Chapter 178: The First Battle of the Tank
The commander of the third battalion saw that the 027 car missed two shells in a row, and he was a little speechless, feeling that his face was gloomy, in order to save face, the third battalion commander had to order his loader and gunner, "Quickly load the armor-piercing shell, aim at the little devil tank in front, and blow it up for me." ”
The loader who heard the order immediately loaded an armor-piercing shell, and the tank shooter also carefully aimed at the little devil tank nearly a kilometer away through the optical sight, and then decisively opened fire.
I saw that there was a loud bang, and the little devil tank that was targeted just now was suddenly completely exploded, and the power of the 75mm armor-piercing bullet was vividly reflected, and the two tanks of the little devil were hit with a big hole, emitting thick black smoke, and it seems that the Douding tank that hit the little devil with the 75mm armor-piercing bullet is really a bit overkill.
The commander of the first battalion in the distance, seeing that the third battalion commander had exploded a little devil's tank, was not to be outdone, and also ordered his loader and gunner, "Quickly load me with high-explosive shells and hit the tank on the left." ”
The loader expertly loaded a 75mm high-explosive shell, and the tank shooter immediately turned the tank turret and aimed at the imp tank in the distance through the optical scope.
I saw the Type 39 tank of the battalion commander, the thick muzzle of the gun flashed, and then, a loud bang sounded, and the entire upper part of the little devil tank in the distance was torn off, leaving only the broken tank chassis, where black smoke was emitting and began to burn.
The chariot wing of the little devils saw the Chinese tanks on the opposite side firing and several of their tanks were blown up, so they stopped one after another and began to prepare to fight back. The little devil's tank can't fire on the move, and it has to stop to aim and fire.
A little devil's tank also aimed at a Chinese tank five or six hundred meters away, and fired the first shot.
Seeing a hit, the little devil's gunner shouted happily, and then celebrated, but soon, the little devil gunner was dumbfounded, only to see the smoke dissipate in the distance, and the Chinese tank that had just been hit by himself was not affected, and even the speed did not decrease, and it was driving this way.
The little devil gunner couldn't believe it, and rubbed his eyes vigorously, yes, he wasn't dazzled, the shot just now didn't have much impact on the Chinese tank in the distance.
If the little devil gunner has good eyesight, or is close enough, he will definitely see that the Chinese tank just now only has a blackened mark on the body, and a bowl-sized camouflage paint has been knocked off, revealing the metal armor under the paint.
The 37 mm small gun of the little devil is simply not able to penetrate the thick armor of the Type 39 at a distance of five or six hundred meters, the body armor thickness of the Type 39 tank is 45 mm, the thickness of the frontal armor is 60 mm, and the sides are also 45 mm, and there is a certain angle of inclination, not to mention that this 37 mm small cannon is a 75 mm cannon, even if an armor-piercing shell is used, it is only possible to penetrate the Type 39 tank at a distance of 400 meters.
When the little devil gunner was still there in disbelief, and was in a daze there, the Chinese tank on the opposite side opened fire, only to see the fire of the muzzle of the Chinese tank flashing, and the little devil's tank suddenly turned into a pile of scrap metal with thick smoke and flames.
The armored tank is only two or three hundred meters away from the little devil's tank, and at such a close distance, the soldiers who used to shoot the old shells flying, at this distance, the accuracy has obviously improved a lot, and suddenly several little devil tanks were blown up.
It didn't take long for the tanks of the two sides to melee together, some of each other's tanks were only separated by a few tens of meters, and the distance was only one or two hundred meters, and the two sides were completely intertwined and the melee came together.
In this case, the 360-degree turret of the Type 39 tank showed obvious advantages, and there happened to be a little devil's tank next to the tank of the first battalion commander, and this little devil's tank obviously wanted to hit the tank of the first battalion commander, and the little devil tank was busy reversing, so that the barrel of his tank could aim at the tank of the first battalion commander.
The tank of the first battalion commander is obviously not so strenuous, and it needs to be reversed to aim at the tank of the little devil next to him, and the tank gunner of the first battalion commander is skillfully working on the tank, only to see the turret of this tank rotating and turning around, and immediately aimed at the tank of this little devil.
With a loud bang, a 75 mm high-explosive bomb completely disintegrated the little devil's tank.
Kimura Ichiro, the captain of the chariot wing of the little devil, saw that the tanks of his wing were reduced one by one, and the tanks of the middle [***] team were not lost, and behind, at least more than thirty armored vehicles had already driven over, and they were only a few hundred meters away from him.
Kimura Ichiro, who was a little frightened, saw that his tank was not very effective against Chinese tanks, so he came up with the idea of an armored personnel carrier coming at high speed in the distance, so Kimura Ichiro personally aimed at an armored personnel carrier in the distance and fired a shot.
