Bright Sword: Heiyunzhai was closed at the beginning

Chapter 277 The tank group in the attack (two-in-one chapter please subscribe)
If you look down from the air, the 33rd Division has formed a zigzag layout in the small town of Pawabi. In this unsafe town, the 213th Regiment is in front of the left, and the 214th Regiment is in front of the right. The three brigades are arranged as It looks like a pincer position, with the artillery squadron leaning against the rear.

The 215th Wing formed a parallel formation, blocking the front of the Mountain Artillery Wing and the Heavy Artillery Wing. It was only 213 or 214 kilometers away from the 2th Wing and the 3th Wing. Among the two brigades, a three-way chariot column was formed that was ready to attack at any time.

In view of the strength of the enemy and the possibility of night battles, Sakurai Shozo and Iteng Nobunaga ordered the troops to be in a state of fighting, that is, once they receive the order, the little devils can stand up and fight at any time.

If facing the normal Allied forces, the deployment of the 33rd Division can be described as impeccable, and even the elite divisions of the US military will not be able to take advantage of it.

But Gao Jianwu is not an ordinary person.

炮兵主力2个155毫米重炮团和2个105毫米重炮团悉数调动到密铁拉前线，48门M1式155毫米榴弹炮和72门M2A1式105毫米榴弹炮分成了4个不同的炮兵阵地，将帕瓦比小鬼子全部覆盖进去。

According to the latest intelligence information, General Gao Jian's artillery position is stuck 12 kilometers away from the Little Devil's artillery position, which happens to be out of their reach. Although the range of the M2A1 105mm howitzer is comparable to that of the Little Devil's 150mm howitzer, But the M1 155mm howitzer is as high as more than 14 kilometers, which is enough to catch them all.

At 2 o'clock in the morning, after the various ministries reported that the movement was in place, Gao Jianwu gave an order, and the artillery immediately opened fire in full force!
The 75mm artillery battalion of the three major attack groups and the four heavy artillery regiments opened fire at the same time according to the strike coordinate range provided by Gao Jianwu. At one time, nearly 4 flying fire meteors in the sky directly smashed into the camp of the 200rd division.

Soon, the observation post lurking near the enemy camp fed back the landing point of the shells to the headquarters, and summarized them in Gao Jianwu's hands. Most of the shells hit the target area, and only a small part of the shells, after Gao Jianwu slightly revised the coordinates, Readjust the shelling elements and immediately invest in the second round of shelling.

Sakurai Shozo and Iteng Nobunaga were awakened by the sound of the artillery at the same time. Their headquarters was leaning against the headquarters of the 215th Regiment, and they happened to see that the artillery position had been blasted into a sea of ​​flames by hundreds of cannons!
"How is this possible?" Shozo Sakurai's face was full of disbelief. He accurately found his main artillery position in the first round, and he was able to strike accurately. This completely overturned Shozo Sakurai's past common sense.

"Mr. Sakurai, I have read the battle reports. The enemy does have extraordinary commanding capabilities in the Jin area, but we think that the people who reported from the front line exaggerated to lessen their guilt. Now it seems that the enemy's artillery is indeed very strong. , and we know our position and deployment like the back of our hands, now we have to transfer and let the tank wing rush out to find the enemy's artillery positions and wipe them out is the only chance of victory!"

Iteng Nobunaga looked at the huge loss on his own side, and his brain was buzzing, but now is not the time to explore these things. He must respond before the enemy completely destroys his artillery. On the one hand, he can save his own artillery, on the other hand Destroy the opponent's artillery.

The Chariot Alliance is their biggest trump card. With one order, the Chariot Alliance will set off with a bang!Go in the direction of the expeditionary artillery fire.

Although there are a lot of enemy artillery positions in this direction, the tank wing directly chose the direction of the artillery positions of two 115mm heavy artillery regiments, and divided them into two columns for a quick assault.

