This was the truth. As the commander of the army, he couldn't ignore the big picture and take the risk at the front line.
With no other choice, he could only appoint Feng Jing as the commander of the tank battle and let go of such a good opportunity.
"Don't be happy yet, kid. Did you see the news that came back just now? The Japanese are not to be trifled with. Our No. 1 Flying Scythe Light Tank could still be penetrated by their little ones. We have to be careful!”
The so-called No.1 Flying Scythe Tank was the Xia Fei Tank, also known as Feilian. The reason why it was renamed was because it couldn't be called Xia Fei, right?
Old Mi named the tank Xia Fei because they had an army general named Xia Fei. If he also called it that, how could he explain its meaning?
Similarly, Sherman's public name was Firefly II.
The reason why he got such a bad name was because he was much worse than the tank.
Although its overall performance was still relatively good, other than its armor being a little thicker than the Xia Fei tank, it did not have many other advantages.
The M41 Self-propelled Cannon was renamed the No. 3 Meteor Hammer Self-propelled Cannon. The No. 3 Assault Cannon and other weapons were also renamed accordingly.
Other than some that had already been developed and equipped by other countries, the rest basically had to change their names to local names.
(It's fine as long as everyone knows that this thing has changed its name. When writing it, it's better to follow the original name. Otherwise, you'll faint.)
Feng Jing knew this very well and quickly promised to be careful.
Since their main force had always been the Air Force and the Armored Corps, Feng Jing could only mobilize two tank divisions to ensure the safety of the Army and the headquarters.
Even so, Feng Jing still happily organized the tank troops to enter the battlefield and prepare to deal with the two tank divisions!
The two divisions of the war chariot division, Masahiko Kawamura and Atsuki Watanabe, had already received the news that the vanguard search team had lost contact. They could guess that they had gone to Kudan-Ban.
"Nishi, Watanabe-kun, the performance of the Chinese's chariot cannot be underestimated. We must be careful!”
"Kawamura-kun, I don't think we can be completely sure yet! Although it is true that we lost a search party, if they were surrounded by a large number of tanks, it could also lead to such an outcome!”
"Watanabe-kun, you're right. But we'd better be careful. The information from the higher-ups shouldn't be too fake!"”
Watanabe Chun also agreed." Sure. From now on, we'll try our best not to let them spread out. We'll concentrate and give the Chinese a fatal blow!"”
"Yuxi, that's exactly what you should do!"
Although their plan of gathering all of them together was not bad, it also gave Feng Jing the opportunity to capture them all in one fell swoop.
After Zhao Dalei's scouting team discovered their main force, they continued to monitor them with other scouting teams until the main tank force arrived.
At eleven o'clock on the morning of April 8th, the main forces of the tanks on both sides finally began to encounter each other.
At this time, the number of tanks on both sides was almost the same. The number of tanks owned by the Japanese Tank Division was also 300 to 400, so Feng Jing did not have much advantage in terms of numbers.
But in reality, that was not the case!
Feng Jing's medium-sized tank had superior performance, and there were more self-propelled artillery with larger caliber.
When the two sides first came into contact, Feng Jing decisively ordered two tank divisions to fire nearly 100 self-propelled artillery at the Japanese tanks.
"Boom!"
The self-propelled artillery had a range of more than 10,000 meters, so they could fire from a few kilometers away.
The 100 cannons were divided into two parts. Each time they fired, they would focus their fire on one spot, increasing the probability of the Japanese troops being heavily injured at the spot where they were fired.
The rumbling sound covered the Japanese tanks. When the smoke dispersed, the tanks were basically scrapped, or the tank crew was killed or injured.
The 155mm howitzer was still very lethal, not to mention that their target was the thin-skinned Japanese tank.
Masahiko Kawamura and Atsuki Watanabe were so angry that their faces turned green.
"Bagaya Deer! He ordered all the chariots to spread out and speed up to destroy these despicable Chinese people!”
Both sides began to speed up and move towards each other. For safety reasons, Feng Jing placed medium-sized tanks in front and in the middle to block the Japanese artillery fire.
A large number of light tanks were prepared to be placed on both sides and at the rear to monitor the battlefield and prevent the enemy from escaping or sneak attacks from the two sides.
The self-propelled howitzers had just fired a few rounds, and the damage was not too much. The tanks on both sides had already arrived at a distance of 1000 meters.
At this distance, Feng Jing had already begun to give the order to fire!
The hundreds of medium-sized tanks at the front paused for a moment and immediately aimed and fired.
"Bang bang bang…"
"Boom!"
The quality of the artillery shells was quite good. At such a long distance, although they couldn't hit every tank accurately, more than half of the artillery shells accurately drilled into the enemy tanks.
The Japanese were angry and fearful.
His own chariots had not even entered the firing range, but the enemy had already achieved victory. The blow to morale was too great.
After the Japanese soldiers withstood the artillery shells and advanced to 800 meters, although they felt a little forced, they immediately opened fire!
"Bang bang bang…"
Smoke rose one after another, and a series of artillery shells rained down on Feng Jing and the others.
"Clang, clang, clang…"
The situation did not develop as they had expected. The Japanese could not see the tanks on the other side being destroyed at all. Instead, there was a loud clanging sound.
On the other side, many tanks were stopped by the shells. Even though some of them had been very careful on the battlefield, they were still a little dizzy from the impact.
Masahiko Kawamura and Watanabe Jun were dumbfounded as they watched through the binoculars. This was too unscientific!
How thick was their armor? He couldn't even penetrate 800 meters!
He had no choice but to continue moving forward!
The only way to increase the penetration of the tank cannon was to shorten the distance.
Feng Jing and the others didn't need to shorten the distance like they did. Therefore, other than the necessary maneuvers, they only pushed forward slowly.
"Bang bang bang…"
"Boom!"
In the continuous tank battles, it had been a one-sided situation until now.
The Xia Army used the advantage of their tanks and cannons to shoot at the Japanese from a distance.
On the other hand, the Japanese's tank cannons were too weak. Whether it was the small 37mm tank cannon or the Type 89 57mm tank cannon, it was impossible to penetrate Sherman's front 63mm inclined armor from a long distance.
Thus, a huge tank battle turned into a one-sided shooting practice for the Xia Family Army!
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