Author: Expeditionary Soldier

"Captain!" Chen Songyong looked at Wang Xuexin with uncertain eyes, then turned his eyes to the map, and said hesitantly: "What you mean is to use T44 to attack Duolun County and let the Sherman and mechanized troops fight.

Chifeng?”

Wang Xuexin understands why Chen Songyong said this, although the T44 speed is good.

As mentioned before, since it only moves the side armor saved by placing the engine transversely to the front armor, its overall weight has not increased, and its top speed is still the previous 50 kilometers per hour.

This speed is quite good for a tank.

But the biggest problem with this thing is that it is unreliable. In the past, five cars broke down in just over 100 kilometers from Zhangjiakou to Shagou Town.

Now it is more than 500 kilometers from Jiulian Town to Chifeng. If calculated based on this failure rate, all 20 T44s will have to hunker down before they reach Chifeng, right?

Therefore, when Wang Xuexin said that he would hit Chifeng, Chen Songyong took it for granted that the T44 was going to hit Duolun County, which is more than 100 kilometers away, instead of Chifeng.

But Wang Xuexin shook his head: "There is not much need to use T44 in Duolun County. It only needs two artillery detection radars and artillery. Even if the Japanese have several Tigers, our army's anti-tank missiles

Totally manageable!”

After a pause, Wang Xuexin pointed to Chifeng on the map and continued: "On the contrary, it's Chifeng. That's where the T44 is needed. The Japs' Tiger is produced in Fengtian, which is only 500 kilometers away from Chifeng. The Japs use trains."

Once the 'Tiger Style' is moved forward... we can use it to counterattack Chifeng!"

Chen Songyong couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "Captain, now T44 has to drive 500 kilometers continuously! This..."

Wang Xuexin nodded and said: "One hundred kilometers a day, after that we will do major repairs and wait for the next day to start the journey again. Five hundred kilometers only takes five days!"

Chen Songyong said in embarrassment: "Captain, it's not that easy! If this thing breaks down, it may not be repairable in a day or two. If major parts are missing, they have to be transported from Taiyuan, which will be more troublesome and time-consuming!"

Wang Xuexin asked: "Can three or five T44s arrive?"

"Then..." Chen Songyong was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "It should be possible!"

"Isn't it done?" Wang Xuexin said, "I didn't let you arrive all at once!"

Chen Songyong was right. The Japanese "Tiger" could not penetrate the T44 at 800 meters in actual combat. In fact, it is estimated that it would be difficult to penetrate at 500 meters... At this distance, the "Tiger" used by Hans fired tungsten core armor-piercing projectiles.

It's certainly possible, but it's very difficult to do so with the armor-piercing explosive shells used by the Japs.

But this is just an estimate.

If it cannot capture a Japanese 88 gun and its armor-piercing explosive shells for testing, the Eighth Route Army will not be able to determine at what distance the Japanese tank gun can penetrate the T44.

But there is no need to know, because the advantage of T44 is too great. It can penetrate the "Tiger" at a distance of 1,000 meters or even further. This makes the T44 almost no damage when facing the Japanese "Tiger".

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On the other hand, the Japanese's "Tiger" production was low. After the "Tiger" squadron was almost wiped out in the first battle of Shagou Town, the "Tiger" the Japanese could mobilize was also quite limited.

So as long as three or five T44s can reach Chifeng, it will be enough. Repairs will continue to be added in the future, and there will not be much problem in dealing with the Japanese attack.

Thinking of this, Chen Songyong stood up and said "yes" and went to convey the order.

As soon as Li Yunlong heard this order, he laughed "hehehe": "This guy, for my taste, this kind of fighting is a bit like a 'blitzkrieg', otherwise it will be a flat push?"

Li Yunlong is right. Wang Xuexin's move is a tactic commonly used in "blitzkrieg" to bypass enemy obstacles and attack the enemy's vital points, and it is also unexpected.

But of course, in the early stage, the mechanized troops still chased the Japanese toward Duolun County... This was to confuse the Japanese and prevent them from understanding the true intentions of the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese really thought that the Eighth Route Army was going to attack Duolun County, so they made various preparations as if facing a formidable enemy:

The 59th Division, which originally rushed to reinforce the 81st Division, has returned the same way.

The 59th Division had to return. They had neither tanks nor anti-tank experience. If they encountered the mechanized troops and tanks of the Eighth Route Army in the wild, they would not only be unable to save the 81st Division, but they would also be beaten by the Eighth Route Army.

As for the 81st Division, those who were walking around on the road have been almost wiped out by the Eighth Route Army. Although the remaining two thousand people are still alive, they are only alive... From the Japs' point of view, the reason why they are alive

It was entirely because the Eighth Route Army wanted to play tricks on them for a while longer.

In fact, this is not the case. Li Yunlong did not have the time to play tricks on the enemy. He just wanted to "exchange the maximum benefit at the minimum price."

Whenever the Japanese infantry rushed up and wanted to fight the independent regiment, Li Yunlong ordered the troops to stay away from the Japanese so that they could not hit him. When the Japanese stopped to rest for a while or eat something, Li Yunlong ordered the troops to rush forward and fire a cannon and add a few more shuttles.

bullet……

This was true even at night. Li Yunlong had several half-track vehicles carrying searchlights shine in the direction of the Japanese. Once someone fell behind, left the team or separated, he would kill them without hesitation.

This forced the Japanese to keep their formation and march towards Duolun County, but the march became less and less and the more they walked, the more tired they became.

The Japanese knew very well that when they were so sleepy that they could not even step out, the Eighth Route Army's general attack would begin, and that would be the time for their death.

But the Japanese had no choice but to fight and hide, so they could only continue to advance along the route "arranged" for them by the Eighth Route Army.

In the end, I don’t know who started it. Someone raised the gun with both hands and shouted in the direction of the Eighth Route Army: "Asshole, I surrender! Or kill me!"

As he spoke, he knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.

Wherever there was one, there was a second one, and soon a large number of them fell to their knees, all of them wanting to either accept my surrender or kill me.

This cannot be said to be weak-willed by the Japanese. This is actually another kind of collapse... The Japanese were under tremendous pressure along the way. They were always worried about being shot by the Eighth Route Army. At the same time, they could not eat or rest. No one could bear this.

kind of torture.

Now it was Li Yunlong's turn to regret it.

"Damn it!" Li Yunlong, who was watching this scene, took off his hat, sat down on the half-track car, and said, "If I had known, I would have taken action earlier, but now I haven't eaten the meat and I am in trouble!"

This is indeed true. The Independent Regiment is a mechanized force. What should we do now after we have captured so many Japanese?

But let's kill... One is too big, with more than 2,000 people, and the other is Zhao Gang watching from the side. This mistake must not be made.

In the end, Li Yunlong had no choice but to wait at the same spot for more than two hours. He waited until the follow-up troops came up to take over before moving on.
Chapter completed!