Chapter 18: Armor Piercing

The cold winter of the beginning of 41.

Sude is playing with a secret contract on the surface, the power of the Blitzkrieg armor cluster has not yet amazed the world, as for the Battle of France, it is not that the Germans are too powerful, it is the French who are too crotch-pulling.

This kind of opponent is also good for the Imperial Army of Japan.

In such a world background, even after being severely taught a lesson by Zhukov at Nomenkan, the group of old antiques at the top of the Japanese Army are still immersed in the idea of infantry first.

In their eyes, the infantry is the first in the army, and everything in the army should serve the infantry.

Under the guidance of this high-level ideology, the coordinated tactics of infantry combat led to this period of little devils, playing a dish that highlighted armored vehicles and tanks, which were always defined as auxiliary to the infantry.

In the eyes of the devils, the armored car is a mobile machine gun fortress.

After discovering the crater left by the 82 mortar, the Devil Railway Patrol Squadron that came to support increased its vigilance, two armored vehicles lined up along the railway, the searchlight on the turret rotated to illuminate the front and side, and nearly 100 devils around were hiding on the flank or rear of the armored vehicle and raising their guns to guard, and the whole team slowly moved forward.

The Japanese army's standard armored tactics: support infantry combat.

"Be hidden."

In front of the railway, Li Yunlong instructed the people around him to continue to hide and avoid being discovered by the little devil's searchlight.

Then he said to the monk:

"You take a few people to touch the side, and after the devil exchanges fire with us, you attack the devil from the flank, and strive to kill all two armored vehicles of the devil in the first round."

"Without armored vehicles, these little devils are just a dish."

More than a hundred devils came over in a straggler line, if it weren't for the two armored vehicles in the middle, Li Yunlong would have led people to call up, and this little force would dare to be arrogant in front of him? I'm tired of it!

However, the devil's armored car is the same as the turret, the firepower is strong, the machine gun bullets cannot penetrate, and the loss of hard charging will be very large.

"Yes."

The monk held a large hand cannon that was envied by the regiment in one hand, and a row of spare magazines was inserted in his waist, and his expression and tone were indescribably solemn.

Although the data said that his gun could definitely penetrate the armored car, and the monk also believed the data on the manual, he still maintained a high degree of nervousness, after all, it was not an easy thing to get within a hundred meters of the devil's armored car.

There are devils in the armored car, there are shooting holes, there are machine guns on the armored turret, its own firepower is equivalent to a devil detachment, and there are a lot of devils around, a distance of 100 meters, with the marksmanship of devils, as long as it is discovered, it is a hole if it reacts a little slower.

Although it is night, it is impossible to see clearly from more than 20 meters away, but the devil armored car has a searchlight, and the speed of turret rotation is not slow.

The monk didn't want to die with the devil's armored car.

Therefore, this time the action must be fast, and the position must be changed immediately after the shot. The monk admonished himself in his heart.

"Come with me."

With two squads of warriors, the monk touched into the woods on the side under the cover of night.

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At this time, the commander of the Japanese railway patrol, Captain Ohno, also poked his head out from the entrance of the armored car.

He followed the direction of the searchlight and looked ahead vigilantly, at this time the Japanese captain's expression was also full of solemnity, a pair of squinted eyes staring straight ahead, without the slightest arrogance of the little devil.

By all indications, the Komatsu Brigade stationed here is most likely to have been wiped out.

Although he looked down on these second-line law and order brigades in peacetime, these people had poor combat effectiveness, were not serious in training, and lacked combat experience, which was simply a disgrace to the Imperial Army.

But after all, it is also a regular unit of the imperial army, has received professional military training from the empire, and has fought with the guerrillas on this battlefield for several years, even if it is not as good as them, the combat effectiveness will not be much worse.

A brigade of 500 people has no problem at all with only one or two regiments of weak people, and can even be pressed and beaten.

And such a brigade is suspected of being completely annihilated in just about an hour, which he can't help but pay attention to.

This group of enemies may not only be numerous, but also only the elite of the army, such as the Li Yunlong regiment that has made the empire suffer many losses.

A series of achievements have made Li Yunlong's name resounding in Shanxi and even North China, and he is respected as the strongest regiment-level unit in the Republic of China.

"Slow down, set up a guard centered on the armored vehicle, and shoot immediately if you find a target."

Captain Ohno directed the convoy to slow down and told the soldiers to pay attention to the ground in front of the convoy: "Pay attention to the ground, the enemy may plant bombs on the ground, and report immediately when you find any suspicious signs." ”

It's good that you have armored vehicles yourself.

