Steel Soviet Union

Generally speaking, when a confrontation occurs between tanks and encounters an unfavorable situation on the battlefield, the approach should be to face the enemy head-on and reverse. ơɱ alternately cover and fire, and each unit retreats in an orderly manner until it is out of effective range contact with the enemy. This is the most appropriate retreat on the battlefield.

But there are exceptions to everything. Even the Germans who relied on armored blitzkrieg to boast their reputations to the sky did not fail to commit the stupid thing of openly leaving the belly of the tank to the Red Army in the later stages of the war.

When it comes to the Japanese, it's a different situation.

Strictly speaking, the Japanese army, which was used to bullying others with tin cans, had almost never fought a decent armored confrontation on the land of China.

It’s not that the Japanese army has no experience in armored confrontation, it’s just a one-time thing.

The few units of the Kwantung Army that have experience in large-scale armored confrontations are now buried on various islands dotted across the Pacific Ocean.

You can't bring back the one-time armored confrontation experience that Sherman blasted into the grave. Even if you can bring it back, it will only be the miserable experience of being beaten.

Regarding how to fight armored confrontation wars and how to win armored confrontation wars.

Almost entirely in the classroom and theoretical stage, the Kwantung Army, which had never won any actual combat experience, could make such an outrageous and mentally retarded mistake of turning around and running away in front of the Red Army's heavy tanks.

That's not because too many armored soldiers like the Germans died, and even the commanders were new recruits who had never fought in a battle.

It's because the Kwantung Army doesn't have any actual experience in large-scale armored confrontations, let alone fighting against a heavy-duty combined force of various arms at the level of the Leader's Army.

First, they had no actual experience in armored confrontations, second, they had no timely and effective organized retreat, and third, they were completely defeated by more than 60% of the battle losses.

The combination of the above factors eventually led to the remaining Japanese tanks, which had to rely on small flags to convey orders, and some of them reversed and retreated, and some of them turned around and ran away.

"What are these Japanese devils doing? Can't they even do an organized retreat with alternating cover? Why are some reversing, some turning around, and some staying still and still firing?"

The gunner holding the sight of the main gun was full of doubts in his words. He held the wide-angle periscope on the side and saw all the strange moves of the Japanese army. Comrade Commander, who could probably guess the root cause of the strange moves of the Japanese army, followed. He spoke quietly.

"You know? This reminds me of 1941. The Red Army also had a similar situation in 1941."

"Being ambushed, detoured, and outflanked by the Germans' highly coordinated armored forces, the lower-level tanks without radios and unable to see the semaphore, or missed the semaphore, could only fight on their own. It was so chaotic that they couldn't even form a basic formation. It was completely It’s a mess.”

"This is why we clearly had better T34 and KV back then, but we were always defeated by the Germans' junk cars."

"The Japanese devils are now in a worse situation than we were back then, because both the synergy advantage and the equipment advantage are in our hands."

Being able to say this long story under combat conditions does not mean that the commander of the IS7, the company commander of the heavy tank company, talks too much and does not abide by combat regulations. It is just because there is no battle left at hand.

The IS7, which had exhausted all the ready-to-fire ammunition on the ammunition rack in the rear compartment of the turret, had already actively reversed and exited from the shooting position, leaving the superior shooting position to other heavy tanks that came up behind it.

Indeed, IS7’s commander’s combat regulations also have express provisions.

When the battlefield environment permits and the pressure is low, the IS7 that has loaded all the ammunition to be fired in the semi-automatic loader should alternately retreat to a relatively safe position under the cover of fire from friendly vehicles, temporarily stop fighting, and load the semi-automatic loader as soon as possible. Replenish ammunition in the machine.

The reason is very simple. Not replenishing ammunition in the semi-automatic loader means that after the first 7 rounds of the IS7 are fired, pure manpower must be used to continuously load the huge and heavy navy-standard 130mm projectiles and cartridges. .

Even though the Slavs have good physiques and strong strength, and the IS7 is equipped with dual loaders, it is not such a hassle.

In an emergency, manpower reloading is okay, but manpower reloading must be truly eaten and carried out continuously.

There will be no other consequences except that the loader's physical strength is quickly exhausted without taking a breath, which ultimately leads to a complete decline in the combat effectiveness of the entire vehicle.

In a short burst, the 130mm projectiles and cartridges are stuffed into the ready-to-fire ammunition rack for storage. When the battle comes, use a semi-automatic loader to load them quickly and continuously. This will not only give the two loaders a chance to breathe and rest, but also ensure the continued and stable combat effectiveness of the crew.

So look at the IS7 wearing such strong armor and powerful guns and taking advantage of it, but it still follows the existing experience and combat regulations, alternating positions with the IS6 following behind. Under the cover of other Red Army heavy tanks, it is enough to see that he backed out of the shooting position and began to replenish the ammunition to be fired.

The gap between the Japanese army and the Red Army in the field of armored confrontation is far more than a simple equipment gap.

After the first round of output, the IS7 withdrew from its position in an orderly manner and began to replenish ammunition, but this does not mean that the good days of the Japanese army are coming.

On the contrary, carrying 122 heirlooms, the IS6 is slightly slower than the IS7 but still fast and has already entered the shooting position in large numbers. It is still an unstoppable and absolute nightmare for Japanese tanks.

