In the eyes of many people, most of the tanks equipped by the Japanese are thin-skinned tanks. But it must be admitted that this type of tank may not have much advantage when facing Soviet armored tanks.

When fighting against Chinese troops, if there is not enough artillery fire suppression, these thin-skinned tanks can exert huge lethality. In many cases, the anti-Japanese war forces have to rely on their lives to block the advancement of these tanks.

Earlier, although the Kwantung Army sent an armored corps to cooperate with their division into the Xilingol League, intending to eliminate and recover the Eighth Route Army there, the division completely lost news overnight.

At that time, the weapon used to curb the Kwantung Army armored tanks was the rocket launcher that was secretly unannounced among the Northeast Field Army. The birth of this weapon also gave the Eighth Route Army a certain advantage in dealing with Japanese tanks.

As long as the infantry next to the Japanese tank is eliminated, one strike will be accurate within a 100-meter range. For the Second Division, which launched the general attack tonight, their confidence also comes from the division's armored combat vehicles.

In the view of the Kwantung Army, even if the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side has a certain artillery force, as long as the Eighth Route Army dares to use artillery, their artillery troops in the rear are not vegetarians and will inevitably implement countermeasures in a very short time.

In this way, the infantry on the Eighth Route Army's defensive positions were simply unable to stop the advancement of armored tanks. Once the armored wings made a breakthrough, their subsequent infantry main force would continue to surge into the Eighth Route Army's defensive positions.

As a result, reality cruelly told them that the Eighth Route Army had a powerful weapon to deal with tanks. Looking at the tank armored vehicles that were lying in and even exploding, many Japanese infantrymen who cooperated with the attack were stunned.

‘Baga! How is this possible? How is this possible!’

The Japanese infantry, who seemed to be difficult to accept this cruel reality, also seemed a little hesitant. At this moment, seeing that the Japanese infantry had entered the range, the Eighth Route Army on the position also had full firepower.

What many Japanese infantrymen couldn't accept was that they actually found a huge machine gun on the Eighth Route Army's positions. Even the artillery troops that cooperated with the attack could not destroy these huge firepower points.

Looking at the offensive infantry that kept falling under the guns, and the machine gun positions that kept spraying deadly flames. Many attacking infantry could not help but wailed: "How could this happen? What about our artillery? Why didn't we blow up that fire point?"

For ordinary machine guns, it would be very good to have a range of three or four hundred meters. On the Eighth Route Army's defensive positions, several machine gun castles with commanding heights even have huge lethality one kilometer away.

In this case, any Japanese infantry that entered the range of machine gun strikes were hit fatally. It was not until half a sound that the experienced sergeant cursed: "Baga, that's anti-aircraft machine guns! They were actually used to fight infantry!"

In the eyes of many Japanese troops, anti-aircraft machine guns are specially used for air defense. But now, the Eighth Route Army has built a machine gun castle that facilitates flat-firing of anti-aircraft machine guns on their defensive positions.

What a defense measure!

‘Change the bullet! Reload! Get ready and fire!’

When the entire defensive position was in a state of exchange of fire, the anti-tank detachment responsible for dealing with the Japanese armored wings sounded from time to time. When the rocket launchers were shot, the launch positions were transferred from time to time.

All the Japanese tanks rushing to the front lay down, and the Japanese armored soldiers following behind naturally knew that they were ambushed among them. Unfortunately, it was not easy for them to retreat down the mountain at this moment?

Not to mention the large number of troops following them, just turning around on the spot will put them in a fatal situation. This time is the best counterattack time for the anti-tank team, shooting tanks that exploded into positions one by one.

The guard company, which cooperated with the anti-tank detachment, was not polite to the Japanese. He used the new rifles and machine guns in his hands to continuously shoot and kill Japanese infantry who wanted to cover the safety of the tank.

The Japanese wing captain who was standing behind to command and watch the battle looked at the armored wing that was in a dilemma and said in disbelief: "Baga! What kind of weapon is that? It's not a war defense cannon at all!"

Through the telescope, the corps captain could also see that the weapons used to destroy tanks on the Eighth Route Army positions were very sharp. However, they were all weapons that could be operated by individual soldiers, and were not war defense artillery specifically used to prevent tanks.

The other infantry gangs that cooperated with the attack of the armored wings could not raise their heads in the face of the powerful firepower that appeared in the defensive positions of the Eighth Route Army for the first time. The most fatal thing is that the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire participated in this time.

There were many people there, and shells came there. In this case, the casualties of the Japanese offensive infantry were also increasing. The commanders staying behind knew that they could not take the opponent's defensive positions tonight.

On the other hand, the commander of the underground command room was smiling and said, "Okay! The fight was beautiful! Fortunately, the commander sent the anti-tank team here, otherwise we would be in danger tonight. This time, we finally removed a poisonous fang from the Japanese!"

