12dz Chapter 475 The Crooked Tree
Chapter 475 The Crooked Tree
Suddenly, a large cloud of white smoke appeared about 200 meters away from the outside of the Japanese C-shaped encirclement.
That’s right, this is the surprise Wang Meng created for the Japanese.
The same method was used to lure the Japanese, but this time the Japanese were ambushed not by tanks, but by scouts armed with individual anti-tank rocket launchers!
Wang Meng’s request to them was not to penetrate the Japanese tanks, but to hit them, even if it was just to paralyze them on the spot.
So, a platoon of soldiers, each armed with two rocket launchers, entered the preset positions.
When the Japanese tanks charged, they were also facing the soldiers from the side, which was the best opportunity to attack.
In the first wave of shooting, twenty-four rocket launchers took away twelve tanks, seven Type 5 tanks and five Tiger tanks.
Seeing that the situation was not right, the Japanese commander immediately sent four tanks to the two wings to destroy the hidden rocket launchers.
However, these four tanks were like moths to a flame. Before he could turn his guns, they were set on fire by more than a dozen rocket launchers.
When the Japanese saw that they had no benefit to gain, they had to step on the accelerator to the bottom and try to get out of the effective range of the individual rocket launcher.
However, the Japanese lost sixteen tanks, and the ratio of the independent column to the Japanese tanks became 24 to 30. Moreover, the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion next to them still had more than ten rocket launchers that had not been fired!
The tanks of the independent column stopped retreating and instead accelerated and charged forward.
At a distance of 1000 meters, both the enemy and our side began shooting while moving.
The soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion also fired all their rocket launchers.
Ten minutes later, the independent column lost 3 Tiger tanks and destroyed 32 Tiger tanks of the Japanese. The remaining eight Tiger tanks escaped.
The tank battalion of the independent column returned to the tank group and received a heroic reception. Of course, this honor also belonged to the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion.
"Very good. This way, the balance of power is tilted towards us again. All tanks are refueled and filled with shells. In half an hour, we will launch a general attack!"
Unlike the treatment of the Tiger Tank Battalion of the Independent Column, the Japanese tank battalion that escaped back was severely scolded by Koji Okita, who threatened to send them to a military court.
"I didn't expect the Independent Column to be so cunning. They can really think of ways to ambush us! In the past, when their weapons and equipment were poor, ambushes were natural, but I didn't expect that their weapons and equipment were so far ahead of ours, and they would still do this. It's puzzling!"
Koji Okita decided that instead of passively waiting for the attack of the independent column and being passively deceived, it would be better to take the initiative to attack!
"Order, the Mechanized Infantry Regiment will search ahead and make sure there are no hidden rocket launchers within five kilometers ahead!"
He was frightened by the independent column's rocket launcher, because a small rocket launcher could be exchanged for a tank, which was too good a deal. The independent column would probably use the same trick again!
Therefore, he decided to use the least valuable "infantry" in his hand as a bargaining chip to eliminate the threat of rocket launchers.
Wang Meng soon received information about the Japanese mechanized infantry attack.
"What's going on? Are you going to use the human flesh tactic?"
Wang Meng was obviously overthinking it. Koji Okita was just trying to eliminate the threat.
However, Wang Meng still sent out an armored reconnaissance battalion, sitting on armored vehicles, and launched a heavy attack on the Japanese soldiers who seemed to be looking for rabbits all over the grassland!
When the Japanese infantry encountered the armored vehicles of the independent column, they no longer looked like warriors of an empire, but like hares, being chased everywhere by the armored vehicles.
After all, in order to achieve the effect of a comprehensive search, Koji Okita ordered the entire mechanized infantry regiment to search on foot, and stretched the team into a horizontal line five kilometers long.
To the armored reconnaissance battalion of the independent column, this is just a group of pigs lining up to die!
The machine guns on the armored vehicles fired mercilessly, sending the standing, lying, and kneeling Japanese soldiers to see the Rizhao God.
After paying the price of hundreds of Japanese soldiers being killed in battle, Koji Okita ordered the tank troops to follow the infantry and launch an attack!
Wang Meng was a little stunned when he saw the mysterious operation of the Japanese soldiers. Is this the legendary "flesh wrapped in iron"? Using the flesh and blood of the Japanese soldiers to protect their tanks?
Interesting and interesting!
"Orders, the left wing group will outflank from the left, the right wing group will outflank from the right, and the armored reconnaissance battalion will maneuver and destroy the enemy on its own, but don't force it!"
"Yes!"
More than 400 tanks began to maneuver from their respective temporary camps, forming two large groups and attacking to the left and right respectively.
The two armored reconnaissance battalions, carrying individual anti-tank rocket launchers, disappeared into the vast prairie.
Wang Meng was sitting on the command tank, listening to the dense instructions coming from the intercom, and he was extremely nervous.
Although he had foreseen the outcome of this decisive battle, the independent column had the advantage in both training and numbers and should not lose, and could not lose.
However, winning this tank decisive battle is only the first step, and the ultimate goal is to draw out strength to support Lao Li in the battle in Datong city!
Therefore, they must do everything they can to avoid large-scale casualties!
This distance of less than ten kilometers only takes ten minutes for two armored clusters.
The right-wing group was the first to engage the two Tiger tank regiments under Ding Wei's command, and was the first to deploy its formation and rush towards the Japanese Third Tank Division.
The Japanese were also prepared, but their 4th Tank Division had lost more than 120 tanks in the battle this morning, and now only had more than 180 tanks.
Ding Wei's right wing group had more than 50 Tiger tanks and more than 110 Type 5 tanks.
The tank ratio is close to one to one.
"Meet the brave to win on the narrow road!"
Ding Wei's two Tiger tank regiments led the way, with Type 5 tanks following behind, and they rushed towards the Japanese tank cluster.
When the Japanese soldier was preparing to fight hard, he suddenly felt his fist hitting cotton.
The tank cluster of the independent column actually slightly turned to the right and passed by the Japanese tank cluster.
The two tank clusters began firing at each other at a distance of 1,500 meters, with each winning and losing.
The Japanese 4th Tank Division that passed by immediately turned around and moved in the same direction as the tanks of the independent column, shooting at each other!
Koji Ikita, who was on the high ground, saw the 4th Tank Division rushing to the south and was afraid that it had fallen into the Japanese trap again.
But after discovering that the 4th Tank Division had turned around on the spot, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yoshi, the north is our rear, fight with confidence!"
Ding Wei, who was sitting in the command tank charging northward, was holding a walkie-talkie and constantly confirming the target.
"Is it that crooked tree? Left or right? Your right or my right?"