Chapter 1330 Tank Battle
"The Fourth Regiment of Independence Mountain Artillery lost six mountain artillery."
"The field air defense wing lost eight 105MM anti-aircraft guns."
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When Masasa Hebang heard that the number of heavy artillery artillery he had lost was more than forty, he widened his eyes and showed an incredible expression.
Especially after hearing that there were also tanks and self-propelled artillery losses on the chariot regiment, he stood up directly.
"Order the troops and stop attacking!"
At four o'clock in the morning on May 6, the riverside Zheng San issued a ceasefire, and the Japanese army's attacks lasted for more than 20 days stopped.
The Japanese army suffered about 10,000 casualties, and the Chinese army suffered about 18,000 casualties, and they all suffered different losses.
However, the Japanese army suffered more than 30 large-caliber artillery losses, which made the riverside thirty-year-old angry.
The Suicha dispatched corps and the Third Tank Division of the chariots never sent any troops to support them. The Third Tank Army continued to fight on the front line, which made Kawabian Masazo unsatisfied. He even doubted whether Okamura Yanji deliberately consumed his third army, and finally gave his military achievements to the Third Tank Division of the chariots and the Suicha dispatched corps under the North China Front Army.
After the Third Army of the Kwantung Army stopped fighting, the various units quickly seized time to rest, and a large number of wounded people began to be transported to the rear for treatment.
At the same time, Jun and Yoshimoto Sakaichi continued to communicate with Okamura Yasuji and asked him to issue combat orders quickly.
At seven o'clock in the morning, power was continuously generated in the base camp. The commander-in-chief of the dispatching army, Hata Shunruo, contacted Okamura Yanji, and gave him two choices directly. The first was to quickly draw the Third Division of the chariot and the Suicha sent corps to fight. The second was to give up the combat command power and instead be replaced by the harem Jun's staff team.
After Okamura Yasuji received the order, he had no choice and asked the Third Division of the Tanks and Suicha to send a corps to attack quickly.
At 8 o'clock in the morning on May 6, Suicha sent a corps to enter the Xilingol area of Cha Province from outside the pass.
Under the command of Kanichi Matsui and Endo Kazuki, three brigades formed a triangular attack queue and quickly advanced towards the Chabei Group position.
The mixed brigade was heading into triangles, and the Third Guards Brigade and the Mechanized Brigade were on both sides of the rear, and more than 40,000 troops marched rapidly.
Here in Sui Province, the Third Division of the Tanks suddenly attacked the 35th Army's positions.
The Third Division of the 3rd Tanks are under the jurisdiction of the Fifth and Sixth Brigades, the Third Mobile Artillery Regiment, the Third Mobile Infantry Regiment, the Anti-tank Artillery Team, the Search Team, Anti-aircraft Artillery Team, Engineers, Baggage Team, Communication Team, and Curb Team. The troops exceed 10,000 and have a large number of tank vehicles.
After they launched the attack, the 35th Army troops were caught off guard and were hit one after another, and their positions were broken through one after another.
Lieutenant General Division Commander Shan Lu Xiunan quickly issued an order, and the Fifth Brigade of the Tanks and the Sixth Brigade of the Tanks were stir-fried from the left and right sides, the Third Regiment of the Mobile Infantry and the Third Regiment of the Mobile Artillery attacked from the front.
Tanks appeared one after another, and various artillery continued to fire. Fierce battles were launched in Sui Province. The number of casualties of the 35th Army quickly exceeded 2,000.
The troops quickly evacuated, but the Third Division of the Tanks did pursue them reluctantly.
By 12:00 noon, the 35th Army suffered more than 5,000 casualties. Shanlu Xiunan continued to pursue him, trying to completely annihilate the 35th Army troops.
However, just as the 3rd Division of the chariot continued to pursue, they were suddenly hit.
The shells quickly rushed towards the Japanese army, and the deafening explosion sounded.
