"Attack!" Sun Desheng saw that the artillery bombardment was completed and commanded the tank battalion to start pressing forward.
As soon as they were dispatched, the infantry assault group followed and charged behind. This infantry-tank coordination tactic was completely mature for the Eighth Route Army.
The tanks act as shields in the front and eliminate important firepower points, and the infantry follows to eliminate all enemies who try to charge up and bomb the tanks.
The 36 tanks of the 1st Battalion of T-59 tanks slowly pressed forward together with Sun Desheng's No. 1 tank. The remaining crooked machine guns and 92 heavy machine guns of Ye Hu's internal security brigade clanked on the tanks, but they were completely Not much use.
On the contrary, this attack immediately triggered a counterattack from the 12.7mm high-level dual-purpose machine gun on the tank, which quickly destroyed the exposed Japanese machine gun firepower point!
Compared with the Little Devil's crooked handle and the 92 heavy machine gun, the T-59's 12.7mm high-level dual-purpose machine gun is as powerful as a machine gun. This modified Browning M2 machine gun is powerful enough to penetrate 10mm steel plates. !
Ordinary sandbags can't stop it at all. If they hit the human body, blood and flesh will fly everywhere, leaving little chance of rescue.
The tank will only fire when it encounters an enemy bunker or fixed firepower point. In normal charge, it is enough to have this high-level dual-purpose machine gun and another 7.62 machine gun.
Among the infantry commandos following behind, there were also rocket launchers to cover up the firepower points in front of the field of view. With a row of tanks in front and a group of elite infantry charging behind, the little devils were crushed by the security brigades that were inferior to the second line.
Positions were breached one after another.
Even if they dug it, the anti-tank trenches would be of little use. The tank driven by Sun Desheng and others stopped steadily in front of the anti-tank trench.
Then, as a mobile turret, it condescended to attack the entire position's firepower points by name. There was no chance left for the little devil at all.
The elite troops equipped with Type 43 assault rifles rushed into the trenches like tigers descending the mountain. These little devils from the security brigade were beaten to a pulp, and they had no ability to resist at all.
Take the Nakagawa Defense Line in one fell swoop!
After all, it is the inland defense line of the little devils. There is no time to add large reinforced concrete fortresses, and there are not many heavy weapons. After Ye Hu Neisi used the only anti-tank gun in the security brigade for an ambush attack, he only had 2 41s on hand. Japanese mountain artillery and four 92 infantry artillery pieces.
With this little weapon, it's not enough to scratch Sun Desheng's T-59 tank, so it's not difficult to break through this line of defense.
The brigade commander who followed the main force put his headquarters in the second echelon of the assault group and commanded the troops to move forward without hesitation. There was nothing worth remembering about this place. There were no factories and no dangerous terrain. It was even used as a transit. The website has no value.
The large army continued southward along the road.
In one day, they directly destroyed seven or eight blocking positions like the security brigade of the Little Japs. Each one was weaker than the last. I don’t know what Commander Little Japs thought. It was useless to use such a refueling tactic. The troops rushed all the way to the outskirts of Zuohuo!
Sun Desheng encountered a strong resistance.
The terrain here is a bit strange, resembling a trumpet-shaped flat impact plain. The little devils established a line of defense on the narrow opening of the trumpet. The little devils hid 4 anti-tank guns and 6 mountain guns, and not only destroyed Sun Desheng's forward bulldozer in one fell swoop!
It also destroyed the tracks of a T-59 tank, which is almost the biggest weakness of the T-59 now. The little devil deliberately set up an ambush this time, and finally caused losses to Sun Desheng.
Sun Desheng was so angry that he went up with four tanks and used gun to gun to deal with the Japs' anti-tank guns. Then he chased the escaping Japs and prepared to kill them all before he could satisfy his anger.
But when they chased out of the pass, they suddenly discovered a team of little Japanese chariots in front of them!
This is a rarely equipped chariot brigade in the Little Japanese Legion, the 4th Independent Tank Brigade. He Guangtongye, the commander of the Little Japanese Major General brigade, commanded the entire brigade to rush forward with a ferocious smile.
There are so many ineffective defensive formations deployed on Highway 385.
The ground is not a meaningless struggle, but on the one hand it is exhausted and delayed, waiting for the arrival of the 4th Independent Tank Brigade. At the same time, it also paralyzes Sun Desheng and the others, causing their troops to be disconnected and have a chance to defeat them one by one.
Now, as expected, Sun Desheng led twelve T-59 tanks from a tank battalion and a company to the front, several kilometers out of touch with the follow-up troops.
This allowed the 4th Independent Tank Brigade, which had been planning for a long time, to seize the opportunity. In the first wave, a tank squadron of 15 Type 97 medium tanks charged first, and 5 Type 95 light tanks flanked them.
The Little Japanese tank crews who knew nothing about the T-59, according to their usual experience, would not fire until they were forced within 500 meters. Facing the 45mm armor on the front of the T-34, the 47mm main body of the Little Japanese Type 97 tank The gun must be within 500 meters to be able to penetrate!
