Chapter 39: Armored Encounters
The sky was slightly bright, the land was shrouded in darkness, and the armored troops of Thunder had already rushed to a place less than 30 kilometers away from Longling. After Zhao Zhi took Tengchong, he did not launch an attack on Longling and Songshan for a long time, the main reason was to wait for the follow-up armored troops to cross the river, the terrain of Longling is different from Tengchong, where it is more suitable for armored troops to exert combat power, not to mention that the Japanese army has a tank unit in Longling, Zhao Zhi wants to see if his own stalker is powerful or the Japanese army's iron tank is powerful.
"Send a telegram to Mr. saying that we have arrived at the predetermined location and are waiting for orders" The sky was only slightly bright, and he looked left and right with a telescope for a long time, and Joey, who commanded the stalker team, saw nothing, only a hill from a distance. In desperation, Joey had no choice but to command the Stalker team to hide in the woods first, waiting for Zhao Zhi's next instructions, and the Stalker team he commanded had 6 tracked armored stalkers, two wheeled stalkers, and 40 infantry personnel, crowding the small woods.
The Japanese army in Longling had a chariot squad, and this news was transmitted by the 1st Infantry Division that surrounded Longling, and a team of scouts assigned to them discovered the existence of the Japanese chariot squad. The 1st Infantry Division with Browning heavy machine guns obviously did not take the Japanese tanks seriously, they had used Browning heavy machine guns in Shanxi more than once to blow up the Japanese army's iron tanks, even the ordinary bunkers of the Japanese army could not withstand the bullets of the Browning heavy machine guns, but this time Zhao Zhi wanted to try the actual combat ability of the stalkers, and he couldn't just use them as armored personnel carriers.
The sky gradually brightened, and suddenly, there was a fierce exchange of fire in front, and the infantry who had been lazily resting in the woods turned over, forming a simple defensive circle with the help of the body of the stalker and carefully guarded, and soon, the exchange of fire in front of it showed a tendency to escalate, and even the whistling of mortar shells sounded in the air. "Car No. 1 took a few people over to take a look, it seems to be a village in front of it" Joey's telescope appeared in the village where the fierce battle was fighting, but unfortunately he only saw the smoke rising from time to time, but the two sides of the fierce battle did not appear in Joey's telescope.
The wheeled stalker quickly rushed out of the woods and went straight to the village 2 miles away, this wheeled stalker is just ordinary mobile machine gun fire, its actual use is a personnel carrier, because it uses wheels, so it is far faster than the tracked stalker in terms of speed. As car No. 1 approached the village, several tongues of fire erupted from inside the village, and the bullets that hit car No. 1 clanged with their armor. The No. 1 car that was attacked was naturally unwilling, and the soldiers in the carriage lifted the roof of the car, picked up the machine gun mounted on the roof of the car, and opened fire.
"Retreat, retreat, their tank is out," the soldier who operated the machine gun and fired back only a few shots before retracting into the compartment and urging the driver to drive away. As soon as the "boom" machine gunner's voice fell, a shell flew out of the village, but fortunately, the driver of car No. 1 reacted quickly, and a dozen steering wheels turned to the right, and the shell exploded less than 2 meters away from car No. 1, and the fire mixed with metal fragments rained down on the armor of car No. 1. With the sound of explosions, a Japanese Type 97 medium tank rushed out of the village, followed by two Type 98 light tanks.
Car No. 1 was not afraid of the Japanese army's heavy machine guns and mortars, but the Type 97 tank was equipped with a 75 mm tank gun, and it was not easy for Car No. 1 to be hit by this thing, so after Car No. 1 dodged the first shell, he turned around and ran away. "Found the Japanese tank" Joey, who had long been idle and panicked, received the news from the radio back of the No. 1 car, and hurriedly ordered the stalkers in the woods to attack, the tracked armed stalkers were equipped with Browning heavy machine guns, and there was also cover with Bazooka infantry, a few small Japanese tanks, Joey didn't pay attention to them at all.
The Stalker team that suddenly appeared in the car was all black like a group of hideous monsters, and the machine gunners who lifted the top cover were already ready to be loaded, relying on the high-speed movement ability of the Stalkers, Joey commanded his team of 6 Stalkers to go around the flank of the village. "Fire" Joey's order was issued, the machine gunners fired the heavy machine guns in unison, and the Browning, who had been replaced with incendiary armor-piercing shells, happily spat out bullets, and the first to be shot and smoke to become torches were the two Type 98 light combat vehicles, and the 16 mm armor of the Type 98 light tanks was not the opponent of armor-piercing shells at all, and a photo was pierced through the hull.
Seeing that the momentum was not good, the Type 97 medium tank equipped with a 75-mm tank gun immediately retreated back to the village, and the wreckage of the Type 98 light tank that had been beaten into a torch blocked the road at the entrance of the village. For a while, Joey really didn't want to order the stalker to rush into the village, and if he was really hit by a 75mm tank cannon, the stalker's armor might be difficult to bear. "Bazooka went in and knocked out that 97 tank" In desperation, Joey prepared to send Bazooka's team to reach into the village under the cover of machine guns to find the escaped 97 battlefield.
