(Today I had a drinking party with three junior high school classmates. Haha, I may have been too excited and drank too much. I may be a little incoherent. I can only ask for your patience.)
The independent brigade's attack was orderly. The leading engineer battalion broke into two companies and broke into the first trench of the Japanese army and began to clean up the remaining enemies. The men of the other company began to urgently build a bridge over the trench.
The training is orderly. For this kind of trench, they have their own unique bridge-building method. Two logs are placed in the center of the trench, and then the bridge planks are laid on them, while the tank regiment is firmly nailed to the trench.
On the side, smoothbore cannons and machine guns were used to firmly suppress the enemy in front of them.
The tank regiment of the independent brigade is equipped with a total of six American-made M2 medium tanks, and then forty Jiguang medium tanks. The M2 medium tanks are equipped with a smoothbore gun with a caliber of 37 mm, and the original model of the Jiguang type
Equipped with 57 mm caliber guns, with these forty-six cannons, the tank regiment firmly suppressed the Japanese firepower from the beginning, which made the bridge building work of the engineer battalion proceed very smoothly.
The Independent Brigade had such a powerful tank force, which exceeded Sakai's expectations. After the counterattacking troops were completely suppressed, Sakai decisively ordered the artillery to violently bombard the enemy tanks at the front.
The leader of the tank regiment is a Jew named Johnny. Johnny once served as a platoon leader of a tank unit in the German Army. When the first artillery shell exploded in the front, he decisively gave the order and called for the troops to
With the support of artillery, a regiment of self-propelled artillery stopped and began to counterattack the Japanese artillery.
Just when the artillery units of both sides began to shoot at each other, the convoy of the engineer battalion took the lead in passing the first trench and rushed towards the Japanese second line of defense. Following closely behind the engineer battalion, the tank regiment rushed over and once again pushed the engineers
The barracks were caught in the middle and began to suppress the Japanese troops in the second trench and the Japanese troops behind who wanted to counterattack.
In the tank battle before Xifengkou, the Japanese army suffered all the losses of the Chinese tank troops. It is said that one learned a lesson from a loss. From then on, the Japanese army began to pay attention to the equipment of anti-tank weapons. For example, the first mixed brigade was equipped with
There was a squadron of anti-tank weapons. After the artillery units on the side were suppressed by the artillery of the independent brigade, Sakai moved the only anti-tank squadron to the third and final trench. However, to his surprise,
The Chinese tanks on the opposite side are not generally hard. Not only are the 120mm and 75mm caliber cannons ineffective against it, but even the specialized anti-tank guns and anti-tank guns cannot cause effective damage. Among them, one
The tank labeled "Yu-001" was hit by three anti-tank guns in succession, but it was unharmed and was still firing shells in an orderly manner.
The weapons and equipment of the Jewish Independent Brigade, except for the limited allocation from the government for the simultaneous development of learning, are all borne by the Jewish Chamber of Commerce. The Jews initially thought of equipping them with American-made equipment as much as possible. However, during an exercise, the M2 medium tank led by the
After the U.S.-made equipment was completely defeated by the self-produced equipment of the Xuebing Army, at the suggestion of Stern and other officers of the Jewish Independence Brigade, the Jewish Chamber of Commerce turned to purchase products from the Xuebing Army arsenal, which reduced the combat strength of the Independence Brigade.
It has risen by more than one level,
Sakai witnessed all this and immediately realized that the Xuebing Army's counterattack was definitely not just to repel his own troops, but there must be some conspiracy behind it. Therefore, he issued an order for the frontline troops to destroy the China tanks regardless of the consequences.
At this time, the Japanese army was composed of soldiers. In addition to active duty, the rest were from reserve forces that had recently retired. Although the age of the soldiers was generally higher, they also had higher combat experience and desperate spirit. Those low-level officers on the front line, All of them were outright militarists. Seeing that their own anti-tank weapons could not effectively damage Chinese tanks, these people began to instigate and take the lead in carrying out human bomb attacks.
Seeing one after another, little Japanese armed with explosives in their arms and grenades strapped to their bodies, rushed out of the trenches and the bunkers in the mountains on both sides. At first, Johnny was shocked by the desperate momentum of the Japanese army, and for a moment he forgot to release the news. An effective combat order, and his men also panicked. Among them, the driver of an M2 medium tank could not withstand the pressure of death and began to retreat.
At the critical moment, a tank machine gunner named Wang Xiping came into play. He adjusted the position of the machine gun and fired violently at the front one. He shouted: "Brothers, shoot, don't let the little devils Closer."
Under his shooting, there was a "boom" sound, and the explosive bag on the Japanese soldier was detonated. Then, with this huge explosion, more and more tank machine gunners were awakened and began to shoot wildly.
There was a constant "bang", and one after another the flesh bombs were blown into pieces by the explosives and grenades they carried. However, the tank regiment still paid the price of three tanks, and the worst one was undoubtedly the one that rushed to the front. M2, it was directly detonated by an explosive package carried by a Japanese flesh bomb. In the rumbling explosion, the tank and its crew were all turned into pieces.
Stern witnessed all this from behind, his teeth clenched and his face turned pale. After a few seconds of hesitation, he decisively issued an order and shouted: "Ma Kaishan, it's up to you. .”
"Hoo." The cavalry troops lined up in the middle of the large army, led by Ma Kaishan, all screamed and controlled the horses to rush forward.
Compared with the chariot regiment, the cost of the cavalry battalion is obviously much lower. Stern's idea is very simple. The sacrifice of the cavalry battalion must be exchanged for the survival of the chariot regiment. Ma Kaishan wonders if he understands this meaning. , but one thing worth affirming is that in the face of those ammunition depots that could explode at any time, he and his men did not flinch. They rushed forward bravely, shooting with guns and cutting with knives. In the end, they lost almost half of their troops. Under such circumstances, the Japanese self-explosion team of about 300 people was completely killed and defeated, quickly clearing the way forward for the tank regiment and engineer battalion.
More Japs rushed out of the last trench, and behind this, a full regiment and a half of Japs, including a tank squadron, rushed out of their camp. Because they were unclear about the combat purpose of the Xuebing Army, Sakai Hoji risked the destruction of the entire army and resolutely sent all the troops to participate in the battle. His idea was very simple, that is, the entire army would do this, and the offensive momentum of the Chinese army should be curbed, so as to provide a good foundation for Xiangyue Qingji's subordinates. Arrangement buys time,
An expert can tell if there is one as soon as he reaches out. The original mission of the Independent Brigade is to penetrate the Japanese army and attack the big barrier directly. However, with Sakai's actions, the Independent Brigade is very likely to fall into it. Faced with this complicated battle situation, what should Stern do? How to break the move?