If you are an ordnance expert who is familiar with German-made weapons, you may find that there is a clear difference between the sd.kfz.222 armored car that is coming and the Chinese army's armored car, with the machine gun on the left and the gun on the right, and the vehicle configuration exported to the Chinese government is just the opposite. However, these Japanese soldiers at the moment obviously do not have this knowledge, they only know that they have encountered this kind of vehicle on the battlefield in China, so there is no doubt that it must be the Chinese Army that is driving that armored vehicle now.

Sure enough, there was some collusion between the French and the government of China, and the best evidence in front of us was that if this armored vehicle could be captured, it would certainly give Japan an advantage in the diplomatic confrontation with the government of French Indochina. This was Captain Kuno's first thought after receiving the report from his subordinates, and he immediately issued an order to implement it.

Captain Kuno was full of approval of Morimoto's solo behavior this time, and he regretted that he was still kept in the dark in the end of such a major action, and it was obvious that the captain was wary of himself. Are you afraid that you will go to your superiors to inform? The captain has this kind of thought, and he really underestimates people. Kuno's squadron has always been put in the back as a reserve, as a squadron leader, he is really psychologically unbalanced, why deprive himself of the opportunity to perform in the squadron, is it because he is a newcomer when he first came?

No matter how you say it, he is also a captain, and the habit of paying attention to seniority in the imperial army is really a little too pedantic, you must know that he was also a strongman who worked in the military police of the Kwantung Army for a while, and the family heirloom Murata saber in his hand has killed many vicious bandits, and these fanatics who disobey the imperial army dare to claim in front of themselves why the anti-Japanese coalition army.

Kuno is a hardcore believer in the theory of Japanese racial superiority, and from the bottom of his heart he despises all non-Japanese Asians, especially after serving as a military police squad leader in the northeast for a year, he is tired of seeing the ugliness of the puppet Manchu officials, and he has strengthened this belief that only the excellent Yamato nation is worthy of becoming the master of Asia.

Since the captain gave the order, he had no choice but to obey, which was the duty of a Japanese army officer. However, once there is an opportunity to let his squadron perform, then the captain should not blame himself for cutting first and then playing. Squadron Leader Kuno secretly watched the captain walk alone with cold eyes, he was waiting for an opportunity for his own shining debut, so that Morimoto Nakasa knew that he Kuno Toshio was also a brave Japanese man, and he had already refined the steel-like Yamato soul in his chest.

Now that the opportunity has finally come, he is even more overjoyed that the opponent is still the Chinese army in collusion with France, which is simply an excellent reason for the conflict given by God to the Morimoto brigade, and when he captures the armored car, the whole brigade will thank him for it.

Against 222 such light armored vehicles. The Japanese Army has long had a lot of experience, although this kind of armored vehicle is very good in terms of mobility and firepower, the biggest flaw is that it is too weak in armor defense, but even this layer of steel plate of only eight millimeters is still a relatively difficult role for the Japanese infantry who lack anti-armor means. Although the 6.5 mm armor-piercing bullet of the Type 38 rifle can penetrate the eight-millimeter steel plate within 150 meters in terms of indicators, the conditions required are actually very harsh and difficult to achieve on the battlefield.

This German-made armored car has a well-designed bulletproof shape, and there is not a single vertical steel plate on the top and bottom of the whole vehicle. Generally against such armored vehicles, the Japanese army if there are conditions. The Type 92 heavy machine gun can penetrate 12 mm of armor within 300 meters, and the Type 97 automatic gun can penetrate 12 mm of armor within 300 meters, while the latter is a Japanese version based on the Swiss Sorotong S18 anti-tank gun, which can penetrate 30 mm thick steel plates in 200 meters. However, this automatic cannon, which was highly anticipated by the Japanese army, did not perform well in the Battle of Nomenkan. In addition, the structure is complex and expensive, and the price of an automatic cannon is enough to buy 80 38 large covers, so only 1,200 units were produced and then hastily discontinued.

