Don’t underestimate the front armor of the tank and the anti-gun layer added to the front armor of the turret.

Just like don't underestimate the steel plates installed under the pilot's feet.

Facts have proved that this can greatly reduce the pilot's sacrifice rate.

The two sides launched a firefight, and soon the Japanese army realized the power of these strange-looking tanks originally belonging to the empire that had been modified by the Eighth Route Army.

During the roar of artillery fire, due to the long distance between the two sides, it is difficult to achieve precise strikes. If one of ten shells hits, it is considered a good hit rate.

The Japanese's artillery shells were occasionally lucky enough to hit the extended steel plate anti-gun device on the front of the Eighth Route Army's tank opposite.

After the explosion, Major Xiyuan looked forward to it as the gunpowder smoke was quickly blown away by the cold wind. What caught the eye of the old devil was the tanks of the Eighth Route Army that were still intact.

Those weird tanks modified by the Eighth Route Army had anti-gun steel plates on the front that could not be penetrated by the artillery mounted on the Japanese tanks.

These steel plates are specially thickened, and some of them are made by reusing the armor of captured Japanese tanks and remanufacturing them.

Considering only the thickness of the front armor, it even exceeds 100 mm.

This has almost reached the protective thickness of the armor of some heavy tanks on the European battlefield.

You know, even during World War II, the strongest Tiger heavy tank, which the German army frightened the enemy but could never conquer, had the thickest front armor of only more than 100 millimeters.

In comparison, the German Tiger tank is extremely expensive to build, and the tank itself weighs 68.5 tons. Even though it is incredibly powerful, considering its bulkiness and high cost, its role on the battlefield is not as effective as imagined.

Excellent.

A modified Japanese tank was specially modified by a team and installed a forward-extending anti-gun steel plate device on the front armor and turret.

The cost is basically negligible. It is just to install some anti-gunnery steel plates on the original Japanese tanks. It is not technically difficult.

Since the steel plate protection devices added are only a few local pieces, they do not cause additional load on the vehicle body itself and will not affect the combat maneuverability of the combat vehicle itself.

"Baga——"

Seeing that the long-range bombardment did not achieve effective results, Major Nishizono howled with anger.

This is also a common headache for many Japanese military officers.

These Eighth Route Army troops are clearly in the occupied areas of the Japanese Empire, living in the cracks, isolated and helpless, and without much military industrial foundation and logistical support.

It happens to be very difficult to deal with, just like brown candy, you can’t get rid of it.

In addition, the Eighth Route Army, despite its backward equipment, was extremely creative. The Japanese army once captured a lot of equipment from the Eighth Route Army, and most of the equipment originally belonged to the Japanese army.

Including some Type 89 bullet-making canisters, Taisho 11-year-old light machine guns, Type 92 heavy machine guns, and some infantry guns, mortars, etc.

As a result, the soldiers who seized the equipment claimed that they had seized new equipment developed by the Eighth Route Army. After the Japanese officers took a closer look, they discovered in confusion:

A bipod is added to the grenade, and a steel plate shield is added to the front of the light machine gun.

The Type 92 heavy machine gun is even more exaggerated. The Eighth Route Army even has a one-wheel device on the base, so it can be pushed and run away at any time.

These modified Japanese weapons look a little nondescript at first glance.

However, after thinking about it for a while, the Japanese army soon discovered that the grenade launcher with a tripod was more stable and easier to use and train gunners.

A light machine gun with a shield can even be used as a heavy machine gun, while effectively reducing the probability of the machine gunner being shot.

As for the Type 92 heavy machine gun, the addition of wheels directly integrates firepower and mobility, effectively improving the shortcomings of the heavy machine gun itself.

Don't underestimate these slightly improved equipment. In the subsequent confrontations, the Eighth Route Army relied on these seemingly slight advantages to achieve many results.

This is where the Eighth Route Army troops are creative and thoughtful.

Unfortunately, the Japanese army has not learned these things and cannot learn them.

The Japanese can't recycle all the large numbers of grenade launchers produced by the Japanese army's huge military industrial system, reinstall tripods, and change the inherent operating mode that the Japanese artillery is accustomed to, right?

The Eighth Route Army's combat model using improved weapons may not be applicable to the Japanese army.

Maybe it's just trying to imitate others, but it will make people laugh.

At this time, the advantages of modified tanks are immediately revealed.

With the artillery bombardment of both sides, although the Japanese army had an advantage in the number of tanks, the number of attacking artillery was also greater, and the artillery fire was more intensive.

However, the modified tanks of the Eighth Route Army were equipped with anti-gunner devices, which could not be easily destroyed by Japanese tank guns.

Moreover, the Japanese army has always been worried that the Eighth Route Army will use individual rocket launchers to conduct anti-tank operations. The distance between the two sides is long and the hit rate is very low.

