It's just that the development of the matter was beyond his expectation. Although the opponent's artillery, which had caused huge casualties and losses to the Sixth Division in the early morning, seemed silent most of the time due to the suppression of the aviation force during the day, the opponent's anti-tank weapons were so numerous
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Moreover, the opponent's performance in the daytime battle clearly showed that he had received professional anti-tank warfare training. Machijiri Yuuki was very surprised by his opponent's performance.
He really couldn't imagine where his opponent could get so many anti-tank guns. Even though the Kwantung Army lost a lot of Type 94 rapid-fire cannons last year, this one was also of 37 caliber, but its power was far more powerful than the Type 94 rapid-fire cannons.
The anti-tank guns were definitely not captured by the Japanese.
Because this kind of artillery has never been produced in Japan, all Japanese armies, including the Kwantung Army, use anti-tank guns called rapid-fire guns. They are all Type 94 rapid-fire guns that imitate the German KWL Type 36 anti-tank gun, and
According to the number of troops lost by the Kwantung Army last year, there were not so many anti-tank artillery captured by it.
Moreover, for Machjiri Yuki, who served as military attaché in France in his early years, he could see at a glance that these obvious anti-tank artillery were of European origin, and they were not at all the German or Soviet anti-tank artillery that he came into contact with on the battlefield of the Kansai Civil War.
Tanks and guns, where did these weapons, which are far more powerful than the equipment of the imperial army, come from?
In addition to a large number of anti-tank guns, the opponent is also equipped with a small, lightweight artillery that can be used by individual soldiers and can easily emit flames from its tail when fired. This thing, he can bet, has never been used in any country.
I have seen it, and I have never heard of that country being equipped with such weapons.
This small and extremely light gun can be used easily by one person without even having to construct any positions in advance. However, it is very powerful. It poses a greater threat to tanks than even those elite anti-tank guns, and many tanks are lost.
Among them, at least one-third were destroyed by this kind of artillery.
This situation of the opponent was not noticed by Machijiri Yuki, who only used the tanks as mobile fire support for infantry counterattacks in the morning battle. In the afternoon battle, when all tanks were directly put into the front-line attack, he
Only then did I realize how sharp the anti-tank firepower of this opponent was.
Machijiri Ryouki saw with his own eyes that in order to cover the infantry attack, his tank troops were maneuvered into ambushes and coordinated operations by the opponent on a narrow mountainous kilometer, with a large number of cross-firing anti-tank guns and those that could spit fire from behind.
The light artillery suffered heavy losses.
The opponent's echelon-equipped anti-tank tactics brought great harm to the tank regiment. Especially in the afternoon, under the long-range fire cover provided by the medium tanks, they directly guided the infantry to attack and acted as the spearhead of the infantry.
Almost all tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed.
This result was an embarrassing and distressing result for the senior Japanese generals who always valued equipment more than people. However, after taking down these tanks and fighting for a long time, the manpower at hand was basically exhausted.
Machijiri Yoshiki didn't dare to do it at all, so now he just had to bite the bullet and keep fighting, which seemed to be Machijiri Yoshiki's only choice.
In fact, after a day of fierce fighting, Machijiri Ryoki was suffering terribly, while his opponent, Mu Changqiu, commander of the first brigade, also frowned. The Sixth Division, under the cover of the chariot, went crazy.
The counter-attack caused a lot of casualties to the first brigade. After a morning of head-on fighting, when the two sharp knife battalions of the first brigade that launched the attack withdrew, there were less than two companies.
However, the main force of the Fifth Brigade, which was responsible for detouring the left wing of the Sixth Division, had been unable to be contacted for a long time. All the strength of the Sixth Division, plus the attached troops of the Fourteenth Division, almost all the pressure was overwhelming the First Brigade. This
The battle was very difficult for the first brigade. Although the Japanese army had exhausted their artillery shells and lost the artillery support they could rely on, the pressure on dozens of tanks was really heavy.
Fortunately, although the stock of wild mountain artillery shells in the brigade artillery regiment has dropped to a dangerous level, and the evacuation ammunition has been delayed in arriving due to Japanese air strikes, there is a certain shortage, but the small-caliber mortars and infantry artillery shells of each regiment are still acceptable.
There are enough, but the 37 anti-tank shells are not used much because they are only used to clear the Japanese forward firepower points during shelling.
Anti-tank guns have sufficient ammunition and terrain restrictions. The Japanese army uses these tanks as mobile fire launch points most of the time, which prevents the Japanese army from succeeding in counterattacks of all sizes. When the attack was launched last night, the Japanese positions captured were basically
All considered saved.
However, although the tactics of the Japanese army's tanks are very backward, each attack only uses the tactics of small groups of no more than ten tanks, and most of the time these tanks simply serve to guide infantry charges, and this area is also mountainous.
The terrain is very unsuitable for tank operations.
Although the 1st Column and 1st Brigade, which fought repeatedly with the 6th Division in the front, fought hard against the infantry of the 43rd Regiment and its attached units, they took advantage of the favorable terrain and destroyed more than 30 Japanese tanks of various sizes.
