The armor of the small Japanese Type 97 tank is too thin. The front armor is only 25 mm, and the side armor is only 20 mm. Such thin armor can be easily penetrated by anti-aircraft guns, not to mention the 75 mm armor-piercing high-explosive armor. Played.
Having fought foreign wars for so many years, Japan's strategic resources have always been in a high imbalance between supply and demand. Most of the limited resources in its hands are inclined towards the navy, building aircraft carriers and super battleships. The strategic resources allocated to the army are really limited, so the Japanese devils The manufacturing of tanks also cuts corners, such as the Type 97 tank that has wreaked havoc in China and Southeast Asia. If this tank is compared among international tanks of the same type, it will not be ranked at all. With a dead weight of 15 tons, it can barely be called a medium-sized tank. tank.
The little devil's Type 97 tank itself was designed for China. It was to bully the Chinese army into being poor and useless. It had no decent weapons to deal with their tanks, so it dared to design it so unscrupulously.
As a result, they now have an opponent. The People's Liberation Army's X-1 main battle tank completely crushes the Type 97 tank in terms of performance.
The X-1 main battle tank has a total combat weight of 33 tons, a crew of five, and is equipped with a 75mm main gun, 80 rounds of ammunition, 30 J-piercing rounds, 50 grenades, a 7.62 rapid-fire machine gun, and a 7.62 side Rear machine gun, 4,500 rounds of ammunition, engine power of 700 horsepower, maximum speed of 45 kilometers per hour, front armor thickness of 80mm, side and rear armor thickness of 38mm, front armor and side armor are designed at an inclined angle, which can cause slippage when hit by frontal shelling.
The Type 97 medium tank has a total combat weight of 15 tons and a crew of four. It is equipped with a 57mm short-bore gun with insufficient shooting accuracy and muzzle velocity. It is equipped with two Type 97 7.7mm machine guns with a base of 4,000 rounds of machine gun ammunition and a front armor thickness of 25 mm, the thickness of the side and rear armor is 20 mm. The armor is a riveted structure. It can be easily taken off with an XBQ-1 rapid-fire machine gun, and its elasticity resistance is extremely poor.
Ge Dazhuang hit the target with one shot, and the tank division's morale was instantly ignited.
Ge Dazhuang quickly grabbed the radio and issued an order: "Tank crews from all regiments, rush forward for me and attack the Japanese tank troops head-on. Machine gunners are ready for me. As long as I see anyone alive, I will beat the son of a bitch." .”
The little Japanese used to bully the Chinese army for not having weapons to fight tanks, but now it's reversed. Ge Dazhuang just bullied the Japanese because the tank cannons couldn't break through the defense of his frontal armor, so he fought hard against the Japanese.
Now that 15 X-1 main battle tanks have appeared in the battle field of view, they quickly rushed down the road and formed a triangle attack formation on the Japanese flanks. Kitahara was not stupid and immediately ordered all the tanks to switch to the offensive formation to face the front. He started a confrontation with Ge Dazhuang's tank division, and at the same time ordered the tank company following behind to detour to the side and rear of the People's Liberation Army tank force to attack.
They had just met in close combat, and neither side knew the size of the other side's troops. Bei Yuan Ce thought he was facing only these 15 huge X-1 tanks, and Ge Dazhuang also thought he was facing only the twenty-odd tanks he saw now. Type 97 tank, both sides want to eat each other in one bite.
There was a sudden boom of artillery in the wilderness outside Xingtang Temple. The monks in the temple were alarmed and ran out of the temple gate in a swarm, staring dumbfounded at the tank battle unfolding in the wilderness in front of them.
Xingtang Temple is located on a higher ground. From the monks' field of view, they can see countless tanks and armored vehicles coming towards the battlefield from the east and north. On the battlefield in front of them, dozens of tanks are already fighting together. The sound of gunfire, The sound of machine gunfire rang out like fried beans.
The XBQ-1 rapid-fire machine gun on the close-combat X-1 main battle tank exerts tremendous power and is more efficient than a tank gun. The six barrels fire bullets outward like water. The riveted armor on the Type 97 tank It could withstand such a violent attack, and the rivets that were struck instantly broke off and pieces of the armor fell down.
A tank without armor is just a layer of iron-clad flesh. The bullets penetrated the iron sheet and instantly beat the crew members to bloody pulps. The ammunition compartments of two tanks were simply dry-exploded, completely dismembering the tanks from the inside out. .
The sight designed (copied) by Xie Baoqing personally installed on the X-1 main battle tank also played a huge role. In such close combat, the main gun fired almost every shot. Each gun fired would definitely destroy a tank. .
In just ten minutes, more than two dozen Type 97 tanks on the battlefield had been beaten to pieces, either bursting into flames or emitting thick smoke.
The tank of the Japanese Sixth Tank Brigade Commander Kitahara Saku was hit by a high-explosive penetrator shell. The tank was blown to pieces by the detonating shells. Major General Kitahara Saku's seven souls and six souls were blown to pieces. Zhazha, he died in a muddle-headed way and became an unwelcome lonely ghost.
Several X-1 tanks were also hit by Japanese tanks, but the tilted armor played a huge role at this time. The shells hit the tank and were directly skidded and changed direction. When they landed and exploded, they would not cause any damage to the tank at all. How much damage was caused, only one shell detonated the moment it came into contact with the armor, but the 80 mm thick armor resisted the explosion. The bomb fragments penetrated several sandbags hung outside the tank, and the sand splashed all over the floor. , but the tank crew was only affected by the shock wave of the explosion. The machine gunner's forehead hit the gun handle and broke a hole, and he was bleeding horribly.
The tanks that arrived later joined the battle group without even seeing the situation clearly. The 17th Tank Regiment, which received Kitahara's last order to outflank, climbed over the hill from behind Xingtang Temple. The monks of Xingtang Temple were panicked. He watched the tanks rushing past and rushing down the hillside. He was so frightened that he forgot to escape.
Fortunately, the little devils on the tank did not see these dozen monks at all. During the charge, they had already seen dozens of tanks entangled on the battlefield. It was obvious that their own tanks suffered a big loss. The tanks that were on fire and smoking were all our own Type 97 and Type 94 tanks.
The difference is too obvious. The Type 97 tank is much smaller than the X-1 main battle tank, and the Xiaodou tank is like a kindergarten friend compared with the X-1 main battle tank.
But that still has to be fought.
This was the first time for the Japanese army to see the People's Liberation Army's X-1 main battle tank. They had no idea about the technical performance of the X-1 main battle tank, but the battle situation in front of them was really... it was really devastating.
More than twenty tanks were destroyed, but the enemy seemed not to have lost even a single tank...
