In the early morning of May 5, the Ninth Independent Brigade of the Wa Kingdom secretly moved to a place 11 kilometers east of Hunchun.This is the junction of the Far East of Wa Kingdom and Beiji Province, and it is stationed by the 1148th Regiment of the Beiji Province Garrison Division.Since this place is located at the opening of the Songnen Plain, the terrain is flat and there is no natural barrier of rivers, the garrison troops deployed heavy troops here, but a garrison regiment with only more than 3000 people is not a heavy army for the Wa Kingdom.

Before the attack, Wa had even written a press release.As long as the number of the opponent's defeated army is vaguely stated as the Beiji Garrison Division with the Spring and Autumn style of writing, readers can have the illusion that the opponent's entire division was defeated. This kind of word play can best improve morale.

The sky was slightly pale, and the tank group of the Ninth Independent Brigade started up. The huge roar of the engine suddenly resounded through the sky, and it also alarmed the 1148 regiment stationed in the simple fortification on the opposite side.Since these days, the General Staff Headquarters has issued a first-level combat readiness order to the troops stationed on the eastern border to prevent possible sneak attacks by the Japanese country at any time.After receiving the order, Jiang Xianyun stayed in the fortifications every night, and he was not careless at all. Sure enough, the Japanese people really came today.

Hearing the sound of the rumbling motor, and the eye-catching Japanese plaster flag flying high above the tank, Jiang Xianyun suddenly regained his spirits. He knew that there was finally a battle to fight.As an outstanding graduate of Zhongchuan Continental University, Jiang Xianyun has been in the army for nearly five years, but he has never won a battle. Today, he is finally able to eat meat.

"Everyone enter the position immediately and prepare anti-tank weapons." Jiang Xianyun quickly judged from the sound of the motor that the opponent had a large number of armored equipment, so he immediately ordered the anti-tank troops to prepare for battle.A jet-black and glossy cannon was pushed out of the concealment.Surprisingly, these artillery were not placed in the rear artillery positions, but were placed at the forefront.

The thick and long barrel shines with a faint light, and the thin tripod makes people look a little worried, for fear that the recoil force of the artillery will break it, but anyone who has used it knows how convenient this weapon is to operate.

Chapter One Thousand and Fourteen Recoilless Guns

Without trying to suppress the enemy's armored units with artillery fire, the anti-tank battalion attached to the 1148th Regiment had already placed a large number of these new artillery pieces on the front line, aiming at the Japanese tanks approaching under the gray sky.Major General Sasaki, the head of the Japanese army brigade, was sitting in the tank proudly, and at the moment he was under the guard of a tank squadron.The huge tank brigade is advancing rapidly, and that majestic momentum seems to be able to crush all armed forces that dare to resist.

This kind of mechanized combat is the first time in the history of the Japanese army. Major General Sasaki feels that he is about to create history. To end the nightmare of the Japanese army's invincibility against the West Army, he will create a miracle here today, a miracle belonging to the Japanese people. .

Under the careful instruction of instructor Saar, the Japanese tank troops formed a strict formation, and they launched a group charge towards the West Army in a small triangular front.After knowing that the garrison of the West Army did not have any heavy artillery and tank equipment, they confidently and boldly announced the attack of the whole army without any temptation, vowing to wipe out the enemy's position in one fell swoop.

In the 1148 regiment's position, the atmosphere was also stagnant. In the garrison with compulsory military service, a soldier's service time is only three years, so one-third of this regiment is just recruits.Even those second-year or third-year soldiers have never had any experience in battlefield battles, and they are inevitably a little nervous when they go into battle for the first time.

Looking at the white fingers of the soldiers around him who were holding the guns hard, Jiang Xianyun knew that the soldiers must be relaxed, otherwise the huge pressure would overwhelm the spirit of these people and eventually lead to the collapse of the whole line.Even though he had never been on the battlefield, Jiang Xianyun still pretended to be relaxed and said in the position: "There is nothing great about fighting. Our seniors fought against the Japanese army several times, and every time they beat them, they fucked up."

Jiang Xianyun's words made the nearby soldiers laugh. The record of the West Special Army is indeed astonishing, and it is even more undefeated against the Japanese Army.Their confidence was boosted again. Since their predecessors had never lost to the Wa Kingdom, how could they lose after undergoing strict military training.

The morale of the army was slowly picking up, and Jiang Xianyun said again without losing the opportunity: "Don't look at the aggressiveness of the Japanese army. In fact, they are empty shells. As long as we open fire, they will immediately become turtles. The guys in our hands are not Poor, even if they shrank in the bastard shell, they still smashed him open."

