Huang Huanran, who had just fallen asleep in the new command center, was woken up.
He looked at his guard angrily and suppressed his anger."What happened? Why did you have to wake me up?”
The guard looked at the slightly angry commander and hurriedly said,"Commander, a new unit has arrived at Shanhaiguan.”
After hearing this, Huang Huanran couldn't sit still. He stood up and quickly put on his clothes.
"Quick, help me get my coat.”
When Huang Huanran arrived at the temporary camp at the rear, the tanks of the Independent Tank Regiment were still entering the field.
He could see the tank clearly under the light.
The huge body, long and thick cannon barrel, thick armor, and roaring engine shocked him. His pupils constricted.
He had seen tanks before, such as the FT-17 Renault light tank from Gallic Chicken.
When he saw the Renault tank, he was shocked.
If their troops were to face this type of armored vehicle, they would not be able to fight back at all.
At that time, he realized that tanks might be the future kings of the battlefield.
However, the Renault tank seemed so small in front of these tanks. They were not on the same level at all.
After all, the Renault tank was a light tank that weighed no more than seven tons. Its main cannon was a 37mm cannon with a short barrel.
Naturally, it was vulnerable in front of the T-34/85 medium tank.
After coming back to his senses, Huang Huanran asked with some excitement,"What is it called? How powerful?"
Beside him, the leader of the 1st Tank Regiment, Xie Jin, who was wearing a tank uniform, smiled.
"It's called the T34 tank. It's equipped with an 85mm tank cannon, and its combat weight is 32 tons. The front armor alone is 90mm thick, and it can run 55 yards.
It could fight, run, and had such thick armor. It was like a king on the battlefield.”
When Huang Huanran heard these numbers, he immediately gasped.
Its power had completely overturned his understanding of tanks.
After all, the T34/85 was a product from 1943, which was 11 years ahead of the current one.
Then, he looked at the tanks with bright eyes and kept praising them.
With this tank unit, it would not be difficult to wipe out the 38th Brigade.
When it saw the SU100 tank destroyer behind it, it was shocked again.
That night, Huang Huanran did not sleep at all. He stayed in the tank camp to study the two tanks.
It wasn't until six o'clock, when the sky was about to brighten, that he reluctantly rushed back to the division headquarters.
According to the report of the frontline reconnaissance team.
The Japanese 38th Brigade had arrived near Tao Zhuang half an hour ago and seemed to be preparing to launch an attack.
The headquarters of the new division was set up on a mountain behind the Tao Zhuang camp.
Huang Huanran could overlook the entire battlefield from here.
When it was around 8 o'clock.
The two Japanese regiments had already arrived at their positions.
Kimura Buntaro held his sword and looked at the Tao Village's position that was faintly visible in the distance. The smile on his face never stopped.
Beside him stood a colonel officer, but he was able to fight alongside Murakami Buntaro, which showed that his identity was not simple.
He was the captain of the Japanese Army's temporary field heavy artillery brigade, the mountain villager.
This heavy artillery unit was equipped with 12 Type 38 150mm howitzers.
They arrived at Suizhong early this morning to support the 38th mixed brigade.
It was the arrival of this heavy artillery unit that made Buntaro Murakami so confident.
After yesterday's battle, he had already figured out the firepower configuration of this unit.
There were a lot of machine guns, and it seemed that they were equipped with an unknown rifle.
This rifle could shoot continuously without pulling the bolt, which piqued his interest.
Most of the cannons were mortars, and there were only a few heavy cannons.
If he added the 2nd Artillery Squadron, he would have more than 10 heavy cannons.
They had the advantage in numbers, but they had an even greater advantage in caliber.
This time, they had carefully chosen the artillery position, so they would definitely not suffer a loss.
"The formation set up by these Chinese people is really simple. It's impossible for them to defend against our howitzers. It seems that taking down Shanhaiguan today won't be a problem at all.”
The mountain villager looked at the simple and crude pottery village camp and said with an arrogant expression.
He had always looked down on Chinese people. In his eyes, they were just a group of weak and sick men of East Asia.
Kimura Buntaro agreed,""With the support of your heavy artillery, taking down a small Shanhaiguan Pass will not be a problem.”
"Then we will prepare for battle. Please provide you with artillery support for half an hour.”
The mountain villager nodded and said confidently,""Major General, please just watch our performance.”
A new division.
Huang Huanran looked at the latest information from the artillery reconnaissance plane.
A Japanese artillery unit was deployed in a valley, with a total of 12 large-caliber heavy artillery.
It seemed that the Japanese artillery had arrived.
However, their arrival would not change the outcome of the battle.
It was just an additional target.
Looking at the hands of his watch, it was 7:30 sharp. Huang Huanran picked up the phone and said faintly,"This is Huang Huanran. I order you to start pulling in the net.”
Inside Shanhaiguan, behind a wide flat ground, there were many large caliber heavy cannons on the emplacement.
This time, in order to deal with the 38 mixed regiments, Huang Huanran gathered all the caliber cannons in the division.
Three light artillery battalions and three regiments of artillery, a total of 54 105mm howitzers.
A heavy artillery battalion was equipped with a total of 12 M1A1 155mm heavy howitzers.
Apart from that, there was also a heavy cannon battalion, equipped with a total of 12 M1 240mm heavy cannons.
This was one of Huang Huanran's trump cards this time.
With a 240mm caliber, it was not an exaggeration to say that one shot could destroy the world.
It was enough to give the Japanese a concussion.
When Huang Huanran gave the order, the artillery fired.
"Boom boom boom…"
The large caliber artillery let out an earth-shattering roar, and the shells flew out of the barrel, whistling towards the Japanese army in the distance.
The scene of the volley was extremely shocking.
Especially when the 12 240mm heavy cannons fired at the same time, it raised a cloud of dust as if it was going to pierce through the sky.
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