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Chapter 523: Fierce Battle at Honghua Ridge (3)

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    At this time, in the Japanese temporary headquarters, Matsuura Junrokuro was holding a telescope and paying close attention to the battle on the front line.

    Seeing his powerful chariot troops rushing towards the opposite position crazily, Matsuura Junrokuro couldn't help but become excited.

    Although limited by Japan's industrial base and steel resources, the mechanization level of most of the imperial army's troops is far from the level of European and American armies. Especially the armored forces, there is a huge gap with Western countries.

    It can even be said that among the current world-class powers, the Empire of Japan has the worst tank technology and performance.

    However, because China's industrial base is even worse, Japan's "Bean Tanks" and even armored vehicles are all "iron turtles" that Chinese soldiers who lack anti-tank weapons cannot bite.

    Junroku Matsuura knew very well that after the war broke out, the Chinese army generally lacked anti-tank preparations. It lacked the weapons needed for anti-tank operations and the troops did not have the corresponding knowledge and training.

    For example, in the Battle of Nankou, the Fifth Division of the Yellow Army dispatched tanks to assist in the battle. As the most elite Tang Enbo unit in the Chinese army, it only had two 37mm anti-tank guns aided by the Soviet Union. However,  Due to insufficient maintenance, the reentry system failed and the combat effectiveness was low.

    At that time, the Chinese army did not understand the armor thickness of Japanese tanks, so it asked the American military attache in Peiping for help. For unknown reasons, the American military attache claimed that the armor thickness of Japanese tanks reached 3 inches (76.2 mm).

    ??In fact, until now, the strongest tank of the Imperial Japanese Army has only more than 20 millimeters of armor, and there is no tank with an armor thickness of 76.2 millimeters.

    Due to being deceived by the US military, the Chinese troops gave up their plan to use artillery to attack Japanese tanks. Instead, they had kamikaze climbers climb onto Japanese tanks and throw cluster grenades into their turrets. After paying a huge price, they finally destroyed some of the tanks.

    This shows how helpless the Chinese army is towards the imperial tanks!

    Because of this, after the failure of the first attack, Matsuura Junrokuro put all the chariot power in his hands into the battle. He wanted to break through the Chinese army's position as quickly as possible, completely eliminate the opponent, and then counterattack Jiujiang City.

    "Sakamoto-kun, do you think the Imperial Army's attack will be effective this time?" Junroku Matsuura said to Major General Jun Sakamoto, commander of the 111th Brigade, while staring at the battlefield.

    Jun Sakamoto frowned and said: "If the enemy opposite is an ordinary army, I will naturally not doubt the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Imperial Army, but the army opposite is really unpredictable. I am currently  I can¡¯t say for sure yet!¡±

    Matsuura Junrokuro put down his telescope and stared at Jun Sakamoto, and said, "It seems that Mr. Sakamoto doesn't have much confidence in the combat effectiveness of the division's chariot units!"

    Jun Sakamoto knew that his words made the division commander unhappy, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the division commander, there is no doubt about the combat effectiveness of the chariot unit, but"

    "It's just what it is, please explain clearly!" Matsuura Junrokuro said.

    "Hai!"

    Then Jun Sakamoto continued: "Your Excellency, there is really nothing to say about the combat effectiveness of the tank troops. Facing an army that lacks anti-tank artillery is no different from bullying children, but we should also see that the imperial infantry and tank troops  The cooperation between them is really poor and even unbearable, and this situation must be taken seriously!"

    Hearing this, Matsuura Junrokuro nodded. He had realized this problem before, but he had never paid attention to it.

    In fact, this is not just a problem unique to their 106th Division, but the most common situation in the entire Imperial Japanese Army, where there is a lack of coordination between infantry and tank troops.

    Sometimes it can even be said that the cooperation between them cannot be called "step-tank synergy" at all.

    The root cause of this problem is that Japan¡¯s armored warfare theory is relatively backward, and its use of tanks has basically only reached the level at the end of World War I.

    And due to the contradictions between different arms, there is always an insurmountable gap between Japanese armored forces and infantry.

    Armored commanders were unwilling to be controlled by infantry officers and even disobeyed orders for various reasons.

    At the same time, the Japanese infantry lacked radios and had no ability to maintain real-time communication with the tanks.

    Although some Japanese infantry can use semaphores and can theoretically communicate with tanks, these targets often become the first targets of Chinese special shooters on the battlefield, and there are few opportunities to use semaphores in actual combat.

    Therefore, when the Japanese armored forces accompany infantry attacks, they alwaysFight independently and at most discover and attack discovered Chinese firepower points.

    After the offensive began, the Japanese infantry paid little attention to suppressing the Chinese anti-tank fighters.

    However, due to the lack of preparation of the Chinese army, they generally did not know how to cut off the connection between the Japanese infantry and tanks, and concentrated their light and heavy machine guns to shoot at the tanks in panic, which wasted ammunition in vain.

    In addition, the Japanese army often dispatched other tracked and even wheeled armored vehicles such as Type 94 light armored vehicles to accompany the infantry in attacks.  Since the Chinese army's heavy machine guns are rarely equipped with armor-piercing projectiles and lack artillery, they still have to rely on death squads to launch close combat in the face of the Japanese army's extremely poorly protected armored vehicles.

    Although these problems usually don¡¯t seem to be a big deal, everyone does it anyway, so it¡¯s not like they still beat the Chinese army to pieces.

    But the enemy we encountered was different. The defenders were under the notorious Li Guoyao. No one knew whether the opponent would unexpectedly seize this weakness of the imperial army and attack!

    While Matsuura Junrokuro and Sakamoto Jun were talking, the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed dramatically.

    I saw a dull sound suddenly rang out from the defenders' position. This sound was not as dull as artillery, but it was more textured than ordinary firearms and very strange.

    Immediately afterwards, Matsuura Junrokuro and others saw that the charging Imperial Army tanks in front of them seemed to have encountered some resistance. First, two tanks stopped directly, and then several tanks in a row issued huge roars.  The explosion caused the entire body and turret to be blown away.

    The hearts of Matsuura Junrokuro and others suddenly felt cold. After the explosion, the tank lost the value of repairing it.

    And this was just the beginning. In less than ten minutes, more than 30 tanks at the front were all blown up. Only those hiding behind were lucky enough to escape.

    After seeing that there were no tanks to fight, those terrible guys on the garrison position set their sights on the infantry charging with the tanks.

    I saw constant "bang bang" sounds throughout the battlefield. Almost every gunshot was a reminder from the King of Hell. The soldiers who were hit were extremely miserable. Their limbs were basically separated from the body after being hit.  The bloody hole was as big as the mouth of a bowl, and there was no chance of rescue.

    Although the little Japs pride themselves on being fearless warriors armed with the spirit of Bushido, under such a brutal blow, all the Japs soldiers turned pale with fear.

    Although these Japanese soldiers did not retreat privately because of the presence of the supervising team behind them, they did not dare to rush forward anymore and could only lie on the ground shivering.

    This situation made Matsuura Junrokuro in the rear command post shocked, angry and afraid.

    And he also understood that this attack might still be unsuccessful. A group of panicked soldiers who had lost their will to fight were no longer qualified to charge. Staying on the position would only increase casualties.

    After thinking again and again, Matsuura Junrokuro had no choice but to order the artillery to continue shelling and withdraw all these troops from the forward positions.

    Following Matsuura¡¯s order, these Japanese soldiers wished their parents had two more legs and hurriedly withdrew from the forward position, leaving only the remains of chariots and the remains of the dead on the ground.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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