At the time of Zhou Youfu's attack, He Bisheng's improvised tank group was already ready behind the mountain beams, and the 5th Army occupied the north and the terrain was higher, which made it difficult for the enemy to observe the movement on this side, and the enemy's movement, even if it was disguised, could easily leak flaws. All the maneuvers of the Japanese army revolved around evading Allied aerial reconnaissance, and it was indeed effective, but it was difficult to fool the scouts hiding behind the eightfold artillery mirror. In particular, the movement of tanks is not small. Experienced scouts were already familiar with the 3rd Brigade's practice of pointing and dispersing their forces, and they didn't care about the tanks running around like flies without their heads, they only paid attention to the final assembly area. The enemy smoke was slow to rise, and the Scout had already seen the signs of the enemy coming out. Of course, Chu Tingchang's original strategy was also to attack and save him, so it is not difficult to judge where they will appear in the end. Commander Amano judged that he had an hour, which was obviously too rich.

Even for a cautious Japanese commander like Amano, anticipating the enemy's leniency was an empty dogma, and they were accustomed to the enemy's sluggishness and low learning ability. This was true on the Chinese battlefield, where the war lasted for twelve years, and the Kuomintang army was never able to adapt to the tactics of the Japanese army, which rarely changed. In contrast, on the Soviet-German battlefield, it took the Soviet army two years to adapt to the German blitzkrieg; In Australia, after a year of crushing defeat, the US-Australian coalition gradually learned not to be defeated by the Japanese army's three-plate axe. And here, Chu Tingchang adapted to the new tactics of the Japanese, and it only took one day. Now, as long as Amano rises ass, he dares to pack a ticket to know what shit he is going to pull. And you can prepare in advance and beat his out.

The Japanese sortie tanks struggled to advance on the trenches dug by the 201st Division, which hindered the tank's marching speed. These trenches were all popped up overnight, and they were dug very deeply, and this kind of earthwork work was completely contrary to the style of the Kuomintang army in the past. The Japanese have seen the Nationalist army using the corpses of their comrades to build bunkers, but it is rare to see the trenches dug so quickly and so standardly. In the 5th Army, the problem of excavating fortifications was passable, and it only existed in Zhou Youfu's 202nd Division.

Mortar fire covered in time and exploded around the Japanese tank group, which forced the Japanese commander to drill into the turret. Fortunately, they did not find the flank attack of the direct-aim artillery that they feared most, which reassured Commander Hirose a little.

The headquarters of the brigade where Captain Hirose is located is in a tank at the front of the team. He has been stretching over the map, representing his arrows, hoping to see the enemy as soon as possible, and before the enemy can react, shoot from the flank and rear, annihilating half of them, and then he can quickly pass back to Chiang Mai, with infantry recovering from behind. This is also the basic intention of Amano. You can see that the enemy's trucks are running in the distance, everything is according to plan, the enemy is in chaos, and it should not be clear what they are trying to do. The sound of the cannon outside gradually decreased, and he couldn't help but get out of the cockpit again and look through the binoculars.

A damaged Stuart tank, along with a T2 tracked tractor of the same chassis that attempted to tow it away, was ahead. The hatches of the two tanks were wide open, and the crews had fled.

Chief Chu's army allowed soldiers to flee in such situations, and they valued people over weapons. Of course, the 5th Army's family background is complete, so Hirose, who has been tracking the world's armored technology since ten years ago, smacks his tongue. If his tank is damaged, the repair company of the brigade command, only a few trucks can be mobilized, and the poor terrain can only be thrown. In addition, Hirose is very strange, where did they find so many Chinese soldiers who can operate technical equipment? According to the statistics of the base camp, there is no shortage of soldiers in China, but there is an extreme shortage of people who can understand maps and operate complex machinery.

Hirose, who lacked the ability to communicate, determined that he was on the enemy's offensive lane by observing these discarded equipment. He ordered the troops to turn south, ready to kick the enemy in the ass, but the visibility on the battlefield was getting lower and lower, and it seemed that it was not only his own artillery firing*, but the enemy was also fighting*.

Vision is the biggest problem for any tank commander, especially if your tank is still alive with firepower but very thin armor, so you have to avoid encounters that get too close. Now it's hard for him to see from 300 meters away.

He used the radio to call all three squadrons to pay attention to the formation and not to spread too thin. But only two squadron leaders on the radio responded, and the other probably pulled too far and never replied.

The difference between the command tank of the Japanese army and the normal tank was that it had half less ammunition in order to stand one more person, there were no other changes, and the radio was the same. Ideally, such a tank would cover a distance of about 10 km, and less than 1 km if the terrain is undulating.

As the smoke cleared, Hirose focused his attention to the south, where he finally saw the fast-moving Stuart tanks, which were a kilometer away, but were ready to fight back and didn't aim their butts at themselves. Not only did the car turn to itself, but many of them also found a hidden mound for themselves. The enemy even launched a counterattack first, with shells whizzing around.

