The dense tropical jungles of New Guinea are not suitable for heavy tank group operations. However, because the Japanese army's special attack tactics are really difficult to prevent, for combat needs, MacArthur still invested about two divisions of tank troops, including about one division of spray tanks.
Fire Tank, Wabao's terrain is relatively suitable for living in New Guinea. After hundreds of thousands of years of construction by local people, it has begun to take shape as a modern city, so a certain size of plains has been formed in its urban area and some suburbs.
These plain areas have become battlefields for American tanks.
In terms of technical parameters, the performance of the American Pershing heavy tank is still very superior. It may not be as good as the Chinese Mandrill and the German Type 6 and Type 7, but it has introduced some of the technologies of the Chinese Mandrill, especially the rocket launcher.
After using the weapon, its battlefield survivability has been greatly enhanced, and it has considerable lethality against the Japanese special attack forces. At this time, the US military is responsible for attacking the front line of the Third Enhanced Armored Brigade directly commanded by MacArthur. The brigade's main weapons are 100
Thirty-six Pershing heavy tanks, followed by 186 MY1 mountain combat vehicles known as jungle pythons. Finally, the brigade is also equipped with 12 120 MY1 mountain tanks imported from China.
mm-caliber self-propelled artillery and twenty-four "Thunderbolt A" rocket launchers. The firepower of the Third Reinforced Armored Brigade was so complete and powerful that MacArthur never hesitated to praise him in front of others, saying that the brigade had
Armed to the teeth, he is like a tiger locked in a cage. Once out of the gate, he will definitely be able to tear into pieces the enemy in front of him, no matter who the enemy is.
The appearance of the Third Reinforced Tank Brigade on the battlefield certainly lived up to MacArthur's high expectations. A heavy tank company it opened the way rushed into the depths of the Japanese positions with little effort and destroyed no less than four Japanese bunkers. The explosions were earth-shattering.
With the sound of the explosion, in MacArthur's telescope lens, some camouflage-colored figures were flying on the top of the mushroom cloud. After Ouyang Yun first plagiarized the camouflage uniforms and used them as combat uniforms for the cadet army, Koizumi Toshiichiro was unwilling to accept them.
Following Ouyang Yun's footsteps, but because the special geographical environment in Southeast Asia was too conducive to the use of camouflage uniforms, he followed suit with his nose pinched. Now the combat uniforms of the ground troops of the Japanese Southern Front have all been replaced by camouflage uniforms and have become
An important symbol for foreign armies to distinguish between the "imperial army" and the "people's independent army".
"It's not fast enough." Putting down the telescope, MacArthur said to several of his men around him, and then issued an order: "Tell Simon that the reinforced brigade's attack speed is not fast enough. Faster, faster, we can't give the Japanese time to respond."
Simon was the brigade commander of the 3rd Reinforced Tank Brigade. At this time, he was sitting in a MY1 mountain tank commanding the battle. MacArthur's latest order came through. He waved his hand and asked the communications staff to turn off the sound, and said
The chief of staff next to him, Creme, said: "Regardless of the commander-in-chief, he is not on the front line after all. The Japanese army has not shown strong resistance until now. This is not normal. You inform Karl and ask him to be more careful. Now we have
We are fighting on the Japanese home ground."
Simon climbed up the ranks from the frontline troops bit by bit. Unlike those commanders who graduated from military academies, he paid more attention to the latter between theory and practice, so his understanding of the Japanese army was far deeper than MacArthur.
The attack speed of the Third Reinforced Armored Brigade was as fast as ever. Ten minutes later, as about thirty U.S. fighter planes appeared over the battlefield, MacArthur couldn't help it anymore and once again ordered Simon to speed up the attack and try to capture the Japanese army as quickly as possible. "I appreciate Simon's caution, but it depends on the time. The fighter planes supported by General Jin have already appeared over the battlefield. At this time, the Japanese army dispatched special attack tactical vehicles and we also You can completely ignore it, what is he afraid of?"
The "squeaking" sound of the track transmission entered Xiangshang's ears, and his face gradually turned red. Suddenly, he suddenly turned his head and glanced at Xiaodao, saying: "Xiaojiao-kun, it's time to be loyal to the country. We're here." He turned his head sharply and jumped up out of the artillery-proof pit where he was hiding. The next moment, he shouted feverishly: "The Imperial Japanese Army will be victorious." He pulled open the explosive pack in his arms. The detonator fuse rushed towards the US tank less than three meters away from him.
"Boom." There was an earth-shattering loud noise, and the tank and phase were instantly engulfed by a huge fireball. Then, miserable screams rang out. When the fireball gradually shrank and turned into a pile of tank-shaped flames, A U.S. tank soldier whose whole body was wrapped in flames rushed out of the tank and rolled down the turret while screaming in a human voice.
The screams of the U.S. tank soldiers gradually ignited the cruelty deep in Kojima Jing's heart. He tightly grasped the explosive bag in his arms with both hands and gritted his teeth. The color on his face turned white, then red, then white, and then, When another U.S. military tank came "creeping", he shouted: "Xiang Shangjun, I'm coming." He ripped open the fuse of the explosive package in his arms and jumped up...
When Kojima Kage and the tank he attacked were engulfed in flames at the same time, Krime said to Simon: "Sir, this is already the sixth tank."
Instead, a look of relief appeared on Simon's face. He waved his arm fiercely and shouted: "This should be the Japanese's final counterattack. Attack, all attack."
In mid-air, when the U.S. tanks on the ground were detonated one after another like fireworks, the U.S. Air Force Major Ray York, who was responsible for commanding and supporting the fighter group of the 3rd Reinforced Armored Brigade, frowned wildly and thought in his heart: "The Japanese are So crazy, I just wonder if they have prepared a special attack force for us."
On the ground, news of the attack by the entire 3rd Enhanced Armored Brigade reached MacArthur's ears. He was sighing at Simon's good grasp of the opportunity. The next moment, because of the arrival of a new battle report, his face suddenly turned pale, " What you said is true." He glared at the staff officer who reported to him, with veins showing on his forehead.
"There should be no errors in the battle report signed by Commander Jin himself," the staff officer said in a low voice, his face covered with sweat.
"Trap, trap, how did the Japanese know about our sneak attack on Singapore? The aviation force of the Pacific Fleet flew close to the sea, and their radar could not detect it at all."
"Maybe it was detected by the lookout post."
"The whole army was destroyed. This was a planned ambush. It was detected by the lookout post. How could the Japanese have time to prepare?"
No one dared to say anything. In fact, everyone was stunned by the news. The fighter plane group that attacked Singapore was completely destroyed. This shows that the Japanese had already prepared and even detected it in advance. So, now the Wabao battlefield Could it be that the smooth progress in the war was a deliberate show of weakness by the Japanese? The importance of Waba Lao is self-evident. The Japanese army has a far superior military strength, so it makes no sense for the Japanese to give up on their own initiative.
If they don't give up voluntarily, then what are the Japanese plans? Thinking of this, MacArthur can no longer remain calm.
(Old Poison: I went to Changzhou on a business trip yesterday and didn’t get home until half past ten,,, Juhan)