Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Lieutenant General Hideo Yamaji, commander of the 120rd Tank Division, was full of confidence. Although he knew that the tanks of the independent column were extremely powerful, an armored division only had one tank regiment, one Tiger heavy tank regiment, two Type medium tank regiments, a total of tanks of various types.

Hideo Yamaji's 3rd Tank Division had 435 tanks, more than three times the number of tanks in the independent column!

According to Hideo Yamaji's idea, even if there was a collision, the tanks of the independent column would be smashed to pieces.

But he seemed to have forgotten that their so-called light tanks and medium tanks were nothing but younger brothers in front of the Tiger tanks!

（小鬼子九五式轻型坦克，武器是1门37毫米速射炮以及 7.7毫米机枪。可以乘坐2人 ，重量是7.4吨。

小鬼子九七式中型坦克的装甲是25毫米，武器是57毫米战车炮或者47毫米战车炮以及7.7毫米机枪。 可以乘坐4人 ，重量是15吨。

The Tiger tank weighs up to 56 tons, has armor 82-135 mm thick, and is equipped with an 88 mm tank gun.

The Type 43 tank weighs 80 tons, has 75 mm armor, and is equipped with a mm tank gun.

Hideo Yamaji opened the top hatch of the Type 97 medium tank, revealing half of his body, and waved forward with high spirits.

"Kill them! We are the Tank Division, invincible. We must break through the defense line and enter Luoyang first before the 1st Division and the 110th Division!"

More than 400 tanks of the 3rd Tank Division were arranged in neat rows and columns, and rushed towards Luoyang City in an overwhelming manner.

At this time, in the Fourth Army Headquarters in Luoyang City, Li Jiayu had ordered the rocket artillery regiment in the city to get ready.

"Fire!"

40 "Chang'e" rocket launchers roared, covering a small half of the 3rd Tank Division's formation in front of the Lion Bridge position.

These little Japanese cans were no match for these powerful rocket launchers, not to mention the Japanese infantry next to the tanks, who were directly turned into piles of minced meat.

Hideo Yamaji gritted his teeth so hard that they made a clicking sound.

"Baga, those cunning Chinese! Order the chariots to charge at full speed!"

The remaining 300-odd tanks continued to advance towards the Lion Bridge position. Just when they seemed to see the dawn of victory, the anti-tank guns at the Lion Bridge position began to fire continuously.

These 37mm anti-tank guns were extremely accurate in attacking the Japanese medium and light tanks.

Looking at the burning tanks, Yamaji Hideo had no choice but to urge the troops to continue the attack. If they retreated now, all the sacrifices made would be in vain.

"Order all the cannons and field guns of the mobile artillery regiment to open fire and suppress the enemy's anti-tank guns! Speed ​​up the attack!"

The Japanese tanks in the front also began to fire continuously, and the anti-tank guns of the Lion Bridge position of the 123rd Armored Division were destroyed one by one, resulting in heavy losses.

Shanshanji Hideo laughed triumphantly and urged all the tanks to speed up and attack Luoyang.

At this moment, he seemed to have overlooked where the Tiger tanks and Type 5 tanks that had not yet appeared were?

On both sides of the Lion Bridge, there were clusters of black shadows covered with camouflage nets, like the death-seeking god in the dark night, watching the arrogant Japanese tanks charging head-on at the Lion Bridge position.

"One minute to prepare!"

The tank soldiers on both sides of the Lion Bridge quickly tore off the camouflage nets, started the tanks, and the first row of more than 40 tanks aimed at various targets.

"emission!"

One shell after another easily penetrated the Japanese's thin-skinned cans.

While Yamaji Hideo was confused, more than 123 tanks of the rd Armored Division Tank Regiment rushed out from the darkness and began to encircle the Japanese tanks from both sides.

When it comes to the Tiger tank fighting the Japanese medium or light tanks, it can be said that there is no pressure at all.

For example, during the Battle of Kursk on July 1943, 7, the Staudeger Tiger tank crew of the German Army's "Guards Leibstandarte" Division fought off an assault by 8 T-50 tanks of the E Army in a blocking battle at Teterevno, destroying a total of 34 tanks and eliminating a serious crisis in the area.

同样是在库尔斯克战役期间的1943年7月12日，魏特曼率领“警卫旗队”师第13重装甲连第3排的5辆虎式坦克与E军100辆T-34组成的装甲集群在普罗霍罗夫卡地域展开混战。最终魏特曼装甲排击毁60辆苏军坦克，自身5辆虎式无一损失。

It is no exaggeration to say that even if the Tiger tank's artillery shells were used up, even if the machine guns were replaced with armor-piercing shells, they would still pose a considerable threat to the Japanese light tanks.

Even if all the shells and bullets were used up, the 56-ton Tiger tank could still smash the Japanese tanks into pieces with a ramming attack.

As a result, because Yamaji Hideo was in a hurry to capture Luoyang, he did not increase the distance between the tanks, so many Tiger tanks actually ran over the heads of the Japanese light tanks, directly crushing the vehicles and the people on them into scrap metal.

Hideo Yamaji was panicking. After a preliminary calculation, he found that they had lost nearly two hundred tanks in just half an hour after leaving the station, while only four or five of the independent column had been destroyed.

"Baga! Order the secret weapons to move forward, and the other tanks to retreat!"

Most of the Japanese tanks began to move to the two wings, avoiding the Tiger and Panzer V tanks of the 123rd Armored Division's tank regiment.

Only a dozen Type 95 light tanks seemed to be rushing forward regardless of everything.

The tanks of the 123rd Armored Division's Tank Regiment seemed to taunt them by not attacking them, allowing them to slowly approach.

When it was close to fifty meters, he slowly turned the muzzle and stepped on the firing pedal.

With a loud "boom", the explosion like a blockbuster bomb raised a huge amount of dust, and also shook the tanks of the independent column!

"Damn it, these tanks are evil, they're retreating while fighting!"

These "specially made" light tanks are Hideo Yamaji's secret weapon - the "Kamezak Chariot"!

The so-called suicide chariot was actually a mobile ammunition depot.

The Japanese dismantled all the weapons and equipment inside and loaded them with high explosives. There was only one driver inside, who rushed towards the enemy tank with a full load of explosives and detonated it when he got close.

Then, die together with the enemy tank.

Fortunately, Hideo Yamaji did not take the independent column's tanks too seriously, so he only prepared about thirty "sacrifice tanks".

There were only a dozen or so tanks that took the lead in launching the charge. Apart from two "sacrifice chariots" that approached and destroyed two Type 5 tanks, there were no other results.

The tank regiment of the 123rd Armored Division also changed its strategy, keeping a distance from the Japanese tanks and firing slowly. Anyway, the Japanese tanks' artillery could not penetrate the Tiger tanks, and they were even helpless against the Type tanks.

Yamaji Hideo collapsed...