Nanzhi Chariot Brigade Headquarters.
He learned that a large number of Eighth Route Army armored units suddenly appeared behind the front line where his troops had advanced.
The baggage troops, transportation troops, and mobile artillery troops were successively attacked by the Eighth Route Army armored forces.
The scattered tank troops were also violently attacked by the armored troops of the Eighth Route Army that suddenly appeared.
After Major General Nan Zhi was stunned, he was anxious for a moment. Before he could figure out what was going on, this attack hit him in the face.
"Baga, what is going on? How did things become like this?"
The Japanese chief of staff, who was also a little flustered, analyzed on the side: "General, I'm afraid we have been fooled. These days, the Eighth Route Army has used armored troops to harass us from time to time, but when our army pursued them, they quickly withdrew, or in A minefield ambush was set up along the way.
During the pursuit of our army, although the local casualties caused were not large, the local casualties added up again and again. Unknowingly, our tanks had actually suffered a lot of consumption and damage.
I think the Eighth Route Army is waiting for this moment, waiting for this final decisive battle! ! ! "
"Asshole, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Nan Zhi yelled angrily.
Japanese Chief of Staff: "..."
The situation of the past few days quickly emerged in his mind.
He said: "General, the Eighth Route Army always uses small groups of armored troops to harass us. I'm afraid there is some kind of trap!"
Nan Zhi: "The entire Western Inner Mongolia region is mostly flat plateau areas, which can give full play to our army's armored combat advantages. Faced with the absolute strength advantage, can the small traps of the Eighth Route Army be of any use?"
He said: "General, I suggest you just be on guard against sneak attacks from the Eighth Route Army. We should focus on advancing the 35th Army first."
Nan Zhi: "If I don't destroy these disgusting sneak attack troops, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart!"
He: "General, our combat forces seem to be becoming more and more dispersed."
Nan Zhi: "These damn Eighth Route Army have been completely defeated by us!"
He: "General, I suggest that the pursuit be suspended and the tanks be repaired and maintained in a timely manner to ensure continued operations and respond to sudden changes in crisis at any time!"
Nan Zhi: "Baga, wouldn't it be a failure to stop the pursuit at this time? The Eighth Route Army is obviously unable to hold on anymore. Didn't you see the chariot equipment and supplies they discarded along the way?"
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Then it gradually evolved into the current situation.
What else can the Japanese chief of staff say about this?
He knew very well that His Majesty the General was paralyzed by arrogance and arrogance.
Nan Zhi, an old devil, thought he was leading an elite armored group and did not pay attention to the Eighth Route Army troops that he thought were poorly equipped.
Let alone the so-called armored units of the Eighth Route Army.
The armored elite of the Empire of Japan, coupled with the firepower reinforcements of the Air Force, couldn't they defeat the Eighth Route Army in such an endless gentle plateau terrain?
After the decisive battle broke out, the armored troops of the Eighth Route Army, which had been chased all the way by the little Japs of the Nanzhi Chariot Brigade, suddenly turned around and launched a fierce attack.
At this time, the little devils, who were still immersed in the arrogance of pursuit, discovered in shock that the people they were chasing were not sheep all along.
But a tiger that can eat people!
During the confrontation between the two sides, the little devils discovered to their surprise that the world had changed a long time ago, and the Eighth Route Army was no longer the beggar team with backward equipment they imagined.
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An area where a river flows through.
A Japanese medium tank squadron had a head-on confrontation with an armored company of the Eighth Route Army.
The Japanese's medium tank squadron is powerful under the extra-strengthened tank configuration. It is equipped with a total of fifteen 1997-modified medium tanks, plus more than ten auxiliary trucks, armored vehicles, motorcycles and other vehicles.
There are more than thirty combat vehicles in total.
It was not until this time that the equipment strength of the armored forces of the Eighth Route Army was truly demonstrated.
Only then did the Japanese realize that the strength of these Eighth Route Army armored units was no less powerful than the so-called elite tanks of the Japanese Empire.
Looking from the perspective of the Japanese squadron leader.
This armored company on the side of the Eighth Route Army is an armored force composed of magic-modified light tanks and medium tanks.
Although the number of tanks is not too many, there are eight magic modified Japanese Type 95 tanks, and four magic modified Japanese Type 97 medium tanks.
Half of these tanks were inherited from the armored vehicles captured after the capture of Datong and originally belonged to the Japanese 26th Division.
There are 12 tanks in total.
The modified tanks are equipped with extended anti-gun devices on the front armor of the tank and the front armor of the turret.
Most of the little devils have seen the power of these anti-gun devices in the past few days of confrontation, and those who have not seen them will soon see them.