This time the laughter was even louder, and many people lowered their heads to pass on the words, conveying Jiang Xianyun's statement to the entire battlefield, and the soldiers' emotions gradually relaxed.Jiang Xianyun was relieved when he saw that the troops finally relaxed.

Looking at the Japanese tanks that could vaguely see their shape, Jiang Xianyun narrowed his eyes slightly. He took the microwave communicator and shouted: "The artillery battalion is ready to cover the 5000 meters in front of the position, and use ten high-explosive shells to shoot rapidly. .”

Jiang Xianyun gave an order, and the howitzer battalion in the rear immediately started firing.The howitzers equipped by the garrison are all [-]mm caliber. Although they are not very powerful, they are still very useful against the thin-skinned Japanese tanks.

Dense high-explosive bombs exploded in the Japanese army's tank troops. Some tanks that were unfortunately hit burst into flames, and many tanks were overturned by the shock wave of near-missing bombs.The Japanese army has not yet entered the range and has already suffered some losses, but the Japanese army is psychologically prepared for such a loss.

Major General Sasaki knew very well that the opponent's artillery had a limited range of fire. As long as he could break through this firepower zone, the opponent's infantry could be destroyed forever.Therefore, instead of retreating, the Japanese tank units increased their horsepower and rushed towards the infantry positions.

"The anti-tank battalion is free to fire, and don't let the enemy tanks approach." After Jiang Xianyun's order was issued, the soldiers immediately became busy.The artillery with thin brackets are all flat-fired, and the aiming is very simple. I saw that the artillerymen pulled the gun rope after aiming for a while after loading the ammunition.

There was a loud bang, the muzzle flashed, and the 75mm shells flew out, rushing directly at the leading Japanese tank at a speed of 310 meters per second.What is surprising is that this artillery does not seem to have much recoil force, and even the thin and light tripod rigidly connected below it is only trembling slightly, but at the same time of shooting, there is a burst of flame ejected from the tail of the gun in a 36-degree fan. A smoke belt about [-] meters long was formed.

The weapon of the anti-tank battalion is the masterpiece of Hoffman, the chief artillery designer, the recoilless gun.The height of this artillery is only 550 mm, the total weight is only 87 kg, the muzzle has 28 right-handed rifling, the maximum range is 6500 meters, and the direct shooting distance is 400 meters.Relying on spraying part of the gunpowder gas backwards to achieve the effect of balancing the reaction force, this artillery does not require a heavy gun mount, which achieves such a low weight.It can be said that the new artillery of the West Special Army, which overturns the common sense of artillery design, is the only new anti-tank artillery in the world today, and it is also the best anti-tank weapon for infantry.

Although the recoilless gun loses part of the kinetic energy of the muzzle due to counteracting the recoil force, it can effectively reduce the weight of the bracket.Although the power of the artillery is slightly reduced, it is very suitable for infantry with limited load. They can have anti-tank weapons portable by infantry with a large reduction in load.

Because considering that all countries have begun to establish specialized tank units, in order to allow the infantry to have effective anti-tank firepower, the West Army set up anti-tank units in the infantry units as early as a year ago. At the same time, 75mm, 120mm and [-] mm Three kinds of recoilless guns with long barrels of mm caliber equip troops.

With these recoilless guns, the infantry's direct artillery firepower has been greatly enhanced, and it also gave Jiang Xianyun today the confidence to fight against the Japanese tank troops.The 24 recoilless guns of the anti-tank battalion fired one after another, and as the muzzle flames flashed one after another, the leading Japanese tanks were destroyed one by one.

The tankers of the Japanese army were all frightened and stupid. They never expected that the West Army deployed anti-tank weapons on the front line.In their cognition, apart from artillery coverage or tank battles, the only thing infantry can threaten tanks is anti-tank guns. Unexpectedly, the West Army on the opposite side is equipped with a direct-firing artillery.

Finding that the armor they depended on for survival was torn apart like thin paper, the Japanese tankers became nervous, and the gunners turned the turrets one after another, looking for the flashes of fire that flashed on the position one after another.As long as there are recoilless guns starting to shoot, they will soon be counterattacked by the Japanese army collectively, and the situation of the anti-tank battalion becomes very difficult.

Chapter One Thousand and Fifteen

At this time, the obvious shortcomings of the recoilless gun's firing target were exposed. As long as the opponent fired the gun, he could clearly observe the tail flame of the gun, and immediately turn the turret to shoot.However, tanks in this era did not have a horizontal stabilizer and a fire control system. If you want to shoot a target, you need to turn the turret to aim first, and then the tank brakes to stop on the ground, so that the gunner can aim and shoot, otherwise the shell will hit nowhere.

