The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 731

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: 0.045s Scan: 0.027sAfter the first batch of artillery preparations were completed, the National Army immediately attacked from the east and south, launching a fierce attack on the Japanese army trapped in the encirclement.

Because of Hans’s great assistance, the National Army’s firepower was upgraded to a higher level. Various light and heavy artillery fired together, and the Japanese army was bombed to tears. Before their mountain artillery and infantry artillery could be deployed, they were bombed by the National Army’s howitzers and field artillery.

Although the infantry artillery is very light and has strong mobility, its shortcomings of too short range and too small power are fully exposed at this time. The National Army’s artillery fire can easily cover the Japanese artillery positions, but the Japanese army is somewhat helpless against the National Army because their range is too short and they can’t reach it! However, although the

National Army’s firepower is fierce and the attack is fierce on the front battlefield, it is not the most deadly threat to the Japanese army.

The most deadly threat came from the rear. A Nationalist army suddenly came out from the salient in the south. This army attacked from south to north. Their intention was obvious. They wanted to cut off the Japanese army’s retreat!

After discovering the intention of this army, the Japanese army was completely uneasy!

“Damn, what is the 21st Division for? Why can’t one division stop the attack of an enemy division? Are they all good-for-nothings?”

After the Japanese army realized the threat of this army to their rear, they immediately dispatched a division to intercept the enemy. In their view, the strength of one division was enough to stop or even defeat the enemy’s attack. After all, they had discovered in previous battles that when the number of troops was equal, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army was still stronger!

If it were not for this, the Japanese army, which had more than 400,000 fewer troops than the National Army, would not have been able to seize control of the Songhu area from the National Army bit by bit and gradually win the battle.

Dispatching a division of troops is enough to ensure the safety of their rear. All!

If it was in the past, the Japanese commander’s judgment would not be wrong, but it is not right now, because the national army he encountered is completely different from the previous national army!

After the 21st Division rushed to the battlefield, before they began to form a battle array, they were blown into chaos by the fierce artillery fire of the national army.

As a result, just as they were busy looking for shelters and avoiding artillery attacks, bursts of engine roars came from the ground. The Japanese soldiers lying on the ground looked up and immediately found a large black mass of monsters that they didn’t know what they were on the plain in the distance!

“Ah, then, what is that?”

“Is it a car?”

“No, not a car, cars are bigger than this!”

“This seems to be… a tank!”

A small number of soldiers in the 21st Division were drawn from the veterans who participated in the battle in the Northeast region in the north. This group of soldiers recognized the identity of the black steel monsters that appeared in front of them – this is a tank!

The previous regular divisions of the Japanese army had fought with the Northeast Army of the Celestial Empire in the Northeast region of the Celestial Empire, and the Northeast Army had an ace armored force.

This team was equipped with a part of tanks and armored vehicles.

These tanks and armored vehicles were not afraid of machine gun bullets.

They were very fast.

When they fought, the machine gunners on the Japanese positions had no way to deal with them and could not suppress them.

As a result, it would be easy for the enemy to break through their own defense and they lost their positions!

In the battles in the Northeast region, the Northeast Army used this tactic several times, using tanks and armored vehicles. The Japanese launched an attack under the cover of vehicles and attacked their positions. The Japanese army had no good way to deal with this tactic. They could only urgently order a batch of anti-tank guns while urging domestic military industry to manufacture and produce their own tanks.

However, weapons such as tanks still require a certain level of technical strength. At least now, the first tank of the foot basin, the Type 89 medium tank, has not been successfully developed, so a very strange phenomenon has emerged: the foot basin, which has basic industrialization capabilities, has not been equipped with new weapons such as tanks due to the lack of domestic industrial capabilities.

However, the Celestial Empire, which has no industrialization, was the first to be equipped with this weapon because of foreign aid and direct imports from foreign countries. This is a bit ironic!

Although the Japanese army has seen the tanks of the Northeast Army in the Northeast, he found He swore that he had never seen so many tanks in his life!

One, two, three, four…

The Japanese soldiers were stunned after counting them!

The number of tanks on the opposite side was at least 40, not counting the tanks attacking from the flanks and other directions!

Conservative estimates show that the enemy has deployed no less than 100 tanks in this attack!

When had the Japanese seen such a big move of 100 tanks deployed at one time?

So they were so scared that they even forgot to dig fortifications!

However, it was too late to dig trenches and build fortifications at this time!

When they saw the tanks, their fate was doomed!

Most of the tanks equipped by the national army were Renault tanks, which were light tanks with relatively fast speeds. Their speed in the original area is far beyond the reach of human legs, so the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side can neither beat nor run. They soon found their embarrassing situation and began to despair!

This is the first time that the National Army has concentrated so many tanks and armored vehicles, so this battle has attracted the attention of countless National Army soldiers!

Many National Army generals even abandoned their own troops and handed over the command work to the adjutant. They took a pair of binoculars and ran to the edge of the battlefield to join in the fun, wanting to see how the so-called armored forces fight!

This time, their trip was really worthwhile!

When they saw that the armored division with only half the number of Japanese troops launched a charge against an entire Japanese division, they were still very worried!

“Isn’t that too reckless?”

“Yes, the enemy has a lot of troops and their combat effectiveness is not weak. If we just rush forward like this, will we be surrounded and eaten by the enemy?”

“Otherwise, shall we prepare in advance and send troops to support them?”

Just when these battle-hardened generals were worried, the battle had already begun!

Then they saw that the tanks and mechanized infantry used their powerful speed and firepower advantages to beat the slow ones with speed, and mowed down the Japanese troops in large numbers like cutting wheat. Some tanks, under the command of German officers, launched a charge against the Japanese positions. The Japanese positions that seemed indestructible to them on weekdays were like paper in front of the tanks’ rampage, and their defenses were easily penetrated.

This scene stunned all the generals!

“Too strong, really too strong!”

“Is this the power of armored warfare?”

“President, I want an armored division too!”

“I want too!”

“I second the motion!”