Back to the current battle situation.
Li Yunlong believed that the Japanese would definitely transport food through the railway line, so he asked Zhao Gang to lead the main force and follow the orders of the brigade headquarters to cover the independent regiment on the Yangquan flank.
And he led the tank company secretly to the vicinity of the Japanese transportation railway line, trying to make a move and wait for the enemy.
He Dahai, commander of the tank company who learned Li Yunlong's thoughts, immediately said:
"Captain, if our tank company goes into battle head-on, these seven fragile tanks will definitely not be able to withstand the artillery fire of the little Japs."
"But if we can lurk all the way and catch the little devils off guard, then the power of our tank company will be maximized."
"We often deal with the Japs with infantry ambushes. This time we might as well let the Japs have a taste of being ambushed by tanks."
It can be said that He Dahai's ideas coincide with Li Yunlong's. What Lao Li likes to do most is to send out surprise troops.
In Lao Li's opinion, what's the point of fighting a conventional war?
It is necessary to fight the classic surprise battle of defeating more with less, so that he can show his ability.
But the matter was serious, and Li Yunlong was no fool. He looked directly into He Dahai's eyes and asked, "Are you sure?"
He Dahai, who never lost his domineering attitude as a soldier, nodded without hesitation.
"Captain, don't worry. Our tank company has been practicing latent training in the mountains during this period."
"We, this time, are like the ghost, touching the little Jaap's railway line and catching him off guard."
"Okay, let's fight like this!" Li Yunlong gave the order. He gave full play to his unquestioning mind and handed over the command of the tank company to the more professional tank company commander He Dahai.
Li Yunlong, who has never been afraid of taking risks, followed him personally to witness the battle of his new second regiment tank company.
He Dahai, who received Li Yunlong's military order, began to deploy this operation.
His first step was to camouflage his three tanks and four armored vehicles quite fully.
"The turret, roof, including the side armor and front and rear armor, are all covered with dead branches. They must be separated by fifty meters. At first glance, you might think it is a bush."
"Loose pavement should be promptly dealt with and rutted."
The soldiers of the tank company took action quickly under the command of He Dahai.
Soon, three tanks and four armored vehicles were covered by leafy branches.
If such a well-camouflaged tank is hidden in a mountainous area surrounded by branches and green leaves, it will not be easy to detect it from a certain distance.
Soon after, everything was ready. After each tank and armored vehicle had enough ammunition, they set off towards their destination.
That is a major railway transportation line to Ping'an County.
As early as in the war room, Li Yunlong had analyzed that if the Japanese army transported supplies to Yangquan, this transportation line would be the most likely choice.
When secretly moving towards the predetermined railway line area, according to He Dahai's deployment, the three tanks and four armored vehicles did not advance straight forward in a horizontal line, which would be too easy to expose.
He ordered two tanks to form a group. When a group of tanks and armored vehicles was moving, the other tanks and armored vehicles were to remain stationary and to be alert to the surroundings at all times.
"Attention, all cars, the second group continues to move forward!"
Like a bunch of advancing bushes, after the two tanks of the first combat group stopped, He Dahai gave the order for the second group to move forward.
Originally, the communication methods between tanks were nothing more than gesture communication, military flag communication, and messenger communication.
However, Kong Jie believes that these traditional communications will reduce the tank's communication efficiency, and can easily lead to exposure and attack by the Japanese air force.
Therefore, Kong Jie spent some money to get a lot of American walkie-talkies from John to facilitate communication between the tank troops during the battle.
In this battle, the tank company of the New Second Regiment had three tanks, including two Japanese Type 92 cavalry tanks, one Type 94 cavalry tank, and four armored vehicles, including the Type 92 armored vehicles and Type 9 armored vehicles commonly used by the Japanese. Type 1 armored vehicles and the like.
According to the standard division of tank combat members, He Dahai divided the tank crew inside the tank into gunners, loaders, drivers, commanders, etc. according to the different tasks they undertake.
