At about 9 o'clock in the morning of the next day, the tanks of both sides set up their positions, and the tanks of the Eighth Route Army acted as the attacking side, waiting for the order to launch an attack. The distance between the two sides was about 3,000 meters, and Li Yunlong in the command vehicle held a telescope to look ahead. In the first actual combat and the first time he commanded a tank battle, Li Yunlong was indeed a little nervous, but he couldn't show it. For the first time in the Japanese tank duel, it can be said that the tank soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were also very nervous. As the dominant side, this tension is not caused by cowardice, but by other factors.

"Report to the brigade commander, the commander of the 1st company, Liu Xiaofeng, called, and the headquarters is advancing towards Urat according to the plan. Due to the appearance of a small lake on the way, it was necessary to detour, and the increase in the itinerary was estimated to reach the battlefield at 10:30. "Half an hour later than scheduled, which is not good news for the unpredictable battlefield. Li Yunlong knew that this was a mistake on the map, and that the small lake was not marked on the map at all. When the time came, he didn't allow him to think too much, so he immediately gave the order to attack.

As a passive defensive side, this was the first time that Japanese armored units faced enemy attacks on the Chinese battlefield. For many years, the warriors of the empire attacked, attacked and attacked, and the armored fighting vehicles served as the vanguard of the camp. Once upon a time, the offensive and defensive banners changed, and the armored troops of the Japanese army seemed psychologically difficult to accept. But the ruthless truth is in front of us, and if you don't accept it, you have to accept it. The tank units of the Japanese army had no opponents in the Chinese theater for a long time, and their superior psychology clearly despised their opponents.

However, as the commander, Kameda Takeo did not think so. There was a question that seemed to bother him, the armored units of the Eighth Route Army had just formed an army, and they couldn't wait to attack, was this a helpless move or an intentional one? A hasty rush into the battlefield of an armored unit without any replenishment and no combat experience is undoubtedly a way to send it to death. Just now he observed the enemy camp and did not find that the enemy had an anti-tank artillery team, which is difficult to explain. "Report, the enemy has attacked!"

A subordinate reported that Kameda Takeo held up the binoculars and said: "Order the howitzer brigade to prepare, and the enemy tanks will enter 2,000 meters to strike!" "At a distance of 2000 meters, enemy tank guns do not pose any threat, while howitzers can do their job. Kameda has to understand the protection capabilities of enemy tanks through the effect of artillery bombardment, and find the opponent's weaknesses for the next tank duel.

The order to attack was issued, and the 2nd Battalion, which served as the central assault, was launched first under the command of the battalion commander Gu Jun. After Gu Jun ordered the whole battalion of tanks to launch an assault, he then entered the tank compartment and locked the manhole door. The tank rumbled forward, and Gu Jun pressed his face against the lookout, holding a telescope to look forward. The telescope has a scale that indicates the distance to the target. At this time, Gu Jun was extremely nervous, turned his head to observe the other three, and found that the gunner lowered his head and clasped his hands.

"What are you nervous about?" "I'm ???," "To be honest I'm nervous too, I'm adjusting right now. You don't have to think too much about how to shoot shells at Japanese tanks, and you don't have to worry about the scenario of destroying Japanese tanks. "A shell exploded on the right side, and the shock wave of the explosion formed a tremor." It was the anti-tank howitzer of the Japanese army, immediately serpentine evasion! Then Gu Jun picked up the walkie-talkie and gave a serpentine evasion order to the tanks of the whole battalion.

Japanese howitzer artillery fired several shells, and then a dense artillery fire rained in, and explosions and smoke enveloped the tanks. A howitzer was hit in the front of a tank, and the turret was completely torn off, followed by a violent fire. The Japanese anti-tank howitzers used 105-mm armor-piercing shells, which were very powerful. Li Yunlong in the command car held up the binoculars to see clearly, and his cheeks twitched obviously.

Immediately after that, another tank was shot, and although it did not hit the vital part, the tank track was blown off. "Order the Striker Tank to move forward at high speed!" Li Yunlong is very calm, this is his character. The battle became harsh and treacherous, and he was clear-headed. Political Commissar Zhou Ting was even more urgent, "Telegraphed Liu Xiaofeng, ordering them to rush to the battlefield as quickly as possible, and be sure to crush the Japanese howitzer group." "The loss of his own tanks made him feel distressed.

On the Japanese command vehicle, Kameda saw that the howitzer hit the enemy's first tank and destroyed it directly, and he had a clear understanding of the protective capability of the tanks of the Eighth Route Army. As an excellent tank commander, Kameda quickly judged that the armor-piercing grenade could remove the turret as a whole after being hit, indicating that the joint between the tank turret and the hull of the Eighth Route Army was weak, and then concluded that the turret of the American M3 tank had a rotating function. The rotating turret is a trend in the development of new tank combat vehicles, which is based on the conclusions of battlefield verification.

The German Tiger tank, with its rotating turret, has fully proven its flexibility on the battlefield. However, because the Japanese armored forces had no opponents in the Chinese battlefield, they believed that the revolving turret would increase the cost, so they did not adopt the manufacturing scheme of the rotating turret, and this discovery cast a shadow on Kameda's heart. Before the tanks of both sides entered the effective strike distance, the fierce howitzer group had already destroyed and paralyzed six tanks of the Eighth Route Army, and the morale of the Japanese army was greatly boosted.

