also participated in the battle at that time. ”
Matsuura Jun couldn't help but think of his previous shame, and kindly reminded others to pay more attention to this flying fox. To fight them, you must not underestimate the enemy.
"Matsuura-kun is right, this flying fox is more difficult to deal with, let's be careful."
"Yo Xi, since you all say so, I can't wait to see this flying fox and see how powerful they are."
The commander of the 101st Division has not suffered defeat since he entered the battlefield in China, so he has always been very arrogant and thinks that he is invincible. In his opinion, it doesn't matter if he is a flying fox or a flying pig, just kill him.
In this way, they rushed to Jiujiang while discussing, and finally arrived at Jiujiang a day later. But what appeared in front of them was an empty city, and there was no one in the city.
Later, they sent people to reconnoitre, only to learn that the flying fox who captured Jiujiang and the people in the city had all evacuated half a day ago. Moreover, that flying fox has now built a defensive position 30 miles away from Jiujiang, and wants to fight them.
Seeing that the enemy did not run, but waited outside the city for them to attack. The devil decided to fix himself in the city for one night, and wait for the soldiers to rest before going to kill the flying fox.
Early the next morning, the devil had breakfast, and then he pulled out. At noon, they arrived three kilometers outside the defensive line built by Chen Jinghui and stopped, and began to set up camp.
"Division commander, there are so many devils, it seems that this battle is not easy to fight!"
"Yes, division commander, look at the devil has so many tanks, I estimate that there are at least more than a hundred."
"The devil really made a bloody effort this time, and he actually sent so many people to attack us."
"It's just what you see, and there's something you don't see."
Chen Jinghui saw that these brigade commanders were discussing the scale and equipment of the devils, giving people a feeling that they seemed to be afraid. But instead of encouraging them, Chen Jinghui told them that there were other troops they hadn't seen.
"What? Commander, you're not kidding! ”
"Hehe, do you think I'm joking? I ask you, have you seen the devil's artillery? If the devils can't attack for a long time, will they send planes to reinforce them, you can tell yourself. ”
"That's true, it seems that this battle is more difficult than we thought."
"You just need to take care of your respective troops and don't let the devils rush to the position, and you don't have to worry about the rest."
Hearing Chen Jinghui say this, those brigade commanders began to speculate whether Chen Jinghui had some secret weapon to deal with devils, otherwise why couldn't they see Chen Jinghui a little worried.
"Gentlemen, the front is the position of the flying fox, it seems that they have been prepared for a long time."
"Well, that's true, just look at the defensive positions they have built, they are waiting for us to attack."
"Then what are we waiting for, just rush up and kill them all."
"I still remind you to be careful when dealing with flying foxes, and it is best to observe them clearly."
The commander of the 106th Division, Jun Matsuura, saw that the commanders of the other divisions were absent-minded one by one, as if the flying fox on the opposite side was the fat meat that was wreaking havoc at will, and he would not resist at all. He felt that he needed to remind them not to underestimate their enemies as their colleagues.
"Yo Xi, what Matsuura-kun said is that he studied the battle of the 32nd Division last night. This flying fox does have two brushes, and we just need to keep him in place to prevent him from cheating. As for head-to-head matches, he's definitely not our opponent. ”
Although the commander of the 101st Division agreed with the proposal of the commander of the 106th Division, it can be seen from his words that he still underestimated the enemy from the bottom of his heart.
"Let's discuss how to attack in the afternoon!"
The commander of the 30th Division wanted to be ashamed of his first failure to attack the Flying Fox, so he planned to be talked to and directly let everyone discuss it together to see what kind of way to attack in the afternoon.
"Let's talk about it with Matsuura-kun! He's the commander this time, he's fought this flying fox before, and he knows his opponent better than we do. ”
"Yo Xi, you're right, please talk about your opinion on Matsuura-kun."
Although they are at the same level, Okamura Ninji has designated the commander of the 106th Division, Jun Matsuura, as the commander of the operation against the Flying Fox, and they still have to look at Jun Matsuura's opinion no matter what.
"Gentlemen, the other party is obviously prepared, if we charge directly with infantry, I'm afraid the losses will be great. So I suggest that the tank group charge, with the infantry following the tanks, may be able to break through the enemy's positions in one fell swoop. ”
"Yo Xi, Matsuura-kun Takami, I have no opinion."
