Episode 59 Tank Street Fighting

The commander of the Kubu tank was cold all over, listened to the shouts of the Ming army more than ten meters away, rescued the girl, and asked the girl if there was a "clear capture" nearby. The girl's voice was smaller, crying, and she said something intermittently, needless to say, the existence of her tank team, as well as the approximate number of personnel, when they left, and in which direction, now the Ming army already knows. They immediately searched every house in the vicinity.

The commander gritted his teeth, turned around and said:

"Prepare for battle!"

Then retract the turret and close the top cover.

The Qing infantry thought they were going to rush out, but the tanks didn't start, but they just hid in the darkness of the broken room, and the barrels of their guns were aimed at the streets outside.

The sound of the engine is getting closer, and it's already close. The broken glass on the window frame trembled, and the sound was brittle, and it made people tremble to hear.

The first Ming tank appeared in view, this was a Lightning-2 tank, obviously a head shorter than the Kubu tank in the house, the side of the turret was painted with the People's Guard logo, slowly drove in front of this room, and did not notice the Qing tank in the room.

The commander of the Qing army shouted:

"Put!"

With a loud bang, the huge body of the "Kubu" shook violently, fireworks erupted, the side of the Lightning-2 tank a few meters away blossomed, the turret exploded, the hull was still two meters forward, the whole body was on fire, and stopped.

With this cannon, the house was shattered into broken bricks and dust, the glass shattered, and the Qing soldiers in the house were covered in dust, and their ears were buzzing, but they still shouted:

"Rush! Kill! ”

The Kubu tank roared out of the room and rushed onto the road, the turret quickly turned to the left, and the coaxial machine gun began to strafe the follow-up infantry behind the wreckage of the tank.

However, the infantry of the People's Guard reacted relatively quickly, and when they saw the explosion of the tanks in front of them, they had already scattered quickly on both sides. At this moment, the Kubu tank rushed out of the house, and the side armor immediately "clanged", and anti-tank bullets and machine-gun bullets hit it like a hail. As soon as the Qing infantry in the back rushed out, they screamed and fell down several times.

The Kubu tank roared, turned its body and the barrel of the gun horizontally, and the two machine guns fired at it, pressing towards the Ming army. The Qing soldiers in the back took the opportunity to rush out of the house, cowered behind the tank, and followed forward.

The People's Guard soldiers in front were so crushed that they could not raise their heads, and several were killed, while the remaining seven or eight men retreated with machine guns and anti-tank guns and hid in houses and alleys on both sides of the road.

Under normal circumstances, the infantry of the Qing army would have to follow up to clear up, but now they all know that they are being hunted, and they can't delay for a second longer, there are enemy tanks on the left and right and behind them, only the front is a gap, and they must escape before the second and third tanks appear, and join up with the other friendly tanks.

But the "Kubu" tank is too slow, only 30 per hour, it is a typical infantry tank, that is, the kind of "movable pillbox", and in terms of mobility it is not at all the opponent of the lightning tank with a speed of 40 per hour.

Now it roared and spewed green smoke violently, and on the road full of ruins, it could barely drive to 12 speeds, and the dozen or so Qing soldiers behind it were also desperate to flee for their lives, and if they wanted to pull their legs and gallop, they could be much faster than that. When it comes to cross-country ability, human legs are much stronger than tracks. But they are not willing to give up this "mobile bunker". When infantry and tanks are together, that sense of security is irreplaceable.

The Qing soldiers trotted down, and from time to time they aimed at the buildings on both sides with their guns, praying in their hearts that they would not rush out of another Ming tank from both sides or from behind.

But the sound of the Ming tanks behind him was getting closer and closer, and the last Qing soldier had already heard it clearly.

However, this street is no longer straight here, but curved over, and it is not visible more than ten meters behind you. Now I can clearly hear that the enemy tank is tailing behind the ass, and will drill out and fire at any time, but the eyes can't see.

