If the Japanese chariot division is examined from the perspective of Germany, it is a very deformed organization. Usually, a chariot division is under two chariot brigades, each brigade is divided into two chariot brigades. The entire division has a total of 4 chariot brigades, and then it is combined with a mobile infantry brigade and a mobile artillery brigade to form a chariot division.

The most obvious problem here is that there are too few infantry. The reason for this problem is not that Japan emphasizes the centralization of tanks too much. On the contrary, the Japanese army has always adhered to the armored idea of ​​dispersed configuration of combat vehicles and supporting ordinary infantry divisions to carry out combat rather than independently building and making warfare.

When entering into combat, the entire chariot division does not develop in one whole, but placing each chariot regiment to the front line troops. Under this guiding ideology, the chariot regiment does not need to be equipped with a large number of infantry. Anyway, some infantry divisions are infantry, and the chariot regiments are combat cooperative forces.

The chariot gang under normal organization generally has 60-70 armored vehicles, with 3 squadrons of chariots, 1 light chariot squadron, 1 artillery chariot squadron, and 1 preparation squadron. The squadron has 3 squadrons (3 medium chariots per squadron), 2 medium chariots and 3 light chariots (reconnaissance). From the actual situation, the chariot gang is only equivalent to the German armored battalion and is also the armored battalion organization before Type 1943 or the third company of the Marine Brigade.

After arriving in Ceylon and seeing so many tanks and armored vehicles, Yamashita Tomoto took the German organization and then adjusted his mind. After obtaining the consent of the Tokyo Base Camp, he drew out the independent chariot troops originally in the infantry unit and enriched them into the chariot corps. At the same time, he also transferred an infantry corps to take armored vehicles into the mobile infantry corps, and then turned some artillery into the mobile artillery corps.

After this transformation, the power of the 4th Division of the chariot expanded. Each brigade could obtain the power of 2 chariot regiments, 1 infantry regiment and 1 artillery regiment. The original brigade now looked more like a light division, while the original division commander looked more like a commander of the mecha army, which was equivalent to everyone being promoted to one level. Yamashita Tomofuri changed the system of the two brigades to independent chariot brigades on the grounds of expansion of the organization, but the number was still under the 4th Division of the chariot.

Everyone is smart. The commander's splitting method will soon form a de facto fixed organization, and even if it is well operated and upgraded again, it can become a chariot division. This kind of good thing is naturally unanimously supported by everyone.

Therefore, a chariot brigade was formed under the chariot brigade, and the new marshalling structure became one chariot brigade with 3 chariot brigades (2 medium and 1 light) + corps headquarters. Each chariot brigade had 4 chariot brigades. There were no squads under the squadron but became 6 tanks directly under the corps; the corps headquarters had 4 squadrons, a chariot brigade, a chariot brigade (tank destroyer) and a reconnaissance brigade.

After Yamashita Fengfu's magic trick, the number of tanks (tanks and kills) in each tank wing reached a total of 96, which not only far exceeded the original tank wing, but also had better quality. Even the picky people admit that the transformed independent tank brigade is closer to the requirements of mecha warfare, and is more flexible, less powerful than the German Army's reorganized armored division, but is larger than the German Marine Brigade.

During the landing process, the troops led by Takeda Oscar were a chariot brigade (26 vehicles) and a gang squadron of the corps (6 vehicles). With these 32 tanks, he could not defeat the 6th Tank Brigade of the British and Indian Army, but the other two brigades of the corps were distributed nearby. So while commanding the troops and retreating, he called the other two brigades to come for reinforcements with the radio station.

Menzies didn't know that the Japanese army was evacuating one after another, and they were digging a pit for him. They were so angry that they forgot the idea that they had promised to "repel the Japanese armored troops in front of them, provide cover for the infantry retreat and buy time". Instead, they rushed to chase them, as if they wanted to eat the troops attacked by Takeda in one bite.

As the distance went on, the slow Valentine tank could not keep up with Sherman's speed, and the 6th Tank Brigade's front line was lengthened. Menzies believed that Sherman alone was enough to educate the Japanese tanks, so he continued to pursue them without caring.

As the proud disciple of Toshiro Obata and one of the few Japanese people who knows about Soviet deep tactics and armored warfare, Takeda Ota did not rush to ask the reinforcements to help him block Sherman who came to pursue him, but asked them to concentrate their efforts to eat the slow Valentine troops behind.

The two reinforced chariot brigades were one of the t-34 and the other were the t-60. They immediately rushed towards the British defenders like a tiger going down the mountain, knocking Valentines unconscious with their skillful circle technology. One Valentines were circled behind them, and the Japanese tanks on the flank could catch fire.

