Rise from the sword

Chapter 501 Failed to penetrate the enemy armor!

Following Sun Desheng's order fell.

boom boom boom

Behind the position, seventy 105mm howitzers fired in unison, and the dense shells fell on the devil's position like raindrops, raising a puff of explosion smoke and rolling up the sky full of soil debris.

The shelling lasted for more than an hour, and a total of 105 rounds of [-] shells were fired.

Faced with such intensive artillery fire, the devils' positions were in a mess, and the exposed traffic trenches and obstacles were almost completely destroyed, and even several underground bunkers and soldier pits were blown up.

The penetrating power of the barrel gun is much higher than that of the mortar. Maybe a 105 grenade can't penetrate the solid position of the civil structure, but this time the shells fired are too many and too dense.

As soon as the bombardment stopped, the Japanese commanders waved their samurai swords and urged the Japanese soldiers to enter the position.

At this time, the tank company had reached within one kilometer of the front of the devil's position. With the violent roar of the engine, thirty tanks and sixty armored vehicles rushed into the devil's position.

"Battle defense gun, battle defense gun."

Seeing the tanks that were almost rushing toward us, the captain of the devil team in charge of the position shouted hastily.

Following his order, a dozen devils launched a brand new 47mm anti-tank gun from the anti-gun hole. There was a preset position on the position. Outside, a No. 300 tank was rushing up.

Push to load, aim, and pull the firing cord.

boom·····

The shell hit the front of the tank precisely.

"Yo Xi."

Seeing this scene, the second lieutenant of the anti-aircraft artillery, and the captain of the devil's brigade, nodded in satisfaction.

As for the devils operating the anti-aircraft artillery, they have already started cheering.

But as soon as the smile appeared, all the devils saw that the hit tank didn't even slow down, and continued to rush towards the position. Through the binoculars, the devil's captain even found that there was only a shallow line on the front of the tank. scratches.

"idiot····"

He immediately yelled angrily:
"Returning the new anti-aircraft guns, those trash from the Ministry of Military Industry."

"Concealment, we hit sides and tracks."

The second lieutenant Guizi who commanded the anti-aircraft artillery was not so frustrated and disappointed, and calmly gave orders.If you can't penetrate the front, you can hit the flanks and tracks. These two places are absolutely impossible to be the same as the frontal defense.

But here is the battlefield, a cruel war of life and death.

Boom...

Tank 15, No.[-] car, the crew members only felt a sudden crisp sound, and at the same time there was a ringing in their ears, and the abnormal vibration of the car body.

"what happened?"

the driver yelled.

Although he has undergone sufficient training, the first time he actually drives a tank to launch an attack still makes the driver very nervous.

"Front right, a Devil's anti-tank gun fired at us. We were hit, but did not penetrate the armor."

The commander's vision allowed him to see the situation clearly.

Immediately afterwards, he shouted:

"Stop the car and kill him."

"High-explosive bomb."

Following the command of the commander, the driver pulled the brakes to stop the tank steadily. At the same time, the turret also began to rotate to aim at the moving Japanese anti-aircraft gun in the distance. The loader loaded a 75mm high-explosive shell on the tank gun. .

The Devil's new 47mm anti-aircraft gun is not light, and the position has been damaged by the previous shelling. How to rely on manual push and pull to avoid the electric turret?
boom·····

After the smoke passed, the anti-aircraft artillery shattered, and several devils also shattered in a pool of blood.

"Keep attacking."

The commander glanced at the results of the battle and ordered to move on. The driver stepped up the accelerator. With the roar of the diesel engine, the tank stared at the devil's machine gun fire and continued to move forward.

When the first tank ran over the devil's trench, the armored vehicles behind stopped one after another, and more than 600 infantry quickly got out of the vehicle and followed the tank to continue the attack.

"Follow the tank, don't fall behind."

The company commander who led the team shouted:
"Pay attention to the distance, use tanks to avoid the firepower of the devils, and kill the devils who are approaching in time."

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"Is this how the devil felt back then?"

In a strong bunker command post on the front line, holding a high-powered telescope, Li Yunlong looked at the distant battlefield, and Li Yunlong felt a little emotional.

With the tank as the vanguard, the troops attacked very smoothly, and any defensive position could be easily broken through. The devils, whether it was rifles, light and heavy machine guns, grenades, anti-war artillery, or Type 75 infantry guns, had no effect on the No. [-] tank. , while the [-]mm main gun on the tank can easily destroy those light and heavy machine gun bunkers and bunker fortifications.

Even the wide anti-tank deep trench behind the devil's first position did not hinder it for long.

Although tanks in trenches with a width of several meters cannot directly cross over like trenches, after occupying the position, several tanks in the tank company equipped with push forklift kits push the soil to fill it up, and it only takes ten minutes before and after.

This is in the northwest of Shanxi, and the soil on the ground is soft.

During this period, the devils wanted to come up to stop them, but they suffered heavy losses from the coaxial machine guns of the tanks, the heavy machine guns of 600 half-track armored vehicles behind, and more than [-] infantrymen.

After breaking through the devil's first position, the tank company lost only one tank—it was hit by an anti-tank mine, the tank was destroyed, and half of the crew members were killed or killed.

After suffering so much, the devil finally started to use landmines.

The tanks continued to attack after the first company, and the follow-up troops also began to extend to the two wings along the breakthrough opened by the first company, fully occupying the first position of the devils, and wiped out the remnants of the enemy on the position.

Compared with Li Datuan, Yamamoto's face on the devil's side is completely different.

Then put it on the devil's position, in a front-line command post.

"Is this how Tubalu and the others felt back then?"

