The top brass of the North China Front, who had had enough of the power of the anti-United Nations tank guns, ignored the resolute opposition of the technicians and the commander of the Fourth Brigade of the Independent Combat Vehicle, Takazawa Yinghui Dazuo, and forced the technicians to temporarily modify this tank, and the firepower of the tank was indeed raised by a grade compared with the previous model. One in one? W?w?w?.? ８?１?z?w?．? com

It did have the ability to compete with the anti-United Nations medium tanks, so that for the first time, the Japanese army had a tank that could compete with the anti-United forces in terms of firepower. But after all, the design and modification of a new weapon requires a lot of scientific argumentation and systematic research, and it is not something you can do as you want.

Blindly brute force only cares about increasing the power of artillery, but never thinks about starting from the bullet and improving the shorter path of old-fashioned armor-piercing shells, only thinking about adding large-caliber artillery to the tank. Without detailed argumentation and relatively sufficient practice, there are many problems after being put into actual combat.

The main gun temporarily and hastily modified with the originally powerful field artillery is indeed quite powerful, and both the range and accuracy are better than the main guns used by the American-made M-4 tank and the T-34 tank of the Anti-United Nations. If it is systematically demonstrated and scientifically improved, it is not even worse than the most powerful anti-Japanese tank, the 75-mm long-barreled gun of the German-made No. 4 tank.

However, the manual bolt commonly used in medium-caliber ground guns such as mountain artillery makes its main gun relatively slow compared to tank guns. The original overly bulky weight made the turret swivel mechanism, which was not originally designed to be very successful, rotate more slowly.

Among the entire artillery equipment of the Japanese army, the Type 90 field gun with the greatest power and the longest firing range, and it is also the only one with real anti-tank capability. The artillery of the Japanese 6th Army thought that in addition to its long range and great power, this field gun was too cumbersome and heavy, which made it difficult to maneuver and chose the Type 95 field artillery.

A field gun that is too cumbersome for artillery without any major changes. It was just that some parts that were not needed for the tank gun were removed, the barrel was cut off, and it was forcibly stuffed into the turret that was originally only used to use 50 mm tank guns, which was only possible for the Japanese 6th Army, which had always been known for its brute force.

Although all the large-caliber tank guns in the world are basically modified from ground artillery, it is not uncommon for people to specialize in developing a tank gun in this era, but it is indeed rare. Especially in wartime, when there is not so much time, basically all tank guns are modified with anti-tank guns or anti-aircraft guns. Romance debuts

But before people stuff into the tank, they have to undergo a major operation, and even redesign in many aspects. The North China Front, which blindly pursued might, only valued the power of artillery and did not care about anything else. It's such a hasty modification, and it's strange if nothing happens.

The turret of this Japanese tank, although it was originally designed, has left room for modification. But this one-ton field cannon is still a little unbearable for the turret. Despite being used as a tank gun, it was possible to remove a lot of settings and two wheels. But the weight of this field gun is still difficult for the turret to bear.

After the 90 field gun was replaced, the original design was not adjusted accordingly, which made the turret rotate more slowly. The M-4 tank of the Anti-United Nations has bypassed the Japanese tank guns and aimed directly at the sight, and the turret of the Japanese tank has not yet been turned.

Coupled with the problem of its own shooting, often the tanks of the Anti-Japanese Union had already fired four shots, and the Japanese tanks could only return fire with one shot, which made the Japanese army suffer a great loss in the confrontation. In addition to other factors such as armor and mobility, the power and shooting of artillery are quite critical in tank duels.

At the same time, because of the original design, the shield and fixed gun parts used in this tank gun were not specially prepared for this gun. Only the artillery was modified, and the strength of the shield did not increase accordingly, which was also a mortal threat to this tank. The shield was to bear the main recoil of the gun, far beyond the original design.

As a result, the tanks in the two Japanese tank squadrons only fired a few shots, and one-third of the tanks' shields were torn apart by the powerful recoil generated by their own tank guns. There were even a few tank guns, because of the recoil caused by continuous fire, the hanging ears of the fixed guns were torn off, and they lost the ability to return fire and were destroyed by the anti-United Nations tanks.

In addition, the observation and sighting system of the anti-United States tanks, as well as the vertical stabilization device, made the shooting accuracy far better than that of the Japanese tanks. At the same time, it has the ability to shoot accurately on the march, and the training level of the tankers has also surpassed the training level of the Japanese tank crews.

At the same time, the M 4 medium tanks that the United States gave to the Anti-Japanese Union were equipped with old 75-mm tank guns. But there were no problems with the 50-mm frontal armor of the Type 3 tank. Although it did suffer a lot of losses at the beginning, and the power of the main gun was inferior to that of the Japanese tank, it still had a slight upper hand on the whole.

However, this tank battle was the first time that the tanks of the Anti-United Nations lost the power of artillery when facing Japanese tanks. At the same time, the Japanese army relied on the anti-tank gun positions behind them to avoid close combat with the anti-coalition as much as possible. Although there are many problems with this kind of tank that was temporarily refitted, it has also caused considerable losses to the tank cluster invested by the Anti-United Nations.

After a tank battle of a small scale, a tank battalion of the Anti-Japanese Union that participated in the battle destroyed all the two Japanese tank squadrons and ten one-gun fighting vehicles of an artillery tank squadron, but its own losses were also quite heavy. In the battle with the Japanese Type 3 modified tanks, more than half of the troops were lost.