In the eyes of the first regiment commander, compared to the Japanese artillery and infantry, he was not very worried. What he really worried was undoubtedly the armored corps I learned about earlier. After all, the terrain of their positions is conducive to armored assault.

Now, looking at the bombed tanks, he was naturally full of joy. As long as the Japanese tank armor was solved, the remaining infantry wanted to break through their defensive positions would undoubtedly be a dream!

Faced with the scene of the armored corps that were highly anticipated by the Eighth Route Army, the infantry was also suppressed. Even the Japanese corps captain who was unwilling to admit his defeat, he finally issued an order to retreat.

But compared to infantry being able to turn around and run, these bulky armored tanks are not so easy to retreat. Even if they hear the retreat signal from behind, they still find sadly that the tanks can only be beaten.

Even when he saw the Japanese army began to retreat, the Eighth Route Army on the position launched a counter-charge. Seeing this scene, the Japanese corps captain naturally gritted his teeth and said, "Order the artillery troops to carry out saturated artillery bombardment on the Eighth Route positions!"

Fortunately, the commander of the regiment saw this scene, he also knew that the Japanese were powerful and immediately said: "Chief of Staff, blow the trumpet and order the troops to withdraw their positions. Let them withdraw quickly, the Japanese must have shelled!"

As both sides sounded the signal of retreat, even though some Eighth Route Army soldiers were a little unwilling to give up, they could only return to their positions. When they had just entered the position and were not happy yet, the Japanese revenge bombardment made a comeback.

‘Damn it, come again! Retreat, lower your waist, and quickly retreat to the tunnel!’

Many grassroots commanders naturally knew that they could not bear the retaliatory artillery attacks like the Japanese. When they urged the soldiers to avoid artillery fire, the first regiment commander was also considering whether to ask the rear artillery regiment to support them.

Regarding this situation, the Chief of Staff thought for a while and said, "Captain, I think I'd better forget it! Now the Japanese's armored troops have been completely wiped out by us at the forefront of the position, and the Japanese have also lost the weapon of attack.

In addition to the Japanese infantry who were shot dead by us before, I believe that this loss will make Japanese feel distressed for a while. Next, we don’t know what conspiracy the Japanese will do, so we naturally have to keep a move!”

‘Okay, then let me listen to you. I won’t use the artillery regiments from the division headquarters to participate in the battle for the time being!’

Looking at the Eighth Route Army soldiers who retreated into the anti-aircraft tunnel again, they naturally seemed very excited. But when they saw some of their comrades who had already died during the battle earlier, they felt a little sad.

Fortunately, the soldiers who are qualified to join the first regiment are all veterans who have experienced many actual combat. They all know that such casualties in the battle are inevitable. No matter what, this game tonight will end with their victory.

Compared to the defensive positions of a regiment, they were once again in a new round of rest. Everyone was a little happy when the Japanese troops retreated to the rear position. The reason was that the entire armored corps were almost wiped out.

The only two surviving armored vehicles were also kept behind the offensive position because they had some problems before the war. Except for these two armored vehicles, the rest of the armored corps were all buried in the Eighth Route Army's positions.

Looking at the chariots that were still burning, many Japanese officers were bleeding in their hearts. After all, they were the most proud chariots of their infantry division, but now they seem so fragile.

When the 1st Regiment of the Fourth Division ended the battle, the 5th Division's defensive position was still in a stalemate. The artillery of both sides even had a desperate battle, and the artillery of the Second Division did not get much advantage.

Under such circumstances, the Japanese army, which lacked strong artillery support, finally had to announce their retreat after paying a heavy price. The defenders on the positions also seemed relieved to see these crazy Japanese retreat.

The main commander who guarded the position could not help but sigh: "Good! Fortunately, we added a main battalion during the day, otherwise we would really not be able to suppress these crazy Japanese devils!"

‘Yes! However, after this attack tonight, I’m afraid the Japanese will feel distressed for a few days. But this time, our regiment suffered a lot of casualties! It seems that the division commander will definitely let us take down tomorrow and rest!’

When he heard what the Chief of Staff said, the main regiment commander in charge of the Fifth Division's position, even if he was unwilling to accept it, he could only say: "Forget it! Our regiment has completed the mission. If tomorrow, we will hold on to the position for three days.

Next, I don’t know how the Japanese will attack, so I will keep some seeds for each battalion! Otherwise, if we wipe out all the troops in one battle, then our regiment will really not want to participate in the subsequent counterattack in the future!”

The main groups of the two defensive positions won one after another. Xu Mingyuan, as the commander of the Third Column, also seemed relieved. No matter what, they were the ones who won the final victory in their confrontation with the Second Division this time!
Chapter completed!