Captain Aizawa kept his distance well, and he divided the tank into two parts, one to retreat and one to shoot, in order to slow down the enemy's charge. This was not part of the German experience, but rather a formation tactic that Japan had been firing in an alternate manner since 20 years ago, and it is said that a principal of the Narashino Tank School one day patted his head and realized that tank warfare seemed to resemble naval warfare, so he began to practice this method of open area warfare. In fact, after the Battle of Nogill Threshold, it proved completely useless, because it was impossible to coordinate under the high-speed impact of the enemy and would soon be disrupted, but when you encountered an opponent who was uncertain and hesitant, you can calmly deal with it. In particular, Aizawa believes that his predecessors were actually constrained by other factors such as short-barreled artillery and poor communications.

The British began firing at a distance of 1 km, they hit 97 several times, but could not penetrate its front. The muzzle velocity of this 37 gun was relatively fast, but it was severely degraded at long range, which made several shots from the side of the enemy's moving tank end up hitting only the ground below the projection or on the load wheels.

For a team that has failed in a row, another setback will inevitably lead to a collapse of confidence among the grassroots commanders, who do not take advantage of the fact that their backs are easily hidden by smoke, but only have a deep impression of the sharp 47mm guns of the Japanese army.

This cannon is not an artifact, but it is only when Aizawa Nakasa skillfully controls the battlefield and always controls the distance at a distance of 1 km that is beneficial to 97. At this distance, the Japanese 47mm guns were just enough to penetrate the Stuart, which was confirmed by static armor-piercing tests conducted by captured American tanks in the Philippines.

If the British had charged another 200 meters, they might have had a more equal chance of engagement, but the British, having lost their ancestors, were ordered to march forward in a neat formation and crush the enemy's courage. From the beginning they retreated back to the enemy's effective firepower, and kept calling for help, of course, the commander knew very well that they themselves were in reserve, and the newly arrived Chinese division was locked in a fierce battle in the east, and there were no remaining reinforcements behind them.

The Slim command never remembered that Chu Tingchang's battalion, as a rearmament and replenishment unit that had only received equipment for a few days, was of course not included in the combat unit sequence, that is to say, on the combat sand table, there was no small flag belonging to Chu Tingchang. But Chu Tingchang was more eager and engaged in the battle than anyone else, and although it was difficult to reverse the overall defeat of 42 years, he knew that it was the strict timetable attached to it that would determine the success or failure of the Japanese Traveler's vicious plan. So he has to go around fighting fires and score points in every skirmish, so as to accumulate small victories into big victories and thwart the whole plot.

He left a defensive gap in the infantry company, and led the tank unit to resolutely advance towards the combat zone, and it was not difficult to find the enemy, just walk towards the black smoke rushing to the east.

After losing his T26, he could only choose one Grant. Standing on top of this strange shape does give people a sense of unease, it is not like a tank, it is more like a tower, or a double-decker bus. This means that it is difficult to conceal. Especially when the terrain is complex, intelligence can give you an advantage, but in an open area like this, even if you have an advantageous position and emerge from the horizon, the enemy will see it. So the main advantage that can be relied on is the 5 cm thick armor on the front of the hull.

The wounded soldiers on crutches who retreated from the highway took the initiative to give way to them, and some saluted them. This is a 3.2-meter-tall behemoth, which does have a strong ability to stabilize the morale of the military, and it is about a meter taller than the Japanese tanks that are about to fight, and in fact it is much taller than the Tiger tanks that will appear in a few months. Chu Aiyun was also puzzled by what kind of intention the designer had to come up with such a large bomb area.

"Boss, how do we get close to the enemy?" One of his platoon commanders asked, who was superstitious that Commander Chu would have some ghosts before approaching the enemy, and would eventually go around behind the enemy's buttocks.

"Go straight and drive straight into the battlefield."

He gave a simple order. There are no more clever tricks to use. Qin Xiaosu judged from the position of the radio groups of the British and Japanese sides that the battlefield was behind the thick smoke, and that was all. He had to immediately rescue the precarious British troops from behind. However, information beyond the times told him that he could drive up to 97 meters in front of the tank, 400 meters, and it was still safe there.

The tank company was unfurled and drove into the smoke. The sound of cannon fire can be heard not far away, as well as the sound of staggering air currents at high speed*, flying far or near.

"All crews always meet the enemy head-on, and put the guns to the lowest."

"Understood."

"Go at medium speed and don't stop until I give the order."

"Yes."

12 tanks came out of the black smoke one after another. There was a gloomy fog ahead, and the British troops were outflanked on both sides, all of them were frustrated, and now with the cover of some oil field facilities, they are still resisting stubbornly. Due to the lack of concealment in the wilderness, the tank groups were gathered together and could not be deployed, while the Japanese took the initiative on the battlefield and were moving from the flanks, looking for loopholes to shoot those Stuarts. The British probably hated the weak artillery,

At the most critical moment, the tall Grant emerged from between two British forces that could not support each other. They didn't plan to sneak behind the enemy, because they didn't have to.

Immediately receiving a report of the emergence of a new enemy, Aizawa Nakasa got out of the tank and observed the report's position with a telescope.

It was confirmed that it was Grant, who had fought it, but he did not have data on the breakdown of the armor of this tank with a 47-mm gun. Battlefield reports, of course, point out that this is a stupid tank that can be easily eliminated from the side. But at the moment they are in the middle of the British forces on both sides, covering each other, and it seems difficult to use the outflanking strategy.