For the battlefield infantry, there is no more terrifying than this.

At the end of the street corner behind him, the first Ming infantry to probe his brain appeared, and the Qing infantry immediately "snapped" a burst of shots, and the Ming infantry retracted.

The Qing soldiers all knew that the enemy tanks were close at hand, and this was the reconnaissance infantry in the lead. The turret of the "Kubu" tank slowly turned, and the barrel turned behind him, ready for a blow to the head.

But the Ming tank behind him did not show its head, but only followed, but from time to time a Ming infantry appeared to take a look, and the Qing soldiers shot, and he immediately retracted. Once, he picked up a submachine gun and hit a shuttle. The Qing soldiers did not dare to turn around and attack that soldier, for fear of staying away from their tanks and being eaten by the superior Ming army behind.

The besieged Kubu tank was Xiang Xiaoqiang's "J-2" fighter group. The J-2-1 and J-2-2 are Lightning-2 light tanks, the J-2-3 and J-2-4 are Lightning-3 medium tanks, and the J-2-5 is a steel crossbow self-propelled gun. Now the J-2-2 has been ambushed by the Kub tank, killed, there are three tanks left, one self-propelled gun. Even so, it was still a group of wolves devouring tigers, forcing this "Kubu" to despair.

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Immediately behind the "Kubu" was the J-2-4, a Lightning -3 medium tank. Now the commander of the J-2-4 even shows the turret and constantly informs other tanks of the location of the Qing army tank in front of him in the headset.

Behind the tanks were a dozen People's Guard infantrymen. In the midst of them was a staggering girl, wrapped in a military coat and wearing a steel helmet.

They had just found the girl on the broken floor. At that time, her arms were naked, her cotton clothes were torn to shreds, her upper body was almost naked, her face was blue from the cold, and her whole body was trembling. And at that time, the Qing soldiers were afraid that she would escape, so they tied her hands to very high steel bars, and she had to worry about her toes to ensure that she would not be hanged. The dirt under his feet kept sliding again, and the wire had been deeply embedded in his wrist, strangling blood.

When the soldiers of the People's Guard saw this scene, they couldn't believe their eyes. …… They are still not men, and they do this to a girl.

At that time, because it was a very thick wire and tied very high, it could not be untied at all. If it weren't for the vices in the tank's toolbox, she wouldn't have been able to even be saved.

This girl was very sensible, and when the soldiers were clamping the wire to save her, she first trembled and said the number and direction of the Qing army, and the general appearance of the Qing army's tank, and then put on a warm military coat before crying and asking them to save her sister. But there were a few soldiers who were in Xu Xiangde's row and witnessed the death of the little girl. They hesitated to tell the girl that her sister was gone.

Looking at the girl sitting on the ground crying loudly, the soldiers felt uncomfortable and conflicted, and quietly discussed, some advocated taking her, some advocated reporting to the higher authorities and letting a team be sent to pick her up, and some people thought that how could they take a girl on the battlefield? So how can there be a war? Advocate leaving her alone......

Finally, it was reported directly to the headquarters by radio. Xiang Xiaoqiang personally instructed: We, the People's Guard, are for the people, and it doesn't matter if we leave the girl behind, it is not realistic to send someone to pick it up. Try to take her with you as much as possible without affecting the battle.

So, the soldiers of the People's Guard protected her in the middle and gave her a steel helmet. Now they have one more mission, to avenge her sister.

Xiang Xiaoqiang assigned a few local soldiers in Nanjing to each group, and they were very familiar with every street and alley, even if it was so unrecognizable, it was still clear at a glance which street it was, which street was behind this wall, and where it was turning in front...... And so on, guide the tank to drill through the streets and alleys, and move with ease. The Qing army's tanks were not good, and their eyes were black in the cobweb-covered streets, and they only dared to drive along this wide street, and they did not dare to drill indiscriminately at all. They didn't know what was behind the wall, and they couldn't get out of the way after they hit it, and they didn't dare to drill into the alleys, and they didn't know if there was a road inside, and they couldn't get out.

