Chapter 503: A narrow road encounter

Eastern Hebei, the eastern suburb of Luan County.

In the bitter cold wind, the withered yellow grass was shivering in the wilderness.

Without warning, there was a shrill squeak in the wilderness, and two sparrows rose from the grass, flapped their wings into the air, and then were blown by the bitter cold wind, and planted in the xiǎo woods not far away.

With a piercing creak, the round pipe grew longer and longer, rising higher and higher, and it was actually a slender cannon barrel.

Then came the turret, then the huge tank body, which was an M4 medium tank.

Immediately behind the first tank, followed by two M4 medium tanks, three tanks, one in front of the other and two behind, were moving along the road in a zigzag pattern, and behind them, billowing smoke and dust gradually rose.

The three tanks were a search team led by Captain Liu Lingyue.

When Captain Liu Lingyue was closing his eyes to recuperate, the observer Sergeant Li Shiqun suddenly shouted: "Sir, there is a situation!" ”

Captain Liu Lingyue woke up suddenly, and when he hurriedly went behind the scope to look out, he saw that there was an army marching on the road ahead, judging from the military uniforms on their bodies, it was obviously a wild army, but this army obviously suffered a loss, many of them were wrapped in bloody bandages, and some were on crutches.

Almost at the same time, the defeated army also spotted the armored search party.

Although many of the defeated troops had been wounded and had difficulty moving, they still scattered at the first time and quickly prepared for battle, until they found that the three tanks were painted with ** Peugeot, and the hundreds of defeated soldiers came out of the grass ditch and returned to the road.

When he got closer, Captain Liu Lingyue lifted the top cover, leaned over and asked, "Hey, which part of you are from?" ”

A defeated officer with the rank of captain replied: "Which part of the 185th Division of Yiye is you?" ”

"4th Division of the Four Fields Armor." Captain Liu Lingyue said again, "Brother, what's going on with you? ”

"Well, don't mention it." The captain of the defeated army lowered his head and sighed, "The defense line of our 181st Division has been lost, there are more than 15,000 people in one division, and there are only about 100 people left in the battle. ”

"What?" Liu Lingyue Huo Ran changed his mind, "There are only so many people left in one division?" ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Captain Liu Lingyue's voice fell, and three shells suddenly fell on the road, one of which exploded in the crowd of defeated soldiers, including the captain, seven or eight soldiers were overturned to the ground on the spot by the gas generated by the explosion, and two of them were directly blown into four pieces and died on the spot.

"xiǎo devil, xiǎo devil has caught up!"

"Dog's day, brothers, fight with them!"

More than 100 defeated soldiers immediately scattered in all directions, and they all lay down and prepared to block the attack.

Captain Liu Lingyue Huo Ran looked back and looked from afar, only to see that three Japanese tanks had already emerged from behind the opposite mountain beam, due to the obstruction of vision formed by the hilly terrain, by the time the search teams of the Chinese and Japanese armies found each other, the distance was already less than 500 meters, and they had already entered the effective range of each autonomous artillery.

Captain Liu Lingyue quickly retracted into the turret and stood behind the scope.

"Eleven o'clock, 700 yards away, move up two squares, hit!"

"Damn, Liuzi, what the fuck are you doing?"

"Reload quickly, nine o'clock azimuth, move down half a square, hit!"

"Okay, hit, hit!"

"Lao Li, turn left big!"

"Oh no, shot!"

After the short but fierce battle of Jiāo, two Japanese tanks were destroyed, and the remaining one turned around and fled.

** The losses were not light, an M4 tank was hit by the Japanese main gun in the fuel tank, exploded on the spot, all five crew members on the car were killed, Captain Liu Lingyue's car was also removed by the main gun of the Japanese guide tank, half of the turret was removed, the main gun was destroyed, the gunner died on the spot, and Captain Liu himself was also cut in the head by shrapnel and was seriously injured.

"Quick, report to the regimental headquarters and ask for reinforcements!" As soon as Captain Liu finished speaking, he fell into a coma.

Immediately, Colonel Hu Zhiwen, commander of the 1st Armored Regiment, immediately led more than 80 M4 medium tanks of the regiment to move at full speed in the direction of the search team.

At the same time, the Japanese tank that had escaped from the battlefield also reported the battle situation to its superiors.

More than 120 tanks of the 2nd Brigade of the First Front Army of the Kwantung Army immediately swooped down on the eastern outskirts of Luan County, and a tank battle in the real sense began.

