The final outcome of the confrontation between the Japanese Nanzhi Tank Brigade and the Eighth Route Army's armored forces was beyond the expectations of all parties.
The little devil is very cautious.
At first, a so-called armored regiment quickly emerged under the eyes of the Japanese. Later, during the surprise attack on Datong and the penetration of Luxi Luzhong, this armored unit of the Eighth Route Army was also completely exposed to the Japanese army. among.
The Japanese also conducted quite detailed intelligence investigations on this armored unit of the Eighth Route Army.
And judged the approximate number of mechanized combat vehicles owned by this so-called mobile force of the Eighth Route Army, as well as the types of vehicles, the strength of the attached artillery, etc.
However, since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, the Eighth Route Army's equipment level has been poor.
The Japs preconceptionally believed that this so-called Eighth Route Army mobile unit had limited armored combat vehicles and could only carry out petty theft and harassment operations.
Datong was attacked by surprise because this force caught the 26th Division off guard and launched a surprise attack while the main force of the 26th Division was moving south.
As for Luzhong and Luxi being penetrated, it was also because there were no elite armored Japanese troops in the area of Luzhong and Luxi.
This allowed the mobile unit of the Eighth Route Army to become rampant.
Many Japanese officers arrogantly believed that once this so-called mobile force, the so-called armored combat force of the Eighth Route Army, collided with the tank force of the Empire of Japan, it would be destroyed in an instant.
There is absolutely no possibility of the second outcome.
After all, the Japanese army underestimated the rapid development of the Eighth Route Army's equipment level in the past two years.
They also underestimated the rapid response forces directly under the Eighth Route Army Taihang, especially the rapidly accumulated combat effectiveness of the elite armored forces.
How would the Japanese know that the Eighth Route Army, especially the first team and the new second regiment led by Li Yunlong, has been focusing on building elite armored units for more than half a year.
For this reason, armored force training in the base area is in full swing.
All members of the armored force are elite veterans drawn from the first team, the new second regiment, the new first regiment, and even the entire Taihang Eighth Route Army.
Basically, they all have cultural heritage.
Many veterans graduated from some cultural courses offered by a team.
In the subsequent training, everyone mastered the theory of armored combat very quickly.
As for the actual training of armored troops, Kong Jie spent a lot of money and did not play any bells and whistles at all.
The training environment for everyone is much better than when the Central Army trained armored forces.
Soldiers can directly use the training tank for practical training.
In order to gain solid experience in armored combat as soon as possible, the soldiers did not even eat, drink or have sex near the tanks.
Everyone is racing against time to enhance their experience in driving tanks, and at the same time train various collaborative tactics, such as infantry-tank collaborative tactics, artillery-tank collaborative tactics, as well as various collaborative tactics between tanks and tanks, and between tanks and mobile units.
From this perspective, it can even be said that the soldiers have been waiting for the opportunity to fight the Japanese's elite armored forces for an unknown period of time.
After the decisive battle between the two sides broke out, the soldiers exerted all their strength.
I have been bullied by Japanese tanks for so many years.
Now the tide is finally turning.
Modified tanks, enhanced artillery, skilled driving skills, and superb collaborative tactics.
The soldiers drove various tanks and armored vehicles belonging to the Eighth Route Army, galloping and fighting on the flat and open plateau terrain in western Inner Mongolia.
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"The Fifth Squadron is in urgent need of urgent reinforcements!"
"The Sixth Light Tank Squadron requests tactical guidance!"
"The First Tank Search Group was attacked by the main armored force of the Eighth Route Army and suffered heavy casualties."
"Sir!"
"Sir..."
One after another bad news came one after another, and the old devil Nan Nanzhi was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
The majestic chariot brigade of the Japanese Empire!
On the day of the confrontation with an armored force like the Eighth Route Army, which was once a beggar-like team, it collapsed at the first touch.
Defeat is like a mountain falling!
Everything happened that caught the old devil Nan Zhi off guard.
At this time, the strength of the entire Nanzhi tank group was not concentrated in one place. For a full six days, they were chasing the small groups of armored units of the Eighth Route Army that were harassing them.
The Japanese tanks had been dispersed unconsciously.
By the time Nanzhi noticed it, it was too late.
After the battle broke out, the damn Eighth Route Army immediately cut off the transportation team of the Nanzhi tank cluster that contacted the tank tanks of each branch.