Sun Desheng and the tank crews of the first company encountered the Little Japanese Chariot Brigade, and they were not surprised but overjoyed.
"Boss, just rest for now, let us take care of these little devils!" A tank driver said with an arrogant smile.
"It's not easy to encounter real Japs tank targets. This time we want to make them feel what despair means!"
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"Everyone is just kidding. Let's get rid of the little devil first. Don't let your mother capsize the ship again or damage the tank. Let's see how I deal with you." Sun Desheng was actually very excited, but as a commander, he could not underestimate the enemy. Emotions are transmitted to subordinates.
Judging from the number of tanks that have appeared now, I am afraid it is a tank brigade. Although it is a good thing for everyone to relax, this is a battlefield, not an exercise. It is not a joke to overturn the tank.
Sun Desheng's words still had an effect on the tank company. One by one, they began to aim at their own targets, and fired directly at the opposing Little Japanese tanks a thousand meters away.
These little devils who rushed straight up didn't know that the main gun of the T-59 tank could penetrate a 140 mm thick homogeneous steel plate at a distance of 1,000 meters!
For the little devil's thin-skinned Type 97 tank, it was a fatal outcome with one hit!
Sun Desheng's T-59 tank's main gun also aimed at a little Japanese Type 97. He only heard the main gunner fire, and Peng's shells went straight to the opposite Type 97 frontal armor like an arrow.
The tungsten carbide core of the armor-piercing bullet hit the front armor of the Japanese Type 97 tank with strong kinetic energy. Then, it was as silky as a sharp blade cutting through frozen tofu, directly piercing the entire tank armor and triggering an explosion, which then caused the ammunition to explode. The explosion is like lighting a beautiful firework!
The first shot of Sun Desheng's tank team completed the first kill!
Immediately afterwards, a series of explosions sounded, and the T-59 fired in the first round captured 7 Little Devil Type 97 tanks!
Only 6 missed, and the shells flew past the Little Japanese tanks.
"Damn it! I got hit!"
"Oh, I missed it!"
"Steady, hold the car steady and don't shake it too much!"
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Various sighs immediately sounded in the public communication channel of the T-59 tank, but Sun Desheng ignored them and concentrated on commanding the tank to start looking for the second target!
More than half of the first round of shooting achieved results, which was unexpected. Sun Desheng was very satisfied. In the first round of attacks against the Little Japanese Chariot, the hit rate exceeded his expectations.
But the soldiers were not satisfied at all, especially those who missed in the first round. At this moment, they were full of energy and charged at the little devil's tank without fear. The gunner was constantly adjusting his aim at the opponent.
On the other side, Major General Kawahiro Michino, who was shocked by the heavy losses in the first round of strikes, was so frightened that he changed his tactics and ordered his men to use S-shaped maneuver tactics to advance, which made it more difficult for the gunners to aim.
In addition, when charging in farmland, the terrain was somewhat uneven and the cannons were undulating, making it difficult to aim and lock onto the opponent. Fortunately, none of the soldiers in the first tank company were panicked.
They have full confidence in their tank protection. They are not afraid of getting closer to the Japs' Type 97 tanks.
The main frontal armor of up to 220 mm allows
Even if the Little Devil Type 97 tank gets close and hits it directly, it may not be able to blast away!
Therefore, unable to lock onto the opponent's tanks, the soldiers in the tank company simply kept closing the distance!
The front is made of hard steel, whoever is thin-skinned will be embarrassed!
The downtrodden tank company, after approaching a distance of 300 meters, faced the little devil and began to stabilize the timing of the vehicle's firing, and invariably lowered its speed and aimed at the little devil!
After Peng Peng faced each other, the little Japanese's shell landed on the front face of the T-59. It only exploded with a ball of sparks, shaking the tank, and the entire tank continued to charge forward as if nothing had happened!
Basically there was no major damage and it would not affect the subsequent battle at all.
But none of the little devils felt comfortable when they were hit by a shot. It would either explode with one blast, or it would explode with two blasts and the entire car body would explode!
The result of the second round of artillery battle was that the T-59 was completely victorious, and none of the remaining 8 Type 97 tanks and the 5 95 Doudin tanks that had newly joined the battle group escaped!
The Little Japanese's First Tank Squadron was instantly scrapped, and even Kaguang Tongye, who led the charge with the First Tank Squadron, was sent away directly to meet their master.
The remaining three Japanese chariot squadrons were like crazy. They rushed up one by one according to the coquettish S and B positions, without considering their own at all, preparing for a face-to-face battle with tanks and bayonets.
The battle just now made these little devils understand that they are no match for them from a long distance, not even 300 meters away!
In this way, only by getting closer, and then closer, at a distance of 200 meters or even 100 meters can they have a chance to penetrate the enemy's armor.
These completely crazy little devils even let the 95th light tank rush in front to attract fire this time.