"Is it Captain Joey? I'm Huang Tiansheng from the first company of the cleaning team," an unfamiliar voice appeared on Joey's radio, "We are on the eastern periphery of the village, and this village is the camp of a battlefield brigade of the Japanese army, with about 12 tanks and more than 200 soldiers" The information reported by the cleaning team was a timely rain for Joey. Although he destroyed two Japanese light tanks at the beginning, he was not arrogant enough to besiege a Japanese battlefield brigade with only 6 Stalkers.
Joey's command car soon drove to the east side of the village, and saw Huang Tiansheng, who was talking to him through the radio of car No. 1, and Huang Tiansheng's cleaning team was attached to the 1st Infantry Division to encircle Longling. After the troops were completely encircled, the idle sweeping team was divided into platoons and looked for Japanese troops everywhere, this village was discovered by Huang Tiansheng, the burst of guns just now was that they were exchanging fire with the Japanese troops in the village, if it weren't for Joey's appearance, Huang Tiansheng would have run away with his soldiers.
According to the information obtained by the Japanese reconnaissance, the main attack force of Thunder should arrive at the front line of Longling as soon as tomorrow morning, they never expected that Zhao Zhi had arranged for the armored troops to sneak into the place only 30 miles away from Longling. "It's a pity, I knew that this village was full of Japanese soldiers, and I should have brought two rocket artillery trucks when I set off, as long as one rocket artillery salvo fired, all the Japanese troops here and their tanks would have to be turned into scrap" After listening to Huang Tiansheng's information, Joey regretted it.
The pontoon bridge erected by the Thunder Engineer on the Nu River can only cross some relatively light and provincial vehicles, and the heavy tanks and Stalker rocket artillery vehicles will not be able to cross the river for a while and a half, and only when the cement of the bridge foundation is completely hardened can the Thunder armored troops have the possibility of crossing the river safely, so Joey's complaint can only be a complaint. "Fight, you can't let them go back, I don't believe our Bazooka can't beat the Japanese monkey tank" It was easy to find the Japanese tank troops, how could Joey just let them go, after consulting Zhao Zhi, Joey decided to encircle and annihilate this Japanese tank brigade here.
"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" The incendiary bombs fired by the mortars exploded in the village, and several fires were ignited in an instant, and the fire spread while the wind was spreading more and more, and the smoke rose straight into the sky, and the visibility in the village had dropped to the lowest point. "Baga, the despicable guy actually used fire to attack" While coughing constantly, while rubbing his smoky red eyes, Takeo Kazuo, who commanded the chariot brigade, scolded, he thought about attacking outside the village, but it seemed that the strangely shaped armored vehicle of the other party was not afraid of his own heavy machine guns and mortars, and now the visibility was so low, he could not guarantee that the chariot gun of the Type 97 tank could hit the opponent's armored vehicle.
The unexpected outbreak of the encounter at the entrance of the village made Takeo Kazuo realize that the combat skills of the opponent's tank unit were not inferior to his own, and the opponent's firepower was far stronger than he imagined, and he could destroy the Type 98 light tank with a heavy machine gun, and the opponent must be equipped with large-caliber armor-piercing shells. In the face of armor-piercing shells that could destroy Type 98 tanks, Takeo Kazuo did not dare to risk using Type 97 tanks, whose armor was not much thicker than Type 98 light tanks, and if Type 97 tanks could not block the opponent's armor-piercing shells, his battlefield brigade would probably be wiped out here.
Fighting a war requires some luck, but more may require a certain amount of tactics, so Kazuo Takeo tried his best to restrain his soldiers and was not in a hurry to make a move. From the roar of the opponent's engine, Takeo Kazuo found that the number of chariots on the other side was not much different from his side, and if he rushed out, he was afraid that the gains would outweigh the losses, so he chose to wait for the opportunity to wait for the opportunity to wait for the opportunity to move with static braking. "They're scared, the Bazooka team will let me in, we don't have time to waste them here" Takeo Kazuo was not in a hurry, but Joey outside was in a hurry, and directly sent a few Bazooka teams to start fighting.
Orange fireballs bloomed in the thick smoke of the "boom", and another Japanese tank hidden in the village was hit by Bazooka, and the anxious Joey directly ordered the Bazooka shooters to use armor-piercing rockets, which are sharp weapons against thick armored fortresses and chariots, and Joey's squad has distributed a full 30 of them, which will be just right. The continuous fireballs of "Boom" and "Boom" made Joey, who was fighting outside the village, overjoyed, and the Stalker machine gunners cruising around the perimeter provided fire support for the Bazooka shooters with a rain of bullets.
This fortuitous encounter lasted less than half an hour, and the Japanese tank brigade was completely wiped out, with only two Bazooka groups lost to Joy's side, 9 of the 12 Japanese tanks destroyed, and Joy's men captured three Type 97 medium tanks with their tracks blown off and more than 50 Japanese soldiers. The armored soldiers who were still waiting to cross the river on the east bank of the Nu River heard the news, and they were all very addicted, and they couldn't wait to cross the river immediately to fight with the Japanese tank troops, and even Zhao Zhi secretly sighed that Joey was lucky.