Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

As the Punishment Army's tanks drove over, they turned and aimed at one of the Japanese tanks. During this process, the Japanese tanks seized the opportunity when the tanks turned their bodies and tried to attack their side armor.

"Quick! Hit their side armor before they point their frontal weapons at us!"

The commander of a Japanese tank shouted an order, and the tank gunner quickly loaded the gun with armor-piercing bullets and aimed at a red tank that was about to hit its body.

"Die you freak!"

The Japanese gunner roared angrily. He was too nervous. The enemy's vehicle was bigger than theirs and the gun barrel was longer than theirs. If the enemy fired first, they would definitely die first.

With a loud bang, the Type 89 tank fired an armor-piercing shell and successfully hit the side armor of the red tank. However, due to the shooting angle and the fact that he was shooting at the oval turret, the armor-piercing shell actually ricocheted!

The Japanese gunner was surprised. He only saw a small dent at the impact site through the gun scope, and then the armor-piercing bullet was bounced away. What an incredible defense!

In fact, the toughest part of the Type 89 tank that was reformed by the military is the turret. Not to mention the egg-shaped structure, the thickness of the armor alone is 35mm, which is simply impossible for the Japanese short-barreled 57mm gun to penetrate.

After missing the first shot, the Japanese tankers panicked, the gunner frantically reloaded, the commander cursed and wanted to do something. He wanted to reverse, but the Type 89 tank did not have a reverse function. In fact, many tanks at that time did not have a reverse function. If they wanted to go back, they could only move forward and turn, but the enemy was about to open fire. Wouldn't moving forward and turning at this time expose the vulnerable side to the enemy?

At this time, the tank commander was extremely anxious. He resented why the Empire's tanks did not have a reverse function. If they had one, he could have reversed behind the wreckage of the friendly tank that had just been hit and taken shelter.

(It is doubtful whether the Japanese Type 89 tank could reverse. I did not find any relevant records, but a reader in the comment section reminded me that it did not, so I will use this setting here.

In addition, Baidu clearly states that the Renault FT tank has a reverse function, 4 gears forward and 1 gear reverse.)

The Japanese machine gunner tensed up and controlled the vehicle-mounted machine gun to shoot at the enemy, trying to destroy the observation and aiming equipment or some accessories on the tank, but his machine gun bullets could only leave dots on the enemy's red shell.

No matter how loudly the Japs shouted and how hard they tried, the red tanks finally completed their rotation, and the long-barreled guns they had never seen before fired at them.

"Ahhhh!!!"

The Japanese tank commander let out a scream. Because he was sitting in the front center of the tank, the enemy's artillery fire must have hit him. He had already closed his eyes and waited for death, but he only felt a tinnitus and no pain at all.

"I...I'm not dead..."

The Japanese tank commander was relieved, thinking that the enemy's artillery shells did not penetrate the armor of his tank. He was overjoyed and was about to urge the gunner to continue the attack, but suddenly, he smelled a strong smell of blood in the smoke, and then he felt something wet on his back, as if someone had sprinkled something sticky on his back.

Looking back, he saw that the gunner and loader in the fighting compartment were killed. The gunner was the worst off, with his entire upper body smashed by a solid armor-piercing bullet, his internal organs bursting out of his chest, and his white ribs exposed.

The other loader was not in a much better condition. He was pierced all over by metal parts. A thing that was not sure whether it was a breech block or some broken artillery part hit his face, and the loader's entire face was sunken.

The Japanese tank commander was stunned. The opponent's armor-piercing bullets could so easily tear through his tank's armor. Were the Empire's tanks so vulnerable in front of the enemy's tanks of unknown model?

At this time, he heard a burst of heavy machine gun fire again. He saw through the observation port that the terrifyingly large vehicle-mounted machine gun in the opponent's vehicle was shooting at his car.

He heard a sound of metal breaking, and based on his experience, he judged that the track of his tank was broken.

The Japanese tank commander saw through the observation window that after the enemy's huge vehicle-mounted heavy machine gun broke his tracks, it pointed the muzzle of the gun directly at his observation port, as if staring at him.

Then he saw the muzzle of the gun swing left and right, and then up and down.

The Japanese tank commander was stunned for a moment, then he realized that this bastard was provoking him.

“Damn it!!!”

The Japanese tank commander was incompetent and furious. In the face of the suppression of armor and firepower, all three Japanese tanks were defeated. Their turrets were hit by a shot, their tracks were broken by heavy machine guns, they were rendered harmless, and then left there.

After dealing with the Japanese tanks, the four red tanks began shooting at the Japanese soldiers. The 12.7mm heavy machine guns fired mercilessly, and the Japanese attacking troops were torn to pieces with screams. The 57mm cannon fired high-explosive ammunition with great power. Every time the artillery fire sounded, one or two Japanese were killed.

The Japanese infantry were killed in a panic. They would never have thought that the Chinese army in the Shanghai battlefield had tanks. They were an assault force and did not carry any heavy weapons. Their own tanks were eliminated. Now, weren't they lambs to be slaughtered?

The Japanese captain organized a desperate charge, trying to have his soldiers carry explosives to blow up the tanks.

These suicide squads carried 5 kg of explosives and rushed up in teams, and then several of them were killed by bullets from the vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns. The suicide squads were torn into pieces before they even got 100 meters close to the tanks. At this time, time and space seemed to have reversed. Originally, the martyrs had endured huge casualties to blow up the Japanese tanks, but now the Japanese were having a taste of the same pain!

The Japanese soldiers panicked. The four iron lumps on the opposite side were lined up in a row. There were 4 heavy machine guns, 4 light machine guns, and 4 cannons. Can this kind of firepower be broken through by the Bushido spirit?

The Japanese captain was also panicked. His face was pale. He never thought that the enemy had such a powerful tank. He did not expect that his gambling tactics would be shattered by the enemy's suddenly appearing tank.

"Turn...turn in! Turn in quickly!"

The Japanese captain made the decision to retreat. Now there are the wreckage of three tanks on the street as cover, and the opposing tanks have limited vision. They can retreat calmly, return by the same route, and gather the soldiers who remain to defend. They should still have a chance to rush back to their own controlled area.

The Japanese soldiers ran back in a hurry. The three tanks that had been left on the street behind were still confused. The Japanese captain rushed over and shouted to the tank commander: "The enemy also has tanks, 4 of them, turn around!"

The driver was stunned for a moment, then said coldly: "Yoshi, we have met our match. It looks like this is a fateful duel. Ta-ta, go!"

"Go! Turn around now! We haven't seen the enemy's tank model before. Our guns can't penetrate their armor, but their guns can easily tear open our armor. The three tanks that just followed us have been destroyed. Their tanks may be new tanks bought from Europe. We can't defeat them! Follow us!"

The Japanese captain slapped the tank commander in the face to wake him up. When the tank commander heard that the enemy might be a new European tank, he panicked and turned around clumsily to flee with the infantry.