..."Haha, this little son of a bitch finally got the trick."
In the hidden temporary command post, Li Yunlong was extremely excited when he learned that the Japanese tank troops were advancing towards the plain area where the slope was located. He turned his head and whispered in Kong Jie's ear:
"Lao Kong, you have to give me the spotlight when you order the firing soon!"
"No problem!" Kong Jie agreed, "Anyway, more than half of the team we brought here this time belong to you, Lao Li!"
"Haha, Lao Kong, you are still interesting!"
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According to the sequence of the wheel battle, the third battalion commander was responsible for leading the third battalion's armored troops to conduct a third sneak attack on the Japanese. After successfully completing the harassment mission, the third battalion commander led the troops to retreat quickly.
However, when he turned around, he found that the Japs had not caught up immediately. The commander of the third battalion immediately ordered the soldiers to turn around.
What are you doing?
Turn around and beat the little devil again.
At this time, according to the situation detected by the Japanese army, there were armored units of the Eighth Route Army making three raids, and there were also detected armored units waiting in the plain area where the decisive battle had been agreed.
These waves of Eighth Route Army armored units are added together. According to the data reported by the Japanese reconnaissance unit:
"The size of the armored force of the Eighth Route Army is probably even larger than that of our army's independent fully-equipped tank regiment. If we also include the various mobile units of the Eighth Route Army that cooperate with tanks, it is close to two tanks of our imperial army. The size of the alliance!”
This scale really surprised Major General Kuroki.
You know, this is just an Eighth Route Army unit that focuses on guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines!
The Anti-League, which Kuroki is more familiar with, should be a team of similar nature.
But the scale and strength of the two sides are not at the same level at all.
After thinking about it, Heimu began to curse the First Army's incompetence again. These idiots could allow the Eighth Route Army in the occupied area to grow to such an extent step by step.
But in fact, this is what the old devil Kuroki never expected.
Even to this extent, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong only exposed about half of the troops that ambush Heimu this time.
Of course, most of the tanks and armored vehicles that the Japanese cared about most were exposed.
After all, the old devil Heimu is not a fool. If Kong Jie and Li Yunlong had not exposed most of the tanks, the little devil would never have been so stupidly fooled.
When the Nanzhi troops suffered a disastrous defeat, they also reported the situation of the Eighth Route Army's armored units to their superiors.
As the defeated party, Nan Zhi wanted to cover up the last fig leaf, so naturally he would not overly belittle his opponent's strength. On the contrary, he would further exaggerate the strength of his opponent, which led to his own tragic defeat.
Although during the actual confrontation between the two sides, Nanzhi's tank troops had been dispersed, and the battle between the two sides was dominated by local battles of smaller tanks.
Nan Zhi, an old devil, still firmly believed that the armored force of the Eighth Route Army was huge, even as large as his armored group, otherwise it would be impossible to completely defeat it after his forces were dispersed.
Therefore, the number of tanks Kong Jie and Li Yunlong exposed under the nose of the Japanese army must not be small, otherwise the Japanese would never believe that they were the main force of the Eighth Route Army that appeared in the western Inner Mongolia area.
..."General, the retreating Eighth Route Army's chariots turned around and attacked our army again!"
The news from the forward troops made Kuroki even more angry.
"Damn Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, do they think I don't dare to challenge?"
Kuroki immediately ordered the forwards to quickly advance toward the decisive battle area agreed upon by both parties while maintaining their offensive formation.
And chasing the retreating Eighth Route Army all the way, we must not allow the retreating Eighth Route Army armored forces enough time to rearrange their formation in the decisive battle area.
The two sides just started chasing each other.
Amidst the roar of the engines, the third battalion commander led dozens of tanks all the way eastward and quickly crossed the gentle slope area.
After the tank crossed the gentle slope, the view of the Japanese troops pursuing behind it was temporarily blocked.
The soldiers drove the vehicles quickly, following the instructions of the sign that they had memorized in their hearts early in the morning. From the night, everyone collectively built an artificial swamp that was twenty to thirty meters wide and more than eight hundred meters long. The two areas left in the central area were wide. The five to six meter safe passage passed quickly.
Soon the Japanese chariots also caught up.
After reaching the top of the gentle slope, a flat grassland immediately appeared in the sight of the Japanese tank soldiers in the tank.
The coordinated car soldiers also saw the Eighth Route Army's chariot troops that had fled hundreds of meters away.
Kuroki's order to pursue did not stop.
A 97 modified medium tank squadron and two light tank squadrons, a total of more than 60 tanks, opened a horizontal front, crossed the gentle slope and continued to pursue the fleeing armored troops of the Eighth Route Army.
