The problem of relatively difficult to start, the narrow tracks and overlapping load wheels are frozen, it is simply a nightmare for tank soldiers, Zhang Xuewu is very glad that the iron cavalry tank does not use the design of the overlapping load wheels of the jackal tank!

Moreover, the turret of the new Iron Cavalry II tank is also designed with a small fully enclosed machine gun turret with a periscope, which is designed to resist large-caliber machine gun bullets, because Zhang Xuewu found that many tanks have been destroyed, all because the parallel machine gun and coaxial machine gun can not meet the requirements of protecting the vehicle, and the most important thing is that the tanker exposes his body to the outside of the hull turret as a machine gun? The probability of being hit was so great that the designers added a machine gun turret to the Iron Rider II main battle tank, which seemed to be the best solution before the remote-controlled machine gun was introduced.

The battle in Chaoyang had already entered a white-hot stage, and the main forces of the 2nd, 8th, and 12th Divisions under the command of the Zhou Libing Army made a feint attack on three sides, focusing on the tactics of attacking the east of the city, and cooperated with the 150-mm cannon of the 97th type in an attempt to tear a gap in Chaoyang's city defense.

The Type 97 150-mm cannon was developed by the Chinese army on the basis of the Type 96 150-mm cannon in its technical reserves, and as a suppressive firing artillery of the Heavy Artillery Wing of the Yueben Field Army, it is an improved version of the Type 96. There are two kinds of 97-type cannons: mobile and fortress-type, which can be towed and mobile by the whole gun, and a total of 30 fortress cannons have been produced in the fortress type, which are equipped with the garrison troops of the fortress under the Kwantung Army, and the mobile type is mainly equipped with the field heavy artillery wing of the local area, and this time the Kwantung Army was given 10 extremely precious mobile Type 97 150-mm cannons, which were used for fortification.

The overall city defense of Chaoyang Fortress is based on the Wolf Mountain Fortress as the core, and the layout along the Daling River, the main reason why the army did not dare to cross the Daling River in the past is because the east side of Chaoyang is generally covered by the countermeasures, and the troops who cross the river are likely to be attacked by the defenders and reinforcements and the whole army is annihilated, but this time the Daling River is frozen, even the heavy artillery can easily pass, and the Chaoyang Fortress is isolated at the moment, so the Zhou soldiers also dare to let go, as long as he captures the Chaoyang Fortress as quickly as possible, Even if it is recaptured by the [***] team, it will have achieved its previous goal, that is, to attract the main force of Zhang Xuewu in the 10th War Zone and create fighters for the attacking Tojo Hideki.

Therefore, whether it was the main force of the 2nd Division, the 8th Division, and the 12th Division under the command of the Zhou Libing who stormed Chaoyang, or Ryosuke Isoya, who tried to eat the 4th Division of the Zhanyang Youth Army with the strength of three divisions, it can be said that the fighting spirit is as high as chicken blood.

The 36th Division was deployed in the backing fort east of Chaoyang to block the reinforcements of the [***] team on the Chifeng side, and put all the heavy artillery and wild mountain artillery troops into the attack on Chaoyang.

Regarding the fierce but ineffective artillery fire of the Yue army, as well as the attack of the first **, Dai Peng, the commander of the Chaoyang garrison, had a question at this moment? He said that he was not particularly wealthy, and he always ate pickles in a small bowl when he ate, and they had been repeatedly destroyed by the air force before the arsenal in the northeast! Even if production resumes, how much will it take? He knew that their 150-mm field heavy howitzers had no effect on the permanent main fortifications at all, but even the 75-mm, 90-mm, and 105-mm guns were bombarded?

Now at least two artillery groups have been hit hard by the defenders' artillery counterattack? Am I crazy? Dai Peng thinks that there must be demons when abnormal! Could it be that my strategic intention is not to capture Chaoyang? If it wasn't for the capture of the rising sun to open a path? Why did the army make such a big move? The new Fourth Division of the Youth Army under Zhanyang's headquarters is a first-class elite, and the obstruction of its reinforcements shows that the strength of the Yue Army to block the attack is at least one division, plus the Yue Army besieging Chaoyang, Dai Peng does not think that he will put on such a large formation with a feint?

You must know that in just a few days, the casualties of the army outside Chaoyang City exceeded 5,000 people, and under cold conditions, most of the wounded of the army were difficult to be rescued in time, but the army in the east of Chaoyang City had broken through the outer defense line of the second regiment and was bombarding the city pass with heavy artillery! If the city pass is bombarded, then Dai Peng can only give up the main defense line and retreat his troops to Wolf Mountain for the last resistance, and the lifeline of Chaoyang Fortress is in the east of the city!

