After the smoke cleared, it turned out that the enemy and we were only a short distance away. The reactions of the soldiers on both sides were all kinds of strange, which cannot be experienced without being on the scene. At this time, the quality of individual soldiers, emergency reactions and the quality of weapons became important. The command of both sides The officers almost all issued the shooting order, but just as Feng Chunlan blurted out the word "fight", the snipers of the 19th Regiment had already launched. The distance between the enemy and us was too close, which allowed them to maintain their target even though they did not have ample time to aim. With a high hit rate, the Iwata Jutsu boy was on the front line. He just yelled to type, and a bullet hit his forehead. The little devil was knocked backwards violently. His eyes were wide open until he died, with a look of shock on his face.
Xie Yuchun's regiment was billowing forward with smoke. As soon as the smoke on the main battlefield cleared, he ordered to turn off the smoke generator. Seeing Miyamoto's main force not far to the right front, Xie Yuchun was overjoyed and immediately shouted on the command channel: "Brothers, have you seen it? The main force of the Japanese army is ahead. Brothers, make a contribution today. Charge." In the sea of fog just now, Xie Yuchun's regiment lost a total of seven tanks. This loss is not small, but it has not shaken yet. to the foundation of the group,
The Sixth Cavalry Regiment has a total of four brigades. The Zero Heavy Battle Brigade has been destroyed. The Zero Tank Destroyer Brigade has returned to the front line. At this time, it was separated by a distance of three thousand meters by Xie Yuchun's regiment. Now Sui Gong In this operation, there is only one medium armored vehicle brigade and three squadrons of the New Type 98 tank brigade. Previous battles have proven that the New Type 98 does not have the ability to compete with the Mandrill. As for the armored vehicles, it is no match in front of the Mandrill. The military cards were no different. Dozens of mandrills came roaring with black smoke behind them. Miyamoto's face turned pale. He first ordered Major Jiro Nobumura, the captain of the New 98-type chariot brigade, to lead a sniper attack, and then ordered other troops to immediately attack. Withdrew to the back of the anti-tank trench, and after giving the order to retreat, he ordered Chief of Staff Colonel Fukuro Mori to select brave soldiers to form an emergency response team to use the anti-tank trench to contain the mandrill troops of the cadet army.
There were three anti-tank trenches dug before Miyamoto's headquarters camp. This was dug by Miyamoto at the request of Kanda Masane. Since he was focused on offense as defense, he did not pay much attention to this fortification. The dug tanks The trenches are very non-standard. The Japanese Army Staff Department calculated that the width of a tank trench that can hinder mandrills must be more than six meters, the depth must be more than five meters, and the bottom width must also be about five meters. If it is dug according to this standard Anti-tank trenches, in the absence of construction machinery, will be a very arduous task. The three anti-tank trenches that Miyamoto hastily completed have a maximum width of four meters and a maximum depth of only about two and a half meters, which is not enough at all. In order to trap the mandrill, Miyamoto had to organize an emergency response team and prepare them to ambush in the anti-tank trench in the hope that cluster grenades and explosive packs would not pose a threat to the mandrill's front and side armor. When crossing the anti-tank trench, launch a special attack on its chassis.
There was no suspense at all in the swarm confrontation between the mandrills and the New Type 98 chariots. Jiro Nobumura bit the bullet and had not finished setting up the formation. The Xie Yuchun regiment had already started shooting. At a distance of one thousand meters, for someone who was used to shooting at 1,600 meters For the mandrill tank gunner trainees who were conducting shooting training at a distance of about meters, there was no problem of inaccurate shooting at all. Scenes that made the little devils watching the battle feel numb began to happen frequently. Whenever there was a thunderous sound in the mandrill camp, The sound of gunfire sounded, and in an instant, one of the New 98-type tanks in the New 98-type tank array must have been hit, exploded, caught fire, and exploded again.
The Japs gunners of the New Type 98 tank also fired back, but apart from killing an infantryman who could not escape, they only carved a mark on the target mandrill. Sanada Keiji saw this scene from a distance, and the Japs took a sharp breath. His teeth almost shattered, "What a stupid tactic." He thought angrily in his heart, and wanted to catch up. However, considering the other tank units of the Xuebing Army who quickly joined the battlefield, and knowing the maneuverability of the Zero Tank Destroyer It was much worse than the Mandrill, so in the end he decided to turn around and fight the other tanks of the Xuebing Army that rushed up. "We can't defeat the Mandrill. Could it be that we can't even defeat this medium-sized tank?" He said. Thinking like this, I built up confidence in my heart again,
At the edge of the battlefield, He Zhengheng looked through the telescope and saw the shape of the Zero tank destroyer clearly. He called Miao Lianwang on the side and said: "This is the Japanese anti-tank destroyer. Let Feng Chunlan provide vigilance. Don't ditch it." Capsized."
The Meilin Bridge battlefield was completely plunged into a melee at this time. After Miyamoto retreated to the back of the anti-tank ditch, he was worried that he could not contain the offensive of Xie Yuchun's regiment, so he called Ishikawa, hoping that he would give up attacking Fudaishi and instead support the frontal battlefield. "The Chinese launched In the overall offensive, there are many Chinese tanks, and our department has too few weapons to target. I hope your department will provide tactical guidance immediately." Miyamoto wrote in the telegram,
It's okay that he didn't emphasize that "the Chinese have many tanks". When he mentioned this, Ishikawa Chengye considered that his troops lacked anti-tank means, so he called Miyamoto back and said that they had already engaged the Xuebing Army and that they would move the battlefield at this time. It will cause the battle line to collapse. Let them hold on for a while. After they have solved the enemy of Fudaishi, reinforcements will be sent immediately.
Nobumura Jiro's troops resisted for less than 20 minutes and lost more than 20 New Type 98 vehicles, but their record was zero. Miyamoto saw that if the troops continued to hold on, the whole army would be destroyed, and there was an emergency. The advance team was already in place and ordered Nobumura Jiro to retreat. Then, he called Kanda, hoping to get air support. On the phone, he shouted to Kanda: "Sir, the Chinese mandrills are too fierce, and our unit cannot resist them at all. We need Aviation units suppressed the Chinese."
The tragic defeat at Shuangqiao Airport caused the Yucun Wing to lose a brigade of fifty special attack aircraft. Anan Weiji strengthened his control over the unit based on the overall situation, and the Hankou Flying Group had actually become a decoration at this time, so Kanda didn't have a single fighter plane at all, so even though he understood the urgency of the Meilin Bridge battlefield and understood Miyamoto's difficulties, he could only watch helplessly and could not help at all.
At the Xiangtan Station, it was not only the Meilin Bridge that was in danger at this time, but also the east bank of the Xiangjiang River. The offensives of the Third Academy Division and the First Gui Police Division became more and more wild. Kanda sent reinforcements to Suzuki Kotaro three times in succession. Before Miyamoto requested air support from him, Kanda had just realized the shortcomings of this fueling tactic and was trying to make changes. Miyamoto came to ask for help again. This shook his confidence and began to doubt whether the strategy he had formulated was fundamentally wrong.
But, the battle ended like this, where did he go wrong?