Glorious Mission 1937

Chapter 630: The Great Northeast Strategy——The Collision of the Soul of the Great Han and the Soul of Yamato

At this point in the battle, there is no need for any command. The officers on both sides understand that on such a rainy night with visibility less than five meters, and in such a frontal confrontation with armored forces, the role of the commander has been weakened to the extreme. Is it all the same.

Judging from the situation uploaded from the battlefield, we can see that neither side has any rules and tactics now, and the usual well-trained tactics are no longer available at this time.Even the artillery fire on both sides no longer pursues any accuracy. Anyway, the artillery shells only need to fall next to the enemy, and there is no one who hits or misses.

The scuffle on Wuming Hillside is still going on, Bao Xinghua and Heng Shanyong have no better way to defeat each other, because they don't even know the situation on the battlefield now, and orders can't go out of the command post, let alone communicated to everyone. A soldier heard it. From the perspective of tactical command, the commanders of both sides have lost control of their respective troops at this time, and the two sides are no longer organized to conduct combat operations.

To a greater extent, this battle is now not so much an organized overall confrontation as it is a spontaneous desperate fight between the officers and soldiers of both sides.No one organized, no one commanded, some just fired instinctively.

The battle continued until five o'clock in the morning, and it was not until the tanks and tanks on both sides were exhausted that they began to retreat one after another.However, this does not mean that the battle is over. While the armored troops slowly retreated, the infantry began to enter the battlefield quickly, on the one hand to rescue the wounded on the battlefield.On the other hand, it is to find tanks that are worth repairing, which is also an important step in armored warfare.

Of course, Bao Xinghua and others also have another purpose, which is to worry that new tanks that are not seriously damaged on the battlefield will fall into the hands of the Japanese. If the Japanese get the finished product of the T34 tank, with their technological level and industrial The production capacity will be mass-produced in a very short period of time, and the armor level of the Japanese army will be qualitatively improved by then.

And Yokoyama Isamu and others obviously understood this, so before Chen Feng's armored troops could retreat, a large number of Japanese infantry rushed into the battlefield.The purpose is to take advantage of the chaos to capture a few Chinese tanks.For research and production of the Ministry of Military Industry.

Both sides entered the battlefield with their own purposes, so the battle of infantry began immediately.Unlike the armored units, the infantry maintained a relatively complete formation when entering the battlefield because it was the last to enter the battle.The two sides fired at each other across most of the armored battlefield.At this time, the artillery also seemed to have discovered its role.Regardless of the large-caliber mountain artillery or the small-caliber mortar, they all began to show their power.

Due to road problems, neither side carried relatively cumbersome heavy artillery, and the largest caliber was only a 75mm mountain artillery field artillery.

Infantry combat is relatively methodical.At the beginning, both sides sent battalion and company-level troops to charge. Although both sides suffered casualties, they were not very heavy.

But when the battle progressed to six o'clock in the morning, the heavy rain had stopped at this time, and the sky began to turn white. Although it was not yet bright, the visibility had improved a lot compared to a few hours ago, at least within a range of 50 meters The inside is still clearly visible.

In addition, after more than an hour of rest, the armored forces of both sides also completed their assembly again and began to support infantry operations.

A large number of armored troops flooded into the battlefield again, and the entire battlefield began to become chaotic again.

"Boom boom boom!!!" "Da da da!!!"

The frontline battle was in full swing, and the commanders of both sides in the rear command post were frowning. The opponent's strength far exceeded their expectations, especially Bao Xinghua and others.

Successive victories have already made them lose their previous fear of the Japanese army. Coupled with the continuous propaganda of the Eighth Theater Command, all the troops in the Eighth Theater are full of confidence, which is especially evident in the armored group.

The reason, in addition to propaganda, is more important that the armored units of the Japanese army have been defeated repeatedly in previous wars, and suffered heavy losses each time. Many tank units, including the Japanese Third Tank Division, were severely damaged. .Moreover, judging from the captured Japanese tanks, the armor weapons of the two sides are not at the same level at all.

But this time, due to the special battlefield environment, the gap between the two sides was directly narrowed. In addition, the First Division of the Japanese tanks had all been refitted not long ago, and the main tanks were replaced with improved Type 34 tanks. Although the improved Type [-] is still unable to compete with the T[-] tank, it has no problem at all against the Joffre light tank.So when the loss was reported to the command post, Bao Xinghua and others were stunned.

"Bastard, why is the loss so heavy?" Bao Xinghua roared angrily.

"Master, the little devil's losses are heavier than ours! Our army lost more than 240 tanks, and the little devil lost at least 300!" Liu Tiannan, chief of staff of the First Armored Division, said loudly.

