The first wave of attacks launched by Miyamoto's brigade was commanded by Major Shusuke Iwata. Before this, Miyamoto had not tried to counterattack. It is well known that offense is the best defense. Moreover, the war in China has been going on for so long. The imperial army was tired of defending and the Chinese army was tired of defending. This made the little Japanese very unaccustomed. Almost every day, middle and low-level officers asked Miyamoto to fight, asking for an active attack to attack the arrogance of the Chinese people. The fighting style of the soldiers did seem arrogant, with unscrupulous bombardments and attacks on foot. In the eyes of the Japanese, this should be a tactic commonly used by the imperial army. Miyamoto tried several times considering morale reasons. However, Every time they gathered behind the fortifications, the artillery fire of the Xuebing Army arrived. The smallest caliber of the Xuebing Army's self-propelled artillery was 105 mm, most of which were 120 mm, and there were also many 150 mm. A heavy artillery piece of this caliber, not to mention a salvo, just one piece of artillery, as long as the quality of the artillery is not too poor, will cause huge battle damage if it hits the crowd. Under the absolute artillery suppression of the Xuebing Army, the Japanese army before Counterattacks launched often fail to complete the concentration of troops.
Now Miyamoto is determined to fight back, but the artillery of the Xuebing Army is a problem that must be faced. After thinking hard for a long time, he came up with a theoretically feasible method, which is to pass through the area covered by artillery fire as quickly as possible. , get close to the Xuebing Army as quickly as possible and force the Xuebing Army to engage in battle. Then, in order to prevent the Xuebing Army artillery from accidentally bombing their own people, they will definitely throw rat weapons, which is equivalent to eliminating their artillery advantage.
Just as the artillerymen of the Third Guangxi Police Division were overjoyed when the Japanese artillery finally showed up after dormant for a long time, the appearance of the Japanese tank troops also overjoyed the cadets of the Chariot Troop of the Third Guangxi Police Division. The little devils became more and more afraid of competing with them. , they are increasingly looking forward to a head-on collision with the Japanese tank troops. The Japanese army used the Zero Heavy Battle as a fortress, which once made them curse the Japanese for being fearless. But now, the Japanese tank troops finally go into battle. In their opinion, this will It was their rare opportunity to fight against tanks. It was so precious. Originally, they were worried that the artillery would fire sniper fire first and then the Japanese soldiers would be scared away. But when they found out that when the Japanese soldiers rushed out, the sound of artillery did not sound. , each of them had a smile on their face, and they became more and more energetic,
The reason why the artillery brigade of the 3rd Guangxi Police Division did not conduct sniping was because He Zhengjiang was worried that the Ishikawa detachment's attack on Fudaishi was fake and the attack on them was real, so he ordered them to move to the front line of Meilin Bridge.
The Japanese army had suffered too many losses at the hands of the cadet artillery brigade, so even though they rushed out of the fortifications very quickly due to Miyamoto's instructions, they were actually worried about the sound of thunder coming from the south. The sound was not heard for a long time, and the Iwata Shu boy felt a lot more at ease. He squatted behind the turret of a new Type 98 tank, first used a telescope to carefully observe the position of the cadet army, and then suddenly waved his hand and said: "Sir , speed up.”
Jie Shang's full name is Jie Uesa, Captain, and he is the squadron leader of this tank squadron. In order to protect the Sixth Cavalry Regiment, Miyamoto had not only requisitioned Akino San's Zero Heavy Battle Group in previous defensive battles, but also other battles. None of the vehicles and troops moved. Sukejo stayed at the rear and hid in the camouflage fortifications every day. Although he knew that the fighting was fierce at the front, he did not know the specific situation. Precisely because he did not know the situation, the morale of the unit was higher than that of Iwata. The brigade and Kim Cheol-soo's brigade are more normal. Many people still have the courage to fight against the Xuebing Army.
"Hai." Jie Shang responded loudly and passed on the order to speed up. Immediately, the twelve New Type 98 tanks of the Japanese army spewed out a stream of black smoke almost at the same time and accelerated towards the Xuebing Army position. ,
The Japanese position was at a high point near the front line. Keiji Sanada, the commander of the main force of the Japanese counterattack, was standing against a crooked tree, observing the battlefield situation with a telescope.
"The Chinese people are very capable of building fortifications." He suddenly lowered his head and said to Toyoda Dujun at his left foot,
Toyoda Totoshi was also holding a telescope, but he was lying on the ground. He obviously had a much deeper understanding of the Xuebing Army than Keiji Sanada. He said: "The Chinese have construction machinery, so they can naturally build fortifications quickly and well, and , I heard that their engineer shovel is special and very powerful."
"The Chinese artillery did not move, which is a good thing for Iwata and the others."
"The Chinese tanks are on the second line and can be reinforced at any time. The New Type 98 is no match for the Mandrill. If it were me, I wouldn't necessarily use artillery. Your Excellency, please don't forget that we are besieged on three sides." Toyota Road,
"Iwata and the others are originally decoys. As long as the Chinese mandrills dare to come up, our Zero tank destroyer will teach them a profound lesson."
Toyota shook his head and said nothing.
The cadet army is stationed on the front line by the 22nd Regiment of the Guizhou Police 8th Brigade and the 20th Regiment of the Guizhou Police 7th Brigade. The commanders are the brigade commanders Feng Chunlan, Keiji Sanada and Toyota of the 7th Guizhou Police Brigade. While Du Jun was observing the situation on the battlefield, Feng Chunlan was also observing. The 22nd Guangxi Police Regiment belonged to the mechanized infantry regiment, and because it was a defensive battle, their armored vehicles and armed off-road vehicles were not used. The Japanese troops were advancing more and more. Nearly, when the distance of 300 meters was broken, Feng Chunlan gave an order, Xie Yuchun immediately howled, and then drove the tank to rush up through the passage reserved by the 22nd Regiment.
His tank was hit by Akino San a few days ago, and after rough repairs, there is still an obvious scar on the front armor. There is no armor-piercing shell on the front at a distance of about 1,400 meters. Being penetrated, this scene was too shocking to the Japanese armored soldiers. At that time, Sanada Keiji memorized the serial number of this mandrill. Therefore, Xie Yuchun rushed into his telescope lens and he immediately distinguished it.
His heartbeat couldn't help but speed up. In the past few days, Sanada Keiji had been thinking about this matter a lot. What he couldn't figure out was that in theory, the armor-piercing projectiles launched by the Zero Heavy Battle were obviously capable of more than 1,800 rounds. The ability to penetrate the mandrill's frontal armor at a distance of 100 meters, so why can't it be penetrated in actual combat at the optimal range of 1,400 meters? Could it be that the Chinese are using new metal materials, or that the Zero Heavy Combat and The armor-piercing projectiles equipped with the Zero tank destroyer still have flaws.
The little devil was puzzled, so he hoped to test it through actual combat. The tank gun caliber of the Zero tank destroyer and the Zero heavy combat equipment were the same, and the shells used were the same. The difference lay in the armor protection capability of the former. It is larger, but the speed is reduced, and the armor protection capability is greater, which means stronger battlefield survivability. Then, the Zero tank destroyer can try a closer range. If 1,400 meters is not enough, then put it in Eight hundred meters or even six hundred meters, this is what Sanada calculated in his mind. This is also the biggest reason why Miyamoto has no hope in the Zero tank destroyer, but he still refuses to admit defeat.