Qian Guangming was once just a regiment commander under He Zhengjiang. Later, as He Zhengjiang was promoted to commander of the Third Academy Division, the tide rose, and he became the brigade commander of the chariot brigade under his command.
The officers of the former Xuebing Army all have one distinctive feature: they are young, and Qian Guangming is no exception. Although everyone usually calls him "Laoqian Laoqian", in fact, the so-called "Laoqian" is only in his twenties this year. There are five,
The Xuebing Army has developed from the initial Xuebing Army training class to today's group army. The composition of the soldiers has long jumped out of the category of "student soldiers." Among the current four armies of the Xuebing Army, pure Xuebing Army teams no longer exist. Well, even if they are from the old team of Jicha, the student soldiers only account for about two divisions, and they are broken up and assigned to various units. However, don't underestimate them, because of their existence, Ouyang Yun's series of military reforms with obvious characteristics of time travelers were able to proceed smoothly. Among many branches of arms, teams with relatively high scientific content, such as tanks, artillery, air force, etc., because of the requirements for the cultural quality of soldiers It is relatively high, so the flavor of being a soldier among them is particularly strong.
Qian Guangming is a standard student soldier, and it is well documented that he is Chu Tiange’s senior student.
The Jiguang tank is nominally imitating modernity, but in fact it is still far away from true modernization. However, the results of knowledgeable operation and illiterate operation by soldiers are completely different.
As we all know, tanks appeared in World War I, and until now, except for a few countries in the world that list them as a separate arm, most countries still regard them as an auxiliary arm of infantry even if they have tanks. , and it seems that there is no one other than Germany who studies tank tactics as a specialized tactic. Even Japan, which is known as the second largest army in the world, currently has a very limited understanding of tanks.
Of course, judging from the current development trend, this situation seems to be changing. The impact of Ouyang Yun, a little butterfly flapping its wings, on China has not yet been reflected much. However, little Japan seems to have been greatly affected. For example, the Japanese army they are facing now, the Yamada detachment is only a brigade at best, but it is actually equipped with a regiment of new Type 99 tanks, which makes Ouyang Yun have to think about it, and even feel frightened. ,
At that time and space, little Japan was famous for imitation and improvement. The new Type 99 tank now designed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is almost exactly the same as the Jiguang prototype tank in terms of appearance and weapon configuration. Of course, due to technology Restrictions, this is only limited to the appearance. As for the things inside, since the Japanese army has not been able to capture a tank as a reference, there are still quite a few differences. The most specific one is: the current main tank of Qian Guangming Brigade continues The effective range of the Hikari L-II has reached 3,200 meters, and the speed has reached about 70 kilometers per hour. Although the Japanese Type 99 is also a 105 mm caliber gun, its maximum range is just over 3,000 meters, and its effective range is only The distance is only 1,200 meters, and the speed is only 40 kilometers per hour. It is not difficult to find out by comparing two and one. Although the Japanese Type 99 has the form of a relay type, the actual technical parameters are far behind.
The effective range of the Jiguang L-II tank is 3,200 meters, and because there is no high-precision sight, aiming alone relies on the human eye. At such a distance, it is quite difficult to accurately hit the target, and by Through daily training, Qian Guangming concluded that the optimal range of this main tank is 1,200 meters or 1,600 meters. In other words, at this distance, its combat efficiency is optimal.
Amidst the rumble of the engines, almost identical tanks from both sides were approaching rapidly. Even if they knew that they were on a cruel battlefield and that the two warring parties, whether they were the Japanese army or the cadet army, witnessed all this, they would inevitably have a little curiosity. There are almost identical tanks. Which one is more powerful?
"Master, this little devil, this tank is obviously plagiarized from us, TMD, it's so shameless." Su Qiang, the leader of the fifth tank regiment, said angrily in Qian Guangming's earphones,
The word plagiarism was naturally Ouyang Yun's "invention." Qian Guangming ignored this chatterbox and ordered: "Each regiment will deploy in platoons, and be careful to cover each other and maintain the best shooting distance."
Judging from the appearance alone, the Japanese Type 99 was quite successfully copied, but its internal capabilities were far inferior. In addition to serious flaws in the tank gun and engine, it was not even equipped with a radio, let alone communication equipment. ,
As the tank troops from both sides approached again, except for a few lookout posts left by the officers and soldiers of the 022nd and 040th regiments, others had once again hid in gun-proof holes or air-raid shelters.
"Boom." The sound of artillery finally rang out, and the first one to fire turned out to be the Japanese. The tank at the front of the Japanese tanks suddenly stopped, and after a brief aim, it opened fire towards a cadet tank. A shot was fired. At this time, the distance between the two sides was about 2,400 meters.
