Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal
Chapter 209 Tank Attack
The armored vehicles of the Punitive Forces are mainly converted from forklifts and trucks.
The armor thickness of the bulldozer has been increased to 40mm. It is not equipped with any weapons and is mainly used for clearing obstacles and pulling vehicles.
An armored vehicle, or more precisely an armored personnel carrier, is a truck with the outer shell removed and the entire shell cast with ceramic steel to protect against heavy machine gun bullets.
There is a Czech light machine gun for self-defense on the co-pilot seat, and the compartment is protected by a large rectangular piece of ceramic steel, like a cockroach car.
The carriage can accommodate 8 heavy infantrymen at the same time. They can open the gaps on both sides of the carriage and shoot outward with rifles. When they reach their position, they can open the tailgate and get out.
There is a small man-powered turret at the front of the carriage, with a Czech light machine gun on it for self-defense, which can provide limited fire support.
As soon as these tanks and armored vehicles moved into position, the Japanese launched an all-out attack.
More than 2000 Japanese soldiers, under the cover of six tanks, attacked the urban defense line controlled by the 6th Route Army and launched a frenzied street fighting with the 19th Route Army in the city.
As the Japanese were coming with great force, General Cai keenly realized that this was another general offensive and that the Japanese were at their strongest and could not be defeated. So he boldly gave the order, asking the soldiers of the 19th Route Army on the front line not to fight the Japanese head-on, but to let them into the urban area and fight a war of attrition with them!
General Cai made quick arrangements, withdrawing some of the troops on the defense line to let the Japanese in, and then transferred several troops stationed in the surrounding areas to form a pocket formation.
This group of Japanese soldiers rushed all the way and tore through the defense line of the 19th Route Army soldiers. After they rushed into the city, the main force continued to charge, and then left a small force to guard the captured position so that the follow-up troops could follow up.
Every time the Japanese captured an intersection or a building, they would leave some soldiers behind to defend it. As the Japanese troops went deeper, they left more and more soldiers behind to fight with the 19th Route Army. The Japanese main assault troops became fewer and fewer. The 19th Route Army quickly set up defenses, trapping the Japanese in a quagmire, and the goal of fighting a war of attrition with the Japanese was achieved.
The Japanese rushed all the way into the 19th Route Army's hinterland within 1 mile, but the enemy still had layers of defense, making the Japanese extremely exhausted.
On the eve of the war, the level of officers and the quality of soldiers in the Republic of China were actually quite good, and the Japanese's radical tactics were almost impossible to implement. Unfortunately, as the war reached its later stages, the quality of officers and soldiers dropped significantly, and the Japanese's gambling tactics were almost always successful.
In the end, the Japanese army had only 4 tanks and more than 600 people. They rushed in and dispersed their forces to defend the captured positions, but were besieged by the soldiers of the th Route Army. Under this circumstance, the battlefield was already in a state of disarray, and it was impossible to recall the troops that had been sent out.
The Japanese commander was considered to be a captain. He judged that if they retreated along the way they came, they should be able to gather some imperial soldiers and then return to the Japanese side. But if so, this attack would be meaningless.
His gambler mentality struck again, and he decided to go all in and gamble again, not going back! !
This time he no longer left troops to defend the positions he had captured, but instead rushed forward recklessly, wanting to rush into the heart of the 19th Route Army and disrupt its rhythm!
Then, I don't know whether this group of devils did it intentionally or accidentally, but they rushed straight towards the position that the Punishment Army had just controlled.
The 19th Route Army immediately sent a telegram to the Punishment Army, asking them to be careful, as the Japanese were heading towards them and their line was in danger of being undefended, and to prepare for battle.
In the Punitive Army Headquarters, Li Weiguo heard the warning from the 19th Route Army and ordered the telegraph soldier: "Telephone 19th Route Army, our Punishment Army's defensive fortifications are well-established, and the Japanese attacking forces lack heavy weapons and pose no threat to us. Please open the route and guide this group of Japanese to attack our front. It will be a massacre!"
The 19th Route Army's staff was quite afraid that the Punitive Army would think they were diverting trouble and causing a rift between the two sides, so they sent telegrams again and again to inform them of the situation and try to clear up the misunderstanding. However, what they received was a telegram asking them to release their defense line.
After the General Staff repeatedly inquired via telegram and received the same answer each time, the soldiers of the 19th Route Army who were trying to stop the Japanese opened up their defense line. The Japanese broke through the line and rushed directly into the defense zone of the Punishment Army.
The Japs thought that the enemy could not withstand their attack, so they rushed forward with their loads in their mouths. The Japs captain ordered four tanks to take the lead, and the remaining soldiers provided cover in the rear, and they rushed directly into the Wusong Fort!
The Japs' destination was the Wusong Fort. They hoped to attack the fort from south to north and occupy it, then cover the landing troops at sea, open up a second battlefield at the Wusong Fort, and then move south to attack the urban area!
After receiving the news that the Japanese had begun to attack the defense zone, Li Weiguo, who had been in charge of unified dispatch, immediately used mind sharing to contact the big machine gunner who painted red on the tank.
"The Japanese are coming with 6 tanks. This is a rare opportunity to gain experience in tank combat. You must fight well."
The big plane boss made a promise, threw away the paint bucket, and turned over to enter the cockpit.
He painted this modified Type 89 tank red all over, painted the front of the car body into the fangs of a beast, and made the thick heavy machine gun protective cover into the shape of a cigar. From the front, it looks like a red beast holding a cigar.
Painting tanks red on the battlefield is like telling the enemy to shoot here. This behavior is too anti-intellectual, but when facing the situation of coordinating operations with the 19th Route Army, it is a good way to identify friend or foe.
At that time, the cultural level of the Kuomintang soldiers was very poor. They could not distinguish the models of tanks. They only knew that the iron lumps they saw were Japanese invaders and they would beat them to death.
But now the Punitive Army has painted all its tanks and armored vehicles red, so the officers of the 19th Route Army only need to tell the soldiers that the red vehicles belong to them and not to attack them.
In addition, the armor protection provided by ceramic steel gives them the capital to be arrogant. Unless the Type 500 75mm field gun fires armor-piercing shells within meters, these tanks are almost impossible to destroy.
The super strong defensive performance gives them the capital to paint the car red, which increases the risk of being discovered by the enemy and makes it easier for their own people to identify it. This deal is quite cost-effective. After all, they can change the paint back to camouflage after the battle.
The big tyrant jumped into the cockpit, closed the door, started the engine and shouted, "Okay, boys, get your butts on the seats! Our truck is about to set off!
"Machine gun boy, load your truck with bullets! Boom boy, open your eyes and see clearly what the devils are, and stuff your bombs into their trucks! Muscle boy, move quickly, if you don't want to be kicked off the big red truck by me, then flex your biceps and stuff the bombs into the big boom!"
"Okay Boss!!"
The crew members howled. The big machine boss was very satisfied with their performance. He released the handbrake and stepped on the accelerator to send the tank out.
"Now! There's only one thing we have to do, waaaaaaaaggh!!!"
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