"I don't have a problem either."
"Okay, let the warriors eat immediately, and launch an attack on the flying fox at one o'clock in the afternoon."
"Hail"
After discussing the tactics of battle, the commanders of several divisions of the devils began to return to their division headquarters. After the soldiers had eaten their lunch, they began to assemble their troops and prepare for battle.
Boom, boom, boom
The butts of the two hundred tanks began to emit black smoke, and while firing at the Flying Fox position, they began to launch a group charge. And the devil soldiers followed closely behind the tank, charging with the tank.
"Division commander, the devils are attacking."
"I know, keep the fighters hidden."
The devil made such a big move, of course Chen Jinghui saw it in his eyes. Seeing the devil tank intensively leading the infantry group to charge, Chen Jinghui's heart that had been hanging finally fell. He is not afraid of the attack of the devil tank, he is afraid that the devil tank will scatter the attack.
Boom, boom, boom
The devil tank continued to fire at the Flying Fox's position, and at the same time continued to advance with the infantry, pressing on the Flying Fox's position step by step.
"All into the bomb holes, quickly."
After the devil tank opened fire, the company and platoon commanders who were commanding on the front line immediately reminded the soldiers to pay attention to entering the anti-artillery hole to avoid the shelling of the devil.
Boom, boom, boom
Although the Devil Tank was much faster than the infantry, because the Flying Fox's position was on the hillside, it took them nearly twenty minutes to run halfway up the mountain. There was less than a mile left, but their speed slowed down due to the slope. And the flying fox still didn't fire a single shot, and all of them dodged in the anti-artillery hole and didn't come out.
"Yo Xi, didn't you say that the flying fox is very powerful? In my opinion, they are the sick men of East Asia, and all the tanks that meet the empire have become shrunken turtles, and they dare not come out to fight. ”
"What the division commander said is very true, I heard the reminder of the commander of the Matsuura division just now, and I thought that this flying fox was difficult to deal with, but now it seems that we are too careful. At the current rate, it won't be long before we can rush to their positions and wipe them all out. ”
This kind of dialogue exists in several divisions and regiments of the devils, and they all think that their enemy is a paper tiger, and when they meet a real tiger like them, they wilt.
The devil's tank led the infantry to still advance, but they were already less than two hundred meters away from the enemy's position, and the enemy still did not come out to resist. It stands to reason that at this distance, the opponent should fight back fiercely and organize them to enter and rush to the position.
"Order the artillery, 100 to 400 meters in front of the position, cover without gaps, open artillery."
Seeing that the devil was already very close to the position, Chen Jinghui immediately gave an order to the artillery. Then I heard a special sound.
Tweet ......
Boom, boom, boom
Hundreds of shells exploded within a certain range of the Flying Fox's footprint, and the cannon was only the first test shot, so it didn't hit a few targets at all.
"Yaga, hurry up and speed up."
Seeing the coverage of the artillery fire, the devil tank men immediately knew that it was not good, and urged the driver to speed up the charge, so that the enemy could not lock on.
Tweeted......
But it was still a step too late, and they watched as two shells hit their tank, and the tank immediately made a loud noise and became a pile of scrap metal.
"Yaga, hurry up, hurry."
Seeing that some tanks had begun to be scrapped by shells, those tankmen who had not yet been hit became more anxious, and the voices urging the drivers became even more urgent.
Chirp...... Rumble......
Although they realized the danger and tried to take remedial measures, it was too late. More and more tanks were hit by shells, either bombed tracks, or completely blown up. In just a minute or two, the front of the Flying Fox position became smoky, and scrapped tanks could be seen everywhere.
"Baga, order the tank troops to leave the infantry behind, and rush to the enemy's position immediately, quickly. In addition, the artillery was ordered to immediately calculate the position of the enemy's artillery positions and blow up their guns for me. ”
Seeing this sudden and dense artillery fire, Matsuura Jun immediately slapped his head and almost fainted in anger. Because he forgot one of the most important pieces of information, that is, before they came, they ransacked the Jiujiang warehouse, which contained a lot of cannons.
Realizing this, he knew that the tank troops were in danger. Remedial measures were taken immediately, hoping to recover.
This book was first published in Reading Books