War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 171 What is Infantry-Tank Coordination?
If you were a tank soldier, sitting inside thick armor, and the armor alone could defend against attacks from conventional bullets, would you still feel that the tank you were operating had any flaws?

Is it the clanging sound of bullets hitting the armor that annoys you, or is it the engine failure caused by the Molotov cocktails constantly thrown at the engine that forces the machine to heat up and causes it to fail that makes you want to curse?

The emergence of these problems actually represents a major flaw of tanks when facing infantry, which is that they are not flexible enough.

So, what if you were an infantryman?

In a battlefield where bullets are constantly flying around you, is there anything more tempting than a tank with great attack power standing in front of you to block the bullets for you?

Yes, this is infantry-tank coordination.

The inflexible tanks need infantry to eliminate small targets that are inconvenient for them to deal with, while the infantry needs tanks that can destroy fortifications to break through obstacles in front, destroy enemy positions, blow up enemy machine guns, take out enemy artillery, etc.

Infantry needs the firepower and armor of tanks, and tank soldiers need the flexibility of infantry. While this perfect combination was invincible on the battlefields of World War II, it also had an irreparable flaw: they could never form a whole.

This is why Xu Chaoyang wanted to use the cavalry, a type of soldier that should have been eliminated on the battlefield, to take advantage of its speed to get rid of the enemy tanks' shortcoming of adjusting their guns too slowly, and use mounted archery to specifically target the enemy infantry.

He wanted to completely dismantle the almost perfect combination and then defeat it one by one.

There is no such thing as rote memorization when it comes to tactics. Victory or defeat on the battlefield all depends on who is better at finding the opponent's weaknesses and exposing their own weaknesses as little as possible.

This is just like the 442 formation on the football field, which can break through the middle and fly on both wings, and the 352 formation can also play all-out defense or defensive counterattack.

The bombardment of Xu Chaoyang's position was actually a form of protection for his artillery position. Before leaving Xiaojieji, Xu Chaoyang explained to the deputy battalion commander what the Japanese artillery observation system was, and told him to keep sprinkling water all over the position, so that when bombarding the Japanese army, it would not stir up dust and be discovered by the enemy's aerial eyes;
At the same time, Xu Chaoyang prohibited the use of water bottles on his own position. When the flanking fire was launched, dust would continue to rise on the entire position. At this time, when the Japanese army in the distant air observed the direction of the dust rising, they would first associate it with the artillery positions bombing the battlefield. Therefore, there was such a tragic bombardment and the reaction of quickly hiding in the anti-artillery pits.

What Xu Chaoyang was calculating was always the psychology of the Japanese devils.

"Company commander!"

"Lend me your cavalry platoon!"

Yu Minghao led a row of people to lie behind the position and launched an interception shooting at the Japanese. He found that the Japanese were very cunning. They obviously led many people to go around, but only sent a small number of people to move forward each time, as if they didn't care about time at all. They would rather throw a grenade to blow up only a few mines than send a large number of people up, giving Yu Minghao the opportunity to kill a large number of combat forces.

"make!"

This was the first time that Xu Chaoyang's subordinates dared to take the responsibility of command and took the initiative to apply for command. Although this was an improvement, Xu Chaoyang still added a sentence in the face of insufficient existing resources: "Don't cause trouble!"

He had to tell Yu Minghao that once he took this step, he must be cautious at all times. This is not a business where you can earn it back if you lose it, but this is a human life, once it is gone, you can never get it back exactly the same.

"Go, tell the cavalry platoon leader Altai to drive the Japanese forward!"

A soldier put away his gun and ran out of the trench, while Xu Chaoyang was worriedly watching the battlefields on both sides. When he saw the artillery positions continuously bombarding the tanks, he had to keep turning his head to look behind him.

To be honest, when Xu Chaoyang was attacked from both sides by the Japanese for the first time, he already felt physically and mentally exhausted from controlling a flank front. He really didn't know how those predecessors of the "Heavenly List" who were so powerful and had the overall situation of the entire war zone in their hands could control everything from the macro to the micro while consuming huge amounts of energy.

"Platoon 1, stop firing!"

"Restock the machine guns!"