…………

At 2:40 p.m., more than 80 ** tanks and more than 120 Japanese tanks met again five kilometers on the west bank of the Luan River, and the battle broke out immediately.

In the afternoon, the main force of the 1st Division crossed the Luanhe River and arrived, but retreated.

In the afternoon, the commander of the 4th Army, General Dai Anlan, was determined to inflict a heavy blow on the 1st Tank Division of the Kwantung Army in one fell swoop.

…………

Northern suburbs of Tangshan, temporary headquarters of the 4th Group Army.

In the Guan Gong Temple, which temporarily served as a command hall, Admiral Dai Anlan stood solemnly in front of the map, the operational staff officers and communications staff officers of the command headquarters walked in a hurry and looked solemn, the ringing of telephones, the ticking of telegrams, and the cries of the communications troops became one after another, and the air was filled with the solemn atmosphere before the coming of the war.

In the sound of hurried footsteps, General Liao Yaoxiang, chief of staff of the 4th Group Army, strode into the command hall.

Without waiting for Admiral Dai Anlan to ask, Admiral Liao Yaoxiang said with a solemn expression: "Brother Seagull, the Air Force replied that the meteorological conditions are too bad for the reconnaissance plane to take off. ”

Admiral Dai Anlan frowned when he heard this, this is not good news.

According to intelligence, the 1st Front Army of the Kwantung Army stationed near Shanhaiguan should have two tank divisions, but only the M4 medium tank equipped by the 4th Division on the west bank of the Luanhe River is better than the Japanese tank.

After all, the tank has been qualitatively improved compared to the previous Japanese tanks.

In particular, the 75mm caliber main gun equipped with the type tank, whether it is JĪNG accuracy, stability Xìng, or armor-piercing ability, is not much inferior to the 76mm caliber main gun of the M4 tank.

After thinking about it, Dai Anlan said again: "What about the few reconnaissance detachments sent out?" Did you find anything? ”

"I didn't find anything." Liao Yaoxiang said, "Most of the other chariot divisions of the xiǎo devil are not there. ”

Suddenly, a communications staff officer came in and reported: "Commander, the main force of our armored division has encountered a Japanese armored cluster!" ”

"!" Liao Yaoxiang yelled viciously, "You don't have to think too much about it now, it's a dog's day." ”

Dai Anlan turned around and ordered in a deep voice: "Order the armored division, attack on all fronts, and defeat the enemy on the opposite side for me!" ”

"Yes." The communications staff officer snapped to the ground and immediately took the order.

…………

Shanhaiguan, headquarters of the 1st Front Army of the Kwantung Army.

In the living room of the headquarters, Lieutenant General Mitsuo Nakazawa, commander of the 1st Front, was playing Go with Okamura Ninji.

Okamura Ninji took the black lead, and when he reached the middle game, he suddenly played a clever move in the upper left corner, and a big dragon of white chess was about to be killed by black chess in one fell swoop, and Mio Nakazawa fell into a long exam.

After a long time, the third husband of Nakazawa hesitated to get a son.

As soon as Mitsuo Nakazawa fell, Major General Hattori Kotaro, chief of staff of the 1st Front Army, strode into the xiǎo living room, and immediately suddenly retracted his feet and stood upright: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Commander, the 1st Tank Division has encountered the Shina armored cluster on the west bank of the Luan River. ”

"Yo Si." Okamura Ninji then picked up a black piece and slapped it down the middle game, and in an instant, the big dragon of white chess had no possibility of breaking through, and then Okamura Ninji pushed the slam and said to Nakazawa Sanfu, "Nakazawa-kun, the way of chess is the way of soldiers, and the opportunity is often only in a blink of an eye, and you lose." ”

"Hay, thank you for your teachings." Mitsuo Nakazawa bowed his head suddenly, and immediately got up.

Okamura Ninji waved his hand and said, "Nakazawa-kun, the trump card in your hand should also attack." ”

"Hello." Mitsuo Nakazawa bowed his head sharply again, and then said to Hattori Kotaro, "Order, the 1st Brigade of Independent Combat Vehicles will attack immediately." ”

…………

The east bank of the Luan River.

A patch of withered yellow artemisia grass suddenly moved strangely.

In the dust, the yellow grass of the canopy arched upwards without warning, and then it cracked in all directions like a bō split, and in no time hundreds of tanks came out of the smoke and dust, and these tanks were extremely large, and the Japanese medium tanks were like toys in front of these tanks.

