"Nani? Diesel engine? Are you sure you heard correctly?" Tanaka Jiro stopped and his ears perked up.
After listening carefully, it seemed that there was indeed the sound of a diesel engine starting, so Tanaka Jiro immediately shouted: "Comrades, stop moving forward immediately, there is a sound of a diesel engine starting ahead. Please pay attention to safety!"
After hearing Jiro Tanaka's warning, the momentum of the entire Japanese advancing squadron slowed down.
Squadron leader Kurosawa Shiichi ran up and asked: "Tanaka Jiro, what on earth is going on?"
"Squadron Captain, Mr. Ozawa and I just heard the sound of a diesel engine." Tanaka Jiro reported truthfully, "I suspect it may be the mechanized force of the China Army."
"Mechanized troops of the China Army? Tanks or armored vehicles? According to the intelligence from the Thirteenth Division and the division headquarters, this unit successfully broke through in Niushou Mountain and Chunhua Town. With the terrain of Niushou Mountain, armored vehicles are afraid of Isn't it useful? According to the information from the Intelligence and Governance Department, the Chinese Army does not have many tanks." Kurosawa Shiichi analyzed, "Could it be the sound of the engines of our military ships on the river? This place is very far from the river. It’s close, it’s possible that I heard it wrong, but that’s not necessarily the case.”
"Wow, your Excellency, squadron leader, I believe that we should be more vigilant no matter what. To avoid unexpected situations!" Tanaka Jiro said with a respectful expression.
"Suga, what you said makes sense." Kurosawa nodded and said, "Everyone is here, slow down the pace immediately and be sure to strengthen your guard. If there are other situations, don't fire yet. If you accidentally injure friendly troops, it will be very serious. It’s not friendly anymore.”
"Hai!" everyone responded.
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Then turn the camera to Zhang Tianhai.
"Sir, sir, it's not good. The Japanese army... the Japanese army is here." The soldier panted and ran to Liu Houming to report.
"What? The Japanese army is coming? How far away?" Liu Houming asked seriously.
"No...not even close, less than 400 meters away. Just...the one with the light in front is the one in front." The soldier said out of breath. Knowing the news of the Japanese army coming, he was risking his life. He was running back on the ground, and his running speed was not bad.
After hearing the news, Liu Houming immediately ordered the advancing troops to prepare for battle, and then immediately ran to the back to find Zhang Tianhai.
"Regiment seat, regiment seat, the Japanese outpost troops are about to come into contact with our army!" After Liu Houming found Zhang Tianhai, he didn't say much nonsense and reported directly to the spot.
"All units! Prepare for battle immediately according to plan No. 1!" Zhang Tianhai shouted.
After hearing the regimental commander's order, the officers and soldiers of the third battalion immediately groped towards both sides of the railway. At the same time, the fourth battalion also sent two companies of troops to support forward. With the help of the second battalion, the civilian team entered the adjacent building. Take shelter in the jungle.
This encounter unfolded without warning, with panic and impatience.
After the combat order was issued, the nine tanks of the tank company were immediately divided into two columns. If it were not restricted by the terrain, Zhao Huzhen would have wanted to spread the tank troops in a straight line.
You know, tanks are still quite ferocious in the initial stage of an encounter. As long as they are not blown up alive by the Japanese infantry artillery and mortar groups, they can continue to exert their greatest power.
Speaking of this, the issue of the infantry accompanying the tanks had to be resolved, so Zhang Tianhai still had to go into battle in person and lead the infantry company of the 215th Regiment in person.
This is the dilemma of talent shortage.
Soon, the officers and soldiers of the penetration regiment completed battle preparations.
Under the night, the two armies were prepared, but they met unexpectedly.
"Excuse me, which army is the army in front of?" Tanaka Jiro opened his throat and asked loudly. After all, they saw tanks, and there were a lot of tanks. This formation should not only be their "Imperial Army of Japan" Is it just there?
What awaits Jiro Tanaka is not a friendly "Aricardo", but a bullet full of death.
"puff!"
In the dark night, a bullet hit his forehead with scorching heat. A small round hole suddenly appeared on his head. Brain mixed with blood slowly flowed out of the round hole in Tanaka Jiro's head. The earth flowed out.
Tanaka Jiro suddenly died of anger!
"Haha! Enemy attack, enemy attack!!!" the Japanese soldiers shouted sternly. Before he could finish speaking, the Chinese army had already opened fire.
The two double-row machine guns on the tank suddenly opened fire, which was equivalent to ten heavy machine guns firing at the same time. Also firing at the same time were the infantry behind the tank.
The ferocious firepower immediately caught the Japanese advancing squadron by surprise.
Bullets with high heating temperature streaked through the air with beautiful lights, just like the gorgeous scenery when a meteor shower breaks out. Kurosawa Squadron suddenly suffered heavy casualties!
"Quick, quick, quick! Hidden! Hidden!" Kurosawa Shiichi shouted loudly. Like the 13th Division and other troops, the 18th Division's troops were also temporarily mobilized from reserve veterans to form an emergency formation. The tacit understanding of the battle was inevitably compromised. The Third Division and the Sixth Division are veteran standing forces.
In fact, without Kurosawa's words, the Japanese officers and soldiers had already ducked into both sides of the railway to avoid the power of the National Army tanks.
After all, there are no bunkers on the railway for them to hide.
Regarding the fact that the Japanese army would hide in the jungle, Zhang Tianhai and others took this into consideration when discussing the battle plan with Zhou Fangjie, so the third battalion entered the jungle before the battle started. This is to prevent the Japanese army from forming a pincer-like offensive against the tank troops in the protruding part of the penetration regiment in the form of encirclement from both sides, and then attack from both sides.
Then the penetration regiment would be in danger. You know, the Japanese army is not only equipped with more machine guns, but also has a lot of grenades and mortars. The close combat support of those things is not ordinary. powerful.
Although tanks are powerful, the thickness of the armor of tanks in this era is far less than that of the 21st century. If they are bombarded by mortar groups with concentrated firepower, they will still be destroyed.
Therefore, the mission of the Third Battalion is not to allow the enemy to form a pincer offensive. As for whether there are pursuers to catch up later, that can only be considered in the next step.
It’s still the same saying – when we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!
Only after defeating the enemy in front of you and opening a breakthrough from the front can you break out of the siege. If you cannot concentrate your strength on one point, the result will be that the enemy will gather together and be surrounded and annihilated.
The most important task at this stage is to open a breakthrough from the Japanese army in front of us. It does not say that this enemy army must be annihilated, but at least it must be able to stand out!
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PS: Updates are coming!
Finally, the updates are slowly catching up, hehe.