Relying on a simple calculation of the trajectory of the shells in the sky, the little devil has roughly estimated that the heavy artillery group of the expeditionary force is about 10 kilometers away, and the orientation is quite clear. At the speed of the Type 20 medium tank, it takes about [-] minutes You can find these heavy artillery!
As soon as the enemy moved, the observation post lurking in the nearby jungle discovered their movement and reported it immediately.

"Dongyao called the tank regiment, Sun Desheng, your job is coming!" Gao Jianwu smiled, and he had expected it a long time ago. He kept the two tank battalions on hold, just waiting for the opponent's little devil, the chariot regiment.

At the moment, the two tank battalions are led by Sun Desheng, the former cavalry battalion commander of the Ping An Independence Regiment. Because of the flapping of Gao Jianwu's butterfly wings, Sun was fine during the anti-sweeping battle last year, and with the support of Gao Jianwu, he built a cavalry battalion.

After the news spread that Gao Jianwu would send someone to learn how to drive a T34 tank, Sun Desheng approached Gao Jianwu like crazy and asked to switch to a tank. He looked anxious, but he was not too old. Less than ten.

It's just that the cavalry battalion commander of the main force clamored to become a tank soldier. This matter aroused controversy among the upper echelons of the independent regiment, which made Li Yunlong a little bit embarrassed. Under the circumstances, Sun Desheng was able to become a member of the Beishang study team, which really made him drive a tank.

Then Lao Sun wrapped himself around the tank as if in a daze. He only rested for less than 6 hours a day, and the rest of the time was completely devoted to the tank. Language barrier, but action is the best language.

Such an eagerness to learn made Sun Desheng, a student in the literacy class, a leader in the tank learning army. Gao Jianwu saw him, and he was promoted from the captain of the tank study to the commander of the tank company in Jinyang, until he was brought to Burma. Come from the British colonies and serve as the regiment leader after the tanks are formed!
"Got it, Commander Gao, the brothers are already ready, this time we will make the little devils' chariot unit come and go!" On the other side of the walkie-talkie, Sun, the head of the tank regiment, was guarding the positions of two 155mm howitzers. Desheng looked very excited.

The little devil has a chariot, how could Gao Jianwu ignore it.

According to his prediction, the biggest possibility for the little devils tanks is to assault the artillery positions, and the 155mm heavy artillery positions with the most lethality are obviously their first choice target, so Gao Jianwu deployed two tank battalions there in advance .

Sure enough, the little devil thought of this as soon as he was beaten.

They also know that artillery duels are not opponents at all, so they use chariots as a surprise force.

Of course, the tank regiment of the expeditionary army group also knows that it is impossible for Gao Jianwu to hide such a big thing, but whether it is the division commander Shozo Sakurai or the chief of staff Nobunaga Iteng, the tanks of the expeditionary army group The troops are still somewhat underestimated.

Tanks are not rifles, and they can be relatively proficient after two or three months of training. If you want to hit the opponent while the tank is marching, this kind of elite tank team is definitely not something that can be trained in just two or three months.

Which of their own tank teams has years of combat and training experience, so even if the Type [-] tanks on their own side are inferior to the opponent's Sherman tanks, Sakurai Shozo and Iten Nobunaga I still believe in my chariot alliance.

Moreover, the opponent does not necessarily deploy tanks on artillery positions.

But this time they were doomed to miscalculate.

The scouts responsible for observing the periphery of the heavy artillery position reported the dynamics of the little devil's chariot unit in real time, allowing Sun Desheng to know every move of the little devil like the palm of his hand.

The little devil artillery observers are indeed very experienced. The position and distance of the heavy artillery positions of the expeditionary force they locked were less than 1 kilometer away, so that the two troops of the 33rd tank regiment hardly took any detours.

Looking at the hot artillery shells flying towards his camp from time to time in the sky, Nobuo Ueda, the captain of the 33rd Tank Regiment, was very anxious. He knew how much damage each shell could cause to his troops. The 155mm heavy artillery, It may be possible to take away all personnel within a diameter of 200 meters in one shot.