Now the soldiers could clearly hear that a tank on the right side of the road had driven past and had copied itself to the front. There are walls and houses in the way, and you can hear it clearly, but you can't see it.

They're outflanking us...... Every Qing soldier thought creepy.

As the street slowly turned, the driver of the Kubu tank suddenly saw a self-propelled gun parked in the middle of the road ahead. His hair stood on end in fright, and he immediately shouted:

"Self-propelled guns right ahead! Turn the muzzle! ”

At the same time, the reverse gear was triggered, and the Kubu tank stopped at once, then puffed out green smoke and reversed suddenly. The barrel above his head "clicked" forward.

The "steel crossbow" self-propelled guns in front opened fire, and one shot hit a house next to the "Kubu", and half of the brick wall collapsed with a bang and smashed into the turret of the "Kubu" tank.

The turret of the "Kubu" easily turned to the front, immediately stopped falling backwards, and moved forward again, trying to take out the self-propelled guns in front.

But the "steel crossbow" self-propelled guns in front quickly fell back and disappeared into the crooked end of the street, not facing it at all. At the same time, the "Lightning-3", which was trailing behind, suddenly increased its horsepower to catch up, and almost stuck to the back of the butt of the "Kubu".

The commander of the Kubu tank was already transcendent in an instant. He understood that the Ming tanks behind him had come up. It was impossible for Kubu to turn the barrel back at this time.

He lifted the turret lid with all his might, but could not lift it. …… A large cement slab was pressed on top of the turret, and the steel bars were firmly hung from the barrel.

"We are dead......"

The commander slowly took off his headset and hat and muttered to the gunner.

In a strong shock, a 47-mm armor-piercing shell penetrated the turret through the weak rear armor and detonated all the shells.

The explosion was violent, lifting the turret of the "Kubu" into the sky, and the remnants of the chassis became a ball of fire, and thick smoke and flames rushed out, followed by another large fireball, and the gasoline tank also exploded.

Of the four Qing army crew members, none survived.

After the "J-2-4" in the back finished beating the "Kubu", it rushed up with more horsepower at this moment, and the machine guns swept away the Qing infantry. The soldiers of the People's Guard in the back also rushed up, firing light machine guns and submachine guns together. These Qing soldiers only had rifles, and they had no power to parry, and they scattered and fled for a while. A few Qing soldiers ran into a small building next to it, climbed to the second floor and fired down their guns. The flamethrowers of the Ming army came up with spray guns dripping with fire.

The destroyer team was equipped with flamethrowers, which were originally intended to be anti-tank. Now the Pyro aimed at the window on the second floor and pulled the trigger, and with a "whoosh" scream, the small building was instantly filled with fire.

Two of the burning men screamed and jumped from the window hole on the second floor, and the other three didn't even climb out.

The rest of the ** Qing soldiers rushed to the small alley in front of them, but there was a loud "bang", and another tank came out of the brick wall in front of them and stopped in front of them.

The remnants of the Qing soldiers completely collapsed, threw down their guns, knelt down and surrendered.

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Eight Qing soldiers were dragged by the soldiers of the People's Guard to fight in front of a ruined wall, and then called the girl forward, and one of the sergeants asked:

"Miss, take a look, did this class of Qinglu catch you and your sister?"

The girl remembered her sister's miserable situation, her crazy crying, her howl, and she was bound and watched...... With tears streaming down her face, she nodded, barely able to stand.

When these Qing soldiers heard him ask, their faces were suddenly as blank as paper, and they knew that there was less luck and less luck, and the three of them fell to the ground with weak legs at that time.

The sergeant pointed his submachine gun at them and asked the girl:

"Miss, as long as you say a word, we will avenge your sister."

The other five Qing soldiers knelt down and wailed loudly, begging the girl to spare her life......

