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Chapter 873: 12 chariots went out, only 2 came back!
On the flat land more than ten miles south of Qubei County.

Kong Dacheng led eight tanks and quickly rushed to the front of the Japanese army, about seven or eight hundred meters away.

Then he ordered decisively:

"Comrades, tanks, guns, and heavy machine guns, fire hard!"

Following his orders, eight tanks lined up in a line and began bombing and strafing the Japanese.

"Boom! Boom boom..."

"Da da da da..."

The sounds of artillery shells exploding and heavy machine gun fire made the Japanese soldiers at the front line terrified and screamed in surprise.

In front of the Japanese team, more than 20 sidecars that were the first to bear the brunt of the attack immediately began to retreat to both sides of the team, running faster than rabbits.

The other infantrymen quickly lay down at the shouts of the officers.

Some of the soldiers were trading company employees who had just joined the army a few months ago and had never been on the battlefield.

Faced with such a metal storm, I was so scared that I wet my pants.

In panic, they couldn't help but open fire at the tank.

Naturally, the officers roared in anger:

"idiot!
Can a rifle still penetrate a tank?
Stop it, everyone! "

……

The Japanese division chief of staff, Shigenobu Nishimori, saw the fierce tank fire from Kong Dacheng and others and immediately roared:
"idiot!
Why hasn't Kazuo Mitsui's heavy artillery opened fire yet?
Are you going to sit back and watch us being slaughtered by the Tubalu?"

But his roar was of no use because the artillery regiment couldn't hear it.

The commander of the 214th Regiment, Akita Qiaoyi, was so angry that his eyes were red with anger when he saw his men suffering heavy losses from being strafed and bombed.

I cursed in my heart that the people in the tank squadron were all useless. 12 tanks went out, but only 2 came back.

And the enemy only lost two!
This is simply unreasonable!
He lay on the ground to avoid the rain of bullets, and shouted:
"Warriors, hurry up, disperse! Disperse!"

Then he thought that in order to stop the tanks from charging and crushing him, it would be best to have anti-tank mines.

But their 33rd Division didn’t have this equipment at all.

Therefore, he could only bite the bullet and give an order to a team leader beside him:

"Kawahara-kun, hurry up, take your men and prepare the explosive packs!

If the Tubalu dare to approach us, you will rush forward and blow off their tracks!"

……

In the distance, at the Japanese artillery position, the artillery regiment commander, Colonel Kazuo Mitsui, saw through a telescope that his own troops in front were in chaos. He also heard fierce artillery fire and became a little anxious.

Keep yelling:

"Hurry up, speed up!

Our warriors are bleeding!"

Soon, a gunner shouted and reported:
"Sir, the commander, the No. 1 mountain artillery is ready!"

"Number two is ready!"

……

Hearing that 12 mountain cannons were ready, Mitsui Kazuo was overjoyed and shouted:
"Hurry up, blow up the Eighth Route Army's tanks!
Tear them apart!"

Following his order, the Japanese gunners immediately began to adjust the artillery parameters and launch artillery fire based on the parameters reported by the observer in front.

Twelve 12mm mountain cannons would certainly make quite a noise when they were firing.

"Bang bang bang..."

A series of artillery fire made the Japanese soldiers very excited.

Everyone is thinking: Damn Tubalu, let me show you how powerful my Locust Army’s artillery is!
……

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

Intensive explosions echoed across the battlefield.

But unfortunately, not a single shell hit the tanks of Kong Dacheng and others.

At this moment, the Japanese artillery positions were at least three kilometers away from them!

To hit their tanks with one round of artillery fire at this distance is simply a pipe dream!

However, Kong Dacheng and others were also frightened by the Japanese artillery fire.

A soldier shouted in horror:
"Captain, the Japs are firing, and the power is quite strong!"

Kong Dacheng climbed out of the tank hatch and saw dense artillery shells flying in the sky in the distance. He knew something was wrong.

He quickly ordered: "Quick, retreat!
The commander told us to fly kites, but we must not get hit by the Japanese artillery!"

……

Afterwards, the eight tanks immediately turned, drew a graceful arc, turned their front ends, and retreated towards Qubei County despite the continuous falling of shells.