In extreme cases, most of the squadron may be gone!
So Nobuo Ueda almost stepped on the accelerator to the bottom and rushed towards the artillery position of the expeditionary army.

His chariot wing has a total of 54 tanks and 11 artillery tanks, of which 36 Type 3 medium tanks form 18 squadrons, and another 1 Type 1 light tanks form 5 squadron, plus [-] Type [-] There are a total of [-] squadrons in the artillery tank squadron.

Following him at this moment are 2 medium tank squadrons and a type artillery tank squadron, a total of 35 vehicles are coming towards a heavy artillery position of the expeditionary army group.

In a thick bush on the road more than one kilometer ahead of him, Sun Desheng led the 30 tanks of the [-]st Tank Battalion to hide quietly hundreds of meters around the bush, forming a big pocket. Facing the direction where the little devil is coming.

According to Gao Jianwu's deployment, if the little devil's chariot regiment really dares to come out, then using our preset observation post advantage, the tank regiment will lie in ambush on the left and right sides of the enemy's chariot regiment's only way to attack first!
Even if the performance is superior, wouldn't it be easier to win a wave of sneak attacks.

According to Gao Jianwu's principle, killing the little devil with the least cost is the best tactic.

Although Sun Desheng has not been out of the independent regiment for a long time, he has long understood Gao Jianwu's tactical thinking, and has no idea of ​​confronting the little devil head-on.

"Attention all units, the little devil tank is approaching us!

After we put all the little devil tanks into the ambush circle, listen to my order to fire flares to illuminate the ambush circle, remember to follow our battle plan, choose the target separately, and confirm that the two of them are a group to fight one, and must be in the first round Knock out half of the enemy tanks! After hearing the sound of rumbling tanks in the distance, Sun Desheng turned on the full channel of the walkie-talkie and issued an order.

"Yes! Commander! Received by the second tank combat team!"

"Received by the third battle team of the tank!"

After a loud reply came from the public channel of the walkie-talkie, everyone fell silent again.

The 30 tanks of the first tank battalion were divided into 15 groups. Sun Desheng also formed a group with another Sherman tank and ambushed in front of the closest to the little devils. According to the deployment, he had to wait until all the little devils tanks Only when they pass in front of him will they order the flares to fire!
The entire ambush spread out over a distance of more than one kilometer, leaving the middle of the encirclement nearly 600 meters wide. If the little devil tank entered the encirclement, it would be about five or six hundred meters away from everyone at most.

The batch of Sherman tanks that Sun Desheng and the others accepted, even if they were old models, once the 75mm main gun on it can hit the enemy, it is enough to inflict heavy damage on the opponent at this distance.

It's just that it is very difficult for the tank's main gun to hit moving objects. The gunners of the tank regiment have almost zero experience. The tank's tactic is to aim and attack when it is stationary, and in this way to ensure the hit rate of the first round of strikes.

The Little Devils Chariot Squad is not at all like the Tank Squad when it was first established. They fought all the way from the mainland, and then swept across Southeast Asia. They fought many Western powers, and they also fought some tank battles. It can be said that they have experienced hundreds of battles.

Under normal conditions, it would be extremely difficult for Sun Desheng's tank battalion to defeat the more than 30 tanks of various types led by Nobuo Ueda.

Just because of this consideration, Gao Jianwu not only put Sun Desheng's tank battalion in front of the heavy artillery position for defense, but also moved the anti-aircraft artillery company there.

Closest to the heavy artillery was a battery of bazookas.

In other words, Gao Jianwu established three defensive fronts in the heavy artillery position.

Even if Nobuo Ueda broke through the interception of Sun Desheng's tank battalion, he still had to face two interceptions of anti-aircraft artillery and bazooka rockets. Under these three defensive attacks, Nobuo Ueda's fate was actually doomed.

The 33rd Chariot Regiment has now fallen into Sun Desheng's trap without realizing it. Nobuo Ueda took the lead in driving a Type [-] tank into the encirclement. He never expected that the opponent's tank with superior performance would be so Hide insidiously and ambush them!