Ding-ding——

The distinctive can-smashing sound of the Red Army heavy tank 122 Heirloom rang out loudly, and the powerful and heavy warhead chased the butt of the fleeing Japanese tank and rushed straight away.

One end ripped open the rear armor of the car, poured it directly into the engine compartment, punched through the small engine and continued to move forward. It finally detonated internally until it penetrated the entire chassis vertically and hit the front armor plate of the car body.

Boom——

The destruction of this Type 97 was a landmark node, marking that the remaining tanks of the Japanese army had fallen below double digits and officially reached the single-digit level.

But even so, the Red Army's heavy tank troops, which were chasing after them to cover up the enemy, still did not let go of these fleeing bereaved dogs.

If you stop and fire, you will eat shells. If you reverse and retreat, you will eat shells. If you turn around and step on the accelerator and run away, you will eat shells.

No matter what the Japanese army chose to do, the final result was exactly the same.

It can't be beaten, nor can it be carried. Running in front of the IS7 and IS6, which are especially famous for their maneuverability, with its bow-legged engine made by the Japanese, daring to say the word "run" is already very courageous.

But the end of the Japanese army did not end with the imminent annihilation of the tank troops.

The infantry that followed the chariot troops and was originally planned to be used to coordinate and expand the results of the positional warfare and connect with friendly forces after the chariot troops formed a breakthrough, at this moment were already facing a catastrophe.

"Your Excellency, Captain, our tanks! All our tanks were given to us by the Russians."

There is no need for the leader next to him who stutters to the point of being unable to speak to report. The captain holding the telescope can see clearly by himself.

The Russian monster tank, which was so violent that it shocked people, had already chased the last few escaping tanks of our own side, and charged towards them with flying dust all the way.

So what should we do now?

run? Retreat?

Well, the idea is quite good. But the Russian tanks rushed into visual distance, and the two-legged Japanese infantry wanted to run away, but they couldn't escape even if they were mounted on Amaterasu.

Gritting his teeth and stamping his feet, the Japanese captain had no choice but to order the troops to launch defense on the spot.

Standing on this open plain with no obstructions and no bunkers, I would rather face the impact of the Russian tanks and be crushed to pieces than be crushed to death by the Russian tracks.

Courageous, but foolish.

And apart from delaying it for an insignificant amount of time, it will not play any more helpful role in the overall situation.

However, this group of Japanese infantry did prepare some "anti-tank weapons". Not only did they have to drag the 37mm anti-tank weapons behind the troop transport truck when they went to attack, they expected to unload them when they got within range to fire at the Russians and provide fire support. Tank gun.

There are even more weird ones, such as the "97-type automatic cannon" that requires a full 10 people to serve it - a fire stick that was captured by the Red Army in Nomenhan and shook his head at it.

This 20mm caliber weapon, which weighs 68 kilograms without ammunition, is called an automatic cannon by the Japanese, but in terms of principle and design function, it can actually be regarded as an anti-tank rifle.

The main body of the weapon alone requires 2 people to carry it during marching. If you include the carrying of ammunition on the back, as well as the carrying of supporting gun racks, shields and other things, it takes 10 people to carry it and use it to achieve this combat effectiveness. Not as good as an anti-tank gun.

It can only be said that the Japanese are surprisingly similar to their Nazi allies in their proficiency in making some strange weapons.

The Nazis have 37 handguns and the Japanese have 20 automatic cannons.

It is true that "a dragon and a phoenix are alike, no matter how good they are".

"Quick! The anti-tank unit follows up and sets up the automatic cannon! Quick!"

A group of devils from Wuyangyang carried this clumsy 20mm fire stick on their shoulders and began to set it up on the spot.

I also saw a large group of Japanese infantry within visual distance, setting up heavy weapons on the spot in preparation for a stubborn resistance.

The leader's army, which was originally just a tank pursuit charge, immediately made targeted tactical adjustments and called on the infantry fighting vehicles and infantry behind the tank echelon to come forward for support.

The BMP43 infantry fighting vehicle of the brigade stepped on the accelerator hard, and dust came flying all the way.

The extremely strong tactical mobility allowed these BMP43 infantry fighting vehicles to quickly cross a distance of only 500 meters, keep up with the heavy tank troops that were not at full speed, and began to advance hand in hand.

The BMP43 infantry fighting vehicle, which is specially designed for the Red Army infantry and is also designed to suppress enemy infantry, is in place.

The group of Japs who had just deployed on the opposite side were immediately unlucky, and the barrage of 25mm cannons that covered their faces immediately roared like a twitching whip of fire.

The Japanese infantry, who were already struggling with the difficult-to-serve crotch-pulling weapons, were even worse for the Japanese infantry who were being served by 25mm cannon barrages.

Seeing that the various anti-tank weapons that needed to be deployed might not be able to keep up, the Japanese captain, who had just transitioned from marching to combat, was forced to have no choice but to send the last one in his hand that could be used flexibly without deployment. The trump card roared.

"Strike the Thunder Explosion Team! Prepare for battle!"

I woke up in the middle of the night and went to the bathroom and suddenly remembered that I had forgotten to post this chapter because there were guests at home, so the word count was a bit off. I didn’t finish counting the expected words. I will read more and make up for it tomorrow.