Chapter 1,440: Attack Five
Chapter 1440 Attack 5
The tank retreated and distanced itself. At the same time, the artillery turned to the side, and the infantry on both sides gave support at this moment. The three flares fired by the mortar lit up the surrounding night, allowing the rapid-fire cannon that had just been fired to The position was exposed to the view of the German tank crews.
Click, click, click. Soon, when the flares went out, the machine gunner fired a series of tracer bullets and continued to indicate targets for the retreating tanks. Three minutes later, the 75MM rapid-fire guns of three Wolf tanks fired more than two dozen shells at the rapid-fire gun position in the distance. The continuous attacks directly collapsed the front parapet, and the huge logs were blown away by the power of the explosion. Exploded into the air, the high-explosive bombs fired subsequently ignited the flammable items around the bunker. With the light of the fire, people could see the incomplete artillery pieces, dead bodies lying around, and a huge figure looming in the distance.
"The Japanese tanks are coming!" To be honest, it was the first time for the German army to conduct a tank battle at night. Who the hell knows how to fight a tank battle at night? The cooperation of infantry and armored forces to use tracer bullets and flares to indicate targets is also a newly developed tactic. To deal with fixed targets, shooting can be completed with short-term lighting or tracer bullets, but for tanks that are also moving, such lighting I can’t keep up with the trip!
"Notify the headquarters, be careful of the Japanese tanks! They have begun to counterattack!" The 120MM artillery position was temporarily ignored. However, due to the problem of shooting range, this armored unit and the accompanying infantry were in a blind spot for shooting, so they did not use it for the time being. Worried about being destroyed by heavy artillery, they needed to deal with the Japanese tanks in front. However, just when the Germans were thinking about how to covertly hunt those Japanese tanks at night, the latter solved the problem of light sources!
brush! Beams of light quickly swept across the battlefield. After a brief period of discomfort, the Germans were surprised to find that the Japanese actually placed some searchlights on the battlefield!
"That's it! Keep their searchlight!" A German gunner quickly spotted a MK1 tank 700 meters away from him! After quickly using the side-by-side machine gun range measurement, two rounds of 75MM armor-piercing bullets were hit on the armor of this tank! With a violent collision and scattered sparks, the thick vertical armor was cut open, killing the six members inside instantly!
The Japanese searchlights were very useful. They and the flares launched by both sides illuminated almost the entire fighting area. Under the bright light, it almost turned into daylight. Then everything would be fine later. How to fight during the day? It is still How to fight! The distance between the two sides was 600 to 1,000 meters, and dense bullets and artillery shells roared towards both sides. A series of explosions like exploding beans resounded throughout the battlefield. This place suddenly became the focus of the battle between the two sides.
"Damn it! 9 o'clock!" When Hals discovered that a MK1 suddenly jumped out from beside his car, the distance between the two parties was close to 500 meters. The latter did not hesitate to look at the side of his car. Here comes a shot! In an instant, a ray of fire came out from the side of the car,
This shell hit in a not very good position and bounced off the thicker front part of the side of the vehicle. The Japanese were also a little panicked after they found that they could not penetrate the Wolf tank at a distance of 500 meters. The other three shells were fired One round hit the turret but was still hit by the tank, and the other two rounds were shot away.
"This is definitely the best tank I have ever used, just for its defense!" Hals, who survived the disaster, said excitedly, while using an armor-piercing bullet to knock down the opponent easily. Soon the Japanese also realized that their searchlights were more helpful to the opponent and tried to turn off the searchlights. However, by this time, everything was too late. In less than fifteen minutes, 7 Japanese tanks were destroyed. , 4 vehicles were seriously injured, and the accompanying light infantry was also killed by the smaller but more powerful German assault troops in the intricate trenches.
After wiping out the counterattacking Japanese equipment troops, the fate of the exposed 120MM artillery position has also been determined. After the tank troops fired dozens of shells, they were occupied by the infantry who arrived later. Four 120MM naval cannons were modified. Land artillery captured two and destroyed two.
"According to the current situation reported by the troops, we have destroyed the main Japanese position and penetrated several wedges in depth. Most of the combat defense artillery has been destroyed. The troops are currently consolidating their positions. We can launch the second wave tomorrow The troops continue to develop in depth. So far, we have cracked open the thick tortoise shell of the Japanese. Tomorrow, with one strike! We can kill them!" A staff officer reported to Lieutenant General Eric.
In the daytime battle, the Japanese army lost more than three digits of tanks and at least 3,500 infantrymen. In tonight's battle, the entire defense system has been shaken. The quality of the troops will not be less than 2,500 people. Generally speaking, The infantry of a division-level unit cannot exceed 40% of the total number at most. But now, the Japanese army has lost more than half of the front-line infantry and more than half of the artillery and tanks! There are not many capable troops left!
"The only threat is the Japanese long-range artillery unit, but tomorrow morning, the air force will help us suppress it. We just need to clean up the remaining Japanese troops. The troops must quickly intersperse and contain the opponent as much as possible, otherwise, wait When the opponent withdraws into the city, it will be difficult to fight. They can get fire support from the British pre-dreadnought battleships in the port." Lieutenant General Eric said.
"In fact, we can completely occupy this area. In this case, we will directly cut the Greek battlefield into two sections. On this narrow battlefield, we can effectively weaken the British's numerical advantage." A staff officer said.
"We can stay longer at our discretion, but complete occupation is not realistic. Our mission is only to consume. Once our advantageous period has passed and the troops fall into fatigue, our losses will skyrocket. Don't forget, There are not many troops that can replace us," Lieutenant General Eric said. At the same time, in the Japanese military headquarters, a group of senior Japanese military officials also exploded.
"We launched counterattacks on various fronts, but the situation was very bad. We failed to regain a valuable position, but instead lost a large amount of mobile troops. The losses of the four tank regiments have so far exceeded 60%, and the infantry has lost more than 60%. The losses are no less than this ratio. According to domestic standards, the best result for our troops is to retreat and then wait for supplies and reorganization." A Japanese staff officer said very pessimistically.
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