So watching the direction of the shells flashing in the sky getting closer and closer to him, and the height of the shells slashing through the air is getting lower and lower. Obviously, he is very close to the target, and Nobuo Ueda's heart began to boil.

"Kill it!" Nobuo Ueda yelled towards the front, but the roar of the tank limited his cries to those around him, and this one was just to vent his emotions.

The Little Devils Chariot Squadron, which is not yet equipped with a walkie-talkie, can only issue orders through the radio communicator on the chariot.

Compared with Sun Desheng and their direct voice calls, they are a whole generation behind in terms of communication!
One after another, the little devil tanks and chariots rumbled past Sun Desheng's eyes. When the last artillery chariot was about to enter the encirclement, Sun Desheng turned on the walkie-talkie full channel to issue orders!
"Fire flares, each group aims at the opponent and prepares to attack!" Sun Desheng yelled, and several artillery crews who had been ambushing in the bushes immediately began to fire flares with mortars, instantly reflecting the encircled section of the road It was so bright that Nobuo Ueda was even temporarily blinded by the bright light.

"There is an ambush, order all the ministries to disperse immediately!" Nobuo Ueda, who was originally adapted to the dark environment, was caught off guard, his eyes were blinded by the flash, but he still gave the order subconsciously.

But at this time, their communication still needs the communication personnel in the car to send a report through the radio station. The transmission speed of this order is naturally lagging behind. The communicator needs to translate his order into Moore code to encrypt and release it. In a few minutes, other tanks I can't accept it.

At this moment, several flares have illuminated the entire sky, and Nobuo Ueda's tank unit clearly appeared in the eyes of the soldiers of Sun Desheng's tank battalion one by one. The tank gunners who were ready to adapt to the bright environment first, Quickly aiming at the slow-down little devil tanks and artillery chariots, taking advantage of the moment when the march of the little devil chariots was temporarily suspended due to the light, they decisively cut off the cannons one by one!
On the tank commanded by Sun Desheng, the gunner also aimed at the last little devil's first-type artillery tank and fired. At a distance of less than 400 meters, the shells almost didn't stop and bang, blowing up the artillery tank on the spot.

For the little devil artillery tank with almost no armor defense, facing the 75mm artillery is almost as fragile as an egg.

Not only that, but one of the tanks saw that the little devil's cannon tank was poorly defended, and the rear of the tank that drove past had no defense. It immediately fired a machine gun and beat the members of the cannon tank into a hornet's nest and stopped it!
Sun Desheng commanded the tank to turn its direction, and the gunner continued to aim at the little devil's artillery tank passing by and fired high-explosive shells, which directly hit the shell and caused a martyrdom explosion, blowing up a nearby artillery tank!
In a short period of time, Sun Desheng's tank achieved two results!

At the same time, the sound of shelling and explosions continued to ring out in the bushes, and the tank battalions ambushing on both sides of the bushes showed their power one by one, blowing up the Little Devil [-] tanks one after another almost simultaneously. Start a raging flame!
There was also the faint howling of the little devil!

Now, before receiving the order, the little devil's remaining tanks and artillery tanks began to maneuver like frightened rabbits. Sun Desheng had already started the tank, and began to slam on the accelerator to catch up with a little devil [-] tank.

Although the little devil fled crazily like waking up from a dream, it was already too late.
The first battalion of tanks aimed at the enemy in a stationary state. The first round of concentrated fire aimed calmly, so the accuracy rate was amazing. Almost all hit the opponent, and Ueda Nobuo's main force of the 2nd tank was reimbursed for nearly half!
A quick-witted man like Sun Desheng even killed two artillery tanks!
What's even more terrible for the little devils is that now the ambushing enemy can see them clearly, but they don't know the exact position of the enemy at all. They are very passive in the combat position, and can only increase the accelerator and start snaking maneuvers to avoid.

This kind of irregular high-speed maneuver did make Sun Desheng's tank gunners' hit rate drop sharply.

