"That seems to be Hirano-kun's chariot! Bastard!"

In the 97-type chariot in a static state, Matsutaro Ishihara smashed his fist hard on the armored steel plate. Through the chariot observation hole, you can see that another 97-type chariot not far away has turned into a bonfire. Although Japanese chariots are usually not painted with eye-catching numerical identification numbers like the Russians, they also have their own identification methods.

"Shi Yuanjun, be careful, the Russian chariot is still nearby!" Gunner Takehiro Ishida shouted.

Ishihara's teeth were clenched, and his face showed a ferocious look: "Okay, let me avenge Hirano! Ishida, come with an armor-piercing bullet!"

The gunner quickly took an armor-piercing bomb from the ammunition rack. The original model of the Type 97 57mm short-barrel cannon is equipped with a Type 97 57mm short-barrel artillery, which can fire grenades and armor-piercing bombs. It carries 120 rounds, usually 80 grenades and 40 armor-piercing bombs. This equipment is suitable for supporting infantry combat. On the east bank of the Halaha River, given that the Soviet army has sent a large number of mechanized corpses in Outer Mongolia, the Japanese chariot troops adjusted the ammunition distribution accordingly, turning it into grenades, with half of the armor-piercing bombs.

The 97 Middle School War, where Matsutaro Ishihara was the commander, was equipped with four passengers. The commander and gunner were located in the turret. The driver was located on the right side of the front of the vehicle body, the machine gunner was located on the left side of the driver, and the turret was located on the right side of the longitudinal center of the vehicle body. In addition to a 57mm main gun, there were two 97 type 7.7mm heavy machine guns as auxiliary, one of which was a front machine gun, and the other one was installed on the right side of the rear of the turret. The power unit was 1 power

The 25-kilowatt 12-cylinder air-cooled diesel engine is located at the rear of the vehicle body, with the driving wheel in front, and the power needs to be transmitted through a long transmission shaft to the transmission and the gearbox in the front of the vehicle body; there are 6 medium-diameter load-bearing wheels on each side of the vehicle body, the first and sixth load-bearing wheels are independent coil spring suspensions, and the 2-5 load-bearing wheels are in a group, and balanced suspension is required; the body and turret are both steel armored and riveted structures are used, with a maximum thickness of 25 mm...

After a moment, Ishihara narrowed her eyes in the darkness: "Attention! The target appears! On the front of the right... several Russian tanks were found and ready to fire..."

The Japanese army is good at night war, which seems to be a concept that has been formed since the Russo-Japanese War. Japanese commanders advocate night attacks, and military regulations also make detailed regulations on night wars. They do this on weekdays. This is not only a strong and unique military creed, but also out of a clear understanding of their own conditions. After careful aiming, Ishihara opened fire with great confidence, and the armor-piercing bomb hit the target accurately, but was instantly bounced off by the turret armor of the enemy chariot. In front of the tilted armor of the C-35, the short-barrel cannon of the 97th Central Battle was like a fire-pulling stick with its own appearance!

Whoosh...boom!

A shell that fell nearby burst out with a blazing fire in an instant, forcing Ishihara to close his eyes. The strong light shone through the periscope on this calm and capable face.

"The enemy has found himself, and there is no doubt that the enemy's shooting is not accurate, because they are not good at night combat and have poor night aiming skills. It must be like this!" Ishihara thought to himself, "Since the enemy's turret is as hard as a rock, then we will attack their car body or side."

"Ishida, armor-piercing bullet!"

Ishihara didn't say much, and after aiming, another shot came. The dark red light spot went straight to the Soviet Russian chariot in the distance, but the light spot clanged past the target's turret and burst out a large mass of mud and sand nearby.

Ishihara did not expect the darkness to protect his chariot from being hit by the enemy. He was not too upset when the second shell was skewed, but quickly ordered the driver: "Nakamura, start the chariot and change the position and then fight!"

In people's concept, position and luck are related, but fighting is not like playing cards. If you lose, you will have a chance to have another game. You have only driven more than ten meters. With a loud bang, the chariot slowed down significantly after instantaneous trembling. After continuing to move for a few meters, you only heard the roar of the engine and no movement of the car!

"Oh no, Ishihara, our tracks were blown up!" said Saburo Nakamura.

Ishihara immediately shouted: "Don't panic!"

After saying that, he peeked into the situation on the battlefield through the observation hole. According to common sense, at the forefront of the fierce battle, once the chariot loses its power of movement, he should abandon the car and seek protection from the infantry. However, the Japanese army's way of thinking is different from other armies. The idea of ​​bravery and brokenness is deeply rooted in the minds of most officers and soldiers. Therefore, in the Pacific War, there are many cases of captains sinking with ships. Many pilots also flew planes to hit the enemy when they could have parachuted, and the performance of the army troops is often even better.

