Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 353 Bloody Battle at Xifengkou (Four Enemies Retreat)

The dull sound of "empty, empty, empty" sounded, and when the tanks on both sides were still about 800 meters apart, the Japanese army stopped and opened fire first.

The effective range of the Qiluo tank's 57mm smoothbore gun is 5600 meters, but because the terrain around Xifengkou affects the line of sight, both sides lost the opportunity to engage in long-distance tank artillery battles.

Artillery is the nemesis of infantry. In the newly dug anti-aircraft hole at the mouth of Xifeng, listening to the rumble of artillery, the faces of the officers and soldiers of the cadet army were a little ugly.As for He Zhengjiang, who watched all this through a telescope, his heart rose to his throat.

Although the arrogant researchers and technicians of the Xuebing Research and Development Institute almost bragged the performance of the "Jiguang" tank to the sky, and just now, these steel monsters did withstand the bombardment of the little devil's 75mm mountain cannon, but It's another thing to face the Japanese tanks at such a close distance...

The quality of the tank soldiers of the Japanese army is very high. Aiming at a distance of 800 meters is not a problem for a well-trained gunner.After one shell missed, the next three shells all hit the target accurately.

The two "Jiguang 1" tanks in the lead immediately burst into flames, but their speed was only slightly slowed down, and then they continued to run forward unharmed.

"Eight grids! What's going on?" Ono was stunned to see the Chinese chariot that was shot was still rumbling towards him after being hit.In the other Chilo tank, Jiu Jian also opened his mouth wide. Then, he suddenly remembered that his own artillery had patronized these Chinese tanks, and he couldn't help but lift his heart. "When did the Chinese have such a powerful chariot?" He thought with some jealousy, and after witnessing another round of shooting failed to hit the target, he couldn't help but panic.Later, he raised his spirits and yelled into the walkie-talkie: "Stop shooting, get closer and shoot again! Pay attention to the speed and keep the distance!"

At first, Hu Li had no idea whether his tank could withstand the Japanese shelling.However, after being baptized by two explosions, a smile appeared on his serious face, and in the walkie-talkie, he said sonorously: "Brothers, did you see? The little devil's tank is useless to us. Rush Go up and smash them!"

"Yes!" The boys shouted from the microphone. Obviously, everyone became excited and confident because of this effect.

At the entrance of Xifeng, the officers and soldiers of He Zhengjiang’s regiment got out of the artillery holes and fortifications. After setting up their weapons, everyone looked at the iron stream rolling down the mountain, and many of them saw their eyes moist—” That is our own tank! Our student army, our Chinese army can also have this kind of steel weapon!" Many students thought this way in their hearts, and some students and veterans from the Northeast remembered that the little devil was relying on these steel monsters. The killings caused in the Northeast, they couldn't help but clenched the weapons in their hands. What they thought was, with this kind of iron guy, we will fight back to the Northeast one day!One day, we will return to the Japanese 10 times, 100 times the crimes committed in the Northeast...

After the Japanese army stopped the unnecessary shelling, a strange scene took place under the Xifeng Pass. The two steel torrents rushed towards each other like an ancient cavalry duel.Behind them, soldiers from China and Japan watched nervously.

"Attention, there are still 300 meters left—Operation Plan No. [-]—fire!"

Finally, the two steel torrents were about to collide. At this time, Hu Li decisively gave the order to fire.Almost at the same time, Jiu Jian on the opposite side gave the order to shoot freely again.

Hu Li gave an order, and the 001 tank he was in immediately turned to the right, rushed up a section of broken road, and made way for the tanks behind on the mountain road in the middle.Then, the chariot quickly adjusted its position, and following Hu Li's voice: "Enemy vehicle in front, release!" With a bang, the flame suppressor on the top of the smoothbore gun on the turret suddenly sprayed out a flame, and the entire tank then moved towards the rear. After a setback, a few seconds later, the front end of the tank turret that the Japanese army rushed to the front suddenly exploded violently.The explosion was so violent that it lifted the turret and the smoothbore gun to a height of more than ten meters.

"Bage! What's going on?" In the middle of the Japanese army, standing on a high slope, Ide Nobushi, who was paying close attention to the battle ahead, happened to see the scene of his tank being destroyed through the binoculars, and almost thought he was It's blinding.Just when he got more and more careful, a group of fireworks caused by the explosion appeared in the camera again, and the victim was a Quiro beside him, and Ide was completely stunned.After a while, he put down the binoculars, looked ferociously at Zhong Chuan Hiroshi who was standing downwind, and asked loudly, "Your Excellency Zhong Chuan Hiroshi, you have to explain to me why the Chinese have chariot troops? Moreover, they are more advanced than us Chariot?!"

According to the combat plan formulated by the Kwantung Army Staff Headquarters, the chariot unit allocated to the 18th Brigade was to prepare for the rescue of Wanping and the surprise attack on Peiping.However, due to the annihilation of the advance team of the cavalry regiment and the intelligence detected by the reconnaissance plane, Ide dispatched the chariot unit as a matter of course.It's just that he never dreamed that the chariot troops on the Chinese side turned out to be a tough bone far beyond his imagination.The reckless attack of the chariot troops really hit the iron plate.In his field of vision, one after another Quirrell was hit, exploded, caught fire, and turned into a pile of scrap metal.On the other hand, although many of the Chinese tanks on the opposite side were hit, except for one that stopped, the others were safe and still roaring.

Nakagawa Hiroshi did not expect such a result of the tank battle between the two sides. He racked his brains and couldn't remember when the Chinese army had such a powerful tank. He asked, "Your Excellency Ide, what should we do now?"

With a livid face, Ide said bitterly: "Let's retreat first!"

"Hay!"

Although Ide was unwilling, he had no choice but to issue an order to retreat, because when his chariot troops retreated, he discovered that the majestic imperial army had no weapons capable of dealing with Chinese tanks. In order to speed up, the 108th Brigade did not carry heavy artillery, and because the national army it had encountered all along did not have tank troops, therefore, the standing anti-tank weapons were not even brought.Ide is not an idiot. He has already seen from watching the battle just now that the performance of the Chinese tanks on the opposite side is still higher than that of Quilo. Only a lunatic would do this with a human being fighting against this steel monster.All he can do now is to give up the plan to quickly capture Xifengkou, and then deploy heavy artillery and anti-tank weapons.

The first encounter between the 108th Brigade and the He Zhengjiang Regiment at Xifengkou ended anticlimactically. In this battle, the tank troops of the Xuebing Army showed their glory.

Almost at the same time, the 57th Army and the 108th Division also turned upside down in Shanhaiguan.

(End of this chapter)