Chapter 3125: Leave the Tail Behind

At the same time as the fleeing Japanese troops were stuffed into the steel meat grinder, two other troops were deployed under the personal command of Varosha.

The steel torrent that swept towards the Japanese reinforcements with a force of attacking from both sides has now simultaneously crushed the faces of the Japanese who thought they were really coming to rescue people.

"Open fire! Stop them, the tank troops attack! Attack!! Attack!!!"

There is no position to rely on, and they are facing a mixed doubles of the huge IS7 and the huge IS6.

Without the blessing of the Type 4 heavy tank, the quality of the equipment and offensive energy at hand are not as good as the first wave of attack troops that have been surrounded.

This group of Japanese reinforcements has no way to retreat and no way to defend. They can only rely on more troops and heads than the first wave of attack troops to bite the bullet and fight to the death with the Varosha Division that is sandwiched from both sides.

The courage to attack against the attack is very good, but it is still inevitable to swallow the bitter fruit brought by excessive stupidity and battlefield performance art.

The best tank on hand was the Type 3 medium tank brought from the mainland. The 75mm tank gun was considered a "high-quality cannon" for the Japanese tank troops.

But this thing with the same caliber and far inferior to the German Black Panther's 75mm tank gun, when it hit the IS7 and IS6, it just made a noise.

"Load armor-piercing shells! The Japanese tanks are at 1 o'clock, 500 meters away, gunners ready!"

The IS7, which was facing the concentrated fire of the Japanese tank 75 small gun, ignored all the incoming shells and let the weak Japanese armor-piercing shells hit the front of the turret and the top and bottom of the vehicle body, making sparks fly. It put on an unyielding wall and fired loudly in the dumbfounded eyes of the Japanese tank soldiers.

Boom--

A 130mm projectile whistled, and the Japanese Type 3 medium tank with its armor as useless was penetrated from head to tail on the spot.

The projectiles were injected from the front and bombarded all the way to the power compartment. When they were about to rush out of the power compartment, they finally exploded under the action of the armor-piercing delay fuse.

The engine that was blown out of the compartment and took off on the spot was on fire and smoke all the way. It flew more than 20 meters high before falling heavily and hitting the ground.

The IS7, which rushed to the shooting position, led the IS6 to fire continuously.

The 130mm and 122mm projectiles that came one after another opened the cans of the Japanese tanks, and they were almost certain to hit one by one and never ambiguous. The posture turned the Japanese tanks into torches one after another.

At the same time, on the flank, with the cover of the heavy tank troops' firing, the T-43A medium tank cluster that stepped on the accelerator and continued to rush into the fuel tank had already outflanked and advanced first.

The Japanese army, which was already weak in firepower and under great pressure, had to divide its troops again to resist these small-sized Russian tanks that were rushing forward.

Originally, it was thought that these small-sized Russian tanks would be easier to deal with, but after the actual fight, the Japanese army soon found in despair that these small Russian steel monsters were still unbeatable.

Ding bang --

Crack --

Whoosh --

Three consecutive 75mm armor-piercing shells hit the front, the left and right sides of the turret respectively.

Although the attack points were different, the attack effects were exactly the same. All three armor-piercing shells were ineffective, one ricocheted, and two did not penetrate, failing to cause any substantial damage to the T-43A that was rushing forward with the accelerator pressed to death.

It did knock off a few pieces of the additional armor on the T-43A, but it still could not stop this Slavic monster weighing more than 30 tons from rushing forward as if it was in an unmanned area.

The T-43A medium tanks that had advanced to a sufficient distance immediately went into battle, firing their main guns and machine guns at the Japanese troops blocking them in front of them with direct firepower, and the BMP43 infantry fighting vehicles that followed them simultaneously maintained their firepower output while dropping the infantry on board.

They were screened by the 130mm and 122mm guns of the heavy tanks, and then screened by the 100mm guns of the medium tanks.