But even so, almost every tank of the 57st Tank Battalion is now chasing an opponent madly. The speed of the two tanks is not far behind. The [-]mm small water tube gun of the Japanese tank is facing Sherman's armor, even if it hits the opponent, it may not be effective.

However, once the Sherman's 75mm artillery hits the opponent, it will almost certainly achieve new results. Therefore, in the melee, several tanks of the Little Devils Chariot Alliance were soon beaten and unable to move again!

Ueda Nobuo, who escaped by chance in the first round of shelling, was about to burst into tears. He didn't expect his opponent to be so insidious, and he would ambush himself under such an advantage. , his chariot troops lost more than half, allowing Sun Desheng to quickly gain a huge advantage of 2 vs 1!
With the huge advantages in the number and quality of tanks, Sun Desheng's first tank battalion used the convenient walkie-talkie real-time communication and used the method of 2-on-1 firefighting to beat the opponent in groups when the combat experience was seriously insufficient. , and finally wiped out the tank brigade led by Nobuo Ueda at the cost of 3 tanks being injured.

Including killing Nobuo Ueda on the spot!

Due to the timely retreat of the crew members on the injured tank, the tank crew members of this battle were almost unscathed!

Almost at the same time, near the heavy artillery position on the other side, another tank brigade composed of a Type 1 light tank and a Type 1 medium tank, under the ambush attack of the Second Tank Battalion, finally escaped Several Type [-] light tanks.

The Second Tank Battalion adopted almost the same tactics as the First Tank Battalion. The difference was that the Type [-] light tanks were much more mobile, allowing the little devils to seize the opportunity and escape in the darkness after the flares disappeared.

However, these fish that slipped through the net are completely useless for the tank regiment.

In this ambush, in terms of battle damage, the Second Tank Battalion lost 5 tanks. They were also injured by the enemy, and the crew members escaped successfully.

After Gao Jianwu received the news of the victory of the tank regiment, he immediately ordered them to go to the battlefield, preparing to attack the positions of the Little Devils 213th and 214th regiments with the first and second attack groups!

This time Gao Jianwu is going to let the little devil have another taste of the power of infantry and tank coordination on the basis of infantry and artillery coordination!

The enemy's endless and violent artillery fire often hit the vital points of his position. Only then did Sakurai Shozo realize the desperate psychology of the 15th and 22nd Divisions at the beginning, even if he ordered the regrouping of troops for transfer, but Whenever the team has just assembled, there is always a burst of violent shelling.

It's either a 75mm howitzer or a 105mm howitzer, just like the enemy has a pair of eyes staring at them all the time.No one knows why the opponent's shelling is so accurate in the dark night.

However, the speed at which one squadron was destroyed one after another, and the bad news that Sakurai Shozo kept receiving, let him know that under the opponent's bombardment, the 33rd Division suffered heavy casualties.

The enemy's artillery is as if it has precision guidance, achieving the effect of pointing where to hit.

Not only that, but after Shōzo Sakurai received the news that the tank regiment was almost wiped out, enemy tanks appeared at the front of the 213th and 214th regiments. Thanks to the report of the Colonel, no less than 20 Sherman tanks have been found in front of them!

Behind the tank, the infantry of the brigade followed the tank and charged.

The enemy's simple and straightforward tactics are almost incomprehensible for the two infantry regiments who have no fortifications in the field. Machine guns have almost no effect on the tanks, but once the tanks aim at the firepower of the machine guns, they often take away a machine gun with one shot Group!

This state made the commanders of the 213th Wing and the 214th Wing almost crazy.

And when they mobilized the artillery to come over to fight the tanks, the shells in the sky often fell before the artillery began to fight!

The enemy's infantry and infantry-tank coordination are almost unsolvable tactics for Sakurai Shozo.

The battle lasted for more than three hours, and the 33rd Division, which had suffered huge casualties, finally couldn't bear it anymore. Shozo Sakurai finally ordered the entire army to disperse and move forward!
They didn't even dare to rally and retreat again.

To put it bluntly, the right army of the 33rd Division was completely disintegrated!

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