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Chapter 1,126: Melee Tank (Part 1)

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    At the North Gate position, the Japanese 39th Regiment has been fighting with the 334th Brigade for 4 days and 4 nights.

    At the beginning, Major General Futian thought that he would be able to break through in a day and a half at most, but he did not expect that he would have to fight with the defenders for four days.

    The only good thing is that although they did not achieve a breakthrough, they did not fight as badly as the 110th Division. The brigade headquarters was actually killed by their own people. The brigade commander was seriously injured, and the remaining officers suffered numerous casualties.

    Fortunately, good news came back from the field hospital last night. The unlucky guy from Nagano finally survived after two days and two nights. Amaterasu did not accept him. Otherwise, the Imperial Japanese Army would have suffered losses in this battle.  Disastrous.

    Major General Futian already knows the situation on the east bank of Weishan Lake. He knows very well that there is not much time left for them, so he must capture Heze City today, no matter what the price.

    The Japanese army¡¯s idea was wonderful, but they did not consider whether their opponents were willing or not!

    By now the fight had reached this point. Neither Commander Chang nor the front-line officers and soldiers had any choice but to fight to the death with the Japanese army.

    Compared with the flat east gate, the north gate has a higher terrain. This is because there is a small river passing through the north gate, which lowers the terrain.

    Under such terrain conditions, the Japanese army was actually at a disadvantage!

    Firstly, they are the attacking party and are in a state of attacking from above. Not to mention the effort, the shooting field of view is also not good.

    And there is a small river blocking it, which is actually very troublesome to attack and also affects the performance of the chariot troops.

    The only advantage is that the north gate position is relatively wide, and the east-west position spans two to three kilometers. The Japanese army can invest at least one reinforced brigade at one time, or even a regiment.

    On such a long front, as long as the Japanese army achieves a breakthrough at one point, the entire line of defense may be breached!

    Therefore, in this city defense battle, the focus of the 111th Division was still on the north gate, and only the remnants of the 333rd Brigade were invested in the east gate.

    Li Guangda, the commander of the 334th Brigade, is also a ruthless person. After taking over the defense task of the North Gate, he set up his brigade headquarters in the forward position and put the most elite troops in the brigade on the front line.

    At the same time, Brigadier Li Da personally told the frontline soldiers that they had no way to retreat. He, Li Guangda, stood behind them with a ghost-headed sword and rushed forward. He would be a national hero if he died. If he ran backwards, he would die.  He's just a deserter, that's called a hardcore!

    In addition, Li Guangda also placed all the guard battalions, engineer battalions, and artillery battalions directly under the brigade headquarters behind the first-line positions, and then reorganized the second line of defense.

    Once there is a problem with the first line of defense, the troops of the second line of defense will immediately make up for it. If the first line of defense is lost, all the troops can withdraw to the second line of defense to continue fighting.

    At the 334th Brigade Headquarters, Li Guangda, dressed in general uniform, was nervously watching the battle outside!

    This is already the second attack by the Japs since the morning. The first time was okay, with only one squadron of troops, and it was just a tentative attack.

    But this time it¡¯s different. Gou Ri forcefully deployed two brigades of troops, and also dispatched artillery and tank troops!

    By now, the soldiers have advanced 300 meters, and are less than 100 meters away from the front line trenches. The soldiers on the front line are under great pressure.

    What worries him even more is that in just four days, all two regiment commanders under his command were injured, and the second regiment commander had an arm directly blown off.  Although the man has been rescued, he will not be able to go to the battlefield in a short time.

    The grassroots officers below suffered heavy casualties. The three main battalions of the first regiment had been reduced by one-third, and two of the three battalion commanders were killed and one was injured.

    Of the 35 company commanders on the other front line, 13 were killed, 12 were wounded, and 10 were left.  Platoon leaders and squad leaders suffered countless casualties, and statistics have not been released because many squad leaders have changed several times.

    In just a few days, his brigade turned from a fully equipped B brigade into a disabled brigade!

