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Chapter 259 Tank Battalion Assault

If you look down from the sky, the entire Hanoi front line is a large W-shaped front formed by the two fulcrums of Ningyi County and Huaiyi County.

It was divided into three relatively independent battlefields by Dasha River and Qin River.

The northern line north of Dashaha River consists of three independent positions connected by trenches at Fengying, Yanma and Banqiao.

To the south of Dashaha River and to the east of Qin River, Ningyi County and Huaiyi County are the main fulcrums, with five positions relying on each other.

A total of five Type C regiments were deployed on the battlefield, and two Type B regiments and two 5th artillery battalions were on standby in the city as backup.

As soon as the day of the wooden day arrived, the four divisions of the Japanese invaders attacked from east to west, and the 4th Division launched an attack at Fengying, Yanma and Banqiao.

The other three divisions, the 112th Division from the front of Ningyi County, the 108th Division from the middle of Ningyi County and Huaiyi, and the 117th Division from the front of Huaiyi, formed a V-shaped attack formation.

When the war started, the Japanese four artillery regiments took the lead in launching artillery fire at the front positions of the Eighth Route Army.

A total of more than one hundred field guns and howitzers bombarded the Chen Brigade's position. The constant whistling sound of shells in the air made it impossible for the soldiers on the position to stick their heads out, and they had to hide in the anti-artillery caves one by one.

The winding trenches minimized the damage caused by the Japanese artillery fire. As long as the anti-artillery holes were not hit directly, most of the soldiers were safe and sound. It just caused everyone to have tinnitus and buzzing in their heads.

Ten minutes after the Japanese launched the artillery attack, the artillery observer on the Eighth Route Army's position roughly discovered the approximate location of the Japanese artillery position and quickly passed on the information of the Japanese artillery position.

The three tank battalions of the Iron Triangle, which had been holding back their anger for a long time, suddenly rushed out from three different camouflaged locations.

Although their goal is to eliminate the Japanese tank division, it is also an important firepower target that must be eliminated for the Japanese artillery regiment!

Compared with the threat posed by the Japanese tank division, the threat posed by the Japanese artillery regiment is no less.

Since there were no computers, there were no artillery radars that could accurately measure ballistic reversal positions.

The artillery observation post on the position can only test an error of about 1 kilometer at most.

With such a large error, the artillery counterattack was obviously a waste and it was likely to be a lonely counterattack.

But for the tank battalion, this error is harmless and is basically just a matter of stepping on the gas.

The tank battalion started up with a bang. Except for one tank company of the New 5st Mechanized Infantry Brigade located north of the Dashaha River, the other eight tank companies of the Iron Triangle were all located south of the Dashaha River and east of the Qin River. They rushed directly towards the Japanese artillery positions 6 or kilometers away like sharp knives.

Behind them was the long-prepared artillery counterattack, aimed at the Japanese infantry cluster waiting to charge at the front line. 108 107mm guns, 36 mountain cannons and 24 120mm mortars counterattacked almost simultaneously.

In the sky, dense rockets and artillery shells began to fire at each other in the opposite direction, but the density was several times greater than that of the Japanese artillery!
However, these shells were not aimed at the Japanese artillery, but at the Japanese infantry cluster. The sharp whistling shells fell in the middle of the Japanese infantry battalion like raindrops, and soon the entire Japanese position was filled with smoke.

The broken bodies of the Japanese soldiers were flying everywhere!

As the attacking party, the Japanese positions were completely exposed. When the shells fell on the positions, the Japanese infantry could only lie on the ground, trembling with their heads in their hands, and begging for the protection of Amaterasu.

However, both the 107mm rocket and the 120mm mortar shells were as powerful as the 105mm howitzer. Hundreds of rockets and mortar shells were thrown at them, and one explosion could cover an area of ​​four or five basketball courts. The 18mm mortar shell weighed up to 120 kilograms, and the 107mm rocket was no less powerful than the 105mm howitzer!

One after another, the extended artillery shells hit the enemy's charging positions, covering tens of thousands of square meters of land in just a few minutes. The enormous power of the shells almost turned the frontline positions over.

Squadron after squad, group after group of Japanese soldiers were turned into fertilizer and buried in the land under the artillery shells.

Soon, the enemy's artillery fire stopped. Apparently, the Japanese artillery observation post began to notice the location of the artillery fire and began to adjust the angle of the shelling. At this moment, the tank battalion accelerated and began to charge!
The 107mm artillery and 75mm mountain guns began to move their positions nervously, using mules and horses to pull them away from their original positions quickly.

Only the 120mm mortar was a bit bulky and began to move its position with difficulty under the towing of the Willys jeep.

Their efforts were not in vain. After a few minutes, the Japanese artillery fire changed direction and began to counterattack the artillery position.

Although the accuracy was not that good, it basically landed on the edge of the artillery position. If an extended random artillery coverage mode was used, it would sooner or later fall on the position.