At this time, the Japanese tanks, as the top priority targets, had been killed to pieces and nothing was left. It was even more difficult to organize effective anti-armor firepower, which was the most vulnerable to defense. Of course, they were the last to attack the BMP43 infantry fighting vehicles that entered the field.

After getting off the vehicles, the mechanized infantry followed the tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, and quickly advanced the front line with the coordination of infantry and tanks.

Because there was no position to rely on, it was not appropriate to let the infantry charge forward rashly, and there was no need to increase unnecessary casualties.

The infantry-tank coordinated front, which was advancing steadily and pressing step by step, always kept a certain distance from the Japanese army. After losing most of its tanks and seriously lacking infantry anti-armor firepower, the Japanese army was almost helpless in the face of this iron wall-like attacking enemy.

Machine guns, machine guns and large-caliber high-explosive shells flew together, and the Japanese infantry, who lacked the support of positions, suffered countless casualties in an instant.

The light weapons in the hands of the infantry could not do anything to these steel behemoths. Various sparks flew and decorated the Russian tanks like light toys, but they did not cause any actual impact.

Realizing that this could not go on, the Japanese colonel left the armored vehicle he was riding in, raised the telescope in his hand and took a last look at the terrible formation. After a moment of hesitation, he blurted out the order that he knew it was impossible to do.

"Retreat, there is no other choice but to retreat, and immediately let the troops break contact with the enemy and evacuate."

"Retreat? Your Excellency, the commander of the regiment, are you kidding? We just--"

"No need to say more, can't you see it?"

The Japanese colonel, who had no time to waste, pointed at the left and right wing formations that were still being compressed, and immediately spoke to the chief of staff beside him.

"The Russians' intention is not only to prevent our reinforcements, but they also want to use a pincer attack to cut off part of us and stay here to annihilate together with the Yamada Regiment!"

"What should we do with the rest of us at that time? Should we retreat miserably with heavy losses, or crash into the cold Russian formation until the last drop of blood is shed!?"

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I wanted to say why we didn't repel the Russian offensive, but then I thought about it and realized that since we came into contact with the enemy, we have not achieved any impressive results.

The tank unit's assault advantage could not be played out, and the artillery had been completely wiped out by the Russians in the artillery battle. It was even more impossible for the infantry to break through the Russians' iron wall.

The chief of staff, who was not stupid, could only face the reality no matter how reluctant he was to admit it, and immediately nodded to the commander of the regiment in response.

"Hi! I'll convey it right away."

The Japanese army had just made a move to cut off its tail and survive. Valosha, who was analyzing the next action plan in his division headquarters and continuing to circle and dot on the map, received the latest battle report from the front line.

"Report to the division commander, the second wave of Japanese attacking troops has given up the intention of reinforcement, and has taken the initiative to break contact with our army and began to withdraw from the battlefield."

"What? Withdrawn!? There are times when these Japanese devils turn around and run away?"

I thought that the Japanese army would fight to the last drop of blood as usual. Valosha, who was somewhat unbelievable, stepped forward and took the telegram to read it. After reading it at a glance, he frowned.

"What are they trying to do? Tactically retreat and reorganize or retreat collectively? The overall loss is less than 30%, so they should not flee so early."

Varosha, who could not analyze the intention of the Japanese army's abnormal behavior for the time being, rolled his eyes, and after a brief thought, he immediately issued an updated order.

"Order the left-wing attack force to continue to pursue the retreating Japanese reinforcements, but not too deep, do not seek to cut off the retreat route and surround and annihilate them, just maintain uninterrupted firepower to kill the Japanese army, and always pay attention to battlefield movements and timely feedback."

"The right-wing attack force stops advancing, closes the encirclement, cuts off the retreat route of the first wave of Japanese attack forces and launches an offensive against them. Those Japanese devils who have already been caught in the pot should not think about leaving. Since they are cutting off their tails to survive, they must leave their tails for me!"