Now the question is. The 12th Squadron was not even staffed, let alone had this kind of anti-tank equipment, which was only assigned to the machine gun squadron attached to the wing headquarters. The machine gun squad of the Morimoto Brigade was now attacking the fortifications at the front, and it was too late to mobilize the heavy machine guns to the rear. As a result, the Kuno squadron could only rely on the will and technology of the soldiers to shake it up on its own.

The Nomura infantry detachment, which bore the brunt of the attack, was ready for battle, and the machine gun detachment and grenadier group of Komaki Jun Cao also moved to the front of the position, and the soldiers hurriedly replaced their rifles with armor-piercing bullets, and then carefully aimed at the high-speed moving target, waiting for the squad commander, Second Lieutenant Nakamura, to give the order to fire.

Second Lieutenant Nakamura took the telescope and estimated the distance to the target, and the speeding armored car was moving at a speed of almost forty-five kilometers per hour.

"What a reckless guy." Nakamura put down his binoculars, drew the saber from his waist and pointed forward.

"I'm dumb!"

Hearing the squad leader shouting the order to fire, the soldiers of each detachment hurriedly pulled the trigger hard, and suddenly the gunfire rang out like a storm, and two eleven-year-old machine guns and two heavy grenadiers immediately began to shoot, and puffs of pale cyan gunpowder smoke and dust blown up by the muzzle storm wind suddenly filled the side of the road.

Before the driver could react, the 6.5 mm Sakamoto armor-piercing bullet had already hit the armor plate of the car hull like a torrential rain, and two bullets hit the edge of the open driver's observation window, and the shattered bullet mixed with sparks shot into the car, which immediately cut the driver's forehead, and blood immediately flowed down his face.

"Someone is shooting at us!" The gunners in the rear turrets screamed loudly.

"Don't stop! Hell, turn! Rush under the highway! The commander was unusually calm, he quickly judged the situation, and then kicked the back of the driver's seat and gave the turn order.

At this time, staying on the road or continuing to move forward will become a target for ambushers, and the most correct way to deal with it is to leave the road immediately and look for concealment, and wait until the true situation is ascertained, and then consider whether to retreat immediately or return fire on the spot.

"God, what the hell is going on!" The driver shouted angrily, he turned the steering wheel with the momentum, and skillfully manipulated the small armored car weighing 4.8 tons to fly off the road and fall to the flat ground under the shoulder of the road in a burst of grass blades.

Sd.kfz.222 roared and rushed forward for a distance of almost ten meters, and then the driver pressed the brakes hard under the order of the commander, and the blue-gray armored car turned in place almost seventy degrees before coming to a steady stop in the artemisia bushes on the side of the road.

"Are any of you hurt?" The commander asked the two subordinates.

"I'm fine."

"Hell, I have a cut on my forehead." The driver was rummaging under his seat for his first aid kit.

"Carl, you go help Chuck." The commander gave an explanation to the gunner, and then quickly pushed away the barbed wire cover of the grenade overhead.

At this point, the attackers did not stop attacking, but it was clear that they had lost their aim and were just shooting indiscriminately, as evidenced by the fact that bullets had not been heard hitting the armor plates since they had rushed down the road.

"It's not a big problem, it's just a small incision, and the wound is very clean." Squatting down to inspect the driver's injuries, the gunner raised his head and reported to the commander.

"Immediately send a report to the lieutenant colonel that we have been attacked by unknown armed forces, one person has been wounded, and we are trying to identify the enemy."

The commander gave the order to the gunner, then carefully straightened up and looked out of the turret. The commander immediately discovered that his armored vehicle had been surrounded by more than two meters of artemisia grass, which was just enough to cover the two-meter-tall small armored vehicle.

"Let me see who these bastards really are." The commander stood in his seat and carefully looked through the gap in the artemisia bush with his binoculars towards the place where the gunshots rang out.

"Hell." The commander put down the binoculars and rubbed his eyes vigorously, feeling a little incredulous of what he was seeing through the binoculars.

"Karl, immediately report to the lieutenant colonel that it was the Japanese army that attacked us."

"What?" The gunner looked at his superiors in disbelief.

"I know what you're thinking right now, send it now."

The commander commanded loudly with his telescope, and in the clear eyepiece of his Zeiss telescope, a conspicuous Hinomaru flag was fluttering in the wind.

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