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Following the order of the Garrison Command of the Mongolian Army.

The artillery positions of the two artillery regiments of the Japanese army in the rear fired high-explosive shells and smoke bombs in the direction of the tanks of the Eighth Route Army.

To the tank area of ​​​​the Eighth Route Army, after firing five rounds of high-explosive shells and smoke bombs.

The devil's two artillery regiments moved immediately.

However, the devil's movements were still a little slow.

When the devil's artillery position was firing, the Eighth Route Army artillery observers at the commanding heights in the distance immediately discovered the artillery positions of the devil's two artillery regiments.

At the same time, the artillery observers immediately used precise methods to immediately report the shooting elements of the Devils artillery positions to the Eighth Route Army artillery positions behind.

The artillery soldiers of the 150mm howitzer battalion and the 105mm howitzer battalion of the new regiment.

Immediately change the shooting elements of the howitzer, and cover the artillery positions of the devils.

The Guizishan artillery and artillery that hadn't had time to transfer were immediately covered by artillery fire.

Without artillery observers and liaison reconnaissance planes, the artillery positions of the devils could not see the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army at all.

Therefore, the artillerymen of the Devils would not be able to engage in artillery battles with the artillerymen of the Eighth Route Army.

on the battlefield.

The devil's high-explosive shells hit only one Leopard tank of the Eighth Route Army, and the tank was paralyzed. However, due to the high defense of the tank, the Eighth Route Army tank soldiers in the tank were fine.

Most of the devils fired smoke bombs.

The artillery firepower of the two artillery regiments covered the tank area of ​​the Eighth Route Army. The devils fired more than 200 smoke bombs in total, covering the entire tank area of ​​the Eighth Route Army immediately.

Although the quality of the devil's smoke bombs is poor, the effect is average, and the duration is not long, only about 2 minutes.

But at this time, the devil's tanks rushed over with the soldiers of the anti-tank brigade.

"The devil fired a smoke bomb?"

In a Leopard tank, Sun Desheng, the battalion commander of the tank, looked out of the tank through the observation window, and the field of vision was completely white.

Commander Sun Daying frowned slightly.

The sound of the explosion no longer rose around, but the smoke from the smoke bombs had completely diffused.

Today, Sun Desheng has evolved from a riding battalion commander to a tank battalion commander with rich experience in commanding tank operations.

In fact, the 3rd Tank Division of the Japanese Army was also adapted from cavalry.

Many of those devil tank soldiers were originally devil cavalry.

Similarly, the outstanding tank soldiers of the New First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army are all cavalry.

Seeing the devils firing smoke bombs around the tank, Sun Desheng didn't panic, but his eyes were abnormally calm.

Each tank is equipped with gas masks according to the number of people, to prevent the devils from firing gas bombs at the tanks on the battlefield.

"The tank commanders report immediately, can you see the devil tank?"

Sun Desheng took the walkie-talkie and called the commanders of the tanks in the channel.

Under the long-range bombardment of the devil's artillery wing, the high-explosive shells fired could indeed threaten the Leopard tank.

But the devils fired few high-explosive shells, and most of them were smoke bombs.

Of course, this is also related to the suppression of the artillery unit of the Devils by the artillery units of the Eighth Route Army.

If the devil's cannons could fire continuously, the devil would definitely not spare the shells, and the dense shells hit the tank troops of the Eighth Route Army.

"I can't see the Devil Tank!"

"I can't see either!"

"..."

"I can see that there are about 60 devil tanks coming towards us."

"Behind the tank, follow the brigade of devil infantry. These devils are holding... anti-tank bombs and Molotov cocktails. They are less than 300 meters away from us!"

The only tank, at the edge of the line, was not covered by smoke bombs.

The commander of this tank reported to Sun Desheng on the radio channel.

The tank commander really didn't know how to describe what the devil was holding, so he had to say an anti-tank bomb.

At the same time, among the Devil's anti-tank infantry following the Devil's tank, the Devil also specially arranged for the grenadier soldiers to shoot smoke grenades in the direction of the Eighth Route Army tank while advancing.

The [-]-type infantry guns and mortars of the devils in the distance are also firing smoke bombs.

Prevent the tanks of the Eighth Route Army from rushing out of the smoke area and firing on the Japanese tanks.

"Damn it, the little devil is actually playing dirty?"

Sun Desheng cursed, rolled his eyes, and then gave an order:

"Pass my order, retreat immediately, and call the Katyusha Rocket Battalion to cover the smoke area with artillery fire!"

The combat effectiveness of the tank battalion is very strong, but Sun Desheng has no head iron.

Although the devil's tank is rubbish, the devil's anti-tank bombs and Molotov cocktails can still threaten one's own tank.

The devil must have a certain degree of certainty in fighting like this.

Following Sun Desheng's order, the tanks of the Eighth Route Army and the brigade of infantry following the tanks retreated one after another.

Then, Sun Desheng called for artillery support from the Katyusha Rocket Battalion.

……

In the headquarters of the Mongolian Army.

Watching the tanks of the Eighth Route Army being covered by smoke bombs.

Amakasu Shigetaro, Commander of the Garrison in Mongolia, and Issaku Nishihara, Commander of the 3rd Chariot Division.

There were smiles on the faces of the two devil lieutenant generals.

In the field of vision of the artillery team, the tanks of the Eighth Route Army stopped firing one after another, while the Japanese tanks and anti-tank brigades approached the area covered by smoke bombs at high speed.