Moreover, it opened up the attack distance, focusing mainly on the Japanese tank group, and also created a considerable opportunity for the Japanese infantry and anti-tank guns deployed in the rear of their tank group. Although the infantry cooperated with the tank combat, they constantly used dense fire to drive out the Japanese anti-tank men to cover the tanks.

However, in the face of the Japanese army's adoption of a multi-layered and large-depth defense system composed of tank and anti-tank artillery positions and infantry anti-tank fire teams, it also caused considerable losses to the various units participating in the anti-Japanese alliance. A complete battalion of three medium tank companies, plus an attached light tank company, which was originally used for a deep breakthrough, was largely disabled.

The three medium tank companies suffered heavy losses, and although they cooperated with the infantry to break through to the depth of the Japanese defense six or seven kilometers, they also paid a considerable price themselves. Of the three medium tank companies of American-made M-4 medium tanks, only five tanks remained combat-ready. The largest one M-4 tank was hit by more than a dozen iron-fist anti-tank rockets, plus twenty or fifty millimeter anti-tank shells.

As for the M-3 light tank, which was even weaker in armor, it was completely destroyed by the Japanese during the battle. This loss was the largest loss in the battle against the Japanese tanks in addition to the defeat in the Tongzhou battlefield.

In this battle, the tank troops of the Anti-Japanese Federation brought such heavy losses, not only because the Japanese army invested new tanks. The hastily improved tank invested by the Japanese army did pose a great threat to the tank cluster of the Anti-United Nations, and even suffered a lot of losses, but this was not the key factor in such a large loss.

The tactics adopted by the Japanese army in this battle were the reason why the tank troops invested by the Anti-Japanese Union suffered such a large loss. The Japanese army used Type 88 anti-aircraft guns and 50-millimeter anti-tank guns to form an anti-tank firepower network that combined far and near. Anti-aircraft artillery firing commanders were used to guide anti-tank artillery into battle.

Its anti-tank gun positions were set up to coordinate with the tank units in front and a large number of anti-tank groups under the cover of artillery and machine guns behind them. In order to cope with the fire of Japanese tanks, the anti-United tank units switched to an evacuation attack formation and focused their main attention on dealing with Japanese tanks that posed a considerable threat.

The Type 88 antiaircraft artillery group, which was deployed behind the Japanese tank group, immediately took advantage of its long firing range and opened fire directly at a distance of 1,000 meters under the guidance of a one-meter optical rangefinder and an antiaircraft artillery firing commander. Cooperate with the tanks in front of you, and use this long-range, high-precision anti-aircraft gun to fire flat to make up for the shortcomings of the Japanese tank's slow shooting.

At the same time, the anti-tank group of the infantry, under the cover of artillery and heavy machine guns, as well as the infantry counter-assault, also rushed out at any cost. Using the cover of the infantry's counter-assault and artillery fire, he entangled the anti-United Nations infantry fighting with the tank troops, and he used the anti-tank rocket launcher in his hand to attack the anti-United Nations tanks at close range.

Behind the Japanese tank cluster, there was not only a large number of anti-tank clusters composed of Type 88 anti-aircraft guns and infantry. There were also well-concealed 50-mm anti-tank gun positions with anti-coalition tanks less than 300 meters away and light and non-firing. This tactical system of the Japanese army posed a rather deadly threat to Hou Guozhong's assault.

The M 4 medium tank and the M 3 light tank were too tall and set a tall target for the Japanese anti-tank artillery fire under the flat terrain. The Japanese army was using an anti-aircraft artillery firing commander, a one-meter optical rangefinder, to guide anti-tank artillery to fire at long distances, and it can be said that the hit rate was quite high.

Although the artillery of the Anti-Union is constantly providing fire cover. In particular, the rocket artillery constantly covered the Japanese army's deep positions and suppressed the Japanese army's anti-tank artillery positions. However, the entire defense system of the Japanese army still posed a considerable threat to Hou Guozhong's breakthrough operation.

Originally, according to Hou Guozhong's plan, it was to invest infantry to open a passage for the tanks, and then use the tanks to adopt the tactics of large-depth penetration that the anti-coalition is customary. However, in the face of the interspersed offensive of the Anti-Union, the Japanese army put in two tank squadrons, plus an artillery tank squadron, to cope with the infantry attack of the Anti-Union.

He could only use the tank cluster scheduled for a deep assault in advance, directly facing the combination of fire from Japanese tank and anti-tank gun positions. This battle has been carried out, although there has also been a considerable breakthrough. But he was scheduled to invest in depth, and the tank cluster that outflanked the 100th Division also suffered heavy losses.

This loss made Chen Hanzhang and Hou Guozhong feel quite surprised. As soon as the battle began, a sharp spear was broken. This will undoubtedly have a considerable impact on the progress of the entire campaign, and will even directly affect the breakthrough of the right flank and delay the course of the entire campaign.

Fortunately, Hou Guozhong, who was in charge of the front-line command, also moved quite quickly, and immediately adjusted part of the deployment after the tank battalion was basically lost. From the battlefield where the remnants of the 72nd Division were encircled and annihilated, the last two tank companies were withdrawn, plus the remaining five tanks of the battalion, and temporarily reduced to one battalion.

The whole march to the battlefield strengthened the roundabout outflanking troops, so as to complete the task of interspersing the flanks of the 100th division as much as possible. And the number of artillery on the flanks, almost doubled. The defense system of the entire right flank of the 100th Division was covered with dense artillery fire, and every effort was made to cover the breakthrough of the attack group.