Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

“Boom, boom, boom!!”

After the tank gun aimed at the woods on the flank, the gunner immediately loaded the grenade and then aimed at the Japanese anti-tank gun and opened fire.

"Boom boom boom..."

Amidst a series of explosions, three of the four Japanese anti-tank teams were quickly destroyed.

The anti-tank guns and the Japanese were blown to pieces.

Only one anti-tank gun team escaped, pushing a Type 37 mm rapid-fire gun.

After the threat of the anti-tank guns was gone, the remaining nine tanks turned their guns and fired at the Japanese positions.

"The heavy mortar battalion is ready to retreat two hundred meters to the rear."

The tank company commander heard the battalion commander's voice.

Apparently, the battalion commander called for artillery fire support for the tank unit.

"Nani, our rapid-fire cannons failed to penetrate the enemy armor?"

At the same time, in the 2nd Brigade Headquarters, Abe Nobuhide's face became even gloomier when he heard this situation.

The Type 37 40mm rapid-fire gun can penetrate mm homogeneous steel plates.

It is obvious that the armor of the Eighth Route Army's heavy tanks is far more than 40 mm, even reaching 100 mm or even thicker.

If he had placed the 75mm mountain gun in the woods on the right earlier and used armor-piercing explosive shells, he might have been able to destroy the Eighth Route Army's tanks.

but.

The 75mm mountain gun has a slow rate of fire, and the Eighth Route Army tanks are on the move, so the firing parameters need to be readjusted after each shot.

Moreover, the 75 mountain artillery is difficult to move. Once the artillery position is discovered, the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire can reach it within a minute.

In the final analysis, the locust army's equipment is too poor and its firepower is too weak.

If the locust army also had a large number of heavy artillery and heavy tanks, would the small Eighth Route Army dare to be so arrogant?
"Brigade Commander, the Eighth Route Army is retreating!"

Just as Abe Nobuhide was thinking with a grim expression, a staff officer beside him suddenly spoke loudly.

Abe Nobuhide looked over quickly and saw that the Eighth Route Army tanks and infantry were retreating.

"Ok?"

Abe Norihide frowned slightly, feeling something was not right.

The attacking Eighth Route Army now has the advantage. One wave of attack from the Eighth Route Army can destroy his 2nd Battalion and capture the position. How could they retreat at this time?

Just as Abe Nobuhide frowned, the Eighth Route Army retreated more than a hundred meters and stopped.

At this moment, a sharp whistling sound was heard in the sky, and a shell fell on the front line position of the 2nd Battalion.

"3,000 meters, full-speed artillery fire."

At the same time, at the rear New 3rd Regiment's heavy position, after completing the preliminary test firing, the battalion commander spoke in a cold tone.

The heavy mortar battalion measures distances, calibrates firing parameters and conducts test firings in advance based on the terrain, so that they can hit the target even if there are mountains in between.

Boom boom boom...

As soon as he finished speaking, 24 muzzle fireworks connected into one on the artillery position of the New 24rd Regiment, and 16.6 shells weighing 2 kilograms suddenly shot into the sky, drew arcs in the sky and fell into the front line position of the nd Brigade in the distance.

Although the heavy mortar battalion of the new third regiment has only 24 120mm heavy mortars, 12 fewer than the heavy mortar battalion of the new first regiment, its firepower should not be underestimated.

Amid the continuous flashes of muzzle fireworks, the entire heavy mortar battalion was running at full speed like a sophisticated and high-precision machine. The gunners kept taking the shells with fuses from the ammunition arms and then stuffing them into the gun barrels.

The heavy mortar battalion fired at a rate of 120 rounds per minute.

tom tom tom...

Strong winds swept across the gun positions, and blazing fireworks flashed from the muzzles, one after another. With each strong wind sweep and muzzle fireworks flash, a shell shot skyward. Several shells landed in the trenches of the Japanese front line, landing in the formation of the Japanese suicide squads carrying explosives and magnetic anti-tank grenades. The explosion of the shells set off the explosives and anti-tank grenades, triggering a series of violent explosions.

Dozens of well-prepared Japanese suicide squads were drowned in the artillery fire.

"Baga, Baga!"

"What tactic is this?"

In the 2nd Brigade Headquarters, Abe Nobuhide roared in disbelief as he watched the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion being blown to death one by one.

The infantry and tank troops were only halfway through their attack when the artillery began to bombard them again. This is not the tactic of bombarding the infantry first and then charging!
But Abe Nobuhide had to admit that this tactic was very effective. The suicide squads and hidden machine gun firepower prepared by the 2nd Battalion suffered heavy losses under this wave of heavy artillery fire.

"attack!"

Five minutes later, the shelling gradually subsided and the tank company and infantry of the new regiment resumed the attack.

At this time, the Japanese front-line positions had been completely turned into scorched earth under the coverage of intensive heavy artillery fire.

"Xine..."

The remaining Japanese suicide squads came out of the trenches, exploded explosives and anti-tank grenades tied together, and rushed towards the tanks of the New 1st Regiment.

"Da da da……"

The sound of machine guns rang out, and the Japanese soldiers were beaten into pieces.

After the Japanese soldiers in front fell, the Japanese soldiers behind continued to charge forward one after another.

The tank machine gunners and the infantry responsible for protecting the tanks naturally accepted it all.

One by one, the Japanese suicide squads were shot and killed along the way. One of the Japanese soldiers finally rushed under the tank and detonated the explosives, but it only destroyed the tank and the tank soldiers were only slightly injured.

Soon, the tank company and three companies of infantry captured the Japanese front-line positions.

At this moment, the tank company commander and other company commanders received the retreat order issued by Ding Wei himself through their walkie-talkies.

At this time, we should continue to attack the enemy's deep positions and expand our victory...

But the company commanders still carried out the order and quickly retreated all the tank companies and infantry to hidden positions and tunnels.

"good."

"As expected of Lao Li's troops, they wiped out an enemy battalion of nearly a thousand men in just half an hour."

In the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment, seeing the attacking troops retreat, Ding Wei looked at the watch on his hand and said with satisfaction.

In the battles of the previous week, an average of large-scale fierce fighting was fought every day, and a force of nearly a thousand Japanese and puppet troops was killed.

In just half an hour today, we have wiped out an entire Japanese infantry battalion. Although we lost three heavy tanks, the casualties were minimal, and the results are gratifying.

"The New 1st Regiment's coordinated infantry-tank tactics are truly impressive," Political Commissar Xu exclaimed in amazement. "Even without the artillery support of our heavy tank battalion, it's only a matter of time before we capture the enemy positions and wipe out the enemy infantry battalions on the front lines."

"If the Japanese planes hadn't arrived, this tank company and three infantry companies could probably have wiped out an entire Japanese infantry battalion."

The New 1st Regiment's air defense radar located in Ping'an County was constantly monitoring the Japanese aircraft.

As soon as the Japanese planes took off from Datong Airport, the radar station quickly notified all troops.

One of the Japanese flying squadrons, with about 20 planes, flew towards Shaohukou.

As soon as he finished speaking, some buzzing sounds were heard in the sky. The Japanese planes had arrived!
The distance from Datong to Shaohukou is only about 40 kilometers.

Given that the Japanese planes could travel at speeds of over 300 kilometers per hour, it would only take a dozen minutes at most to arrive from Datong Airport.

However, the Eighth Route Army in Shaohukou, Majiapo and Jiangjunling are now counterattacking on all fronts.

In addition, the fighting in Taiyuan was intense, and the Japanese had only one flying squadron to use for the killing of the tiger. (End of this chapter)