Discovering the weakness of the tanks of the Eighth Route Army, Kameda wanted to make the front tanks retreat, keep a certain distance from the enemy tanks, and use anti-tank howitzers to continue to strike, so as to achieve more results. The idea is good, but the conditions are not available. At this moment, he had to envy the armored wheeled self-propelled guns of the German armored forces, which were quick to maneuver and sharp in counterattacks. The anti-tank artillery team of the department is a wheeled towed cannon, and it is absolutely impossible to retreat. ”

The two sides entered 1,300 meters, and Gu Jun resentfully trapped a Japanese tank in front. On the impact road of several hundred meters, his assault battalion lost 3 tanks, two tanks were destroyed, all 8 crew members were killed, and one tank track was blown off and withdrew from the battle. Before he could fight with the Japanese tanks, he lost 3 tanks himself. On the one hand, he scolded Liu Xiaofeng for being slow, and on the other hand, he ordered the aiming hand to lock onto the target.

"Report that the battalion commander is targeted, at a distance of 1260 meters!" "Launch!" The cannon was discharged, and at this time, a howitzer exploded a few meters in front of it, blocking the view. The smoke of the explosion cleared, and Gu Jun found that the Japanese tank was not hit. "Start error, keep locking!" As a result, the second shell was deflected again. Gu Jun found that the aimer was very nervous, and his forehead was sweating profusely. "I'll aim and listen to my command, 1245 meters ahead, correct the left and shoot 3 meters!" The third shot was ejected, only to see the shell hit the track of the Japanese tank.

"Hit the target!" When the smoke cleared, I saw the Japanese tanks coming sideways, apparently the chain was blown up. "11 o'clock direction, 1210 meters away, 2 meters to the right correction to fire!" The shell hit the turret of the Japanese tank accurately, and with a violent explosion, the turret of the Japanese tank was blown open a large hole. At this time, the Japanese tanks began to shell, the battle quickly escalated, the Japanese howitzer group was indeed deadly, at this time, the Eighth Route Army tanks had already been destroyed 18 units.

At 10:20, Liu Xiaofeng led 6 tanks to the battlefield of fierce fighting. The constant urging of the brigade headquarters made him anxious. The Japanese may have been so engrossed in the frontal battlefield that they neglected to guard their flanks. When enemy tanks were spotted on the south side, the distance was only 1500 meters. After receiving the report, Kameda immediately guessed the enemy's intentions and immediately ordered tanks to intercept it. Liu Xiaofeng used a walkie-talkie to order his subordinates to ignore the Japanese army's interception of tanks and attack the Japanese howitzer positions with all his might.

A Japanese tank shell concentrated on the frontal turret, and Liu Xiaofeng and the other three crew members were shocked. But they ignored it and fought hard to break through the interception of Japanese tanks. Japanese howitzer positions appeared in sight, and by this time, 3 of the 6 tanks had been destroyed by the Japanese. The front could protect against the blows of Japanese tanks, but the sides could not withstand it. At this time, it was too late to open fire, Liu Xiaofeng ordered the tank to drive at high speed and attack the Japanese howitzer position from the side. If the tank hits, it must stop, otherwise it will not hit the target at all.

Liu Xiaofeng's task was to break down the Japanese howitzer position, so he didn't care about the hit rate. He ordered the tanks to open fire at high speed, with the aim of disrupting the Japanese artillery. Blind shelling, disrupting the firing of the Japanese artillery, the accuracy of the strike of the Japanese howitzers rapidly decreased. Entering the effective range of the machine gun, Liu Xiaofeng personally manipulated the machine gun to fire wildly, only to see the Japanese artillery frightened and the artillery position was in chaos.

Liu Xiaofeng ordered the tank to crash directly into a cannon, and the howitzer was overturned with the sound of impact. The Japanese artillery quickly came to his senses, and a Japanese artilleryman rushed towards him with a shell. With a violent explosion, the tank was almost blown up, and the chain was blown off. Soon Liu Xiaofeng woke up from his coma, and when he saw that a tank under his command had already rushed forward to kill, he held back the severe pain and pushed the others to wake up, and continued to shell the artillery positions in front.

Six enemy tanks suddenly appeared on the south flank, disrupting the overall deployment of Kameda Toshio. Seeing that the enemy tanks used suicidal attacks and the howitzer positions were scattered, he immediately ordered the tanks to meet the enemy head-on, and ordered all tank fighting vehicles to hit the enemy tanks from the side in order to be effective and cover the retreat of the howitzer team. The tanks of the two sides scuffled together, and the next scenario that Kameda was worried about appeared, and the advantage of the rotating turret of the Eighth Route Army was fully reflected.

A shell exploded on the right side, and Liu Xiaofeng didn't seem to mind. The tank can still fight despite the chain being blown up. "Turn right ninety degrees!" Liu Xiaofeng had a bandage wrapped around his head, and blood stains were pouring out of the bandage. "At 10 o'clock, fire at a distance of 500 meters!" The cannon shot accurately hit the target, and the Japanese tank burned in the smoke??????。