Just when Dai Peng was at a loss, Lu Yu suddenly found Dai Peng, saluted and said, "Chief Dai, our department still has eight jackal light tanks and one experimental tank, which can be put into the defense of Chengguan in Dongcheng." ”

Dai Peng was slightly stunned and said: "No, the order given to me by my superiors is to cover your breakthrough at a critical moment at all costs, and the test vehicle must not fall into the hands of the army!" ”

Lu Yu said helplessly: "The engine of the test car has failed, so we can't go now, so we must be put into the defensive battle in the east of the city, we can only survive in death, and we will blow up the tank at the last moment!" ”

Dai Peng took a deep breath and said: "I have to ask for instructions to decide, you are subordinate to the Theater Commander's Department, and the new tank is very important, even if my first garrison division is completely destroyed, I must carry out the orders of the Theater Commander's Department, understand?" Company Commander Lu? ”

Dai Peng immediately asked Zhang Xuewu, who commanded the battle in Chengde, and Zhang Xuewu immediately instructed Lu Yu's experimental group to participate in the Battle of Chaoyang! Because Zhang Xuewu knew that even if he himself got the wreckage of the iron cavalry tank, which lacked resources, they were reluctant to manufacture it, because this iron cavalry tank was too expensive, and the high carburizing manganese-chromium alloy was not something that he could afford, especially the second layer of additional armor also penetrated into part of the tungsten, I am afraid that only Zhang Xuewu in the world could do something extravagant.

After getting the order, Lu Yu immediately sent the scientific research personnel to the core fortress of Wolf Mountain, and personally drove the iron cavalry test vehicle to set off to Dongcheng under the cover of eight jackal light chariots. The influx of the Japanese army engaged in fierce street fighting with the remnants of the 1st and 2nd regiments of the defenders.

With the help of the stubborn resistance of the familiar terrain and the fortifications of the street fortifications, the defenders had not yet updated their light weapons because the first garrison division was a reserve force, and only a small number of submachine guns did not occupy an absolute firepower advantage in the engagement.

After Lu Yu's iron cavalry experimental tank arrived, he immediately fired at the battle defense guns that the army was shooting at close range, and the 37 mm battle defense guns originally equipped by the Yue army were not effective for the jackal light tanks, so he himself studied and began to mass-produce the 97 type 47 mm battle defense guns, it can be said that war is the catalyst for weapon research and development, which is really not bad at all, just like the relationship between anti-tank guns and tank armor, is the relationship between spears and shields.

The two jackal light tanks that came out of the front were continuously hit by the battle defense guns of the Yue Army, Lu Yu immediately drove the Iron Cavalry Experimental Tank to the top, and the front armor of the side angle of the turret was hit by the Yue Army three times in succession, as a result, his 50 mm combat defense gun still failed to effectively penetrate, but the Iron Cavalry Experimental Tank also shook violently, and the double-hull turret saved the crew inside from being stunned.

Lu Yu immediately made a coaxial machine gun and tank gun to name the exposed battle defense guns of the Yue army, and the follow-up six jackal light tanks also escorted up, and the jackal light tanks also equipped with 50 mm and 60 barrel calibers shot at the Yue army in the direction of the breakthrough, and after the seven Yue army battle defense guns that entered the city wall were destroyed, the attack of the Yue army suddenly came to a standstill, because the six tanks dominated by Lu Yu's iron cavalry experimental surname tank protected two destroyed jackal light tanks with tracks and engines in a classic ring defensive front.

After breaking through the city pass, he actually encountered the opponent's chariot in the square? And a huge tank that is invulnerable? The weight and size of the 38.5-ton Iron Cavalry Test Tank, the already large and flat turret, and the 100-millimeter main gun on it are indeed huge compared to the Army's Type 95.

Tank guns, side-by-side machine guns, and coaxial machine guns opened fire fiercely in the direction of the breach, and the influx of Japanese troops and the exiting officers and men crowded at the position of the breach, and were beaten to the ground with corpses all over the city, and at a distance of more than 100 meters along the collapsed city wall, thousands of panicked Japanese soldiers were killed on the rubble.

The Chinese defenders in the city also immediately used firepower to block the breakthrough, just as the so-called their own knives could not cut their own handles, the artillery group on the Wolf Mountain of Chaoyang Fortress could not do anything about the battle of the east gate, they could only carry out fierce artillery bombardment on the other three sides, and the infantry trapped in the city wall cried and shouted for support in a panic.

Outside the city, more than 20 "divine power" chariots of the Yue army began to drive at full power, this so-called divine power chariot is actually a 47 mm combat defense gun installed on the top of the Type 95 tank, due to the tight relationship of time, and the turret of the Type 95 light tank can not be installed with a 47 mm battle defense gun mechanism, so I said that for practical purposes, I used the chassis of the 95 type to create a very "fashionable" convertible!

In such cold weather, it is really hard to imagine how the charioteers of the Yue army drove long distances in open-top sports cars. And it's really unimaginable that the protection of this so-called divine power is so weak? If the 47mm anti-aircraft gun it carries can destroy the Jackal light tank, then the machine gun of the Jackal light tank can kill the "divine power"!

(To be continued)