At the moment when the tank crossed the anti-tank trench, bursts of artillery fire suddenly rang out from the ruins of the town. // Visit to download txt novel //.

Four 37mm anti-tank guns fired at the side of the tank almost simultaneously. At this time, they were less than 300 meters away from the tank, so the armor-piercing projectiles they fired hit the tank almost simultaneously.

However, these armor-piercing bullets did not penetrate the side armor of this tank, because the side armor of the T34/85 is 40mm thick, and these armor-piercing bullets did not hit the tank at a vertical angle, but at an oblique angle.

On this tank, the four armor-piercing bullets were eventually deflected away.

Almost at the same time, six 20mm anti-tank guns were also shooting at the tank. A large number of 20mm armor-piercing bullets hit the tank and made a tinkling sound, but they were unable to cause any damage to the tank.

The tank only paused slightly, and then quickly moved forward.

At this time, other tanks parked in front of the anti-tank ditch fired at the exposed artillery of the Japanese. A large number of shells continued to fall around the Japanese cannon, and then a huge explosion occurred.

Although the little Japanese had the idea of ​​​​shooting and moving to another place, two 37mm anti-tank guns and an anti-tank gun were still destroyed by these shells.

Soon another tank passed through the anti-tank ditch pressing the bundles of firewood, and at this time there was another loud noise in the town.

One grenade after another was thrown out by the Japanese grenadiers. Some of them fell on the open ground, and two grenades fell on the tank. However, they did not explode, but burned quickly.

One of the incendiary bombs even landed on those bundles of firewood. It was already a dry season, and those bundles of firewood were flammable, so they burned quickly.

Seeing this, Zheng Goucheng couldn't help but be shocked. There are really many tricks on the little devil.

"Quickly put out the fire for me!"

Without Zheng Goucheng's orders at all, the tank crews on the two burning tanks quickly picked up the fire extinguishers, got out of the tanks, and began to put out the fires.

But at this time, there was another burst of gunfire in the town. Some kidnappers aimed at the tank crews who were putting out the fire and opened fire one after another. A large number of bullets hit the two burning tanks.

Some of them even hit the tank crews who emerged from the fire. Those tank crews were hit and fell to the ground without even using the fire extinguisher.

The other tanks roared angrily when they saw this, and they quickly fired a large number of shells in the direction of the grenadiers and Japanese soldiers.

Suddenly there were explosions everywhere in the town, one house after another was completely blown apart, and the ruins were bombed over and over again.

At this time, the infantrymen from behind quickly ran over. They picked up the fire extinguisher from the dead tank crew, and then quickly started to put out the fire on the tanks. The fire on the two tanks was quickly extinguished.

But the fire caused by those bundles of firewood had completely burned out. After three infantrymen fighting the fire were injured by Japanese soldiers, Zheng Goucheng finally gave the order to give up fighting the fire.

Seeing this, Zheng Goucheng had to admit that the Japanese grenade was indeed an excellent weapon. It could not only launch grenades and white phosphorus smoke grenades, but also incendiary bombs and poison gas bombs. It was also light and flexible. It was really a weapon.

A rare weapon.

Seeing this, Numata Tokusushi couldn't help but let out a proud laugh. The firewood was burned. How do you get through these anti-tank trenches?

But Zheng Goucheng was not worried at all. Without Shuchai, they still had bridge-building tanks. Can the fire burn Shuchai and the steel bridge?

He looked at the town a few hundred meters away with a sneer. This town had been devastated by the shelling just now, and even the roads were riddled with holes and became very difficult to pass.

And I don’t know how many little Japs are hiding in those ruins. It would be great if there could be a small-scale shelling.

"Inform the division commander that I need to conduct a small-scale bombardment in the west of the town." After thinking about it, Zheng Gouchen said to the radio operator next to him.

"As you command, sir."

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Lu Mingxuan couldn't help but frowned when he looked at the several pieces of information he had just received. The Japs leaving from Yangzhou were not far from here. According to their speed, they would be able to get here in about 4 hours. He needed to leave as soon as possible.

Go and intercept them.

In addition, the Japs in Nanjing also showed signs of crossing the river. This is not a good sign. If the Japs' heavy artillery brigade crossed the river, then their heavy artillery troops may not necessarily be the enemy's opponent.

Even the Japanese 18th Division set out with all their strength, and they would be able to get here in less than a day.

When the Japanese's 3rd Army Regiment and Heavy Artillery Brigade encircle and suppress the 1st Army Division, it will be a big drama.