    And Li Guangda sees all this and is anxious in his heart. If the war cannot end as soon as possible, his brigade may have to answer here.

    Since Heze was trapped, his troops have been the main force in the defense. They were before and they will still be in the future.

    "But the Japanese attack a few days ago was somewhat rational, but today's situation is not quite right. I feel that the little Japanese on the opposite side seems to be crazy. Every attack seems to be with the determination to die.

    "Report, the Japanese tank troops are coming up, Commander Zhou requested the use of death squads!" Combat Participant??reported loudly.

    Li Guangda was silent for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "I agree to Lao Zhou's request to let the death squads come up. Tell the brothers that I, Lao Li, owe them this life!"

    After giving the order, Li Guangda held back the tears in his eyes, picked up the telescope and continued to observe!

    At this moment, the little devil's chariot rushed closer, and it was already less than fifty meters away from the front line!

    This distance is already very dangerous for the defenders. At the speed of the Japanese tanks, they may rush into the defenders' trenches in a few seconds.

    To be honest, Li Guangda really admired Commander Li at this time. Before they stationed here, the fortifications here were all built by Commander Li¡¯s people!

    Not only do they have trenches, bunkers, and communication ditches, but there are also a large number of anti-tank trenches. The reason why they have been able to maintain it during this period of time is inseparable from these perfect fortifications.

    Especially those anti-tank trenches, they are so effective. The Japanese tanks cannot penetrate those wide and deep trenches, and repeated attacks have failed.

    But the little devils are not vegetarians. They know which anti-tank trenches have a great impact on their offensive, so they continue to use artillery to bombard the anti-tank trenches, and then continue to use tanks to push those tank wreckage into the anti-tank trenches.  , it took more than four days to bulldoze a small section of the anti-tank trench.

    Fortunately, Li Guangda was also prepared. He knew that once the anti-tank trenches were bulldozed, the Japanese tank troops would launch another fierce attack!

    Therefore, he mobilized more than a hundred unconcerned soldiers from the entire brigade to form a death squad, whose mission was to deal with the Japs' tanks.

    Li Guangda has observed over the past few days that the Japanese tanks are very distinctive and unique in shape. They have a long front body and a short rear body. There is a mound-shaped turret on the top, covered with a circular armored hatch, and there is a tank on the left side of the front hood.  searchlight.  The whole car has a short shape and there are protruding rivets everywhere, indicating that it still does not use a welded body.  This kind of tank is the Type 94 light tank with the largest number of equipment in the Japanese army.

    Li Guangda knew very well about this kind of tank. They had fought against the Japanese Iron Bastards long before the September 18th Incident. Among them, the ones that impressed the most and caused great casualties to the Northeast Army were the ** medium tanks and the Type 94 tanks.  Light tank.

    Especially the Type 94 light tank. This light tank manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries uses a tractor chassis. It weighs 3.5 tons, has a crew of two, and has a speed of 40 kilometers per hour.  Because of its small size, this tank was called a "bean tank" by the Japanese army, which means pocket tank. This tank is indeed very small.

    ??If you look at it from a global perspective, comparing the various tanks of Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, this kind of pocket tank has very poor combat effectiveness, especially its weak armor, which makes it vulnerable to almost any anti-tank gun.

    However, on the Chinese battlefield, it was rampant because the Chinese army's equipment was too poor. The heaviest weapon commonly equipped by frontline troops was the mortar. If there was an anti-tank gun, it would be a treasure.

    In the battles of Songhu, Nanjing, Xuzhou, Taiyuan, and Wuhan, quite a few Type 94 tanks were destroyed by Chinese anti-tank artillery. Unfortunately, most of the time, the Chinese army did not have such anti-tank weapons.  Therefore, facing the Chinese army, which has almost only infantry weapons, this Type 94 light tank is still very powerful.

    The Chinese are the most creative nation. They create conditions when conditions are insufficient. If they don¡¯t have enough anti-tank weapons, they study the light tanks of the Little Devils and look for their weaknesses. In the end, they found them.

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