In the afternoon, the sky of Longling was already shrouded in gunsmoke, and the armored detachment commanded by Tang Zhiqiang successfully arrived at the command post of Hou Bing in the hollow under the cover of the fire of the heavy artillery brigade; at this moment, although the troops under the command of Hou Bing had as many as two reinforced battalions and two companies, the actual strength was only more than 2,000 people.
Tang Zhiqiang's arrival made Hou Bing really breathe a sigh of relief, because the roar of the chariot engine had been heard from the Japanese position opposite, although the terrain in the south of the city was complex and not suitable for the deployment of armored troops, but the price paid for fighting armored troops with pure infantry can naturally be imagined.
According to the order of Shozo Kawabe, the Japanese army was independently mixed into the 51st and 72nd brigades with two tank brigades to replace the 168th Infantry Wing of the 49th Division, which had been heavily damaged.
Although the commanders of the Japanese Tank Brigade Nishiki Shinzane and Sakai Takashi had different backgrounds and personalities, they were classmates from elementary school to junior high school, non-commissioned officer school, Tokyo Metropolitan University, and National Defense University.
The most noteworthy thing is that the woman pursued by the two is also the same, in secret, Nishiki Shinjin and Sakai Takashi have been competing with each other, they once secretly high-fived as an oath, whichever is promoted first is the winner of the bet.
The two tank brigades, the Nishiki Brigade and the Sakai Brigade, were part of the 3rd and 5th Tank Wings of the 2nd Tank Division, respectively.
At this moment, the Japanese army can be said to be gaining momentum, and it is necessary to annihilate the first mechanized army of Chongqing that is holding Longling.
The Japanese army was bound to win.
The 24th and 70th Brigades of the Japanese Army, which had originally served as the general reserve of the Battle of Longling, had already made a detour to the south of the city, and Kawabe Shozo pretended to hide his tactical intentions this time.
Shozo Kawabe had already received a telegram from Kanda Masao, the 6th Division, which was only less than 50 kilometers away from Longling, and the 10th Heavy Artillery Wing, which was half a day behind, would also arrive at Longling.
Although the 6th Division and the 10th Heavy Artillery Wing of the Japanese Army had been carefully evading the aerial reconnaissance of the US army, they were still discovered by the US reconnaissance planes, and then the swarming US planes inflicted heavy damage on the 10th Heavy Artillery Wing of the Japanese Army, which was slow to evacuate.
The 10th Heavy Artillery Wing of the Japanese Army, Wing Commander Major General Toshizo Nishikyu, was seriously wounded in an air raid, and the news reached the front of the Japanese Burmese Front.
There was an inexplicable smile at the corner of the mouth of the riverside Zhengsandi.
Nishikowloon Minsan is a royal family.
He is arrogant and domineering.
Don't talk about the commanders of the underground divisions below.
Even he, the commander of the Burmese Front, dared to openly confront him.
This really made the river side have a headache.
And the injury of Nishikowloon Minsa is undoubtedly not a good thing for Kawabe Shozo.
The Japanese 1st Division and artillery had approached Longling, and it was already evening when the information was transferred from the Allied Kunming headquarters to Song Yuhang.
For a whole afternoon, the Japanese army concentrated its superior forces to attack the south and north of Longling City.
The tank detachment of the 1st Mechanized Division in the south of the city has already engaged fire with the Japanese tank brigade several times.
The tank detachment of the Chinese defenders in a defensive state was under the command of Tang Zhiqiang.
Take advantage of the T1E2 heavy tank's superior defense.
Five T1E2 heavy tanks were used as stationary fire points.
This seemingly ancient tactic had an unexpected effect.
The Japanese tank units in a hurry did not understand the performance and armament of the American-made T1E2 heavy tank.
In their opinion.
At an absolute disadvantage in numbers, Chinese tanks were doomed to be destroyed.
Honor will go to the chariot troops.
The Nishiki Brigade and the Sakai Brigade were divided into two routes.
The intention was to break through the defensive line of the Chinese defenders from two directions.
The T1E2 heavy tank was the forerunner of the famous Pershing 16 heavy tank.
Its targets were the German Tiger and King Tiger heavy tanks.
In the face of those "thin tin cans" Japanese tanks.
All the Chinese tank crews were gearing up and very excited.
Tang Zhiqiang, who was watching coldly, snorted coldly and said, "Don't be too excited.
With the world's performance firepower is in the forefront of advanced tanks against small devils thin iron cans.
You have the face to paint those as battles on the tanks."
Tang Zhiqiang extinguished everyone's enthusiasm with a basin of cold water, looking at everyone like eggplants beaten by frost.
Tang Zhiqiang waved his hand and said: "Today, you can take the little devil's chariot as the target of military training, and you can paint one to break the mark if you break two vehicles."
"Okay," the tankers excitedly got into the tank and started the vehicle.
Tang Zhiqiang was the last to retract his body back into the turret.
After his verbal encouragement, he successfully eliminated the pre-war tension of his subordinates, and the difference between experienced veterans and recruits is the tension of the battle, after all, tension is a natural physiological reaction of people, but excessive tension can easily lead to abnormal performance, especially the technical arms of tank soldiers, and playing abnormal on the battlefield is equivalent to dancing with death as dangerous.
After all the tanks arrived at the pre-position, due to the complex terrain and limited viewing angles, Tang Zhiqiang, who was skilled, boldly ordered the driver to upgrade and drive, and he himself opened the turret, holding a 050-inch caliber machine gun in his right hand, and holding a telescope in his left hand to instruct the gun commander to Zhu Yuan.
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Although the weight of the Japanese tank is not large, but due to the limitations of its engine technology, the engine output is insufficient, so the Japanese tank is very difficult to drive between the rugged depression and the hills, the Chinese tank found the Japanese tank, and the Japanese tank also found the five tanks in the upper half of the arc of the Chinese position.
At a distance of 800 meters, the Japanese tanks began to form a zigzag assault formation, and on the Chinese battlefield, most of the Japanese tank units dealt with the infantry of the squadron, or provided fire support for the infantry during the attack, and it was the first time they had encountered a real tank battle.
"The tanks of the people in front of us, advancing in battle formation" Shinma Nishiki stood on the chariot and waved his command knife.
Nishiki Jin's really ridiculous appearance made Tang Zhiqiang feel a little dizzy, looking at the rolling dust raised by the Japanese army's two-way combat vehicles, Tang Zhiqiang sighed with emotion: "The Japanese are using tanks as infantry."
In order to achieve more accurate shooting results and to save ammunition on board, Tang Zhiqiang did not give the order to fire a salvo at the usual 1,000 meters, but chose to scatter at 750 meters.
Boom, boom, boom five T1E2 heavy tanks opened fire one after another, except for the 110 and 11 two vehicles missed, the other three vehicles all hit.
The tremendous power of the 100-mm armor-piercing bullets fired from the 100-mm smoothbore gun of the T1E2 heavy tank directly blew up the upper half of the body of the Japanese army's "extremely strong" Type 97 medium tank, and the flesh and broken metal of the Japanese tank drivers flew freely.
The three piles of twisted and broken wreckage did not frighten the pace of the Japanese tanks, but the Japanese tanks began to accelerate forward, and on the surface the Japanese troops were still launching a strong attack, but in fact, all the Japanese tankers, including the two captains of Nishiki Shinma and Sakai Takashi, were stunned by the huge power generated by the Chinese tanks' over-distance fire Although Nishiki Shinma and Sakai Takashi did not make contact, they each made an assessment, the effective range of the Chinese tank was definitely not less than 800 meters, and the caliber of the tank gun was about 100 millimeters, and since the Chinese tank did not move, it was impossible to evaluate its mobility.
Lieutenant General Imagawa Hiroji, the commander of the Japanese Second Tank Division, who helped the Nishiki Brigade and the Sakai Brigade, silently put down the binoculars, as the division commander of the Tank Division, he knows the performance of many excellent tanks in the world, the German Tiger Type, Type IV, and the Soviet T3476S are all very good tanks, and the empire is unable to manufacture and equip a large number of armored units due to resource constraints.
When he saw that his chariot had been completely destroyed at a distance of about 800 meters, Imagawa Koji's heart tightened This kind of heavy tank Imagawa Hongji has never seen before, and he estimates that it is likely to be some kind of new equipment of the US military, so big I am afraid that the weight will be close to 50 tons, Imagawa Hongji's envious gaze changed to worry after the second round of firing of the Chinese tank.
In the second round of fire, three more Japanese tanks were hit, and the detonated ammunition flew into the sky like salutes, and the high column of smoke heralded another Japanese tank as a pile of scrap metal.
The effective firing range of the Japanese tanks was within 300 meters, so Shinma Nishiki and Takashi Sakai could only desperately urge their subordinates to continue to rush, rush up to the enemy, destroy them and tear them up The passive beating induced the murderous nature of the Japanese army, and the murderous nature of the Japanese, which was hidden in their bones, would not only be very cruel to their enemies, but also to their own people.
The short distance of 450 meters was only a few minutes for a fully exertive tank, but in these few minutes, the five T1E2 heavy tanks commanded by Tang Zhiqiang calmly completed nine rounds of firing.
Since the Chinese tanks deliberately aimed at the Sakai Brigade that pounced on the right flank when selecting targets, the Sakai Brigade withstood seven rounds of nine rounds of firing, while the Nishiki Brigade, which received only two rounds of firing, suffered very little losses.
Tang Zhiqiang was quite satisfied with the hit rate of about 60 of his subordinates, while Nishiki Shinma and Sakai Takashi, who had lost a total of more than 20 chariots, could only be described as gritting their teeth and wanting to cry without tears.
The Nishiki and Sakai Brigades, which had made great sacrifices, had reached the point where it was difficult to ride the tigers, and the infantry units, which were the main combat force, had already begun to move, and as the Japanese infantry passed through the steel ruins that were still burning, they were stunned by the sight before them, especially when they breathed in the disgusting smell of burnt flesh wafting through the air.
What's going on, is all this true, and every Japanese soldier can't help but ask: