Chapter 620: Tank Squadron, Artillery Counterattack
On the first regiment's position, the fire caused by the explosion was quickly extinguished by the soldiers entering the trenches. The soldiers of the second battalion endured the burning sensation on the ground and lay down in the trenches.
The Japanese army sent about a company of puppet troops to take the lead to detect the firepower of the Eighth Route Army positions, but they were immediately repulsed by the soldiers of the Second Battalion.
Then the second battalion commander and the instructor separated along the trench to inspect the situation of the position. They saw the second battalion commander Geng Erdong covering his mouth and nose with a wet towel and walking bent down in the trench. The scene in front of him made him furious.
Geng Erdong looked around, narrowed his eyes, and immediately shouted: "Wang Youquan!"
"Here!" Wang Youquan, the squad leader, responded hurriedly when he saw that the battalion commander was coming.
"Why don't the soldiers in your class wear gas masks? Are they just a decoration according to the orders of the battalion headquarters?"
Wang Youquan followed the direction of Geng Erdong's finger and saw that the machine gunner in his squad had taken off his gas mask at some point.
Although the fire on the position was extinguished, fire and thick smoke were still rising from the surrounding mountains and forests. Jing Dagang considered that it could just block the enemy's advance from the east and west, so he did not take any action. Instead, he asked the soldiers on the position to put on gas masks.
Geng Erdong was the battalion commander, so he didn't need to directly intervene in some matters as the battalion commander. Then he left with a cold face. Wang Youquan's face, which had been smiling just now, instantly collapsed.
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"Damn it, what happened to you, Xu Haiguo? You saw the opportunity to put eye drops on me when the battalion commander came, right?"
"Squad leader, I can't see clearly with this thing. If the enemy charges up..." Xu Haiguo said with a bitter look on his face.
"Nothing is wrong, an order is an order!"
The episode passed by in a flash. After the tentative attack, Kojima Yoshizo realized that the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side did not suffer too many casualties after the bombing.
A more radical approach was immediately adopted. The two wings of the Appeasement Army acted as a sheep attack to attract and disperse the forces of the Eighth Route Army, and then massed heavy troops in the front with the intention of storming a regiment's position.
Although the main force of the attack was the pacification army, the Japanese army still followed the regular offensive process. Twelve mountain guns from the rear artillery position began to violently bombard the regiment's position. Then the infantry began to advance under the cover of the tank squadron.
Before the start of World War II, the development of tank forces in various countries was generally at the same level. The Japanese armored force, which was composed of various bean sprouts, was actually one of the most powerful armored forces at the time.
Especially after 1937, when the Japanese Army's Type 97 medium tank entered service, its overall performance was not inferior to that of Western tanks of the same period.
In the Nomenkan conflict, the Japanese army lost in logistical support, while the Japanese armored forces lost in tactical concepts. Big Brother only had a miserable victory. It was in the Pacific battlefield that people really realized the weakness of the Japanese armored forces.
There was a T-34 crisis in Germany, a zoo crisis in Big Brother, and a Stuart crisis in the Japanese army.
At this time, the Japanese army did not yet have a tank division with multiple arms for joint operations. It only had temporarily formed tank groups or tank squadrons attached to infantry divisions.
The support operation this time was a tank squadron under the search wing of the 35th Division of the Japanese Army. It was a mixed squadron. The squadron headquarters was equipped with a Type 97 medium tank and two Type 95 light tanks. The first
The tank squad is equipped with three Type 95 light tanks, and the second to third tank squads are each equipped with three Type 97 medium tanks, for a total of twelve tanks.
Although the regiment was besieged by the Japanese army, the tactics of the Japanese tank troops were the same as those of the infantry. They were relatively rigid and adopted the most common T-shaped battle formation.
The tank squadron has great hopes placed on it by Kojima Yoshizo. The two medium tank squadrons are the first echelon, and the light tank squadrons are distributed on both wings to prevent enemy flank attacks and protect the offensive formation of one's own infantry. The squadron headquarters
Always located at the rear of the battle line as a reserve maneuver force.
In addition, the Japanese army dispatched more than 100 Japanese troops and more than 1,500 puppet troops from the third regiment of the 19th Division.
The Japanese tanks were too small to cover too many infantry. More than a hundred Japanese troops hid behind the tanks. The puppet troops did not have such treatment and could only rush forward.
This group of Japanese troops supported by the 21st Division were not familiar with the pacification army. The commander of the third puppet regiment was at the end of the attack sequence and looked at the Japanese troops hiding behind the tanks with envy.
"Captain, the Japanese clearly want us to be cannon fodder. You are the commander after all, otherwise go..." A confidant looked at the Japanese adviser and whispered.
Of course, the commander of the puppet army understood what his subordinates meant, and he boldly walked towards the squadron headquarters of the Japanese tank squadron, which was also at the end.
"Taijun, too..."
Before the leader of the puppet army had finished speaking, the little Japanese hiding behind the chariot showed no dignity at all and pointed the 38 cap with a bayonet at him: "Baga, Chinese people, you, what the hell are you doing over there?"
live!"
"Hey, Taijun, I'm leaving now, I'm leaving right now!" the leader of the puppet army said and gestured in a very embarrassed manner.
At the regiment's position, Jing Dagang was observing with a telescope. Seeing the Japanese tanks gradually approaching, his face was very solemn: "Enough bombardment, it's our turn. Send me an order for the mountain artillery company to immediately counterattack the enemy's artillery.
The anti-tank artillery in the forward position will seize the opportunity to kill the Japanese tanks!"
As the Japanese infantry advanced, the Japanese artillery began to shut down, trying to move the artillery positions, and then conducted extended shelling again. At the same time, the mountain artillery battery that cooperated with the first regiment had been looking for the location of the Japanese artillery positions.
The artillery company commander withdrew his sight from the artillery mirror, and then reported the azimuth parameters. After waiting for a long time, the artillerymen quickly adjusted the muzzle.
"Six-shot salvo from all artillery!"
"beat!"
"All, all!" The six mountain cannons in the position made a dull sound, and six shells pierced the sky one after another, passed the Japanese command post, and flew towards the Japanese artillery position.
The timing seized by the artillery company was extremely clever. It was just when the Japanese artillery had just begun to cease fire and had no power to counterattack.
"Baga, hurry up!" The officers on the Japanese artillery position knew just by hearing the sound that the artillery shells were coming towards them.
Boom boom boom, several rounds of artillery shells exploded on the Japanese artillery position. The young Japanese were extremely dedicated, and even with the shells exploding around them, they still tried to drag the mountain artillery.
Twelve Japanese mountain cannons were blown up one after another. The little Japs in the center of the explosion were torn apart by shrapnel, while the little Japs on the periphery were blown away by the remnants of the shell explosion.
Then the ammunition boxes on the Japanese artillery position exploded, and an even louder noise was heard. Its power frightened the Japanese and puppet troops who were attacking from the front.
At this point, the Eighth Route Army used infantry to withstand the Japanese artillery fire and successfully killed the Japanese artillery.