When Guan Xinxiang and Liao Yongliang broke up, they would never have thought that they were setting off a historic event little by little, and making each other and Zhang Xuyun legendary figures that would be talked about by future generations.
Splitting the troops into four groups would not be conducive for the concealed tank troops to go back home directly, while the infantry would stay to rescue people. Guan Xinxiang's idea did not have any theoretical problems in theory, but it was obvious that he underestimated the special purpose of the German army. It's Guderian's Second Armored Army.
Among the four-way troops, the armored vehicle team responsible for the task of luring the enemy was the first to successfully escape from the German pursuit. It is quite strange to say that the trainees of the armored vehicle team were obviously acting very arrogantly and were blocked in the German pursuit of Guan Xinxiang and Guan Xinxiang. The two infantry groups of Liao Yongliang were on their way, but the Germans seemed to be in the dark and allowed them to stay until Guan Xinxiang and Liao Yongliang's groups successfully broke away from the battlefield and left gracefully. During this period, the Germans left only about A company of troops conducted surveillance, but never took the initiative to launch an attack from beginning to end.
The temporary commander of the armored vehicle team was Second Lieutenant Zhang Shuangjian. Guan Xinxiang received his report and learned that they had successfully escaped the sight of the Germans. He was relieved but also confused: "So fast."
"Maybe they know they are not as fast as us."
The performance of the Great Wall brand heavy armored vehicles far exceeds similar products from Germany, especially the speed. The Great Wall can run up to 80 yards at its fastest, but the most advanced German ones can only run 60 yards at the fastest. But soon, Guan Xinxiang knew The real reason why the armored vehicle group was able to break away quickly was not because the Germans did not intercept well, but because the Germans did not intercept at all, because the Germans focused their attention on Wang Lushan's tank group.
There is a reason why the Germans focus on Wang Lushan's tank team. In the field of tanks, before the Chinese army entered the Soviet battlefield, the German tank troops were active in major battlefields around the world. In every battle, they killed their opponents and were invincible. Brilliant. The record gave them a congenital sense of psychological superiority in tank combat, and also made them increasingly unable to accept their defeat in tank combat. In addition, Guderian was originally a tank winner, and now there is a tank with performance that is no less than that of the Sixth Type. When an enemy tank appeared in front of him, of course he couldn't hide his curiosity and wanted to get one. "I really want to know what the Chinese tank looks like. How can the Chinese tank completely destroy our Type 5 tanks?" ." When Guderian said these words, the new mandrill and the Six Types had actually had a confrontation and were generally in a suppressed position. However, because of the German glory ideas of his subordinates, they did not report the truth truthfully, so Manstein Neither Guderian nor Guderian knew about this situation. In Guderian's mind, he thought that the new Mandrill and the Sixth Type were evenly divided. Guderian had already made a decision in his mind that he must get one after going to the front line. Take a look at the new mandrill in perfect condition. Now, the second detachment took the initiative to send it to him. Of course, he was unwilling to miss this opportunity. After receiving the relevant report, he personally called the German front-line commander, Commander Meyer, and ordered him Guderian overstepped his authority and gave the order to capture as many Chinese tanks as possible. Meyer was deeply proud of it and of course he had to complete it to the letter. Therefore, although Wang Lushan faithfully carried out Guan Xinxiang's order and immediately fled north after dividing his troops, he was They were intercepted by the Germans who were paying close attention to them. In order to fulfill Guderian's order, Meyer favored one and gave Zhang Shuangjian and the others a chance to escape easily.
"It's blocked in front and back, and I can't get out."
"Then let's work hard. We are already good enough anyway."
"I listen to you."
This was a conversation between Wang Lushan and Liao Songbing. Liao Songbing had bad luck. His mandrill was hit by two shells in the previous battle, which affected the flexibility of the turret. It was also for this reason that his team's performance was He was subordinate to Wang Lushan and therefore was not appointed as the commander of the tank team.
For Meyer, the task of capturing the mandrill alive was by no means easy. In the initial test, a Type 5 under his command was destroyed by Wang Lushan's mandrill with an armor-piercing projectile as soon as it entered the range of the mandrill. The Mandrill's ammunition load is twenty-six rounds. Under normal circumstances, the ratio of ordinary artillery shells to armor-piercing ammunition is two to one. In order to perform this mission, Guan Xinxiang specially discussed with the officers of the Logistics Department to equip three Mandrills. All of them are armor-piercing shells. So far, the three tanks have a total of forty-three shells, and all the tanks of the Meyer regiment are only nineteen.
Meyer had no previous experience of fighting with the Chinese army, so although he knew some of the capabilities of Chinese heavy tanks through hearsay, he actually did not know it deeply. He rashly sent out a Type 5 vehicle for testing.
"The Chinese only have three tanks and we have nineteen. It will not be a problem to capture one alive." Before the test, Meyer was full of confidence, as if he could win the battle with a wave of his hand.
After the test, he was surprised by the sharpness of the mandrill. His tone immediately changed, and his command style also changed to cautious: "It seems that the Chinese still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Don't be careless. Don't worry about the Chinese infantry and armored vehicles now, and deal with them with all your strength."
Meyer had a full regiment of troops at his disposal, so he had no problem dealing with three mandrills with all his strength. So even though Wang Lushan and the others fled at full speed, they were still surrounded from head to tail by the Germans.
Wang Lushan was very decisive. Once he found out that he could not escape, he first ordered the tanker truck to be abandoned, and then put on a desperate posture.
In order to reduce casualties as much as possible, Meyer did not rush to attack after completing the siege of the tank group. Instead, he prepared to block the road first and then slowly drain the morale of the Chinese.
Wang Lushan and the others were ready to fight desperately, but they found that the Germans were not busy attacking but setting up roadblocks. Wang Lushan was not stupid, and he immediately realized that the Germans' purpose was not simple, so he decided to take the initiative to attack.
"The Germans have a good plan and actually want to capture us alive. Brothers, fight."
Under the command of Wang Lushan, the three mandrills lined up in a long snake formation and rushed toward the Germans along the road with a roar. Thousands of meters away, the leader of Wang Lushan's mandrills fired first, and there was a "rumbling" explosion. Amidst the sound, the small-scale roadblock that the Germans had just erected was immediately torn into pieces, including two unresponsive German soldiers.
The Chinese reaction was as expected by Meyer. He immediately ordered the leading Type 6 tank to open fire in an effort to destroy the mandrill rushing at the front. At the same time, Wang Lushan gave the order to fire again.
Separated by a distance of thousands of meters, China's new Mandrill and Germany's Type 6 tanks began a head-on battle.