Chapter 875: Defensive Counterattack

The two tank companies that received the order, a total of five No. 4 tank fighting vehicles, and more than 700 cavalry of the cavalry reconnaissance battalion of the guard regiment immediately went out.

They joined the battlefield from the junction of the guard regiment and the blocking position of the 1st Division, and five No. 4 tanks took the lead and took the lead in killing the blocking position of the Dragon's Tooth Column.

The fifteen general-purpose machine guns equipped with the tank suddenly opened fire, and the dense bullets suddenly flew like raindrops at high speed towards the charging crowd of devils.

The dense bullets flew at high speed and made a burst of whirring sounds, and in the dark night, like a swarm of glowing locusts flying at high speed, they shot head-on into the crowd of Japanese soldiers who were charging at full speed.

Puff puff, puff, puff...... In an instant, dozens of devil soldiers were shot one after another, and their bodies were riddled with holes, and some devils were shot and fell down before they could even scream.

At the same time, tens of thousands of dragon-tooth officers and soldiers on the blocking position also opened fire one after another, and all kinds of light and heavy weapons were fired in unison, and tens of thousands of bullets flew towards the devil crowd.

The devils who were charging were shot and fell to the ground one after another, the firepower was the most intensive, and the most lethal was the five No. 4 tank vehicles, fifteen general-purpose machine guns fired at the same time, with a crazy rate of fire of tens of thousands of rounds per minute, the devils launched a crazy shooting.

In addition, the 75mm Krupp guns equipped with the five tanks themselves were not idle, picking out the dense crowds of devils or heavy machine guns, grenadiers and other fire support points to bombard.

Every time the cannon goes down, there will be devils who will be blown up in all directions, screaming again and again, and killing and wounding everywhere.

The devils, who were preparing to attack with all their might, were completely stunned by the sudden ferocious fire of the tank armored group, but the nightmare was far from over, and they had not yet recovered from the shock.

More than 700 dragontooth cavalry, all armed with MP38 submachine guns, followed by the tank group, suddenly slashed out from both wings, and the submachine guns in their hands opened fire one after another.

Suddenly, a large and dense rain of bullets poured down on the Japanese army.

Five tanks and more than 700 dragon tooth cavalry, while firing fiercely at the devils and hitting them fiercely, launched a direct counter-charge against the enemy without stopping.

Their powerful assault firepower was powerless to fight the devils, and occasionally the devils and heavy machine gunners fired at them from some inconspicuous directions.

However, most of the bullets hit the front or side armor of the five tanks, making a thumping sound and splashing dazzling sparks.

Other than that, it has no effect and cannot pose any threat to the Dragon's Tooth tank at all.

Among them, several Japanese grenadiers, who were experienced in combat, quietly fired several small grenades at five tank vehicles under the cover of other infantry.

But although it hit the target and exploded, it couldn't penetrate the defensive armor of the No. 4 tank at all, and after the scarlet fire flashed, the devil soldiers were desperate to find that the dragon tooth tanks were still advancing towards them through the smoke and fire.

Only the vehicle-mounted machine gun paused slightly, and then roared again, shooting out a series of hot and dazzling tongues of fire, and everywhere it went, bullets rained down, and the devil soldiers were caught off guard, falling to the ground in pieces like mustard.

The officers and men of the 1st Division and the Guard Regiment also attacked in a timely manner, and some of the commanders and fighters who led the team took the lead and led tens of thousands of officers and men of Longya, closely following the cavalry and tank units, to launch a counterattack on the Japanese attacking troops and launch a counterattack on the whole line.

For a time, the entire battlefield was shrouded in firelight, cannons, gunshots, and shouts of killing.

The elite of more than 6,000 Japanese troops, who were attacking with all their might just now, were defeated like a mountain in an instant, and were defeated by the counterattacking army composed of tanks, cavalry, and infantry of the Dragon's Tooth Column.

Until the end, it was the remaining troops of the 108th and 109th Divisions who fought hard to block the counterattack of the Dragon's Tooth Column and take the surviving attacking troops back.

However, according to post-war statistics, less than 2,000 of the more than 6,000 elites who came back alive at the time of the sortie were left, and more than 4,000 Japanese troops were killed or wounded on the battlefield.

The entire battlefield can be said to be full of dead corpses, rivers of blood, because there are dragon tooth tanks and cavalry walking back and forth, countless devils, wounded soldiers and dead corpses, are directly crushed into a ball of muddy minced meat, the scene is miserable.

At the command post of the railway station, the phone rang rapidly throughout the confidential room, Wan Yinger took off the headphones, picked up the phone and listened to a few words, and then walked out immediately.

Came to the command room where Qiao Youhua and General Zuo Quan were, and saluted the two of them: "Commander, chief, report from the front, our tank unit and cavalry unit, together with the first division and guard regiment, repelled the attack of the devils, and took advantage of the situation to counterattack, annihilating at least more than 3,000 little devils." ”

General Zuo Quan was overjoyed when he heard this, and he had a new personal experience of the combat effectiveness of the Dragon's Tooth Column; when he worked at the headquarters in the past, although he was very clear about the brilliant results achieved by the Dragon's Tooth Column one after another, it was only a figure obtained from a telegram after all.

Far from being able to participate in and command this battle in person now, a defensive counterattack annihilated at least more than 3,000 Japanese troops, still the elite of devils, or in the frontal offensive and defensive battles.

Such combat effectiveness cannot be achieved even by the most elite troops of the Eighth Route Army, the Central Army, and the Jin Sui Army. It can be seen how strong the combat effectiveness and firepower of the dragon's tooth column are.

Of course, the Dragon's Tooth Column should now be regarded as the most elite and combat-effective anti-Japanese force in the Eighth Route Army.

Qiao Youhua has long been accustomed to it, his troops are equipped with all German-style weapons, and there are tanks to help, and the firepower is not on the same level as the devil at all, and it is completely normal to be able to achieve such a result.

Even, Qiao Youhua was still a little dissatisfied, why did the attacking troops fail to counterattack and defeat the Japanese army in one fell swoop and completely solve this battle.

Therefore, he asked Wan Ying'er: "Why didn't the troops take advantage of the situation to counterattack and occupy the enemy's sortie position?" Even if you can't defeat all the devils and the puppet army, you should give them a heavy blow! ”

Wan Ying'er replied without humility or arrogance: "Commander, do you know that there are anti-tank trenches dug in front of the devil's attack position, and in addition, when the devil's remaining troops learned that the attack failed and our counterattack came, they suddenly sent a large number of death squads.

Holding explosives bags, they rushed to our tank troops without fear of death, and with the storage of anti-tank trenches, our assault was blocked, and in order to avoid unnecessary losses, Deputy Division Commander Liu ordered to stop the pursuit and withdraw the troops. ”

Qiao Youhua nodded approvingly when he heard this, he understood that what Wan Ying'er said about unnecessary losses was referring to the five tanks that had come from thousands of miles to help.

After all, there are not many tanks and vehicles owned by the Dragon's Tooth Column as a whole, and the loss of one is a huge loss, which is extremely precious.

PS: The next chapter should be at six or seven o'clock in the evening, like this, and I recommend a fantasy book to everyone: "Peerless Sword God", which is very well written, if you like it, you can search for it.