However, during this period, the tanks and heavy machine guns never stopped firing, making the Japanese soldiers lying on the ground cry for their parents and scream in agony.

At least several hundred people were killed or injured!
Soon, Kong Dacheng led the tank company and escaped from the Japanese artillery bombing range unscathed and retreated to the south of Qubei County.

The Japanese were furious when they saw that twenty or thirty of their artillery pieces were firing at the same time, but not a single shell hit the enemy tanks.

He angrily cursed the artillery regiment as being full of rubbish.

If the commander of the artillery regiment, Kazuo Mitsui, heard their scolding, he would probably cry out of grievance - the enemy tanks were retreating at a speed of dozens of kilometers per hour, and what was the firing rate of their more than 30 mountain cannons and howitzers?

How is it possible to hit it exactly?
……

South of Qubei County.

Hearing that Yang Yuanshan was coming, Kong Dacheng, who was almost burned by the heat in the tank, ran over to him with sweat all over his forehead to report:

"Captain, we just destroyed 10 Japanese tanks!"

His face was full of uncontrollable excitement.

This serious tank battle just now was so exciting!
"Well, the Japanese already had few tanks, and now they lost ten of them. I think they're going to cry."

Yang Yuanshan nodded with satisfaction.

Then he asked:

"What about your losses?"

"We lost two M3 tanks, but our soldiers were only injured, no one was killed.

The Japanese tank’s main gun was too weak. Although it knocked out two M3 tanks, the shells did not penetrate the cockpit and cause fatal damage to the crew.

"Okay, 2 for 10, not bad!
Hurry up and send the wounded back to the field hospital!"

Yang Yuanshan was very happy.

He immediately understood that after such a long period of training, Kong Dacheng's tank company's tactical level had improved significantly!

But he immediately thought of another question and asked:
"The interiors of the two damaged tanks were blown up, right?"

Although he knew that the Japanese were short of resources, Yang Yuanshan did not want the M3 to fall into their hands, so as to improve their tank design capabilities and develop better tanks.

"Of course it did, after the wounded were evacuated, they detonated the remaining shells in the tank.

By the way, Commander, we almost rushed into the Japanese infantry team and crushed them.

But the Japanese heavy artillery opened fire, and I was worried about the losses, and I was running out of ammunition and fuel, so I withdrew."

Kong Dacheng reminded quickly.

Yang Yuanshan had just heard the earth-shaking sound of artillery fire coming from afar, and naturally he could guess the situation on the battlefield.

He nodded immediately:

"Okay, you guys go to the east where we came from and rest for a while.

I have sent fuel and ammunition there, go and replenish them quickly, and I will send you out to fight again later."

As he spoke, he had an idea and took out a large amount of gasoline and tank shells from the system warehouse in his mind and dropped them on the road more than 10 miles away.

It has to be said that after the distance for deploying equipment by this system was expanded to 50 kilometers, it became much more convenient for him to deploy the equipment.

"Yes!"

Kong Dacheng quickly agreed and then hurried away with his tank.

……

After watching Kong Dacheng leave, Yang Yuanshan quickly gave the order:

"Communicator, go inform Gao Yuanzhi of the artillery battalion: prepare the mountain artillery. Once the Japanese artillery positions are exposed to their range, they must be bombed immediately without hesitation, using dense rain of bullets to destroy as many of the Japanese artillery as possible."

"Yes!"

Han Yang quickly suggested:

"Captain, Guo Youqing's Second Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion is now deployed on the flat ground over there. The Japanese have a lot of sidecars. If they surround us, they might be in danger. Should we have them move to Xigang Mountain over there where the First Battalion is?
This way, the coordination between infantry and artillery can also be relatively safe."

Yang Yuanshan pondered for a moment and shook his head:
"This does not fully utilize the range advantage of the machine gun.

Let Lao Guo and his men fire a round first before retreating. Their guns are light enough and it won’t be difficult to move them.”

"That's true."

Han Yang nodded.

Yang Yuanshan then ordered another correspondent:
"Go inform Guo Youqing that when the Japanese enter their firing range later, they should immediately open fire at the highest rate of fire!
If you find the Japanese surrounding you or the artillery fires back, immediately retreat to Xigang Mountain!"

"Yes!"

……

(End of this chapter)