Just when Zhang Tiansheng hung his head and sighed for his bad luck, there was already a trace of fish white on the horizon, and Song Yuhang and Chang Tianfang, who were holding binoculars under the roadbed of the highway, were watching Huangzhuang, and Yokota Shenichi in Huangzhuang was also observing the situation outside the village.
Last night he rejected the 29th Infantry Wing's request for reinforcements, and he was afraid that the 1st Mechanized Division of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which was eyeing Zhuang Wai, was thinking that the arrival last night was probably only one of the mechanized units under the 1st Mechanized Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, because it was absolutely impossible to deploy so quickly with the squadron's mobility ability.
The current Yokota Kamiichi can be described as calm and relaxed, he is patiently waiting for an opportunity, Huangzhuang's special geographical location makes his rapid detachment in a favorable terrain that can be attacked, retreated, and defended.
If one of the First Mechanized Corps can be annihilated, then the heavy losses before the 29th Infantry Wing will not be a loss, and the selfish Yokota Kamiichi has his own small abacus, his Yokota Rapid Chariot Detachment is subordinate to the Front Army, and this operation is only temporarily attached to the Second Division, so he has always been in line with the attitude that he can't ignore the orders of the division commander Kiyozaburo Okazaki, and he can't listen to them all, because the Yokota Rapid Chariot Detachment exists because of the existence of chariots, if these chariots are destroyed, Then the Yokota Rapid Tank Detachment will lose the meaning of existence.
And Yokota Shinichi's military career will also come to an end.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, the morning mist had been dispelled by the sun, and Yokota did not wait for the flaws exposed by the squadron, but waited for a very harsh reprimand from the commander of Okazaki Kiyozaburo's division Kiyozaburo Okazaki bluntly warned Yokota that if Danda was lost, Yokota would be fully responsible Kiyozaburo Okazaki's warning didn't have half an effect on Shinichi Yokota, and it was originally for Kiyozaburo Okazaki to take his own place Yokota Kamiichi, who was greatly dissatisfied with the tank detachment's involvement in the blocking battle, directly crossed the ranks and made a complaint to the commander of the front army, Shozo Kabe, on the grounds that the blocking operation would seriously limit the combat strength of the tank troops, and the positional warfare would not be conducive to the combat strength of the tank units.
Yokota Shinichi's overstepping statement gave Kawabe Shozo a very bad premonition, and a fierce battle was imminent.
There was such a big dispute between the generals and commanders on the front line Since taking over the post of commander of the Burmese Front, Shozo Kawabe has always advocated that the specific tactical implementation should be personally controlled by the division commanders, because he has always believed that only the officers at all levels who are at the forefront have the most right to speak, but Kawabe Shozo found that while he was giving his subordinates great autonomy, he was also gradually losing influence over the subordinates.
In the past, the contradictions between officials at the same level were not prominent because of the suppression of their superiors, but since Kawabe Shozo delegated power, especially the contradictions between officials and assistants at the same level on the ownership of command and the implementation of tactics have suddenly intensified.
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Chang Tianfang's ground armored reconnaissance company came into contact with the ground Matsuo squadron of the Yokota Rapid Combat Vehicle Detachment when it was conducting an approach reconnaissance in Huangzhuang.
The 1st Tank Regiment under the 1st Mechanized Division.
Five 3A light tanks of the regimental armored reconnaissance company entered the hiding area of the Matsuo squadron of the Japanese Yokota Rapid Combat Vehicle Detachment about three kilometers behind the Huangzhuang flank.
Xing Sen, the commander of the armored reconnaissance company directly under the 1st Tank Regiment, who was experienced, discovered the general lurking direction of the Japanese army from the traces of vegetation on the ground.
For specific confirmation.
Xing Sen organized five 3A1 tanks to carry out two rounds of exploratory fire projection on the suspicious area.
Due to the relationship between the firing boundary of the tank bunker and the line of sight.
The Matsuo squadron was unable to attack the Chinese armored forces on their flank.
Xing Sen's grass startled the snake and alarmed Matsuo.
Thinking that his side commanded his squadron to start the chariot and rush out of cover with the diameter of the exposed Matsuo.
The weight of the Japanese Type 97 medium tank was about 15 tons.
The hot-start time is two minutes.
Japanese heralds run between the bunkers of the various tanks to deliver the password.
Wait for Matsuo's squadron to finish activating and drive the vehicle out of cover.
The Xingsen reconnaissance group had already withdrawn to the south of the road.
"The Japanese army's Type 97 medium tank, you are sure that you are not mistaken," Chang Tian glanced at Song Yuhang.
Then his gaze stayed on Xing Sen.
Xing Sen nodded seriously and said: "It should be the Japanese army's Type 97 chariot, but the shape of the turret is a little different, and it seems to be equipped with a short-barreled 75mm gun, which is the same model as the one that was destroyed by us in Zhuangkou last night."
Song Yuhang raised his binoculars and looked at the wreckage of the Japanese tanks in the direction of Zhuangkou.
He smiled and said: "Only the 4 tanks with a dead weight of nearly 30 tons can barely rely on their own weight to offset the recoil of the short-barreled 76 mm guns, and whimsically the Japanese actually pressed the 75 mm guns onto the Type 95 medium tanks with a dead weight of only 15 tons."
Although the behavior of the Japanese is very ridiculous, Song Yuhang and Chang Tian pay great attention to the Japanese deformed tank while despising the Japanese army's deformed tank in words, and the battlefield survivability of the 4 tank equipped by the 1st Tank Regiment of the 1st Mechanized Division is far superior to that of the Japanese 97 medium tank, but at a certain distance, this Japanese deformed tank equipped with a 75 mm caliber tank gun can completely destroy the 4 tank.
