Chapter 177: The First Battle of the Armored Division

Zhang Yunfei dared to take the initiative at this time because the little devil had already landed in Southeast Asia half a month ago, and the hundreds of thousands of troops of the little devil attacked the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar and other places, and advanced smoothly.

Seeing that their troops were conquering cities and conquering cities in Southeast Asia, and that the journey was smooth, it was said that there was jubilation in their own country, and many fanatical militarists advocated that they should once again recruit heavy troops, completely conquer Southeast Asian countries, and truly realize the common prosperity of Greater East Asia.

In Europe, the German army's armored flood has swept across the European continent, France's political axe in exile has also fled to Britain, Britain and Germany are fighting in the English Channel, and the German army is also a huge number of soldiers on the Eastern Front, eyeing the Soviet Union. Historically, the course of these Germans was not so fast, but now there is a big difference from history.

Zhang Yunfei was ready to seize this opportunity and take the initiative to launch a small-scale attack on the little devils; on the one hand, he could train his troops, and on the other hand, he could contain the forces of some little devils and facilitate the Eighth Route Army to open up a base area behind enemy lines in North China.

Early the next morning, the cavalry division, an armored regiment, and the sixth infantry division of the 36th Group Army, totaling more than 50,000 people, marched north from Fengzhen and began to attack the Jining area where the little devils were heavily garrisoned.

The first to open was the mechanized infantry regiment of the armored regiment and the cavalry division, two regiments of five or six thousand men, hundreds of vehicles, and a huge number of vehicles, which looked very spectacular.

This time in order to quickly maneuver, Zhang Yunfei allocated a large number of trucks to the Sixth Infantry Division for temporary use, each truck was full of soldiers, and the task of these trucks was to transport everyone to the designated place.

The 36th Group Army's large-scale troop movements, with more than 50,000 troops heading north, naturally could not conceal the 1st Brigade of Little Devils stationed in the Jining area, and the soldiers only went 50 or 60 kilometers out of Fengzhen before they encountered a small group of cavalry wandering on the grassland.

Seeing that so many troops were attacking in a big way, the little devil cavalry ran away, went back to ventilate the news, and saw the little devil cavalry fleeing, and the soldiers did not pursue, but advanced at a normal speed......

Jining, the headquarters of the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Little Devils.

Yesterday's little devil squadron has not come back until now, and a trace of uneasiness began to appear in Takashi Takamori's heart, Takamori Takashi frowned, his face was heavy, and he began to walk back and forth in the command headquarters.

"Report", an anxious voice sounded outside.

With the permission of Takashi Mori, a small messenger strode in, stood up in front of Takashi Takashi and saluted: "Your Excellency Brigade Commander, I have just received accurate information that a cluster of chariots of the [***] team has been found dozens of kilometers south of Jining, and the number of people is about two regiments. ”

"Smack", a loud slap sounded, and Takashi Mori gave the little devil a hard slap to the communication soldier, and then said angrily: "Baga, how can the [***] team have a chariot cluster." ”

The little devil communication soldier who was beaten lowered his head very low, and said with a little fear: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the news is true, more than one unit has sent back a telegram that the Chinese tank cluster has been found. ”

In fact, Takashi knew in his heart that the news was reliable, and this signal soldier would not lie about the military situation, but Takashi himself didn't want to believe it, so he slapped the signal soldier in anger.

After a long time, Takamori Takashi said weakly to the signal soldier: "Quickly send a report to His Excellency Naosaburo Okabe, asking for tactical guidance." ”

"Hey, I'll send the report right away." After the little devil communication soldier finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave.

At present, Okabe Naosaburo serves as the commander of the Mengsui Army, and the current Mengsui Army temporarily has the 26th Division and a cavalry group, in addition to more than 10,000 puppet troops of the Mengsui puppet political axe, a total of more than 50,000 people, and the headquarters is located in Guisui.

"Slow down, come back first." Takashi Taka called the little devil messenger who was about to leave, and then said: "Pass my order, order the first, second, and third wings of the cavalry to prepare for battle, and the chariot wing will attack and crush the chariot cluster of the [***] team." ”

In Takashi Takamori's understanding, the tank cluster of the Chinese [***] team, even if there are tanks, are some old-fashioned tanks aided by Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union and other countries, and the number will not be very large, and their own tank wing is enough to defeat it.

The little devil's chariot wing is equipped with more than 30 Type 92 tanks and more than 20 armored vehicles, and in previous battles, they are invincible, and the middle [***] team can only rely on the death squad to hold the explosives bag and rush close to the tank to blow it up, but this way of suicide is very inefficient, so he is full of confidence in his own chariot wing, Takashi Mori......

Thirty kilometers south of Jining, Wu Youqing, commander of the armored division, sat in an armored personnel carrier, a modified armored command vehicle, on which several communicators and staff officers were busy.

This time, although the armored division only dispatched one regiment, this was the first battle of the armored division, and Wu Youqing, as the division commander, personally commanded this battle, striving to make the prestige of the armored division in the first battle.

In front of Wu Youqing, dozens of Type 39 tanks have been lined up neatly, and a long row of heavily armored tanks will be the main force of this attack.

Behind dozens of tanks, dozens of armored personnel carriers are parked, and these vehicles are already full of soldiers, and these armored vehicles are on standby, as long as Wu Youqing gives an order, they will rush forward.

Farther away, more than ten kilometers in front of the armored regiment, the chariot wing of the little devils was advancing, and next to each tank were a few to a dozen little devil infantrymen, who were holding a Type 38 rifle, cat-waisted, and closely following behind.

Further back, there is a cavalry wing of little devils, about nearly two thousand little devil cavalry, each of which is a little devil cavalryman, holding a cold and shining saber in his hand, and a Type 38 cavalry rifle on his back.

The speed of movement of the little devil's team is not fast, but thousands of people together, the roar of dozens of chariots, and the running sound of nearly 2,000 war horses still seem to be huge, and the little devil soldiers listen to this huge voice, and they also seem to be enthusiastic, full of confidence, and have full confidence to defeat the soldiers of the attacking 36th Group Army.

But this is obviously wishful thinking on the part of the little devil, more than ten kilometers away, thousands of soldiers of the 36th Group Army, nearly seventy or eighty advanced chariots, much more powerful than the little devil's side, much more powerful, but the little devil has not yet discovered the soldiers of the 36th Group Army who are only a dozen kilometers away from him.

On the side of the little devil, they are slowly advancing, and on the side of the armored division, everyone is still waiting for Wu Youqing's attack order, although the scene seems huge, it is still relatively quiet.

Wu Youqing, who was sitting in the command car, was about to convey the attack order, when suddenly, the excited voice of a battalion commander came from his headset, all the tanks and armored vehicles of the first armored regiment are equipped with an inter-vehicle communication system, and everyone communicates very conveniently.

I saw a battalion commander in front and said happily: "Report to the division commander, there is the roar of the little devil's tank ahead, and a large number of horses' hooves, it is estimated that the little devil's chariot wing is coming." ”

"The commander of the first battalion, immediately send soldiers to climb on the roof of the car to reconnoiter and find out the situation of the little devil." Wu Youqing picked up the microphone and immediately ordered the commander of the first battalion.

The commander of the first battalion who heard the order immediately began to call: "Car No. 012, hurry up and reconnoiter the enemy situation ahead." ”

I saw the No. 012 tank on a slightly higher ground, the hatch on the top of the tank opened, and a soldier's head was exposed, the soldier first took the telescope to look ahead, maybe the height was not enough, and immediately climbed out of the tank from the top, stood on the top of the tank, took the telescope and carefully observed, looked at it for a while, and immediately entered the tank again, and reported the situation to the battalion commander.

When the commander of the first battalion arrived at the specific situation, he immediately picked up the microphone and reported to Wu Youqing: "Report to the division commander, according to the reconnaissance, the little devil's unit is only a few kilometers away from us, this is a chariot wing of the little devil, there are dozens of Type 92 tanks and more than a dozen or twenty armored vehicles, in addition to a large number of infantry to follow, there are a large number of cavalry behind, looking at the movement, it should be a cavalry wing of the little devil." ”

After listening to the report of the first battalion commander, Wu Youqing immediately picked up the microphone and said loudly: "All units pay attention, immediately launch an attack on the little devils in front, but everyone pay attention, the tanks are in front, mainly hitting the tanks of the little devils, and the armored vehicles are in the back, mainly attacking the infantry and cavalry of the little devils." ”

At the order of their division commander, the soldiers immediately excitedly launched their chariots, set up an attack formation several hundred meters wide, and met the little devils.

The two armies marched against each other, a distance of several kilometers, and it would only be two or three kilometers after a while, and the soldiers could see the situation of the little devils clearly, and at the front of the little devils' ranks, there were dozens of Type 92 tanks of the little devils.

This kind of small tank, the soldiers are very familiar with, in the past, they used the captured Type 92 tank for training, this kind of tank is a thick iron car, the thickness of the armor is just enough to withstand the fire of machine gun bullets, and the artillery is only 37 mm.

So seeing this kind of tank, the soldiers were not afraid, although it was the first time for everyone to drive the Type 39 tank in actual combat, but seeing that it was a little devil's Type 92 tank, they immediately increased their horsepower to meet it.

Soon, the little devil's tank entered the range of the Type 39 tank, and the shooter of the No. 027 tank running in the front had already been unable to hold it back, and through the optical sight, he aimed a little, and fired a high-explosive shell.

Maybe I was too happy, this cannon actually missed, and instead of hitting the little devil's tank, it hit the little devil infantry next to the little devil tank, and several little devil infantry were hit by 75 mm high-explosive shells, and they were immediately blown into a cloud of blood mist.

When the commander of the third battalion saw his soldiers, he missed the first shot, picked up the microphone and scolded with a smile: "Car 027, you are a loser, the first shot will miss me, and with a high-explosive bomb, you will only earn me a few little devils." ”

The gunner of car No. 027, hearing his battalion commander firing there, trembled with fright, and the second shell hit the plane again.

(To be continued)