Chapter 25: The Fields

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The gunfire grew thicker and thicker, and the explosions came one after another.

These explosions were not just the result of the firing of seven Sherman tanks in the hands of the fighters...... In fact, because the fighters were not familiar with the operation of American tanks, and it was still in the dark of night, the soldiers could only fire by feeling, and the shells soon did not even know where the gunners themselves hit, only knew to shoot the shells one after another. Although some of these shells hit the Japanese army with "blind cats hitting dead mice", the damage caused to the Japanese troops was still limited after all.

What really caused heavy casualties to the Japanese army was the cars full of supplies.

Two cars loaded with gasoline and ammunition were hit and exploded, and a fire broke out around the convoy soon after. These fires can be said to have done the expeditionary force a great favor to the fighters.

First of all, it was the firelight that illuminated the Japanese and made them targets...... The advantage of this on the battlefield was quite obvious, especially in the dark, as the fire illuminated the Japanese and at the same time darkened the surroundings of the Japanese army.

If this phenomenon is explained scientifically, it is the dark adaptation of the human eye to light.

To put it simply, when you enter a dark place from a bright environment, you can't see anything at first, and you have to adapt to it for a while before you can gradually see things in the dark.

However, the fire kept the Japanese in a bright environment, so that they could not adapt to the darkness a little farther away, so they could not figure out where the bullets and shells were coming from, and could only fire their guns indiscriminately into the darkness like headless flies.

On the contrary, the expeditionary force was hiding in the shadows, and it was clear to the Japanese troops 100 meters away, so the machine gun bullets poured towards the Japanese troops like bursting beans, only to make the Japanese screams.

Secondly, and more importantly, the fires spread quickly with the shock wave of the explosions, and the surrounding woods and jungles were everywhere after months of scorching sun during the dry season, as well as cars that were also full of ammunition and gasoline, so that the soldiers hardly had to fight, and the chain of explosions was so lively that it was so lively that it was so lively.

Of course, the soldiers of the expeditionary force were not idle, they thought about their own lives, and they also worked hard to fuel these fires and serial explosions with tank guns and machine guns.

However, the Japanese army was also a well-trained army. Soon after the chaos, they identified their objectives and organized several squads to attack the village.

This made Zhang Chi a little nervous, because he found that these Japanese soldiers were very professional...... In the front, that is, in the direction of the entrance of the village, a team of devils was used to attract the firepower of Zhang Chi and others, and a team was sent to surround them from the side.

The devils on the front can say that their every move under the light of the fire could not escape the eyes of Zhang Chi and others, and a few machine guns pressed them to the ground and could not move, and then they could be crushed by tank shelling.

Outflanked Japanese troops were in trouble, as they had disappeared into the darkness and were likely to suddenly come in front of them from some direction or place and throw grenades or explosive packets.

As a half-military fan, Zhang Chi knows that although this Sherman tank can be said to be a tank with excellent performance and easy handling, its biggest disadvantage is the use of a gasoline engine...... Gasoline is flammable and explosive, which makes the Sherman tank easy to catch fire or even explode when attacked, so it is also nicknamed "Langson" by the US military. (Note: Ronson is a lighter, and its advertising slogan is "One dozen, every dozen.") )

Zhang Chi's mind flashed to the scene of the tanks under the soldiers' seats being blown into fireballs. Of course, this also includes your own tank.

The thought made his scalp tingle, he didn't want to be burned alive, but he knew he couldn't leave the tank...... At least there is steel on the tank to block bullets and shrapnel, and once you leave it, you have to face those with flesh and blood.

Then Zhang Chi heard some strange noises coming from the side and back in the darkness.

At the beginning, Zhang Chi didn't understand why the Japanese army would make such a low-level mistake, and the well-trained Japanese army would find such a loud noise when they surrounded the enemy?!

In the next second, Zhang Chi quickly understood...... The Japanese army didn't want to make such a loud noise, but the problem was that the village was surrounded by paddy fields, which had just been turned over and irrigated, and the fields were all thick with mud.

So Zhang Chi quickly knew the direction of the Japanese army's sneak attack, and immediately retracted his head and shouted to the soldiers in the driver's seat: "Extremely poor, reverse, let's deal with the devils behind!" ”

The extremely poor student is a native of the Northeast, and he is called the extremely poor student not because of his family's difficulties, in fact, he is still a single family of several generations, and it can be said that he was born with a golden key.

Of course, the landlords of the Northeast...... That land was also occupied by the Japanese devils, and the landlord could not be called a landlord.

It is said that the reason why the father of the extremely poor student was willing to let him, a treasure who has been passed down for several generations, join the army is to realize a great ideal...... Defeat the Japanese devils and reclaim the land that belongs to them.

The reason why he has the nickname of "extremely poor student" is because he was a college student before joining the army, and he was always very sleepy in class, so he fell into the nickname of "extremely poor student", which was later brought to the army.

From this point of view, the cultural level of these 200 divisions is still quite high, not to mention junior high school students, high school students, and even college students.

However, this is not surprising, the only mechanized division, many of the soldiers of this mechanized division have the need to operate mechanized equipment, such as driving tanks, armored vehicles, cars, etc., if there is no poor cultural learning ability, it will definitely affect the training and even combat effectiveness of the troops.

Although the extremely poor students don't know what the situation is outside the tank...... The inside of the tank can be said to be basically isolated from the outside world, the sound is not audible, and the sight can only see a small part of the pitch black through the observation hole. But as soon as he heard Zhang Chi's words, he quickly understood, so he immediately reversed the tank with a skillful reversing car, and then made a beautiful turn, and it only took a few seconds to put the tank in the right position and drive to the back of the village.

"Turn on the lights!" Zhang Chi ordered.

The two headlights in front of the "Teng" tank lit up, and in an instant, they illuminated a group of Japanese soldiers covered in mud and messes in the fields.