"Regiment seat! Enemy reinforcements were found two kilometers ahead!" A commander at the front of the Hainan Army Tank Regiment reported to the commander at the rear.
Their tank regiment is equipped with the KV-1 tank produced by the Soviet Union in 1941, with a design crew of 5 and a combat weight of 43 to 48 tons. It is a veritable heavy tank.
The turret is equipped with a 76.2mm caliber artillery and three 7.62mm DT machine guns. Although it is not as good as the future T34 and Tiger tanks in terms of firepower and defense, it is compared to the Japanese one that only weighs 15 tons.
Doudin' Tank still has a very good chance of winning.
"Order, all units reorganize their formations! Let us rush up and blast their butts with artillery shells!" Wu Shaoting, leader of the tank regiment, gave the order excitedly.
He graduated from the German Armored Command Academy and received a good education in tank warfare knowledge. He was also one of the top talents discovered by Li Weidong from overseas Chinese.
Because he had studied in Germany, he had a wide range of contacts and was aware of the huge gap between his motherland and Western powers. When agents from the Military Intelligence Division found him, Wu Shaoting thought he was a liar.
Later, a military intelligence agent brought a design drawing of a tank. Although the drawing did not have important parts, he recognized it at a glance as a brand new set of tank design drawings.
In the end, he resolutely went through the suspension procedures with enthusiasm and returned to the motherland with the Hainan Army agents. At that time, many classmates tried to persuade him to stay, because he was about to graduate in another year, and now that he is suspending his studies, he will not even get a formal graduation.
certificate.
But he replied in one sentence: "If the country will not survive, how can we call home!"
Three years ago, he had dreamed that one day he would be able to drive a tank across the land of his motherland. Things are unpredictable, but he did not expect that his wish would come true in advance.
After checking the base number of artillery shells, Wu Shaoting knew that the tank regiment could continue a high-intensity battle, so he randomly issued orders and continued to move forward.
Following the orders from each command vehicle, the remaining thirty or so tanks gathered together and continued to move forward along the muddy road.
The tank regiment is the only unit within the Hainan Army that has completed a fully mechanized transformation. In addition to KV-1 tanks, it is also equipped with many Dodge trucks.
Soon the troops cleaning the battlefield were assembled, and the soldiers of the Hainan Army jumped on the military trucks and followed the tanks. All that was left was the wandering battlefield and the land stained red with blood.
About twenty minutes later, the follow-up Hainan Army troops arrived at this place. A group of soldiers got out of the car, piled the corpses of Japanese soldiers together, poured gasoline and set them on fire.
The raging fire raised heavy black smoke. Perhaps these Japanese people did not expect that they would just pour it on this land and then turn it into fertilizer.
"What? The 1st regiment of Pingguyuan was wiped out? Bagaya Road!" A major with red and swollen cheeks endured the angry scolding of the division commander Inoue Harano.
"We are the Imperial Army of His Majesty the Emperor's Empire of Japan, how could we fail?" Inoue Harano was partly because of the destruction of the Hiratani No. 1 Regiment, and on the other hand, he was thinking about how to calm down the impact of this incident.
The Japanese troops sent to attack South China had fought against the Chinese army many times, but this was the first time that a regiment was completely wiped out. This was a big blow to the morale of the Japanese army, which had been going smoothly on the South China battlefield.
And if he couldn't find the Chinese unit that destroyed Pingguyuan's 1st Regiment and beat it severely or destroy it, then he would have no choice but to disembowel it as an apology.
They must be found and annihilated! Inoue Harano secretly made up his mind and began to order the troops to move to Guangzhou City because he had a premonition that the Chinese would definitely come.
At the same time, the Hainan Army Tank Regiment was advancing vigorously along the way. Half an hour later, it encountered Japanese reinforcements.
"Ta...ta...ta!" The three DT machine guns mounted on the Hainan Army's KV-1 tank kept pouring bullets at the Japanese army on the opposite side.
The Japanese troops who launched a pig-like charge were eclipsed by the dense line of fire composed of dozens of tanks. The charging Japanese soldiers were torn into pieces by large-caliber bullets.
Encountered intensive armored artillery bombardment by the Hainan Army Tank Regiment, followed by counterattacks by the Japanese Mijia rifles, the casualties of the Japanese troops increased sharply, and Japanese soldiers fell forever almost every moment.
"Boom!" A mortar shell hit the front armor of the advancing KV-1 tank of the Hainan Army. After a burst of smoke, the tank stopped.
But before the Japanese soldiers could cheer, the tank that had stopped started again, and the rotating turret was aimed at the Japanese artillery position. After a loud bang, only stumps and broken arms were left in the simple artillery position.
But it cannot be denied that the Japanese soldiers did have high combat quality. They relied on simple defenses and the soldiers' reverse charge to withstand the attack of the Hainan Army tank regiment.
But this is only temporary. The flesh and blood body will eventually be crushed to pieces in front of the steel machine. Under the cover of the tanks, the Hainan Army infantry on both wings began to press forward.
Faced with tanks that looked like mobile bunkers and coordinated infantry firepower, after another round of more violent attacks, a large hole was torn open in the Japanese defense line by the Hainan Army.
The steel tracks crushed all enemies who dared to block them. The blood stained on the tracks would have left a bright red trail of blood and mud as the track wheels rotated.
The simple fortifications were destroyed by tank fire. They could not withstand the baptism of bullets and were shattered together with the owners inside.
On the battlefield, although the Japanese also performed very bravely and tenaciously, the protagonist was still the Hainan Army tank regiment, which was dominated by steel armor.
The deadly barrage intertwined into sickles, knocking down Japanese soldiers one after another. He was directly hit by a large-caliber machine gun. There was a sound of tearing oilcloth, and the Japanese soldier was torn into two pieces from the waist.
This is no longer just a war, but more like a massacre. In the gentle hilly areas, infantry without heavy weapons will only face the fate of being massacred when encountering armored troops. Not to mention that tanks have torn apart the infantry's defense line.
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Under the chaotic battlefield and cruel death, some Japanese soldiers who were weak in their hearts couldn't bear it anymore. Some of them rushed towards the tank troops in despair with explosive bags, and some.
After another hour, there will no longer be any wailing and screaming of Japanese soldiers on this land. For some seriously wounded Japanese soldiers, the soldiers of the Hainan Army will send them to see Amaterasu without hesitation.
"Statistical losses!" Wu Shaoting asked each vehicle commander using a Motorola stepper.
According to statistics, in this battle, 9 tanks were damaged, 3 were completely destroyed, and 147 soldiers were killed or injured. Most of the soldiers' losses came from the desperate counterattack of the Japanese army.
The record was even more brilliant. The Japanese Hiraguhara 1st Regiment and the Japanese follow-up support troops were annihilated. A total of 4,680 Japanese soldiers were killed. No prisoners were captured.