The tanks that rushed out from the rear positions stopped the gunfire of the attacking Japanese troops.
"These are the Type 95 light tanks and Type 95 armored vehicles produced by the empire. How did they get into the hands of the Eighth Route Army?" Chida Hanbei said in horror.
The battlefield is located on both sides of the Ping-Han Railway, surrounded by large open areas. In order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from attacking the railway, the Japanese army specially cleared the fields on both sides of the railway, so there were no bunkers around it.
The first to open fire was not the tank company, but Chen Feng's artillery battalion.
Intense artillery fire covered the first position occupied by the Japanese army. The Japanese machine gun squadron on the position was bombed and the people were turned upside down.
After Zhou Weihan gained the upper hand, he ordered the abandonment of the first position in order to introduce the Japanese army into it.
As for the coordinate parameters, the artillery battalion had already calculated the coordinate parameters before the battle started, just waiting for the Japanese troops to enter the urn.
Without giving the Japanese troops more time to react, after crossing the first trench, the tanks and armored vehicles of the tank company divided their duties and moved forward left and right using coordinated marching tactics.
The 37mm tank guns on the turrets of the two Type 95 tanks continued to spit out tongues of flame, and shells exploded in the middle of the Japanese attack formation.
The Japanese army's offensive formation was a skirmish line based on small groups. The formation was too scattered, but fortunately, it did not require the commander of the vehicle to accurately aim, and each shell could take away two or three Japanese soldiers.
The armored vehicle, which was not equipped with a tank gun, was extremely fast. It hit the Japanese army directly and rushed into the Japanese offensive formation in the blink of an eye.
The Czech machine guns fired wildly from the inside out along the firing holes. Many Japanese soldiers had no time to react and were mopped down in large numbers.
The Japanese troops blocking the front of the armored vehicle were even crushed alive by the armored vehicle. The tracks of the eight-ton armored vehicle crushed the flesh, and the huge tonnage directly crushed the Japanese's weak flesh into bloody mud.
The bloody and cruel scene caused the nearby Japanese troops to collapse and scramble to escape behind.
At this scene, not to mention the Japanese troops in the middle of the battle, but also the soldiers of the 28th Regiment in the rear, they seemed to have forgotten to shoot.
The most immersive thing was the commando soldiers following the armored vehicle. Even though the commando soldiers were all carefully selected elites, the tragic scene in front of them also made their backs shiver.
"Fuck you, keep up, don't let the little devils blow up our armored vehicles!" Yang Tiansheng called to the soldiers in his group to follow quickly.
The situation on the battlefield was a bit chaotic for a while. The tactics previously formulated by the tank company were not used at all. Each tank and armored vehicle fought on its own, rushing to where there were more Japanese soldiers.
The chariot drove the little devil away, and the commando soldiers had to follow closely behind.
Some commando soldiers were running and found two or three little Japs beside them.
The Japanese heavy machine guns deployed on the position kept firing at the tanks and armored vehicles that were rushing over. Many Japanese soldiers died at the hands of their own people.
At this time, Zhou Weihan was already in the second position.
"Detachment leader, this fucking iron lump is too powerful!" Jing Dagang said excitedly as he looked at the one-sided battle situation.
Ding Wei on the side was also dumbfounded and said: "I used to be bullied by the Japs' tanks, but I didn't expect that our Eighth Route Army would also be able to use tanks! A wave of charges broke up the Japs' offensive formation. I
God!"
Zhou Weihan was a bit dumbfounded at this moment. This was completely different from what he had imagined. He saw the armored vehicle rushing at the front, surrounded by only a few commando soldiers.
Zhou Weihan immediately said: "Don't be stunned. The chariot company has already torn open the opening. In one group, all the soldiers of the 28th Regiment are pressing forward to expand the breach. Since it is disrupted, then let me disrupt it!"
"Yes!" Ding Wei and Jing Dagang responded in unison.
The loud charge horn sounded, and the soldiers of the 28th Regiment, who had long been unable to bear it, came out of the trench screaming.
More than two thousand people charged together, the sound of killing was loud, and the scene was extremely spectacular. The soldiers scrambled to be first, fearing that they would not fall behind their comrades around them.
On the Japanese army's rear position.
Kuroda Yuzo was dug out of the mound by the soldiers around him.
During the bombardment, a shell exploded in front of the trench where Kuroda Yuzo was. Kuroda Yuzo reacted in time and escaped by lying down in the trench, but he was also buried.
"Your Excellency Dazuo, the Eighth Route Army's offensive is fierce and the soldiers have been defeated. What should we do?" an officer asked.
Kuroda Yuzo shook his head, coughed twice, forced himself to steady himself, and said loudly: "Immediately block the counterattack and let the soldiers blow up the Eighth Route Army tanks!"
After hearing the order, the Japanese officer decisively organized his troops and personally led seven or eight Japanese soldiers out of the trench.
Not far after he rushed out, a shell exploded in front of him, and the bodies of the Japanese officer and several Japanese soldiers around him were directly torn to pieces.
Then a series of bullets were fired, and the remaining Japanese soldiers were swept to the ground.
The Japanese army's demolition squad was wiped out in the blink of an eye.
Kuroda Yuzo took a quick look and saw that a Type 95 tank had rushed less than 500 meters away from the position.
The person manipulating this tank was Dong Jiang, who came from behind and rushed to the front of the tank company.
"Infantry artillery, push the infantry artillery up to me!" Yuzo Kuroda shouted, vowing to destroy the tank in front of him.
The Japanese reinforcements did not carry combat defense artillery this time, and could only use Type 92 infantry artillery to replenish the number.
The only Type 92 infantry gun left by the Japanese army amid the artillery fire was pushed up.
Yuzo Kuroda personally stepped forward to operate, adjusting the firing range and lowering the muzzle.
"Fire!"
The Type 92 infantry gun made a dull sound, the gun body shook, and a shell flew out of the barrel and flew straight towards the tank.
Fortunately, Yuzo Kuroda was not a professional artilleryman. In a hurry, the shell fired lost its accuracy and exploded on the right side of the tank.
Dong Jiang, who was inside the tank, clearly felt the vehicle body shake. The tank was not seriously injured, but the commando soldiers responsible for covering the tank were affected by the shells.
Some soldiers rushed so hard that they ran to the right side of the tank. Four soldiers were torn by shrapnel and died on the spot.
"Company commander, the Japs' Type 92 infantry artillery is targeting us!" The soldier in charge of driving at the front discovered this situation through the lookout hole.
After hearing this, Dong Jiang quickly rotated the turret. He didn't have time to get the shells himself, and then urged: "Cannonballs, load the shells!"
The machine gunner in front left his position and loaded the shells.
"Pass!" The tank gun on the turret burst into flames, and the fired shells exploded near the Type 92 infantry gun.
Dong Jiang was also a novice, but the Type 92 infantry cannon did not have strong armor, and the residual power of the shells overturned the infantry cannon.
The scattered shrapnel hit Yuzo Kuroda on the head, half of his head was cut off, and red and white bits were scattered on the ground.
The death of Kuroda Yuzo did not completely collapse the little Japs on the battlefield.
A squadron leader of a Japanese heavy machine gun squadron personally operated a heavy machine gun to fight back.
The bullets hit the armor without causing any effective damage.