The cadet army tank numbered 0504 saw a Japanese tank shooting at it. The commander inside it, platoon leader Fu Jinghua, didn't even blink and continued to direct the tank to advance steadily. The machine gunner on top had not yet blinked. After getting into the cab, he saw a ball of fire shooting directly at him. He felt a little nervous and said at this time: "Platoon leader, the little devil is shooting at us."
Fu Jinghua answered simply: "Come down, ignore him, and close the lid."
"Hey." The machine gunner came down. As soon as he closed the cover, he heard the sound of the flying shells ringing in his ears. A few seconds later, there was an explosion from behind, "Boom."
Although this bomb was aimed at them, it flew over without even touching the hair of their tank, and then exploded on the sand about fifty meters behind them.
Qian Guangming noticed the situation here and shouted through the communicator: "The little devils are testing you. Ignore them, stay in formation and keep moving forward, Zhang Cheng."
"arrive."
"If you see the reeds in front of you on the left, after we release the smoke grenades, you can lead a battalion through it and lie in ambush there. When the Japanese convoy is led by us, attack them from the side."
"yes."
Zhang Cheng was the commander of the 4th Tank Regiment. After receiving the new order, he ordered the 3rd Battalion of his regiment to slow down, and then consciously approached, gradually forming a small square formation that was different from the larger army.
In a large-scale tank battle, infantry is useless. This makes Qiang Wentu and the leader of the 040th Regiment, Chen Shaobing, feel very depressed. At this moment, the tank troops led by Qian Guangming have galloped over their heads.
The vanguard of the Japanese tank troops was only a thousand meters away from them. Chen Shaobing was unwilling to be left alone. He personally acted as a lookout and lay on the ground with a telescope. He looked across and saw the three Japanese tanks rushing towards the front.
The tanks suddenly stopped all at once, and then the whole body shook violently at the same time. Then, the muzzle was raised, and three flames burst out at the same time. He couldn't help but beat the ground and said: "What is this Qian Guangming doing? He is so close to the enemy."
If you don't seize the opportunity to fire, you will be beaten passively." Just after he finished speaking, suddenly, dozens of Jiguang tanks of various types displayed around him suddenly stopped in unison, and a few short seconds passed.
There was another shock, and then a loud "boom". He felt the ground around him tremble, as if there was an earthquake, and there was a buzzing in his ears. He subconsciously wanted to close his eyes, but it was still too late.
, in the red light that reached the sky, his eyes were temporarily blinded for about half a minute. When his eyesight recovered, he looked towards the Japanese position again, and saw a dozen vehicles in the fire.
The little devil's tank was hit at the same time. Parts of the tank, even the turret, and human limbs flew up in all directions, followed by a series of deafening explosions, "rumbling", which could be vaguely heard in the explosion.
The screams of people surrounded him. Even though he had been in battle for a long time, he was still shocked. He couldn't help but murmured: "What a terrifying artillery fire cover. This Qian Guangming has a trick." Look again.
Looking at those steel chariots, his eyes couldn't help but be filled with envy. He even thought: How cool would it be if my regiment had ten tanks like this? That would be ten fast-moving cannons.
Today's tactics of the tank unit were discussed by Ouyang Yun and Qian Guangming a few days ago. After learning that the Japanese army also had a dedicated tank unit, the tank-fighting tactic became the frontline command of the Xuebing Army.
The key issue for the staff to overcome was Ouyang Yun, who was born in the special forces. Although he had driven tanks in that time and space and was even carried in several battles, because he was performing special missions, the enemy did not have tanks, so,
He is also quite unfamiliar with the tactic of tanks fighting tanks. In this time and space, at least for the time being, the firepower advantage of light tanks is unquestionable. With this in mind and after brainstorming, they decided to
In a hand-to-hand fight with the Little Japanese tanks, it is better to concentrate the firepower and let it take advantage of the coverage shooting of the artillery group. Bullying the Little Japanese tanks because of their lack of firepower and mobility, let him cover the fire several times and completely destroy the morale and confidence of the Japanese tank troops.
In this round of covering artillery bombardment, Qian Guangming only allowed each tank to fire three rounds. The reason was that the tank in front was too close to the Japs, and if it stayed in one place for a long time, it would be a living target.
We know that now that the caliber of the Japanese tank guns has increased, the armor advantage of the Jiguang tank has been weakened. Once it stays in one place and is passively beaten, if it is shot twice in a row, the result will be very unpredictable.