What worried Song Yuhang the most was that the intelligence obtained from the reconnaissance showed that the Japanese tank troops in Huangzhuang should have entered at the same time as the Japanese troops in Tuantian, but they waited for the defeat of the Japanese army in Tuantian and were almost completely annihilated.
The Japanese tank unit in Huangzhuang did not move at all and sat firmly on the Diaoyu Tai Song Yuhang, who was puzzled, wanted to call the radio station of the headquarters of the commander of the expeditionary force.
He spoke directly to Wei Lihuang and asked to confirm whether there were any signs of a large-scale increase in Japanese troops in western Yunnan An hour later.
Through the aerial reconnaissance of the Allied forces and the collection of intelligence from all sides, the Japanese army showed no signs of increasing its troops, and Song Yuhang was even more puzzled The main force of the 2nd Division of the Japanese Army was besieging the 11th Army Song Xilian's department.
It stands to reason that they should be able to divide a wing to block the Chinese reinforcements, but why did the two Japanese forces not support each other and cooperate, and what was the reason for the Japanese tank unit to sit back and watch its infantry unit be defeated Song Yuhang's First Mechanized Corps, with more than 35,000 troops, was blocked by a fast tank detachment of the Japanese army, which was equivalent to a chariot wing, for three hours.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, Song Yuhang exhausted the last trace of patience and decided to concentrate all the mountain artillery mortars to carry out artillery fire on Huangzhuang, and then concentrate the five tank companies of the 1st Mechanized Division to attack from the front, and the 2nd Motorized Rifle Division and the 3rd Infantry Division to attack and advance from the left and right flanks respectively.
Kamiichi Yokota, who was in a dilemma, received a report from his subordinates that the squadron was being transferred from the direction of Dantian, and although the direction and intention of the transfer were unknown, judging from the size of the division, there should be at least two divisions.
Standing under the scorching sun, Yokota Kamiichi didn't feel half a minute of warmth.
Blocking the squadrons of the two armies with a single infantry wing and chariot units was a great adventure in itself, because the town of Tuantian was located on a small plain, in an easy place to attack and difficult to defend, and one of the reinforcements of the two Chinese armies to be blocked was the elite First Mechanized Army on the Chongqing side.
The huge scale of the 1st Mechanized Army also really scared Yokota Shinichi.
Originally, Yokota Kamiichi thought that the squadron that appeared last night was only one of the 1st Mechanized Army, so he still stuck to Huangzhuang with a fluke mentality, hoping to find the flaws in the squadron and break them.
Now that he has finally figured out the strength of his opponent, he estimates that there are at least nearly 100 Chinese tank units that are eager to launch tanks outside Zhuangwai, and most of them are American-made 4 tanks, and the frightening heavy tanks are not among them.
Once those heavy tanks arrive on the battlefield, the end of the Yokota Rapid Tank Detachment is not far off.
Yokota Shinichi is keen on martial arts, but it does not mean that he can give everything for martial arts and honor, he received the order to block the squadron here for 72 hours, but in the face of an absolutely superior squadron, Yokota Shinichi has no confidence or certainty to complete this simply impossible task.
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The grandiose retreat was obviously a disobedience to military orders, and Yokota Shinichi believed that with Kiyozaburo Okazaki's character and style, he would definitely not let him go easily In the end, Yokota came up with a very clever solution.
Taking advantage of the weakness and habit of the squadron generals who like to preserve the strength of their headquarters, they constantly make various fake tactics to deceive the squadron and make it hesitate, while the main force of the Yokota Rapid Tank Detachment fights while withdrawing.
In this way, Lieutenant General Kiyozaburo Okazaki delayed the squadron's orders, and at the same time preserved the strength of the detachment, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
Yokota's retreat was carried out in a very timely manner, and at the last moment of Song Yuhang's deployment, the Yokota Rapid Tank Detachment retreated in the direction of Longling.
The sudden retreat of the Japanese army made Song Yuhang more cautious, but cautious is cautious, the Eleventh Group Army is in danger, and the First Mechanized Army, which is responsible for relieving the siege, naturally does not dare to slack off, Song Yuhang is not one of those generals who take care of preserving their strength.
In his eyes, there is only the difference between friendly and enemy forces.
This is also something that Yokota Kamichi did not expect.
Chang Tianfang commanded five tank companies under his command and formed a sharp knife.
This sharp knife has been pressed against Yokota Shinichi's buttocks, which is something that Yokota Shinichi did not expect.
What shocked Kamichi Yokota the most was that a large number of Chinese motorized infantry were following behind the tank attack detachment.
After several skirmishes, the Yokota Rapid Tank Detachment lost nine tanks, and Yokota Kamiichi completely lost the courage to turn around and fight, and in order to get rid of the Chinese tank forces that were trailing and pursuing, the Yokota Rapid Tank Detachment retreated at full speed in the direction of Longling.
For Okazaki Kiyozaburo's orders, Yokota Kamichi can disobey the yin, but he does not dare to ignore the orders of his direct commander, the commander of the 33rd Army, Honda Masasai.
In the afternoon, Honda Masasai directly wanted to pass the radio frequency of the Yokota Rapid Chariot Detachment, and the calm Honda Masasai strictly ordered Yokota Kamiichi, who had retreated to Longling, to defend on the spot, and if Longling was lost, then Yokota Kamichi should be seppuku to thank the emperor.
Seisaburo Okazaki yells at Kamichi Yokota to be court-martialed, to which Kamichi Yokota scoffs, but Yokota doesn't think that a man of his word will scare him.
Holding on to Longling and waiting for the main force of the Second Division to return for reinforcement became Yokota Shenichi's only choice: