My client Li Yunlong

May begins.

"A hundred Shermans."

Wuxiang.

Inside the armored forces training ground.

The brigade commander looked at the hundred Shermans in front of him and was stunned for a while.

Last month it was fifty.

Enough is enough.

In order to gather fifty tank crews, the army had no choice but to recruit some talents from preserved fruits. There was no other way, but all the reliable technicians had been swallowed up by the Taihang heavy trucks.

Now the army has 600 Taihang heavy trucks.

It maintains a monthly transportation task of 20 million tons in the base area.

Despite the lack of experience, insufficient crews, poor logistics experience, and insufficient tactical proficiency, the fifty tanks suffered heavy losses last month, and now only twelve tanks remain.

The rest were either lost on the front lines.

Or, it was scrapped during training.

But this month, a hundred vehicles came.

There are not enough people!

"Ha ha··"

Afterwards, the brigade commander laughed wildly.

It doesn’t matter if there aren’t enough people.

Leave it alone first.

They have plenty of time and space to train tank crews and logistics personnel, but if they can't do it, they can work harder and poach people from the preserved fruit, even if they poach Japanese spies.

Isn't it just a tank?
If it doesn't work, just make do with it.

One hundred and twelve cars!

Looking at the current situation, there will be 100 vehicles next month.

Total loss doesn’t matter.

"Yes, yes, give me a message."

The brigade commander had itchy hands, so he got into a tank and decided to have a cross-country breakthrough and live-fire shooting to have fun.

He is the tactical director of the independent regiment's staff.

A serious soldier of the independent regiment.

···
Position south of Ze County.

"idiot!"

Old Japanese soldier Yamazaki was sitting on the battlefield, his hand holding a cigarette was shaking, and he was wearing tattered clothes, indicating that his life had not been easy recently.

It's May now.

His Yamazaki Battalion has been holding its position south of Ze County for a month and a half.

A whole month and a half.

It has been half a month since the enemy last used tank troops to counterattack.

In the past half month, enemy tanks rushed over one after another. His Yamazaki brigade had to use explosive charges to destroy the enemy tank troops. Although the battle was fruitful, more than seven enemy tanks were destroyed.

Seven tanks in total.

But it also paid a heavy price.

More than seven hundred warriors fell on the battlefield forever.

Many samurai did not even find their bodies.

Even though Old Japanese Yamazaki didn't care at all about the lives of his subordinates or the lives of his enemies, he only had 150 lives in hand instead of 200, but in just half a month, more than 700 people died in front of his eyes.

It also made Yamazaki tremble and fear in his heart.

You must know that these 700 people were only dead, and the same number were injured.

In other words, in just half a month, the Yamazaki Brigade suffered 1,500 casualties.

The Yamazaki Brigade now has a total strength of 1,000 troops.

In just half a month, casualties reached 150%.

It's a miracle.

In the past month and a half, all the soldiers and officers in the entire brigade had changed more than once, but he was the only one who was not injured, not even a slight injury.

What made Yamazaki feel most desperate was that his superiors continued to order him to hold on and quickly replenished his losses.

Today, the Yamazaki Brigade is still composed of a thousand people.

only···
Still no anti-tank weapons.

Not even anti-tank guns.

Not really.

His superiors gave him a lot of bombs, large explosive packs, which were so powerful that as long as they could get close to the tracks, their power could ensure the destruction of the tanks on Tubal Road.

however.

His brigade is full of new soldiers and new officers. The military quality of these guys is far inferior to that of the first-generation soldiers of the Yamazaki brigade. If these people are allowed to hold explosive bags to blow up tanks, the success rate will be very low.

This is why almost every time an enemy tank is destroyed, a hundred people have to be killed.

"Captain, the enemy tanks are coming up."

As soon as Yamazaki put down the cigarette butt in his hand, a soldier rushed up in a panic:

'Five tanks. "

The soldier's tone was equally panicked.

This time, the enemy dispatched five tanks, and their ferocious firepower overwhelmed the defensive positions.

"idiot.

"Assemble the troops and organize a death squad."

Yamazaki issued the order in quantity.

Although there were heavy casualties, half a month of fighting was not without gains.

After paying the price of 700 casualties and 1,500 casualties, the Yamazaki Battalion not only defeated seven enemy tanks, but also summarized effective anti-tank tactics.

····
"Report."

"The enemy launched another attack today under the cover of tanks."

