"Nani?"

Captain Wenjing was taken aback. It's been a long time since he's seen an army break up and be able to stop a counteroffensive right away. The Japanese were also gradually spoiled by their own victory, thinking that it was natural for them to rush and kill and the enemy to collapse immediately.

Today, Tao Mingzhang wants to change the rules for the Japanese, and his men and horses are far superior to the Japanese army, and immediately use a large number of automatic weapons to block the gap. For a moment it was in a state of relaxation, and a squadron of Japanese troops through the wilderness fell to death. They had no shelter around them, so they could only charge immediately, trying to rush up the ruins for a white-knuckle battle, but they lost the opportunity, and the opponent had a lot of automatic firearms, and for a time the strong attack was frustrated, and it turned into a one-sided slaughter, and the machine guns shot them like wheat cutter, and no one rushed to the ruins. Onkai Nakasa hurriedly called for artillery fire, but by this time the 11th Brigade had already packed up and hit the road. He could only use a few 92-step guns for a while.

However, the bunker had been blown up, but the massive ruins were still an ideal bunker for sophisticated troops. Wen Jing, seeing waves going up, all repulsed. The British did not do a good job of clearing the shooting boundary, but at least maintained an open area of about 100 meters on the front line, and it was a huge price to pay to cross this area in a fire net.

Several Grant tanks tried to climb the high ground to intimidate the enemy, but the slope was too great and they all failed, and it seemed that the power of the 75mm guns could not be used. Chu Aiyun had to move these big guys to the rear intersection, at least so that nearby allies could see their existence. This strange-shaped tank is not good for fighting, but it is more useful than other smaller tanks in terms of calming the morale of the army.

Zhou Youfu's 221 chariot went all the way along the highway to find the commanding heights pointed out by Chu Tingchang. The Japanese army launched an offensive on the whole front, and the front line was filled with gunsmoke, and it was really not easy to see those horse-drawn artillery.

As he went, he saw that the top of the British pillbox in front of him suddenly bloomed, and the fragments from the explosion flew onto the armor of the reconnaissance vehicle 200 meters away, crackling. There was no time to find the commanding heights, so he and the reconnaissance team went straight to the front with rangefinders and telescopes. It seems that the Japanese artillery has been deployed in place, but if it is really as Battalion Commander Chu said, this cannon only has a range of 2 kilometers, at this moment, it should be within the observable range.

Away from the point of British fire, they chose a mound to climb up secretly. Any exposed optical equipment on the battlefield will be attacked by the enemy first, and in the morning it is backlit, so he decided to wait for the opportunity and use the telescope carefully.

The second shell fired by the enemy landed on the top of the same pillbox. Zhou Youfu hurriedly raised the telescope and swept the enemy's front line. I saw a thick smoke coming out of the flat ground, and it didn't have time to dissipate.

Why is it hidden somewhere you can't see it below the horizon?

He quickly spread out the map on the flat ground, and found that there was a riverbed below the ground, and the commander of the dog day had a good brain, and chose an area that could not be reached by direct fire. But there is no cure for all diseases in the world, and there must be gains and losses. Zhou Youfu spread the north arrow on the map to determine the direction of the smoke, and then quickly drew a straight line to find the meeting point with the riverbed.

The Japanese deployed positions in the riverbed, so that they were in a clear landmark, and with a simple azimuth and mapping, their coordinates could be cross-located, eliminating the need for a one-meter rangefinder. This kind of rangefinder is too short, and its accuracy is actually about the same as that of the veteran's jumping eye ranging, and it can be used in both ways.

He immediately used a walkie-talkie to inform Chu Aiyun of his location, and the information was conveyed to the Grant tank within a minute. The gunners inside began to operate the guns according to the shooting table, after all, they had operated the Soviet-made 76 guns and knew the principles of shooting, but they were in a depressive and closed environment, and their hands and feet were a little slow.

This kung fu mortar fired 2 more shots. All hit about the same point. The 150-kilogram ammunition fired by this large-caliber mortar is less affected by wind deflection and is very accurate. And the construction of the British army was carried out exactly according to the specifications and did not cut corners, so the Japanese were not in a hurry, they knew that the 6th shot would definitely be blasted.

The Japanese methodically loaded the 5th shell, still using the instantaneous fuse. This will make the top even more weakened. Suddenly, a series of explosions came from a distance. The commander looked over there, and the point of impact was 150 meters away, and it didn't seem to be aimed at himself, but there was nothing there, which was really strange.

Zhou Youfu hurriedly reported the deviation distance and the direction that needed to be corrected. Such a big error also frightened the gunners, and according to the outline left by the Soviet instructors, of course, it was a failure to score like this. Of course, he had reason to believe that it was caused by the inaccurate target designation, because it was impossible for all six guns to be scattered without being next to each other, but now was not the time to prevaricate, so he hurriedly adjusted the guns according to the amount of correction. Then a second shot was taken.

The Japanese observation post found that the target bunker had a white flag sticking out of the shooting hole, and it seemed that the people inside had a nervous breakdown and wanted to surrender. However, the shells had already been loaded into the chamber, and it was still troublesome to withdraw the shells from the hot chambers. So the officer gave the order to continue firing and prepared to reload the 6th, the final and decisive blow.

The British troops in the bunker were stupefied by the shells that continued to fall, and after this explosion, the huge crack at the top had formed a cobweb, and the huge cement block collapsed, blocking the exit, and it seemed that the white flag would not work in vain, and the Japanese army would not allow them to surrender.

