The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 1039: Clash of Armored Troops

The deployment of the Japanese army in this way can be described as a three-front battle, dealing with three opponents at the same time.

The battles in the third-line area started one after another, and quickly became fierce.

Taihang base area, former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

The boss and the deputy chief of staff are looking at the military map in front of them, controlling the overall situation of the entire battlefield.

A day ago, the news that Kong Jie and Li Yunlong led the mobile unit officially kicked off the battle with the tank brigade of the Mongolian Army has come.

On a certain node belonging to the Mengxi area, the deputy chief of staff planted a small flag belonging to the rapid reaction force directly under the Eighth Route Army Taihang.

"Boss, according to the news sent back by Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, they have successfully completed the secret deployment, and the pre-planned final battle is in this area.

It's just that the pressure on Kong Jie and the others may not be small. In addition to the devil's armored brigade, there is also the 26th Division of the Japanese Army in the northern Shanxi area that has been eyeing them.

It's really hard to say what the final direction of this battle will be! "

The boss nodded, his face was quite dignified.

"The old guy Okamura is a sinister chess player, and I have to admit that this old boy is very courageous and dares to take big risks.

So far, the Shanxi battlefield has been completely smashed around the five cities of Licheng, Shexian, and Liaoxian. The Japanese army's raids on our Taihang Taiyue and even Zhongtiao Mountain and other base areas have all kicked off.

After the security forces originally stationed in Shanxi were replaced by Okamura, the old devil, they were all sent to Shandong to carry out raids. "

To put it bluntly, our comrades in Shandong have carried out the most difficult anti-sweeping operation. "

The deputy chief of staff took over the words and said, "Yes! Coupled with the battle in northern Shanxi and Inner Mongolia, the old devil Okamura played three big games in one breath."

"It's just that this old devil is too big. He wants to play against the three of us by himself. I want to see what he can win?"

The boss's words reveal extra domineering.

Today, the improvement of the equipment of a large number of elite troops of the Eighth Route Army and the rapid economic development of the base areas have given the boss the confidence to say this.

As the boss lamented:

"This battle is not smaller than the scale of our original Zhengtai campaign, but speaking of it, when we fought the Zhengtai campaign, I was very uncertain.

But this time, we can really show off our muscles and have a good arm wrestling with the little devil! "

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... As for who is stronger on both sides, perhaps some partial battle strategies can be used to respond.

In the Mengxi area, on an unnamed pasture that is roughly controlled by the Mongolian Army.

The two elite tank squadrons of the Nanzhi Tank Brigade finally caught up with a retreating Eighth Route Army armored unit in the relentless pursuit.

Seeing that they could not get rid of the pursuit of the Japanese army, the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side seemed to have given up their plan to continue to retreat. Instead, they directly turned the front of the car and set up a battle on the pasture, preparing to face the Japanese tank troops.

Among them, the commander of the Japanese army was none other than the First Tank Wing of the Nanzhi Brigade, Major Xiyuan, the captain of the Pioneer Search Brigade.

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The organization of the Japanese army is different from that of other countries. With reference to the organization of the old Germany, it has ingeniously constructed an organization system of detachments, squads, squadrons, brigades, wings, brigades, and divisions.

In terms of firepower and numbers, it refers to the US military during World War I.

In addition, after the Japanese army specially studied the equipment level and organization system of the Chinese army, it made corresponding standards especially for the army that invaded China.

Among them, the armored forces of the Devils belong to the army, and the organization ranges from tank squadrons, tank squadrons, tank regiments, tank brigades, tank divisions, and tank groups.

Of course, the size of tank clusters varies, and there is no uniform standard for this.

For example, the current Nanzhi Chariot Brigade is actually a group of chariots.

The devil's chariot unit, that is, the armored unit, often uses the chariot squadron as the basic tactical combat unit, and the chariot wing as the basic campaign-level combat unit.

The tank wing of the Japanese army is equivalent to the tank regiment of the Central Army in terms of organization.

For example, the Central Army spent a lot of effort to buy tanks from abroad to build the armored corps led by Du Yuming.

It's a pity that such a Chinese army, in the true sense, was also the only armored unit after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. Soon after the outbreak of the Songhu Battle, it was completely smashed on the battlefield.

That's it.

In the confrontation of armored forces, the Chinese army basically has no power to fight back.

Until now, there has been no movement from the Central Army, but the Eighth Route Army has created a mobile combat force directly under the Taihang.

