Bright Sword Military System

Because of Li Yunlong's wake-up call, Zhang Dabiao did not take the aggressive breakthrough method.

He sent only one company on each wing.

The strength of a company is neither too much nor too little.

If it was the Eighth Route Army in the past, that company would be negligible in the eyes of the devils. If the devils pulled out a small team of fifty or so people, it would be enough to crush this company.

But the current Eighth Route Army is not what it used to be, especially a company of the mechanized unit of the Independent Regiment.

This company also only has more than 100 people, but if one half-track vehicle carries a squad, this company has more than a dozen half-track vehicles.

Coupled with the fact that the devil's artillery was still completely suppressed, it had to be the squadron or even the first level of the brigade that could deal with these dozen or so half-track vehicles.

In fact, to be honest, it may be difficult for a devil's brigade of thousands of people to take down a company of mechanized troops from the Eighth Route Army.

This is not a simple question of force comparison, but rather that the devil infantry does not have sufficient maneuverability and anti-armor capabilities, and often can only be "kited" by the Eighth Route Army's half-track vehicles.

At this time, the devil was embarrassed.

let's hit!

All the troops of the Eighth Route Army that broke through the line of defense were only two companies with a dozen or so half-track vehicles. Even if they were surrounded and wiped out, there would be no great results. Once they attacked, they would lose their strategy and suddenly let the Eighth Route Army see their countermeasures.

Don't fight!
At this time, the Eighth Route Army had already surrounded the Iron Stone Army. If the half-track vehicles of these two companies were allowed to penetrate behind the Iron Stone Army's defense line, their fierce firepower and mobility would cause the Iron Stone Army to be attacked from the front and back, and the entire line might still collapse.

Yoshikawa Saki hesitated for a moment, and then ordered the iron-blooded troops to counterattack, because Yoshikawa believed that the second price, that is, the collapse of the iron-blooded troops, was unacceptable.

After receiving the order, Major General Iwata Kaoru responded, and then reversed the previous stroke with his white-gloved hand, and the iron-blooded troops set off.

To be precise, it’s not just the iron-blooded troops... The devils named the pure cavalry "iron-blooded troops" and the armored troops "iron tiger troops", although the tanks equipped by this "iron tiger troops" are all Type 95 light tanks and armored car.

Major General Iwata Kaoru had a different idea from Yoshikawa Saki. He did not hesitate when he saw that the Eighth Route Army had dispatched only two companies of half-track vehicles. He believed that this was the best time to attack.

Because Major General Iwata Kaoru didn't want to annihilate the two companies that broke into the defense line, he also wanted to take this opportunity to launch a counterattack from the two wings.

Once the mechanized units deployed on both wings of the Eighth Route Army can be defeated, the imperial army can in turn encircle the attacking Eighth Route Army and fight a beautiful battle of encirclement and annihilation.

Therefore, Major General Iwata Kaoru put all his troops into the battlefield as soon as the battle started, and he didn't even leave a reserve team.

Leading the way is the "Iron Tiger Squad".

The "Iron Tiger Force" consists of a light tank squadron of 9 Type 95 tanks and an armored vehicle squadron of 10 Type 92 armored vehicles.

The main direction of attack is the right wing consisting of 10 Type 92 armored vehicles.

This is another surprising point for Major General Kaoru Iwata... Everyone thought that the main attack direction should be the side composed of Type 95 tanks, but Major General Kaoru Iwata unexpectedly put the main force on the armored vehicle side.

Major General Iwata Kaoru explained: "Although the Type 95 tank is better than the Type 92 armored vehicle in terms of firepower and protection,... I think that in this battle, what we need more is speed and external perception!"

Facts have proved that Kaoru Iwata's choice is correct. In this battle, the Devil's Type 92 armored vehicle performed much better than the Type 95 tank.

In particular, there is a 92MM water-cooled heavy machine gun installed on the turret of the Type 7.7 armored vehicle. The bullets of this thing can easily penetrate the side armor of the half-track vehicle, and even penetrate the frontal armor at close range, so its lethality is better than that of the Type 95 tank. Tank guns are much bigger.

Just like now, the 92-type armored vehicle took the lead and rushed towards the Eighth Route Army half-track vehicle with the cavalry behind it.

As soon as the Eighth Route Army half-tracked vehicle saw this, it immediately fired at the armored vehicle with a machine gun, and at the same time, the mortars behind the vehicle fired shells one after another in the direction of the enemy.

But this is of no use. The machine gun bullets cannot penetrate the 92MM armor on the front of the 11 armored vehicle. The mortar failed to hit the target due to lack of accuracy and the target was still moving. It just missed the auxiliary vehicle and took away some cavalry behind the armored vehicle. .

Zhang Dabiao looked at the situation through the binoculars and exclaimed: "Good guy, there is indeed a future!"

Then he ordered with a wave of his hand: "Comrades, go! Go forward at full speed!"

It's not that Zhang Dabiao is acting on his own will or trying to be a hero.

Instead, he discovered that the devils were actually attacking from multiple directions at the same time.

The devils are actually divided into four parts: one part on each wing, and each part divides a small part to deal with the Eighth Route Army company that has broken through the defense line, but the main force is coming straight to the Eighth Route Army.

This forced Zhang Dabiao to fight.

If they refused to fight, Zhang Dabiao's mechanized troops would indeed have time to retreat, but the main force of the infantry organizing the attack in the middle line of defense would be surrounded by devil cavalry, and the Eighth Route Army would suffer great losses.

Therefore, Zhang Dabiao has only one choice, and that is to fight.

Zhang Dabiao understands that speed is the king of mechanized troops, so if you want to fight, you should use the fastest speed, so there is an order to "advance at full speed".

At first Zhang Dabiao didn't understand the use of the devils in pulling the cavalry up.

According to his thinking, isn't it courting death to use cavalry to fight half-track vehicles?A half-track vehicle can knock the cavalry, man and horse, to the ground with a single collision.

However, he soon discovered that this idea was wrong.

Because he saw in the binoculars that the enemy cavalry was throwing explosives at the half-track vehicle... The enemy cavalry's equestrian skills were very good. They manipulated the horse with one hand to follow the armored vehicle, and with the other hand they swung vigorously and tied it with a rope to ignite the fuse. The pieces of dynamite circled in the air like a Mongol waving a lasso to a horse.

After the explosive block gained a certain speed under the rotation of the rope, the enemy cavalry let go, and the explosive block flew in the direction of the half-track vehicle and exploded with a "boom".

And what's weird is that these explosives are still accurate, as if they have been practicing for decades.

Under the pincer attack of enemy armored vehicles and cavalry, the twenty or so half-track vehicles that broke through the line of defense first were blown up to only five or six vehicles.

Zhang Dabiao's heart sank. He knew that this time the real test was coming. This was a trap set by the enemy. If he couldn't break free from this trap today, his troops, including the half-track vehicles, would most likely lie here.

At the same time, Zhang Dabiao also secretly rejoiced: Fortunately, Li Yunlong reminded him that he did not make a breakthrough across the board, otherwise he might not even have a chance to think now!