Sixty-four 152MM howitzers launched crazy shellings, and shells hit the Japanese troops one after another, and huge explosions sounded.
Shanlu Xiunan locked the position of the artillery position as soon as possible. He immediately issued an order, requiring the 200 tanks, self-propelled artillery, and armored vehicles of the Fifth Brigade of the War Tanks to be equipped with 18 47MM anti-tank guns, four heavy machine guns, 18 20MM machine guns of the Anti-aircraft Artillery Team, and 12 75MM anti-aircraft artillery guns to raid the artillery positions.
The 6th Brigade of the Tanks had 200 vehicles, equipped with eighteen 75MM field artillery and twelve 105MM howitzers from the 35th Army were equipped with eighteen 75MM field artillery and twelve 105MM howitzers from the 35th Army.
The mobile third infantry corps, search teams and other units serve as reserve teams.
The Fifth Brigade of the Tanks and other troops rushed towards the artillery position, and they were preparing to destroy the heavy artillery position in one go.
But when they approached the position, they were hit by more intensive shells.
Sixty-four 152MM howitzers were shelled from the front, twenty 105MM self-propelled howitzers, and ten 150MM towed howitzers were shooting from the flanks, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled with gunpowder. The Fifth Brigade of the Japanese Tanks and other troops were instantly trapped in a piece of gunpowder.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of troops suddenly emerged from the flanks, and tanks quickly fought with the Japanese army.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon of May 6, the main force of the armored detachment, under the command of the detachment leader Zheng Ze, attacked the Fifth Brigade of the Japanese War Tanks and other troops.
The battle between the two sides lasted until six o'clock in the afternoon. With the main force of the Japanese Third Division rushed over to rescue, the two sides fell into a full-scale decisive battle.
The armored regiments, armored infantry regiments, motorized infantry regiments, armored artillery regiments and direct troops all participated in the war. With the assistance of 64 152MM howitzers of the Fourth Artillery Brigade, they fought with the 3rd Division of the Japanese chariots.
Deafening sounds of gunfire kept ringing, and destroyed vehicles were everywhere on the battlefield.
The smell of burnt corpse gradually spread.
In terms of tank count, the Japanese army has an absolute advantage. They have 400 tanks, self-propelled artillery, armored vehicles, and armored detachment, but only 100 tanks and twenty self-propelled artillery. However, the No. 3 tanks and No. 4 tanks equipped by the armored detachment are not comparable to the Japanese Type 97 tanks and Type 95 tanks, and the battle between the two sides is very fierce.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, more than 800 people from the reconnaissance battalion under the Armored Detachment were killed, and all weapons and equipment were destroyed one after another.
The Japanese army suffered even greater losses. They searched the team, and more than 1,000 people in the reserve were killed, and a large number of weapons and equipment were destroyed.
The battle lasted until ten o'clock, and the armored detachment air defense battalions and war defense artillery battalions successively evacuated the battle. Their losses were too great, and almost all their weapons were wiped out. More than a thousand men were left, and only more than 800 were left.
However, the anti-tank artillery team and anti-aircraft artillery team on the Japanese side were almost wiped out.
The battle was twelve o'clock, and the Third Division of the Tanks and the Armored Detachment separated, and both sides suffered considerable losses.
The armored detachment suffered more than 2,000 casualties, lost a lot of weapons and equipment, and 100 tanks, and 30 were also destroyed.
The 3rd Division of Japanese chariots suffered even greater losses, with about 4,000 casualties, and a total of 150 tanks and armored vehicles being destroyed.
Shanlu Xiunan dared not continue to fight, because he was worried that his division would suffer a devastating blow.
After temporarily retreating and adjusting the troops, Shanlu Xiunan found that his troops were only left with more than 200 tanks, armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery, 2,000 mobile infantry, hundreds of artillery soldiers, and only twelve 105MM howitzers were left. The troops suffered a lot of losses and almost all the direct troops were exhausted.
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