The fuel supply to Japanese tanks was completely cut off.
When the Eighth Route Army's modified tanks and ferocious artillery were fully deployed, the little devils who were beaten so hard that they could hardly lift their heads realized the reversal of the situation, and began to retreat honestly.
The originally arrogant pursuer soon became a desperate and desperate escaper.
It's just that the immediate situation was different from the situation when the Japanese army pursued the Eighth Route Army's armored units.
When the Japs were chasing the fleeing armored troops of the Eighth Route Army, the armored troops on one side of the Eighth Route Army ran very fast, and from time to time they would set traps along the way to trap the Japs.
Now, the roles of both parties have been reversed.
Amid the rapid pursuit by the armored vehicles of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese tanks, which were almost running out of fuel, quickly retreated and exhausted their final fuel consumption.
"Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, our tank is almost out of fuel!!!"
While still on the run, the bad news came.
The Jaap squadron leader of the Japanese medium tank squadron was standing on top of a 1997-modified medium command tank. Looking back, he could see the tanks of the Eighth Route Army that were still pursuing them not far away.
He realized something was wrong.
Pushing forward for a full six days, the imperial tanks pursued the fleeing armored vehicles of the Eighth Route Army, and the pursuit was too deep.
The front line stretched even hundreds of kilometers in one go.
The entire Mengxi area is mostly flat and open plain terrain, which is particularly suitable for tank troops to fight.
If they wanted to withstand the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army and retreat to the base camp, they would have to drive at least one or two days.
But the fuel, which was almost bottoming out, could not sustain it for such a long time.
The transportation troops sent for reinforcements by His Excellency the brigade commander did not appear in time.
I'm afraid we won't be able to wait for this fuel.
"asshole!"
The Japanese squadron leader cursed, and the adjutant beside him was also worried: "Sir, what are we going to do? If we continue to escape like this, sooner or later we will be overtaken by these Eighth Route Army troops because they run out of fuel.
At some point, our tank will run out of fuel and completely lose its mobility. I'm afraid we won't even have a chance to fight back! "
In the end, what else can the two old devils do together?
Fight!
Take advantage of the last fuel to ensure the mobility of the tank.
Otherwise, once the fuel is exhausted, there is no difference between a tank that has lost its mobility and a pile of immovable, heavy scrap metal, and can only become a lamb to be slaughtered.
Soon, the Japanese tanks turned around and got into formation, preparing to fight against the armored vehicles of the Eighth Route Army.
On the other side, the captain of the third company of the First Armored Corps, who was leading the team, saw the little Japanese looking back at the battle, and his face became even more excited.
"Haha, comrades, this little devil is obviously impatient and won't run away. Our chance has come!"
In the ensuing armored battle between the two sides, the third company commander had no fancy tactics.
It's quite a bit like history repeating itself.
Seeing that the Japanese tanks were concentrated in an area, they seemed to be preparing for a desperate fight, considering that a frontal attack might cause unnecessary casualties.
The third company commander directly ordered to use the superior mobility of his own tanks to divide the attack into three lines. One line attacked from the front to attract the attention of the Japanese army, and the other two lines detoured from the flanks, using the more elevated terrain on both sides to cover the field of view and strangle them from three sides. The enemy's chariot troops.
such a pity!
This is completely different from the situation when two squadrons of Japanese tanks strangled a team of armored soldiers and a company.
The first company commander deliberately laid a trap and waited for the Japanese to divide their forces and strangle them, and then took the opportunity to kill the Japanese chariot troops with a backhand.
The Japanese medium-sized tank squadron in front of them was just chased to the end of the road and could only be forced to launch a final decisive battle.
There is basically no suspense at this point in the battle.
According to the deployment of the third company commander, before attacking the Japanese tanks from the flanks, the soldiers on both sides used coordinated self-propelled artillery to conduct several rounds of artillery bombardment in advance towards the area where the Japanese tanks were concentrated.
The Japanese were bombarded unilaterally.
The smoke that filled the Japanese military area has not yet cleared.
The third company commander gave an order, and the tanks and armored vehicles of the Eighth Route Army, which were strangled on three sides, descended from the mountain like tigers and pounced on the Japanese tank squadron.
So awake and seeing that the situation was over, the Japanese squadron leader shouted "Long Live the Emperor" and then, with a look of despair, led the rest of the Japanese soldiers to resist desperately.
