Chapter 52 The Killing Weapon Is a Bit Cowardly (Double Monthly Tickets, Please Give Me Monthly Tickets!)

Tang Dao was not overthinking.

Although Jiro Wakiita was upset when he saw the Sihang Warehouse, which remained unmoved despite the crazy bombardment by his own side, he would never stop there. Not to mention that his boss would chop off his head, he himself would never give up so easily.

You can say that the island nation is rigid, cold-blooded, and not a good thing, but it is undeniable that they are one of the most executive nations in the world.

During the half-hour bombardment, Toyota Hide, who was eager to save his impression in front of his boss, actually asked Jiro Wakiita to move the position forward, but was rejected by Jiro Wakiita.

He was waiting, waiting for the arrival of the tank squadron.

Toyota Hide couldn't afford the loss, so how could he, the commander of the regiment, afford the loss?

The 1st Infantry Battalion has now suffered more than 200 casualties, and an infantry squadron of the 3rd Infantry Battalion was directly beaten half-crippled. The more than 300 casualties are close to a quarter of the cumulative casualties in more than a month.

Although Jiro Wakiita gave Toyoda Hide a death order to capture the warehouse building before dusk, he was no fool.

He was not Nogi Maresuke. He was the teacher of His Majesty the Emperor and a military god. He could spend tens of thousands of lives of the Imperial Army to play a desperate charge and still get a reputation for bravery and fighting.

If he did so, after the battle, Jiro Wakiita would probably have nothing to do.

Once the tank squadron arrived, the infantry could follow the tanks, and the losses would be reduced exponentially.

However, when the six Type 94 armored vehicles and four Type 89 tanks of the tank squadron rumbled over, the leader, Major Ichiro Tokugawa, suddenly looked a little ugly when he learned that there was a 20mm machine gun in the warehouse.

The reason was simple. The tank battalion directly under the 3rd Division suffered a lot from the Chinese army's machine guns that could be raised to shoot planes and laid flat to shoot tanks in the Battle of Shanghai.

The tank squadron under Ichiro Tokugawa originally had three tank squads, each with three Type 89 medium tanks, two Type 89 tanks in the squadron, and three Type 94 armored vehicles for reconnaissance, a total of 14 tanks.

As a result, it has now become 6 Type 94s and 4 Type 89s, and that was the result of the Songhu Expeditionary Force Command adding 5 Type 94 armored vehicles to them, which means that they have lost 7 Type 89 tanks and 2 Type 94 armored vehicles on the battlefield, and were almost wiped out.

And at least one-third of these terrible losses were caused by the terrible 20mm machine guns and 37mm rapid-fire guns of the Chinese side.

In fact, it’s not that the 20mm machine guns are so brutal, but mainly because the two types of tanks currently equipped by the Japanese army are scumbags.

The Type 94 doesn’t even have the name of a tank, and the thickest frontal armor is only a pitiful 12mm. It is just an armored vehicle equipped with a 7.7mm machine gun. Even the Chinese, who have no armored forces, dare to jokingly call it a "little bean".

Another medium tank called the Type 89B main battle tank is not much better.

It is called a medium tank, but it can only be regarded as a light tank. Its combat weight is only 12.1 tons, and it has a crew of 4 people. Its main weapons are a 57mm short-barreled howitzer and a 7.7mm heavy machine gun, which are mainly used to support infantry operations.

The most fatal thing is the thickness of its armor, which is so stingy that even the Japanese army itself is impressed.

The thickest part of its front armor is only 17mm, which simply refreshes people's understanding of tanks.

In the same period, the Western powers, whether it is Germany's "Tiger IV Medium Tank", the Red Polar Bear's "T34" or the American Cowboy's "Sherman", all have armor of more than 50mm.

These are just medium tanks. If it is replaced with the heavy models of "Tiger", "T34" and "Sherman", its front armor is as high as 100mm.

If the Japanese main battle tanks were to face the Western powers, the 57mm howitzers could only tickle the opponent, while their 17mm armor could be penetrated by the gun barrel even if the opponent did not fire.

In popular terms, they were not in the same dimension.

Of course, this cannot be entirely blamed on the stinginess of the Japanese Army Ministry. In fact, China must also bear most of the responsibility for this.

Because, as Japan's number one target, China, the bastards, did not even have tanks.

If they did not even have tanks, what was the point of making their tank armor thicker? Then, try to make it as thin as possible! Save some money for the empire, which is not rich.

On the battlefield in northern China, they were undoubtedly successful.

Six years ago, on September 18, 300,000 Chinese troops retreated without a fight; four years ago, in the battle of the Rehe Great Wall, 200,000 troops also failed to resist the Kwantung Army's front; more than three months ago, at the Marco Polo Bridge, Pingjin fell.

The Japanese tank units were active on these battlefields, and the Chinese army's rifles, light machine guns, heavy machine guns and even mortars were helpless against them.

However, when they arrived at Songhu, the Chinese military brought out the best of their best, including the Tax Police Corps, the 36th Division, the 87th Division, the 88th Division, the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps...

These elite troops may not have the strongest fighting will, but their equipment is definitely the best in China.

The Suloton 20mm machine gun and 37mm anti-tank gun could hit Japanese tanks at a distance of 500 meters, and it was simply a hole in one shot.

In the battle around Dachang Town, a key location in the north of Songhu, there was even a situation where seven or eight Japanese 89 tanks did not dare to attack the Chinese army's 37mm anti-tank gun.

It can be said that in the Battle of Shanghai, the infantrymen may have been beaten to a pulp by the Chinese army, but the Japanese tank soldiers who were originally full of confidence were the ones who were really discouraged.

And that was in the street fighting, at least there were mountain artillery and aircraft to help suppress it. If such a machine gun was hidden in a fortress that even infantry artillery could not penetrate, how could the Japanese tank soldiers who had been discouraged look good?

If it were someone else, even if he was not his direct subordinate, Colonel Jiro Wakiita would not be able to slap him in the face, and he would probably pull a donkey face and ask the other party to obey his command.

Although Ichiro Tokugawa was only a major, the surname Tokugawa meant that Captain Jiro Wakiita did not dare to do anything to him.

At this time, Japan was actually a feudal **** country. The power of the country was actually in the hands of the nobles. The civilians were incited to join the army to invade the outside world, just to make achievements, get the title of nobility, and stand at the top of society in one fell swoop.

The emperor, who sits at the top of the power, is naturally the leader. The other nobles with surnames such as "Gen", "Hei", "Tachibana", and "Fujiwara" are the younger brothers. Although the Tokugawa family seems a little lonely now than before, it still has enough foundation. Naturally, it is not easy for a small noble like Jiro Wakiita to rebuke it by relying on its high military rank.

Some more powerful "second-generation nobles" in the army do not even look at the officers of the colonel level. For them, civilians and small nobles are just slaves!

Seeing that the captain of the tank squadron directly under the division, who had high hopes for him, looked ugly, the Japanese colonel was a little embarrassed for a while.

Toyota Hide, who was standing aside in an orderly manner, almost curled his lips slightly, if there was no tyrant Jiro Wakiita here.

See? It's not that I, Toyota Hide, am incompetent, but that the enemy is too powerful, even the tank squadron is scared!

However, the Japanese major who was slapped in the face and hoped that his boss would be at a loss obviously forgot that this was no longer the headquarters of his 1st Infantry Battalion, but the regiment headquarters.

He was not the only major battalion commander here, there were two others.

One of them was a fisherman whom he looked down upon.

That person did not climb to the position of major just by relying on his mother's background as a palace maid. His brain was very flexible!

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