"Baga, cowards, the shame of the imperial warriors."
The squadron leader saw several Japanese Type 94 ultra-light tanks retreating in panic.
The infantry following the tanks were directly exposed to the firepower of the opponent's tanks.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough and rolled into the grass on the side.
The bullet swished past his head.
The burning pain on his scalp made the squadron leader feel that the bullet had grazed his scalp.
He secretly said it was a fluke.
The squadron leader couldn't help but cursed at the crew members driving the tanks.
Although he was lucky enough to save his life, the enemy tanks rolled over, but the soldiers around him screamed and rolled to the ground while the machine guns on the enemy tanks were warming up, and could not get up again.
The cold tracks would These corpses were crushed into a ball of paralyzed flesh.
The cold sweat on the squadron leader's forehead couldn't help but roll down.
"Damn it, Your Excellency Sugan, your subordinates retreated without authorization before the battle, which caused the infantry to suffer a huge blow and dampened the morale of our army.
You are the most elite armored warriors in the Japanese Empire.
Why did you retreat in fear of battle?"
The squadron leader said While cursing his mother, the captain quickly found the leader of the independent tank squadron and vented his anger.
"Your Excellency Hamajima, I'm sorry.
I have received orders from my superiors to try to avoid direct combat with the tanks of the China Army.
I will not easily engage in a decisive battle with the tanks of the China Army prematurely before the rear can think of enough to deal with the threat of the tanks of the China Army. of."
The head of the tank squadron pushed back directly.
Just kidding, more than a dozen tanks from the other side came all the way.
He said it was an independent tank squadron.
In fact, a squadron had been transferred from the Setani detachment before.
Two more tanks had mechanical problems.
At this time, 6 tanks were facing each other.
Against a dozen enemy tanks, what if you are not going to die?
Well, even if the proportions between the two sides are exchanged, the person in charge of the tank squadron must carefully consider it.
Facing the tanks of Zhang Chujiu's 3rd Mechanized Brigade, even the smaller Avengers series tanks they currently have are better than the 94 tanks they currently have.
The ultra-light tank is a lot thicker.
As for the few battle axes, he really couldn't muster the will to fight against them.
In the Battle of Julu, the attack capabilities of their various tanks and armored vehicles were no weaker than the Type 94 ultra-light tanks.
However, facing an almost two-on-one situation, they were still almost annihilated by the Northwest Army's tank cluster. .
Since the war began, even the Japanese army has had to lower its proud head at this time.
Compared with other air forces, ordinary combat soldiers on the ground.
The Japanese armored forces suffered the most heavy losses.
The loss exceeded 60%, and the intensity of rearward reinforcements was not great.
In addition to the dozens of tanks lost in Xuzhou this time, the North China Front has lost more than 200 tanks and armored vehicles in previous battles. .
At this time, an extremely difficult fact for the Japanese army to accept is that not only are their tanks far inferior to the Northwest Army in terms of quality, but after previous losses have been too large, their numerical advantage in tanks has even been reduced.
Lost, the number of tanks in the entire North China Front has dropped sharply to a hundred or dozens. , past experience has proven that even tanks seriously lack the ability to confront the tanks of the Northwest Army.
Those ordinary armored vehicles cannot even effectively suppress the infantry of the Northwest Army.
The Northwest Army has installed many large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns that can defeat the Japanese army.
For the defense of armored vehicles, there are also a large number of combat anti-aircraft guns. can all be restrained.
Therefore, the Japanese army had to accept an extremely embarrassing fact.
In the northern battle, the air force and the ordinary army had the upper hand.
The fist armored force, which they had placed high hopes on, had even lost its frontal combat with the Northwest Army's steel cluster. courage.
Due to the excessive losses of the armored forces, the Japanese army also faced greater difficulties.
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Those tanks used dispersedly could not form an effective joint force, and it was difficult to pose a sufficient threat to the ground forces of the Northwest Army.
Taken together, they cannot defeat the mechanized brigade of the Northwest Army.
Moreover, at this time, the North China Front Army had to take care of Shanxi, Suiyuan, Northern Henan, and Xuzhou soldiers, and it was already difficult to piece together enough tanks to hold a significant tank showdown with the Northwest Army.
After experiencing enough losses, although Japan was forced to manufacture tanks, the monthly output of Tomahawk tanks in the northwest had gradually increased to 16 tanks.
The Avenger still maintained a monthly output of 7 tanks after certain improvements.
Yield.
Not only did it supplement the consumption of Sun Liren's 2nd Mechanized Brigade after the Battle of Julu, but it also added Snow Leopard armored vehicles.
