Glorious Mission 1937

Although the reinforcements of the Japanese air force posed a certain threat to the troops on the front line in Manzhouli to a certain extent, Chen Feng's offensive still did not stop at all. At three o'clock in the afternoon, the first line of defense and the second line of defense at the north gate were destroyed one after another. Tomkou Jiichiro was forced to transfer half of the reserve team of the only infantry regiment in his hand to reinforce the North Gate. At the same time, Tomguchi Jiichiro continued to send reports to the Hailar defense line, requesting more troops.

After reading the detailed telegram sent by Toguchi Kiichiro, Lieutenant General Yano Otonaburo was also quite surprised. Although he knew that the combat power of Chen Feng's troops was good, he did not expect it to be so powerful.

We must know that there are more than 4 Japanese and puppet troops on the front line in Manzhouli. There are four infantry regiments alone, plus an artillery brigade and a tank brigade. Their strength should not be underestimated. The Emperor's Army was beaten passively, but losing two lines of defense in one day is really embarrassing.

Yano Yinsaburo thought again and again, and decided to mobilize another 2000 reinforcements to Manzhouli.In Yano Yinsaburo's view, although the situation on the front line in Manchuria is not very good, it is not impossible to persevere. After all, the combat effectiveness of the 3 imperial army should not be underestimated. Even [-] pigs would have to be killed for a few days, right? .

On March 3th, the battle on the front line in Manzhouli continued. Compared with yesterday, Chen Feng's troops attacked more violently today. In addition to the north and west gates, the east and south gates were also attacked by Chen Feng's troops today. Lieutenant General Tom Kou Jiichiro knew that it was not an option to be passive like this.

After discussing with the staff, Lieutenant General Toguchi Kiichiro decided to combine the two chariot regiments into one chariot brigade, and together with the cavalry division of the Imperial Association Army, they would launch a major counterattack against the Chinese army outside the east gate. .If it goes well, the chariot troops will return to the city immediately after the battle, while the cavalry troops will just cruise outside the city, waiting for the command to dispatch at any time.

The reason why Tomkou Jiichiro used the East Gate as a breakthrough point was entirely because of the information just sent from the front that there were quite a few Chinese troops at the East Gate.However, no chariot units were found, and there were not many artillery units. The chances of winning from the east gate were higher.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, Lieutenant General Tomaku Kiichiro went to the East Gate to watch the battle in person. Seeing that the first attack of the Chinese army was defeated by the Imperial Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Tomkou Kiichiro nodded in satisfaction, secretly thinking that this is the real battle. imperial army.

However, the performance of Chen Feng's subordinates also surprised the old devil.Just after being defeated, Chen Feng organized another attack in less than 10 minutes after withdrawing his troops. This speed and efficiency is astonishing. [

Seeing that the time was almost up, Jiichiro Toguchi ordered the Japanese chariot troops in the city to go out of the city immediately to fight.

Following the order of Ji Yilang Tomkou, the east gate of Manzhouli suddenly opened wide, and hundreds of tanks rushed out quickly.Followed by a large number of cavalry, this "quick reaction force" rushed towards Chen Feng's troops like a tiger descending the mountain as soon as it left the city.

However, what surprised Jiichiro Toguchi was that the Chinese army on the opposite side did not immediately withdraw the infantry, but continued to send hundreds of infantry reinforcements. The most important thing was the newly added Chinese infantry. They all carried a mortar-like weapon on their shoulders.It seems that they intend to use these more than a thousand infantry to deal with the more than 140 chariots and more than 5000 cavalry of the imperial army.

Lieutenant General Tom Kou Jiichiro was secretly happy. The Chinese people were so stupid. The infantry faced with the chariot troops and the cavalry moving at high speed. It was no different from death. Although the mortar was convenient, its power was very limited. Hitting the Type [-] chariot will not cause any irreparable damage to the chariot.It seems that not all the commanders in China are as good as Chen Feng.There are also idiots.

But what happened next made Lieutenant General Tom Kou Jiichiro almost vomit blood in anger. Apart from the infantry under Chen Feng launching a counterattack on the spot, hundreds of soldiers with that strange weapon on their shoulders squatted on the ground, I didn't see how those Chinese soldiers moved, but I saw cannons rushing towards the imperial chariot with long tail flames.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

Lieutenant General Tom Kou Kiichiro saw with his own eyes that an Imperial Type [-] chariot was blown into scrap iron by a single shot, and even the turret was blown up. Even if it was taken back after the war, it would have no maintenance value.In other words, the Chinese soldier destroyed a chariot of the empire with one shot.

Phenomena similar to this continued to occur on the battlefield. In just a few minutes, most of the 150 tanks of the Imperial Japanese Army were destroyed, and the rest quickly retreated with their tails between their legs.And those cavalry units of the Royal Association Army also retreated to the city following the large forces, and the first counterattack was declared a failure.

In fact, Ji Yilang's loss was not wronged at all. The soldiers under Chen Feng's command were not carrying mortars at all, but bazookas that were newly equipped in the Eighth War Zone.

The rocket launcher weapon can be said to be the first weapon for infantry anti-tank, and is used to attack tanks, armored vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, military equipment and destroy fortifications at close range.As far as short-range anti-armor is concerned, it is far more powerful than any kind of anti-tank rifle and artillery.

