"Yaga, coward, disgrace to the imperial samurai!" The squadron leader saw several Japanese Type 94 ultralight tanks retreating in a panic, and the infantry who followed behind the tank's butt was directly exposed to the fire of the opposing tank. Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough, rolled into the grass on the side, and the swishing bullet swept over the side of his head, and the hot pain on his scalp made the squadron leader feel that the bullet was fired against his scalp, and secretly called it a fluke At the same time, the squadron leader couldn't help but curse the crew members who drove the tank.

Although he was lucky enough to save a life, the enemy tank rolled over, and the soldiers around him rolled to the ground screaming in the machine gun warm-up on the opponent's tank, unable to get up again, and the cold tracks crushed the corpses into a mass of paralyzing flesh. The cold sweat on the squadron leader's forehead couldn't help but roll down.

"Damn, Your Excellency Su Gan, your subordinates retreated without permission, causing the infantry to suffer a huge blow and dampening the spirit of our army, you are the most elite armored soldiers in the Great Japanese Empire, why would you retreat in fear of battle!" The squadron leader was scolding his mother, and the captain soon found the head of the independent tank squadron and vented his anger.

"Your Excellency Hamajima, I'm sorry, I've received an order from my superiors to try to avoid a head-on battle with the tanks of the China Army, and I will not easily engage in a decisive battle with the tank units of the China Army too soon until the rear thinks of enough to deal with the threat of the tanks of the China Army."

The head of the tank squadron went straight back. Just kidding, more than a dozen tanks on the other side came all the way, he said that it was an independent tank squadron, in fact, it was a squad drawn by the Seya detachment before, and two more had mechanical failures, at this time, 6 tanks faced more than a dozen tanks of the enemy, either to die or to exchange the proportions of the two sides, the person in charge of the tank squadron should also think carefully, in the face of Zhang Chujiu's tanks of the third mechanized brigade, even if the opponent's Avenger series tanks are smaller, It is also a big circle thicker than the Type 94 ultralight tank they are now loading. As for the few tomahawks, he really couldn't raise the will to fight them.

In the First Battle of Julu, the attack ability of their various tanks and armored vehicles was not weaker than that of the Type 94 ultralight tank, but in the face of almost two-on-one situation, they were still almost wiped out by the tank cluster of the Northwest Army. Since the beginning of the war, even the Japanese army has had to bow their proud heads at this time. Compared to other air forces, ordinary combat soldiers on the ground. The losses of the Japanese armored forces were the heaviest. The losses exceeded 60 percent, and the intensity of the rear rectification was not great; in addition to the dozens of tanks lost in Xuzhou this time, the North China Front Army has lost more than 200 tanks and armored vehicles in previous operations.

At this time, an extremely difficult fact to accept in front of the Japanese army is that they are not only far inferior to the Northwest Army in terms of the quality of tanks, but also after the previous losses are too large, their superiority in the number of tanks has even been lost, and the number of tanks in the entire North China Front has plummeted to more than 100 units, and past experience has proved that even tanks seriously lack the ability to confront the tanks of the Northwest Army, and those ordinary armored vehicles cannot even effectively suppress the infantry of the Northwest Army. The Northwest Army is equipped with a lot of large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns that can break through the defenses of Japanese armored vehicles, and there are also a large number of anti-aircraft guns. can be restrained.

Therefore, the Japanese army had to accept an extremely embarrassing fact that in the battle in the north, when the air force and the ordinary army had the upper hand, the fist armored units, which they had high hopes for, had even lost the courage to fight head-on with the steel cluster of the Northwest Army at this time.

Due to the excessive losses of the armored forces, the Japanese army also had to face greater difficulties, and those tanks that were scattered could not form an effective joint force, and it was difficult to pose an adequate threat to the ground forces of the Northwest Army. Together, they can't do the mechanized brigade of the Northwest Army. Moreover, at this time, the North China Front Army had to take care of Shanxi, Suiyuan, northern Henan, and Xuzhou, and it was already difficult to piece together enough tanks to have a tank duel with the Northwest Army.

After enough losses, although the Japanese mainland was imposing the manufacture of tanks, the monthly production of Tomahawk tanks in the northwest at this time had gradually increased to 16 units, and the Avenger still maintained a monthly production of 7 units after certain improvements. It not only supplemented the consumption of Sun Liren's 2nd Mechanized Brigade after the Battle of Julu, but also due to the addition of Snow Leopard armored vehicles. The number of armored clusters of mechanized brigades has already exceeded 60 vehicles. The number of tanks on the side of the mechanized brigade has not changed significantly, but the proportion of Tomahawk tanks is gradually increasing. At the same time, the consumption of two mechanized brigades was replenished, and due to the increase in tank production in the northwest, there was still room for the expansion of the armored mixed brigade in Suiyuan. Jiang Li's attention to the automobile industry has been fully reflected at this time. After gradually expanding the scale of steel production in the Baotou area of Suiyuan, and at the same time developing the iron ore in Sichuan in advance, the Japanese army could not compete with the northwest in terms of tank production capacity, and even the current artillery advantage would gradually be pulled back by Jiang Li.

