Chapter 324 A Heavy Tank
No wonder Kano thought so much.
First of all, Kano Mata has a relatively good understanding of the combat power of the stubborn army... I don't say I know very well, I can only say I understand it better.
Because this "understanding" mainly comes from Hans' military adviser in the stubborn army.
The stubborn army originally had several divisions formed by Hans military advisers. The combat effectiveness of these divisions was quite strong, but they were completely wiped out in the Battle of Shanghai and the Battle of Nanjing.
While training the stubborn army, Hans's military adviser also has a certain understanding of the combat effectiveness and qualities of the stubborn army.
On the other hand, Hans generally believed that the stubborn army was the regular army of China, while the Eighth Route Army was just a guerrilla.
So there is no need to think that the stubborn army must be stronger than the Eighth Route Army.
After this estimate, Kawano Mata thought it was not difficult for the 21st Division of the Empire to tear a hole in the Eighth Route Army's defense line.
But now it seems that the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness is likely to be above the stubborn army.
Or... is the combat effectiveness of the 21st Division of the Empire too poor?
Thinking of this, Kawano Mata turned his doubtful eyes to Okamura Yasuji.
Okamura Yanji was a little embarrassed because the 21st Division was already the most powerful combat force he could mobilize, but it still couldn't break through the point on the offensive defense line.
Okamura Yasuji said "Yeah" and explained: "Kono, this is also one of the reasons why our army was helpless against the Eighth Route Army in North China. The Eighth Route Army has developed too fast. Since they accidentally seized several "squirt-in" models and researchers from our army last year, in just a few months, they have developed a series of strange equipment such as "squirt-in" on their shoulders, "rockets", "special bombs", and even x1, etc...."
Kano Mata said "Oh": "So these inventions actually developed from the 'squirt into bomb'? It's really... unimaginable!"
Kano Mata was doubtful about Okamura's words, because if it was developed from "squirt-in bomb", how could it be so similar to Hans' v1 missile? Even the size was exactly the same!
Okamura Yasuji didn't know what Kano Mata was thinking, so he nodded and replied: "Yes, this is our army's mistake in scientific research. This mistake also directly led to the great development of the Eighth Route Army in military industry. It has even been able to capture Yuncheng and compete with our army in air supremacy!"
After saying that, Okamura Yasuji sighed deeply. If he had known today, he would not have been so careless to let the Eighth Route Army capture those scientific researchers alive.
What Okamura Yasuji didn't know was that the equipment of the Eighth Route Army had nothing to do with those scientific researchers. These scientific researchers just provided an excuse for Wang Xuexin to produce these equipment.
"So!" Okamura Yasuji reminded Kano Mata, "Kono, we can't look at the Eighth Route Army in a small way. They are no longer the same as before!"
Kano hesitated for a moment. He thought that his understanding of the Imperial Army and the Eighth Route Army was not as good as that of Okamura Yasuji, so he asked: "So, with the intention of the General, how should we use to tear open the Eighth Route Army's defense line?"
Okamura Yasuji thought about it and said, "The Eighth Route Army tanks are all located in Yuncheng. Therefore, it is time for the 'One-style' chariot to come in handy!"
Kano Mata nodded in agreement.
In fact, there is another reason why Okamura Yasuji sent out the "Single" chariot, that is, he wanted to force out the Eighth Route Army Air Force.
Okamura Yasuji did this not only because he wanted to avenge the revenge of a large number of people who were destroyed by a large number of people, but also to solve his worries for this battle...
As mentioned earlier, the "blitzkrieg" was based on air supremacy. Okamura Yasuji hoped to defeat the Eighth Route Army's air force at the beginning of the war to ensure the smooth progress of subsequent battles.
If the Eighth Route Army wants to ensure the integrity of the defense line, there are only two options:
First, t34 tanks were transferred from Yuncheng to reinforce.
But it was daytime, and T34 would be bombed by Imperial Army fighter jets and bombers on the way from Yuncheng to the destination. It would be nice if half of them could arrive at the destination and put them on the battlefield.
Another option is to send an air force to bomb the "Style" tank.
At this time, the Imperial Air Force can use new tactics to fight the Eighth Route Army Air Force to the final battle.
The "One Style" chariot was transferred to the battlefield, and the pressure on the Hundred Battles increased sharply.
At this time, the "One Style" chariots in Okamura's hands had increased to thirty, and six more Type 97 medium chariots were added to form a chariot squadron. Each chariot squadron had ten "One Style" and two "97" medium chariots, forming a heavy chariot gang with strong firepower.
In addition, because we knew that the Eighth Route Army had "shoulder spraying bullets" for anti-war vehicles, the Japanese also thickened the front armor of the "One-type" chariot...
The so-called thickening is actually to weld a circle of shell shells to the front armor of the "one-type" chariot.
Although this method does not increase much armor thickness, it is effective against bazooka.
The reason is that the bazooka is piezoelectric inductive and relies on a focused high-temperature and high-pressure jet to penetrate the target armor.
If a layer of shell shell is added outside the armor, it will directly cause the rocket to be triggered when it hits the shell shell. The focus of the high-temperature and high-pressure jet is on the shell shell instead of the tank armor.
Needless to say, the result is that the jet shot towards the tank armor will basically not cause any damage.
In the next wave of attacks, the Japanese invested two chariot squadrons at one time. More than 20 tanks pressed against the defense line of the Hundred Battles. They were both artillery and machine guns, which made the officers and fighters of the Hundred Battles unable to raise their heads.
However, even so, the Hundred Wars Team still fought back the Japanese who rushed up again and again.
The soldiers did not rely on the bazooka, because the bazooka was basically ineffective against such modified "One Style" tanks.
The soldiers rely on directional thunder and blasting teams.
Directional thunder is used to blow up Japanese infantry... Tanks must cooperate with infantry and tanks. Tanks provide firepower and defense for infantry, and infantry provides cover and guidance for tanks.
Li Changfu's idea is very simple, using directional thunder to strike infantry.
Directional thunder is particularly convenient to use in trenches. It does not even need to poke its head out. Just stretch out your hand and insert it into the trenches, shrink your body and press the switch. The steel balls fly towards the enemy like hornets poking a nest. When it hits the tank armor, it will turn around and hit the following infantry behind it.
So after a few shots, the Japanese tanks were suppressed before they even noticed them.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army's blasting team wrapped it in with explosives.
However, while blowing up the Japanese tanks, the Hundred Battles also suffered heavy casualties...
Chapter completed!