"How can this be?"
said the devil commander with a look of despair."
This seems to be a tank of the Russians, it can't be the entry of the Soviet army," the devil gunner said with a panicked face."
It's not the Soviet Army, the tank body has the logo of the Eighth Route Army, this should be the tank that the Eighth Route Army bought in the hands of the Soviet Russians, damn the Soviet Russians are against our Great Japanese Empire every time."
The driver said angrily."
If you get any closer, you won't believe it, you won't be able to blow up these hateful tanks," the commander commanded loudly through gritted teeth.At this time, the distance between the two sides was only a few hundred meters, and the tanks of the Eighth Route Army began to fire one after another.With a muffled sound, one shell after another quickly crossed the sky and fell towards the devil's chariot."
Boom" A violent explosion sounded, and one after another devil tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed by our artillery fire.The little devil on the tank just now, just about to fire the second cannon, a shell accurately hit the tank, the weak armor could not block the armor-piercing shells of the Eighth Route Army, the front armor was torn instantly, the shell exploded directly in the car, a few little devils only had time to let out a frightened scream, so they organized a group to find their bullshit Amaterasu Okami to report, the whole tank also ignited a fire, stopped there and did not move, apparently has become a pile of scrap metal.The reason why the little devil's shells could not penetrate the armor of the tanks of the Eighth Route Army was because the thirty tanks that rushed to the front were the famous T34 tanks.The T34 tank is well-balanced in terms of armor, firepower and power.The body armor was 45 mm thick, which was comparable to that of the German tanks III and IV, but the frontal armor had a 32-degree bevel and the sides had a 49-degree angle.The turret was a cast hexagonal type, the frontal armor was 60 mm thick, the sides were also 45 mm, and the bevel of the body extended all the way to the turret, so that the T34 was almost a right-angled triangle from the front.Bevel armor has two advantages, firstly, it is easy to bounce off after the shell hits, that is, "ricochet", and the power is greatly reduced; Secondly, according to the American formula for armor-piercing shells, the angle of inclination is constant, and the penetration of armor-piercing shells is proportional to the size of the caliber.The frontal armor of the 34 tank with a thickness of 45 mm and a 32-degree bevel was equivalent to 130 mm, and the side armor with a 49-degree bevel was also equivalent to 100 mm.Such frontal armor directly led to the fact that in 1941 any artillery equipped with German tanks could not penetrate at a distance of 500 meters, and only the German 88 guns could block it.The 75 mm guns can't penetrate the armor of the T34, and the Japanese Type 97 tank only has a 57 mm tank gun, and it is even more powerless in the face of the T34 In terms of firepower, although the T34 tanks equipped by the Eighth Route Army are the original models, they are also equipped with a 76 mm 30511 tank gun, while the Japanese Type 97 tank armor is only more than 20 mm, and the face of the T34 is like a paper paste, which is not vulnerable at all.34 But there is nothing that can be done.The T34 tank is the latest main battle tank of Soviet Russia, although it is called T34, but this tank was not researched or officially put into production in 1934, and the reason why it is called is just to commemorate the large-scale development of the armored army issued by Soviet Russia in 1934.In fact, it was not until 1940 that the T34 tank was put into production, and at that time the production was not large, and the research department was constantly improving the tank.It stands to reason that the Russians would never give such a new tank to China, but any excellent weapon must be tested in actual combat.And the reason why the Russians are willing to come up with such a batch of the latest tanks to support China is also with this purpose, that is, they want to test the performance of the T34 tank on the Chinese battlefield.At this time, on a hillside in the distance, more than 20 Soviet Russian observers were always watching what was happening on the battlefield, but the Russians were not satisfied with the Japanese as an opponent.A Soviet Russian bearded man wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army shook his head and said: "The Japanese are too weak, their tanks look more like toys, and they are not vulnerable at all, so the battle that is obviously not at the same level cannot test the performance of the T34 tank at all." ”Another Russian shrugged his shoulders and said: "But now we have no better choice, in fact, the German talent is our main opponent and the best opponent to test the T34, but now we have no chance at all."34 tanks were given to the British, let them take them to the battlefield to test, with the strength of the British, it is easy to imitate the T34 tank, wouldn't that be even worse.At least in China, we don't have to worry about that at all. ”In addition to this military observation group, the Russians also organized a group of armored troops to join the Eighth Route Army as volunteers, helping the Eighth Route Army train as instructors in peacetime, and directly participating in the war in wartime, the purpose of which is also to test the performance and combat effectiveness of the T34.In addition to 30 T34 tanks, the armored division of the Eighth Route Army was also equipped with about 100 T28 tanks.In this battle, because the Eighth Route Army had an absolute advantage in both strength and quality, the battle showed a one-sided situation from the beginning, and the battle lasted less than half an hour, and all Japanese tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed.At the same time, the Japanese cavalry unit was also completely defeated in the face of the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army, which was several times its size, and then completely defeated under the impact of the armored forces of the Eighth Route Army.Less than 3,000 Japanese troops were almost completely annihilated, and in the end only about 2,300 Japanese troops remained, fleeing to the south in disarray.The victory in the first battle greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers, and as the supreme commander of the front, Yang Xuecheng, the commander of the North Route Army, was also excited, and immediately ordered a cavalry brigade to continue to pursue the Japanese rout to the south and advance in the direction of Chifeng.The main force was ordered to make a detour to the southeast and penetrate to the southeast of Chifeng, so as to cut off the Japanese troops in the direction of Chaoyang to support Chifeng.The armored division of the Eighth Route Army not only has armored corps, but also two infantry brigades, with a total of more than 10,000 infantry.As soon as the battle ended, with Yang Xuecheng's order, the infantry hidden in the hilly area to the west immediately took off their disguises.About 700 trucks loaded with soldiers and various ammunition and supplies raised the sky and drove quickly towards the southeast.Yang Xuecheng ordered excitedly: "Send a telegram to the headquarters immediately, and report the situation here to the commander truthfully." ”"Yes," the signal soldier replied respectfully, and turned to run to deliver the order.Yang Xuecheng nodded with satisfaction, turned around and got into an armored command vehicle, and drove southeast with the main force.aa2705221: