Don't underestimate the front armor of the tank and the anti-gun layer added to the front armor of the turret.
Just like don't underestimate the steel plates installed under the pilot's feet.
Facts have proven that this can greatly reduce the pilot's sacrifice rate.
The two sides launched a firefight, and soon the Japanese army realized the power of these strange-looking tanks originally belonging to the empire that had been modified by the Eighth Route Army.
During the roar of artillery fire, due to the long distance between the two sides, it was difficult to achieve precise strikes. If one of ten shells hit, it was considered a good hit rate.
The Japanese's artillery shells were occasionally lucky enough to hit the extended steel plate anti-gun device on the front of the Eighth Route Army's tank opposite.
After the explosion, Major Xiyuan looked forward to it as the gunpowder smoke was quickly blown away by the cold wind. What caught the eye of the old devil was the still intact tank of the Eighth Route Army.
Those weird tanks modified by the Eighth Route Army had anti-gun steel plates on the front that could not be penetrated by the artillery mounted on the Japanese tanks.
These steel plates are specially thickened, and some are specially made by reusing the armor of captured Japanese tanks and re-melting them.
Considering only the thickness of the front armor, it is even far more than 100 mm.
This has almost reached the protective thickness of the armor of some heavy tanks on the European battlefield.
You know, even during World War II, the strongest Tiger heavy tank, which the German army frightened the enemy but could never conquer, had the thickest front armor of only more than 100 millimeters.
In comparison, the German Tiger tank is extremely expensive to build, and the tank itself weighs 68.5 tons. Even though it is incredibly powerful, considering its bulkiness and high cost, its role on the battlefield is not as great as imagined. outstanding.
A modified Japanese tank was specially modified by a team, and a forward-extending anti-gun steel plate device was installed on the front armor and turret position.
The cost is basically negligible. It is just to install some anti-gun steel plates on the original Japanese tanks, which is not technically difficult.
Since the steel plate protection devices added are only a few local pieces, they do not cause additional load on the vehicle body itself and will not affect the combat maneuverability of the combat vehicle itself.
"idiot--"
Seeing that the long-range bombardment did not achieve effective results, Major Nishizono howled in anger.
This is also a common headache for many Japanese military officers.
These Eighth Route Army troops were clearly in the occupied areas of the Japanese Empire, living in the cracks, isolated, and without much military industrial foundation and logistical support.
It happens to be very difficult to deal with, just like brown candy, you can't get rid of it no matter what.
In addition, although the Eighth Route Army was backward in equipment, it was extremely creative. The Japanese army once captured a lot of equipment from the Eighth Route Army, and most of the equipment originally belonged to the Japanese army.
Including some Type 89 bullet-making canisters, Taisho 11-year-old light machine guns, Type 92 heavy machine guns, and some infantry guns and mortars.
As a result, the soldiers who seized the equipment claimed that they had seized new equipment developed by the Eighth Route Army. After the Japanese officer took a closer look, he discovered in confusion:
A bipod is added to the grenade cannon, and a steel plate shield is added to the front of the light machine gun.
The Type 92 heavy machine gun is even more exaggerated. The Eighth Route Army even added a one-wheel device to the base, so it can be pushed and run away at any time, and it can be pulled and walked away at any time.
These modified Japanese weapons look a little nondescript at first glance.
However, after thinking about it for a while, the Japanese army soon discovered that the grenade launcher with a tripod was more stable and easier to use and train gunners.
A light machine gun with a shield can even be used as a heavy machine gun, while effectively reducing the probability of the machine gunner being shot.
As for the Type 92 heavy machine gun, after adding wheels, it directly integrates firepower and maneuverability, which effectively improves the shortcomings of the heavy machine gun itself.
Don't underestimate these slightly improved equipment. In the subsequent confrontations, the Eighth Route Army relied on these seemingly slight advantages to achieve many results.
This is where the Eighth Route Army troops are creative and thoughtful.
Unfortunately, the Japanese army could not learn these things and could not learn them.
The Japanese army can't recycle all the large numbers of grenade launchers produced by the Japanese army's huge military industrial system, reinstall tripods, and change the inherent operating mode that the Japanese artillerymen are accustomed to, right?
The Eighth Route Army's combat model of using improved weapons may not be applicable to the Japanese army.
Maybe it is just trying to imitate others, but it will make people laugh.
At this time, the advantages of modified tanks were immediately revealed.
With the artillery bombardment from both sides, although the Japanese army had an advantage in the number of tanks, the number of attacking artillery was also greater, and the artillery fire was more intensive.
However, the modified tanks of the Eighth Route Army were equipped with anti-gunner devices, which could not be easily destroyed by Japanese tank guns.
Moreover, the Japanese army was always worried that the Eighth Route Army would use individual rocket launchers to conduct anti-tank operations. The distance between the two sides was long and the hit rate was very low.
On the contrary, the Eighth Route Army successfully destroyed three Japanese Type 95 light tanks after concentrating firepower for two rounds.
When the Japanese army used its powerful military-industrial system to build these tanks, they probably never thought that one day they would be destroyed by an attack by their own tanks and guns in the hands of the Eighth Route Army.
The Japanese army probably has not considered whether the artillery of the 95th light tank and the 97th medium tank can blast through the armor of the 95th and 97th medium tanks.
Now the Eighth Route Army has given the answer.
It is indeed possible!
Even the thickness of the thickest front armor of the Japanese 1997-modified medium-sized tanks is only 25 mm.
The tank gun was originally designed with armor-breaking capabilities in mind.
It seems that most of the Japanese tanks can easily destroy the tank itself with its own artillery.
Boom——
With a large number and superiority of tanks and artillery, they were defeated by the Eighth Route Army's small number of tanks and armored vehicles.
While Major Nishizono felt aggrieved, he also realized that continuing to fight like this was not an option.
He noticed from the telescope that the front armor and the front armor of the turret were equipped with anti-gun devices on those strange tanks modified by the Eighth Route Army.
But there doesn't seem to be such a weird anti-gun device on the side of the tank.
In this case...
"The first light tank and medium tank squads immediately outflanked and outflanked from the left wing, and the second medium and light tank squadron outflanked and outflanked from the right wing.
The remaining tanks fought on the front.
Annihilate these damn Eighth Route Army with a pincer attack from three sides! "
"Hi!"
After Major Nishizono's order was issued, the Japanese immediately mobilized their tanks. The two tanks circled slightly further from the left and right wings and detoured towards the armored units of the Eighth Route Army in the more central area of the ranch.
As for the direction facing the enemy, in order to cover the roundabout on both sides, Laoguizi Xiyuan specially ordered to advance 150 meters forward again to strengthen the fire attack.
They even organized a few medium-sized tanks to drive directly into the 200-meter artillery range of the Eighth Route Army, and held them back in the most crazy and risky move.
The confrontation between the two sides intensified, and the roar of artillery fire was endless. Even the cold wind that kept blowing seemed to be unable to dissipate the smoke.
After the two circuitous chariot troops set off, Major Xiyuan looked through the telescope nervously at the Eighth Route Army troops a few hundred meters away. He was afraid that these Eighth Route Army troops would notice the clues and retreat in advance.
Then his plan to attack from three sides and finally kill the Eighth Route Armored Forces in one fell swoop will come to nothing.
finally……
The scene gradually revealed on the battlefield made the old devil Xiyuan secretly rejoice.
All the tanks on the Eighth Route and Five Roads seemed to be in a hard fight. No one noticed the two roundabout chariot troops he sent.
This means that once the chariots on both wings of his successfully circle around, they will be able to destroy these Eighth Route Army troops in one fell swoop under the strangulation from three sides.
Although Major Nishizono also felt that the plan was going somewhat smoothly.
It's just that the battle situation is urgent, and Major Nishizono doesn't want to think so much. The opportunity to destroy the enemy is right in front of him. How can he know the result without giving it a try?
Aren't Japanese generals always like this with their gambler nature?
Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, did they still worry that the US military would have already defended Pearl Harbor?
the other side.
The person commanding more than a dozen modified tanks and armored vehicles, fighting against a Japanese tank force several times larger than his own, was the commander of the first armored company of the armored corps built by Kong Jie's team.
The first company commander was very excited at the moment and had no intention of being surrounded by Japanese armored troops on three sides.
What he knew was that the Japanese surrounded him on three sides with several times the number of armored vehicles. What he didn’t know was that he thought he had surrounded the little Japanese!
And then when reporting to the headquarters through the walkie-talkie attached to the command tank.
A voice came from the other end of the walkie-talkie: "Hello, I'm Kong Jie!"
When he heard that the old regiment leader personally answered the call, the first company commander became even more excited.
"Reporting to the old commander, good news! Our attack went extremely smoothly. We have successfully surrounded two Japanese tank squadrons, including a medium tank squadron and a light tank squadron."
"If nothing else happens, we will be able to wipe out all the Japanese chariot troops right away!"
"Please advise!"
Good guy.
This opening was obviously pursued all the way by two Japanese tank squadrons, and the result was a smooth attack.
He was obviously surrounded by Japanese tank troops on three sides, but according to the words of the first company commander, he successfully surrounded the Japanese tank troops.
You think he is bragging, but the most exaggerated thing is that after the first company commander finished reporting like this, there was no doubt on the faces of the other soldiers who were also sitting next to the command chariot.
In order to prepare for this battle with the Japanese armored brigade in western Inner Mongolia.
The armored corps under the jurisdiction of a team has also undergone special transformation for a long time. On the one hand, it trains soldiers and refits and repairs tanks.
On the other hand, it is a means of communication specially created for combat vehicles.
It is different from the old radio communication of the Japanese tank troops, as well as various flag signals and gesture communication methods.
Through John, Kong Jie had technical support from the United States, and even teamed up with an American radio communication company to produce a batch of steppers with long communication distances, which were installed inside the tank for anytime communication.
The longest communication distance of this walkie-talkie even exceeds the best walkie-talkie developed by the US military, and can communicate over a distance of nearly 15 kilometers.
In actual combat, in order to ensure smooth communication among various tank units.
The Armored Corps has specially built communications companies.
These companies will form various nodes. Once there is a message for communication, the node will be used as the transmission. In this case, even a stepper with only 15 kilometers of information transmission distance can also achieve the same goal if a few more nodes are added. Perfect communication over a distance of hundreds of kilometers.
...Listening to the vibrating excited voice of the company commander coming from the walkie-talkie, Kong Jie, who happened to pick up the walkie-talkie to talk, said with a smile:
"In this case, first company commander, I order you to launch an attack immediately and eat these two squadrons of chariots of the little devil!"
"Yes, please rest assured, old leader, I promise to complete the mission!"
After the communication was interrupted, the first company commander immediately deployed for combat. He was extremely excited. After delaying the Japanese army for six days, this was the final local counterattack based on Zhou's tactics. This was destined to be a hearty and hearty battle. A head-on battle with the Japanese elite armored forces.
Coupled with perfect communication methods, I just finished talking to the old group leader.
It felt as if Kong Jie was watching the battle from the sidelines, which made the first company commander more and more determined to fight this battle successfully.
"Car No. 3, Car No. 3! Car No. 5, Car No. 5!"
The first company commander picked up the smaller power walkie-talkie belonging to the company's tank and shouted.
"Company commander!"
"Company commander!"
The voices of the first platoon leader and the second platoon leader came over the walkie-talkie.
"Fight according to the plan, fight according to the plan, wait until the Japanese troops on both wings of the detour fall into the trap, then directly launch a counterattack, command is complete, command is complete!"
"receive!"
"receive!"
...just when the company commander issued a communication to arrange the counterattack deployment.
The battle plan of the old Japanese chariots on both wings of Xiyuan in a roundabout way and strangulation has been more than half successful.
Four Japanese tanks and more than 20 tanks and armored vehicles, which were far away from the central area of the pasture where the armored troops of the Eighth Route Army were located, had detoured on both wings. They had successfully cooperated with the tank troops operating in the front to form an encirclement on the Eighth Route Army.
Nishizono is even ready to smile at any time in preparation for the final victory.
According to Laojiazi Xiyuan's combat plan, the four Japanese tank squadrons successfully detoured back to the two wings of the Eighth Route Army's tank troops, and immediately attacked the Eighth Route Army's armored troops directly from both flanks.
Cooperating with the other tank troops in frontal combat, they strangled on three sides.
The tank with rounded wings on both sides can carry out bombardment against the strange tanks modified by the Eighth Route Army that do not have anti-gun steel plate devices on the sides.
As Major Nishizono analyzed before launching the roundabout plan:
“The modified tanks of the Eighth Route Army only have powerful anti-gun steel plates extending out from the front, but there are no such devices on the sides.
Our army is attacked from three sides. The Eighth Route Army cannot use one-sided anti-artillery devices to carry out defense in three directions, right? "
Victory seems to be just around the corner!
The Japanese chariot captains leading the teams on both sides had roared and shouted the charge slogan "Long Live the Emperor."
A total of more than 20 Japanese tanks and armored vehicles rushed from both sides of this flat pasture at full speed towards the Eighth Route Army armored forces in the central area...
(End of chapter)