"That's right, old Bao, the losses of the little devils are definitely not much smaller than ours. Look at the wreckage of their chariots everywhere on the battlefield!" Li Daniu also said.

"You know what a fart, the performance of the little devil's Type 240 tank is far inferior to our new tanks in any aspect, and our First Armored Division is still the most elite armored force in the theater. [-] tanks were knocked out within an hour, what a shame!"

After finishing speaking, Bao Xinghua ordered in a loud voice: "Pass my order, the entire armored division will press forward and launch a group charge to the Japanese army. At this station, the Japanese devils on the opposite side must be wiped out!"

"Yes"

Similarly, Heng Shanyong and others in the opposite Japanese army headquarters were also stunned by the heavy casualties!

"Nani, 377 tanks have been lost?" Yokoyama looked at Lieutenant General Tsujiro Yamashita of the First Tank Division in horror.

"Yokoyama-kun, the strength of the Chinese people is beyond our expectations. The opponent is likely to be an armored division of the Chinese people, not a small army!" Lieutenant General Yamashita Tsujiro said.

"Yamashita-kun, didn't the base camp say that the performance of the newly improved Type [-] tank would not be weaker than that of the China tank? Why are there so many casualties!" Yokoyama asked, frowning.

"Yokoyama-kun, we can only listen to half of the words of the base camp, and we need to analyze the rest by ourselves. But I am very satisfied to be able to fight against the armored forces in China like this!"

"Nani?"

"Mr. Hengshan, you are not the commander of the armored force, and you don't know much about the armored force. Let me tell you, the imperial tanks can only show their prestige in front of the Chinese government army and the Tuba Road, and they are not as good as the European counterparts. It’s not even a star and a half. This distance is as big as the gap between the Type A division and the Type C division, and the level of China’s armored forces has basically surpassed the armored forces of other European countries. I am already very satisfied with this. Presumably the base camp is also very satisfied with such a record!" Lieutenant General Tsujiro Yamashita said with a smile.

"The chariot troops of the Chinese people are really so powerful?"

"Hey, it's more than powerful. The tank troops of the Empire and the armored troops of China have conducted six armored battles. The first five times were the disastrous defeats of the Empire, especially outside the city of Beiping. Your Excellency Nishihara's third tank division almost It was completely wiped out by the armored forces of the Chinese army, and it was precisely because of this that the imperial side had to improve the performance of the tank, and there was an improved model of the Type 6 tank."

"Yamashita-kun, if it is really a complete armored division in China, what are our chances of winning?" Yokoyama asked, although the commander-in-chief of this battle was Yokoyama, but now it seems that the key to victory in the battle But it is the chariot division.

"About 3 floors!"

"Is there only 3 floors?"

"Yes, I analyzed it just now. The reason why we were able to draw with the Chinese army this time has a lot to do with the battlefield environment. Because the visibility of the battlefield is low, it directly leads to the fact that neither side can see the other, so they can only get closer. Fight, so that the thick armor and large-caliber guns of the Chinese army cannot be fully displayed. Anyway, at such a short distance, our shells can destroy them, and their shells can also destroy us. The 52mm caliber cannon and the 74mm cannon are both Same."

"But now the battlefield has cleared up, and the sky is about to dawn. The environment of the battlefield and the embankment will be favorable to the Chinese army, so our army's chances of winning are only about 3 floors."

"Third floor? I can't stop watching, Mr. Yamashita, don't you realize that the souls of two nations are colliding?" Yokoyama said with narrowed eyes.

"Soul collision?"

"Yoxi, it's the collision of the soul of the Japanese Yamato nation and the soul of the Chinese Han nation. Have you seen the situation on the battlefield? Everyone is fighting and shooting unrestrainedly. It's not so much a noble spirit of self-sacrifice, it's better to say that all The soldiers have been assimilated by the atmosphere of this bloody hell! They are fighting with faith in the country and the nation, they are the embodiment of the spirit of the two nations!" Yokoyama shouted.

"Yes, the fighting will of this Chinese army is admirable. From the faces of the soldiers on both sides, I can see a kind of fanaticism from the bottom of my heart. It is this kind of fanaticism that drives the soldiers on both sides to fight before this bloody dawn. Crazy fighting. This kind of fighting has no skill at all, it is a contest of will and courage, just like Mr. Hengshan said, it is the souls of two nations colliding!"

"Yoxi! Yamashita-kun, now the victory or defeat of both sides is no longer determined by factors such as firepower and tactics, but by the will of the officers and soldiers of both sides. Whoever wants to be overwhelmed by the other side in terms of momentum will be completely defeated. Pass my order, The First Division of Chariots, the First Division of Infantry, including the headquarters, the whole army is crushed, let the national soul of the Yamato nation directly crush that person!"

"Hay!!!"

.........(to be continued..)