Soon, the news that the Eighth Route Army on the front line launched a counterattack reached the ears of Okamura Neji.

"It's May."

Okamura Neji sighed.

Based on intelligence.

Tubalu will receive a batch of weapons and ammunition every month.

Nature.

This month the tanks on Tubal Road will be replenished.

Last month, his North China Front destroyed more than thirty tanks on the Tubal Road, and captured three of them. These three have been transported to the mainland for research and development of new anti-tank weapons.

foreseeable.

Next, he will have to face tanks and block the continuous attacks of Tubal Road tank troops.

"On average, how much does it cost the Empire to destroy a tank?"

Okamura Neji asked.

Not long ago, he asked his staff to count the casualties incurred by each unit after encountering tanks and destroying them.

"According to statistics, on average, every time an enemy tank is destroyed, two hundred and thirty casualties are required, of which one hundred are shattered and one hundred and thirty are injured."

Staff report.

"One hundred people are broken into pieces."

Okamura Neji was silent for a long time.

According to frontline statistics, the Eighth Route Army had approximately fifty tanks last month.

If there were fifty tanks this month, then he would have to pay the price of 11,000 casualties and 5,000 casualties to destroy these fifty tanks.

and!

Moreover, it was unable to effectively kill the tank crew on Tubal Road.

According to the battle reports from the front line, in most of the battles, the Tubal Road vehicle crews retreated in time.

The new tank protects the crew very well.

Unless absolutely necessary, they will never fall into a deadly battle, and the tank troops are also very capable of breaking through, making it difficult to stop them.

"How is the research on anti-tank weapons going in China?"

Okamura Neji thought of Ishihara and said with a smile.

It is too late for the Empire to develop and equip a new generation of anti-tank guns.

No matter how fast it is, using allies and existing technology, it will still take more than half a year to enter the equipment production stage.

Therefore, under the orders of the Local Weapons Administrative Headquarters, the Imperial Military Industry Department is developing individual anti-tank weapons based on the anti-tank technology obtained from allies.

It is expected that the new individual anti-tank weapons, although not as good as long-range anti-tank artillery. But it's also more effective than explosives.

Moreover, it can be produced quickly and equipped on a large scale.

"I asked."

Okamura Neiji replied:

'Local reply, in June, we will be able to obtain enough individual anti-tank weapons. '

Ishihara smiled in a strange tone.

He really couldn't understand why the empire could actually come up with such a weird thing as an individual anti-tank weapon.

Let the soldiers
Or a single soldier, going to duel with a heavily armored tank.

Is this a solution that anyone can come up with?

"That's good."

Okamura Neji breathed a sigh of relief.

Each tank costs two hundred and thirty men to destroy, and there is less than a tenth chance of annihilating the tank crew inside.

Even recently, the empire has given him a supplementary division of 20,000 men almost every month, but he cannot afford it.

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Position north of Ze County.

"Onboard."

"left."

Xu Datie was holding a Type 40 submachine gun, leaning against the tank behind his back, and looking to the side warily.

Beside him, among the soldiers of the same squad, some were alerting to the front, some were alerting to the sides, and some were on the other side of the tank, alerting the sides. As for the people behind them, all the Japs have been wiped out, but there is still a soldier left to guard them.

In front, there are tanks suppressing us.

A squad of soldiers and a tank covered each other and gradually moved forward.

dong dong dong

The tank's artillery fired continuously, suppressing the Japanese positions in the distance.

Direct-fired 76mm grenades are enough to destroy most of the enemy's fortifications. Whether they are foxholes or trenches, they can effectively destroy suppression, and the tank itself is the best bunker.

Da da da··

A strafing shot killed the Japanese soldier who suddenly jumped out from fifty meters away, wearing a plaster flag on his head and holding an explosive bag. Xu Datie and several comrades quickly hid behind the tank.

boom···

After the huge explosion, a large pit appeared on the ground, and debris from the sky hit Xu Dayou, covering Xu Dayou's body with dirt.

Bah bah bah··

Xu Dayou spat out the dirt crumbs in his mouth and returned to his original position with a disdainful tone.

"Not even a little devil!"

Xu Dayou has been in the army for more than half a year. He is not considered a veteran, but he is not considered a recruit either.

He once worked in the militia for half a year. The militia at that time was different from what it is now. He is only responsible for village security, monitoring and warning against the infiltration of Japanese and traitors, and rarely directly participates in military training.