Thinking of this, the corners of Lu Mingxuan's mouth showed a slight trace of strokes.

I didn't expect that history would be changed like this. After thinking about it, Lu Mingxuan said: "Order our bomber force to set off immediately to bomb the Nanjing Japs' ferry. We must not allow the Nanjing Japs to cross the river easily."

"As you command, sir."

"Ziwen, I will leave this place to you in a moment. I will leave you a tank battalion, an infantry regiment, 36 Wasp self-propelled artillery and some self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. You only need to temporarily contain the enemy in front of you.

, no need to storm them.”

Lu Mingxuan said to Nie Ziwen at this time.

"No problem." Nie Ziwen quickly replied.

The task Lu Mingxuan gave him was not difficult at all. If he couldn't even complete this task, he could go home and hold the child.

At this time, a messenger ran over. He saluted Lu Mingxuan and Nie Ziwen and said, "Sir, Deputy Commander Zheng has sent a telegram. He needs to conduct a small-scale artillery bombardment on the west side of the town."

"Okay then, order all the artillery to bombard the town for two minutes. Remember to ask the artillerymen to be careful and not to hurt any of your own people." Lu Mingxuan thought for a while and said.

"As you command, sir."

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Numata Tokucho felt very proud now. Although the enemy was very powerful, he still caused them to suffer a moderate loss.

Now those tanks were blocked in front of the anti-tank ditch, unable to move, which gave him a sense of accomplishment.

But at this time, a very strange tank suddenly came from behind the enemy. This tank had no turret and a very long steel bridge on it.

What is this? Numata Tokushige had never seen a bridge-building tank, so he felt very strange about this kind of thing.

What he didn't know was that this was a large armored bridge tank modified from a Panzer IV tank, which was specially designed by the German army to break through standing defenses.

Soon the tank arrived in front of the anti-tank trenches, and with the help of its own hanger, the bridge on the tank quickly slid horizontally, and soon the bridge was set up on the other side of the trenches.

Seeing this, even if Numata Tokushige was a fool, he would understand what this was.

"Hurry up and fire at that tank!" Numata Tokushige couldn't help but said angrily.

After receiving Numata Tokuju's order, two 37mm anti-tank guns immediately aimed at the tank, and then fired two armor-piercing shells, but at this time the tank had already retreated, and neither of the two armor-piercing shells hit it.

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The T34 tanks parked in front of the anti-tank ditch, which had been waiting impatiently, discovered them in time this time. At least a dozen shells were fired at the hiding place of the two anti-tank tanks almost at the same time.

These two anti-tank guns were undoubtedly tragic. They were blown into a pile of scrap metal after being hit by so many shells.

"Bagaya Road!" Numata Tokushige couldn't help but cursed loudly.

He estimated that the enemy would soon launch an extremely powerful offensive against the town, but what happened next surprised him.

All the enemy tanks actually retreated, including the two tanks that crossed the anti-tank ditch.

What's going on? What on earth does the enemy want to do?

"No! The enemy is about to launch a bombardment!" Numata Tokushige suddenly understood the enemy's intention. Don't they often do this kind of thing?

But he realized it was too late. Those tanks retreated very quickly, and soon he had retreated to a place more than 600 meters away from the town.

Soon, there were bursts of extremely harsh screams from the sky, and then there was another burst of overwhelming artillery fire, and there was another series of extremely loud explosions on the west side of the town.

"Bagaya Road!" Numata Tokushige let out a burst of roars.

There were extremely loud explosions everywhere, and the remaining ruins and houses were blown to pieces one after another. Shrapnel and rubble were flying everywhere, and powerful shock waves were raging everywhere. Even the landmines that had just been laid were destroyed.

Detonated suddenly.

The little Japs lay trembling in their bunkers. Now their lives were no longer decided by themselves, but by the opponent's cannon.

At this time, no matter how excellent the combat skills are, they are of no use at all. Whether you survive or not depends entirely on your own luck.

Numata Tokushige looked at everything in front of him with red eyes. The rumbling sound of explosions was endless, and the black smoke caused by the explosions kept rising from everywhere. The entire sky became dark, and even the command post where he was staying was also

Trembling constantly.

"Baga! Baga!" he cursed, a little on the verge of tears.

At this time, a short scream suddenly came from a distance, and a guard next to Numata Tokushige couldn't help but exclaimed: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander! Be careful!"

After saying that, he threw Numata Tokusushi down, and soon a shell hit the headquarters, and then the entire headquarters collapsed completely.
Chapter completed!