Chapter 64: Combination of Infantry and Artillery
The Japanese machine guns spewed bullets at the tanks and armored vehicles, but their light machine guns did not pose a threat to the tanks and armored vehicles at all, and those bullets were bounced off by the armor. With the roar of the engines, the all-black tanks and armored vehicles got closer and closer to the Japanese troops, and finally stopped at a distance of only 200 meters from the Japanese troops, but the barrels on the tanks also adjusted their positions at the same time, and it was only a matter of time before they fired at the Japanese troops.
The tanks 200 meters away shook violently, and with the roar of the shells piercing through the air, the shells that burst out of the barrels of the tanks fell on the heads of the Japanese soldiers. The explosions of "boom" and "boom" rang out, and the Japanese machine-gun positions that had been fighting quite happily just now were filled with gunsmoke, and the mortars and grenadiers on the small hills on the flanks of the "boom," "boom," and "boom" also fired their second round of artillery fire, increasing the number of fireballs and smoke columns rising in the Japanese positions to more than a dozen.
The Japanese soldiers of the "scattered" squad led by a second lieutenant rushed towards the tanks with grenades and rifles, looking at the appearance of the Japanese troops, these people should be death squads sent by the Japanese army, and they wanted to take advantage of the fact that the tanks were busy firing artillery and blew up the tanks with the grenades of the infantry. At 150 meters, 120 meters, and 100 meters, the Japanese infantry squad was getting closer and closer to the tank, and the Japanese second lieutenant who led the team also showed a victorious smile on his face, and there was only a distance of 100 meters left, as long as they could break through within 20 meters of the tank, the tank gun would have no way to take them.
At 80 meters, the Japanese soldiers in the charge began to accelerate and let out bursts of roars, and some of the anxious Japanese soldiers had already pulled the safety on the grenades, and only needed to knock them on the steel helmets before they could throw them. Chekov, who had been hiding behind the tank for a long time, looked at the Japanese death squad rushing over with a sneer, and silently calculated the distance between himself and them in his heart, waiting for the Japanese death squad to rush to 50 meters away from the tank, Chekov tapped the armored car next to him a few times with the butt of the Garand rifle in his hand, and in the surprised eyes of the Japanese ensign, the machine gun that had been hanging low on the armored car suddenly raised.
As soon as the Japanese second lieutenant shouted out, the machine gun on the armored car 50 meters away from the opposite side suddenly fired, and the tongue of fire sprayed from the machine gun rushed straight into the queue of the Japanese death squad. The machine guns on the armored vehicles kept spitting out projectiles, and the Japanese soldiers on the charging line were full of bullet holes from the rain of bullets, and the grenades in their hands could not be thrown at a distance of 50 meters.
"I don't know what to call something" Looking at the Japanese soldiers who were struggling in the rain of bullets, Chekov coldly scolded a Chinese idiom he had just learned. The combination of infantry and artillery is something that Zhao Zhi taught the mercenaries as early as after the capture of the tank armored car at the Madian Railway Station, as the commander of the heavy weapon, Chekov can let the tank run out naked and fight alone, is it possible that the machine guns on these armored vehicles were used as ornaments by the Japanese army? An entire infantry squad was shot 50 meters away from the tanks, and the rumbling tanks and armored vehicles slowly moved forward, directly towards the Japanese siege force.
"Inform Mr. immediately, just say that I have successfully suppressed the Japanese siege force here, ask him if he wants support there, I can transfer two tanks to his place" Chekov, who saw that the situation on his side was very good, did not intend to force the Japanese army too tightly, just commanded the tanks, armored vehicles and flank artillery fire to suppress the Japanese army, and the two sides unanimously maintained a buffer distance of 200 meters, in case the Japanese army went crazy and the whole army pressed over, these tanks and armored vehicles in his hands really could not withstand the attack of more than 2,000 Japanese troopsHe had to have time to get ready to escape.
"Keep firing, don't stop" After finishing the footsteps, Chekov ordered the tanks and the artillerymen on the flanks to continue firing, anyway, there were many captured shells, as long as the two Japanese infantry brigades that could repel the siege of the city, it was worth it to shoot all the shells, after all, this side was mainly to contain the Japanese army, and the battle on his own side was the main position. The tanks and gunners commanded by Chekov kept bombarding the Japanese troops, greatly reducing the intensity of their siege, and the siege troops who broke out of the Japanese positions were often scattered by artillery fire before they got close to the city walls, and coupled with the machine gun fire on the city walls, their offensive was as useless as scratching their boots.
"This can't be done, the tanks and artillery of the Chinese people are fighting very fiercely, and our soldiers can't get close to the edge of the city wall at all, let alone blow up the city gate with explosives" Looking at the soldiers who fell down with bullets in the binoculars, Sasaki, as the commander, regretted on his face, those who died in battle were all soldiers under him, and they were consumed outside this small county town. "Send death squads to blow up tanks again, as long as these tanks are still there, it will be impossible for us to attack the county town" The Japanese soldiers of the two squads strapped explosive packs to their bodies, and according to Sasaki's order, they divided into two ways to open the skirmish line and rush to the tanks and armored vehicles in the distance.
The death squad sent by the Japanese army this time looked smarter, not only did they divide the left and right teams to outflank them from the flanks, but they also pulled between the soldiers and the soldiers very open, avoiding the concentrated strafing of the machine guns on the armored vehicles. "It's finally a little bit old," Chekov with a telescope looked at the human bombers who were rushing towards him with the skirmishers, and the corners of his mouth curled up to reveal an even more grim smile. Mr. himself had long expected that the Japanese army who were forced to be anxious would use such a shameless way of fighting, so when he was separated from Chekov, he assigned more than a dozen Garand riflemen to his armored troops, and it was very suitable to use Garand rifles to deal with such a skirmish line.
Chekov turned around and waved, and the riflemen, who had long been hiding in the depression behind the tank, got up and ran over, relying on the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, the riflemen aimed their crosshairs at the Japanese bombers a hundred meters away. These riflemen may not be able to hit the heads of people a hundred meters away with Garand, but if they let them hit the explosive bag that the Japanese army tied to their chests, they will still be able to hit very accurately. Moreover, the semi-automatic rate of fire of the Garand's 8-round capacity is not comparable to that of bolt-action rifles, and more than a dozen Garand and the machine guns on the armored vehicles formed an impermeable firepower network, which blocked the Japanese death squad that rushed again 60 meters away, and could no longer continue to move forward.