For these little devils who are completely controlled by militarism, the Air Force Kamikaze is also an object of imitation.
However, it was too late for the kid to go crazy now. The other two tank companies of the 1st Tank Battalion had already come out of the pass. 37 T-59 tanks faced off against the kid's more than 60 Type 97 and Type 95 tanks.
Sun Desheng didn't panic at all. He calmly commanded the troops to start hunting remotely!
The battle that just ended proved that the T-59 is very powerful in long-range killing. Even if the aiming accuracy is slightly lower, it does not waste too many shells and has no impact at all.
He arranged the tank battalions into three staggered rows and stopped in place to take aim. This reduced the difficulty by more than half compared to taking aim while moving.
Facing the frantically charging group of Little Japanese tanks, the 105mm main guns fired continuously. Even if the Little Japanese tanks in the distance moved coquettishly, some of them would hit the pre-aimed position, rushing from more than 1,000 meters to 500 meters. At a distance of about meters, more than half of the three Japanese tank squadrons were scrapped!
At this time, Sun Desheng ordered to mobilize and prepare for the final decisive battle with the little Japanese!
Because at this stage, the enemy and we have re-formed a 1V1 situation. Sun Desheng does not need to continue playing with the little Jaap. This is not the first time that he has been close to the enemy. He does not hesitate to shoot face-to-face with the Jaap!
In such a close and exciting battle, it was only because of the T-59's thick body that Sun Desheng and the others dared to bring the Little Japanese tanks closer. Facing the bombardment, the Little Japanese tanks were all set off with fireworks, and their own side Still feeling nothing.
Just a few more dents on the front armor.
Facing the ambush of the 4th independent tank brigade that the little devils had prepared for a long time, Sun Desheng's troops directly wiped out the entire tank brigade. With the numerical disadvantage of a tank battalion, they completely defeated the opponent in less than half an hour!
In addition to the fact that the performance of the T-59 far exceeds that of its opponents, the little devil completely misjudged the armor performance indicators of the T-59 tank this time, thinking that it was a modification of the T-34, and thus mistakenly thought that he had the opportunity to gnaw off a piece from the Sun Desheng Tank Battalion. Meat!
Therefore, such an ambush of a chariot brigade was carefully designed on the outskirts of Zuohuo.
But all these plots were useless. Even though Sun Desheng was not mentally prepared, he still defeated the Little Japanese Tank Brigade. After this battle, Sun Desheng finally understood how powerful his tanks were.
What a powerful advantage.
If replaced by the same number of T-34 tanks, today's melee would probably require the loss of at least half of the tanks to win.
This is based on the premise of paying attention to tactics. Based on this unreasonable and hard-faced approach, I am afraid the casualties will be even more severe.
The T-34 cannot withstand the close range bombardment of the 47mm tank main gun of the Little Devil within 300 meters!
However, just when Sun Desheng thought the battle was over, the sound of intensive shelling suddenly rang out from the hills on both sides of the trumpet!
The little devils not only ambushed a tank brigade, they also ambushed an artillery regiment nearby!
At least twenty 92 infantry guns, a dozen 75mm mountain guns, and five or six 105mm cannons launched a wave of covering artillery bombardment at the area where the tank camp was located.
Obviously, the little devils were waiting in case the tank brigade failed, and they continued to use ambushed artillery to focus fire on the tank battalion!
Dozens of artillery shells kept falling near the tank camp, and they were caught off guard. Several tanks were hit directly on the top by artillery shells!
The members inside the tank could hear the sound of the shells hitting the top!
Fortunately, it is a T-59 tank. Compared with the T-34 and Sherman M4, the armor steel plates are all much thicker. The turret and front not only have thick armor, but also 49 pieces of external reactive armor for protection. It is basically immune to 105 mm armor-piercing and armor-piercing projectile attacks.
Dozens of rounds of artillery shells were thrown at them. Except for the explosion that caused the heads of the crew inside the tanks to buzz, none of the tanks were fine.
At most, it left a few smash marks on the armor!
"Spread out to find the enemy's artillery and annihilate them on the move!" Sun Desheng remained relatively calm under such extremely unfavorable circumstances and commanded the tank battalion to start searching separately for the artillery.
From the direction in which the shells came, they roughly knew where and where the shells came from. The tank battalion split into two and began to attack the artillery base where the Japs were ambushing.
"Each team should pay attention to the enemy's situation and send out a surprise vehicle to detect whether there are any mines or ambush!"
If there is any other way for the little devil to pose a threat to tanks, the only thing left is anti-tank mines.
Sun Desheng did not forget to send a tank to conduct reconnaissance in front. Even if this tank was hit by one shot, at most it would have damaged tracks and lost its mobility.
Repairs and rescues can be made in the future.
And if the tank in front of it had not encountered an ambush, the others behind it could have followed the path he took and moved forward safely.
At the same time, the vanguard assault battalion of the assault group also arrived.
They also divided into two groups and began to charge with the tank battalion to annihilate the Japs' artillery base.
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