This cannon accurately hit this armored personnel carrier, but it did not penetrate it, it seemed to only leave a pit one foot square on the two armored vehicles, Kimura Ichiro couldn't believe it, what kind of armored vehicle is this, it can't even penetrate the tank.
In fact, Kimura Ichiro's gun just hit the frontal armor of this armored car, and the frontal armor of the Type 39 armored personnel carrier is also 16 mm thick, plus the distance is a bit far, Kimura Ichiro's gun only left a pit on the armored car.
This armored personnel carrier saw that the little devil's tank actually fired at itself, so it immediately aimed at the little devil's tank and opened fire. The Type 39 armored vehicle was equipped with a 30-mm cannon with a rate of fire of 50 rounds per minute, firing a 30-mm shell almost a second.
The caliber of the 30 mm shells is not much smaller than the caliber of the 37 mm main gun of the little devil's tank, and more than a dozen shells hit this little devil's tank in a row, and the little devil's tank was immediately blown up, and several of the little devils inside were also killed alive, including the captain of the little devil's wing, Kimura Ichiro Osa.
There are fewer and fewer tanks of the little devils, and the armored vehicles of the fighters have also come up, at this time, the armored vehicles, all the shooting holes are fully open, and the fighters in the armored vehicles, holding AK-47 rifles, mercilessly shoot the infantry of the little devils.
An armored car is a moving fortress, fierce firepower, it is impossible for a little devil with a Type 38 rifle to get within fifty meters of an armored car, more than 30 armored vehicles, more than 30 tanks, began a merciless slaughter of the little devil.
The cavalry of the little devils, seeing this scene, immediately rushed up to help, but after the little devil cavalry approached these armored vehicles and tanks, they found that they had no way to start, and there were several little devil cavalrymen, after slashing a few times on the Type 39 tank with sabers, they found that only a few faint knife marks were left.
In the armored car in the distance, the fighters saw several little devil cavalrymen, holding sabers, slashing around a Type 39 tank, and immediately through the armored firing hole, they used AK-47 rifles to beat these little devil cavalry into a sieve.
The soldiers of the 36th Group Army were all in armored vehicles and tanks, and the little devils could not fight at all, and the little devils were completely exposed, without any armor protection, and the number of little devils decreased sharply.
The captain of the cavalry wing of the little devil, seeing that the situation was wrong, immediately gave the order to retreat, and the remaining thousands of little devil cavalry immediately turned their horses in horror and fled in the direction of Jining.
Seeing the little devil cavalry fleeing, the soldiers were not in a hurry to pursue, because there were still a few little devil tanks and armored vehicles, as well as hundreds of little devil infantry that had not yet been eliminated.
The armored regiment was the vanguard, and it was fighting happily here, with rumbling guns everywhere, followed by the armored regiment was the mechanized infantry regiment of the cavalry division, and the distance between the two armies was only ten or twenty kilometers.
The mechanized infantry regiment that has been moving forward is getting closer and closer to here, and can already faintly hear the sound of guns here, and the commander of the mechanized infantry regiment Pan Guoxing, who is sitting in the off-road vehicle, hears the movement in front of him, and knows that the armored regiment must have done something with the little devil.
So, Commander Pan ordered loudly: "All troops, pay attention, speed up the march, otherwise we won't even be able to drink the soup." ”
Hearing Commander Pan's order, several soldiers next to him burst into laughter, and everyone increased the throttle one after another. The advantage of the off-road vehicle is that it is fast and flexible, and the disadvantage is that the cross-country ability is inferior to tanks and armored vehicles, but here is a flat steppe, and the speed advantage of the off-road vehicle is immediately manifested.
The distance of more than ten or twenty kilometers, less than half an hour arrived, I saw that one or two kilometers in front, the soldiers of the first armored regiment were fighting happily there, it seems that the luck is not bad, and they can catch the last train, the tanks and armored vehicles of the little devils have been eliminated, but there are still hundreds of little devils, they can be killed, so that the soldiers have a good time, Commander Pan thought.
The fighters of the mechanized infantry regiment increased the throttle of the off-road vehicle to the maximum, and some of the fighters stood on the carriage of the off-road vehicle, chanting, looking very happy. A distance of one or two kilometers is an instant for a high-speed off-road vehicle.
As soon as they got into range of the AK-47 assault rifle, the fighters stood on the car and started shooting, and if they didn't fight, the remaining hundreds of little devils would be wiped out by the fighters of the armored regiment.
Wu Youqing, the commander of the armored division, saw that the mechanized infantry regiment of the cavalry division had been killed, and immediately picked up the microphone and said humorously: "Attention of all units, the mechanized infantry regiment has come to rob our little devils, everyone refuel, hurry up and eliminate the little devils." ”
Hearing what his division commander said, the commander of the first armored regiment and several battalion company commanders all laughed, his division commander was really funny, although everyone was laughing, but his hands were not slow at all, and he shot at the little devil.
(To be continued)