Chapter 38: Breakthrough (4)

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The reaction of the Japanese army was just as Zhang Chi had guessed, and they were all stunned as they watched the dozens of American tanks that drove into the Sedang River and pounced on them.

They originally thought that even if the Zhong** people stationed in Tonggu broke through, they would be a tired army that would run out of ammunition and food after more than ten days of hard fighting, and who would have thought that dozens of tanks would suddenly come out.

There is only one person who is not surprised, and that is Yuta Harada.

Yuta Harada and his 1st Brigade seem to have an indissoluble bond with the Engineer Corps, having met at the Tile Iron Bridge before, and now the location chosen by the expeditionary force to make a breakthrough happens to be Yuta Harada's defensive position.

"Bastard!" Seeing the American tanks majestically driving towards them under the flares, Yuta Harada couldn't help but slam his fist on the sandbag in front of him.

At this time, the hatred in Harada's heart is beyond the comprehension of others, and if Matsui will take Harada's report seriously instead of choosing to humiliate him, then they will at least build a few anti-tank trenches.

However, due to Matsui's light enemy and stubbornness, Harada and his subordinates had to face this completely asymmetrical battle.

"Why?" Yuta Harada shouted in his heart, "Why should we pay with our lives because of other people's mistakes!" ”

But it's too late to think about it now, and Yuta Harada can only choose to face reality.

The thought of retreat flashed through his mind, but it was only a fleeting thought.

It's not that Yutaka Harada is too greedy for life and afraid of death, but he knows that this battle has been decided from the beginning...... There are tanks, not only but more than 40 of them, not only more than 40 of them, but also successfully ambush these tanks in front of their defensive positions, and under the cover of artillery sound, they were not detected until they rushed in front of them.

On the other hand, in addition to simple trenches, rifles and machine guns, their own troops may only pose a pitiful threat to enemy tanks, and now even mortars have been beaten by enemy artillery fire.

So is there still a need to fight this battle? Retreat is the best option.

However, Yuta Harada knew that Matsui would not agree to the retreat of the First Brigade, because he had reported to Matsui that he might have tanks in Chinese, but Matsui was dismissive...... In the end, the biggest mistake should be Matsui, whose stupidity and self-righteousness made the Chinese about to break through the encirclement of the 56th Division.

Will Matsui give himself a chance to expose his mistakes?

Apparently not.

Can I retreat without permission?

Then it is not a retreat but an escape, which is also a capital offense.

"Your Excellency Shaozuo!" At this time, his subordinates shouted at Yuta Harada: "What should I do now?!" ”

Yuta Harada did not answer, but took out a photo from his arms, and in the middle of it was a woman in a kimono with a slightly melancholy smile on her face, holding a two-year-old child in her hand and looking at the camera innocently and curiously......

"Your Excellency Shaozuo!" The subordinate shouted again: "Give the order!" ”

Yuta Harada gritted his teeth and ordered, "Jade shatter attack!" ”

The subordinates couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, and after the corners of their mouths twitched, they stepped forward and responded: "Yes!" ”

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Seeing the Japanese army jumping out of the trenches in groups, holding rifles with bayonets and grenades and explosives bags yelling towards him, Zhang Chi couldn't help but secretly praise: At least the commander of the Japanese army is a smart man, and he has made a wise choice.

It may sound like a bit of a problem, how can it be a wise choice to rush to a tank with a bayonet and an explosives bag?

If the sight is good during the day, it is not, because the machine guns and artillery on the tanks will blow them to pieces before they get close.

But now it's at night, and at this time the tank doesn't have the idea of night vision devices, so the tank's night combat ability is very limited. (Note: Although Germany developed night vision devices in the early forties, they never actually used them in the war.) It was not until the United States attacked Okinawa in 1945 that the newly manufactured night vision devices were urgently activated to deal with the Japanese troops hiding in caves. )

In this case, if the Japanese army does not launch a counteroffensive, then they can only hold in the rudimentary fortifications and wait for the bombardment, strafing, and rolling of the tank guns, followed by the infantry behind the tanks......

On the other hand, if a counteroffensive is launched, the Japanese army may cross the tanks in the dark of night and get tangled with the enemy behind them, and then the fire on the tanks will be completely useless or even waiting for the fate of being captured.

Moreover, from the aspects of hand-to-hand combat and stabbing skills, the Japanese army was afraid that only one person could fight two or three people or even more of the engineer regiment that had only been trained for three days. Once the enemy is frightened in courage or momentum, it may even crush the enemy army.

Therefore, the seemingly stupid way of the Japanese army rushing at the tank with a bayonet is actually the most feasible and only feasible way to fight.

This seemed to catch the soldiers of the engineer regiment off guard, because they did not expect that the Japanese army would rush to the tank with flesh and blood, so they didn't know what to do for a while, and the tank walking in front didn't even know that the Japanese army had launched a counter-charge...... The inside of the tank has a small field of vision, and it is still in the dark, and the rumble of the tank motor is all over the ears, so the perception of the outside world is very poor.

Looking at the rapidly approaching Japanese army, Zhang Chi couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and if he continued like this, he was afraid that the Japanese army would really crush his team, so he shouted: "Flare!" ”

At this time, the machine gunner in the tank suddenly found the Japanese army rushing towards him, so the car lights turned on, the machine gun also sounded, and the bullets hit the direction of the Japanese army in rows, and the splash in the river was a string of splashes, and the blood was brought to the Japanese army.

Soon the tank guns also let out a roar, and one shell after another hit the river, carrying a large area of water and the corpses of Japanese soldiers into the air, breaking into several pieces and falling back into the river, dyeing the river bright red.

It should be said that tank guns still played a great role at this time, and the reason is that this is the Sedang River, and more importantly, the Sedang River in the dry season...... People who are familiar with Myanmar know that the bottom of the Sedang River in the rainy season is often brought from the upper reaches of the river, and in the dry season, especially when the dry season is about to end, the mud at this time has long been left after months of washing by the river, and what remains at the bottom of the river is pebbles.

However, the Japanese offensive did not stop a little because of this, on the contrary, they rushed forward one after another, as if the bullets were not hitting them, as if the shells were not there, one team fell and then rushed up, the front fell, and the back stepped on the corpses of their comrades and rushed up......

That's when the Enfield rifle comes into play.