It was safer inside the tank on the battlefield. Nishikido Torataro got back into the tank and had no intention of continuing to operate the machine gun.

When it was outside just now, it discovered something: not many people were shooting at the national defense line not far away.

Only a few shots were fired sporadically.

There is no need to fire a machine gun at the front line of defense.

The same situation was discovered by the driver Songshan Yongshu.

"Ba Ge! Those turtle-like infantry, if they follow us, they will have already rushed into the national army's defense line by this time, and the battle is over!" Songshan Yongshu complained in the tank that the infantry's legs were too short and could not keep up with the tank.

speed.

It didn't have much to worry about at this time. Although the infantry was slow, it would always catch up after waiting for a few minutes or ten minutes.

Squadron Leader Kudo Ren also thought the same way at this time: his tank also had its track broken by the explosion and was parked on the battlefield unable to move.

There was no hail of bullets on this battlefield, which made Squadron Leader Kudo Ren a lot more courageous.

Open the top cover and lean out half of your body to observe the situation on the battlefield.

The national army position in front was still quiet and safe!

But behind the defense line, there were dense artillery shells flying up and hitting the back of me hard!

Fighting from behind?

Squadron Leader Kudo Ren listened to the dense explosions and looked back at the infantrymen following behind.

This sight frightened it to death, and it could no longer calm down.

The Third Infantry Brigade, which was originally following them, was now completely engulfed in a sea of ​​flames.

Countless artillery shells fell on Kimura Yuta's brigade, and the entire brigade was completely suppressed by artillery fire.

This wasn't what frightened Kudoren the most. What he saw was the smoke-filled sky thousands of meters away, and a group of tanks rushing towards the battlefield.

From the outside, those tanks are exactly the same as the tanks I drive.

But just by looking at the direction in which those tanks were traveling, Squadron Leader Kudo Ren was able to confirm: Those tanks definitely belonged to the national army!

Their target is Kimura Shunta's team, which is struggling under artillery bombardment!

what to do?

"What should I do?" Squadron Leader Ren Kudo is not worried about Team Kimura Shunta, he is just worried about his own safety!

Abandon the car and run away? Or stick around and wait for help?

Those tanks appeared from the side and rear, and the twelve tanks of the entire tank squadron were unable to attack them.

This is a situation where you can only take a beating but cannot fight back.

An obvious dead end!

When you think about it this way, the choice becomes very easy.

Squadron Leader Kudo Ren immediately ordered: "Abandon the vehicle!"

Without the roar of the tank engine, squadron leader Ren Kudo's loud shout after jumping off the tank was still effective.

At least Akanishi Taichi heard it. He climbed out of the tank and began to pass on the squadron leader's orders.

Twelve tanks, and eventually thirteen Japanese soldiers followed Kudo Ren and fled in a panic toward the west.

In its haste, it never thought of blowing up the tank!

For the Japanese who just want to escape, it is better to run as far away from the tank as possible at this time.

The Japanese's movements were clearly seen by Gu Zuo, who was guarding the defensive line.

Without orders, he cannot attack.

After receiving his report, Yao Ziqing immediately ordered: "Come forward! Guard the tank."

"Yes!" Gu Zuo couldn't be happier.

Hurry and lead the team forward.

The fourth battalion, which charged with sixteen tanks, led by Li Zhongxian, had already entered the battlefield.

They had already seen a lone tank parked on the battlefield, with a battalion of soldiers from Gu Zuo busy on it.

There are more than a dozen Japanese soldiers fleeing in panic in the distance!

Sixteen tanks and soldiers from the fourth battalion immediately changed the direction of attack and rushed towards the Japanese infantry brigade.

Yao Ziqing has ordered the bombing to stop.

The next battle was left to the fourth battalion.

Wei Mingyang ordered: "The tank maintenance team will repair it immediately!"

He can't stay here yet. Today, his main battlefield is on the position of the 16th Artillery Regiment.

According to the original plan, the team used for the sharp knife assault should be a special operations mixed group.

But after detecting the Japanese artillery position yesterday, we considered that Wei Mingyang wanted to command the artillery operations.

Then the assault mission was handed over to the 36th Division.

At this time, Song Xilian was inside the headquarters, waiting for the artillery bombardment to end.

In fact, for this kind of cluster bombing, there were reconnaissance aircraft in the sky to provide timely guidance and point out the location of the impact of the artillery shells.

After correcting the cannon firing parameters, precision bombing can be completed well without Wei Mingyang.

When they returned to the position of the 16th Regiment, the soldiers of this regiment heard the good news from him.

These soldiers were even more excited.

News came from the plane: the bombing of the Japanese artillery positions had achieved its purpose.

The next mission is that of the Thirty-sixth Division.

The 16th Artillery Regiment did not have time to rest, they still needed to adjust the shooting direction.

Bomb the Japanese defense line in front of the 51st Division.

Now Luo Zhuoying felt confident and sent soldiers to charge without going on stage.

First use artillery to bombard, then use infantry to attack!

This can reduce a lot of casualties.

Of course, this is the combat effectiveness that the Chinese army can only exert when it has completely occupied air superiority.

In the past few days, the Chinese army has been able to fight more and more smoothly through the mode of air-ground cooperation and infantry and artillery cooperation.

News that the Third Battalion of the Seventh Regiment of the Sixth Infantry Brigade of the Ninth Division was attacked by a group of National Army tanks reached the headquarters.

At this time, the commander of the auxiliary division Yoshizumi Ryo of the 9th Division had arrived at Yangjiazhai, and formed a joint headquarters with the 11th Infantry Division of Shanbao Chongwu.

Received a report from Captain Kimura Yuta: The tank squadron was completely destroyed, and all twelve tanks were not spared, and all were paralyzed on the battlefield.

The Third Infantry Brigade was first bombarded by intensive artillery fire from the National Army, and now was crushed by a group of National Army tanks, requesting artillery support.

This request was fulfilled immediately.

The joint command immediately issued a firing order to the 9th Regiment of the Mountain Artillery.

If the value of the target appearing ahead was not too great, the Joint Command would not want to use this big weapon.

The Ninth Regiment of Mountain Artillery is hidden in the woods and is very difficult to be discovered by the national army.

National army tanks appeared. Although all sixteen tanks were sent by the Japanese, they were still very valuable targets.

If these sixteen tanks can be blown up, the infantry brigade will rush to the front.

The remaining twelve tanks parked on the battlefield can still be salvaged for a while.

Based on this consideration, the Ninth Regiment of the Mountain Artillery finally took action.

As for the devils like the Third Infantry Battalion who were mixed with the National Army tanks on the battlefield, it was enough that they could contribute a small amount to the Imperial Holy War.

"Shoot!" Captain Yamashita Kong ordered loudly.

This artillery squad has the best technology in the entire regiment, so test firings have always been conducted by this squad.

"Boom!" A 150mm grenade flew out.

It drew an arc in the air and landed heavily in the distance.

The Japs of Kimura Yuta's battalion were resisting the tank's charge while waiting for the shells to fall.

But this time they were expecting their own artillery shells to fall. Although in this case the artillery shells fell, blowing up the national army's tanks and infantry at the same time.

The Japs in their brigade were also bombed. Captain Kimura Yuta thought it could withstand such losses:

As long as it can hit the national army, it is willing to pay any loss.

Li Ming was flying in a fighter jet at high altitude. Just now he wanted to fly down and knock out the Japs' observation balloon, and shoot a few Japs at the same time.

As a result, he was almost hit by a Japanese machine gun.
To be continued...