Such a set of cumbersome movements can be completed in at least ten seconds.Such a short period of time is useless for heavy traditional artillery.But for recoilless guns whose brackets are thin and easy to transfer, it is really good news.

The artillerymen of the anti-tank battalion were very clever. They found that the Japanese tank guns were aiming at them with all their strength, and they were likely to wipe out all of them without leaving any. The artillerymen launched a positional guerrilla warfare.Whenever the recoilless gun fires and destroys the Japanese tank, the artillerymen will quickly disassemble the artillery and transfer it within five seconds.Most of the time, the artillery had just withdrawn from the position, and several shells fell in the distance, blowing up the position to be riddled with holes.

The combat of the anti-tank battalion is like a dancer on a cliff, and a little carelessness will shatter itself to pieces.Although the garrison regiment was well-trained, it was not always possible to get out of danger. As several times of evasion failed, several artillery pieces were destroyed, and dozens of artillerymen were killed in battle.

The anti-tank battalion had fewer and fewer troops, but the Japanese tanks were getting closer and closer. Seeing that the enemy had escaped from the coverage of the howitzers and rushed straight to the infantry, cold sweat broke out on Jiang Xianyun's forehead.After all, he was just an officer who had never fought a war, and his contingency methods were slightly insufficient.

Anyone with experience knows that what is learned in school is always theoretical knowledge. If you want to really grow up, you must explore it in actual combat.

As an excellent military student, Jiang Xianyun secretly read his name and tried to calm down.He knew that he had to take certain measures, otherwise once the tank broke into the infantry position, his side would suffer heavy casualties.

"Use cluster grenades." Jiang Xianyun shouted coldly, and some soldiers began to collect grenades and bundle them, ready to attack at any time.Seeing that the Japanese tanks were getting closer, Jiang Xianyun gave an order, and the vigorous soldiers rushed out. They lowered their bodies as much as possible, and rushed towards the Japanese tanks.

"Machine gun cover." Jiang Xianyun issued an order, and all the light and heavy machine guns aimed at the firing holes of the Japanese tanks and fired, interfering with the driver who used the coaxial machine gun.From time to time, some fighters were knocked down, but others still rushed forward without looking back.

The first soldier finally rushed to the front of the tank and stuffed the detonated grenade into the track.With a loud bang, the front guide wheel and the first road wheel of the Type [-] tank were blown away, and the track turned into pieces of iron.The tank of the Japanese army was scrapped, but the soldier couldn't dodge and was blown to pieces.

The soldiers blew up more than a dozen tanks one after another in a near-suicidal manner. The Japanese tankers finally became timid, and they all reversed their cars and rushed towards the road they came from.

"Bring back the corpses of your brothers, and never let your good brothers lie on the battlefield." Jiang Xianyun, who had already burst into tears, was the first to rush out of the trench to bring back the corpses of his brothers who died in battle. .

Many soldiers also put down their weapons one after another, lowered their bodies and rushed to the open space in front of the position to retrieve the bodies of the martyrs.The artillerymen were covering with intensive firepower to block the possible counterattack of the Japanese army.

At this time in the headquarters of the Japanese army, General Matsui Iwane continued to roar: "It is a shame for the Japanese army that a chariot brigade can't even be defeated by a garrison regiment of the West Army. It lost 60 There are so many tanks, but they dare to come to ask for help, Sasaki, an idiot, should have his seppuku."

Major General Kimura Heitaro, Chief of Staff of the Staff Department, and Sasaki are good friends. Seeing General Matsui Iwane being so angry, he quickly comforted him and said: "Commander, calm down. According to the telegram, the West Army has a flat-firing gun specially designed to deal with tanks. Almost as long as it is hit, the tank is completely scrapped, and such a loss is justifiable. I think that instead of scolding him, it is better to launch an assault with a large army and withdraw immediately after victory, so that it will be difficult for the West Army to find trouble."

Kimura Heutaro's words made some sense, Matsui Iwane gradually calmed down, he had just served as the governor of the Far East, and was trying to take advantage of this war, but ended up in disgrace.If this goes on, even if Sasaki is punished, he will be blamed. It is better to expand the scale of the battle. As Kimura Heutaro said, wipe out one regiment of the opponent and then retreat, so that the enemy has no time to react.

"Okay, let the Seventh and Eighth Independent Tank Brigades and the Third Division set out immediately, and at the same time order the First Air Force to attack, and be ready to suppress the attack of the opponent's air force at any time." Matsui Iwane thought carefully, and immediately thought of the opponent's air force This is a hidden danger of tank troops.Jiang Xianyun, who was preparing his position and doing solid defensive work, didn't know how powerful the enemy force would be on his defense line, and it would be an unprecedented bitter battle.