Although the results were not small, after an afternoon of anti-tank combat, the Japanese tank regiment relied on its skillful use, accurate artillery fire, and the characteristics of thick skin and thick flesh, especially the more than 20 Japanese tanks and tanks.
The 57mm short-barreled artillery on the Type 97 tank also caused considerable losses to the troops.
After all the artillery shells in the mountains and fields were exhausted, the Japanese army adopted the Type 97 medium tanks equipped with longer-range 57mm artillery as mobile suppression firepower to cover and strike the defenders with long-distance firepower. They were equipped with three
The 17mm Type 95 light tanks and Type 97 cavalry armored vehicles guide infantry charges and carry out precise strikes against defenders' firepower points at close range.
The six Type 92 cavalry armored vehicles equipped by the cavalry wing of the Sixth Division and the 13 Type 94 armored vehicles used by the two tank wing reconnaissance squadrons cooperate with the Type 95 light tanks and are responsible for using their vehicle-mounted
Thirteen-millimeter, seven- and seven-millimeter machine guns were used to suppress the defenders' infantry with close-range firepower.
Although the Japanese army is backward in tank tactics, it is very experienced in using it on specific battlefields. Tanks and armored vehicles with three different firepower configurations are used in conjunction with each other according to different firepower. In addition, the Japanese tank crews are well-trained, giving a
The brigade still caused a lot of casualties.
Although in the fierce battle, the anti-tank guns equipped by the first brigade and regiments destroyed a large number of Japanese Type 95 and Type 97 light tanks, and almost all Type 92 and Type 94 armored vehicles, but for the 37 anti-tank guns that had already been used
The ** type and 97 type medium tanks outside the effective range are always helpless.
These tanks were very cunning. After suffering some losses at the beginning and destroying three of them, they quickly adjusted their tactics and all of them were out of the best effective range of the Bofors 37 anti-tank gun.
No matter how fierce the fighting was, they would only provide fire cover from the outside.
Moreover, depending on the shooting angle, the Type 97 tank, which has a higher artillery elevation angle but a relatively thin skin, is the main force for covering fire, specifically dealing with firepower points on the highlands, while the Type 97 tank has a smaller artillery elevation angle.
It is used to carry out precise fire strikes at the foot of mountains and areas with relatively flat terrain.
These two tanks only provide fire support at six to seven hundred meters outside the perimeter, which exceeds the maximum effective range of the Sanqi anti-tank gun by 500 meters. At this distance, even if the Sanqi anti-tank gun hits it, even if it is
It had already hit, but it couldn't be destroyed. Apart from making the Japanese tanks clang, it couldn't even relieve the itching.
Although the two 57mm short howitzers used as main guns on the two tanks of the Japanese army have poor armor-piercing capabilities, they are still very appropriate as small-caliber howitzers to provide suppressive firepower for infantry, especially the ** type.
The Type 90 main gun is used on the tank. Although it basically has no armor-piercing capability, its long-range shooting accuracy is extremely high.
As soon as the anti-tank guns here fire, they can immediately seize the position of the artillery deployment, and the fire coverage will come immediately. The 37 anti-tank guns of the first brigade often destroy the Japanese light tanks and armored vehicles in front, while
He was also thrown into the sky by the 57mm grenade that followed.
A large number of light and heavy machine guns of the front-line troops were lost to the firepower of these two tanks equipped with 57mm short howitzers. As the focus of the firepower, the anti-tank gun companies of each regiment were deployed on the front line.
Although the two 37 anti-tank guns achieved considerable results, the losses were even more severe.
By four o'clock in the afternoon, only five of the twenty-two 37 anti-tank guns in the front of the first brigade were left, and all the rest were lost. Only nine of the thirty-four heavy machine guns on the front line were left.
Well, except for a few that were destroyed by the Japanese 37 level artillery, most of them were destroyed by these 24 medium tanks equipped with 57mm short-barreled howitzers.
Seeing from the telescope that another 37 anti-tank gun was destroyed, he was helpless. Mu Changqiu, who was really holding his breath and angry, smashed his fist on the wall of the headquarters and angrily shouted at the political commissar beside him.
He said to several staff officers: "That little devil is too cunning. He just won't come in when the enemy is wandering outside our effective range. If we continue to fight like this, I will not be able to do anything with my anti-tank guns and guns."
The heavy machine guns are almost gone. If there were no heavy machine guns, with the fighting power of these little devils today, we would be squeezed out again. If we were really squeezed out, then our face would be really humiliated.
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"This bastard means that the Japs' planes are so rampant that our artillery cannot be used. Otherwise, I will have to mobilize the field artillery battalion to shoot levelly. Even if they cannot be destroyed, even the earthquake will destroy those in the Japs' cars.
The bastard was shocked to death!"
"Damn it, I don't believe that a field artillery with a range of more than 10,000 meters can't overthrow you bunch of idiots. Damn it, you sons of bitches just bully me for not having a plane."
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