Moreover, the workmanship of these tanks is also incomparable to that of model tanks.

The most daunting thing is the 88mm caliber main gun installed on these giants, in front of the main gun of such caliber, even the thickest front armor of the M4 medium tank, can easily be pierced with one shot! That's right, these giants are the "Tiger" heavy tanks that are notorious on the battlefields of Europe!

…………

Northern suburbs of Tangshan, temporary headquarters of the 4th Group Army.

The battle reports from the front line were transmitted back to the command hall like flowing water.

"It was reported that the 3rd Tank Battalion destroyed 4 Japanese tanks and damaged 3 in battle, one of which was completely incapacitated."

"It was reported that the 1st Tank Battalion destroyed 24 Japanese tanks, and all 24 tanks of the battalion were damaged, of which 12 tanks were completely destroyed and 4 tanks had their power systems damaged."

"Report, the 9th Tank Battalion destroyed 9 Japanese tanks and damaged 6 in battle."

"Report, the 7th Tank Battalion destroyed 5 Japanese tanks and lost 7 in battle."

"Report, the 2nd Tank Battalion is running out of fuel and is returning to the forward base to refuel."

Every time a battle report arrived, the combat staff officers gathered in front of the plane map hurriedly took the tank model representing the armored clusters of the Chinese and Japanese sides off the map, and when the battle of Jiāo was less than half a Xiǎo, the number of tanks of the 4th Armored Division had been sharply reduced by nearly one-fifth, but the losses of the 1st Tank Division of the Kwantung Army were even greater.

Liao Yaoxiang slammed the knot and said to Dai Anlan: "Brother Seagull, according to this situation, even if the other chariot division of the Xiǎo devil arrives, there is nothing to worry about. ”

Dai Anlan just shook his head when he heard this, he didn't know why, he always felt a little uneasy, before the front line decided the victory, the heart he hung on could not fall back into his stomach.

…………

West bank of the Luan River.

The 1st Division of the Siye Armored Division was in full swing.

Colonel Ho Chi Van , the commander of the 1st Armored Regiment, stared at the scope stiffly, while looking for suitable prey, while giving instructions to the driver to steer and accelerate, the prey soon appeared, and Colonel Ho Chi Van immediately ordered: "Two o'clock direction, 600 yards away, move down two squares, hit!" ”

"Boom!" The turret shook violently.

When Colonel Hu Zhiwen hurriedly looked through the scope, he saw that the Japanese tank at two o'clock had already caught fire and burned.

"Well played!" Colonel Hu Zhiwen waved his fist fiercely, and when he was looking for the next prey, the pilot Zhao Hanwen suddenly shouted in surprise, "Tuanzao, the xiǎo devil can't stand it!" ”

"Huh!?" Colonel Ho Chi Van sharply rotated the turret to look around, and sure enough, he found that the Japanese tanks were retreating to both flanks.

However, unlike Zhao Hanwen, Colonel Hu Zhiwen did not have the slightest sense of excitement, because although the Japanese army suffered a loss in the battle just now, it was far from the verge of collapse. That's naïve!

"Attention battalions!" Hu Zhiwen immediately yelled into the communicator, "Rush forward at full speed, assemble on the mountain beam in front of you, and then make a big loop to the left and right, and stab Lao Tzu in the eyes of the devil!" He is a bear, and he can't fight armor and firepower, so he wants to fight with us? mén neither, hehe. ”

In the communicator, the battalion commanders responded violently.

The tanks of the 3 battalion commander were the first to rush to the mountain beams.

Almost at the same time, the slightly panicked voice of the commander of the 3rd battalion came from Colonel Hu Zhiwen's communicator: "Tuanzao, there are still tanks of xiǎo devils behind the mountain, 1000 yards away, there are at least more than a hundred, oh my God, what kind of tank is this!?" When did the xiǎo devil of the dog day have such a big tank!? ”

Colonel Hu Zhiwen's heart sank when he heard this, and he said sharply: "3rd battalion commander, what did you say?" ”

"Tuanzao, we are in big trouble......" The communicator came the rapid voice of the commander of the 3rd battalion, and before the words fell, there was a bang, and when Colonel Ho Zhiwen called again, there was no response from the commander of the 3rd battalion.

Suddenly, Colonel Ho Chi Van 's tank had also rushed up the hill.

Suddenly, a swarthy giant tank jumped into the eyes of Colonel Ho Chi Van , and Colonel Ho Chi Van suddenly gasped, God, what kind of tank is this!?