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The soldier who had just peeked out had his shoulder completely stained with blood and fell to the ground.

In a split second, the sharp-eyed platoon leader spotted a faint flash of fire from the top of a large tree on the cliff on the right side of the canyon and immediately shouted, "There are Japanese scouts near that tree 200 meters away at 10 o'clock. Suppress them with machine gun fire."

Just as he finished speaking, he heard a crisp gunshot behind him, and then a black shadow fell to the ground from a tree in the distance, like a broken branch.

The platoon leader turned around and saw that it was Lin Laisheng, the best marksman in the platoon. The muzzle of the M70 hunting rifle in his hand was still steaming slightly.

"Good marksmanship, Nisheng." The platoon leader praised and quickly bent down to check the condition of the soldier who was shot.

He first took out the triangular bandage that the soldier carried with him and applied pressure to his wound. Then he shouted, "Where's the medic? Someone's been shot. Come quickly."

Soon, a medical soldier with only a small red cross embroidered on his chest to prevent the Japanese from deliberately attacking him rushed over.

He took a quick look, then breathed a sigh of relief and said calmly, "I'm lucky it's just a broken shoulder blade. If the bullet had gone a little further and hit an artery or nerve in the neck, it would have been fatal."

Looking at the soldiers being escorted back, the platoon leader and Lin Laisheng quickly caught up with the pace of the main force.

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On the Japanese positions after being bombarded by the independent regiment's artillery fire, the air was filled with the choking smell of burning protein and gunpowder smoke.

In the trench, several Japanese artillerymen with scars and blood on their faces stood up staggeringly and walked towards the Type 94 37mm rapid-fire gun (pictured) that was blown crooked.

They stood shoulder to shoulder, seemingly unaware of the bleeding wounds on their bodies, and simply shouted with all their might: "One, two, push! The enemy tanks are coming in..."

As the Japanese soldiers exerted their strength with their limbs, the Type 94 rapid-fire gun was finally pushed into a crater, leaving only the cold muzzle exposed.

This small but murderous Type 94 37mm rapid-fire gun was modeled after the KWK36 37mm anti-tank gun of the Hans country. It was one of the few weapons used by the Japanese specifically to fight against armored vehicles.

这款小炮自重只有330KG，发射重670g的穿甲榴弹时有效射程达2800M。在早期战争中击毁了不少乾国的II号、维克斯6吨、T-26轻型坦克。

However, due to the Japanese army's habitual stinginess, they did not allow the addition of two rare metals, nickel and chromium, to the alloy steel used to manufacture armor-piercing grenades. As a result, the armor-piercing performance of the 37mm carbon steel armor-piercing grenade became poor at the time point of 42.

在1000M这个常规反坦克作战距离上只能击穿30mm的垂直匀质钢装甲，500M则能达到40mm的穿深，0M的极限穿深则是54mm。（数据是战后白鹰用自家钢板测试的）

Correspondingly, at this time, the frontal armor penetration resistance of the main tanks of various countries was already above 50mm, and the Japanese main anti-tank gun quickly became a "jelly bean launcher".

Although the Japanese army quickly developed a new Type 1 47mm rapid-fire gun with better penetration, due to insufficient production capacity, this cutting-edge artillery could only be supplied to the Type 97 modified medium tank first, and the Japanese infantry could only use the old Type 94 37mm rapid-fire gun.

600 meters away from the Japanese position, the Matilda tank was slowly approaching like a behemoth. Even the Japanese on the position could hear the low roar of the engine running at high speed.

The black muzzle of the 40mm main gun was like an omen of death, approaching the Japanese trench step by step.

The Japanese gunner held the binoculars tightly. His left eye had been blown into a bloody mess by the fragments, and only his right eye was fixed on the terrifying group of tanks in the distance.

"Six enemy tanks, 600 meters away, approaching..." He shouted loudly, his voice filled with a mixture of madness and despair.

"One armor-piercing explosive round, reload—"

The Japanese artillery crew acted quickly, and their long-numbed bodies almost automatically completed a series of loading, aiming and preparation actions through muscle memory under instructions.

Following a low "fire" command, the gun body vibrated slightly, followed by a 37mm armor-piercing grenade fired at high speed. The whistling sound that tore through the air made everyone's eardrums hurt slightly.

The shell flew towards the Matilda tank in the front at a high speed. With a loud "bang", the shell directly hit the thick armor plate on the front of the vehicle.

However, the tank remained as steady as a rock, its 75mm vertical armor like an iron wall, unshakable.

"Damn it, ineffective?!" The Japanese artillery commander exclaimed in surprise when he saw the enemy tanks still moving forward after the smoke cleared.

"Reload quickly—this time aim at the enemy tracks."

The Japanese gunner who refused to give up quickly changed his strategy and prepared to attack the tracks to paralyze the enemy's tanks and thus disintegrate the enemy's offensive.

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"This is Fierce Owl No. 1. We're under fire from the Japanese anti-tank guns. Infantrymen outside the vehicle, has anyone seen where the Japanese guns are hidden?"

The crew of the attacked Matilda tank shouted on the radio in a slightly hurried voice.

The tank commander remembered the teachings of the regimental commander Zhang Chi - when encountering an anti-tank artillery ambush, the tank crew with limited visibility inside the vehicle should seek help from the accompanying infantry as soon as possible.

As he was speaking, the second 37mm armor-piercing grenade flew over and hit the ground in front of the right side of the No. 1 Matilda's body. The ground instantly kicked up a cloud of mud and splashed everywhere.

The crew members inside were all nervous at this time, fearing that their tanks would be penetrated by the Japanese artillery.

Outside the vehicle, thanks to the luxurious configuration of walkie-talkies equipped to the infantry platoon, the infantrymen with better vision responded quickly.

Lin Laisheng crouched down and ran a few steps with his sniper rifle in his arms, then rolled over and hid nimbly in a ravine on the side of the canyon road.

Then he steadied his breathing, took advantage of the terrain's cover, raised the M70 hunting rifle in his hand, and the 4x scope clearly presented the enemy in the distance in front of him.

Soon, Lin Laisheng found the Japanese artillerymen moving around in the crater like trapped beasts through the sight.

"At 11 o'clock, under the wreckage of the burning sentry post, in the crater, the gun is right there!"

After shouting this sentence quickly and clearly to the platoon leader, Lin Laisheng quickly aimed at a Japanese artilleryman with half of his head exposed and pulled the trigger.

As if assisted by God, this 7.62mm full-power rifle bullet, after crossing a distance of 600M, directly overturned the skull of the Japanese artilleryman who was about to fire.

The next second, as the Japanese artilleryman fell powerlessly, the whistling sound in the air was like the whisper of death, and the sound of explosions followed one after another.

Adhering to the essence of the firepower advantage doctrine of "Don't be afraid when encountering difficulties, just blow them up!", the Sherman Organ Multiple Rocket Launcher began its frantic performance.

A total of 80 114mm "small rockets" streaked across the sky, pouring down on the Japanese positions like a rainstorm.