Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

After Salibu shouted to retreat, he was the first to blow the whistle, and the knights following him also blew their whistles. A large number of whistles were instantly heard on the battlefield. The cavalry who heard the whistles gave up fighting with the Japanese and began to retreat in all directions.

Just as Salibu led the cavalry out of danger, he suddenly fell off his horse and fainted due to excessive blood loss. His guards wanted to rush forward to treat him in a panic, but they didn't know what to do.

Li Weiguo, who was at the front line, saw that the cavalry were far away from the Japanese troops and immediately ordered an attack.

Mortars were fired, and Renault tanks were moving forward in a line, followed by machine gun trucks that kept firing.

The Japanese were instantly hit by a large amount of firepower and suffered heavy casualties. They no longer had the arrogance to fight the Northeast Army and fled in a panic looking for cover.

In order to maneuver quickly, these Japanese soldiers did not carry heavy weapons and were at a loss when faced with the attack of the Punishment Army. However, three Japanese tanks and armored vehicles turned around and faced the Punishment Army, intending to have a tank duel with them.

The tanks of both sides were equipped with armor-piercing shells, but after approaching each other to about 800 meters, they stopped moving forward and began to confront each other.

The tanks of this era did not have turret baskets or stabilization systems, and were unable to fire accurately while moving. They had to stop first to fire, so whoever stopped first had the advantage.

The two sides fired at each other outside the effective range, but both the Type 89 tank and the Renault FT tank were equipped with short-barreled guns, which had low barrel pressure and a large ballistic drop, so neither side could threaten the other.

These two tanks are essentially cavalry tanks. The correct way to use them is to harass the enemy like cavalry. Using them in tank battles is nonsense, but the tanks of both sides are unwilling to move forward to give the enemy a chance to stop and fire to destroy them.

The Punishment Army had a large number of tanks, but they were unwilling to take risks, and they had better solutions, such as the Type 41 mountain gun with armor-piercing shells. However, after observing the battlefield, Li Weiguo found that the Japanese used tanks and armored vehicles to confront the Punishment Army, while the infantry tried to continue running to Daxing Station, which caused a disconnect between the tanks and the infantry. He felt that there was a chance to capture these tanks.

"Li Jianfeng! Send your men with sniper guns to go around the enemy's flanks and see if you can capture them!"

"Li Jianfeng is done! Let me go!"

The one who replied was Li Batian. Li Jianfeng had run too fast before and was now lying down, so he was the only one who could carry out the attack mission.

He led the special forces, carrying 6 Taisho 37-year type mm flat-fire sniper guns, divided into two groups, one on the left and one on the right, and maneuvered to the side of the Japanese tank.

The barrel of the Taisho 37-Year Type 600mm flat-fire sniper gun is longer than the short-barreled infantry gun equipped on the Renault tank. This sniper gun is used by the Japanese to directly attack heavy guns. It can barely be considered a high-pressure artillery. When using armor-piercing shells, it can penetrate the armor of the Japanese thin-skinned tanks within meters.

Special forces can gain more advantages by using this type of artillery. Two of them can carry a gun and run. They are small in size and cannot be easily detected by the enemy like tanks.

The special forces used the ridges of the fields as cover and maneuvered with artillery to 500 meters from the flank of the Japanese tanks. They then quickly set up the artillery and loaded armor-piercing shells. At this time, the Japanese three tanks and four armored vehicles were still confronting the Renault tanks, and had no idea that death was approaching them.

Li Batian used mind sharing to contact the three artillery pieces on the other side. After confirming that they had also been set up, he immediately gave the order to fire.

Six sniper guns were aimed at the front end of the body of the three tanks and the slightly rear part of the turret. This position was where the driver and gunner were located. Given the nature of the Japanese side armor, one shot could penetrate the armor and kill the Japanese driver and gunner.

Li Batian hoped not to damage the internal structure of the tanks and cause them to break down, so that they could be recycled and replaced with armor after the war, and the Punishment Army would then have a few more tanks.

Bang bang bang the sound of gunfire rang out, and six sniper guns fired almost at the same time. Each Japanese tank had two gunners, and two armor-piercing shells were fired at the commander and the gunner respectively.

The attack was successful. The armor-piercing shells successfully made two holes in the body and turret of the tank, and the tank fell down immediately.

If you zoom in, you can see that the tank commander and gunner were beaten into a pile of meat, with all kinds of sauces exploding all over the body of the vehicle. The rest of the crew couldn't do anything because the space inside the tank was so small that they couldn't even move the bodies to operate the artillery.

However, not all three tanks broke down. One tank was directly blown up after being shot at. The reason was that the armor-piercing shells hit the ammunition rack on the inside of the vehicle. The violent explosion caused the entire tank to disintegrate. The remaining parts also caught fire and were no longer worth recycling.

Fortunately, the other two tanks had consumed too much ammunition in the fierce battle and their ammunition racks were empty, so they were not blown up.

"Keep reloading and knock out the armored vehicles!"

Li Batian quickly gave orders, and the special forces continued to attack the Japanese armored vehicles, still targeting the drivers and turrets. With the special forces' vision, looking at the armored vehicles at this distance was like facing them face to face. The second round of artillery fire was still accurate in sending the Japanese armored vehicles away.

The sneak attack here was successful, and the punitive troops on the front also began to move. Eight Renault FD tanks rushed forward at full speed. With the cooperation of 8 machine gun trucks, hundreds of Japanese soldiers following the tanks were shot dead before they could even hold out for 12 minutes. Then the tanks moved quickly and rushed towards the large Japanese force heading towards Daxincheng.

This group of Japanese soldiers wanted to rush into Daxing City and set fire to it, and then use the houses in Daxing to fight street battles with the Punishment Army. Unfortunately, even though the Punishment Army used their tanks to make a wave of tactical operations, the wheels ran faster than the legs, and the Punishment Army's tanks caught up with this group of Japanese soldiers 1km outside the Daxing Railway Station.