Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Li Mingshan smiled and said: "You think too much, don't worry, it won't happen."

The subordinate hurriedly said: "Why not? How appropriate is it to exchange the lives of a few soldiers for the life of a commander."

Li Mingshan said with a smile: "Which commander would be so stupid. If he came up with such a plan, those little soldiers would definitely be able to see the other party's commander? Besides, our divisional reconnaissance brigade is not vegetarian, so it can definitely protect me. .”

The subordinate wanted to say more, but Li Mingshan waved his hand to stop him, and then said with a smile: "Stop talking, let's go quickly." After speaking, he took his subordinates on the off-road vehicle and went to the place where the Japanese army's staff was. When we met, Li Mingshan first asked: "Are you going to compete with us in tank duels?"

The Japanese Army Staff Officer Yoshizawa Tadayong said: "Yes, this is exactly what our commander Mr. Kumamoto Shoichi meant. Our military press will watch and report the whole process of this competition. This will also be the will and courage between us two ** If you don’t dare, forget it, after all, the courage of our imperial army of the Japanese Empire is not possessed by soldiers of every country.”

Li Mingshan thought for a while and said: "Very well, I agree to this matter, but I am not the supreme commander, and I need to ask the higher authorities for this matter."

The Japanese army staff officer said: "Very well, then we will wait for your reply."

Li Mingshan reported the incident to Zhou Xiao when he returned to the camp, and Zhou Xiao reported it to Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan was also surprised when he heard this incident, and thought: "Why did you brat fight our tanks one-on-one?" It must be that they understand: Under our powerful electronic interference, they are not opponents in group combat, so they want to fight one-on-one, and use one-on-one to save face."

Lin Yuan thought about the purpose of the Japanese army, and then thought: "But why did the Japanese army dare to do this? Is it because of the arrogance of the Japanese army? Or because the Japanese army came up with something new? With the certainty of victory, so That’s why he dared to challenge us.” Thinking of these, Lin Yuan asked Zhou Xiao: “Is there anything unusual about the Japanese army recently?”

Zhou Xiao said, "I haven't found it yet."

Lin Yuan said: "If you fight them one-on-one, are you sure you will win?"

Zhou Xiao hesitated for a moment and said, "Shuai Lin, don't you often say: there is no absolute strength and weakness on the battlefield? We don't know if the Japanese army has come up with something new, so we dare not say that we are sure of victory. "

Lin Yuan said: "You're right, then we won't fight them one-on-one, you should hurry up and retreat back."

Zhou Xiao agreed and told Li Mingshan about Lin Yuan's instructions. Li Mingshan then asked someone to inform the Japanese army. When the Japanese army officer heard this, he excitedly said to Kumamoto Masaichi: "Captain, the Chinese people don't agree to fight us one-on-one. We can say in our propaganda that they are overwhelmed by our military power!"

Masaichi Kumamoto nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Very good, you immediately find a reporter with the army to write a manuscript." Tadayu Yoshizawa immediately went to the reporter with the army, and the next day, on December 22, newspapers in Japan and various countries published articles He wrote: "The cowardly Chinese dare not compete with the brave Japanese!"

The foreign newspapers were arguing in full swing, but the Chinese newspapers did not move at all, because the Chinese newspapers and media were controlled by Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan told them that this matter should be handled in a low-key manner, and you should ignore it, so this matter No one in the country knows anything about it.

At noon on December 22, the Japanese army added grille armor to a tank and welded a circle of steel bars on the turret. It looked extremely funny. After the tank was refitted, it was tested in the open space outside Kaishantun , was caught by the scouts of Lin Yuan's army, and the scouts immediately reported the news.

When Lin Yuan heard the news, he immediately thought: "I thought the Japanese army came up with something advanced. It turned out to be grille armor!" Lin Yuan immediately contacted Zhou Xiao and said, "You can fight the Japanese tanks one-on-one. gone."

After hearing this, Zhou Xiao asked: "Shuai Lin, the Japanese army has more grille armor, and the power of our armor-piercing shells will be weakened. If so, how can we fight them one-on-one?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "The reason why the grille armor can protect against armor-piercing bombs is that it will not trigger the fuze, and the other is to change the blast height of the armor-piercing bombs. Armor-piercing bombs', this kind of armor-piercing bomb has no requirement for blasting height, so the grille armor is useless when facing this kind of armor-piercing bomb, your chances of winning have greatly increased!"

Zhou Xiao didn't understand Lin Yuan's words, so he couldn't help asking, "What does 'explosively shaped armor-piercing bomb' mean?"

Lin Yuan said: "This is a type of armor-piercing bullet. We all know that ordinary armor-piercing bullets use metal jets to kill targets. The speed of each part before and after the metal jet is different. After flying for a long time, the jet will disperse. If the flying time is short, the jet will not fully expand, so the armor-piercing projectile has the best explosion height, and the explosive metal jet will expand most fully at this explosion height, and the lethality is also the strongest."

"However, the damage object of the explosively formed armor-piercing bullet is not a metal jet, but a 'metal ball'. The cone angle of the explosively formed armor-piercing bullet is very large. After the explosive explodes, the medicine-shaped cover will form a metal ball. This metal ball is the same as the metal jet, with fast speed, high temperature, and strong lethality, because the speed difference of each part of the ball is not much different, so it will not scatter during the flight, and will not be affected by the explosion height."

Zhou Xiao said: "So that's the case, then I will notify Li Mingshan and let them prepare for the battle."

After Li Mingshan received the order, he called his subordinates for a meeting. Everyone was filled with righteous indignation when they heard about the provocation of the Japanese army.

Li Mingshan then talked about the Japanese army's grille armor, and then said about "exploding into armor-piercing shells". When Kumamoto delivered the letter, Kumamoto was very excited when he saw the letter, and said to Yoshizawa Tadayong: "The Chinese people have agreed! Now is the time for us to save face!"

Yoshizawa Zhongyong frowned, and said, "Why did the Chinese people agree now? Do they have any conspiracy?"

Kumamoto smiled and said: "Even if they have tricks, we are not afraid. Our main artillery tank is equipped with grille armor. The Chinese people have never seen this kind of thing. When they see them, they will be scared to pee their pants. Even if there are Conspiracies and tricks can't be used."

Kumamoto Masaichi then sent someone to deliver a letter to Lin Yuan's troops. The two sides agreed on a time and place. The next day, on December 23, both sides sent out three tanks each and came to the area between the two sides to prepare for the competition. Kumamoto Masaichi He and the military reporters were watching from the high slope on the side, and Li Mingshan also led people to the side.

Li Mingshan and Kumamoto Masaichi looked relaxed, but the guards on both sides were tense. Everyone was afraid that the opponent would suddenly be hit by bullets. Just like that, a unique tank competition in the history of war was about to begin.