Including a considerable part of the armored forces.

Regarding this news, the Japanese army also collected information later.

According to what the devil explored, the Eighth Route Army's original armored unit, known as the Armored Corps, was built by a unit led by Kong Jie.

And the news seems to have spread early in the morning.

Unfortunately, under the deliberate propaganda of the strategic camouflage department led by Shi Dahu.

It's clearly a fact, but the little devil doesn't believe it at all.

Therefore, it can be said that the first armored corps of the Eighth Route Army built by Kong Jie was completed under the nose of the little devil.

When the old devil Okamura learned of this later, his intestines were almost remorseful, but there was nothing he could do.

Then Datong was attacked by the Eighth Route Army with a mobile force, and the Eighth Route Army took over all the mechanized vehicles of the 26th Division, and the mechanical combat force became stronger and stronger.

It's just that, to say a thousand words and ten thousand, the Eighth Route Army even built a quick-response force directly under the Taihang, and even an elite tank force.

If it is really compared with the strong background of the Japanese army, it is still a far cry.

Take the simplest data as an example.

As far as the intelligence department of the Eighth Route Army speculates, by May 42, the Japanese army was only an armored force in China, and there were at least 40 tank regiments.

It is equivalent to more than 40 armored corps!
At the beginning, what the Central Army spent so much effort to build was nothing more than an armored corps.

The gap in military strength between the two sides is really inconsequential.

For example, right now, under the command of the old devil Okamura, the Japanese army launched an unprecedented May Day raid. Even if they mobilized troops hastily, even the elite armored units of the Kwantung Army cannot be easily mobilized because they have to be wary of the Soviet Union. in the case of.

The Japanese army also casually added a group of Nanzhi chariots and placed them in the Mengxi area.

In order to guard against the 35th Route Army and the Eighth Route Army in northern Shanxi.

In addition to the Nanzhi Chariot Brigade, the little devils stationed in the Mongolian Army also have many tank troops, including the Japanese troops who cooperated with the Shanxi and Shandong battlefields to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army bases. Many elite troops also have tank troops.

It can be seen that a lean camel is bigger than a horse.

To this day, the overall military strength of this little devil is still much stronger than that of the Central Army, including the Eighth Route Army, Jinsui Army and other Chinese armies.

Just like this partial battle between the armored forces of the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army.

On the Japanese side, only two tank squadrons from the Nanzhi Tank Brigade were dispatched.

One of them was a squadron of medium tanks and the other was a squadron of light tanks.

The old devil Okamura also spent his money this time.

Armored clusters were created to further enhance the tank configuration, such as one of the medium tank squadrons.

The medium tank squadron has a tank squadron headquarters, plus three medium tank squadrons, and a logistics squadron.

Among them, each medium tank team is equipped with 5 97 modified medium tanks.

There are also 15 trucks, 6 armored vehicles, and 5 search motorcycles.

All in all, even if it is a medium-sized tank squadron, the devils have as many as 40 mechanized vehicles of various types.

There are even a dozen tanks.

In addition, there are more Type [-] light tanks attached to another light tank squadron.

In the battle of the armor strength of the two sides, even though they have not done anything yet, there are only a dozen or so tanks and armored vehicles, and the shabby-looking Eighth Route Army is completely at a disadvantage.

At this moment, Shao Zuo Xiyuan was full of anger. An hour ago, he discovered this armored unit of the Eighth Route Army, so he immediately led the search team and called the follow-up tank squadron to pursue it quickly.

As a result, in the process of chasing all the way, I didn't really face-to-face with the armored troops of the Eighth Route Army, so I wasted my energy in the contest with the real and fake fortifications, real and fake minefields, real and fake tanks and armored vehicles encountered along the way.

These cunning tricks made Shaozuo Xiyuan furious.

All kinds of positions, minefields, and anti-tank firepower are true and false.

Shao Zuo Xiyuan was already cautious enough, but in the end he was still chasing all the way, and was fooled many times, resulting in the loss of troops.

Just on the way of pursuit, the two light tank squads and one medium tank squad were basically disabled.

Otherwise, the number of tanks that can be used to strangle these damned Eighth Route Army at this moment will be even greater.

"Your Excellency, Major, the Eight Routes cannot escape, and they have already laid out their battles. It seems that they are ready to start a decisive battle with our army!"

The Devil Squadron Leader of the No. [-] Medium Tank Squadron analyzed the situation beside Major Xiyuan.