Of course, because the Japanese were already far behind Western countries in the field of armored vehicles, the Japanese tanks captured by the independent regiment in Dafengzhuang were mainly cavalry tanks, and very few medium tanks were captured.
These light tanks of the Japanese army have very small internal capacity.
For example, the standard internal capacity of the Little Devil's Type 92 cavalry tank is three people, while the Type 94 cavalry tank has only two people.
These tanks were rarely equipped with tank guns.
So gunners and loaders are completely unnecessary.
The main weapons loaded are heavy machine guns and light machine guns.
It's just that a general like Li Yunlong who has a special liking for artillery, how can he watch helplessly as this iron bastard doesn't even have a cannon?
So after Kong Jie sent the tanks and armored vehicles over, Li Yunlong ordered the New Second Regiment to develop a repair shop for more than a year, and use some simple and practical methods to install some artillery on the Japanese armored vehicles and tanks.
These artillery pieces are naturally not tank guns, but flat-firing cannons that have been modified by repairmen.
Anyway, in Li Yunlong's opinion, as long as it is a cannon fired from a tank, it doesn't matter what kind of cannon it is, if it can kill the little devil, it is a good cannon.
When the tanks and armored vehicles were delivered, Kong Jie communicated with Li Yunlong on the phone.
"Old Li, the strength of a tank does not lie in its armor's fire protection and ferocious firepower, but in its ability to advance quickly, giving the artillery the ability to move on its own."
"Think about it, it's like a flat-firing cannon. If you can reach any point on the battlefield quickly at the speed of a tank, wouldn't such a weapon be terrifying?"
"So whether it's an armored vehicle or a tank, if we can attach some artillery of suitable calibers to armored vehicles and tanks, it will become a smart and fast self-propelled artillery that is more suitable for mountain combat."
"That is the ultimate direction of our Eighth Route Army's tank warfare in mountainous areas."
Therefore, the tank company of the new Second Regiment formed by Li Yunlong, the so-called tanks and armored vehicles, actually look a bit nondescript in appearance.
The location where the machine guns were supposed to be installed was ordered by Li Yunlong to be modified and erected some small-caliber flat-firing cannons.
Another example is the Little Devil's armored vehicle. The original machine gun perforation hole on the top was directly transformed into a turret with a flat-fire cannon.
Ensure that the entire armored vehicle has heavy machine gun firepower, as well as tank gun firepower.
The soldiers were immersed in the driving of the tank. Li Yunlong and the first battalion commander Zhang Dabiao were also sighing with emotion about such a sharp weapon such as the tank.
The tank team passed through a relatively gentle ravine area.
Suddenly, the roar of aircraft engines came from far in the sky. He Dahai's expression changed slightly, and he immediately issued an order through the walkie-talkie:
"Air defense, all vehicles immediately enter air defense preparation!"
After He Dahai's order was issued, the tank company soldiers quickly took action. The tank soldiers who were originally nesting inside the tanks and armored vehicles quickly and orderly evacuated from the tanks and armored vehicles, and took shelter not far away from the armored vehicles and tanks. Under the ravine or soil slope, quickly cover yourself with the help of surrounding branches and dead trees.
This is an air defense preparation maneuver performed by the tank company in its daily training.
For tanks, the greatest threat is nothing more than aircraft bombing.
So once you detect the movement of enemy aircraft.
When the tank itself does not have anti-aircraft equipment, such as weapons such as anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, what the soldiers have to do is to quickly detach from the vehicle body and then hide nearby.
Waiting for the tank itself to be camouflaged from enemy aircraft.
Ten thousand steps back, if accidentally exposed, the Japanese bombing targets were mainly tanks, and the tank crews who evacuated in time guaranteed their lives because they evacuated in advance.
After a while, the roar of the plane intensified on the heads of Li Yunlong and his group, and then gradually faded away.
He Dahai, who was hiding not far from Li Yunlong, breathed a sigh of relief.
"During this period, the Japs have stepped up their reconnaissance of the railway lines along the way. Commander, looking at the situation just now, it's a reconnaissance plane from the Japs area!" He Dahai analyzed.
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