In an open space behind Meiling Town, the howitzer battalion and mountain artillery battalion of Xu Minghan's brigade finally stopped shooting. The soldiers quickly cleaned up the site after the launch and performed maintenance on the cannons.
After fifteen minutes of shooting, they poured hundreds of artillery shells onto the Japanese mountain artillery positions. In order to completely eliminate this threat, Xu Minghan did not spare the artillery shells.
Of course, now that the Yanhuang Army is well-off, they really don't take these hundreds of rounds of artillery shells seriously. The warehouse of the third brigade alone has thousands of rounds of artillery shells stored, which is enough for them to have fun and fight.
After the bombardment, battle reports came from the front soon. One of the Japanese mountain artillery positions was completely wiped out. They prepared for a long time, but in the end, not a single shell was fired, and they died in frustration.
"Qizhi, you did a good job, I'll take credit for you." On the phone, Xu Minghan's voice was full of excitement. The artillery regiment of the third brigade performed so well this time, giving this counter-encirclement and suppression campaign a good start.
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Qi Zhi, the commander of the artillery regiment, patted his head and smiled honestly. He said to the phone, "Brigadier, I don't care if you don't ask for credit. Just let me fire a few more cannons."
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"Don't worry, don't worry. When you call me, I'll let you hit me as much as you can." Xu Minghan laughed and hung up the phone after saying a few words.
Putting down the phone, Qi Zhi thought about what the brigade commander said and walked around the room for more than a dozen times. He heard the meaning of the words and was naturally very happy.
Striding to the door of the tent, Qi Zhi shouted to the soldiers who were maintaining the cannons, "Please work carefully for me, these are my treasures."
The soldiers laughed and responded. These cannons were also their lifeblood, and they had to take good care of them even without Commander Qi Zhi telling them.
On the wall at the entrance of Meiling Town, Xu Minghan and Zhu Daguang held up telescopes to observe the movements of the Japanese on the opposite side, while discussing countermeasures in low voices.
The Japanese came to three regiments this time. The one currently in the offensive position is the 104th Regiment, followed by the 105th Regiment and the 121st Regiment, all of which are standard infantry configurations.
"Did you see it, Lao Zhu? Over there is the Japanese tank detachment. Good guy, there are more than a dozen medium tanks." Xu Minghan said excitedly, holding up his binoculars and pointing towards a forest on the left.
Zhu Daguang also saw it. He put down his telescope, looked at Xu Minghan with a half-smile, and said, "I said, Lao Xu, it's time for us to let our children out for some air. Isn't this what the regiment commander is with us for?"
"Yeah, these little guys make me greedy just looking at them. Grandma, let's see if the Japanese tanks are as thin-skinned and big as the legend says." Xu Minghan's eyes flashed with excitement, and he kept rubbing his hands.
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"The skin is thin but the stuffing is big, you think the little devil's chariot is like a steamed bun!" Zhu Daguang joked with a smile.
The two people walked down the town wall while laughing and talking, and arrived at the temporary headquarters located not far under the city wall.
"Lao Zhu, you can be sure of the success of this play. I'm such an old man, I can't do that." Xu Minghan sat down, picked up the enamel jar, raised his head, and drank a lot, and then poured the empty
The enamel jar was placed on the table.
Zhu Daguang naturally understood the character of his old partner, so he nodded and said, "Don't worry, I have already calculated it. When the time comes, you can just act according to my plan."
Xu Minghan nodded, then looked in the direction of the Japanese outside the town, "Grandma, I'll let you live a little longer this time, and I'll deal with you after all the fish are hooked."
The two people were talking when suddenly gunfire rang out outside, in the direction of the Japanese camp.
Jumping up, the two of them ignored the food that had been served. They grabbed a steamed bun and ran out of the tent. As they ran towards the wall, they stuffed it into their mouths. By the time they reached the wall, they had already swallowed it.
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"Brigadier, the Japanese chariots are dispatched!" Several soldiers were responsible for observing the enemy's situation. At this time, they pointed forward and said.
Xu Minghan and Zhu Daguang raised their binoculars to look, and immediately spotted a Japanese medium tank coming forward with black smoke, followed by a large group of Japanese soldiers.
"Grandma, it's finally here!" Xu Minghan couldn't help but cursed and expressed his happiness.
"Brigadier, let the shoulder-fired missiles come on!" The Yanhuang Legion had sufficient experience and equipment on how to deal with the Japanese tanks, so the soldiers were simply panicked.
A weird smile appeared on Xu Minghan's face, and then he waved his hand, "No, no, no, just let a few cows out."
"Cow?!" A series of greetings popped up in the heads of the soldiers. They didn't know what the brigade commander was doing herding cattle.
Xu Minghan didn't intend to explain to them. Instead, he grabbed the encrypted phone, pressed a button, and said into it, "The first unit of Rhino Team, move out!"
As his order was issued, the gate of Meiling Town slowly opened, and tanks rumbled out from inside, rushing towards the Japanese medium tanks.
"Yao Xi, what is this?" In the medium tank, the Japs driver was controlling the tank to rush toward Meiling Town. They planned to rush in and bombard them, and then hit them again to destroy them.
The wall of Meiling Town.
However, the gate of Meiling Town suddenly opened, and a group of strange-looking things rushed out, leaving them a little confused.
These things look very much like tanks, but they have no turret and no protruding tank gun. In front of the front of the car, there is a huge cone that looks very sharp. It extends toward the front and looks like
It's a rhinoceros with horns.
Moreover, this kind of tank is very fast and very flexible in steering. Compared with them, these Japanese medium tanks are as slow and clumsy as a snail.
Those rhinoceros-shaped tanks roared and fiercely charged at the Japanese medium tanks.
"fire!"
When the distance between the two sides was still more than a hundred meters, the Japanese medium tank opened fire, and shells shot out from the tank gun and flew straight towards the opponents on the opposite side.
The Japanese gunners were still very good. Almost all the shells did not miss, they all landed accurately on those Rhino tanks, and then exploded!
The Japanese soldiers who followed behind let out a cheer.
However, as the smoke dissipated, those rhinoceros-shaped tanks rumbled out of the smoke. Except for some white marks on their bodies, there was no damage at all.
"What kind of monster is this?" At this moment, even the driver in the Japanese chariot was stunned. They could not imagine that the shelling on their side was useless.
Inside the Rhino tank, the driver chuckled, then stepped on the accelerator and turned the steering wheel in his hand, "Damn it, it's time for me to take action."
With a low roar, the Rhino tank's speed increased sharply, and it crashed into the Japanese medium tank like crazy.