Facts have proved that Qian Guangming's considerations were not unfounded, because just when he ordered the troops to retreat and fired smoke grenades, four of the twelve tanks in the first phalanx had been hit, and one of them actually It was hit on the side, which caused its armor to be directly penetrated. As a result, the shells in the cab were detonated, causing the Jiguang to be directly blown apart. None of the four soldiers inside survived, and the other three One of the tanks that was hit lost its ability to move because its tracks were blown off, so it could only serve as a fixed fort to cover the retreat of other tanks.
The tank formation of the Cadet Army consists of five battalions of tanks. In order to ensure the saturation of artillery fire, the distance between the first tank and the last tank is a full kilometer and a half. It is precisely because of this. Considering the range of the tanks in the rearmost phalanx, the tanks in the first phalanx cannot fire until they are only about a kilometer away from the Japanese tanks. In this way, although the coverage of the artillery fire is guaranteed, at the same time , but it also made the situation of the first phalanx tanks more dangerous, because the tanks of a regiment of the Japanese army were arranged in a relatively dense formation, and it was simply impossible to destroy all so many tanks with three rounds of salvos. Possible, then, after the covering artillery bombardment, the situation faced by this sudden formation was dangerous. What awaited them next was definitely the siege of Japanese tanks. In order to minimize the losses, Qian Guangming not only let the troops Smoke grenades, a new weapon, were used, and a battalion of tanks led by Zhang Cheng took the opportunity to ambush on the left side as a surprise force to contain the Japanese firepower.
When hundreds of smoke grenades were launched at the same time, in just a few minutes, the place where the Xuebing Army tank troops were located was immediately shrouded in smoke. The smoke blocked the sight of the Japanese tank crews. Yamada Mei assessed the situation for a second time, suppressed his anger, and let The troops slowed down their marching speed, and while slowly advancing forward, they conducted exploratory shelling.
In the three rounds of salvos just now, the tank regiment of the Yamada detachment suffered a heavy blow. In the area hit hard by the artillery fire, a brigade located in the middle of the entire tank cluster lost almost all its tanks. This made Yamada Meiji very angry. The screams of "Bage Yalu" also aroused the revenge of the little devils. "Rush up and tear the Chinese tanks to pieces." Many commanders of the little devils shouted like this, commanding the tanks under their seats. They rushed frantically towards the Xuexi Army tank that was charging at the front. However, smoke rose and their vision was blocked. After firing a few shots, the little devils did not dare to make any mistakes and slowed down one after another.
There was wind on the battlefield, and the effect of the smoke bombs did not last long. After just a quarter of an hour, the tanks of the Xuebing Army once again showed their majesty. The difference was that at this time, the front tank of the Xuebing Army was not far away from the Japanese army. Two thousand meters away, Yamada Meiji witnessed all this and already understood that this was some kind of Chinese tactic. He got out of the turret and looked at the Type 99 tank still burning behind him. The pain in his heart was... After pondering for a while, he saw the Chinese tanks slowly approaching again. He spat fiercely, waved his command knife and shouted: "The ones in front are advancing slowly, and the ones behind are speeding up, forming a long snake formation." ,,surround them." In doing so, Yamada obviously learned the lesson just now and came up with a targeted method. In this way, once the Japanese army's front line is stretched, then if the Xuebing army still adopts the tactics just now, Obviously, its multi-level artillery bombardment cannot achieve the coverage effect, and the reason why he made this adjustment so decisively is because he believes that it is difficult to convey his orders based on the long front line of the Xuebing Army tanks. Also, if Without radio communication equipment, it would be really difficult for Qian Guangming to issue a new order if he relied solely on oral communication or semaphore command. However, what Yamada did not expect was that the Jiguang tank was equipped with a relatively advanced radio communication system.
As soon as Qian Guangming saw the Japanese army's intention to change the formation, a ferocious smile appeared on his face, and he said harshly: "Stupid." He picked up the microphone and began to issue new orders: "Everyone has it. , based on 0417, spread out to the left and right, with a range of 500 meters, each selected a target, and prepared for artillery bombardment. Zhang Cheng, based on the sound of artillery fire from the large force, prepared to attack."
Zhang Cheng: "Received."
Ten minutes later, amidst the sporadic shelling, the Japanese army's long snake formation took shape, and the distance between the five square formations of the main force of the Xuebing Army was also much closer. 0417 at the front The distance to the Japanese tank was already less than 1,500 meters. At this time, there was a loud "boom", and a violent explosion suddenly occurred at the position of the relay turret in the first phalanx. Then, amid the continuous explosions, The Jiguang vehicle and the soldiers inside were surrounded by flames. Seeing this scene, Qian Guangming gritted his teeth, stared coldly ahead, and ordered: "Attack."