"Nishihara-kun, your trick really worked."

Amakasu Shigetaro had a satisfied look on his face.

A smug expression appeared on Nishihara Issei's face: "Your Excellency, Commander, praise, so what if the tanks of the Eighth Route Army are powerful?"

"As long as the vision of the Eighth Route Army tanks is obscured, their tank firepower will not be effective."

"And our tanks and anti-tank infantry can quickly approach the tanks of the Eighth Route Army."

"Then the tanks and anti-tank infantry on both sides are all twisted together. The new anti-tank stabbing mine of the Locust Army will definitely play a role."

Afterwards, a look of disdain appeared on the corner of Nishihara Issei's mouth, the officers of the First Army.

It is said that anti-tank stabbing mines are rubbish, and they cannot be compared with the rocket launchers of the Eighth Route Army.

I can't give full play to the advantages of anti-tank thorn mines, so I say that anti-tank thorn mines are rubbish.

A bunch of trash.

The real strong never complain about the environment.

After a pause, Issaku Nishihara pointed to the battlefield ahead and said.

"Your Excellency, please take a look."

"My 13th Tank Regiment and 17th Tank Regiment, as well as the infantry of the brigade, have separated from the 12th Tank Regiment according to the combat plan, and are moving towards the left and right wings."

"Yo Xi!"

Amakasu Shigetaro nodded.

According to the combat plan, the task of the 13th Chariot Regiment is to attack and advance to the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army, suppress or even destroy the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army.

The task of the 17th Chariot Regiment is to attack and advance towards the north gate of Datong City, cooperate with the main force of the 1st Division from inside and outside, and eliminate the Eighth Route Army that surrounded Datong City.

Then, the main force of the 1st Division, together with the 17th Chariot Regiment, surrounded the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

In one fell swoop, they defeated or even wiped out the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese tank unit that attacked in the first two rounds was the 8th Chariot Wing.

However, the 8th Chariot Wing suffered heavy losses in the first two rounds of attack.

The surviving Devil tank soldiers of the 8th Tank Regiment had already retreated in their tanks.

In addition to the dozens of tanks in the division headquarters, Nishihara Issaku dispatched all the remaining main forces of the 3rd Tank Division in this wave of attacks.

Swarming towards the smoke area is the 12th Tank Wing, an attack formation composed of more than 60 Type [-] and Type [-] tanks.

Nishihara's policy is very clear, even if there are Molotov cocktails and anti-tank mines, if the more than 12 tanks of the 60th Tank Regiment enter the smoke area, they will suffer heavy losses.

However, the tanks and tank soldiers of the Eighth Route Army did not even think about surviving.

Light and medium tanks competed one-to-one with the heavy tanks of the Eighth Route Army. This wave is not a loss!
Because the devil's artillery and grenadiers were still firing smoke bombs continuously, the smoke bombs rose upwards, and at the same time blocked the vision of Amakasu Shigetaro and Nishihara Issaku's artillery team.

The two old devils didn't realize at all that the tanks and infantry of the Eighth Route Army had already withdrawn from the smoky area.

More than 12 tanks from the 60th Tank Regiment, and more than 600 anti-tank soldiers following the tanks, crashed into the smoke area.

……

Xiaoqing Ishii is a small captain of the anti-tank brigade of the 3rd Tank Division, with the rank of second lieutenant on his shoulders.

His subordinates are in charge of No. 30 anti-tank soldiers. Half of these anti-tank soldiers are equipped with Type [-] anti-tank stabbed mines.

The remaining 15 soldiers each carried two Molotov cocktails.

The task he received this time was to lead the small team and the anti-tank troops to follow the 12th Tank Regiment and approach the tanks of the Eighth Route Army.

Insert anti-tank thorn mines into the tanks of the Eighth Route Army, ignite the Molotov cocktails, and throw them at the tanks of the Eighth Route Army.

All anti-tank soldiers and officers are fanatics, with a high understanding of Bushido, and they have the determination before the war that they will never return.

After all the tanks entered the smoke area, the captain of the anti-tank brigade suddenly pointed the katana in his hand forward.

"Kill it..."

All the anti-tank soldiers suddenly became frenzied.

"Onboard!"

"His Majesty the Locust is on board!"

"The Great Japanese Empire is on board!"

The Japanese anti-tank soldiers yelled on board, screamed strangely, and rushed into the smoke formation holding Molotov cocktails and anti-tank sting mines.

Holding an anti-tank thorn mine in his hand, Ishii Xiaoqing rushed to the front of the team, his expression and eyes became crazy.

However, Xiaoqing Ishii rushed forward for more than 100 meters holding the thorn thunder, and even passed the [-]th and [-]th tanks of his own side, but failed to find the Eighth Route Army tanks.

"what's going on?"

The devil stopped slowly, and suddenly realized something was wrong.

The Eighth Route Army tanks had already slipped away.

At this moment, there was a rapid whistling sound above his head, before the devil could react.

Boom, boom, boom...

A thunderous explosion sounded in his ears, causing his eardrums to lose their hearing instantly.

next second.

Ishii Koharu felt his body split apart instantly and turned into countless fragments, and then his consciousness fell into the boundless darkness of nothingness.

The Katyusha rocket reinforcement battalion, which had reloaded the rockets, fired a wave of rapid fire at the smoke area.

The Devil tanks and Devil anti-tank soldiers who entered the smoke area were immediately shrouded in dense artillery smoke. (end of this chapter)