It was a distance where it would be difficult for both sides to penetrate the opponent, Hirose did not want to storm the past, he wanted to play a finger to the east and west, he ordered the command and the 1st squadron to attract the enemy's attention here, and the 2nd squadron, which was still in contact, took the enemy by surprise from the side, bypassing the mountain girder marked on the contour map.

This is a manifestation of the tank commander's ability to respond on the spot, and after following Amano's countless squad drills, Hirose can quickly make correct judgments.

He continued to call out the missing 3rd Squadron on the radio, hoping that they would hear it and quickly come closer. Form a defense in your rear against the enemy from the enemy's main position in the north. But for the time being, he still has the advantage of taking the initiative to attack, that is, about an hour or so judged by the brigade commander, and the enemy's command is chaotic.

The 2nd squadron took the initiative to release smoke, and then quietly bypassed the undulating terrain with a clean and clean movement that the enemy would not be able to observe.

Here, Hirose is still directing the shooting with the opponent, just waiting for the signal of the second squadron, he has to cover on both sides, the only worry is that the undulating terrain between the two teams may interfere with the communication distance. Sure enough, after the disappearance of the second squadron, communications were completely cut off. The battle could only be fought as agreed.

The 1st Squadron reported the appearance of a tank on the left flank, looming in the smoke, and he climbed out of the turret to observe the left flank. Judging from the position, it may be the third squadron that has fallen behind, but there is still no answer after several calls. That's weird. Meiji Electric's radio station was bad, but it was not so visible that it still didn't respond.

He Bisheng's tank hurried and finally appeared in a corner of the battlefield, and today he wants to play the role of Zhou Youfu's savior and snatch back the face he lost at the table.

The enemy's artillery battle with Zhou Youfu revealed their location. Now he can just kill it and give the enemy a little color. He wanted to get as close as possible to the enemy before striking them, so he asked the tank crew not to fire first, and to let him command everything. His command was specific to the platoon, and he was even in charge of the timing of the fire. The Japanese commanders did not dare to give such orders, because unreliable communications would cause those tanks that had not received the order to fire not to fire, so the Japanese were always in a chaotic formation to meet the enemy.

The situation finally became clear, and the Japanese began to fire at Sherman, 700 meters away, and the 47mm long-barreled gun was hateful and accurate, but at most it could only leave a depression in the armor. This is both the case in tank battles, where all hits are zeroed in the presence of sufficiently strong armor of the opponent.

He Bisheng ordered a stop, and then launched a counterattack. He knew that the distance was appropriate, the enemy could not penetrate him, but it was enough to see the behemoth he was facing. He just wanted to see how the Japanese behaved in times of despair.

The Japanese tanks began to retreat, which meant exposing their butts to Zhou Youfu, but Sherman's psychological pressure on them was too great, and the impenetrable armor coupled with the firepower that could not be resisted was simply a nightmare, in fact, all the tactics of the Third Brigade were revolved around avoiding these things, and Chief Chu discovered Amano's little secret two days ago.

The turrets of the Type 100 tanks were knocked off one after another. This kind of tank is clean and sharp in appearance, and it is very close to the trend of the world's tank development, and it is no longer the style of the First World War like the previous Japanese tanks, but in its bones, it is still a tank driven by a 150-horsepower engine, which is destined to make it extremely difficult for the designer to fight between armor and firepower.

The Sherman's engine power is more than 3 times that of a Japanese tank, so it can have armor, firepower, and decent maneuverability at the same time.

The 2nd Squadron of the Japanese Army, completely unaware that the command was in a bitter battle, was still carrying out Hirose's outflanking battle plan. The poor ability of communication limited the resilience of the Japanese army, and they could only fight on their own by delegating command.

Zhou Youfu's scouts saw the enemy's tank group divided into troops from the commanding heights, and the intention to outflank them was very obvious. The intelligence was quickly transmitted to Lao Zhou's command headquarters through the walkie-talkie, with a total of three key points - the enemy's intention to outflank, the enemy's lack of infantry, and the enemy's column.

Lao Zhou knew that He Bisheng alone could not save himself, but fortunately, his search battalion was equipped with a new Bazooka rocket launcher given by the American allies, which had a longer range than the previous trial.

He could quickly deploy these mechanized infantry by half-tracks. By the time the Japanese tanks passed, the half-tracks that had arrived ahead of time had not had time to conceal, but the infantry had already disembarked and completed their deployment, and if there was more time, the infantry would have even had time to bury some * on the path that the Japanese had to pass. After the Japanese tank machine guns dispersed the infantry who were digging and laying mines, the infantry threw * directly onto the passage. These litters* were more effective than tank obstacles, and the enemy column tried to bypass them, and then fell into confusion.

Zhou Youfu's search battalion fired at the chaotic target from a distance of 300 to 200 meters*, and the hit rate was low, but the enemy was slow to react. There were no tanks carrying infantry, and most feared such a situation