After the follow-up Japanese mobile heavy artillery troops arrived at the gentle slope area, they quickly relied on the gentle slope as an excellent artillery bunker and began to build artillery positions.
The scene presented in this open grassland area at this time is very spectacular.
The chariots of both sides were completely spread out on the lush grass.
Even the old Japanese leader who led the team felt a little dazed when he saw this scene. If he remembered correctly, such a large-scale armored force confrontation had not happened for more than ten years.
Feeling high-spirited for a moment, Kuroki pulled out his command sword and shouted:
"Long live the jihad, kill—"
As far as he could see.
The three tank squadrons totaled more than 60 tanks. The first 30 or so tanks to move in were spread out in an irregular fan-shaped row. Even if each tank was separated by 10 or 20 meters, it could only be separated by 5 or 6 meters. A 100-meter horizontal attack line.
They pursued all the way, following the Eighth Route Army's tanks.
At this critical moment of the battle, I naturally did not notice that the ruts made by the tanks of the Eighth Route Army on the ground were originally a nearly straight line, but immediately after going down the gentle slope, two concentrated ruts appeared. The car prints then dispersed again, and they also opened a long front to evacuate.
The more than 30 tanks in the lead plunged into the artificial swamp specially created for the Japanese army in the hidden forward command post, under the observation of high-power telescopes held by generals such as Kong Jie and Li Yunlong.
Japanese tanks were caught off guard. After driving into the artificial swamp area, the grass-colored grass suddenly became soft and collapsed.
The surface of the artificial swamp specially created by Kong Jie and Li Yunlong is slightly condensed at this time. People may not necessarily sink in if they stand on it, but it is impossible for a heavy tank to escape.
The Japanese tank soldiers in the car didn't know what was going on, they just felt that the car was sinking rapidly.
The old Japanese soldier Kuroki, who was commanding the advance with an arrogant look, saw this situation from a distance, and the impact on him was very shocking.
More than thirty tanks suddenly collapsed collectively on the otherwise normal grassland.
It wasn't until the mud under the grass was squeezed out by the vehicles and connected into one piece that Kuroki, an old devil, realized with a look of shock that he had fallen into the Eighth Route Army's trick.
Inside the temporary command post.
Li Yunlong picked up the walkie-talkie that was longer than his old face, and his words were full of excitement:
"Attention all artillery groups, full fire coverage, fire! Fire!"
The words fell.
The sound of artillery being ejected suddenly came from all directions, and as the shells flew out of the sky, they landed, making a continuous roar.
The entire open, partially grassy area seemed to be experiencing the end of the world.
The ferocious firepower directly submerged the Japanese tanks deep in the artificial swamp area. The remaining Japanese tanks that followed the emergency brake had no time to escape and were shrouded in artillery fire.
On one side of the Eighth Route Army, artillery groups from far, middle and near three levels fired volleys of fire one after another, and artillery of all calibers fired in unison.
The shells trailing smoke seemed to hang layers of domes in the blue sky.
As for the Japanese heavy artillery positions hidden behind the slopes, they received special attention.
Kong Jie and Li Yunlong were shrewd and deliberately gave up the earth slope bunker. The Japs would most likely build artillery positions there.
As expected, it was just as the two expected.
A large number of self-propelled artillery have already calculated the impact points of their bombs, and continuously send shells to the rear of the gentle slope with direct firepower...
This earth-shaking scene, not to mention the Japanese soldiers in it.
Even the Eighth Route Army generals who were secretly observing the situation were stunned.
Brigadier Zhang couldn't help but exclaimed: "I'm talking about Li Yunlong, this is how you fight for love. When you come up, you directly cover it with firepower. This is such a waste of firepower!"
Li Yunlong chuckled and thought to himself, my mother has already been so rich, what does this little cannonball mean?
The teacher was obviously more organized and sighed loudly:
"This is the grandeur of modern thermal weapons warfare. We have fought too many guerrilla wars in recent years, and due to the problem of insufficient equipment and scarcity of ammunition, if this mainstream of large-scale corps operations does not keep up, I am afraid we will really fall behind!
You don’t want to spend your whole life fighting guerrillas, right? "
Li Yunlong immediately said happily: "Haha, sir, what you said makes sense!"
The teacher turned his head and glanced at Li Yunlong, and said in a neutral tone: "Li Yunlong, don't be in a hurry to be happy, I haven't finished speaking yet!
You guys are broad enough now, and you have used this fire coverage style.