The number of armored groups in the mechanized brigade has exceeded 60 vehicles.
The number of tanks in the mechanized brigade has not changed significantly, but the proportion of Tomahawk tanks is gradually increasing.
At the same time, the consumption of the two mechanized brigades has been supplemented.
Due to the increase in tank production in the northwest, there is still room to expand the armored mixed brigade in Suiyuan.
The importance that people like Jiang Li attached to the automobile industry has been fully reflected at this time.
After gradually expanding the scale of steel production in Baotou, Suiyuan, and developing the iron ore in Sichuan in advance, the Japanese army will not be able to compete with the northwest in terms of tank production capacity, and even the current artillery advantage will gradually be regained by Jiang Li. .
As the Northwest Army reversed the advantages of the armored forces on both sides, the impact on the battlefield was now clearly revealed.
The main reason why the main force of the 20th Army was unable to shake the Japanese position in Linyi was mainly because although the 20th Army was well-equipped among the Central Army, its firepower was inferior to that of the Japanese army.
Even under the same firepower, the attacker will always suffer.
What's more, there is still a big gap between the two sides.
Even if there are more Central Army troops around, when attacking, it is not just the number of people that will be effective.
It is necessary to use powerful firepower to destroy the enemy's fortifications, otherwise no matter how many people there are, they will not be able to rush through.
The Japanese army would not easily give the Central Army a chance to fight hand-to-hand.
Therefore, even with a strength advantage several times that of the Japanese army, the 20th Army felt like a dog biting a hedgehog with nowhere to bite.
But relatively speaking, the progress on the Northwest Army's side is much faster.
The Tenth Division, which was responsible for the defense direction of Yixian and Zaozhuang, self-destructed after losing the Segu detachment.
The 75 artillery pieces captured by the Central Army totaled thirty or forty pieces, as well as two heavy artillery pieces.
At this time, the army brought over by Zhao Yi was a Northwest Division, a Sichuan Army Division, and a mechanized brigade.
It is fully capable of confronting a permanent division of the Japanese army.
At this time, one detachment of Isoya's 10th Division had been killed.
In the previous battle with Yang Sen and other troops, they also lost a certain number of troops.
At this time, there was no way to do anything.
The Taierzhuang battle ended too quickly, and there was no time to mobilize enough main forces to reach Yixian and Zaozhuang areas.
The Northwestern Army's rapid pursuit did not give the main force of the North China Front enough time to react.
Historically, after the defeat of the Taierzhuang battle, the Japanese army was able to defend Yixian and Zaozhuang despite the pursuit of the Chinese army.
This was because the main forces of the Segu detachment and the Sakamoto detachment successfully escaped from the encirclement and retreated to Yixian and Zaozhuang, so they had enough troops to guard them.
It's just that the situation of the Japanese troops in Yixian County is not very good.
The churning tank clusters interspersed at Guoliji between Yixian and Zaozhuang at extremely fast speeds.
Originally there were some watchtowers in the Guoliji area, but due to the fierce fighting between the Central Army and the Japanese army, most of them were turned into ruins.
The Japanese army drove some civilians and temporarily built some fortifications, sandbags, or trenches.
Permanent fortifications cannot be built for a while, and with the arrogance of the Japanese army, they have never thought of building any permanent fortifications in front of the national army.
After all, they have very few opportunities to defend.
If it weren't for the fact that the troops in the fifth theater were still somewhat insufficient at this time, the further mobilization work at the base camp, and supplies had not yet arrived in large quantities, the Japanese troops would not be stationed here at this time.
Just some simple fortifications piled with sandbags, plus a decent number of light and heavy machine guns, are enough for the Chinese army.
After all, when the heavy firepower of the main force of the 20th Army is seriously insufficient, most of the light and heavy machine guns are thrown by the Japanese army.
Barrels and anti-tank artillery were suppressed to death.
Even further away, the relatively light Type 92 infantry cannon of the Japanese army could also give a great shock to the 20th Army.
However, it was the light and heavy machine guns of the Japanese army that suppressed the firepower of the Chinese army that really caused heavy damage to the Chinese soldiers.
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New recruits are afraid of cannons, veterans are afraid of machine guns.
In fact, a considerable part of the casualties caused by the Japanese army to the Chinese army were done by machine guns.
However, at this time, the Japanese troops in Yi County and Zaozhuang were not the main force of the 10th Division.
The total of more than twenty artillery pieces put a lot of pressure on the 20th Army Corps, which was eager to attack, but at this time, a large number of smoke pillars rose from the Japanese position.
The sound of explosions was continuous.
After a long battle, the artillery of the Northwest Army has also been tempered in the flames of war.
After all, the artillery of the Northwest Army, unlike the Central Army to the south, can save fire in most cases.
The artillery of the Northwest Army was fed with enough artillery shells.
Compared with the Japanese artillery, there is no essential difference.
At this time, the vehicle-towed artillery regiment of the 3rd Mechanized Brigade alone was almost multiple of the Japanese army in the direction of Yixian.
At this time, it was used on the Guoliji front line, and the artillery covered it all the way, almost suppressing the Japanese army's simple position and being unable to fight back.
After all, this is only part of the Japanese army of the 10th Division.
Facing the Northwest Army that has been chasing them all the way, they are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of firepower and troop strength.
Just when the Japanese artillery counterattack seemed seriously out of breath, the cold tracks of the first Tomahawk had already pressed against the sandbags piled up by the Japanese army.
Under the tracks, there were steel slag that had been shot into countless pieces by a tank gun.
Light and heavy machine guns are not very useful in this situation.
When the Japanese artillery lost sufficient ability to fight back, more than 20 tanks had already rushed into the Japanese position.
The Japanese soldiers behind were so jealous that they dared to rush forward with explosive bags.
At this time, they had no way to retreat.
With only two legs, they couldn't outrun the opponent's tracks, let alone the machine guns mounted on the tanks.
Hundreds of Japanese soldiers gritted their teeth and worked hard to fill this hole.
These people believed that reinforcements would definitely come.
Will help drive away these hateful enemy troops, or come to collect their corpses.
It's a pity that before these Japanese reinforcements arrived, a tank detached from the mechanized brigade had already broken through the Japanese flank in another direction and blocked the direction of the Japanese reinforcements in Guoliji.
Bloody battle, despair.
At this time, Guo Liji gritted his teeth and made his final struggle, while another explosion was heard from the Japanese artillery position.
"Killing" two different armies, speaking with the same accent, and swearing in Sichuan dialect such as Ge Laozi.
Artillery can serve as cover for infantry.
But it's not that artillery has no shortcomings.
Without the cover of the infantry, the artillery position appeared in front of the Sichuan army like a naked dancer.
However, at this time, Yang Sen's Sichuan army, which had been attacking in the Yixian and Zaozhuang areas, also smelled bloody sharks.
Come in droves.
Joining this battle, he hit the target crookedly and suddenly cut into the direction of the Japanese artillery.
Hearing the sound of rolling thunder not far away, the two Sichuan troops were ecstatic.
Using all the strength he could muster, he made a mad dash towards the Japanese artillery position.
"Baga, support, infantry of the China Army, hurry up, go and ask Captain Tianjiu for emergency support."
The artillery commander of the Japanese army in Guoliji was sweating profusely and asked the infantry captain for help.
But soon, not long after the soldiers calling for reinforcements were sent out, the artillery received news that the infantry in front had retreated, and the other party had no time to take care of itself.
"Blow up the artillery, quickly, destroy these cannons immediately."
The artillery commander reluctantly ordered.
Artillery and infantry have always complemented each other, and no one can live without the other.
Now the infantry is unable to protect itself, and the enemy troops have already detoured not far from here.
There are too many enemy troops.
If we don't explode the artillery, I'm afraid it will be too late to explode later.
On the Japanese artillery position, a larger plume of smoke rose up than before.
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Watching these precious steel lumps being twisted and deformed in the firelight, they were thrown heavily to the ground.
The artillery commander felt a twinge in his heart.
It usually takes a lot of effort to maintain these big guys.
In the eyes of commanders, these cannons are their closest comrades.
But now he has to bury these friends with his own hands.
The Sichuan troops from the "killing" brigade came over to cover them up.
The dense bangs of bullets knocked all the Japanese soldiers who were slow to react to the ground.
"Retreat, retreat quickly."
After all, the Japanese artillerymen did not have time to destroy all the cannons.
But the artillery shells from a distance fell from the sky, blowing four or five Japanese soldiers into bloody dregs, and also knocked several Sichuan soldiers rushing in front to the ground.
"You bastard, I've never seen you hit so accurately before."
The Sichuan troops rushing up from behind couldn't help but feel a little frightened, and the battlefield was very chaotic.
The Japanese artillery was blasting artillery here, but the Sichuan army rushed so fast that the vehicle-towed artillery regiment of the mechanized brigade did not receive the message at this time.
Still shelling this way.
It led to the accidental injury just now.
In fact, accidental injuries are common on the battlefield.
This is true whether it is the Northwest Army or the Japanese Army
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