In the wilderness more than 100 meters apart, the Soviet chariot with identification number "343" suddenly stopped. The "British" Barthrey Alphrede Parks, who had rich combat experience, did not realize that he had captured a very valuable target. Matsutaro Ishihara was the most experienced and skilled sergeant of the Japanese Army Chariot Teaching Brigade. He and the other three chariot commanders were called the "Four King Kongs" by their brigade commander Major General Manaissarro. Their record had been on the Daily News.

The same 57mm gun was developed by the Soviet Russian army, both the range, accuracy and penetration of the zis-4 long-barrel guns were sufficient to crush the Japanese Type 97 short-barrel guns. Taking the German "Teutonic Knights" as the imaginary target, the zis-4 can penetrate its front armor at a distance of about 500 meters, and the Type 97 short-barrel gun is difficult to work even if it fires face to face.

After a brief aim, Parks opened fire. The first shell was slightly off and his gunner immediately loaded the second shot. After a little adjustment, Parks fired for the second time. This time the shell accurately hit the turret of the 1997 Middle School Battle. The huge explosion instantly tore through the fragile riveted armor. Although the chariot did not turn into a big fireball, none of the crew members inside escaped...

"Hurry! Comrades, move quickly!"

On another battlefield on the east bank of the Halaha River, in the turret of a ba-10 wheeled armored vehicle, Soviet armored soldier Igori Yonov watched the battle ahead through the observation hole. The weapons of ordinary infantry regiments could not stop the Japanese armored group that launched full-speed attacks like cavalry. Seeing that infantry were constantly being swept down by Japanese chariot artillery fire and even machine guns, Yonov and his comrades were hung in their throats. The ba-10 was installed on the base of a three-axle (six-wheel) armored car.

The turret of the BC-3 equipped with the firepower is equivalent to the BC-3 fast combat vehicles, but the armored defense can only withstand ordinary bullets and cannot withstand the frontal attack of enemy combat vehicles. On such a battlefield, they are only suitable for reconnaissance in front of the chariot troops, or to undertake low-intensity combat tasks. In the armored reconnaissance battalion, the mission of the BA-10 is to use its fast maneuverability to attack the enemy's light armored and non-armored targets. Its biggest advantage is that it is equipped with an on-board radio station.

The Japanese armored cluster was approaching, and the vehicle-mounted radio received the command of the company commander. He was preparing to fight a mobile blocking battle with the only four ba-10s and two ba-6s he had.

"Yuri, armor-piercing bullets are loaded!"

The engine has not started yet, Jonov can lower his voice to notify his loading hands.

Accompanied by a slight and crisp clang, the loader calmly reported: "Recharge is completed!"

"Stay calm, guys! Victor, ready to start!"

In sight, more than twenty Japanese chariots rushed in with great momentum in the wilderness.

"Comrade Sergeant, the platoon leader asked us to attack the left with Car No. 3, and they attack the right with Car No. 5, and then quickly retreat!" The correspondent reported in an unbearable tone that the wheeled armored vehicle weighed only 5.1 tons, but it also required four passengers to operate, namely the commander, gunner, driver and correspondent.

"Okay, aim at the one on the left!" Yonov seized the opportunity to issue an order. You should know that the Type 97 turret armor is only 30 mm, and the armor plates around the engine are about the same thickness. At a distance of more than 300 meters, the 45 mm tank cannon is enough to pose a fatal threat to it!

There are few good opportunities for gods. In order to avoid exposing himself, the gunner did not adjust the shooting angle in advance. Fortunately, his rich combat experience and excellent technical ability made him spend only a few seconds to complete the adjustment.

boom!

The sound of cannons from the command vehicle sounded the horn of the battle. As soon as Yonov shouted "Fire", the gunners had already fired the cannons. Within just three seconds, six wheeled armored vehicles fired one after another. At such a distance and conditions, the Japanese tanks at the top had no time to react!

“Beautiful job!”

Yonov couldn't help but shout. Looking along his sight, the shells hit a Japanese 97 chariot. The violent explosion made the fierce guy lose his anger instantly. Although it moved forward for a short distance by inertia, the whole car had burned irreversibly. After a moment, the following saint explosion completely fiddled into a pile of scrap iron!

Almost at the same time, another Japanese chariot hit by a shell was lying in place. Crews could be seen vaguely drilling out of the cockpit or the captain's hatch. Although these people were basically not capable of combat, the Soviet armored soldiers opened fire without hesitation. The roar of the machine gun lasted only a few seconds, and the poor worms fell next to their car in different postures.

As the two frontal tanks were successively exploded, the Japanese tank cluster finally slowed down slightly, or rather, stopped to organize the shooting!

Jonov took the opportunity to order: "Victor, start the chariot and move to the right!"
Chapter completed!