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Chapter 872 8 versus 5, the advantage is mine!
Let’s talk about the tank company of the special forces regiment.

Under the leadership of Kong Dacheng, with the strength of 10 tanks, they engaged in a fierce battle with the 12 tanks of the st Squadron of the nd Battalion of the th Tank Regiment of the Japanese on the vast and flat land.

The tank guns of both sides kept firing, filling the battlefield with smoke and the sound of artillery fire.

The Japanese tank soldiers were well-trained. Under the leadership of their squadron leader, Major Fujimura Yuta, they had been trying to attack the sides and rear of the tanks of Kong Dacheng and others.

Kong Dacheng, of course, would not let them succeed, and he commanded the soldiers to deal with them.

After about half an hour, the Japanese couldn't hold on any longer.

Their two Type 6 light tanks had armor thickness of only 12 to 3 mm, and had no ability to resist the Chaffee and M Stuart!
Each of them was hit by a shell and their nests were penetrated and they were completely destroyed.

As for their 10 Type 25 medium tanks, they are certainly much stronger than the Type , but the thickest part of the front armor is only mm!

It was also unable to withstand the 75mm main gun of the Chaffee tank and the 3mm main gun of the M37 tank.

If you get hit by a shell, you're basically doomed.

On the other hand, the 57mm short-barreled gun equipped on the Type 3 medium tank must penetrate the armor of the Chaffee and M350 tanks within meters!
You even have to try to attack the weak points on the sides and rear of the tank in order to barely achieve an effective strike!
It is too difficult to achieve this on a vast battlefield!
After all, Kong Dacheng and the others are not stupid. They will not stop and get beaten for nothing!
Moreover, the mobility of the Chaffee tank and the M3 tank exceeded that of the Type medium tank.

So their tank drivers, even if they turned the steering sticks so hard, still found it difficult to grab a flanking position.

After half an hour of tank battle, the Japanese had lost 7 tanks, while the tank company of the special forces regiment had only lost two M3s.

Now, the comparison of the number of tanks between the enemy and us has become the Japanese's 5 Type 4 medium tanks VS the Special Forces Regiment's 4 Chaffee and 3 M Stuart light tanks!

The advantage is clearly mine!

"Sir, the Tubalu tank armor is too strong. We can't penetrate it at all!"

A Japanese gunner had a sad face and shouted to Fujimura Yuta.

He had just hit the opponent's turret with a shot, but it seemed to be of no use at all.

As they were talking, a 75mm shell suddenly flew over and exploded two or three meters away from their tank.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the shock wave of the explosion almost overturned Yuta Fujimura's car.

Fujimura Yuta was shaken so hard that his brain was about to fall apart. He could only force himself to shout:

"Quick, quick, turn in! Turn in!"

Hearing his order, the driver beside him quickly reminded:

"Sir, the Eighth Route Army's tanks are moving faster than us!

Once we turn in, they'll catch up and bombard our rear!
That way we would be exposing our weaknesses to them!"

"Baga! Are you questioning me?"

Fujimura Yuta roared.

How could he not know that retreating now would be extremely dangerous?
But what can he do?

Continue playing?
It was obvious that the equipment was at a clear disadvantage and they could not win at all.

Tank warfare is completely different from infantry combat.

In infantry clashes, the gap in equipment can be bridged by relying on fighting will, courage, and tactical ability.

At worst, one life for another!
But in a tank battle, what you're competing for is whose tank is faster, whose main gun is more powerful, and whose armor is thicker!

There is no room for the brave to win when two people meet on a narrow road.

If the tank's performance is not good enough, you won't be able to defeat the enemy even if you fight them face to face!
Yuta Fujimura knew very well: if they retreated immediately, they might be lucky enough to save the remaining five tanks.

If they continue fighting, they will definitely be wiped out in 20 minutes at most!
There is no way that even one chariot can return!

When the captain saw the squadron leader getting angry, he immediately shrank his neck and admitted his defeat:
"Hey! I understand!"

