Li Mingshan smiled: "You think too much, don't worry, it won't." ”

The subordinate hurriedly said, "Why can't you?" How appropriate it is to exchange the lives of a few minions for the lives of a commander. ”

Li Mingshan said with a smile: "Which commander would be so stupid to come up with such a plan, will those soldiers definitely be able to meet the other party's commander?" Besides, our divisional reconnaissance brigade is not a vegetarian, so it will definitely protect me. ”

The subordinates wanted to say more, Li Mingshan waved his hand to stop him, and then said with a smile: "Don't say more, let's leave quickly." As he spoke, he took his subordinates to get on the off-road vehicle and went to the place where the Japanese staff officers were, and soon the two sides met, Li Mingshan first asked: "You want to compete with us on the tank heads-up?" ”

Tadashi Yoshizawa, a staff officer of the Japanese army, said: "Yes, this is exactly what our commander, Mr. Shoichi Kumamoto, meant. Our military reporters will watch and report on this contest in its entirety, and it will also be a contest of will and courage between the soldiers of our two countries, and if you don't dare, forget it, after all, the courage of our Imperial Japanese Army is not possessed by the soldiers of every country. ”

Li Mingshan thought for a while and said: "Very good, I agreed to this matter, but I am not the supreme commander, and I need to ask Lu Shang for instructions on this matter." ”

The Japanese staff officer said: "Very good, then we will wait for your reply." ”

Li Mingshan returned to the camp and reported this matter to Zhou Xiao, and Zhou Xiao reported it to Lin Yuan, who was also surprised when he heard this, and thought: "Why do you want to fight our tank alone?" It must be that they understand that under our powerful electronic interference, they are not opponents in group fighting, so they want to go head-to-head and use heads-up to save face. ”

Lin Yuan thought clearly about the purpose of the Japanese army, and then thought: "But why do the Japanese army dare to do this? Could it be because of the arrogance of the Japanese army? Or is it because the Japanese army has come up with something new? With the certainty of victory, that's why we dare to go head-to-head. Thinking of this, Lin Yuan asked Zhou Xiao: "Is there anything unusual about the Japanese army recently?" ”

Zhou Xiao said: "I haven't found it yet. ”

Lin Yuan said: "If you go head-to-head with them, are you sure of winning?" ”

Zhou Xiao hesitated for a moment and said, "Lin Shuai, don't you often say: There is no absolute strength and weakness on the battlefield?" We don't know if the Japanese army has come up with something new, so we don't dare to say that we are sure of victory. ”

Lin Yuan said: "You're right, then we won't fight them alone, you better hurry up and retreat." ”

Zhou Xiao agreed, and told Li Mingshan Lin Yuan's instructions, and Li Mingshan found someone to inform the Japanese army, and the Japanese staff officer immediately said excitedly to Kumamoto Shoichi when he heard it: "Captain, the people of China don't agree to fight with us, we can say in the propaganda that they are intimidated by our military might!" ”

Kumamoto Shoichi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, you immediately find a reporter with the army to write a script." Yoshizawa Tadashi immediately went to the reporters accompanying the army, and the next day, December 22, newspapers in Japan and various countries wrote one after another: "The cowardly Chinese dare not compete with the heroic Japanese!" "China is a big country, and it is really ridiculous that it is afraid of Japan, a small country!"

Foreign newspapers are in full swing, but Chinese newspapers have not moved at all, because Chinese newspapers and media are controlled by Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan told them, this matter should be handled in a low-key manner, you should not know the way, so no one in China knows about this matter.

At noon on 22 December, the Japanese army installed grille armor for a tank, and welded a ring of steel bars on the turret, which looked very funny.

When Lin Yuan heard the news, he immediately thought: "I thought the Japanese army had come up with something advanced, it turned out to be grille armor!" Lin Yuan immediately contacted Zhou Xiao and said, "You can go and fight the Japanese tanks alone." ”

After hearing this, Zhou Xiao asked: "Lin Shuai, the Japanese army has more grille armor, and the power of our armor-piercing shells will be weakened, in this case, how can we still fight them alone?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "The reason why the grille armor can defend against armor-piercing shells is that one is that it will not trigger the fuse, and the other is to change the explosion height of the armor-piercing shell, but the armor-piercing shell that the arsenal recently sent to you is the 'explosive forming armor-piercing bullet', this kind of armor-piercing shell has no requirements for explosive height, so the grille armor is useless in the face of this armor-piercing bullet, and your victory is greatly increased!" ”

Zhou Xiao didn't understand Lin Yuan's words, and couldn't help asking, "What does 'explosive armor-piercing bullet' mean?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "This is a kind of armor-piercing projectile, we all know that the ordinary armor-piercing bullet is a metal jet to kill the target, the speed of each part of the metal jet is not the same, the jet will spread out after a long time of flying, and the jet will not fully expand if the flight time is short, so the armor-piercing bullet has the best explosion height, and the explosive metal jet under this explosion height is the most fully developed and the most lethal." ”

"However, the killing object of the explosive forming armor-piercing projectile is not a metal jet, but a 'metal projectile', the cone angle of the explosive armor-piercing projectile is very large, and the powder hood will form a metal ball after the explosives explode, this metal ball is the same as the metal jet, the speed is fast, the temperature is high, and the lethality is extremely strong, because the speed of each part of the sphere is not different, so it will not spread out in the process of flight, and will not be affected by the high explosion."

Zhou Xiao said: "So that's the case, then I'll notify Li Mingshan and let them prepare to fight." ”

Li Mingshan received the order and asked his subordinates for a meeting, and everyone had already been indignant when they heard about the provocation of the Japanese army, and wanted to clean up the little devils, and now they received orders to ask for battle.

Li Mingshan then told the Japanese army about the grille armor, and then said about the "explosive armor-piercing projectile", everyone's confidence was greatly increased, and Li Mingshan "hand-picked" Zhang Yun to fight, and then sent someone to deliver a letter to Kumamoto Shoichi, Kumamoto was very excited when he saw the letter, and said to Yoshizawa Tadashi: "The people of Shina agreed!" It's time for us to save face! ”

Yoshizawa Zhongyong frowned and said, "What did the people of China agree to now?" Will they have some machinations? ”

Kumamoto said with a smile: "Even if they have tricks, we are not afraid, our main artillery combat vehicles are equipped with grille armor, and the people of China have never seen such things, they will be scared to pee their pants when they see them, even if there is a conspiracy, they can't use it." ”

The next day, December 23, the two sides sent three tanks from each side to the area between the two sides to prepare for the competition, while Kumamoto Shoichi and the reporters accompanying the army watched from the high slope on the side, and Li Mingshan also took people to the side.

Li Mingshan and Kumamoto Maseichi were both relaxed, but the guards on both sides were tense, and no one was afraid that the opponent would suddenly hit with a shuttle of bullets, and in this way, a tank contest that was unique in the history of war was about to begin.