Under normal circumstances, the infantry should be strictly in line with the tactics of the U.S. military, and the infantry and tanks should cover each other's advance.

But in special cases, such as now...... The Japanese army has been taking advantage of the terrain in a targeted attempt to blow up the tank, putting the tank in danger and there is a high possibility that it will be blown up by the enemy.

In fact, this practice of Zhang Chi is also another kind of infantry coordination, and the infantry comes out when the tank is in danger.

Of course, the U.S. military, which values human life, will not do this, and if they encounter such a situation, they will usually continue to move forward until a few tanks have been blown up before choosing to retreat.

Zhang Chi was Chinese, and he commanded Chinese troops, so he chose another approach: ordered the troops to charge at "Jack's helmet".

It's not that Zhang Chi doesn't value life, but he knows it...... Sometimes it is necessary to pay with life and blood on the battlefield in order to avoid paying a higher price in the future.

The Japanese army obviously did not expect that the Chinese army, which was steadily advancing, would suddenly change its tactics, so their "demolition team" was in a very awkward position in an instant.

The Japanese "demolition team" is usually a group of three, two with rifles and the other is responsible for blowing up the tank, and if the first one does not complete the task, the remaining two will follow...... In fact, in this demolition team, the unit responsible for fire cover generally chooses submachine gunners, and the reason is very simple, the three-person demolition team goes out to blow up tanks, and the most common situation is to face several times or even more than ten times the enemy, and the fire of rifles is simply not enough to resist the opponent's sea of people attack.

But sadly, the Japanese did not have submachine guns at this time.

To be precise, the Japanese army at this time already had a submachine gun, that is, a 100-style submachine gun.

However, many people on the Japanese side believe that although the submachine gun has fierce firepower, it consumes too much ammunition and has a low shooting hit rate. In real combat, it will cause difficulties in logistics supply, and the effect of real combat is very doubtful...... In fact, the main thing is that Japan is a country with extremely poor resources and extremely limited industrial capacity, so weapons such as submachine guns, which can fire dozens of rounds with a single pull of the trigger, will greatly increase the burden on Japanese industry.

So, although Japan at this time had submachine guns. However, it is only assigned to special classes, such as paratroopers and cavalry generals.

In the ordinary army, they are not yet allocated, or in the special marine corps, they are not yet allocated, or in small quantities in the special marines.

It's just a little ironic that these early 100 submachine guns were equipped with bayonet butts to mount bayonets...... The Japanese army's preference for bayonets was simply stubborn, not only submachine guns but even light machine guns, according to their thinking, after the bullets were fired, they could use the bayonet and the enemy to "break jade", so although this is a bit bizarre and unrealistic, it reflects a spirit of stubborn resistance to the end.

Because they were not equipped with submachine guns, the Japanese bombardment of tanks had to be carried out in a combination of one demoman and two riflemen to cover them.

The result is needless to say.

Zhang Chiyi changed his tactics and led his troops to rush forward over the tank...... The Japanese demolition team neither advanced nor retreated.

Enter!

The goal of the demolition team is to blow up the tanks, while the enemy is coming up with infantry. Although carrying grenades and explosives bags may kill some enemy infantry, it will not achieve the goal of blowing up tanks. What's more, the cover units of each demolition team are only a pitiful two rifles, which can't keep the enemy at bay and allow the Demoman to rush in front of the tank.

Withdraw!

It is not the Japanese style to retreat without any success, it is against the "spirit of bushido" and will be ridiculed as a coward by others. What's more, if Okami did not give the order to retreat, then any retreat would be considered an escape.

In fact, Okaki Shaozo didn't know what to do at this time, because the Japanese army had no way to retreat, and behind them was the No. 2 high ground. Retreating meant abandoning the heights to be occupied by the Chinese, which in turn contradicted Kawaguchi's order to "hold on to Heights No. 2".

So don't think about it. Okaki Shaozo knew that he would not be able to stop the attack of the Chinese army if he continued to fight like this, but he still ordered to continue to defend to the death.

Okaki hoped that he could suppress or at least repel a Chinese infantry attack with firepower, and then his demolition team would have a chance to rush forward and blow up the enemy tanks.

With this in mind, Okaki organized all the firepower in the troops, including machine guns, grenadiers and a few mortars, to desperately fire at the onrushing Chinese troops...... This approach seemed to have had a little effect, as the dozen or so Chinese soldiers who rushed ahead quickly fell under the Japanese fire.

But this idea of Okaki Shaozo is naïve. The reason is that the disadvantage of the Japanese army's equipment is firepower, and this is precisely the advantage of American equipment, that is...... In desperation, Okaki Shaozo actually thought that the firepower of the Japanese equipment could suppress the American equipment, especially since the enemy on the opposite side still had ten tanks.

So the situation was quickly reversed: the Japanese opened fire to reveal their position, and Zhang Chi gave the order with a walkie-talkie at the first time. So the machine guns on the tank soon rang out, and the dense bullets hit the thatch in the direction of the Japanese army, and along with the thatch, there were also Japanese soldiers hiding in it, and the blood soon stained the grass behind its defense line. The tank guns also roared at the Japanese machine gun fire point, and in a short time the Japanese machine guns were dumbfounded.

And this was not the worst for the Japanese army, followed by dozens of mortars at the same time at the Japanese army in pieces of shells, including a few incendiary bombs, and in an instant the Japanese defense line was blown into a barren land.

At this time, the Japanese demolition team hiding in the grass seemed to have sensed that they had no chance, so they simply yelled, and jumped out of their hiding place one after another with cluster grenades and explosives bags that pulled the fuse and pounced on the Chinese soldiers.

However, the Chinese soldiers were already prepared, and as soon as they saw someone jumping in front of them, they immediately pulled the trigger on the target, and immediately lay down after knocking the target down...... This is the experience they learned from fighting the Japanese in Burma, and knocking down a target does not prevent the grenades and explosives packets from exploding.

In the meantime, some Japanese troops remained lurking until the Chinese soldiers approached before suddenly rushing up.

Because the distance was too close, the Chinese soldier who was walking in front found that it was too late to dodge, so he simply threw away his gun and rushed forward to knock the ghost down, and then used all his strength to roll in the other direction......

The Chinese Expeditionary Force has never lacked such hot-blooded men.

Just like they sang in the military song: "China will not die, China will not die, and the soldiers of the expeditionary force will fight bloody battles on the battlefield." The guns were on our shoulders, the blood was on our chests, and the solemn military flag fluttered in the artillery fire. would rather die than retreat, rather die than surrender, the Japanese invaders did not dare to be a strong enemy, and did not dare to block. (To be continued.) )