They looked out in despair from the shooting hole, hoping that a miracle would happen. I saw a dense volley of shells fall about 2 kilometers ahead, covering the Japanese artillery position. Simply unbiased. Soon you can see the frightened horses running out, and it seems that they have really smashed in the right place. Zhou Youfu nearby also observed the same scene, and he asked the rear to shoot another salvo, preferably with men and horses, and not one alive.

Qin Xiaosu quickly intercepted the communication of the 11th Brigade and reported that a heavy force detachment had been heavily damaged, and the report mentioned that the enemy's forward observation posts were extremely professional, and it was recommended not to take any more risks and send this short-range weapon too far forward. It seems that I finally know that I am afraid. When the Japanese army used this weapon in China, it also knew that it would have sent sappers to dig out the passage in advance, or to use the night to enter and exit the position, and in the past few months, it has been a little dizzy in the battle, and it has even been transferred under the opponent's nose.

40 kilometers away, the search battalion of the 38th Division, which had arrived first, had already attacked the Japanese flank, and the Japanese army had even entered the Ringanqiang oil field area. In a hurry to expel the British sappers, not expecting the appearance of the Chinese army from the east, they suffered a loss at once and fell into passivity. On the one hand, of course, it is due to poor intelligence, and on the other hand, it is also a contempt for the mobility of the Chinese army. At present, the Chinese army concentrates on the use of various automobile units, and can quickly throw the strength of a regiment into one direction at any time.

But the Harada Wing was not a rabble after all, and immediately adjusted its deployment and began to organize a counterattack, and the Japanese were even so confident that they did not transfer the tanks of the 14th Wing on the way back. Taking advantage of this air raid, the British began to blow up the oil field facilities, ignite the oil storage tanks, and soon black smoke rose from the oil fields.

No one thought to report on Chu Aiyun's battle, but he had a rough idea of the speed of the Japanese army's progress from the black smoke rising from the east.

Immediately, Qin Xiaosu heard the call of the 7th Brigade, and they were launching a counterattack towards the oil field. Lin Xiuxuan reminded Chu Aiyun that he could immediately cross the battlefield and prepare to save the scene, because he had a premonition that the 7th Brigade would still collapse.

Although Brooke brought back information on the use of long-barreled artillery by enemy tanks, the 7th Brigade still did not pay attention to it, and it was generally believed that it was some kind of 57mm gun with low muzzle velocity. So the unit developed a strategy of taking advantage of the higher speed of the Stuart tank and detouring from both sides, because the 57mm gun had a low muzzle velocity, a curved trajectory, and an inaccurate head at long distances.

In fact, the 7th Brigade had been eager to have a fair fight with the enemy's tanks in an open area like North Africa, and the flat and open terrain of Ringanqiang finally got its wish, but they no longer had 20-ton Crusaders or 40-ton Churchill tanks. This made the 15-ton Japanese 97 tank even more powerful in armor and firepower. And all of these tanks are equipped with Type 94 radios and fence-mounted antennas on the turret, which makes it easy to command.

Wing Captain Aizawa personally took command of a tank and seized the oil field, but met only slight resistance, and a commander reported that an enemy tank had been spotted in the northwest corner. He ordered to reverse in formation, retreat through the oil fields, hide with the help of smoke, and with the help of the radio, he could quickly issue complex instructions without stopping, concentrating all the commanders to meet first.

The British, in accordance with the established plan, took advantage of the superiority of communications (they thought that the Japanese army did not have a radio station as before) and speed, dispersed and attacked from both flanks. The commander, Lieutenant Colonel Carpenter, noticed that the thick smoke from the nearby oil storage tank was moving against the ground under the influence of the wind, completely blocking the view. He didn't know where his opponent was, he only knew that he was here 20 minutes ago. He should have stopped first, at least to look at the tracks on the ground to judge the direction of his opponent's retreat, but he felt that the tank attack was important for speed, and it must not be stopped. So he ordered to outflank the two roads according to the established plan, and meet on the other side of the smoke.

During the Philippine Campaign, the Japanese army had the experience of using 47 mm anti-aircraft guns to shoot at Stuart, and the effective penetration was at a distance of one kilometer, while the distance of Stuart penetrating 97 has not yet been counted. However, if Stuart engages the enemy at high speed, it is equivalent to giving up the opportunity to shoot, and the tanks of this era certainly do not have the ability to fire on the move, but still have the probability of hitting a moving target when parked, which of course depends on the personal experience of the gunner. There is no ready-made fire control, but the human brain can comprehensively judge the distance and the amount of advance and correct the error of the previous shot.

The British tanks loomed out of the darkness and were greeted by a volley of shells, all of which missed. This kind of combat is like naval warfare, and tank formation is even more important than armor. The Japanese seized the opportunity, and the gunners began to make corrections in their hearts.

In the second round of shooting, 3 two Stuart were hit. The Japanese army used a peculiar armor-piercing*, which was extremely destructive once penetrated. The weakly armored Stuart was forced to stop and turn to a counterattack, completely passive, while the other wing, still in black smoke, was advancing in the direction of the sound of artillery. At the very beginning of the battle, the British army was at a great disadvantage.

Lin Xiuxuan didn't have a drone, so he had no way of knowing the situation on the battlefield, but he could know the general situation through the battlefield voice communication, and he could hear the British commander start shouting and asking for retreat, he knew that his prediction had come true, the 7th Armored Brigade really didn't work, I don't know how they did it when they boasted of defeating Rommel in Tobruk.