Yu Minghao stared at the battlefield in front of him. As sweat streamed down his face, he felt a nervousness as if he had a big card in his hand but was still afraid of being overturned.

"drive!!"

Until behind the devils, a group of people and horses raised dust amid the sound of urging their horses to fight...

"Everyone, get ready!" Under Yu Minghao's command, the soldiers stared at the battlefield intently...

The next second, the sound of horse hooves like thunder resounded on the battlefield, and highly mobile cavalry suddenly appeared behind the Japanese!

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
Da da da da da da!

Da da da da da!
The sounds of rifles and machine guns rang out at the same time. Altai, who was galloping fast, held the machine gun and used his legs to ride his horse. He pulled the trigger about thirty or forty meters behind the Japanese and jumped over them amid the continuous gunfire.

Behind him were the brothers in the cavalry platoon who were armed with Dao Wenbin's machine guns and spare bullets. These weapons had not been used in the battlefield by Xu Chaoyang since they were in his hands. When the fire started from behind the Japanese, the Japanese who had no cover at all finally felt the tension of a flock of sheep on the grassland being chased by sheepdogs, and could only rush forward in panic.

The cavalry platoon slid behind the devils like a stream of water, and the bullets were like sheepdogs crouching behind a flock of sheep, forcing the devils to rush forward...

"slower!"

"slower!"

"There's a minefield ahead!"

The commander of the Japanese army could no longer control his men in the hail of bullets. Who would be willing to be pierced by bullets?

boom!
The Japanese soldiers who rushed into the minefield stepped on the mines and were knocked away by the shock wave caused by the explosion. Other Japanese soldiers had just stopped at the front of the minefield, and when they turned back, they were chased by the bullets of the cavalry platoon and didn't know what to do...

The cavalry platoon rushed past the Japanese army like a stream of water. At this moment, Yu Minghao made a prompt decision!
"beat!"

boom!
As soon as the gunshots rang out, a row of machine guns and rifles spewed out fire frequently, and the Japanese soldiers who were driven into the range were knocked down one row after another. At the same time, just as a round of volleys had just ended and only the machine guns were still making noises, the smoke and dust in the distance floated up again.

"drive!"

The cavalry, after making a circle, came back under the leadership of Altai. These soldiers carrying the Nine Dragon Belts had already replaced the magazines. At the same second when the first row stopped shooting, they rushed towards the Japanese again from behind.

Da da da da da da!

Ta-ta-ta-ta!

The Japanese were completely stunned by them. They wanted to charge forward, but were afraid to step into the minefield; if they wanted to retreat, the bullets behind them would continue to pour on them when the cavalry charged forward; even if they wanted to fight the cavalry with their bodies and chase the cavalry, it would be impossible, because the enemies on the position were waiting with Type 38 rifles that could match the shooting range of their position. When they turned around, they heard continuous gunfire behind them.

The Japanese soldiers who had been playing with Altai suddenly felt powerless. The Japanese officer who didn't know which side to look at could only watch the soldiers around him fall one by one. Finally, he angrily rushed towards the cavalry who were going away, pulled the trigger of his pistol to vent his anger, and then roared helplessly: "Woo~lie!!!"

No one understood what the cabinet was shouting. Yu Minghao aimed at the Japanese with the Type 38 rifle with the sights off. When the thing he had calculated in his mind appeared in the crosshairs, Yu Minghao, the rich kid, made his own voice on the battlefield for the first time: "You bastard, when you were bombarding us with artillery shells, why didn't you feel it was unfair?!"

boom!
A gunshot was heard, and the bullet drew an arc that was invisible to the naked eye and pierced directly into the officer's chest - puff!

It left a bloody hole.

Yu Minghao looked at the piles of Japanese corpses behind the position and turned around with a smile: "Captain, our platoon has successfully completed the mission!"

"First row, return to the original position!"

Xu Chaoyang turned his head and looked. There were a few stupid Japanese soldiers running away in the distance. When he was about to ask why they were leaving them alive, Altai led the cavalry and rushed out. When the machine gun was set up by them for the third time, Xu Chaoyang turned his head away without even looking at them.

He believed in his brothers, and also believed that those devils would die today!
(End of this chapter)