The Japanese army came prepared, although only the Ninth Independent Tank Brigade appeared in front of Jiang Xianyun's position, but in fact the Japanese army had tens of thousands of troops nearby, and they were ready to support the Ninth Brigade's operations at any time. In order to prevent the encirclement of the large forces of the West Special Army.

Now General Matsui Iwane decided to put all his eggs in one basket, and must annihilate the opponent in the shortest possible time and then withdraw. These troops were immediately dispatched to the position of the Ninth Independent Tank Brigade, preparing to launch a strong attack on the position of the 1148th regiment.

According to the prior planning of the General Staff Headquarters, the Japanese army might launch a tentative attack. Therefore, although the field army was ready to attack, it did not rush to the border.After all, all countries are now popularizing mechanized troops, and the offensive and defensive transitions in battle will be very fast. Once the defensive reaction time is not enough, it is easy to be encircled.In this case, the most powerful field troops must be stationed on the second line, ready for reinforcements and plugging leaks, while the front line is all garrison troops.

It has not been long since Beiji Province was merged into the Western Special Zone. The garrison has just been established for two years. Although some veterans have been transferred from other provinces, because of the sparsely populated area, the number of recruits is not too high. Now there is only one garrison division. That's all.With the strength of a garrison division, guarding a defense line that is hundreds of kilometers long, one can imagine the weakness of the troops.

Fortunately, there are Tumen River and Yalu River to rely on on this border, and Jiang Xianyun's defense line, which has no natural river dangers, is already the front with the most troops.The Japanese army obviously knew that today's tanks could not fight across the river, so they placed the attack point on Jiang Xianyun's position.

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When the attack started again, Jiang Xianyun's expression changed, he knew that the situation seemed to be serious.In the first round of artillery preparations, the Japanese army used more than two hundred artillery pieces of various types, including 150mm caliber artillery.This is definitely not the number of artillery that a Japanese chariot brigade can have, so there is only one possibility in this situation, and the opponent has increased its troops.

Ten minutes later, the artillery fire stopped, and a yellow Japanese army rushed up.In the lead were more than 10 tanks of various types, their muzzles were raised high, black smoke billowed from the rear of the vehicles, and they showed their teeth and claws.Behind the tank group lined up in a row, there is a large group of Japanese soldiers in khaki military uniforms and holding 100-style rifles.

The infantry-tank coordination tactic was first used by the Hualan Expeditionary Force in the Western Continent, and the results were very effective. Under the combat mode of the infantry-tank coordination, the Teutonic Army was defeated for thousands of miles.After the war, this method of warfare was written into textbooks and became the standard tank warfare method used by various countries, and the Japanese army also stole the lesson.

"All anti-tank guns are ready to shoot, and the machine guns are aimed at the infantry behind the tanks. Remember not to let them approach." Jiang Xianyun ordered loudly. After experiencing a battle, the psychological quality of these well-trained soldiers has greatly improved. They Already able to calmly deal with the enemy.

"Suppression of artillery fire." Jiang Xianyun gave an order, and the artillery positions in the rear immediately fired at the Japanese assault team.But soon the Japanese artillery counterattack came, because the artillery of the Japanese army had larger calibers and more numbers, and the firepower of the West Army was quickly suppressed.

The artillery of the garrison suffered heavy losses, and had to be deployed in a scattered manner, and it was no longer possible to form a comprehensive fire coverage.When artillery fire was at a disadvantage, those small-caliber infantry artillery and mortars showed the advantage of flexible deployment. They fired one artillery piece to another place, so that the Japanese artillery had no chance to counterattack.

"The anti-tank battalion fires." Jiang Xianyun gave the order, and the recoilless guns at the forefront opened fire one after another.A large cloud of white smoke exploded on the front armor of a Japanese army tank rushing to the front, and soon stopped moving. Its front armor was pierced by a single shot.

After the last battle, there were only seventeen recoilless guns left in the anti-tank battalion. At this time, they were shooting desperately, but they couldn't stop a large number of Japanese tanks from charging. There were too many enemies.This time without Jiang Xianyun's orders, many people silently collected the grenades and bundled them into bundles, preparing for the moment when they would attack.

Jiang Xianyun knew that the enemy this time would be difficult to fight against, especially the existence of those tanks, which greatly reduced the losses of the infantry.If they can't knock out these tanks, loss of position is almost certain.After thinking for a moment, Jiang Xianyun turned his head and said, "Notify the communication platoon and send a report to Beijicheng. The Japanese army is launching an attack with at least [-] troops, requesting support."

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