Therefore, Xu Dayou had experienced the hard times back then and knew that a Japanese tank could render the troops helpless.

At that time, the troops did not even have much explosives and a serious shortage of grenades, let alone artillery and machine guns.

A Japanese tank can keep a main force group away from its edge.

Nowadays, the little devil can't do it when facing his own tanks.

The little devil doesn't have anti-tank weapons either.

Without enough powerful anti-tank artillery, even within 90 meters, let alone one thousand meters, the Type field gun, which is known as the strongest, cannot penetrate the main armor of the new tank.

Only within two hundred meters can it be effectively penetrated.

But.

If it had been last month, they would have lacked combat experience and might have been ambushed by the Japanese, causing the Japanese artillery to appear within 200 meters of the tank.

But now...after a month of fighting.

Can they allow the Japanese artillery to get two hundred meters closer to the tank?
The little devil is dreaming!

So the Japanese could only continue to attack with meat bombs.

Dig some hidden foxholes in advance, let the death squads hide in them with bombs, and then suddenly rush out and die with the tanks.

At first this move caused the troops to suffer a lot.

But with the rich experience and tacit understanding of cooperation, it is difficult to achieve results.

"Keep attacking."

The squad leader gave the order.

'Yes! '

Xu Dayou increased his vigilance.

Continuing forward, there is complex terrain ahead. There is no flat open land here, and there are many natural bunkers. It is easy for the enemy to hide, and it is easy for the enemy to get close to the tank.

The risk will be much higher than it is now.

Must be more vigilant.

···
noon.

Xu Dayou took a breath and lay down next to the tank to rest. He continued to attack for several hours and maintained a high degree of vigilance. His physical exertion was very huge.

Tank crews also came out to repair the tanks.

The tank engine overheated and broke down.

Otherwise, they can continue to attack.

In the direction pointed by the huge 76mm artillery, there was a destroyed Japanese bunker. Several Japanese corpses leaked out of the broken bunker, mutilated and scattered on the ground.

The Japanese operated here for several months and built a large number of hidden fortifications.

It caused great trouble to the attacking troops.

After taking a few breaths, Xu Dayou picked up his binoculars, put on his submachine gun, and found a high place to guard.

"Be alert, the No. 3 tank was destroyed by the Japs."

"Someone died."

At the same time, Xu Dayou received a message.

The individual infantry phone from the squad leader's hand.

The No. 3 tank of the same company was suddenly attacked by the Japanese death squads. The tank was blown up and even the crew died.

Fortunately, there were not many casualties.

call··

Xu Dayou took a deep breath and looked around cautiously.

With the superior firepower and mobility of tanks, although the Japanese suffered heavy casualties and the casualty ratio was said to be as high as twenty to one, it was still a test for them.

The Japanese soldiers carrying explosives could jump out at any time, putting great pressure on everyone.

No one wants to die.

Although everyone can join the army, everyone is prepared to sacrifice.

But at least.

You can't die so unclearly.

"The tank cannot be repaired. The engine is broken. We can only overhaul it and replace the engine."

Ten minutes later, the tank crew made a decision.

Xu Dayou's eyes darkened.

The army not only lacks qualified vehicle crews, but also lacks qualified logistics personnel, and its maintenance level is very poor, resulting in the army's tanks often lying down.

If you lie down on the training ground, that's fine.

There are a group of higher-level technicians from Taihang Trucks there, as well as masters from the independent group who are responsible for teaching, who can quickly teach maintenance personnel to solve problems.

But if you are on the battlefield, there is nothing you can do...
"withdraw!"

"Throw a few bombs into the tank and destroy the radio."

After destroying the tank, Xu Dayou took the tank crew and left the front line and returned to Ze County.

···
After Xu Dayou left.

half an hour.

A group of Japanese soldiers quietly came over and looked at the Sherman tank that had been extinguished not long ago and the destroyed Locust Army bunker. They were silent for a long time.

That's it again.

That's it again.

The enemy always attacks with tanks, going very far into the locust army's positions, killing many, many locust army, destroying many, many locust army positions, and then retreats with the tanks behind.

It is said that the locust army destroyed the enemy's tanks at great cost.

Actually...

"Tug the tank back."

The leader of the Japanese team waved his hand.

This is also dozens of tons of steel! (End of chapter)