On the contrary, the Eighth Route Army successfully destroyed three Japanese Type 95 light tanks after concentrating firepower for two rounds.

When the Japanese army used its powerful military industrial system to build these tanks, they probably never thought that one day they would be destroyed by the attack of their own tanks and guns in the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese army probably has not considered whether the artillery of the 95th light tank and the 97th medium tank can blast through the armor of the 95th and 97th medium tanks.

Now the Eighth Route Army has given the answer.

It is indeed possible!

Even the thickest front armor thickness of the Japanese 1997-modified medium-sized tanks is only 25 mm.

The tank gun was originally designed with armor-breaking capabilities in mind.

It seems that most of the Japanese tanks can easily destroy the tank itself with its own artillery.

Boom——

With a large number and superiority of tanks and artillery, they were defeated by the Eighth Route Army's small number of tanks and armored vehicles.

While Major Nishizono felt aggrieved, he also realized that continuing to fight like this was not an option.

He noticed from the telescope that the front armor and the front armor of the fort were equipped with anti-gun devices on those strange tanks modified by the Eighth Route Army.

But there does not seem to be such a weird anti-gun device on the side of the tank.

In this case...

"The first light tank and medium tank squads immediately outflanked and outflanked from the left wing, and the second medium and light tank squadron outflanked and outflanked from the right wing.

The remaining tanks are engaged in frontal combat.

Annihilate these damn Eighth Route Army with a pincer attack from three sides!"

"Hi!"

After Major Nishizono's order was issued, the Japanese immediately mobilized their tanks. The two tanks circled slightly further from the left and right wings and detoured towards the armored units of the Eighth Route Army in the more central area of ​​the ranch.

As for the direction facing the enemy, in order to cover the detour on both flanks, Laoguizi Xiyuan specially ordered to advance 150 meters forward again to strengthen the fire attack.

They even organized a few medium-sized tanks and drove directly into the 200-meter artillery range of the Eighth Route Army, dragging them back in the most crazy and risky move.

The confrontation between the two sides intensified, and the roar of artillery fire was endless. Even the cold wind that kept blowing seemed to be unable to dissipate the smoke.

After the two rounds of chariot troops set off, Major Xiyuan nervously looked through the telescope at the Eighth Route Army troops a few hundred meters away. He was afraid that these Eighth Route Army troops would notice the clues and retreat in advance.

Then his plan to attack from three sides and finally kill the Eighth Route Armored Forces in one fell swoop will come to nothing.

Finally...

The scene gradually revealed on the battlefield made the old devil Xiyuan secretly happy.

All the chariots on the Eighth Route and Five Roads seemed to be caught in a bitter battle. No one noticed the two roundabout chariot troops he sent.

This means that once the chariots on his two wings successfully make a detour and are strangled from three sides, they will definitely be able to destroy these Eighth Route Army troops in one fell swoop.

Although Major Nishizono also felt that the plan was going somewhat smoothly.

It's just that the battle situation is urgent, and Major Nishizono doesn't want to think so much. The opportunity to destroy the enemy is right in front of him. How can we know the result without giving it a try?

Aren’t Japanese generals always like this with their gambler nature?

Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, did they still worry that the U.S. military would have already defended Pearl Harbor?

The other side.

The person commanding more than a dozen modified tanks and armored vehicles, fighting against a Japanese tank force several times larger than his own, was the commander of the first armored company of the armored corps built by Kong Jie's team.

The first company commander was very excited at the moment and had no intention of being surrounded by Japanese armored troops on three sides.

What he knew was that the Japanese surrounded him on three sides with several times the number of armored vehicles. What he didn’t know was that he thought he had surrounded the little Japanese!

And then when reporting to the headquarters through the walkie-talkie attached to the command tank.

A voice came from the other end of the walkie-talkie: "Hello, I'm Kong Jie!"

When he heard that the old regiment leader personally answered the call, the first company commander became even more excited.

"Reporting to the old commander, good news! Our attack went extremely smoothly and we have successfully surrounded two Japanese tank squadrons, including a medium tank squadron and a light tank squadron."

"If nothing else happens, we will be able to wipe out all the Japanese tank troops immediately!"

"Please give instructions!"

Good guy.

This opening was obviously pursued by two Japanese tank squadrons, and the result was a smooth attack.

It was obviously surrounded by Japanese tank troops on three sides, but in the words of the first company commander, it actually successfully surrounded the Japanese tank troops.

You think he is bragging, but the most exaggerated thing is that after the first company commander finished reporting like this, there was no doubt on the faces of the other soldiers who were also sitting next to the command chariot.

In order to prepare for this battle with the Japanese armored brigade in western Inner Mongolia.
To be continued...