With the Armored Brigade being dispatched, the Mechanized Infantry Brigade is dispatched, and the three infantry brigades, as the second echelon, will also be dispatched in a few hours.

When the vanguard of the Mechanized Infantry Brigade had just left the east defense line of the city, a large number of chariots of the Armored Brigade had appeared in the west of Hangzhou City, about ten kilometers away from Hangzhou City.

Hangzhou City was divided into two halves by Qiantang River, with the center of gravity north of Qiantang River. This time, the Independent Division's tactic was to first restore Hangzhou City in the north of Qiantang River, and then find a way to cross the Qiantang River and eliminate the Japanese army in Hangzhou south of Qiantang River.

The Japanese army occupied Hangzhou for nearly a year, and naturally built a lot of fortifications outside the city. Although these fortifications were constantly destroyed by Ye Feng's troops, these fortifications were destroyed. The Japanese army built them again, and after they were built, they were destroyed by the independent division. This was repeated.

Last time, the special forces team was active outside Hangzhou City, killing more than 3,000 enemies and bombing many Japanese defensive fortifications. However, after several months, these fortifications were built by the Japanese army again.

West of Hangzhou City.

In addition to the undulating terrain in the West Lake area and the distribution of these hills, most areas are still flat and suitable for the development of mechanized troops. At this time, the three tank regiments of the Armored Brigade had already appeared in the west of Hangzhou City, the Mechanized Infantry Regiment and the Air Defense Regiment, and the location was later.

The enemy found the armored brigade combat chariot troops was the Japanese stronghold. Several Japanese soldiers who were guarding the guardhouse were so scared that their faces turned pale when they saw the huge armored cluster in the distance.

There was even a Japanese soldier who was smoking. He had just lit a cigarette. Before he could take a few sips, his mouth was opened wide. He had not closed it for a long time, and the cigarette in his mouth fell to the ground.

After a long time, these vigilant Japanese soldiers immediately shouted in horror, and one of them even hurriedly went downstairs to tell their lieutenant captain.

The Japanese soldiers shouted. Suddenly, dozens of Japanese devils in the stronghold discovered the group of Chinese chariots getting closer and closer in the distance, more than 100 tanks in a group of tanks. They were running at lightning and their figures were agile.

The Japanese lieutenant who received the report hurriedly looked outside the stronghold, and then hurriedly shook the telegram inside the stronghold. In such an important situation, the Japanese lieutenant could only report it as soon as possible.

It is easy to call, but it took a long time to make it. After a call, the Japanese lieutenant was incoherent and hurriedly reported to the Japanese command center in the city.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!"

After calling, the Japanese lieutenant saw that the Japanese had not retreated yet. He immediately shouted anxiously, and finished shouting. He immediately carried his command knife and hurriedly ran outside the stronghold.

However, at this time, there was a company of the tank regiment, with a total of 11 m4 Sherman tanks rushing over, less than a few hundred meters away from the Japanese stronghold. The Japanese stronghold was completely within the range of the firepower of the tank's main gun.

The gunners of these tanks, seeing that the Japanese army in the stronghold were about to escape, immediately fired fire at the Japanese stronghold. The shells immediately roared and exploded violently.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Amid the explosions, the Japanese stronghold became a ruin, and almost all the Japanese in the stronghold were killed or buried directly under the ruins.

"Everyone hurry up and move directly towards the target area No. 1."

The commander of the tank roster saw the soldiers quickly destroying the Japanese stronghold, and immediately shouted at his radio call microphone to convey his orders.

Suddenly, more than one hundred m4 tanks, two or thirty m3 half-tracked armored personnel carriers advanced towards the established target area.

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Shannan County, the east defense line.

The Independent Division Mechanized Infantry Brigade, hundreds of chariots left the east defense line and advanced along the road leading to Hangzhou. The long convoy still looked so spectacular.

Several kilometers in front of the east defense line in the city, there were many Japanese troops stationed. In order to defend Ye Feng's troops in Shannan County, the Japanese army also built a lot of fortifications, trenches, bunkers, etc. in this area.

A few months ago, after the 6th Japanese Division was killed by the special forces in the night, Niudaoman summed up his experience and concentrated most of the Japanese troops outside Hangzhou. There were few Japanese troops. Except for some necessary strongholds, there were small groups of Japanese troops stationed in most places, most of the places were hundreds, or even thousands.

Several kilometers in front of the eastern defense line of the Independent Division, the Japanese army stationed thousands of troops, not only built hundreds of bunkers of various sizes, but also dug several trenches with a total length of kilometers.

It is now morning, and the visibility is very good. Many Japanese troops guarding the Japanese frontier positions saw a long chariot formation on the road ahead.

