Chapter 353: Xingtang Temple Tank Battle VII
"Boom" "boom" a few shots, at least five tanks aimed at the entangled Type 97 tanks and fired.
So densely huddled together, don't beat you guys.
If you don't beat you, wait until you can calm down and beat us?
The 13th Tank Wing of the little devils has long been blinded, there is no one to command in a unified manner, and the remaining tanks are even more chaotic.
However, one thing to be commended for the little devils is that until the commander of the unit gives a clear order to retreat, their tacit order is to attack.
The remaining devil tanks swarmed and charged the 2nd Tank Regiment on the hillside, including the surviving Type 94 tanks, which were brittleer than eggshells.
The gentle slope of the hill did not put much pressure on the tank crawl, and a scuffle ensued on the hillside.
Relying on the condescending geographical advantage, the X-1 main battle tank gave full play to the advantages of the tank itself, and in the face of the rampage of the Type 97 tank that rushed up, the Type 97 tank, which weighed only 15 tons, could not withstand the impact of the 33-ton X-1 main battle tank.
In this kind of melee, the tank gun is far less flexible than the vehicle-mounted machine gun, and the machine guns on both sides are hit into a point, but the 80 mm armor of the X-1 main battle tank is simply impossible to break through by the devil's 7.7 mm machine gun.
The battlefield turned into a show of XBQ-1 rapid-fire machine guns, which caused the Type 97 tank to spark wildly, and from time to time the tank armor would be knocked off and bullets would penetrate the hull.
Xie Tian drove the B-17 around the battlefield a few times, and the tank group planes in the melee could not help at all, and it was very likely that their tanks would be hit by mistake if they strafed with machine guns.
The little devil's 7.7mm machine gun will not do any damage to the X-1 main battle tank, and if the plane enters the battle with a 20mm machine gun and injures his own tank, it will be a.
Xie Tian saw from afar that Ge Dazhuang had already led a tank regiment to come to support, so he simply abandoned this battlefield and led the aircraft group to fly behind the long march of the Sixth Tank Brigade.
Fu Zuoyi personally led the 52nd Army to the rear of the Sixth Tank Brigade, here I have to say that God really opened the eyes of the sky, where the mountain road is nine bends and eighteen bends, and it is precisely the bend at the end of this section of the mountain road of the Japanese Sixth Tank Brigade that is closest to the 52nd Army.
Xie Tian got in touch with Fu Zuoyi and commanded the 52nd Army to climb over a high mountain, which happened to cut off the retreat of the 6th Tank Brigade.
In order to urge the Chongqing government to sit down at the negotiating table, Gangcun Ningci also made a bloody investment this time, and the Japanese Sixth Tank Brigade was dispatched, with 218 tanks and 603 trucks, and these vehicles alone dragged the marching team more than ten kilometers long, and the ammunition and materials loaded on the vehicles were prepared as many as seven bases.
If the Sixth Tank Brigade had not unfortunately encountered the 42nd Group Army here in Xingtang Temple, and Yang Aiyuan's Sixth Army had faced the Sixth Tank Brigade of the Japanese Army, I am afraid that it would not have been as simple as being driven across the Yellow River, and it was very likely that the Sixth Army would have been defeated to the annihilation of the entire army.
Speaking of which, Fu Zuoyi did the old club a big favor by mistake, but I don't know if Yan Xishan will thank him.
Seeing that the vanguard of the 52nd Army had arrived in a favorable combat position, Xie Tian ordered the aircraft formation to attack the rear guard of the 6th Tank Brigade, which was like a headless fly.
Xie Tian once said to Shen Xiang without shame: As long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a big problem.
Now Xie Tian has interpreted the meaning of this sentence to the extreme.
Originally, the vanguard of the 52nd Army had arrived, and it was completely possible for the infantry to attack the rear guard of the 6th Tank Brigade with the same firepower configuration of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Wing, but it was inevitable to cause certain casualties.
As a result, Xie Tian still ordered the cluster bombs to be dropped on the 3rd Wing of the mechanized infantry in the confusion, and as many as 3 were thrown.
Dropping a cluster bomb is equivalent to throwing a large amount of gold bars off the plane, which is to exchange money for life.
Of course, cluster bombs are cheap weapons of mass destruction when compared to nuclear bombs.
Three cluster bombs were dropped on the head of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Wing of the 6th Tank Brigade, and this time the devils didn't need to be confused anymore, it was all over for them.
Fu Zuoyi climbed up the hill panting, looked at the battlefield that was being intensively bombed on the road down the hillside, and speechlessly glanced at the group of planes that were diving and strafing at a low altitude, and shook his head slightly with a wry smile.
We ran over the mountains and broke two legs, and it turned out that we were here to clean up the battlefield again.
On a front that stretches for more than ten kilometers, it is almost impossible for the devils who want to completely annihilate the Sixth Tank Brigade, and the devils who wake up will have a chance to escape as long as they run into the mountains.
But Fu Zuoyi would not let these devils run out of here alive.
Fu Zuoyi observed the terrain for a while and immediately issued a combat order to the 52nd Army.
The battle lasted from morning to dusk, the 13th Tank Wing, the 17th Tank Wing, and the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Wing, the three main combat forces of the 6th Tank Brigade of the Japanese Army, were all annihilated, the 3rd Mechanized Artillery Wing suffered heavy casualties, the air defense team and the rapid-fire artillery team were almost completely annihilated, and the surviving devils finally gave up the last struggle and began to retreat into the mountains in the face of the encirclement that was shrinking more and more tightly.
Due to the fuel situation, Xie Tian had already led the fleet back at noon, and the next battle continued to be under Fu Zuoyi's full command, but Xie Tian always paid attention to every battle report sent back from the front.
The battle has reached this level, and the Japanese Sixth Tank Brigade has basically been completely annihilated, and this result is already very, very good, and it can be regarded as a surprise.
Of course, after Xie Tian returned to the headquarters, he did not sit in the office and read the sand table and other battle reports, since the Sixth Tank Brigade had already been dispatched, then Changzhi, who was empty of troops, was already in Xie Tian's bag.
Xie Tian touched Zhao Gang and others, and ordered Xu Shiyou's 41st Group Army to mobilize the 49th Army to attack Changzhi quickly, and Qin Fen, deputy commander-in-chief of the 41st Group Army, took the initiative to ask Ying to personally lead the 49th Army to attack Changzhi.
Li Changshun's tank division was originally separated from the 49th Army, and it was a brother who smashed bones and tendons, and it was natural to cooperate with the 49th Army to fight together.
Originally, Li Changshun's tank division wanted to touch the Japanese Sixth Tank Brigade of Changzhi after being equipped with some X-1 main battle tanks, but now it was taken by Ge Dazhuang, and Li Changshun regretted that he almost didn't beat himself.
Damn it, this big fat meat was eaten by Da Zhuang, no, the next time we meet, we must let Da Zhuang entertain me, and it can't be lower than the standard of eight dishes of the commander-in-chief.
Xie Tian, Zhao Gang and others were surrounding the sand table to predict how the Japanese army would react to the upcoming Battle of Changzhi and Linfen, when the telecommunications staff officer ran to Xie Tian and saluted: "Report, Commander-in-Chief Fu sent a telegram that the remnants of the Japanese Sixth Tank Brigade have been besieged in Jianjialing, and he has ordered all units to evacuate the villagers of the two nearby villages and prepare to set fire to the mountain. ”
Set fire to the mountain, so ruthless?
Zhao Gang couldn't help but grin and looked at Xie Tian.
Xie Tian looked at the telecommunications staff officer expressionlessly and said, "Ask Commander-in-Chief Fu if he needs the flight team to throw incendiary bombs for assistance." ”
"Yes"
Yes, this one is even more ruthless.