Dark sky, dark night.

It's nine o'clock in the evening. The artillery fire in the distance has stopped, but the gunfire continues, and the offensive and defensive battle in the direction of Gaiping is still going on, but the battle is no longer so fierce.

Just when the offensive and defensive battle of Gepin was still going on. Twenty kilometers south of Gepin, an armored assault detachment is advancing in a southwesterly direction. The goal is directly aimed at the dustpan village.

Dustpan village is located more than 20 kilometers south of Gaiping City, the South Manchurian Railway passes through the dustpan stopper, there is even a small railway station in the dustpan village, because the location is not far and not close, therefore, since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, the dustpan has become the logistics base of the Japanese troops in the direction of Gaiping, there are more than 10 large and small arsenals distributed in the area of the dustpan, the logistics supply of the Japanese army on the Gaiping front line basically depends on the dustpan, in order to guard the arsenal, the Japanese army has placed a whole wing of garrison in the area of the dustpan village, which can be described as a strict defense.

After the Battle of Gaipin. The Chinese Air Force made several sorties and carried out air raids on the dustpan village. Destroyed several arsenals of the Japanese army, but did not sweep all the Japanese arsenals, now because the Japanese reinforcements on the eastern front have been on the 6th, most of the air power of the Chinese air force has been transferred to the eastern front, it is no longer possible to continue to carry out air strikes on the dustpan, the Japanese army has a chance to breathe, but it is not easy for long, with the arrival of this Chinese armored assault force, the dustpan plug is about to become the next target of the Chinese 6th Army's attack.

The commander who commanded this armored assault detachment to outflank it was none other than Bu Yunxian, and his armored assault detachment was at the forefront of the large force, acting as the vanguard of the assault and clearing the way for the main forces behind.

Under the joint command of him and Jiang Fangzhen, the flank column attacked from the upper reaches of the West River, breaking through the thin defensive line of the Japanese army in one fell swoop, and then crossing the West River and advancing towards the hilly area.

The terrain of the Liaodong Peninsula is mountainous, and the plains are mostly concentrated in the coastal areas. This increases the difficulties when advancing armored forces, and tracked combat vehicles are better to say, the key is those wheeled combat vehicles. Armored cars and trucks were walking very hard, and the armored cars and trucks throwing cobalt along the way accounted for almost one-fifth of the combat support vehicles of the entire flank column, and this was still on the deliberately chosen route of the march, and it was not completely dark at that time.

The situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, and in order not to drag down the entire operational plan, Gao Run's enemy made a quick decision and decided to divide an armored assault detachment and install it in front of the main force. Seize the dustpan railway station first, block the main passage for the retreat of the Japanese army in Gaiping, and wait for the main force to arrive.

In this way, the division of labor between the Ministry Runjing and Jiang Fangzhen, the commander of the flank column, Jiang Fangzhen led the main force of the flank column to walk behind, and Gao Runxian commanded a team consisting of 20 tanks and 50 "yellow dogs". The assault detachment of armored vehicles, carrying two battalions of infantry and a small number of engineers, walked ahead of the main force and acted as the vanguard of the assault.

In order to load enough infantry units. Gao Yunyi not only stuffed the "Yellow Dog" armored car with infantry, but even the roof of the tank and armored car was full of infantry, so that he could not carry additional fuel once the railway station was occupied. He must hold on there, there is not enough fuel, and if he can't hold on, these armored combat vehicles will have no fuel to retreat.

It was an extremely adventurous military operation. The infantry selected by Gao Runjing are the elite of the elite, and the light weapons and equipment are also very advanced, just like the cavalry. Each infantryman carried two guns. One rifle, one submachine gun. The fire was fierce, and there were five field guns and enough shells in tow behind the armored vehicles, plus those mortars, these weapons were enough to keep the troops in place until dawn, and before that, the main force behind must have arrived at the railway station.

Now, it is not far from the dustpan village. Out of prudence, Gao Runxian did not attack directly. Instead, a few scouts were sent over first. The scout returned five minutes ago. The intelligence brought back showed that the Japanese troops in the dustpan village did not act abnormally, so the department ordered the armored assault detachment to leave the lurking woods and pounce towards the dustpan train station.

Considering the inconvenience of communication between armored combat vehicles, before leaving the woods, the Ministry of Prison had already made a clear division of labor, and he mixed tanks and armored vehicles, divided them into seven armored companies, and ordered the infantry to disembark. Along with the advance of the armored combat vehicles, in order to prevent the enemy from appearing at a long distance, all the armored combat vehicles did not turn on their headlights, advanced in the dark, and were guided by the infantry, and the five field guns were also unloaded from the armored vehicles and towed by the infantry.

The armoured assault detachment, which had been advancing quickly, was now moving forward like a snail, step by step, although the department was very cautious. But he also knew that the roar of the motive was enough to attract the attention of the Japanese sentries at a sufficient distance. Therefore, when the armored assault detachment advanced to a place less than a mile away from the dustpan village, the ministry resolutely issued an assault order.

"Mercy, attack."

Bu Yunjing dispatched infantry and gave the order to attack the armored combat vehicles.