The artillery shells shot up and were blocked by the extended anti-gun armor. As for the tank armor at the rear, not even a scratch was found on the tank's armor.
But these tanks modified by the Eighth Route Army are not what scare the Japanese armored soldiers the most at this moment.
What shuddered these little devils the most was the strange, but frightening anti-tank self-propelled artillery that appeared in their field of vision and was modified by the Eighth Route Army.
For example, a team captured a Japanese 150 mortar, modified it, installed it on the tank site, and directly turned it into a self-propelled mortar, adding a mechanical crane for semi-automatic loading.
Even the artillery shells used were replaced with burning high-explosive artillery shells mixed with RDX, TNT and thermite, newly developed by the Military Industrial Research Institute.
Click and shoot past...
The power of this new type of incendiary high-explosive shell exploded instantly. While the Japs' thin-skinned tank was torn apart, the tank with its men and women was directly submerged in the sea of fire.
Extending tens of meters in a radius along the center of the shell explosion, any Japanese mobile troops without armor protection that were affected were instantly engulfed.
Even the Japanese armored soldiers hidden inside the car body will be devoured by the flames and roasted alive in the astonishing high burning temperature, turning into charcoal.
It was so powerful that it instantly turned a local area into a hell on earth.
Even the armored soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who personally operated the artillery fire were a little stunned.
This is the first time everyone has witnessed the power of this new type of incendiary high-explosive bomb.
At first, I just heard that when this new type of incendiary high-explosive bomb was tested, half of the mountain was burned directly. Everyone didn't believe it at first.
Just leave it at that.
With just one shot, the soldiers immediately fell into excitement.
The little devils who saw this scene saw that a tank hit by the Eighth Route Army's strange shells, together with four or five surrounding tanks, were instantly devoured by flames, and they were almost scared out of their wits.
Fortunately, the Japanese squadron leader is also considered to have rich combat experience.
He quickly ordered the messengers to issue orders in flag language, so that all the tanks should immediately distance themselves and maintain maneuverability, in an attempt to avoid the concentrated artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army through this dispersed combat method.
Then, this Japanese squadron leader is also a ruthless person who doesn't care about his life.
He realized that the equipment of the Eighth Route Army was powerful and the power of artillery fire was amazing. It was not a wise choice to engage in head-on confrontation or to retreat hastily.
So after roaring a few long live charges, the Japanese squadron leader directly issued the order for a chariot assault, and launched a mindless charge with the same death style.
This little devil knows how to calculate.
He believed that a close confrontation with the enemy's Eighth Route Army tanks could avoid being bombarded by the opponent's self-propelled artillery. At the same time, he could avoid the front anti-gun device of the Eighth Route Army's modified tanks and attack the Eighth Route Army from the flanks. Armored vehicles launched an attack.
The squadron leader of these Japanese-style tanks knows very well that the armor on the sides and rear is very weak.
If that doesn't work, just open the chariot at full speed and ram into it. In the worst case, you'll die together with the enemy.
In addition, once the tank collides head-on with a self-propelled artillery from the Eighth Route Army, the self-propelled artillery lacking protective armor can be destroyed in an instant.
He is indeed a Japanese commander with rich experience in armored combat and who is ruthless to himself.
But...
The trump card of the armored force that the Eighth Route Army devoted its efforts to building is far more than that.
In the close encounter that followed, tanks and guns from both sides roared at each other.
The Japanese tank soldiers who launched the death charge discovered with despair that the tank guns attached to the Eight-Road Modified tanks were much more powerful than their artillery.
For example, the new Soviet-made 47mm tank gun attached to the 1997-modified medium-sized tanks modified by the Eight-Road Demon.
And the new American-made 37mm anti-tank gun installed on the Type 95 light tank.
And all are equipped with new armor-piercing projectiles.
Even some of the Eight-Road Modified 92 armored vehicles following the tanks are equipped with specially purchased Oerlikon 20mm machine guns and new armor-piercing projectiles.
In addition, there are a batch of Browning M2 heavy machine guns obtained directly from the United States through John, and then modified to use larger-caliber heavy machine gun bullets. According to theoretical data, the longest range is even nearly two thousand meters.
Let alone the thin-skinned tanks of the Japanese.
Even those turrets with brick and stone structures can be turned into ants' nests directly.
When the Japanese squadron leader adjusted his tactics and used dozens of tanks to launch a sudden charge towards the armored troops of the Eighth Route Army, it was as if they were desperate for their lives.
The armored company commander who led and commanded the Eighth Route Army had a big, rough face that was almost crooked with a smile.
"Good boy, did you let a donkey kick the head of this little devil? Didn't he stretch his neck out for us to chop him off?"
