Chapter 3058 Tank Elite

Generally speaking, when tanks are confronted with each other and encounter an unfavorable situation on the battlefield, they should take the approach of facing the enemy head-on and reversing. ơɱAlternately cover the fire and each unit retreats in an orderly manner until they are out of effective range contact with the enemy. This is the most appropriate way to retreat on the battlefield.

But there are exceptions to everything. Even the Germans who boasted about armored blitzkrieg to the sky did not make the stupid mistake of openly exposing the flanks of their tanks to the Red Army in the late stage of the war.

As for the devils, it was a different situation.

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

It is not that there are no Japanese troops with experience in armored confrontation, but it was a one-time thing.

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

The experience of armored confrontation that was beaten into a grave by Sherman cannot be brought back at all. Even if it can be brought back, it is all about how miserable the experience was.

As for how to fight and win armored confrontation wars.

Almost all of them remain in the classroom and theoretical stage. The Kwantung Army, which has never had any experience of winning a real battle, can make such an outrageous and stupid mistake of turning around and running away in front of the Red Army's heavy tanks.

That is not because there are too many German armored soldiers who died, even the tank commanders are rookies who have never fought in a war.

It is because the Kwantung Army has absolutely no experience in large-scale armored confrontation, let alone fighting against a heavy combined arms army of the level of the Leader Army.

First, there is no experience in armored confrontation, second, there is no real-time and effective organized retreat, and third, it is completely collapsed by more than 60% of the battle losses.

The combination of all the above factors eventually led to the remaining Japanese tanks, which had to rely on waving small flags to pass orders, doing some strange things, such as reversing and retreating, and some turning around and running away.

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

The gunner holding the main gun sight was full of confusion and doubts. The commander, who was holding a wide-angle periscope and saw all the strange actions of the Japanese army, and who could probably guess the root cause of the Japanese army's strange actions, spoke quietly.

"You know what? This reminds me of 1941, when the Red Army also had this situation."

"We were ambushed, detoured, and outflanked by the highly coordinated armored forces of the Germans. The lower-level tanks without radios, unable to see the flag signals, or missed the flag signals could only fight on their own. It was so chaotic that we couldn't even form a basic formation. It was a complete mess."

"That's why we were always defeated by the Germans' rubbish tanks even though we had better T34s and KVs back then."

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

I can say this long paragraph under combat conditions, not because the IS7 commander, the commander of the heavy tank company, talks too much nonsense and doesn't follow the combat regulations, but because there is no battle to fight.

The IS7, which had used up all the ammunition on the ammunition rack in the rear compartment of the turret, had already backed up from its firing position and vacated its advantageous firing position to other heavy tanks that followed closely behind.

Indeed, there are clear provisions in the IS7 commander's combat regulations.

If the battlefield environment permits and the pressure is not high, the IS7 that has used up all the ammunition in the semi-automatic loader should alternately retreat to a relatively safe position under the cover of friendly fire, temporarily stop fighting and refill the semi-automatic loader as soon as possible.

The reason is very simple. If the semi-automatic loader is not refilled with ammunition, it means that after the first 7 rounds of the IS7 have been fired, all subsequent firings will have to be done by pure manpower to continuously load the huge and heavy naval-standard 130mm projectiles and cartridges.

Even though the Slavs are physically strong and strong, and the IS7 is equipped with two loaders, it is not so tiring.

In an emergency, manual loading is okay, but it is necessary to really treat manual loading as a meal and do it continuously.

There will be no other result except that the loader's physical strength is quickly overdrawn without a break, which eventually leads to a drastic drop in the combat effectiveness of the entire vehicle.

The 130mm projectiles and cartridges are stuffed into the ammunition rack for storage in a short burst, and then the semi-automatic loader is used to quickly and continuously load them when the battle comes. This not only gives the two loaders a chance to breathe and rest, but also guarantees the continuous and stable combat effectiveness of the crew.

So look at the IS7, which is wearing such strong armor and powerful guns and has all the advantages, but still follows the existing experience and combat regulations to alternate with the IS6 following behind. And under the cover of other Red Army heavy tanks, it reverses and withdraws from the firing position to replenish the ammunition to be fired. This is enough to see.

The gap between the Japanese and the Red Army in the field of armored confrontation alone is far more than just the equipment gap.

The IS7, which has completed the first round of output, withdraws from the position in an orderly manner and starts to replenish ammunition, but this does not mean that the good days of the Japanese army have come.

On the contrary, the IS6, which is carrying the 122 heirloom and is slightly slower than the IS7 but still very powerful, and has entered the firing position in large numbers, is still an absolute nightmare that the Japanese tanks cannot resist.

Ding bang——

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 and poured directly into the engine compartment. It 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 Japanese tanks 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, were already facing a catastrophe at this moment.

"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 tried 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 on 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 two 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 and shields, 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 equally alike".

"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 vehicles 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.