It's no wonder that Jiichiro Toguchi regarded the bazooka as a mortar, because so far, only Chen Feng's troops are equipped with this new type of weapon, and no other country has this type of weapon, or this type of new type of weapon is still in two of the United States. In the mind of an Army mid-ranking officer.

Historically, the bazooka first appeared during World War II. It was successfully developed in the spring of 1942 by two young American officers, Colonel Skner and his assistant, Lieutenant Earl. The world's earliest anti-tank bazooka was in It happened at that time.

There are two types of rocket launchers that first appeared. One is the 1942mm m60 rocket rocket launcher developed by George Washington University equipped by the United States in 1. Because American soldiers resemble a trumpet-shaped instrument called "Bazooka", That is to say, it is called "bazuka". The "Bazooka" uses a steel launch tube that opens at both ends, allowing the weapon to recoil.

The other is the "Iron Fist" recoil gun type rocket launcher equipped by Germany in 1943.It launches 150mm super-caliber armor-piercing, relying on the gunpowder gas pressure formed by the propellant charge burning in the steel launch tube opened at both ends, the moving body moves, and uses the reaction force generated by the gunpowder gas ejected from the back of the tube to eliminate the gunpowder gas pressure. The recoil.

These two early rocket launchers are equipped with mechanical or optical sights, with an effective range of 100-250 meters, a vertical armor thickness of 120-200 mm, and a weapon system weighing 7-8 kg. [

The bazooka equipped by Chen Feng's department can be traced back to the beginning of last year. In view of the fact that all countries in the world are now vigorously developing armored forces, including the Japanese army, their armored forces are getting bigger and bigger. There are nearly a thousand tanks of various types.

At present, the anti-tank guns of various countries in the world are not very effective. The most important thing is that the anti-tank guns have a relatively short range and are not very flexible in movement.Therefore, Chen Feng urgently needs an infantry anti-tank weapon.

As an officer who has received systematic and formal military education in later generations, how could Chen Feng forget the sharp weapon of the bazooka, so he exchanged 2 bazookas and the production line for armor-piercing and burning from the system early on. To be honest, the structure of the bazooka is not It is not complicated, the technical content is very limited, and the cost is also very low, so the Eighth Theater quickly installed this infantry anti-tank weapon into the troops. Now each infantry division in the Eighth Theater has a bazooka battalion, equipped with 120 rocket launchers.

The eighth war zone is equipped with the second type of German Iron Fist rocket launcher. This kind of rocket launcher is light in weight, low in cost, easy to use, easy to mass produce and equip, and it is also very powerful.Tomkou Kiichiro's troops were also considered unlucky, because the Japanese armored forces had been wiped out by Chen Feng's troops long ago, so the bazooka had hardly been of much use until now, but they did not expect it to come in handy here.

Looking at the wreckage of dozens of chariots emitting black smoke on the battlefield, Kiichiro Toguchi really wanted to cry, so he had to order the chariot troops to enter the city as soon as possible.

At the same time that the bazooka troops made great achievements, the radar troops in Ulan Bator also sent a telegram saying that more than 400 Japanese fighter planes taking off from the direction of Harbin and Hailar were flying towards Manchuria, and there was another one with only more than 30 fighters. But the Japanese plane flew to Dongfang City.

After receiving the telegram, Chen Feng was overjoyed, and immediately sent a telegram to the Northern Air Force at Ulaanbaatar Airport, ordering the two fighter brigades and the helicopter brigade of the former Army Aviation Brigade to fly to the battlefield immediately, and immediately retaliate against the Japanese army. Serious damage to the Japanese air force.

The "brilliant" record of the Kwantung Army's Second Flying Group made the Kwantung Army Command's confidence suddenly inflate. Since the 68th air battle last year, the Japanese military's high-level leaders have reached a consensus on the air force, that is, the new fighters of the Empire of Japan. It was not a match for the new fighter jets equipped by the China Air Force, so the Kwantung Army was most afraid of that powerful air force for Chen Feng's troops.

However, in the 324th air battle, the Imperial Air Force not only defeated the China Air Force, but also achieved a 1:1 record. This made the Kwantung Army Command ecstatic, thinking that it had already had a magic weapon to restrain the North China Air Force, so these two days The air force is frequently sent to battle.

In fact, Otozo Yamada didn't even know how the second flight group's record came about. It was completely obtained by using the most shameful crowd tactics. More than 300 improved Zero fighters used shameful tactics such as collisions to force the first The Fighter Battalion of the Eighth Theater ran out of fuel.As for the 1:1, it is even more nonsense. The eighth war zone lost a total of 57 fighters, of which only more than 20 were shot down, while the Japanese army was shot down nearly 180 fighters. The ratio of losses between the two sides is far from The Japanese propaganda was 1:1, but it was 1:3. The loss of Chen Feng's troops was 1, and the loss of the Japanese army was 3.

General Yamada Otosan, who was inflated in confidence, was even more unaware that Chen Feng, who must take revenge, had already set him up in Manchuria to avenge his blood feud three days ago! (to be continued...)