"Armor-piercing bullets!" As the gunner shouted, the loader quickly removed an armor-piercing shell from the gun mount and loaded it into the chamber. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lying on the periscope, Major General Wang Dexiang adhered to Zhang Cheng's suggestion that front-line commanders should take the lead on the battlefield to boost morale, and personally drove a tiger-style heavy tank to join the front-line battlefield. And Zhang Cheng's suggestion is actually learning from the practice of the Israeli army in modern time and space.

Israel, a small country and a widowed people, has been mired in brutal war since the first day of its founding. Years of war have made the Israeli army extremely elite, and their commanders are almost always the most courageous. In times of war, the tanks led by the Israeli armored forces must be the commander of their armored brigade, and the leader of the air fighter formation must also be the captain of their flying group.

It is this style of leading by example of senior officers that has greatly boosted the morale and courage of the Israeli army. They were able to win five Middle East wars without being surrounded on all sides, not entirely by relying on advanced weapons and the support of the Americans.

You know, the weapons of the Arab coalition are not bad at all, they are oil kingdoms, and they are never bad for money. And they also had the support of the Soviet Union. On the battlefield, morale and will to fight are even more important than weapons and tactics! (Just like Saudi Arabia's attack on Yemen now, all the super-luxurious armaments have been abandoned in vain, and they have become the big joke of the whole world and the captain of a new generation of transport brigades.) ）

"Bearing 352, ruler plus 7. Japanese tanks, aim! Major General Wang Dexiang ordered loudly.

The Tiger tank quickly turned its turret slowly, pointing its black hole at the latest Japanese 97 Medium War thousands of miles away. Having locked on to the target, the driver stopped the vehicle and the gunner opened fire. The armor-piercing projectile with a deadly greeting came out of its chamber, flew violently over a distance of thousands of meters, and then fiercely penetrated the front armor of the hapless 97 Medium War.

The 97 medium battle, with a pitiful 33 mm thickness of the front armor, was simply unable to resist the shelling of the Ming tanks. The interior of the tank was destroyed in an instant, and all four members of the tank died at the same time under the turbulence of metal and the powerful force of the explosion. At the same time, the shells in the tank were detonated and the fuel was ignited. The violent explosion lifted the turret of this tank dozens of meters away!

"Nani?!" Not far away, the leader of another Japanese squadron in the 97th Medium War looked at the destroyed tank with an expression of disbelief.

The distance between the two sides is almost a kilometer. The newest tank of the Great Japanese Empire was destroyed like that? What kind of monsters are the Ming army on the other side? The Japanese squadron leader's heart suddenly became cold. But soon he didn't have to worry, dozens of Tiger shots destroyed nearly ten Japanese tanks in a single blow, including their squadron leader.

With the help of the United States, the Japanese had good communication facilities for their tanks and aircraft. Although the squadron leader was killed, the remaining Japanese tanks continued to advance according to the previous order to block the Ming tank group. Even though they knew that they would die, most of the Japanese troops still chose to attack to the death.

The vicinity of Seoul is a rare plain area on the entire Korean Peninsula. The territory is open and very suitable for the operation of armored forces. The powerful armored assault forces of the 7th Panzer Division were fully displayed here.

Dozens of chariots hastily assembled by the Japanese army were soon turned into burning torches under the shelling of the Ming army's armored forces.

The Japanese tank units had an extremely low hit rate when firing from a long distance, and they were simply unable to penetrate the Ming tanks. The Japanese tried to speed up their approach to attack, but they were all destroyed halfway through. As for those light and heavy machine guns, anti-tank guns, and various types of artillery, they basically do not play a role in the face of heavy tanks.

When all the Japanese tanks were destroyed, the desperate Japanese commander ordered their cavalry units to launch a decisive charge against the Ming armored group. The elite cavalry of the Japanese army, who was crawling on horseback with a 38-style cavalry gun and shooting while charging quickly, could not perform a miracle. The offensive and defensive capabilities of the two sides are not at the same level at all, and the weapons in the hands of the Japanese army cannot break the defense at all!

Eventually, after more than an hour of fierce fighting, the 7th Panzer Division managed to destroy the last of the Japanese resistance near Seoul with little loss. During the entire battle, only a few No. 4 tanks were destroyed by concealed anti-tank guns and Japanese death squads, and several tanks were wounded. Even the number of tanks lost by the 7th Panzer Division due to mechanical problems exceeded the number of battle losses. The gap between the two sides in terms of technological and industrial strength has become so large that it cannot be bridged by courage.

The armored forces of the Ming army paid only a few hundred casualties, while the Japanese army lost at least thousands! This brutal comparison of casualties is also a true portrayal of the comprehensive strength of the two countries.

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"This thing can also be called a tank?" A Tiger tank weighing more than fifty tons was parked next to a pile of wreckage from the 97 Lieutenant War. Major General Wang Dexiang, who was wearing an armored soldier's fur cap, circled around the Japanese tank whose flames had been extinguished a few times, and then raised his leg and kicked the Japanese tank with disdain, "This thing is like a child's toy, this can also go to the battlefield?" ”

"Hahaha~~~" The armored soldiers who were resupplying the battlefield around all laughed. Look at yourself as a tall, mighty, heavily armored tank with powerful firepower. Looking at the opponent's tank, which can be called garbage, the officers and men of the 7th Panzer Division feel that the weather is really good today.

