Chapter 312: A Clarion Call for Counterattack
The 18 tanks of the Japanese tank brigade are advancing slowly in a line, followed by various wheeled vehicles and a large number of infantry, as if no one is in this open land.
On the command vehicle, Kato Osa opened the top of the tank and leaned out half of his body, confidently holding his head high and proud, enjoying the breeze and the thrill of victory.
The fleeing figures in front of him are getting closer and closer, which makes Kato feel as if he is in a hunting situation.
Along the way, there were scenes of Chinese soldiers "throwing away their armor" everywhere, and the supplies and ammunition boxes that were too late to take away were placed in place, and countless guns were abandoned halfway.
"Hmph, the Huaxia people are really vulnerable, a warehouse! Crush these pigs into scraps! ”
Kato decisively ordered all the vehicles to speed up, and having just received the order from the division commander, it was very likely that the headquarters of the Huaxia people was ahead, and these fleeing soldiers might lead them to find their target.
The 18 Type 95 and Type 97 tanks began to increase the throttle and increase frantically, and this unobstructed open field was completely a slaughterhouse designed for them, and the Japanese soldiers in the tanks all showed a wicked smile like a wolf of fortune.
In a Type 97 tank, the driver stepped on the accelerator and laughed with his companion with great interest: "Go to the tree, today's bet is not over yet, if you lose, your pocket watch will be mine, haha!" ”
"Don't think! Wait and see, I can definitely kill 50 Huaxia people. The Heavy retorted unconvinced.
He usually likes to brag about how good his marksmanship is, so today he made a bet with his skeptical companion that if he could shoot more than 50 Chinese people with a machine gun, his companion would lose his military salary for 2 months, and if he could lose the pocket watch that his father left for him, he would lose to the other party.
"Yo Xi, no matter which of you wins or loses, you have to invite us to drink."
"We're all witnesses, hahaha..."
The commander laughed at their conversation and joked with the other loader.
The battlefield seemed to be very relaxed, and they arrived here as if they were on vacation, and they only needed to walk past to kill all the enemies.
"Okay, don't make a fuss, there's a situation."
At this time, the commander leaned out of the roof of the car, and observed through the telescope that the flag soldier on the command vehicle simply waved the command flag a few times, which was an order to move forward at full speed.
"The captain has given the order, battle formation, and move forward at full speed." The captain roared.
Shout......
At this moment, a piercing scream suddenly came out of the sky, and five shells fell in the tank convoy in an instant!
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Gah!?" The commander let out a strange scream and hurriedly retracted into the car, closing the roof shut.
The concussion of the explosion was transmitted inside, and everyone felt the vehicle shaking violently, and they did not dare to be careless at this moment, and stared intently ahead.
"Yaga! Where are the guns fired!? ”
Kato looked at the scene in disbelief, although the shelling did not hit any vehicles, but the huge crater was by no means a force that a small-caliber mountain gun could reach.
Shout......
Before he could make any more moves, the deadly roar in the sky rang out again!
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
……
The shells struck again, this time it was not as simple as a few shells, and the screams in the sky came one after another, and the dense barrage instantly engulfed the entire convoy.
The artillery regiment, which had been waiting for four days in the rear of the entire battlefield, finally began to show the enemy their terrifying firepower.
Twelve 155mm howitzers, twenty-four 105mm howitzers fired in one salvo, that terrible coverage area is daunting.
In an instant! Three or four unlucky Japanese tanks were blown into a pile of scrap metal on the spot, and the wheeled combat vehicles behind them were even more vulnerable, and even if they were not hit by shells, they would be overturned by the shock wave of nearby explosions.
The Japanese tank convoy bore the brunt of the attack, and the occupants of the vehicles could not hear anything other than the incessant roar of explosions.
The armor that was originally strong and safe in the hearts of the Japanese was like paper paste in front of large-caliber grenades, and in the face of this terrible firepower, even if all the vehicles were scattered, there would still be unlucky people who would be blown to pieces.
The 155-caliber grenade has a terminal kinetic energy of up to 15 megajoules alone, which is greater than the muzzle kinetic energy of all anti-tank gun armor-piercing shells of this era, and it is not difficult to hit any tank from any angle and destroy it.
And this is still without taking into account the charge. No matter how strong the armor of the tank is, it is likely that only a relatively strong place such as a shield will be left after being blown up by a 155mm howitzer.
It's like a person holding a shield against an 81mm mortar shell, the shield may still be there, but the rest of the body, including the person, is gone.
As long as the thin-skinned Japanese tank is hit, it will not even have its basic shape left, and it will directly turn the people and the car into a pile of debris, even if it is just passing by, the body will be illuminated with great damage.
"Accelerate and accelerate, you must escape!"
The frightened Kato urgently yelled at the driver, the current situation was completely a gamble, and they could not do anything to resist except to press the accelerator to the end.
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"Attention everyone, the direction remains the same, the elevation angle is adjusted up by 3 degrees, and the full fire coverage continues!"
On the artillery regiment position, Krupp, naked, was holding a walkie-talkie and ordering to various artillery units.
Beads of sweat from his stocky back couldn't help but flow down, almost all the artillerymen present looked like this, the high-intensity rapid fire made everyone sweat, and the hot shells were already piled up on the ground.
Krupp did not continue to attack the enemy tanks, the howitzer was not an anti-tank gun after all, the rate of fire and angle movement were much slower, and they were all curved ballistics, and it was difficult to chase the enemy after the first wave of strikes.
And it's not just the enemy armored forces that he attacks, but the uncovered infantry behind them is his ultimate target.
After a hellish test, the Japanese tank convoy finally broke out of the range of heavy artillery, but in that short period of seven or eight minutes, nine tanks and more than a dozen infantry vehicles were destroyed by Krupp.
The tattered remains behind him were still burning, and only 3 Type 97 and 6 Type 95 survived by the Japanese, and every Japanese soldier was terrified, they had just walked out of the Ghost Gate.
"Yes! Rush over and kill all those artillerymen! Kato, who had suffered a loss, roared angrily, and there were no words to express his fear and anger at the moment.
"Big... Captain, there is a situation in front of the left! ”
"Nani?"
Kato hurriedly looked out through the viewing glass,
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