Although Captain Ohno's heart was solemn, he did not have the slightest panic or fear.

Only take people without combat defense guns, mortars with poor accuracy have little effect on armored vehicles, as long as the death squad of this gang is not allowed to approach with grenades, as long as you pay attention to whether there are bombs planted on the ground, your squadron will definitely not fail.

The Empire's armored vehicles were invincible to that man.

Hold on for more than an hour, and reinforcements from far around the empire will come quickly, and at that time, no matter how many troops there are here, whether they are elite or not, they will inevitably be unable to defeat the Great Japanese Imperial Army.

"Hey."

Under his orders, the formation of the surrounding devils changed.

Five or six devils walked to the front of the armored car, avoiding the area illuminated by the lights, leaning down, carefully observing the ground in front of them, while the rest of the devils spread out and looked around on guard.

As the armored patrol squadron advanced, the devils found that there were corpses all over the railway in the distance, and judging from their clothes, these were all soldiers stationed in the Komatsu Brigade in Wendian Village.

Two blown up Type 92 infantry guns can even be seen in it.

"It's the artillery squad of the Komatsu Brigade."

Seeing this scene, Captain Ohno's pupils suddenly shrank.

Judging from the traces of the battlefield, the artillery squad was surrounded by craters, and it was obvious that they were engaged in an artillery battle with the enemy, and the number of craters was quite large, indicating that the enemy's firepower was probably beyond his expectations.

Looking at the chaos of cannons and the remains of shells, he could imagine what it was like.

In the fierce artillery battle with the enemy, the artillery squad of Komatsu's brigade was suddenly attacked by the enemy's infantry from the rear, and in a hurry, the artillery squad that had no time to deal with it suffered heavy losses, but the heroic and elite imperial samurai, before the jade shattering, still obeyed the artillery orders and destroyed the shells and cannons in time to prevent the weapons from falling into the hands of the enemy.

Since the artillery squad was completely destroyed in an attack, it also means that the other infantry squadrons of Komatsu's brigade were also in a bitter battle at that time, so they were unable to support the artillery squad.

And, this also establishes one thing.

The Komatsu brigade was indeed wiped out.

Even the main fire and artillery squad of the brigade was shattered, and the outcome of the other infantry squadrons can be imagined.

Thinking of this, Captain Ohno hurriedly retracted into the armored car and said to the person in charge of communications: "Send a report to Taiyuan, and basically confirm that all the members of the Komatsu Brigade stationed in Wendian Village have been martyred. ”

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"Yo, the wings are spreading, and the little devil is quite vigilant."

Holding the binoculars, because of the illumination of the searchlight, Li Yunlong could see the movements of the devil clearly.

Seeing the devil railway patrol squadron that was vigilant around and slowed down its speed, he smacked his mouth and said in a tone full of emotion: "Is this still a little devil?" ”

Looking back, how arrogant was the little devil?

One armored vehicle dares to rampage in the base area, and a dozen devils dare to launch a sweep, why are they so cautious now? Where did that invincible Imperial Japanese Army go?

However, Li Yunlong also had to admit that the little devil's caution and vigilance did cause him a lot of trouble.

The devils spread out on the wings of the armored car, making it difficult for the monk to get close to the armored car, and shooting at a long distance, the accuracy of the bullet cannot be guaranteed, and it may not be able to penetrate the armor.

But it's just a little bit of trouble.

"Let the artillery company open fire and disrupt the formation of the little devils."

Li Yunlong quickly issued a targeted order.

Although in the battle just now, the two bases carried by the artillery company this time, that is, more than 100 shells per gun, were all exhausted, after all, a devil brigade was completely annihilated in an hour, even if it was surrounded by superior forces, it would have to pay some price.

But there are still dozens of them.

After a while, as the sound of artillery bombardment sounded from the rear, more than a dozen explosive fireballs rose one after another in the armored convoy of devils, and several unlucky devils were directly killed, and the formation of the Japanese army was also torn apart.

In the face of shelling, the little devil always has to dodge.

However, the density of the shelling was very low, after all, there were not many shells, and in order to maintain the artillery fire, the artillery company was very slow.

"Hit."

Seeing the opportunity of the little devil's chaos, Li Yunlong beckoned and fired.

In an instant, dozens of machine guns and hundreds of rifles composed of a dense rain of bullets enveloped the devils, and in the sound of tinkling and ding, many devils who could not dodge in time were directly killed.