If he had been given another half hour, he would have been able to break through the British flank, so that he could free himself to gallop throughout the oil fields. But at this juncture, the arrival of enemy reinforcements is really troublesome.

"Shiramura Shaozuo, you go and see if you can use the roadbed to cover and drag them, you only need to delay for 25 minutes, and when we annihilate the British army on the left flank, the Xichuan detachment can bypass and attack them from the side." Even without a data link, Aizawa knows the situation inside out and can quickly and effectively counter it.

"Yes!"

"By the way, you have to keep your distance. Let their cannons not penetrate you. He was referring, of course, to Grant's 37mm gun, which was no different from Stuart's. One of his tanks was hit 4 times, just as fine, it can be seen that the riveted 97-mm armor of 30 is reliable.

The standby Shiramura squadron immediately pounced like a pack of wolves, almost 12 wolves against 12 bears.

Chu Tingchang observed with a telescope that the enemy troops arrived 2 kilometers away and formed a defensive line, using a one-meter-high road embankment as cover. The shells fired by the Japanese flew by whirring, and seemed to be getting closer and closer, and he hurriedly got into the turret and put the lid on it, waiting to be hit.

There was a dull thud. For the first time, the shell hit the front. It seems that the Japanese dismounted earlier than he thought, and the opponent showed excellent marksmanship. This shot was fired from 1.5 kilometers away, and in the days when there were no accurate rangefinders, wind speed sensors, it was impossible to do it without considerable experience.

"Fangcun, good job."

1.5 kilometers away, Yoshida, the commander of a Japanese vehicle who had just witnessed the hit, shouted. He used his periscope to observe that the target was still moving forward after being shot, which was expected, but the allies inside should have known to be afraid.

"It's too late to run." He thought to himself.

Yoshida was confident in the 47-mm gun. The manual says that the breakdown capacity exceeds 37 guns by 50%.

Artillery Commander Fangcun continued to aim calmly. He judged the speed of the wind by the thick, drifting smoke behind Grant and the distance by the reticule, and the target was so stupid that he didn't have to calculate the amount of advance. He thought that it must be a novice who was out of order.

All of the Grant turned the thick 75 gun outward, drooped down the barrel to the maximum depression angle, and pointed it at the ground not far ahead, the only purpose was to calm the Japanese troops on the opposite side, so that they would think that the gun would not actually go into battle. The two wings of the British saw a Grant appear and were also encouraged. The British commander even reminded the tanks on the radio to watch out for the enemy*. He didn't know that most of the Chinese soldiers couldn't understand English at all.

The tank continued to rumble forward. The tank group in Shirakuron was unable to maneuver, so they could only hide behind limited cover and keep firing, hoping that after entering a kilometer, they would be able to solve the target.

Chu Tingchang silently counted until he was hit for the fourth time, and he estimated that the balance of pressure in his heart should be reversed, and it was always the turn of the Japanese to start fearing.

As he expected, his company approached step by step without firing a shot, which made the Japanese army feel invisible pressure, which may be the cruel pressure exerted on the opponent by the red-coated team of the British army back then. It's a pity that the British forgot the courage of their ancestors.

"How so, almost 500 meters?" Commander Yoshida simply couldn't believe his eyes, and Kamimine told him that the 47mm gun was the superior anti-tank weapon, and that no Allied tank could withstand it.

The enemy continued to advance, and Commander Shiramura thought that he could only risk flanking, he could briefly pass through the British positions and expose the flanks, there must be some cost, but as long as he quickly eliminated the stupid-looking Grants, he could retreat and regroup.

Over there, 12 Grants came to a halt. All of them have been hit about 70 times, and none of them have been penetrated. Chu Tingchang knew that the heat was almost over. The door on all the tanks drooped down, and the thick pipe that looked like it was dead began to turn. The muzzle velocity of this cannon is not high, and there is no accuracy at long distances, but now, it is better. This cannon is not equipped with *, so just use *, anyway, the effect is the same, maybe better.

A Japanese 97 moved at low speed and turned, ready to implement outflanking tactics. The driver made a mistake, he should not have turned synchronously when starting, which made the inexperienced gunner at a distance, can ignore the speed of the car, and do not have to calculate how much in advance of the body such a super problem, in the years without ballistic computers and disturbance shooting, the role of the human brain is irreplaceable, this ability requires a lot of training and actual combat to hone it.

Even at a distance of a few hundred meters, 75 millimeters* still slammed into each other in a clear arc. It hit the position where the hull of the 97 tank was connected to the turret, and even if it exploded on the surface with an instantaneous fuse, it still blew up the 97 turret. This was the first 97 medium tank lost by the Japanese Army after the outbreak of the Pacific War.

The rest of the Japanese tanks immediately moved out of cover and moved sideways at high speed, avoiding the terrible tank gun that could break the tank into parts.

Once the Type 97 moves quickly in front of the gunner's crosshairs, those with a muzzle velocity of just over 300 meters and need to be in the air for 1.5 seconds to reach the target* will have no target. However, the lateral escape in front of the muzzle means that the side is exposed, and the 37mm gun with a straight trajectory on the Grant can effectively track and hit the target, especially the gunner of Chu Tingchang is T26 and is not unfamiliar with this high-speed gun.