As soon as the order to attack was given, the seven armored companies immediately split up, and the armored combat vehicles were raised to the highest level, and then, accompanied by the infantry, they charged near the railway station of the dustpan, and only turned on the nose of the locomotive with eight lights when they approached the dustpan plug.

The headlight at the nose of the armoured combat vehicle is actually a small searchlight, the same type as the one equipped on the torpedo boat, which is so bright that it interferes with human vision. Nearly a hundred armored combat vehicles turned on their headlights at the same time. It was a dark night that was particularly shocking.

"Smack! Syllable! ”

Soon, the Japanese army showed unusual movements in the night, and the battle of the dustpan plug began.

"Boom!"

Bu Yunxian immediately retracted his head into the tank, then closed the hatch cover, and immediately shook the joystick. Turning the turret, he aimed at the target he had just chosen, and shouted "Reload." ”

"Click!"

The loader quickly loaded a 47mm high-explosive shell into the chamber of the gun, locked the tail bolt of the gun, and then reached out and patted the shoulder of the gun.

Bu Runxian pulled the fire hydrant violently, and with a muffled "bang", the 47-mm short-barreled tank gun retreated violently. The high-explosive bomb was fired out, accurately hitting the sandbag bunker at the intersection, and then exploded with a "boom". The Japanese machine-gun, which had just begun to roar, was dumb.

After firing the first shot, the commander again ordered the loader to reload the shell, and at the same time raised his foot and kicked the right leg of the tank driver sitting in front of him, signaling him to turn to the right.

"Boom, boom

The powerful motive roared, driving the nearly ten-ton steel monster to roar and rush towards the half-collapsed sandbag bunker, run over it, and then hit a wall of earth headlong, tearing down the wall with great ease, clearing the way for the infantry to advance.

"Boom!"

Bu Yunjian quickly fired another shot, this time hitting a building at the train station, and then Bu Yunxian kicked the driver's left leg again, signaling him to turn the tank to the left.

In this way, the tank, numbered "Planer", just stopped and went, with the tacit cooperation of three members, under the cover of a group of infantry. Slowly but surely, he approached the Dustpan train station, and finally broke through the wall and burst into the station.

"Da Chew Hee, Gnaw Tart

The infantrymen's submachine guns roared, with the help of the lights of the nose of the armored vehicles. The Japanese fire was quickly suppressed. And under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, step by step, one by one, swept the rooms in the railway station. During the battle; From time to time, there was the sound of grenade explosions, occasionally one or two dull flamethrower sprays, and then, you could hear the screams of Japanese soldiers, and even see Japanese soldiers covered in fire rushing out of the room and being knocked down by submachine guns.

Seven armoured companies split up. Surrounded on all sides. Xun turned the dustpan village railway station into a tragic battlefield, and the entire railway station was shrouded in flames as several wooden houses were set on fire by flamethrowers. In the flickering firelight, there were shaking figures everywhere and the flash of muzzle flames.

The battle was almost one-sided. The squadron was not only taken by surprise, but also occupied an overall advantage in firepower, and the Japanese army was powerless to fight back.

After only more than ten minutes of fighting, the Tumozhai railway station has basically fallen into the hands of the squadron, and when the infantry dragged the five field guns into the railway station under the cover of tanks and established artillery positions, the victory or defeat was basically decided.

However, the Japanese troops in the railway station were only a small part of the Japanese troops in the entire dustpan village, in fact, after the armored assault detachment of the Ministry of Runyan completely occupied the railway station, he had been surrounded by a large number of Japanese troops, and the defensive battle of the railway station had actually begun from this moment.

The 11th Infantry Wing of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Kwantung Army was responsible for guarding the dustpan, which not only had a long history, but also participated in the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, and was the most effective unit of the Fifth Division, plus the logistics unit. The total strength is more than 4,000 people.

However, due to the tight Gaiping front, the Japanese commander had to transfer a part of the garrison of the dustpan village to reinforce the Gaiping front, so the total strength of the Japanese army in the dustpan village is only more than 2,000 people.

The total strength of the armored assault detachment led by the Ministry of Runjiao was only more than 700 people. Inferior to the Japanese army in terms of troops. However, in terms of firepower, his troops were far from the Japanese army, and it was precisely because of this that the department decided to adopt flexible defensive tactics, while holding the railway station, waiting for the opportunity to take the initiative to attack, taking advantage of the cover of night. Carry out an armored assault on the Japanese attacking forces.

Before the armored assault, Gao Runjiao decided to let the artillery behave first, there could be no accuracy in the dark, but it could cause chaos to the Japanese army.

"Ready! Fire! ”

"Ready! Fire! ”

It was the sappers who acted as artillerymen, and they did not use field guns. Mortars were used instead, and not only anti-personnel shells, but also flares were fired to interfere with the Japanese attack.

After the artillery performance, the defense of the railway station was also arranged, and then it was the turn of the armored corps to attack, and only five tanks and two platoons of infantry were used in the attack

Before the attack, Gao Runji used the radio station to send a short telegram to Jiang Fangzhen, the commander of the flank column.

"Our department has occupied the Dumozhai railway station. I hope the main force will come to help. If you want to know what happened next, please go to 6 chapters for more, support the author, support genuine reading!