……

At the tank company of the special forces regiment, the soldiers found that the Japanese had turned around and ran away, so they chased after them, shouting without Kong Dacheng's order.

The remaining eight tanks, like tigers descending from the mountains, chased and fired at the same time.

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

The sound of the cannon extended all the way towards Jinyang City. …

On the other side of the Japanese army, Shigenobu Nishimori led the 214th Regiment and was leading the way, advancing towards this side.

Suddenly, a scout came in a hurry to report:

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, our tank squadron has suffered heavy losses!
Now there are only 5 tanks left, and they are turning towards this side.

The Tubalu have 8 huge tanks, chasing us!"

"Nani?"

Nishimori Shigenobu's face was filled with shock.

Then, boundless anger filled his mind, and he couldn't help but roar at the scout:

"idiot!
Fujimura Yuta is such a waste!
How is the command given?
12 tanks are no match for 10 tanks?

Colonel Akita Qiaoyi, commander of the 214th Regiment, immediately suggested:
"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, it is too late for us to stop building fortifications now!

The artillery must be prepared immediately to bombard the Eighth Route Army's tanks!

Otherwise, my 33rd Division will be in great danger!"

Shigenobu Nishimori also came to his senses and realized how tragic it would be to be crushed by a tank on this open ground.

He nodded repeatedly and immediately sent someone to report to the division commander Murata Takamori who was behind, requesting the mobilization of the artillery regiment.

……

Behind the Japanese troops, Murata Takaaki had already felt something was wrong when he heard the artillery fire coming from the front.

After all, he was a veteran who had been on many battlefields, so he could naturally hear that the sound of artillery fire from his own tanks seemed to be becoming less and less frequent.

And the enemy's artillery fire seemed to be getting more frequent.

At this moment, hearing the messenger report Nishimori Shigenobu's request, he was naturally very depressed.

Roared:
"That bastard Nishimori Shigenobu, why didn't he send someone to deliver the message earlier?
This idiot, doesn't he know that it will take a long time for our howitzers to be deployed?"

The messenger felt very wronged when he was scolded.

I thought to myself: You, the division commander and the division chief of staff, are not getting along with each other. What does it have to do with a small messenger like me?

Murata Takasei also knew that the situation was critical. If he could not effectively curb the enemy's chariot charge, his 20,000 men would probably be repeatedly ravaged on this flat land.

So, after he finished cursing, he shouted two orders in a row:

"Hurry up, order Kazuo Mitsui to deploy his 105mm howitzer and fire hard at the Eighth Route Army's tanks!"

"Order the Engineer Regiment to move forward immediately and dig anti-tank trenches on both sides of our marching troops!"

……

The artillery regiment under the Japanese 33rd Division today is the 3rd Field Heavy Artillery Regiment.

It’s a pity that this wing is now in a state where its name seriously does not match its reality.

After the Battle of Hedi Village, a large number of heavy artillery were lost, although Kazuo Iwamatsu searched the entire Jinyang City military supply warehouse and replenished them.

But now the entire regiment has only 12 105mm howitzers and 24 75mm mountain guns.

It is a half heavy artillery, half mountain artillery regiment.

After receiving the order from Murata Takasei, the regiment commander Kazuo Mitsui looked around for the terrain, then found a small mound and ordered the soldiers to deploy the artillery.

At the same time, the observer was arranged to move forward and prepare to observe the artillery target.

……

While the Japanese were busy preparing to deal with the tank attacks from the special forces regiment's tank company, they also achieved a lot of results in chasing the Japanese tanks.

Kong Dacheng and his men rushed forward and fired crazily. Finally, three of the five Type 5 medium tanks of the Japanese were destroyed, and only two managed to escape their pursuit.

At this time, a tank driver asked Kong Dacheng:

"Captain, the Japanese tanks have escaped. What should we do now?"

Kong Dacheng opened the tank hatch, carefully poked his head out, and used a telescope to carefully observe the large Japanese army in the distance, and then gave the order:
"Of course we should charge forward and beat the little Japanese infantrymen to a pulp!"

……

(End of this chapter)