Looking at the positions that were easily breached in the distance, the attacking troops with almost no losses, and the Imperial Army's garrison brigade that hardly survived on the first position, Shinji Kozua sighed faintly.

At this moment, he remembered the time when the imperial army broke through North China and attacked Taiyuan.

At that time, the imperial army also relied on tanks as the vanguard, relying on its absolute firepower advantage, attacked all the way, broke through all the way, and finally occupied the entire North China region.

Although the current imperial army in Ping'an County is much stronger than the Tubalu and Guofu army in those days, the independent regiment in front of us is also several times or even more powerful than the imperial army at the beginning of the war.

Throughout the combat history of the Japanese locust army, there has never been a small position where only half of the brigade was stationed, firing nearly [-] shells.

"What's the matter, the anti-tank mines have no effect?"

"Why can't the anti-aircraft artillery penetrate the enemy's tank?"

In the command post, a staff officer couldn't believe it.

The empire was rarely equipped with landmines, and these mines were designed and produced by General Yamamoto in an emergency. They planted two hundred mines in the first position, and the result of the battle was only to destroy one tank.

As for the first type of anti-aircraft artillery, it is highly expected. There are twelve in total, only one is placed in the first position for testing, and the remaining eleven are ready to be used in the decisive battle.

Now it seems that it can be dismantled.

At a distance of 300 meters, even the skin of the tank was not scratched.

"The opponent's artillery fire was too strong, and most of the anti-tank mines were destroyed by the artillery fire preparations before the attack."

Yamamoto glanced at the young staff officer he had promoted and explained why the anti-tank mines failed:

"The offensive route of the independent regiment's tank unit is also within the range covered by artillery fire. Moreover, the quality of this batch of anti-tank landmines is very problematic due to the hasty production."

These words caused the headquarters to fall into silence.

"You don't need to be depressed, this is just the first position."

Yamamoto didn't feel much depressed. He had already predicted the situation in the first position. The strength gap between the two sides was too large. Such a result was normal. As for the combat effect of the anti-tank gun, he was also prepared.

In his arrangement, it is not anti-tank mines or anti-aircraft guns that really resist these tank troops, but those death squads carrying explosives.

The first two positions are just cannon fodder.

At this time, the tank company had already started to attack the second position, and the artillery group behind the independent regiment's position also fired again, and the dense rain of bullets fell on the second position again.

"Let's go."

Yamamoto waved his hand and left here along the tunnel with a group of high-ranking devils.

This is the front line, and the enemy has already broken through the first position and continued to attack. They are less than seven kilometers away.

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the other side.

Li Yunlong and Ding Wei continued to stay on the front line and sit firmly on the Diaoyutai.

"Tsk tsk..."

Looking at the battlefield in the distance, Ding Wei also smiled happily:
"Little Devil Artillery doesn't even fart, it's the first time."

"Dare he take it out?"

Li Yunlong snorted coldly:
"Lao-management still has fifty 105 howitzers that have not been shot, all of which have extended range ammunition, and 21 attack aircraft are also ready. As long as Yamamoto's artillery dares to show up, labor-management will eat them all."

"Hahaha···"

Ding Wei smiled happily.

With sufficient strength in his hand and sufficient cards, he felt very comfortable fighting this battle.

"The first few positions are all cannon fodder, and the subsequent battles should become more and more difficult."

Ding Wei changed the subject:
"I reckon that the devils in Taiyuan might make a move at that time."

"Ah."

Li Yunlong nodded.

Although the tank troops are powerful, the devils have multiple levels, deep solid positions, and sufficient troops. It will definitely not be so easy to defeat them in the future. A hard fight is indispensable.

However, this is just right, the independent regiment needs a tough battle, the baptism of bloody battles, to truly master these advanced weapons in their hands.

Li Yunlong continued:
"Recently, the strength of the First Army has greatly increased, and many new troops have arrived. Yoshio Shinozuka is our old opponent again. Back then, this old devil dared to mobilize more than 1 troops and dispatch heavy artillery to attack Shou County. This time the opportunity is definitely not good. Will let it go."

"It's a pity that I don't know what card this old devil plays."

Ding Wei looked at the map.

The Eighth Route Army's intelligence capability is very strong, and it has penetrated deeply into Taiyuan, but it has not yet reached the point where it can fully understand the movements of the devils, and Yoshio Shinozuka has stepped up his secrecy work after his return.

"The only thing this old devil can do is to attack Heyuan County."

Li Yunlong flashed fiercely:
"I am here waiting for him, whether it is a ground attack or an aircraft bombing, we are all ready."

"Hahaha."

Ding Wei laughed again.

In terms of troop size, the Independent Regiment was far behind the First Army, but in terms of strength, it was completely different.

At the beginning of the war, the devils taught the troops at that time that in modern warfare, the superiority in numbers is no longer so effective, and the morale is not very effective in the face of the superiority in weapons and equipment. This time, the independent regiment will return it intact.

On the front line, the battle continues, and the sound of guns resounds throughout the battlefield.

On the first day, the independent regiment was very restrained. After taking down the devil's second position and advancing [-] kilometers, Li Yunlong ordered to stop the attack and switch to two wings to expand, consolidate the salient, establish a position, and guard against the devil's night attack.

Under the arrangement of Sun Desheng, the battalion commander of the armored battalion organized a meeting of the vehicle crew on the front line overnight to discuss the problems exposed by the tank company in the battle and the solutions.

However, unexpectedly, the devil did not launch a night attack.

The first night passed quietly.

　The next chapter will be in 10 minutes, change some masking words...
　　
　
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