In fact, they wouldn't know that if it weren't for Zhang Cheng, who had traveled from modern time and space, the tanks they could use at the moment might not be much stronger than the Japanese. Even if the technology and production capacity of the Ming Dynasty are completely explosive to the Japanese, there is no strong person to promote and large-scale research and development. Not to mention the scale and quality of the current one, at most it is better than the Japanese.

"It's called a tank when it was designed by the commander." Major General Wang Dexiang climbed onto the turret of his car with emotion, stretched out his hand and patted the big W7 logo painted on the side of the turret. After turning his head to look at the pile of tattered Japanese army ruins, he grinned, "This thing is completely Xiaodouding." ”

The 97 Zhongzhan with a total combat weight of no more than fifteen tons was indeed an inconspicuous little bean in front of the Tiger Style, which was close to sixty tons. Major General Wang Dexiang estimated that even if both sides did not open fire, the Japanese small tanks could be destroyed by collision alone.

After a short break to recuperate, the infantry in trucks followed to take over the flank defense. The steel torrent of the 7th Panzer Division was surging again. Their target was Suwon, south of Seoul, where the Japanese army headquarters and logistics base were located.

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"Your Excellency, allow my troops to attack." Suwon, the advance command of the Japanese-Korean Dispatch Army. Seishiro Itagaki, who was in a straight uniform and holding a saber in his hand, saluted respectfully to General Matsui Ishine, who was sitting on a chair, "The Fifth Division will definitely block the Seventh Armored Division of the Ming Army outside Suwon Castle!" ”

Major General Wang Dexiang led the 7th Armored Division to Suwon at a gallop, preparing to cut off the retreat and logistical supply lines of tens of thousands of Japanese troops. This kind of galloping speed and powerful attack power caused the Japanese army to be in chaos in an instant.

Mainly because of the horses, where did the Japanese army, which was mainly horses, see such a violent rhythm of attack? The Japanese army, who was still alive in the era of trench warfare, was beaten and blinded. Matsui Ishine watched as the 7th Armored Division led several infantry divisions towards Suwon without any way to stop it. Until Seishiro Itagaki came to fight with confidence.

"Itagaki-kun." Matsui Ishine looked at Seishiro Itagaki with a calm gaze, and said softly, "Your courage and determination to serve the emperor are admirable. However, according to the news from the front, the strength of the army is very strong, are you sure? ”

In fact, the Fifth Division at this time was definitely the heart and soul of the Japanese army. It is the core main force that the Japanese army attaches great importance to in the true sense.

The 5th Division, also known as the Hiroshima Division. One need only look at the fact that his troops came from near Hiroshima to see the importance of this unit, which was the core of the Choshu Domain, which controlled the army.

The 5th Division has two brigades and regiments, the 9th and 21st, four infantry wings, and more than 16 infantry brigades. It was accompanied by a search, engineer, baggage, field artillery, cavalry wing, as well as a specially reinforced chariot and heavy artillery wing, as well as a separate unit. Vertical Automobile Wing. The entire division had more than eight thousand horses, close to five hundred light and heavy machine guns, and hundreds of grenadiers. There are more than 200 artillery pieces of various calibers, including sixteen howitzers of 150 mm caliber, more than 500 vehicles of various types, and more than 200 tanks and armored vehicles of various types. The total number of troops reached nearly 30,000.

Seishiro Itagaki has great confidence in the Fifth Division under his command. He believed that the strength of the Fifth Division was strong enough to compete with the famous Ming armored forces. And once he defeats the Ming armored forces on the battlefield, then he Itagaki Seishiro will become a superhero who will be watched by the whole world!

For the Japanese and Korean dispatch forces at this time, whose troops were scattered throughout most of southern Korea, the only force that could really be used as a formation was the Fifth Division.

The high-ranking officers of the Japanese army did not care about the ordinary soldiers who were recruited on postcards. But these high-ranking officers place a high value on reputation. Once Suwon is lost and tens of thousands of Japanese troops under the city of Seoul are surrounded and annihilated, the face of the Japanese army will be swollen.

For the top brass of the Japanese army, it is okay to disembowel, but it is not okay to lose face. Especially in such a large-scale operation that has attracted worldwide attention.

The Korean dispatch army quickly made a decision and ordered Seishiro Itagaki with his 5th Division to launch a powerful counterattack against the headquarters of the Ming Army's 7th Panzer Division, which was rapidly rushing towards Suwon. It was used to meet the retreat of the Japanese army under the city of Seoul.

The Japanese army was still very concerned about rescuing their own people. But where is it so easy for the tens of thousands of Japanese troops who have been entangled to run away? If the 7th Panzer Division could not be repulsed, the situation would be extremely bad.

Under the pressure of this heavy burden, the confident Itagaki Seishiro went on the expedition. And what he is about to face is a powerful force that has the strength to crush the generation difference against the Japanese army! (To be continued.) )