Chapter 912 Little Flying Leopard
The sky was starting to get hazy, and cars were passing by on the road from time to time. The Japanese wanted to take advantage of the gap before the Chinese fighter planes took off to transport as much supplies as possible to the front line.
Three trucks pulling arms drove through Jiangning Town toward the front positions. The low hum of the vehicle motors brought the Japanese sentries back to reality from their stupor.
The military vehicle drove less than a kilometer out of the town. The driver's eyes suddenly opened wide, as if he had seen a ghost. The rapid braking sound startled many birds in the forest.
Three military vehicles stopped quickly, and the Japanese soldiers escorting the vehicles looked at the woods beside the road in horror.
The trees were swaying constantly, and more and more birds were flying into the sky.
The Japanese soldiers sitting in the military vehicle felt that the vehicle was shaking slightly and the engine had stopped working. This vibration came from the earth itself.
The sentries on the outskirts of the town frowned slightly as they looked at the hazy outlines of three military vehicles in the morning fog.
Their heads popped out from behind the bunker, seeming to notice something abnormal in the air.
"Crunch..."
"ah………"
The sound of metal being crushed and the screams of people came at the same time, and the Japanese sentry quickly took the rifle on his shoulder into his hand.
There was a clatter and the bullet was loaded.
Their eyes widened more and more, and the hazy morning mist seemed to be billowing, and something was about to come out of the mist.
There are no more military vehicles visible on the road, and their original positions have been replaced by several huge black shadows.
“Rumble…”
A dull but extremely powerful voice came from the mist.
The Japs in Jiangning Town are all armored soldiers, and they are very familiar with this sound.
"tank!!!"
As soon as the idea came to mind, the front face of the tank painted in sea green camouflage and the towering tank gun appeared in the eyes of the Japanese sentry.
The tanks painted in sea green looked like green-faced and fanged monsters in the hazy morning fog.
Some of them drove over from the road, and some emerged from the mountains and forests...
The churning morning fog gradually dissipated, and the sight was filled with tanks one after another.
"Bang!"
The crisp sound of gunfire broke the tranquility of the early morning, and Japanese soldiers in both directions woke up from their sleep.
It was not yet 4:30 in the morning, and there was already a faint light on the sky, but the sun had not yet appeared.
This is the time when the soldiers of the Japanese armored regiment sleep most soundly!
Tanks and chariots were parked quietly in the town, and everything was so peaceful and quiet.
Yamashita Taro was worried about the unsatisfactory outcome of the war. He was old and slept very little.
He had just woken up when the gunshot rang out, and was hesitating whether to lie down for a while or get up.
The crisp sound of gunfire helped him make his decision.
"boom!"
The gunfire was followed by an explosion, and the town was completely alert.
"Enemy attack!"
"Enemy attack!"
Someone was running and shouting.
"Boom boom boom..."
"enemy……"
Cannonballs fell into the town one by one, and the warning sounds stopped abruptly.
The Japanese soldiers were hurriedly looking for their tanks and tanks, and many of them were disheveled.
Major General Taro Yamashita climbed onto his Type 97 medium tank with the help of soldiers.
Medium tanks are what the Japanese call themselves. In fact, this type of tank only weighs fifteen tons. According to the standards of Western countries, it should be classified as a light tank.
"Your Excellency, Major General. These are Chinese tanks. There are at least 200 of them. They have already rushed over!"
A captain reported breathlessly.
Yamashita Taro's face was filled with questions.
There is also a defense line composed of 6,000 Japanese soldiers in front of Jiangning Town.
How did the Chinese tanks cross the front line of defense silently and come to themselves?
"Has the forward position been lost?"
Yamashita Taro asked while putting on his equipment.
"I don't know, the Chinese tanks suddenly appeared!"
"boom!"
Not far away, a military vehicle loaded with gasoline barrels was hit by a shell, and the 50-meter space around it was instantly engulfed in flames. An armored vehicle and a dozen soldiers struggled in the flames, and soon disappeared.
"Boom boom boom..."
Artillery shells fell one after another in the town, and many combat vehicles and tanks were turned into burning fragments before they could start.
With no time to think about the cause and effect, Yamashita Taro got into the tank and began to command his three regiments to fight.
200 tanks and 100 chariots are the last strength of His Majesty the General. No matter where the enemy comes from, as the most heroic warriors in the empire, they must fight against it at all costs.
The enemy and we met on the plain outside the town. At that moment, the moods of both sides were completely different.
Taro Yamashita felt that his whole body was soaked in cold sweat. The enemy tank eight or nine hundred meters away was larger than his own tank.
The sea green paint makes them look powerful and domineering!
The enemy did not take any cover and rushed over in a bold manner, carrying the pressure of a strong man.
The muzzle of the enemy tank gun kept flashing flames. Every time it flashed, a tank on Yamashita Taro's side was blown into pieces flying in the sky.
The Japanese have obtained information on the T34 tank and have conducted corresponding research.
Yamashita Taro swore to Amaterasu that the tank that appeared in front of them was definitely not T34!
This is a more powerful and newly designed heavy tank than the T34.
………
Having mastered the Japanese army's password, the units of the Sixth Corps also cooperated with the Military Intelligence Bureau, special forces and local people.
It can be said that every move of the Japanese-Chinese dispatched troops cannot avoid Jiangdong.
As soon as Taro Yamashita's tank troops left the city, information was already placed in front of Xie Chengrui.
The staff sent the information to Xiao Jiang, commander of the Armored Group Army.
Chiang Kai-shek boldly made deployments based on the situation between the enemy and ourselves.
At 10 o'clock in the evening on the 27th, the 108th Armored Division bypassed the front of the Japanese defense line and attacked Jiangning Town under the guidance of local people.
Xiao Jiang personally commanded the 108th Armored Division.
In addition to annihilating the Japanese tank troops, this operation also wanted to surround and annihilate the 6,000 Japanese troops on the frontal defense line.
The 108th Armored Division is all equipped with the latest tanks.
The new tank is superior to the T34 in every aspect.
The new tank has a relatively simple manufacturing process, easy maintenance, strong firepower, and fast speed. It is also a medium-sized tank.
The soldiers affectionately called it Little Flying Leopard.
The Feibao tank is equipped with a 100mm rifled gun, has a total combat weight of 36 tons, and a maximum range of 600 kilometers.
Its design is groundbreaking in many aspects, and it is a modern tank with a completely new meaning.
Two of them are the most special.
The first is that the Feibao tank is equipped with a newly developed gun stabilizer.
The stabilizer is vertical and horizontal, which greatly improves the flying leopard's hit rate while traveling.
The second is that Feibao is equipped with infrared night vision devices, which gives the tank the ability to drive at night.
These two technologies are not mature, which is also one of the reasons why Feibao tanks have not yet been mass-produced.
Chapter completed!