"Yaga."

Captain Ohno, who was hiding in the armored car, listened to the sound of bullets hitting the armor and the screams of the squadron soldiers, and suddenly became furious: "Rush over, rush over, their bullets can't penetrate the armor of the Empire." ”

"Grenadier canisters, heavy machine guns, suppression of enemy machine guns."

"Watch out for enemy death squads and mines."

During this period, Captain Ohno did not forget to command his subordinates to counterattack and maintain a high degree of vigilance.

However, when the railway patrol was firing at Li Yunlong's troops with armored vehicles, they didn't notice the monk and his party who rushed from the flank.

The night gave perfect cover, and the wings of the armored vehicles that had spread out before were also deformed and porous due to the battle with the independent regiment.

"Eighty meters."

After visually measuring the distance, the monk took a deep breath, clenched the two hand cannons in his hands, and then held his breath as he rushed out of the haystack, raised his gun, and pulled the trigger.

Knock knock... In the dull sound of gunfire, accompanied by dazzling muzzle fireworks, fourteen thick 12.7 mm bullets flew towards the Devil armored car.

The small searchlight at the front of the car makes the devil armored car very conspicuous, and the enemy is bright and dark, making aiming very simple.

In the end, at a distance of 80 meters, 12 out of 14 bullets hit the side of the armored vehicle, and the thin four-millimeter armor could not stop the huge power of the 12.7-millimeter bullets, and more than ten large holes were pierced in an instant.

After penetrating the steel plate, the warhead raged inside the armored vehicle, and the residual power still directly shattered the people inside.

However, unlike shells and grenades, bullets did not move much through the armored car, and the only sound was drowned out in the fierce gunfire in front, so the devil did not find that his indestructible armored car was penetrated for the first time.

Even the screams were drowned out.

"There are enemies on the side, shoot, shoot."

The leader of the devil squad in charge of the side defense immediately commanded several devils to shoot at the monk's exposed position after seeing the muzzle fireworks.

But the monk had expected it, and immediately after the shooting, he shifted his position and hid in the woods again, at a distance of eighty meters at night, without lights, the devils could not detect them at all.

When the leader of the devil squad on the flank was expecting the armored car to turn the armored tower and illuminate the flank to destroy the enemy, he noticed that the armored car of the empire around him seemed to have stopped moving.

The engines were still blaring, the searchlights were still on, but the tracks had stopped, and despite the dense gunfire around him, he still heard what appeared to be a groan coming from inside.

"Squadron Leader Ohno?"

"Squadron Leader Ohno?"

The dark hole on the side of the armored car that could almost reach into one hand made the team leader feel bad in his heart.

After so many years of fighting only with national territory, it was the first time that the squad leader had seen an armored vehicle pierced through a hole of this size, which was not a battle defense gun, nor explosives, but seemed to be an anti-tank gun.

Only that person is armed with an anti-tank gun?

As soon as Captain Ohno, whose face was covered in blood, got out of the armored car, the monk sprang out again, and this time he launched an attack on another armored car at a diagonal position of more than 60 meters.

Knock knock...

The dull sound of gunfire rang out again.

The second armored car was a little less lucky, the bullets seemed to destroy the internal structure, the engine was turned off on the spot, and the searchlights went out.

The armored car of the little devil is too crotch-pulling.

However, this time the devil reacted quickly, as soon as the monk's gun rang out, the devil's bullet also flew over, and the two covering soldiers beside him were caught off guard and were shot.

"Rush."

Seeing that the two armored vehicles of the devil had stopped, Li Yunlong ordered the troops to charge, and hundreds of soldiers rushed forward in a swarm, while the artillery company also fired the last few shells.

Boom Boom Boom ·····

Without armored vehicles, the devils of a squadron had little ability to resist in the face of the three companies led by Li Yunlong, but because there was no encirclement, in the end, more than 20 devils of this squadron escaped.

"Monk, your gun is really powerful." After the battle, a soldier looked at the large hole in the side of the armored car, and said in an extremely envious tone: "Not only did it penetrate the steel plate, but even the devils inside were killed by the way." ”

"Hey, hey, hey..."

The monk smirked and touched his hand cannon without speaking.

"Withdraw."

After cleaning up the battlefield, Li Yunlong ordered the troops to retreat.

After two battles, although nearly 600 devils were almost annihilated, the eight companies he led also suffered heavy losses, the casualties were much less than those of the small devils, and the ammunition was almost consumed.

It's time to retreat.