Chariots roared across the plains.
The roar of artillery fire keeps coming!
Even immersed in the final despair and madness, the Japanese squadron leader who led the team was not only a little confused, but these fierce enemy troops and the desperate modified tanks were really familiar to him. Those so-called Eighth Route Army troops?
The two sides fought for more than 20 minutes, and most of the Japanese tank squadron had suffered casualties.
In despair, the roar of the plane's engine came from the sky.
A kid shouted with joy: "Sir, it's our air reinforcements that have arrived!"
"They are the flying troops of our Japanese Empire!"
"吆西!"
The Japanese squadron leader was also overjoyed. The group of young Japanese seemed to have grasped the last hope in a desperate situation, as if they had found the only straw floating on the water in the midst of drowning.
"Kill the chicken for——"
The little devils roared.
The third company commander looked at the Japanese fighter jets and bombers roaring rapidly in the air, his brows furrowed.
"Damn it, it's the kid's plane again. Grandma's. Isn't it just to bully us that we don't have a plane? Comrades, get ready and shoot down the kid's plane for me. I have to let the kid know that we Those on the ground are not easy to bully!"
"beat--"
The militia training manual jointly written by generals at all levels of the Eighth Route Army headed by Kong Jie contains detailed theoretical experience on how to use various weapons for air combat and fight Japanese aircraft.
Later, Kong Jie convened a team of generals to write a special book on how to conduct systematic military theoretical guidance on how to fight against air defense weapons.
A team of elite armored troops is also equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns for anti-air combat and many anti-aircraft guns.
If these anti-aircraft weapons are used to deal with the latest fighter jets of the Japanese Navy, they may be insufficient. Even if they can cause certain damage to the Japanese aircraft, they themselves may also suffer considerable casualties.
But if we just deal with these Japanese and puppet fighter jets from the Wuchagou Japanese and puppet airfield in Inner Mongolia like now, even most of them are classic fighter jets.
That seems more than enough.
"Anti-air formation, fire!"
Every elite armored company in a team has extremely rich experience in air combat.
Facing the reinforcements from the Japanese flying team, the soldiers quickly drove their chariots and dispersed their formations to avoid being bombarded by concentrated firepower from the Japanese bombers.
This was followed by counterattack with anti-aircraft machine guns and rapid-fire anti-aircraft guns.
The soldiers did not fight blindly, they even fought with some ease.
In accordance with the theoretical guidance of anti-air combat, the soldiers waited for the Japanese bombers to dive to a lower point and slow down to the lowest speed, then covered the mid-air area with strafing fire and groups of artillery shells.
to increase the probability of hitting the aircraft.
The combat performance of these old Japanese aircraft is very average, especially those old bombers that are about to be eliminated and must use dive bombing.
The plane also climbed very slowly.
This was like putting his face in front of the firepower of the soldiers' anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns.
then……
While the little Japs on the ground were cheering with expectation, a Japs flying force with more than a dozen planes roared over. After only two rounds of bombing, they dropped the wreckage of several fallen planes and dragged a few Chang Yan flew away in a rather embarrassed manner.
..."Sir, the air reinforcements have left again!"
Japanese squadron leader: "..."
In fact, the Japanese flying troops are not to blame.
In fact, after the Eighth Route Army suddenly launched an armored duel, the vast area in western Inner Mongolia was almost filled with armored units from both sides fighting.
As for the Japanese air force reinforcements, these classic aircraft flying out from Wuchagou Airport are limited, and they can only hover over the western Inner Mongolia area, bombing once in the east and strafing in the west.
From time to time, troops from the Nanzhi Chariot Brigade were reinforced for ground operations, but they could not actually reverse the war situation between the two sides.
Occasionally, we encounter tough situations like the Third Company of a detachment of armored personnel.
Maybe a few planes will be destroyed.
The squadron leader of the Japanese flying squadron leading the team is not stupid.
Pick the soft ones first, and just retreat as soon as you encounter the hard ones. It is obviously impossible for the Imperial tank troops on the ground to escape, so there is no need to waste air reinforcements here.
At this point, the little devils in the Japanese tank squadron, who were already at the end of their strength, were completely desperate.
The third company commander led the soldiers to launch the final tank annihilation battle...
(End of chapter)
