Chapter 301: The Chariot Strikes
There were Japanese troops who fled from the gap in the preparation camp, and there were still a lot of them, Zhang Wei didn't care about them, and also stopped the fire pursuit of the soldiers, and there were delicious dishes prepared for these devils outside!
The reserve battalion concentrated all its forces and wholeheartedly dealt with the Japanese troops who did not withdraw, and these Japanese troops refused to accept the last stronghold, resisted desperately, and the Type 92 heavy machine guns that could not be taken away were also kept in their hands, and they frantically fired at the reserve battalion.
Machine gun bullets hit the house, penetrating the door, and the remaining Japanese troops probably had more than a squad of troops, and after the group that could be withdrawn left, they took the three heavy machine guns left behind, and put up a stubborn resistance in the last two houses.
The rifle platoon guns and heavy machine guns were combined with each other, and the rows of bullets fired were hard to withstand the soldiers of the preparatory battalion who were about to fight, and the civilian houses where they were located were very strong, and the roof could not be opened by grenadiers, so the soldiers of the preparatory battalion could only shoot at them with rifle machine guns, or throw grenades, and fire at each other.
Zhang Wei didn't want to rub it off, so he asked Mu Chao to drag the battle defense artillery over, and the battle defense artillery platoon reacted quickly, and after receiving Zhang Wei's order, he drove into the compound with two artillery, and the battle defense artillery opened a breakthrough in the courtyard wall just now.
After the preparatory battalion entered the courtyard, the battle defense artillery platoon was always on standby outside, from the outside to the courtyard, the inside was a mess, there were collapsed wall bricks and earth and stones everywhere, and dozens of people pushed the artillery together, pushing the two artillery pieces to Zhang Wei's side.
Zhang Wei didn't explain much, and directly told them the target of the attack.
The two anti-aircraft guns fired alternately, and the two strong houses that were resisting no longer fired at the boundary, and there were many ruins and broken walls in front of them that blocked the artillery firing boundary, and the solution was also simple and clear, that is, to shoot them with shells.
"Spread out, retreat!" The officers and men of the 2nd Company, who were fighting fiercely at the Japanese army in front, were called back and retreated back with their guns.
The 1st and 3rd Companies of the friendly neighbors saw the men of the 2nd Company retreating, and they also retreated backwards to facilitate the firing of the anti-aircraft guns.
The two anti-aircraft guns fired directly at the houses in front of them, and the blasting grenades hit the walls, penetrating the superstructure of the walls, and all the walls above the horizontal line of the barrels of the anti-aircraft guns were blown down, and the power of the blasting grenades at close range was still very great.
"Switch targets and attack enemy fortifications!" The obstacles were clearly dropped, and all that was left were the two civilian houses that the Japanese army was holding, and the soldiers of the surrounding preparation battalion had withdrawn, and the muzzles of the black anti-aircraft guns pointed directly at the Japanese soldiers inside.
"Put!" A shell was fired, and the close-range fire was almost 100 shots, and the shell undoubtedly hit the civilian house accurately, and the explosion killed and injured most of the Japanese soldiers inside, and the subsequent shelling followed.
Four or five shells went down, and all the Japanese soldiers in the two civilian houses were killed and wounded, and the 92 heavy machine gun was also blown into parts by the shells.
The two houses, which were still firing heavily, are now completely silent.
"Rush forward!" Zhang Wei gave an order, and the soldiers of the second company took the lead in shouting and rushing forward, followed by the first and third companies, launched a surprise attack, and the whole battalion rushed in and occupied the last garrison position of the Japanese army......
The battle in Xinzhuang Village was coming to an end, and outside the village, sixty or seventy Japanese soldiers were running wildly, they were the fish that had slipped through the net in the siege of the battalion, and the remnants of the soldiers who had escaped from the gap, these Japanese soldiers had lost all their heavy weapons, and only rifles and light machine guns in their hands, and they were running wildly.
Behind them, the sound of gunfire in Xinzhuang gradually stopped, and they could imagine what that meant.
So these Japanese soldiers accelerated and ran fast at the same time, hoping to get out of contact with the Chinese army as soon as possible, and they obviously felt extremely difficult in today's battle.
The Chinese army that launched the counteroffensive was completely different from the Chinese army that attacked last night.
These Japanese soldiers ran frantically, eager to disengage immediately.
On the left side of Xinzhuang, six chariots were scattered and parked, and they followed Zhang Wei's order to wait outside the village, waiting for the fleeing Japanese army, what they had to do was to use the mobility and strong firepower of the tank to pursue and shoot the fleeing Japanese army.
"Platoon commander, there is a situation!" In the platoon commander's car, which is also the command vehicle of the six vehicles, the machine gunner of the tank was the first to discover the Japanese troops who ran out of the village, and the platoon commander did not dare to slack off, so in order to determine the target, he lifted the turret cover, ventured out to observe, and returned to the car after making sure that it was correct, and began to give orders.
"Send signals to each car, maintain formation and distance, launch a pursuit with the whole platoon, and strafe the Japanese troops who ran out!"
The order of the tank platoon commander was transmitted by the radio and communication telephone on the platoon commander's car to the subordinate combat vehicles, and the platoon commander's car was the first to start, smoking and driving towards the fleeing Japanese troops.
Six vehicles started one after another, forming a straight formation, scattered, and drove at a very fast speed towards the Japanese troops in front. The roar of the tanks and the black smoke from the engines made the Japanese realize the danger coming, but they had no choice but to flee.
The fierce battle in Xinzhuang Village had greatly damaged their morale, and they had lost all the heavy weapons in their hands, and at this time, no matter how elite they were, they did not have the courage to fight desperately with as many as six chariots.
"Prepare to fire!" In the platoon commander's car, the platoon commander of the tank looked at the dozens of Japanese soldiers who fled in front of him, and had an indescribable pleasure, Zhang Wei asked them to stand by outside the village, ready to chase and kill, and now it seems that there are really Japanese troops who have fled, the 45mm tank gun in the tank has been loaded, and the machine gunner manipulates the DT tank machine gun in parallel, aiming at the Japanese army crowd in front.
"Stop, fire!" The driver lowered the accelerator, the platoon leader suddenly stopped, and a 45-mm tank shell was then discharged, exploding in the crowd of Japanese soldiers, and the tank machine gun on the turret opened heavy fire, strafing the Japanese troops in front.
Six tanks opened fire one after another, and the shells exploded in the crowd of Japanese soldiers, causing casualties to the Japanese troops, but the Japanese infantry who broke and fled were too scattered and too far away.
The number of casualties caused by the firing of the 45-mm tank gun to the Japanese army was not too large, but the tank machine gun, which fired accurately, had a large killing range, and was more flexible than the tank gun.
"All vehicles are strafing with machine guns, stop firing, and pursue at full speed!" At the orders of the tank platoon commander, six vehicles stopped shelling and turned to accelerate their advance, attacking the Japanese with machine guns.
These sixty or seventy Japanese soldiers suffered heavy casualties after shelling and machine-gun fire, and after the first round of shelling, more than a dozen people were wounded and killed, which is not much.
The most fatal thing was the machine-gun fire, the parallel machine guns of the six tanks fired at the same time, forming a network of crossfire behind the Japanese in pursuit.
At this time, these Japanese troops, who were already in a state of rout, lost their command and were almost scattered, and the so-called resistance was only to throw grenades backwards to interfere with tank shooting.
The six chariots charged, fired, strafed, steered, and continued to accelerate the pursuit, and finally under the dense machine-gun fire, less than half of the more than 60 Japanese troops who escaped took advantage of the chaos to escape......