The surrounding People's Guard soldiers had long wanted to kill them, but they all sneered, pulled the bolt of their guns, and many shouted:

"Kill them!"

The girl was crying with tears on her face, shrunk in her military coat, trembling incessantly, looking at the burning tanks and corpses all over the ground, and subconsciously shook her head.

"Well," said the sergeant, "you have a lot of good luck, and we don't have to do it." Say, which of you is a Manchu and who is a Han? ”

A few Qing soldiers just felt that they had escaped death, and they didn't dare to answer when they were asked like this.

In fact, they were from the Eight Banners Division, and they were all full of people, but they shouted one after another:

"I'm Han!"

"Me too!"

"We are all Han Chinese!"

A People's Guard soldier said:

"Don't believe them, this is the Eight Banners Division, all of them are full of people!"

Several Qing soldiers fell to their knees again, begging for mercy.

The maiden wept aloud and said cowardly:

"Forget it...... Never mind...... Spare them...... I don't want revenge......"

Everyone was stunned, and the sergeant turned his face to stare at the girl for a while, and suddenly shouted:

"***, no avail! Meat head! …… Now you spare them, and next time you fall into their hands, see if they spare you! …… Before we could win the war, we cried and shouted for mercy! If you really win, you can't offer them as ancestors! …… Damn, we Han people have too many lambs like you, so people can climb on their heads and again and again! ”

He spat "bah", walked up to the eight Qing soldiers, and pointed one by one with his hands:

"You, you, you, you, come out!"

Several People's Guard soldiers went up and pulled the four men out and pressed them to their knees. The sergeant glanced at the crying girl and said:

"Go into that house and don't let the lady see it."

The faces of the four Qing soldiers were pale and white, and they were carried out to the dilapidated house next to them like puppets. Then there was a burst of gunfire, and several People's Guard soldiers came out with murderous faces and clapped their hands:

"That's it!"

The man demoralized a little, and ordered the men to go in again, put the rifle in the bosom of the corpse, and disguise that he had been killed in the battle, and leave no words behind. Then he looked at the girl who was crying incessantly, and said:

"You see, we're not just taking revenge on your sister. In the city of Nanjing, there are many people who have suffered the same as your sister. Do you think you two are the only one? ”

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A kilometer away, two "Barutu" heavy tanks were being besieged by three destroyer groups, a total of 12 tanks, and three or two self-propelled guns. One of the Barutu has already been seriously wounded, the half-pulled turret has been lifted, and the armament is only a machine gun. Another Barutu took cover for it, and both retreated into a large house.

Due to their absolute superiority, none of the 12 tanks of the People's Guards participating in the siege suffered any casualties, and only one of them fell off the cement balcony on the second floor next to it while passing through the wall, smashing the turret and withdrawing from the battle.

But now the big house occupied by the two Barutu cars is special, it has only one floor, and it is wide and large, with almost no windows outside. The Ming tanks tried to drive in, but the walls were cement, so thick that they couldn't hit them.

This seems to be a big warehouse, the Barutu tank is driven in backwards from the big iron gate, and when it enters, it will use the muzzle of the gun to the gate, and the Ming army tank has no way for a while.

", what is this place?"

The infantry of the People's Guard, crouching behind the tank, aimed at the large warehouse, muttered.

A local soldier in Nanjing suddenly shouted:

"Hey, by the way, this is Futai Distillery, I've been here, this is the Distillery Warehouse!"

Distillery warehouse? …… That's easy to do.

The two Barutu tanks were parked in the warehouse, and the Qing soldiers who followed the advance looked left and right, and found that in the large space, there were dense cement pillars, with a steel frame in the middle, and a tall jar on top.

They looked at the words in horror:

…… Aged old knife burning: 65 degrees Celsius......

…… Anhydrous alcohol (ethanol), dangerous goods are flammable, fireworks are strictly prohibited......