Nothing more to say. After the battle, comrades, it’s time for us to fight against the local tyrants. "
"No! Comrades, old comrades-in-arms, aren't you robbing us openly?" Lao Li's face turned dark at that time, and he quickly retorted.
Brigadier Zhang laughed and said: "What is open robbery? Li Yunlong, in this battle we will contribute our strength, those with money will contribute money, and those with intelligence will provide intelligence. After this battle is over, we must also eat some meat. Have some soup!"
Hahaha--
the other side.
The Japanese army was completely stunned. The old Japanese soldier Kuroki felt like he was dreaming.
Half of the armored units that were pursuing the lead turned in head on.
The heavy artillery position he built behind the gentle slope was also hit hard immediately.
The battle suddenly started, and before he could take action, the entire team was crippled.
How can we fight this decisive battle?
These damn gangsters are so cunning and underhanded.
However, Kuroki was self-righteous, and the first to pursue were the relatively pure armored elites.
The adjusted team he led was not a mixed force composed of multiple arms like the Nanzhi Chariot Group.
At present, we are facing three layers of fire suppression from the far, middle and near side of the Eighth Route Army, as well as targeted strikes from various arms.
The shortcomings of the entire Blackwood Chariot Brigade's relatively single combat arms were fully exposed.
This made Shai Ming feel very depressed for a while.
This tank group has too many types of troops and is too complicated, and has many disadvantages.
But my relatively pure chariot brigade is no longer easy to use!
However, as a battle-hardened veteran, Kuroki still has the basic judgment and reaction skills. From watching more than 30 tanks sinking into the swamp, Kuroki knew that this battle would definitely end in a disastrous defeat. .
The top priority is to evacuate immediately.
Such an armored unit of the Eighth Route Army that has seen the devil is cunning, powerful, and armored. Nan Zhi, a stupid pig, why didn't he tell himself the insidiousness of this Eighth Route Army earlier?
"Asshole... make a strategic move immediately!"
Kuroki gave the order in desperation and made a last ditch effort.
Before this attack, he had requested air fire reinforcements in advance from the direction of the airport.
Originally, he even thought arrogantly that maybe when the empire's plane arrived, he would already see him leading the elite chariots to clean up the battlefield.
Who would have thought that the current firepower reinforcements from the air force would actually become Heimu's hope for ultimate escape.
Because just when the black screen ordered the retreat, the remaining Japanese tanks retreated hurriedly.
The signal corps came to report in a panic: "Sir, large-scale mobile units of the Eighth Route Army have been discovered in the south, north, and west directions and are rapidly outflanking our army!"
That was the Yanbei detachment and the reinforcement mobile force of the 120th Division specially called by Kong Jie and Li Yunlong.
"Nani?"
When Heimu heard this, his liver and gallbladder burst into tears. He was frightened by the arrogance of these eight factions and the cunningness of their conspiracy.
He originally thought that these Eighth Route Army armored units would most likely choose to evacuate after defeating the Nanzhi troops, but he never expected that instead of leaving, these Eighth Route Army armored units would take the time to set up such a sinister trap, waiting for him to fall into the trap. Woolen cloth!
"Damn it, let me concentrate our forces to rush north and evacuate towards Houhe (HHHT)!"
The two sides fought fiercely, or the Japanese tank troops were beaten unilaterally for more than ten minutes.
The Japanese air force fire reinforcements finally arrived from Wuchagou Airport.
However, the situation on the battlefield has been decided, and even the Japanese's powerful aerial firepower is not enough to reverse the situation.
The two sides launched a ground-to-air confrontation.
At Kuroki's request, the Japanese flying team dispatched several additional medium bombers and heavy bombers, which slightly improved their combat effectiveness.
But Kong Jie and Li Yunlong had also prepared a large number of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns in advance for the Japanese bombers that might appear at any time.
When the evacuated Kuroki emerged from the hatch of the command tank, he looked back hastily.
But he saw two fighter jets falling toward the distant horizon.
His heart completely sank to the bottom.
Then there was anger, but the headquarters could adopt his own suggestion and send a heavy bomber force instead of just using a few medium bombers.
Now we can definitely take advantage of the Eighth Route Army's armored main force to be completely exposed and hit it hard.
Unfortunately there is no if.
"withdraw!"
In the end, even under the cover of aerial firepower, Kuroki's troops only managed to escape less than 1/3 of the team in embarrassment.
At this point, following the Japanese army's Nanzhi tank cluster.
The Japanese Kwantung Army's Sixth Tank Brigade, the Blackwood Brigade, was once again completely defeated by the Eighth Route Army's armored forces...
(End of chapter)
