Glorious Mission 1937

The Japanese army came very fast, giving full play to the speed advantage of the mechanized troops, and did not give Qin Yiwu and others a chance to repair and reinforce the fortifications.

After the Japanese army arrived outside the city, they immediately launched an attack. The main direction of attack was still the east gate, but it was not limited to the east gate. When the main force attacked the east gate, the Japanese commander sent out a small force to cover the area under the cover of tanks. Xia launched a diversionary attack to the north gate.

In the former Commander's Headquarters of the First War Zone, Zhang Huwei looked at Qin Yiwu anxiously. He felt that Qin Yiwu's battle plan was too risky, and it was completely leading the wolf into the house.

Originally, Zhang Huwei would not say anything with his previous personality, but now after today's ideological transformation, he feels that he must say something, which is also what a real soldier, especially an officer, should do.

"Sir, I think your battle plan is too risky. It is easy to let the Japanese in, but it may not be easy to drive them out!"

Qin Yiwu looked at Zhang Huwei and said: "Colonel, you are a real soldier. Once upon a time, those bastards in the Nationalist Government abandoned my Sichuan Army Brigade on the battlefield of the Songhu Battle, and finally killed me with less than 200 soldiers." When the brothers came and went, I felt that Lao Jiang had no real soldiers, no matter whether it was the central army or the local army, but the performance of you and your troops surprised me, you are a real soldier, pure man!"

"As for the battle plan I made, it is indeed a little risky, but I have received a death order. I must defend Zhengzhou City. The city is there and the people are there. If the people are gone, the city must still be there. My brothers and I have no way out. Now we lack Long-range artillery, if you are fighting the devils in the wild or relying on the city walls. It is not worthwhile to command a devastating blow from the Japanese artillery. Therefore, we must lure the little devils into the city and use houses and streets to limit the artillery of the devils. Then wipe out all the troops that invaded the city!"

Zhang Huwei retorted: "But we lack anti-tank weapons. Once the tanks enter the city, they will also pose a great threat to us. I saw that this time the little devil is not equipped with the old bastards, but the real thick ones." The shell is big bastard. You can't kill it with cluster grenades."

Qin Yiwu knew that the little bastard Zhang Huwei mentioned was the Japanese Type 6 and Type [-] light tanks. The Type [-] light tanks were mainly used for infantry support, reconnaissance support, and armored haulage.Their common feature is weak protection ability, the thinnest part of the armor is only [-] mm, and sometimes it can even be penetrated by rifles.Although the equipment of the Chinese army was backward and lacked anti-tank weapons at that time, people soon discovered that a pack of explosives and a bundle of grenades could easily destroy this large light tank with thin skin and stuffing. [

King Ba refers to the Type [-] medium tank, although this new type of tank is still extremely backward compared to European armored weapons.However, the thickness of its armor has been greatly improved. At least it will not be killed by grenades and rifles. Even small-caliber artillery can't do anything about it. This is undoubtedly the best for the Chinese army that lacks anti-tank weapons. It's not easy to mess with.

"Colonel, don't worry, although we don't have long-range support artillery. But we have enough anti-tank weapons, not to mention these medium tanks of the Devils, even those heavy tanks will not escape the fate of being destroyed." Qin Yiwu also Without explaining, after speaking, he calmly began to arrange the defensive tasks.

After the battle started, Major General Nobuo Mizuno discovered that the defenders of Zhengzhou City had not deployed troops on the city wall.Although the city wall and the city gate of the east gate of Zhengzhou are extremely dilapidated, almost all the fortifications of the city have been destroyed.Even a section of the city wall more than 30 meters long collapsed in Julien.

But in any case, something is better than nothing. As long as the defenders guard the city wall, the imperial army cannot easily attack Zhengzhou City. After all, tanks can only run on the ground, not fly over the city. The maximum climbing height of the chariot is still unreasonable.

But the stupid Chinese people gave up the city wall, which made Nobuo Mizuno extremely happy. It can be said that they have already crossed the most difficult hurdle. As long as they enter Zhengzhou City, with the strength of the chariot troops, the outcome of the battle will not matter at all. suspense.

Excited, Nobuo Mizuno gave the order to attack directly, and saw three Type 3 chariots clearing the way, followed by an infantry squad and rushed in towards the east gate of Zhengzhou.

Contrary to Nobuo Mizuno's imagination, the mixed team was not blocked at the gate of the city, and entered the city smoothly.Overjoyed, Nobuo Mizuno ordered the follow-up chariot troops to follow up immediately, and all the troops entered the city. After entering the city, they went straight to the Chinese headquarters, railway stations, municipal buildings and other important strongholds, trying to drive all the Chinese troops out before dawn. Out of Zhengzhou.

The idea is good, but the reality is cruel.A smooth attack in the early stage does not mean that the next battle will be so smooth. With all the Japanese tank troops entering the city, the artillery troops outside the city will be completely useless.

Without the threat of artillery, Qin Yiwu's troops began to counterattack. They gave up half of the territory in the eastern city. After all the Japanese troops entered the city, the counterattack began.

Zhengguang Road, the main road in Dongcheng District, Zhengzhou.The Japanese army moved smoothly along the way and did not encounter resistance, but all the Japanese troops did not dare to relax, because they knew that what they were facing was not the ordinary Chinese army, but the army of the Chinese devil. Come with a lot of energy, or you will suffer a lot.

The experience of many battles shows that the more cautious it is at this moment, the Chinese army likes to make surprise attacks when the imperial army is relaxing.

The idea of ​​the Japanese soldiers was correct. On the top floor of the Swan Hotel, 1 km away from the Japanese attacking forces, three soldiers carrying rocket launchers stared at this Japanese mixed squadron with piercing eyes.

"Captain, there are 8 Type [-] tanks in total!"

“很好，按照前后顺序1到8号，等一会打的时候我打1、4、8号，小李你打2、5、7号，小杨你打3、6号！打完就撤，剩下的不同步兵交给其他人处理！”

"Yes!"[

"Captain, is it very close?"

"Calm down, there is still one kilometer left, let's fight again when we get closer!"

"900 meters!"

"800 meters!"

"700 meters"

"600 meters!"

"Fire at 500 meters!"

Following the order of the captain of the bazooka team, the three bazooka players pulled the triggers at the same time, and the three armor-piercing rounds dragged their long tails and shot at the Japanese tank.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

The incident happened suddenly, and the Japanese tank crew did not see the three rockets launched by the Red Arrows overnight team, so it was a tragedy, and all three tanks were hit.

Following three violent explosions, the three tanks walking in the front turned into a pile of scrap iron, and the blown parts smashed the heads of several Japanese soldiers nearby.

Taking advantage of the panic of the Japanese army, 3 rocket launchers fired continuously, and 12 rockets easily destroyed all 8 Japanese tanks, and also killed two Japanese machine gunners by the way.

At this time, the Japanese army discovered that the attack came from the Swan Hotel, and hurriedly organized soldiers to fight back, but unfortunately it was too late.After the eight chariots were destroyed, a large number of Chinese troops suddenly poured out all around. The most important thing is that each of these Chinese troops held a light machine gun in their hands. The firepower stunned the Japanese soldiers.

Soon the Japanese squadron on Zhengguang Road was defeated, and such small battlefields can be seen everywhere in Zhengzhou City. In urban street battles, the combination of rocket launchers and assault rifles is simply the enemy. Don’t you see that even in the 21st century Middle East and Africa? Those anti-government armed forces used this combination to overthrow small governments one by one.

The battle situation in the city was reported to the headquarters outside the city from time to time. Since Chen Feng's troops started to counterattack, the Japanese army's life was not easy. Two hours later, Mizuno Nobuo had to ask Nishihara for help. Almost all of the 8 Type 122 chariots of the alliance were destroyed. Although they occupied more than half of the territory in Dongcheng District of Zhengzhou, they now faced a full-scale counterattack from Chen Feng's troops. Nobuo Mizuno learned that Chen Feng's troops used a new type of tank. After acquiring infantry anti-tank weapons, they knew that in the next battle, it would be impossible for a mere infantry regiment to occupy the entire Zhengzhou, and they had to ask for help.

After receiving the telegram from Nobuo Mizuno, Nishihara Issei was taken aback, and immediately thought of a telegram sent by the Kwantung Army to the headquarters not long ago, saying that in the battles of Manchuria and Hailar, the Chinese army used a powerful individual anti-tank weapon. It can easily destroy any tank of the empire within a range of one kilometer.

Unexpectedly, the Chinese had already mass-produced this kind of individual anti-tank weapon. This is definitely not a good thing for the Great Japanese Empire.

But no matter what, Zhengzhou must be taken down. Since Mizuno's troops have already invaded Zhengzhou City, this has already made a good start for the imperial army.As long as Zhengzhou City is occupied, the other two Chinese armies will lose their goals and motivation, and they will not fight the front army to death, so no matter how much the price is paid, Zhengzhou City must be defeated.

Nishihara made a decisive decision and ordered the 12th Wing of the 10th Brigade of the 3rd Chariot Division and all of the [-]th Brigade, plus the [-] infantry Wings of the [-]th Brigade to rush to Zhengzhou immediately, and cooperate with Mizuno The Ministry of Letters attacked the city.

The fighting in Zhengzhou city continued overnight. When the battle lasted until 2000 o'clock in the evening, all the tank units of the Japanese army had been destroyed, and less than half of the ordinary infantry had been wiped out. The remaining less than [-] were beaten and retreated steadily. .

Just when Qin Yiwu and others were about to wipe out all these devils in one fell swoop, the reinforcements of the Japanese army arrived in time, and then the battle became fierce again. Since the Japanese army had come out in full force this time, their strength had far surpassed that of Qin Yiwu. Ministry, so the balance of victory began to tilt towards the Japanese army. (to be continued...)