However, thanks to Ren Zhong's efforts, the Eighth Route Army's artillery had very strong mobility. Basically, it was a highly mobile artillery unit that could be pushed by people or pulled by horses.

With the unique skill of being able to move positions at any time, there is no chance of falling under the shells. The tank battalion took advantage of the gap in the artillery fire to accelerate the charge, jumped out, and quickly tore through the skirmish line of the Japanese charge. The Japanese were obviously not very mentally prepared. They never dreamed that the troops they were about to encounter would be a complete tank charge.

And he is better and more capable of playing than me.

Although the Japanese anti-tank guns have always been deployed in divisions or independent brigades, there are not many opportunities to use these weapons, even if they are not just for decoration.

Today, seeing that there was really an opportunity, the Japanese found themselves a little confused. The anti-tank weapons they had were only an anti-tank artillery squadron, which was too weak. They were still guarding the artillery position, and there was no anti-tank firepower at the front of the position.

After the nine companies of the tank battalion launched the assault, they soon ran into the stragglers living a simple life on the front line.

The machine guns on the tanks kept firing, and Japanese soldiers fell down everywhere.

The T34 tanks that attacked first were like entering an empty space, tearing open all the Japanese trenches, chevaux de frise, etc.

Now, on the Japanese positions, after being covered by artillery fire and crushed by tanks, the originally dense Japanese battalion-level assault formation was almost destroyed.

The cannon is truly the king of firepower on the battlefield.

Now that they have a place to perform, they are still facing the Japanese skirmishers who have no cover. For the artillery, this is the best scenario to exert their power.

Today, as long as we aim at the place where the Japanese are preparing to charge, everything will be reduced to ashes under the extended artillery fire!
Relying on their powerful artillery firepower, the four front-line regiments of the Japanese army that were preparing to attack were almost all hit fatally.

However, this was just the beginning. When the tank battalion rushed towards the Japanese artillery position, the Japanese began to desperately call for reinforcements!
The Japanese tank division could no longer hold back at this time and had to be sent out in advance to fight against the Eighth Route Army's tank units.

But it's too late!

When the tank battalion was still 2 or 3 kilometers away from the Japanese artillery position, the enemy's artillery could already be seen from the tank observation post!
The battalion commander commanding the tanks did not hesitate any longer. Facing the Japanese artillery positions, he immediately started a shelling while moving.

For tank bombardment, this may not be accurate enough, but for the huge artillery positions of the Japanese, this kind of diffuse firing method, one 76mm shell after another will fall madly on the Japanese artillery positions.

The Japanese were blown to pieces and their cannons were overturned!
Only now did the tank drivers understand the feeling of the old hands who just kept firing and having fun. They could bombard the Japanese positions without any scruples, without having to worry about the accuracy, because they would at least hit two or three junior officers above the rank of sergeant.

The Japanese artillery is a technical branch of the army. Anyone who can become a gunner in it must be able to recognize more than a thousand words, so it is natural for him to become a sergeant.

Not only that, as the tanks got closer to the artillery positions, the Japanese 37mm anti-tank guns began to aim at the tanks and fire one after another.

However, for the T34, this was just like tickling and had no effect at all.

After strengthening the front armor plate, the frontal defense capability of the M3 tank has also been qualitatively improved, and the 37mm anti-tank gun has almost no effect.

On the other hand, the machine guns that were now desperately firing at the Japanese soldiers seemed to have no bullet limit, and they kept aiming at the Japanese soldiers and firing non-stop! !
All the Japanese devils along the way were turned into incomplete accessories!
After the sudden attack on the huge artillery regiment of the Japanese, more than half of the entire artillery regiment's personnel were killed or wounded in a short period of time!
Most of them died from tank shelling!

Occasionally, some of them fell on the Japanese ammunition boxes, causing chain explosions of artillery shells, killing a large number of people!

This is even more elusive luck.

However, the explosive power of the chain detonation is much stronger than direct artillery fire.

Even if the Japanese ammunition depot had not exploded, they would not be able to stop the tank battalion's attack.

Machine guns and artillery are all deadly weapons. In addition, there is a gap of about 50 meters between tanks for companions, forming a three-dimensional offensive formation. Tanks can protect the safety of each other's flanks.

In this way, without the accompaniment of infantry, the tank battalion can take care of itself.

After rushing into the Japanese artillery position with a loud bang.

Seeing the Japanese cannon, the tank's main gun turned around and fired at the cannon, blowing both the man and the cannon away!
In this situation, there is no time to seize these cannons. The Japanese tank division may rush out at any time. We must destroy everything as quickly as possible before the Japanese react!
When the tank battalion was killing people, the Japanese tank division really heard the news and moved. The tank division, which had been hiding somewhere, received the information that the artillery position was attacked by the enemy's tanks, and rushed to the artillery position one after another in a hurry!
"Battalion Commander, the Japanese tank division has appeared!" On the tank public channel, a single tank observer discovered something unusual on the battlefield and reported the latest battlefield dynamics in a timely manner!
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