And with the Northwest Army reversing the superiority of the armored forces of both sides, the impact on the battlefield has been vividly revealed at this time.

The reason why the main force of the 20th Army Corps was difficult to shake the Japanese position in Linyi was mainly because although the 20th Army Corps was well equipped in the Central Army, the firepower responsible for attacking the fortified positions was inferior to that of the Japanese army. Even with the same firepower, as an attacker, it is often a loss. What's more, there is still a big gap between the two sides. Even if there are more central armies around, when attacking, it is not only a large number of people can be effective. The enemy's fortifications must be destroyed with strong firepower, otherwise no amount of men will be able to rush through. The Japanese army will not easily give the Central Army the opportunity to fight hand-to-hand. So even with a strength advantage several times that of the Japanese army, the 20th Army Corps had a feeling of a dog biting a hedgehog for a time and had nowhere to eat.

It's just that relatively speaking, the progress of the Northwest Army is much faster.

THE 10TH DIVISION, WHICH WAS IN CHARGE OF THE DEFENSE DIRECTION OF YIXIAN AND ZAOZHUANG, SELF-DESTRUCTED AFTER LOSING THE SEYA DETACHMENT, AND THE 75MM GUNS CAPTURED BY THE CENTRAL ARMY ADDED UP TO THIRTY OR FORTY GUNS, AS WELL AS TWO HEAVY GUNS. At this time, the army brought by Zhao Yi was a Northwest Division, a Sichuan Army Division, and a mechanized brigade. It has the strength to confront a permanent division of the Japanese army head-on.

At this time, the 10th Division of Isoya had already taken out a detachment. In the previous fire with Yang Sen and others, they also lost a certain number of men. At this time, the doppelganger lacked skills, and the battle of Taierzhuang ended too quickly, and it was too late to send enough main forces to reach Yixian and Zaozhuang. The rapid pursuit of the Northwest Army also did not give the main forces of the North China Front enough time to react at all. Historically, after the defeat of the Japanese army in the Battle of Taierzhuang, the reason why the Japanese army was able to hold Yixian and Zaozhuang under the pursuit of the national * army was because the main forces of the Seya detachment and the Sakamoto detachment successfully jumped out of the encirclement and withdrew to Yixian and Zaozhuang, and there were enough troops to defend them.

It's just that the situation of the Japanese army in Yixian County in front of me is a little not very good. The cluster of tanks interspersed at a rapid speed to Guoliji between Yixian and Zaozhuang.

Originally, there were still some watchtowers in the area of Guoliji, but under the fierce battle between the Central Army and the Japanese army, most of them became some ruins at this time. The Japanese drove some of the people and built some temporary fortifications, sandbags, or trenches. The permanent fortifications could not be repaired for a while, and with the arrogance of the Japanese army, they never thought of building any permanent fortifications in front of the national * army, after all, the chances of defending them were pitiful. If it weren't for the fact that the troops in the Fifth War Zone were still a little insufficient at this time, and the further mobilization work at the base camp had not yet arrived in large quantities, the Japanese army would not have stayed here at this time.

It's just some sandbags of improvised fortifications, plus a good number of light and heavy machine guns, which are enough for the national * army, after all, when the heavy firepower of the main force of the 20th Army is seriously insufficient, light and heavy machine guns, most of the grenadiers for the Japanese army, and the battle defense artillery are suppressed to death, and further away, the relatively light Type 92 infantry guns of the Japanese army can also give the 20th Army Corps a great deterrent. However, what really caused heavy casualties to the soldiers of the national * army was the light and heavy machine guns after the Japanese army suppressed the firepower of the national * army. Recruits are afraid of artillery, veterans are afraid of machine guns. In fact, a considerable part of the casualties of the Japanese army against the national * army were still done by machine guns.

It's just that at this time, the Japanese troops in Yixian and Zaozhuang were not the main force of the 10th Division. Adding up to more than two dozen artillery pieces, it was also a lot of pressure on the 20th Army Corps, which was in a hurry to attack, but at this time a large number of columns of smoke rose on the Japanese positions. The sound of explosions was continuous.