Master Xiyuan held back his anger and nodded, then frowned again, and solemnly asked: "Tell the warriors, don't be careless.

According to the relevant information we have detected, it seems that Balu has invented a very special anti-tank artillery similar to a horn, which is designed to restrain our armored vehicles.

This type of artillery can even be operated by a single soldier for anti-tank operations.

Before the enemy's artillery of this type is exposed or completely destroyed, we must not act rashly, exposing the tank to danger. "

The old devil Xiyuan obviously still has two brushes. He deliberately ordered to keep a certain distance between the tank and the armored vehicles of the Eighth Route Army in the target area.

as far as he knows.

Although the individual anti-tank artillery built by Balu is powerful, even medium-sized tanks cannot stop it due to the weak armor of the Empire.

Even if the front armor is bombarded, it will be severely damaged in an instant.

However, the range of this artillery is quite limited. According to the current combat data of the confrontation with the Eighth Route Army, the farthest strike range of this type of artillery of the Eighth Route Army will never exceed 200 meters.

Therefore, the old devil Xiyuan believed that as long as he deployed the chariot at a range of 200 meters, the Eighth Route Army would not be able to use this type of anti-tank artillery to attack.

Out of safety, the old devil retreated his team an additional 200 meters.

The two sides were separated by a distance of nearly 400 meters, looking at each other on a relatively flat plain terrain. In addition, both sides were protected by armored vehicles, and conventional infantry had lost the meaning of combat.

Thus, across the flat terrain, as if the air on both sides had stagnated, the tank guns clashed.

The artillery used by the Japanese army, the medium tank squadron mainly used a 47mm tank gun equipped with a medium tank modified in [-].

This artillery is extended from a 47mm anti-tank gun. Although the multiple diameter is reduced from 57.7 times to 47.8 times, it can penetrate 500mm vertical armor at an effective distance of 70 meters.

The performance is much better than the 57mm short-caliber artillery equipped with the original Type [-] medium tank of the Japanese army.

In addition, the Type 95 37mm tank gun that belongs to the Type [-] light tank is used.

This kind of artillery barrel is relatively long, with a total length of 1.36 meters and a weight of only 64 kilograms. It has a certain armor-piercing power. At a shooting distance of 300 meters, it can theoretically penetrate 45 mm thick armor.

And the armored vehicles used by the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

Major Nishizono observed clearly through the telescope that most of them were captured Type 26 light tanks from the 12th Division. The armor of this type of tank, even the thickest front armor, was only [-]mm.

Once hit by its own tank gun, it can be easily destroyed.

only……

"Your Excellency Major, I can tell the model of the eight-way tanks at a glance, and they are some light tanks and medium tanks seized from us.

But why do their tanks look so weird? "

Through the perspective of Major Nishizono's telescope, you can see:

The Eighth Route Army originally belonged to the Japanese Type 95 light tanks, including some 97 modified medium tanks, which are generally the original tanks.

However, on the front armor of the tank and directly in front of the turret, some thicker steel plate devices seem to be added.

It is the partial improvement made by the Eighth Route Army Arsenal for various armored vehicles.

Very simple, relatively economical materials, concentrated reinforcement of defense.

This is the same reason why some thicker steel plates are added to protect the core pilot at the position where the aircraft is easy to penetrate and injure the pilot while keeping it light.

For this reason, Kong Jie believes that tanks should integrate firepower, mobility and armor defense.

The increase in firepower will not be mentioned for the time being. To enhance the armor defense of an armored vehicle, the armor must be thickened, which will cause the tank's own weight to be too large, which will affect its mobility.

That being the case, we might as well consider focusing on key positions and focusing on defense.

For example, the front armor that is vulnerable to shelling, and the location of the turret.

It can be fully extended and welded, especially thickened steel plate, plus the protection of the compartment, at first glance it looks like a circle of anti-collision layer has been added.

Kong Jie also drew a corresponding sketch at that time, a sketch about the reinforcement and improvement of tank armor. As a result, the sketch was shown to Li Wenjie, and Xu Guoan had a look.

The two of them didn't see what it was.

In the end, Xu Guoan tentatively asked, "I said, Old Kong, what you drew...couldn't it be a tank?"

Kong Jie didn't change his face.

"If it's really hot, it's just practical. Is it so important whether it's ugly or not?"

When Xu Guoan heard the words, he was speechless for a moment...

(End of this chapter)