The dull sound of "empty, empty, empty" rang out, and when the tanks of the two sides were still about 800 meters apart, the Japanese troops stopped and opened fire first.

The effective range of the 57mm smoothbore gun of the Quirrell tank was 5,600 meters, but because the terrain around Xifengkou affected the line of sight, both sides lost the opportunity to engage in long-distance tank artillery battles.

Artillery is the nemesis of the infantry, and in the newly dug anti-artillery hole on the Xifeng Pass, listening to the rumbling cannon, the faces of the officers and soldiers of the cadet soldiers are a little ugly. And He Zhengchuan, who was watching all this through the telescope, had a heart in his throat.

Although the researchers and technicians of the Xuebing Research and Development Institute almost blew the performance of the "Jiguang" tank into the sky, and just now, these steel monsters did withstand the bombardment of the little devil's 75-mm mountain guns, but such a close distance is the same thing for the Japanese tank......

The quality of the Japanese tankers was very high, and at a distance of eight hundred meters, aiming was not a problem for trained gunners. After one shell missed, the next three shells hit the target accurately.

The two "Jiguang 1" tanks immediately burst into flames, but their speed only decreased slightly, and then they continued to run forward unharmed.

"Eight squares! What's going on? Ono was stunned to see the Chinese tank that had been hit and still rumbled towards it. In the other Quirrell tank, Jiu Jian also opened his mouth wide, and then, he suddenly remembered that the artillery of the other side had patronized these Chinese tanks, and his heart couldn't help but rise. "When did the Chinese have such a powerful tank?" He thought with some jealousy, and couldn't help but panic a little after witnessing another round of shots hit the target to no avail. Later, he picked up his spirits and shouted over the walkie-talkie: "Stop shooting, get closer and shoot again!" Watch the speed and keep the distance! ”

As for whether his tank could withstand the shelling of the Japanese, Hu Li was unsure at first. However, after the baptism of two explosions, a smile appeared on his serious face, and in the walkie-talkie, he said sonorously: "Brothers, do you see? The tanks of the little devils are useless to us. Rush up and smash them! ”

"Yes!" There was a shout from the boys on the microphone, and it was clear that everyone was getting excited and confident by the effect.

At the mouth of Xifeng, the officers and soldiers of He Zheng's regiment drilled out of the anti-artillery holes and fortifications, and after placing their weapons, everyone looked at the rolling iron flow under the mountain, and many people's eyes moistened - "That's our own tank!" We learn from the army, and our Chinese army can also have this kind of steel weapon! Many students thought so in their hearts, and some students and veterans from the Northeast thought of the little devils who relied on the killing caused by these steel monsters in the Northeast, and they couldn't help but hold the weapons in their hands tightly, they thought that with this kind of iron guy, we will fight back to the Northeast one day! One day, we will pay back 10 or 100 times the crimes committed by the Japanese in Tohoku......

After the Japanese stopped the senseless shelling, a strange scene was staged under the Xifengkou Pass, and the two steel torrents rushed towards each other without hesitation, just like the ancient cavalry duel. Behind them, Chinese and Japanese soldiers watched nervously.

"Attention, there are still three hundred meters left - the third battle plan - fire!"

Finally, the two torrents of steel were about to collide, and at this time, Hu Li decisively gave the order to fire. And almost at the same time, Kuma on the opposite side once again gave the order for free fire.

Hu Li gave the order, and the 001 tank he was in immediately turned to the right, rushed up a section of broken road, and made way for the tanks behind him to make way for the middle mountain road. Then, the chariot quickly adjusted its position, and with Hu Li's voice: "Enemy chariot in front, put it!" With a bang, the flame suppressor at the top of the smoothbore gun on the turret suddenly erupted a flame, and the entire tank fell backwards, and a few seconds later, the front end of the turret of the tank that the Japanese rushed to the front suddenly exploded violently. The explosion was so violent that it lifted the turret and the smoothbore gun up to a height of more than ten meters.

"Eight squares! What's going on? "In the middle of the large Japanese army, standing on a high slope and watching the battle in front of him, Nobuyo Ide happened to see the destruction of his tank through the telescope, and almost thought that he was dazzled. Just as he looked more closely, the camera was once again filled with fireworks from an explosion, and the victim was a Quirrell, and Iide was completely stunned. After a while, he put down the binoculars, looked at Nakagawa Guang, who was standing downwind, with a hideous face, and asked loudly: "Your Excellency Nakagawa Guang, you must give me an explanation, how do the people of China have a chariot army?" Moreover, a combat vehicle that is more advanced than us?! ”

According to the operational plan formulated by the General Staff of the Kwantung Army, this tank unit equipped with the 18th Brigade was to gallop to Wanping and prepare for a surprise attack on Beiping. However, due to the annihilation of the advance team of the cavalry wing and the intelligence detected by the reconnaissance aircraft, it was natural for Ide to dispatch the chariot unit. It's just that he never dreamed that the Chinese chariot unit turned out to be a hard bone far beyond his imagination. The reckless attack of the chariot troops really kicked the iron plate. In his field of vision, one after another Quirrell was hit, exploded, and caught on fire, turning into a pile of scrap metal. On the other hand, although the tanks of the Chinese on the opposite side were hit a lot, except for one that stopped, the others were safe and sound, and they were still roaring.

Nakagawa Hiroshi didn't expect that the battle between the two sides would be such a result, racking his brains and couldn't remember when the Chinese army had such powerful tanks, he asked: "Your Excellency Ide, what now?" ”

Tie blushed, and Iide said hatefully: "Let's retreat first!" ”

"Hay!"

Although Iide was unwilling, he could not help but give the order to retreat, because when his tank troops were defeated, he found that the imperial army did not have weapons capable of dealing with Chinese tanks. In order to catch up with the speed, the 108th Brigade did not carry heavy artillery, and because the national army it had encountered all along, there were no tank units, so the standing anti-tank weapons were not brought with them. Iide is not a fool, through the observation of the battle just now, he has already seen that the tank of the Chinese opposite, its performance is still above Quirrell, and the steel monster that uses people to fight, only a madman would do this. All he could do now was to abandon the plan to quickly take Xifengkou, and then deploy heavy artillery units and anti-tank weapons.

The first encounter between the 108th Brigade and He Zhengjiang's Regiment at Xifengkou ended in such a hurry, and in this battle, the tank unit of the Xuebing Army began to emerge.

Almost at the same time, the 57th Army and the 108th Division also fought upside down at Shanhaiguan.