After hearing the telegrams for help from behind, Menzies woke up and gave up the Takeda attack headquarters and went directly to rescue his guards. He never expected that he turned around and jumped into the second pit that Takeda attack had dug for them: let the 6 su-76 ambush the Shermans on the way back, and waited for the British tank column to attack halfway.

If one-on-one battle, the su-76 is certainly not Sherman's opponent, but this tactic of ambushing and hitting the slap made the British tank soldiers very worried: the sky gradually became dark, and they could not find the low-short su-76s in the bushes. Often the enemy's shells hit him before they found that there was still a tank destroyer hidden there, but it was too late, but the su-76 had first-class armor-piercing ability at close range and good accuracy.

In less than 15 minutes, six su-76s killed 14 Shermans in one go. In addition to the losses they suffered when they first fought against Takeda Oscar, Menzies's back sweat was all gone. He had lost more than half of Sherman, not to mention that Valentine and Sherman are still separated on different battlefields.

He gritted his teeth and issued an order: "All break through and retreat!"

"Sir, the enemy seems to be running away."

Takeda smiled and said, "I'm just thinking about escaping now. Don't you think it's too late? Tell the troops in front to relax and drive them towards the 18th Regiment..."

"Why is this? Are we sure to wipe out all of them?" his subordinate asked in confusion.

"Leave some credit to others. We have won the first place in the landing war martial arts, which is enough to show off." Takeda said with a smile. "We still need help in war. We offend all people. In the future, you are in trouble on the battlefield. Who can you expect to save you? Besides, if you wipe them out, our own losses will not be small."

"Been taught a lesson!"

With Japanese tank ambushing in several other directions, Menzies dazed with the remaining 30 more Shermans and Valentines, heading towards the 18th Chariot Regiment, and the opposite side was already waiting for him leisurely.

"Sir, we are surrounded, and there are tanks in front!"

Hearing the sound from the headphones, Menzies gritted his teeth: "Sheerman rushed over, don't be afraid of sacrifice."

"Bang", "Bang" both sides handed over or, but then the radio station shouted in surprise: "Hell, what tank is this? So hard? I can't hit it after 400 yards? This is not Matilda..."

"Ah, I was hit..."

"Around, go around..."

"No, there are enemies on the side... Huh, it's actually the French b2."

"How many heavy tanks does the Japanese army have? This guy is definitely a heavy tank!"

"Is it a tiger style?"

"No! The Germans all overlap the load-bearing wheels..." Before he finished speaking, he made a "boom", and then a pig-killing voice shouted, "I was hit."

"Sir, we can't beat them, we can't beat them..."

"Not good, the Japanese tanks are coming again behind us, and we are surrounded!"

At 20:10 that day, as night fell slowly, there were blocking in front and pursuers behind, and then the remnants of the 6th Tank Brigade, which lost the supply truck, could no longer hold on. As far as the fight came, even if Menzies wanted to persist, he could not do anything, so he had to lead his troops to surrender.

"What kind of tank is this?" He was so angry about what happened today. After being captured, he made a request, "I want to see them up close."

"It's totally OK." The Japanese army agreed to their request and led them to the group of heavy tanks just now.

The officers went up to look carefully and couldn't recognize the model, but there was one thing that everyone was sure of: in terms of design style, this was not a German or Soviet, nor a French system, but a bit like the huge body of infantry tanks produced by Britain, thick armor that was worthless, and a thin toothpick cannon.

"This is..." Menzies's face suddenly changed drastically and he muttered, "Damn Churchill, he actually threw Churchill to the Germans!"

This sentence was a bit confusing. Everyone was confused at first, but immediately understood that this heavy tank should be the Churchill infantry tank that has not been deployed in China for a long time and has not yet been deployed in the Far East. As an upgraded version of Matilda, his armor defense is thicker, his firepower is stronger, and his overall power is more powerful, but his speed is still as slow as ever.

"How many tanks do you have?"

"Many, and many of the chassis are still continuous. You have lost a lot in Africa..." Then the other side laughed wildly.

On the first day of landing war, the Japanese and German coalition occupied Madras, the German army cleared the northern wing, and the Japanese army took the southern wing, but the most noteworthy thing on the same day was that Takeda Oscar used a chariot wing and cooperated with other troops to surround the 6th British Tank Brigade, destroying the unit with more than 80 Sherman and Valentine tanks, and lost less than 30 of them. More importantly, it forced the other side to surrender. Not only did more than 20 tanks be seized intact, but the tanks that were lost in front after controlling the battlefield can also be pulled back for repair and restored.

Hearing that more than 70 tanks were added in one battle, even Tomoto Yamashita was moved and nodded repeatedly to praise: "After all, it is Tomoko Ota's high foot, its level can be seen..." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!