After a long battle, the artillery of the Northwest Army has also been sharpened in the flames of war, after all, the artillery of the Northwest Army is not like the Central Army in the south, and most of the state is fighting in a provincial state. The artillery of the North-Western Army fed out in enough shells. Compared with the artillery of the Japanese army, there is no essential difference. At this time, the vehicle-towed artillery regiment of the 3rd Mechanized Brigade alone was almost a multiple of the Japanese troops in the Yixian direction. At this time, it was used on the front line of Guoliji, and the artillery covered all the way to the past, almost suppressing the simple position of the Japanese army without the power to fight back. After all, this is only the Japanese army in the 10th Division, and in the face of the Northwest Army, which has been pursued all the way, both in terms of firepower and strength, it is at an absolute disadvantage.

Just when the Japanese artillery returned fire and appeared to be seriously lacking in energy, the cold tracks of the first Tomahawk had already pressed against the sandbags piled up by the Japanese army. Underneath the tracks, steel slag that had been smashed into countless pieces by a tank gun. Light and heavy machine guns are not too easy to use in this case.

When the Japanese artillery lost enough ability to return fire, more than 20 tanks had already rushed into the Japanese positions one after another. The Japanese soldiers behind were red-eyed, and they dared to rush forward with explosives bags, and there was no way to retreat at this time, with only two legs, they couldn't run the opponent's tracks, not to mention the machine guns on the tank. Hundreds of Japanese soldiers gritted their teeth and tried their lives to fill this hole. These people believed that reinforcements would come. Will help drive these hateful enemies out, or come to clean up their bones.

It's just a pity that before these Japanese reinforcements arrived, a tank from the mechanized brigade had already broken through the flank of the Japanese army in another direction and stopped in the direction of the Japanese reinforcement Guoliji.

Bloody battle, despair. At this time, Guo Liji gritted his teeth and made a final struggle, and another explosion came from the Japanese artillery position.

"Kill!" Two different armies, speaking with the same accent, scolded in Sichuan dialect such as Ge Laozi.

Artillery can play the role of covering infantry. But it's not that artillery is without drawbacks. Without the shelter of the infantry, the artillery position was like a stripped dancing girl, presented in front of the Sichuan army, but at this time, the Yang Senbu Sichuan army, which had been fighting in Yixian and Zaozhuang, also swarmed like a shark smelling blood. Joined in this battle, hit crookedly, and suddenly cut into the direction of the Japanese artillery. Hearing the sound of rolling thunder not far away, the two Sichuan armies were ecstatic. With all his strength, he frantically rushed towards the Japanese artillery position.

"Baga, Zhi, the infantry of the China Army, hurry, hurry up and ask Captain Tian Jiu for emergency support!" The artillery commander of the Japanese army in Guoliji was so anxious that he was sweating heavily at this time and asked the infantry captain for help. Soon, however, not long after the soldiers calling for help were dispatched, the artillerymen received the news that the infantry in front had retreated, and the other side was now too busy to take care of itself.

"Explode the cannons, quick, destroy these cannons immediately!" The artillery commander reluctantly ordered that artillery and infantry have always complemented each other, and no one can be separated from the other. At present, the infantry army is already difficult to protect itself, and the enemy army has already detoured back not far here, there are too many enemy troops, and if they don't explode the artillery, I'm afraid it will be too late to blow up later.

Bombarding the Japanese artillery position, a column of smoke larger than before was raised, and I watched as these precious steel bumps were twisted and deformed in the firelight, and they were thrown heavily to the ground. The artillery commander felt a throbbing pain in his heart. It takes a lot of effort to maintain these big guys in peacetime, and these cannons, in the eyes of the commander, are their closest comrades-in-arms. Now he has to bury these partners with his own hands.

"Kill!" The Sichuan army of the brigade covered up.

The thumping and dense bullets knocked all the Japanese soldiers who were slow to react to the ground.

"Withdraw, withdraw!" After all, the Japanese artillery did not have time to destroy all the artillery.

Rumble! However, the shells from a distance fell from the sky, blowing up four or five Japanese soldiers into blood and knocking several Sichuan soldiers to the ground.

"Wang Ba Lizi, I haven't seen such an accurate fight before!"

The Sichuan army that rushed up from behind couldn't help but be a little worried, and the battlefield was very chaotic. The Japanese artillery here was bombing the artillery, and the Sichuan army was rushing too fast, so that the vehicle-towed artillery regiment of the mechanized brigade did not receive the news at this time. Still shelling this way. This led to the accidental injury just now. In fact, on the battlefield, accidental injuries are not uncommon. This is true of both the Northwest Army and the Japanese Army. (To be continued.) )