In fact, when the four BT-7 tanks arrived at the battlefield, Xue Lin had thought about whether he could defeat the pirates from the front.
After all, this group of pirates did not have any armor, and the only anti-armor weapons they had were cannons and cluster grenades. The cannons had already been destroyed by Xue Lin's artillery, and the cluster grenades could be defended against as long as the Red Alert soldiers covered the tanks with simple infantry coordination.
In theory, with the cooperation of the BT-7 fast tanks and the red alert soldiers, it was possible to bring more than 1,500 bandits to tear through the enemy's defense line and defeat the 4th regiment!
He told this idea to Zhen Chen. As a strategic master, Zhen Chen affirmed Xue Lin's idea, but at the same time, he rejected this plan.
This was because they could only achieve the tactical goal of defeating the 4th regiment of the Japanese pirates from the front, and if they were to launch a surprise attack from the flank with the armored forces, it was very likely that they would be able to severely injure the Japanese pirates! Or even annihilate them!
In other words, the 4th regiment of the Japanese pirates would not be able to participate in the upcoming battle in the north, and they would even lose their organizational structure!
Letting the enemy lose an entire regiment was the strategic goal!
At 6:50 p. m., Zhen Chen, who was in the command center of the bandit alliance, received a piece of intelligence. After reading it, his expression froze. He immediately picked up a pencil and wrote a few words on the intelligence. Then, the Red Alert soldiers immediately sent it to the independent artillery company.
At 6:57, the assault team led by Xue Lin arrived outside Zuo Village and gave the order to rest and reorganize. He looked over from here and saw that there was a Shi Village with a population of more than ten people between Zuo Village and Chen Family Ridge, which provided a good cover for Xue Lin's troops.
When the hour hand on his watch reached 7 o'clock, Chen Zhen gave the order for the entire army to attack. The mortars and light and heavy machine guns at the front line roared, and the 1,500 bandit coalition soldiers were all excited by Chen Zhen's morale. They charged at the 2,000-plus Japanese pirates.
At the same time, Xun Le, the artillery commander of the independent artillery company of Mountain Gaze Fortress, received the information from the frontline command center. After reading the information, Xun Le immediately ordered the six Krupp 75mm field cannons to readjust the data! At the same time, Artillery Porter's specialty was activated. The independent artillery company received 15% attack and 15% accuracy!
7:10 sharp.
"Two minutes of rapid shooting! Open fire!" Xun Le roared as he took off his shirt, swung his arm, and personally operated a cannon.
"Order the mortars to fire! Two minutes of rapid shooting!" Zhen Chen, who was at the front line, ordered the mortar soldiers at the same time!
The battlefields that were locked in a stalemate were suddenly bombarded by artillery shells. Countless mortar shells fell like hail on the enemy's position. The well-trained Red Alert Artillery displayed the highest firing rate of 60mm mortars, 30 rounds per minute!
On average, there was a wave of artillery shells landing on the enemy's position every two seconds!
The continuous explosions rang out in the enemy camp, and both sides were stunned by the rain of artillery shells. The difference was that the enemy soldiers were constantly crying for cover, and several light and heavy machine guns were knocked over by the falling artillery shells. On the other hand, the morale of the bandit alliance was greatly boosted, and they roared in anger as they bombarded the enemy camp.
Then, the artillery fire extended towards the enemy camp, and the allied forces were urged by the Red Guards to charge at the enemy camp.
On the battle line that was about one kilometer long, there were countless bandit allied forces wearing all kinds of cotton-padded jackets and wearing all kinds of weapons! After the artillery bombardment, they broke through the first line of defense of the Japanese under the cover of light and heavy machine guns. They stepped on the still warm soil and started a fierce hand-to-hand battle with the Japanese who reacted.
At the same time, an ear-piercing whistling sound came from the sky above the battlefield and swept across the front of the battlefield.
In the command center of the Japanese 4th regiment, Nishio Yuto, who was planning something on the map, was suddenly pushed down by an officer."Captain, be careful!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Six shells landed on the 4th regiment's command post, and the temporary bunker collapsed. Countless mid and high-level pirates were buried underneath. The guards outside the command post panicked and tried to rescue them, but a few seconds later, another round of shells landed, blowing up the pirates who were trying to rescue them.
Now, even the Japanese soldiers understood that their headquarters had been discovered by the enemy!
After three rounds of bombardment, the shells began to extend to the left. The command center of the Japanese pirates was destroyed, and the entire 4th regiment lost its command center.
At this moment, less than two kilometers to the left of the enemy camp, four strange tanks appeared in the vision of the pirates.
"Enemy attack!" The command center was interrupted, and the panicked Japanese pirates discovered these strange tanks. They knew that they were definitely not their own armored vehicles! They were definitely enemies!
The four fast tanks of the MT-7 broke into the left flank of the Japanese army at an unimaginable speed, easily breaking through the trenches that the Japanese army had temporarily built on the field!
More than 300 Red Alert soldiers followed the tanks and ran quickly, breaking through the enemy camp at a speed of more than 40 km/h.
Da da! Boom!
The tanks opened fire. Each tank had two 7.92mm light machine guns, paired with 45mm tank cannons. Wherever they saw more pirates, they would fire a round of bullets and shells.
The Red Alert soldiers held Mosinaga rifles and followed closely around the four tanks. They started to clean up the Japanese pirates who tried to get close. Twenty MG34 machine guns were placed in front of them with bipods to suppress the Japanese pirates.
The Japanese pirates who had lost their command center were like blind men. The 3rd Battalion of the 4th Regiment's General Reserve Team rushed to the left flank under the command of the captain Hosotani Masayoshi.
The four fast tanks also formed an eight-shaped assault formation and continued to advance under the cover of the Red Alert soldiers! Charge! He advanced again!
As soon as the 3rd Battalion entered the battlefield, they were crushed by 4 tanks! The entire assault team was like a sharp knife, fiercely stabbing into the enemy camp!
The pirates who had lost their central command system were constantly disrupted. The left wing was crushed like leaves being swept away by the autumn wind. On the front battlefield, the morale of the pirates who had been attacked and could not be commanded began to fall. Gradually, the bandit alliance gained the upper hand.
As the assault team rushed into the government battlefield, they lost their central command. The subordinates could not find their superiors, and the Japanese pirates who were like headless flies fighting for themselves finally could not hold on and collapsed!
The 3,000-odd pirates began to run towards the train station in panic. Because that was the direction they came from, they instinctively ran in that direction.
At this time, the mortars and independent artillery once again unleashed their might. Starting from the Japanese command center, they began to extend their range and fired a blanket bombardment in the direction of the train station!
"Quick, quick, quick! Get up here!" Seeing that the Japanese soldiers were running around, Xue Lin couldn't let go of this opportunity. He quickly urged the Red Alert soldiers to climb onto the fast tanks.
Seven or eight Red Alert soldiers climbed onto each of the fast tanks. Then, the four tanks split up. Two tanks in the north and two tanks in the south led the Red Alert soldiers to the train station!
Along the way, countless pirates were killed or injured by the extended artillery fire. The four tanks were outside the range of the artillery fire and killed all the fleeing pirates!
The previously fierce Japanese pirates seemed to have become sheep waiting to be slaughtered. The morale of the allied bandit forces reached its peak. The bandits laughed and captured the Japanese pirates one by one. They seized the weapons and equipment of the Japanese pirates. Xue Lin could not be bothered to care.
Because from this moment on, the 4th regiment of the Japanese pirates was annihilated!
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