"Baga, what is that?"

A Japanese lieutenant happened to be checking the Japanese guards and alert conditions at the front line. Suddenly, he heard a rumbling roar and immediately looked in the direction where the sound came. He saw a long chariot team in the distance, which was very spectacular and majestic, and there was no end at all.

As soon as he saw this, the Japanese lieutenant immediately ran back, even staggering and even fell. However, the little Japanese lieutenant ignored it completely, got up and ran away. There was obviously a small command center in the distance, which might have a telephone.

Soon, many Japanese troops also saw a large number of tanks from mechanized infantry brigades. These Japanese troops were simply stunned. So many tanks were just seen in their lives. Even some Japanese officers had never seen so many tanks in their lifetime.

"Baga! Hurry up, get ready for the battle."

After seeing so many chariots, a Japanese major opened his mouth in surprise. However, he finally came to his senses and immediately shouted anxiously, directing the Japanese on the position to prepare for the battle.

This is a large area of ​​positions, and a large number of fortifications have been built with great effort. We must not give up. Even if our opponent is a huge group of chariots, the Japanese can only resist stubbornly.

Suddenly, a shrill alarm sounded on the Japanese position, and a large number of Japanese soldiers entered the position in panic, entered the trenches, entered the bunkers, and prepared for battle.

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In Hangzhou city, the command center of the 6th Japanese Division.

Although the commander of the little Japanese division, Man Ushimajima, did not see the Chinese chariot group outside the city with his own eyes, Man Ushimajima was already shocked and did not look like a Japanese lieutenant general division commander.

Niujima Man is also a senior Japanese general with rich experience. However, when one call comes in from outside, he reports one situation, that is, a large number of Chinese chariots appeared outside the city, and there were still groups of people.

Niudao didn't say anything for a long time. If these calls were all true, at least several groups of chariots appeared outside the city, and each group of chariots was a scale of hundreds of chariots.

Niudaoman was still shocked, and a Japanese major ran in panic and reported loudly: "Hello the Division Commander, hundreds of Chinese chariots were driven out of the eastern defense line of Shannan County, and these chariots came straight to our position."

"There are hundreds of chariots again, do you want people to live?"

Next to him, many Japanese officers from the command center felt sad when they heard this news. How could they fight so many chariots by themselves?

After hearing this even more shocking news, Niujimaman didn't speak for a few minutes. After a long time, Niujimaman's face gradually became ugly.

With a blue face, he walked back and forth at his command center for a few steps and thought for a while, and Niudao Man said: "Order the outside team of the city to resist resolutely based on fortifications, and send our chariot brigade to support the battlefield in the west of the city...."

Several Japanese officers carefully recorded the orders of Niujima Manta. As soon as Niujima Manta's orders were conveyed, these Japanese officers immediately rushed to convey orders to the Japanese troops below.

Seeing these Japanese officers leaving, Niujima said weakly to the chief of staff next to him: "Send a report to the Commander Matsui of Nanjing and request tactical guidance."

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West of Hangzhou City.

This place soon became the main battlefield, and this area is also a key strike area for the Independent Division. The tanks of the Mechanized Infantry Brigade have begun to assault the Japanese positions. If there are reconnaissance planes in the sky, you will see that a huge chariot unit is also driving towards this place less than a few kilometers away from here.

This huge chariot unit is naturally a tank regiment of the Armored Brigade.

According to the combat plan, the main force of the armored brigade will go northwest of Hangzhou City and go straight to the north of Hangzhou City to cut off the connection between the Japanese army in Hangzhou and the Japanese army in Shanghai. At the same time, they will snipe the Japanese reinforcements in the direction of Shanghai.

The terrain in the north of Hangzhou is flatter. Although there are river slabs and water nets, it will not have a great impact on the armored brigade. Some shallow river slabs, whether tanks or armored vehicles, can be wading by. The armored brigade will definitely avoid the river slabs a little deeper.

The huge group of combat chariots of the Mechanized Infantry Brigade is getting closer and closer to the Japanese positions ahead, from three to four kilometers before to one or two kilometers now.

The distance gradually became closer, and many chariots drove off the road and rushed towards the Japanese positions in the distance along the flat terrain. The soldiers on the chariots were ready.

A thrust machine gun, the black muzzle pointed at the Japanese position in the distance. Many soldiers were slightly excited at this moment.

The distance was getting closer and closer, hundreds of chariots rushed over, and when they were hundreds of meters away from the Japanese frontier positions, many soldiers began to shoot.

Each m3 half-track armored vehicle is equipped with a 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun and two 7.62mm machine guns. Suddenly, the fierce firepower is fully reflected.

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Chapter completed!