On the morning of March 24, the 27th year of the Republic of China (1938), as expected by Qin Guogang, the artillery wing of the Seya Detachment of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army began to bombard Taierzhuang.

More than a dozen Type 98 bombers of the Japanese army also flew over Taierzhuang like locusts and indiscriminately bombed Taierzhuang and its outlying positions.

In an instant, Taierzhuang was shrouded in gunsmoke and flames, 150 heavy artillery grenades, more than 300 kilograms of aerial bombs, flew over like a storm, and the defenders worked hard to build the fortifications on the periphery of Taierzhuang for a long time were almost destroyed.

The Fukuei Wing, the 63rd Infantry Wing of the Seya Detachment, sent five tanks for a tentative attack.

Since the outer positions of Taierzhuang were bombed to a pulp and almost razed to the ground, the tanks were only a little cautious when they crossed the tank trenches.

However, under the cover of the continuous bombardment of the 92 infantry artillery, the Japanese tanks once again carried out a closely connected artillery coordination.

But this time it was different, because the defenders had a nemesis of tanks, the 37 battle defense artillery, also called the chariot defense gun, and the commander of the battle defense artillery company, Zhong Jianxiong, was a Cantonese, shouting Cantonese, and asked his subordinates to pull out two cannons from the house they were defending by Lao Qin.

Lao Qin's row of defensive houses is on a small high ground in the northwest corner of Zhuangzi, with a relatively wide field of vision, and the shooting boundary has also been cleared before the battle, and the line of sight can just be seen through the stone city wall to see the attacking team of devils.

What's more, what made Company Commander Zhong look at this place as a battle defense artillery position was that the fortifications under several of Lao Qin's houses were dug very deeply, and several houses were connected together underground.

The battle defense artillery is not heavy, as soon as the heavy artillery with devils is over, several people will come out as soon as they pull it, and one of the cannons has not yet gone out of the gate, but it is at the gate.

The doors and windows of almost every house in Zhuangzi were sealed with stones and bricks, leaving only some perforations.

The elder of the third battalion, Han, also ran over from the bunker, wanting to feel the power of the anti-aircraft artillery up close, and saw that the devil's tanks were driving over one by one, Lao Han was so anxious that he shouted: "The devil's tank is coming, fight quickly!" ”

Company Commander Zhong smiled and said, "Battalion Commander Han, don't worry, when the last one comes out, let's hit the last one first, cut off their back road, and then slowly clean them up." ”

Old Han nodded thoughtfully.

Company Commander Zhong looked at the gunner, and reported a string of data to the gunners around him, and the gunners who were responsible for the direction and height of the swing immediately started working quickly.

The ammunition man also held the shell, waiting to be reloaded, and the shell of the 37 gun was a bit like a large, elongated flashlight, which was not very heavy.

"Armor-piercing shells. Height 135, left declination 15 degrees, put! ”

Company Commander Zhong finally shouted the order to shoot a cannon, only to see the gunners operating rapidly, and after the last bolt was pulled, there was a loud "boom", and the shells were fired at a speed that was not visible to the naked eye.

The right side of the devil's last tank suddenly shook violently, "Hit!" ”

Lao Qin's infantry on their side cheered like old hats who had never seen the world, and Company Commander Zhong still looked at the gun mirror with his eyes and did not move, and then issued a second order:

"High-explosive shells. Height 135, left declination 15 degrees, put! ”

Then another shell was fired, hitting the tank that had been hit by the armor-piercing shell, and there was a loud bang in the tank, followed by a burst of fire.

This time it was the real hit, Company Commander Zhong sighed lightly, handed the gun mirror to the gun commander beside him, and chatted with Camp Commander Han.

In peacetime training, it is generally the artillery commander to command the artillery, and this time it is a very important part of the battle defense artillery company, so the company commander Zhong attaches great importance to it and personally goes into battle to command the first gun.

Company Commander Zhong was afraid that if he handed over the artillery commander to command the first gun, he would not only hurt his morale, but more importantly, let the devil tank escape, and the loss would be great.

Now, the first battle has been won, and the last tank of the devil has been hit, not only blocking the retreat of the other tanks that want to escape.

And because all the tanks are paying attention to the front, the first few tanks do not know that the last one was hit by the battle defense guns.

At that time, the radio connection technology of tanks was not as mature as it is now, and the telecommunication between the devil tanks was relatively low-end, and sometimes even the signal could not be received.

Therefore, there is relatively little coordination between tanks, and most of them are coordinated by individual tanks and infantry behind them.

The first few tanks didn't know what was going on behind them and continued to move forward, while the other gun on Company Commander Zhong's side was now firing, and they were aiming at the first tank.

I have long locked this tank in the crosshairs, but I have been waiting for the cannon in the first row to fire, and now that the first row has made a good start, they can't hold it back and fire it immediately.

Successive armor-piercing shells and high-explosive shells, in the blink of an eye, knocked out the first tank.

I'll go, it's so easy to fight. Lao Qin's platoon of infantry couldn't help but drool with envy, you know, in the past, in order to defeat a tank of devils, how many lives had to be taken, and it may not be able to blow up.

Now this good guy can kill one in a few shots, which is an eye-opener.

The devil had already dispatched five tanks to make a tentative attack, but he didn't expect to be knocked out one by one, and the middle three were so frightened that they immediately scattered and fled.

The defenders' anti-aircraft guns continued to fire quickly, but unfortunately, after a round of artillery fire, only two guns hit one tank, and the other two tanks fled.

Zhong Lian Chang was so angry that he scolded his opponent the next time, it seems that the difference between this actual combat and training is indeed too big, usually when training, he hits a stationary target, almost never misses the target, and hits a moving target, and the success rate is about seven or eight percent.

At this success rate, the remaining three tanks had to knock out at least two, but only one was down, which was a really poor result.

Moreover, the one that was shot down was shot down by the tank itself because of its panic, which fell into a trench and could not get out all of a sudden, and was used as a semi-stationary target.

However, scolding and scolding, Company Commander Zhong still hurriedly asked his subordinates to pull the cannon into the bunker under the house, needless to say, the devil's cannon was going to retaliate.

As soon as the shells came out, the devil's artillery observers, with their superb reaction and calculation capabilities, immediately found out the location of the battle defense artillery.

However, the accuracy of the 92 rifle is not particularly high, and the destructive power of the bomb is not very powerful, so just a few shots came over, that is, it blew up a corner of the house.

However, if it is a little slower, the devil's heavy artillery will start firing, and it is when everyone retreats into the bunker that the devil's 150 howitzer will focus on dealing with this one point, firing dozens of shells.

At this time, all the house fortifications that Lao Qin and his people had worked so hard to build were cleared, and only the broken walls of these two houses remained, and there were stones and bricks in one place.

Fortunately, I hurriedly entered the underground bunker, and there are many big stones on the Taierzhuang side, and the big stones on the ground were also smashed by heavy artillery, but to a certain extent, the safety of the underground bunker was protected.