Devil's Army

The third battalion commander and his men arrived at the eastern hilly area and immediately set up a defense line.

All the paths and mountain roads leading into the Hujitu Hills are guarded by tanks.

Only then did the third battalion commander stand on a high hill and look to the west.

He knew that the Japanese 3rd Tank Division would definitely chase after him.

The wind from the grassland swept across the earth, carrying debris from the dead grass. The distant horizon shone coldly under the leaden sky.

Suddenly, his heart tightened and the earth began to tremble slightly.

At first it was a faint roar, like muffled thunder rolling in the clouds.

Then it became clearer and clearer - it was the sound of steel tracks rolling over the ground, heavy, dense, and carrying an unquestionable sense of oppression.

He saw that more than 200 Type medium tanks of the Japanese army were advancing in an echelon formation, their dark green bodies casting long shadows on the withered yellow grassland.

Their tracks rolled up brown soil and grass stems, leaving crisscrossing tracks behind them, like scars torn open on the earth.

The white star emblem on the car body shone brightly in the gloomy light.

The leading vehicle in the front raised a cloud of dust, and the tanks behind it followed closely behind, with a distance of dozens of meters between the vehicles, forming several parallel steel torrents, rushing towards the hilly area east of Hujitu from three sides.

The roar of the engines merged into a deafening roar, drowning out the sound of the wind and even making the air tremble.

The two Golden Eagle drones watching in the air kept reporting the coordinates of the Japanese tanks closest to their front and right wing of the defense line to the commander of the third battalion.

The Japanese tanks entered the range of the artillery of the Third Tank Battalion, and the tanks of the First Army took advantage of their long range and opened fire first.

Hitting the target with the first shot is a requirement that must be met in the training of an army’s tank troops.

Amid the deafening roar of artillery shells, the Japanese army's center, the lead vehicle on the right wing and the tanks next to it were turned into a pile of scrap metal.

At this time, the First Army Tank Battalion's position was still out of range of the Japanese tanks. If the distance between the two sides was not shortened, the Japanese tanks would only be bombed.

Lieutenant General Nishihara of the Japanese Army's 3rd Tank Division ordered the tank soldiers to bypass the destroyed tanks and advance at full speed!

Suddenly, mud covered the three sides of Jitu, blocking out the sun. Occasionally, a tank would run over a dead tree stump, making a crisp sound of wood breaking, or would suddenly stop when its tracks slipped, and then rush forward with an even louder roar.

Sunlight occasionally leaked through the gaps in the clouds, shining on the tank's armor plate, reflecting cold spots of light, which were quickly swallowed up by the moving shadows.

From afar, these 200 steel behemoths resembled a herd of migrating prehistoric monsters. Their tracks continuously gnawed at the grassland, crushing the dead grass and turning up the soil wherever they passed, leaving only a messy trail. They continued to advance towards the east of Hujitu with an almost brutal attitude.

The tank soldiers of the third battalion seized the golden time when the Japanese artillery had insufficient range and bombarded the Japanese tanks desperately.

Finally, relying on their numerical advantage, the Japanese army rushed through this deadly road after leaving behind the wreckage of more than 20 tanks and began to launch a fierce bombing on the tank positions of the First Army.

Two tanks of the First Army defending the front position, the turret of one tank, and the front of another tank were hit successively by Japanese artillery shells.

Fortunately, the distance was far and the shells did not penetrate the armor of the First Army's tanks.

However, as the distance between the two armies' tanks continued to narrow, the tanks of the first army began to be hit, caught fire and exploded.

At this time, the roar of an airplane was heard in the air.