"Boom," the roar of the engine suddenly became louder, and all the tanks accelerated collectively. A few minutes later, Qian Guangming's tank suddenly stopped suddenly, and then a stream of flames spewed out of the gun barrel, and the sound of "boom" could not be heard. All the tanks of the Xuebing Army opened fire, and the entire battlefield was filled with roars and smoke. On the Japanese positions, explosion points appeared one after another. Among them, five Type 99s were directly hit, and three of them were immediately hit. It was blown to pieces, and the turret and the Japanese inside were blown into the sky.
At this time, the closest cadet tank to the Japanese army was 1,200 meters away, and the farthest one was 2,500 meters away. At such a long distance, the impact points of artillery shells were so dense that Yamada Meiji immediately realized Realizing that this was the result of the unified dispatch of the Chinese tank commander, he screamed: "Fight back." He thought: How did the Chinese do it? Or they were prepared in advance, but they didn't see the flag bearer fight. Flag, if it is true that the Chinese people predicted the changes in our army in advance, then their commander's consciousness is too advanced. No, that is not possible. The Chinese people must have some secret contact method that we don't know about.
Yamada Meier was struggling to guess that Zhang Cheng had already led the third battalion to rush out from the hiding place on the left. What they faced were eleven Type 99 tanks facing him sideways. These eleven tanks all belonged to the Japanese. A tank squadron, commanded by the squadron leader, Second Lieutenant Manji Seibei, Manji Seibei commanded a Type 99 tank to rush to the front. At this time, his attention was completely focused on the cadet on the right front On the army tank phalanx, my inner plan is to lead my squadron to rush up at full speed, and then turn slightly to the right, so that I can face the side of the Chinese tanks. In this way, I will definitely be able to inflict heavy damage to the Chinese tanks. As long as a hole is opened in the Chinese phalanx, the Chinese formation will be disrupted, thus reducing the pressure on the main force in the middle. Undoubtedly, if Manji Seibei can really do this, he expected The situation will definitely arise. Unfortunately, Zhang Cheng will not give him this opportunity.
The Japanese Type 99 tank does not have observation holes on the side, and because it is a pure tank battle, in order to prevent the machine gunner from being injured by bomb fragments, except for some command vehicles, almost all other tanks on both sides of the battle have top covers. This way As soon as it came, the activities of Zhang Cheng's troops about 1,500 meters away from Manji Seibei became completely invisible.
Zhang Cheng led his troops to rush diagonally towards the Japanese army as quickly as possible while getting all the tank gunners ready to shoot. His idea was to get as close as possible to the Japanese army in order to obtain the best shooting distance. Once discovered by the Japanese army, Then stop immediately and fire first,
What surprised him was that although their actions were blatant and even a little bold, at this time, they had appeared at the left rear of the Japanese army. They were only about a kilometer away from the nearest Japanese tank. However, the one in front of them on the right Of the eleven tanks, none of them changed direction to face them in order to seize the fighter plane.
What does this mean? Did the little devil still not find them, or did they deliberately ignore their small army?
One thousand meters, eight hundred meters, five hundred meters. For some reason, Zhang Cheng's heart was already beating wildly. You know, the distance of five hundred meters was almost too long for the outstanding gunners under his command. You can achieve 100% hit,
Not only Zhang Cheng, but also his officers and soldiers felt it. The commander of the third battalion, Wang Ping, shouted on the public channel in an unbelievable tone: "No way, what do you mean, little devil, stick your butt out for us to beat?" Group seat, that’s it, let’s fight.”
Zhang Cheng sneered twice and said: "Come a little closer, haha, you will make a lot of money this time. Brothers, each car can only aim at one, I will assign it, Wang Ping, you just hit..."
It is indeed unbelievable to say that the 25 tanks led by Zhang Cheng were actually assigned to a specific target according to the number, and the attack range had long exceeded the eleven tanks closest to them, because , the other chariot group of the little devil is only more than 500 meters away from them,
However, Qian Guangming discovered Zhang Cheng's daring actions, and his heart could not help but beat wildly. What a great opportunity. Just imagine, once Zhang Cheng's troops successfully wiped out the small group of Japanese tanks on the left, and then follow the trend. If you attack in the middle, it will be like forming a two-sided attack on the Japanese army. Damn it, these little devils are too stupid. Well, in this case, let's fight to determine the outcome. "The whole army retreats slowly." , pay attention to the suppressive shooting, don't let the kid increase the speed, Huang Qiao, what are you doing, don't rush, retreat... Zhang Cheng, hold still, don't rush, get closer, um, one car is focused on one target. , Enemy, haha,..."