Chapter 523: The First Armored Unit of the Eighth Route Army
The screen returns to Wusu Military Station.
In addition to Wang Chengzhu, who can drive a tank, Langya captain Duan Peng, guard company commander Wei Heshang, Langya first team captain Song Nanshan and deputy captain Zhao Handong, who can drive a train, also learned to drive a tank.
Although they are not as skilled as armored soldiers, and cannot even control the turret to attack enemy targets, they can at least control the tanks to move forward, backward, and turn.
By this time, the first batch of Japanese reinforcements had already arrived.
The first to be dispatched was the security brigade of Wusu Airport. About two squadrons came, with almost 400 people.
In addition to the flight brigade, Wusu Airport has only one brigade of security forces. The dispatch of two squadrons is already the limit.
Unfortunately, these Japanese soldiers were intercepted by the 5th and 6th Battalions just as they were halfway through the charge.
A fierce exchange of fire broke out between the enemy and us on the way, with gunshots and explosions everywhere.
Because the 5th and 6th Battalions occupied favorable terrain in advance and calculated deliberately, their strength was two or three times that of the Japanese.
Therefore, almost as soon as the fire started, half of the 400 Japanese reinforcements fell.
The remaining Japs quickly ran into the fields on both sides of the road and started positional combat with the Fifth and Sixth Battalions...
Inside Wusubing Station.
The baggage battalion has taken over the military station. In name, the baggage battalion is the reserve team for this battle. At this moment, it has completely become a bandit cleaning the battlefield.
It has to be said that Wusu Military Depot is worthy of being the warehouse of Wusu Airport. The supply battalion plundered more than 30 trucks of ammunition, grain and other materials in the military depot.
Fortunately, there are dozens of trucks in the military depot, and the soldiers from the baggage company can use them. Otherwise, they may not be able to move them away.
As for how to go back, of course it is to fight back and directly remove the Japanese checkpoints along the way.
Independent Er Tuan never vomits out anything he eats.
At this time, Wang Chengzhu and the others were also ready, and the tank's fuel tank was filled with diesel.
"action!"
Following Wang Chengzhu's order.
Several people launched their tanks one after another and went straight to Wusu Airport, seven or eight kilometers away, to kill them.
Five tanks were lined up in a "pin" shape, kicking up dust all the way. The soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion who followed them ate a full mouthful of it.
However, they did not complain at all, but looked excited.
In the past, it was the Japanese who drove tanks to fight against them, but now it is they who drove tanks to fight against the Japanese, which is beautiful when I think about it.
The tank convoy of the Second Independent Regiment rushed all the way, and soon arrived at the location where the enemy and ourselves were exchanging fire.
Kobayashi Hikaru, who was directing the battle in the field, saw that what was coming turned out to be their Japanese Type 97 medium tanks. He thought it was their reinforcements that had arrived. He was overjoyed and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Yo Xi! Our reinforcements have arrived. The warriors of the empire are preparing to launch a counterattack and wipe out all the Tubal Road on the opposite side!"
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the muzzle of the tank in the middle of the front flashed red, and then, a loud "boom" sound exploded almost 50 meters to the left of Kobayashi Koichi.
Kobayashi turned his head and looked around, and saw that one of his machine gunners, the machine gun mate next to him, and the crooked light machine gun in front of him were all blown away.
Kobayashi Koichi was stunned for a moment and cursed "Baga", then he deceived himself and said: "The armored soldiers of the Imperial Army on the opposite side must have made a mistake."
As soon as the words fell, the heavy machine guns of the five tanks that rumbled on the road opened fire one after another.
"Tu tu tu tu!"
"Tu tu tu tu tu!——"
Tongues of fire spewed out, and a large hail of hot bullets suddenly poured out. The target was still the Japanese from the airport security brigade.
Although Duan Peng and Wei Monk's skills in operating tanks were limited, the machine gunners had no difficulty in operating the machine guns.
In an instant, at least dozens of Japs were beaten into a hornet's nest on the spot. Some Japs were shot continuously in the abdomen, and their internal organs even flowed out.
At this time, the Japanese from the airport security team finally reacted.
"Baga! Those who operate these tanks are not the Imperial Army, but the China-Tuba Road. They have robbed our tanks of the Imperial Japanese Army!"
"Fire, fire!"
"Kill these damn bastards!"
In an instant, the Japs from the airport guard concentrated their firepower and pointed their guns at the oncoming tanks.
"Ding ding ding ding!——"
Although the Japanese's Type 97 medium tank is not as good as the medium tanks of European and American countries, its defensive armor still has no problem resisting attacks from light machine guns and rifles.
Although the Japanese's firepower was fierce, those bullets only threw up clusters of sparks after hitting the tank's defensive armor, and were ruthlessly bounced away.
Just like scratching an itch, it won't hurt the tank at all, and naturally it won't hurt the Wolf Fang members in the cabin.
But the Wolf Fang team members on the roof of the car were manipulating the vehicle-mounted machine guns to fire continuously, and dense rain of bullets poured out. The Japs hiding in the corn fields were like a group of living targets.
When the battle was in full swing, Wang Chengzhu turned directly, and the tank turned and headed straight for the rice field where the Japanese were hiding.
Duan Peng, Wei Monk and others also followed suit.
When a tank faces a group of infantry without anti-material weapons, it will be completely crushed without any tactics or skills at all.
At this time, the Japanese who were hiding in the cornfield and resisting stubbornly finally realized that something was wrong. They screamed and prepared to run deep into the cornfield in an attempt to save their lives.
However, no matter how fast the two short legs of the Japs were, how could they be faster than the tracks of the tank? Soon these Japs were caught up one after another, and the tank tracks ruthlessly crushed them, crushing them directly into pieces.
Puddles of rotten meat were mixed in the mud, making it impossible to dig them out.
There were also some Japanese who tried to run in an 'S' shape to avoid being crushed by tanks, but the members of the Wolf Fang Special Forces did not tolerate them and directly mounted their heavy machine guns to serve them.
Not long after, the Japanese reinforcements who came from the airport were almost wiped out, leaving only Kobayashi Koichi and the few remaining soldiers who fled deep into the field of Baomi, and luckily managed to save a small life.
Wang Chengzhu did not continue the pursuit, so he led the armored convoy back to the road and continued to rush toward the airport not far away.
Standing on the observation deck of the airport, you can clearly see the fighting here, but even now, the Japanese in the airport have not noticed anything unusual.
Although they could clearly see the fighting here, because it was night, they could not distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, so they regarded Wang Chengzhu and the others who were driving the tank as one of their own.
I thought it was their tank convoy that destroyed the ambushing Eighth Route Army and returned in triumph.
For the same reason, in their opinion, the only ones who can operate the tanks are their Imperial Japanese Army, and the Eighth Route Army does not have tanks.
It must be the imperial army in Wusu Military Station who used tanks to eliminate the attacking Eighth Route Army and came to reinforce them...
Chapter completed!