12dz Chapter 463 Zuo Bowenlang collapses
Chapter 463 Zuo Bowenlang collapses
The Tiger tank was thick-skinned and tough. After entering the city, it rolled over the ruins, raising clouds of dust.
The city of Datong was quiet. The Tiger tanks seemed to have entered an uninhabited area. Only the roar of the engines could be heard.
When the driver was observing the surrounding environment through the observation hole, he suddenly found several shit-yellow shadows in a residential building in front of him on the left.
"At 10 o'clock, the Japanese skirmishers are targeting, loading high-explosive shells!"
After the commander gave the order, the loader began to reload, but then a loud noise was heard.
"when!"
All the soldiers in the Tiger tanks covered their ears, and a tinnitus sound came from their ears!
The tank commander shook his head and kicked the gunner on the butt.
"Fuck it, fire!"
The gunner finally came out of his dizzy state, put his foot lightly on the firing pedal, stared at the target, and saw the black muzzle of a Type 92 infantry gun.
"Capture the target!"
"fire!"
boom!
The shell rushed out of the barrel, and in a moment the Type 92 infantry gun and the Japanese soldiers next to it were blown to pieces!
After dealing with the Type 92 infantry gun, the commander stuck his head out and began to observe the damage to the Tiger tank. He saw a three-centimeter deep scratch on the left front armor.
"You damned little devil, this is my precious baby!"
Before the commander had time to get out and touch it, he heard the sound of metal friction again, and several stray bullets flew past his ears.
The conductor touched his ear and found his hand covered in blood.
"damn it!"
Several Japanese soldiers holding incendiary bombs rushed over, shouting "Load on board!"
The infantry behind him quickly leaned his head out, pulled the trigger, and knocked down all the Japanese soldiers with a click, and then turned into balls of fire.
A black muzzle appeared in front of the right, and the commander decided to admit defeat, because he vaguely saw that the Japanese had finished reloading and were ready to fire at any time. However, the speed of their Tiger tank turret was not that fast!
Just as he was preparing to face a powerful impact or metal fragments, a loud bang was heard behind him.
A rocket, trailing flames, flew towards the Japanese artillery position.
"boom!"
Overturn the Japanese artillery positions.
The tank commander turned around and gave a thumbs-up to the infantryman carrying a rocket launcher.
"Brother, good job! When the battle is over, I'll buy you a drink!"
"Okay, okay, it's just a piece of cake!"
This Tiger tank was relatively lucky and only had some scratches, but the other Tiger and Panzer V tanks were not so lucky.
In less than an hour, news came that three Type 5 tanks were destroyed and five were paralyzed.
The Japanese adopted a fighting method of replacing people with tanks. One group of Japanese was responsible for attracting firepower, allowing the tank to rotate the turret and destroy the tank.
Another group of Japanese soldiers hid in another direction and launched fatal attacks on tanks and armored vehicles using infantry guns and anti-tank guns.
Moreover, the Japanese had learned from Germany and knew the weakest points in the armor of the Tiger tank and the Panzer V, so they specifically attacked those soft spots.
Therefore, the armored forces encountered unprecedented difficulties and challenges.
Li Yunlong frowned. It seemed that the bombing was not very effective and it was difficult to carry out point-to-point strikes on the enemy's fortifications.
The Japanese soldiers and their weapons hid in strong fortifications, and the splashing shrapnel and shock waves had limited killing power on them.
At this moment, Li Yunlong received a telegram from Wang Meng.
"Old Li, the advance team has opened a gap over there, and a batch of secret weapons have arrived! They will help you attack the city!"
Li Yunlong immediately ordered the armored forces to stop advancing and all troops to be on alert and on standby.
After an anxious wait, a group of heavy trucks finally arrived from the southern part of Huairen.
Li Yunlong, Zhang Dabiao and Ding Wei went forward and were amazed at the "monster" with tracks on the lower half and artillery on the upper half.
"So artillery can be used like this? Should this thing be called a tank or a cannon?"
Wang Huaibao's face popped out from under the cannon, laughing.
"Commander, this is the Wildbee self-propelled howitzer. It was an idea provided by our chief of staff. It combines the chassis, driving, steering system, engine, and suspension system of the Type 150 tank with a mm howitzer."
Li Yunlong was amazed. No wonder such a monster could pass through a pass full of pits and rubble.
"Damn it, why is Mengzi still hiding? Why doesn't he let these self-propelled artillery come with us?"
"Hehe, these self-propelled howitzer troops are still in training and have not yet reached the standard for actual combat, but there is no other way, so we were pulled directly from the training ground to the battlefield!"
"Well, the battlefield is the best training ground! How many vehicles did you bring this time?"
Wang Huaibao pointed proudly at the long armored dragon behind him.
"Commander, this is a self-propelled howitzer regiment, with two battalions in total, each battalion has two howitzer companies, each company has ten self-propelled howitzers, and a logistics support battalion equipped with tracked ammunition transport vehicles and maintenance vehicles!"
Li Yunlong counted and found that there were a total of forty 150mm howitzers. With this kind of firepower, there was only one word to describe how to capture Datong: sure!
野蜂自行榴弹炮装备了30倍径150mm sFH18/1型榴弹炮一门，7.92mm MG34机枪一挺，全重24吨，最大速度42公里/小时。
When using ordinary high-explosive shells and shrapnel shells, the range of the Wild Bee self-propelled artillery can reach 13 kilometers, and if rocket-assisted shells are used, it can reach 19 kilometers.
Each Wildbee self-propelled howitzer carries 118 shells, with the remainder delivered by tracked ammunition vehicles.
Each self-propelled howitzer needs to carry six people, including a driver and five artillerymen.
"Commander, give the order quickly. We will immediately send out artillery scouts to carry out precise strikes on suspicious targets!"
"Okay, I'll be waiting for you guys! Once you're deployed, launch the attack immediately!"
Fumio Saeki in Datong city had received news from the pass that another team of strange armored vehicles had broken through the pass and were heading towards Datong.
"Baga, what the hell is Li Yunlong doing? What a strange armored vehicle! Our imperial soldiers can't even figure out the model of the enemy's armored vehicle!"
Fumio Saeki was forced to send out scouts again to approach the position of the independent column.
However, those soldiers who were waiting for the opportunity were already prepared. As soon as the Japanese showed up, they would fire a few shots!
So, Fumio Saeki waited for two hours but didn't get any valuable information.
Fumio Saeki felt like he was facing an unknown abyss, helpless and confused!
Not only do they have to endure the indiscriminate bombing of the Independent Column, but they also have to endure the psychological torment of the unknown!
He collapsed!