Without saying a word, after the Japanese tanks broke in, the soldiers started a one-sided battle that was almost a massacre.
Anti-tank artillery roared, and any tank that hit the Japanese side would be damaged by a scratch, and would be directly destroyed by a hit, tearing it into pieces.
As the Browning heavy machine gun fired, large-caliber bullets with armor-breaking capabilities directly penetrated the tank. The tiny bullet holes were not enough to damage the tank, but the flesh-and-blood Japs inside the tank were instantly was beaten into a pile of mud.
The tank without its driver soon came to a slow stop while driving at full speed.
The charge distance of less than 200 meters was not even half completed. The Japanese squadron leader who had survived by chance looked around and saw that less than 1/3 of the vehicles in the entire squadron could still charge into combat.
The old devil's eyes turned red in shock and anger.
He directly drove and commanded the tank himself, rushing towards the Eighth Route Army at full speed as if he was desperate.
"Well done!"
The first company commander saw the tank and also noticed the antenna above the Japanese command tank, which meant that it was Gui Zi's command vehicle.
He personally operated the artillery and fired a shot.
As the commander of an armored company, it goes without saying that the actual combat ability of the first company commander is top-notch in the entire company.
The command tank driven by the Japanese squadron leader, who had almost lost his mind in the madness, rushed over in an almost straight line.
The shell directly hit the front armor of the Japanese 97 medium tank.
After a loud noise, the chariot crashed and everyone died. The chariot, carrying the remaining flames, slowly came to a stop. The Japanese squadron leader inside the chariot was completely blown into a charred corpse.
The stupid little devil's final struggle didn't change anything.
The two sides fought for more than ten minutes.
The entire Japanese medium tank squadron, more than thirty vehicles, and more than a hundred Japanese were destroyed and eliminated.
However, there were a few remaining Japs who drove two trucks and fled with fear on their faces. However, they were stopped by the river behind them. The two Japs drove their vehicles to forcefully cross the river. When they drove to the central area, they were stopped by the Eighth Route Army. A shell fired from a self-propelled gun exploded.
Another armored battle victory.
The first company commander was not surprised by this. After leaving only a few soldiers to clean the battlefield, he led the main force of tanks to continue to the next target area to seek new operations.
At this time, there was a local battle between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese armored forces in the entire area dominated by plateau terrain in western Inner Mongolia.
Similar battles are nothing new after the Eighth Route Army launched a decisive counterattack.
A series of defeats quickly accumulated.
The army was defeated like a mountain.
After learning about the reversal of the situation on the battlefield, Nan Zhi, an old Japanese soldier, no longer cared about his original dignity and pride, and hurriedly asked for help from all parties.
Then, the Japanese and Chinese military parties were shocked by the reversal of the situation in the war.
35th Route Army Headquarters.
To say who is most concerned about the final situation of the confrontation between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese armored forces in western Inner Mongolia, it is none other than Commander Fu.
When I learned that the Nanzhi Chariot Brigade was chasing down the Eighth Route Army's armored units along the way, and with the cooperation of the air force's firepower, it was reported that a large number of the Eighth Route Army's armored units had been destroyed.
Although Commander Fu said well and believed that the Eighth Route Army would definitely not be able to fight such a stupid battle, he was also very worried in his heart.
When the Eighth Route Armored Forces launched a decisive battle, the Nanzhi Chariot Brigade was defeated, and news of hurried reinforcements from the 26th Division came.
The chief of staff of the 35th Route Army looked dull.
As the commander said, the situation of the battle was reversed.
And it’s an incredible reversal!
The Eighth Route Army armored force, which had been pursued all the way and was said to have suffered heavy casualties, was defeated by the Japanese tanks after launching a decisive battle and hurriedly called for help.
This, this, this...
You don’t have to be so exaggerated in your acting, right?
"Yi Gong! This, this news should not be false, right?"
Fu Yisheng laughed and said: "Can the news brought back by our army's forward reconnaissance troops in person be false?
Come on, the Eighth Route is open. We can't wait any longer. We can't let Lao He see the joke!
Immediately follow the plan and send out all our mobile troops. Not even a horse can be left behind, and immediately push towards Baotou.
In addition, I heard that the 26th Division is heading north for reinforcements. Send me another group of troops to stop them.
The Eighth Route Army's attack on the Japs' chariot brigade this time can be regarded as venting their anger for us. We must return this favor! "
"Eh!"
The chief of staff responded one by one.
After all the orders were arranged, the two of them looked at the blue sky not far away and sighed.
Commander Fu's words expressed the two people's feelings:
"After this battle, the Eighth Route Army's armored forces will probably become famous all over the world!"
(End of chapter)
