Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

As the powerful tune ended perfectly, the command vehicle of the 3rd Company of the 1st Battalion fell into a brief silence again.

Perhaps because he felt the sounds of the engine and gears meshing were a bit boring, the most relaxed loader among the crew members decisively spoke up in a teasing tone:

"Tsk, I guess the Japanese lieutenant general on the other side is still confused. After all, an armored division with more than 20,000 soldiers suddenly rushed into the battlefield. Anyone who encountered this would be stunned for a while."

"I can only say that our Eighth Route Army's performance in the field of strategic deception is truly unconventional and far ahead of the rest."

"Even if the three old devils, Dobashi Ichi, Okamura Yasuji, and Umezu Michijiro, were put together, they would still be no match for General Lin and Chief of Staff Liu."

The ongoing decisive battle in eastern Shandong concerns the future ownership of the entire North China region.

In order to wipe out the Eighth Route Army in Shandong Province, which had not yet fully grown its wings, the Japanese army dispatched two fully staffed tank divisions. It can be seen that the devils came with the determination to win.

Although their Type 97 medium tank and Type 95 light tank are outdated equipment, the disadvantage in the quality of each vehicle can be completely compensated by the overall quantity.

The main point is that if there are too many ants, the elephant will be killed.

In order to avoid exchange and to minimize the casualties of the 1st Armored Division, the Tigers in the Forest added a strategic deception to the original plan.

According to his and the 103rd's arrangement, the militia forces on the Jiaodong Peninsula cooperated with a small part of the main force to forge a large number of fake cicada-type tanks in the southeast of the Jiaolai Plain.

In order to conceal the truth, the comrades even left obvious traces of tank tracks on open sections of the road.

Of course, the 1st Air Division also contributed to the replenishment plan.

It was precisely because of their realistic acting that the Japanese Army Aviation and General Okamura Yasuji firmly believed that they had mastered the whereabouts of the 1st Armored Division, so much so that they deployed 90% of the anti-tank weapons on the left wing of the battlefield.

A 35-year-old commander-in-chief and a 32-year-old chief of staff - such a young combination is extremely rare even in the world.

The Japanese commanders are indeed strong, but they are too old and frail to face 01 and 03, and are destined to become stepping stones on the road to success for them.

"Okay, that's enough of the small talk. From now on, everyone must go all out. The Japanese won't just sit there and wait for death. I even have reason to suspect that the enemy has already made preparations for boarding."

"Loader, take out the high-explosive armor-piercing shells, I..."

Before the tank commander could finish his words, dozens of shells fired from grenade launchers suddenly fell in front of the entire 1st Armored Battalion.

After a while, clouds of gray-white smoke quickly spread, dividing the battlefield into two invisible sections in the north and south.

In this case, the thick smoke screen completely blocked the T-34 tank company's frontal fan vision. The commander's on-the-spot performance basically determined the casualties of the troops.

If we rush into the smoke recklessly, no one knows whether there will be Japanese infantry carrying thunder mines charging into the smoke. If we are not careful, the entire company of tanks and the mechanized infantry behind them will suffer heavy losses.

If they stayed still, the 2nd Tank Division could easily move around from both sides of the smoke screen, or fire another round of smoke bombs and engage in a face-to-face bayonet fight.

Even though the penetration of the Japanese short-range 57 is very poor, there is still a chance that the progressive shooting will penetrate the frontal armor of the T-34.

If you stay still, you're basically waiting to die.

Therefore, when faced with the smoke released by the enemy, most tank companies would choose to bypass it, and the driver of the third company's command vehicle also had a similar plan.

After waiting for several seconds, their captain still did not issue any new orders, nor did he make any deployment in the company's communication channel. The other three members in the car suddenly became anxious.

The commander seemed to sense the pressure from his comrades' heavy breathing. He smiled and said confidently:

"Don't be impatient, let the bullet fly for a while."

As soon as he finished speaking, huge fireballs suddenly rose up from the battlefield that was originally shrouded in smoke.

The violent explosion not only dispersed the Japanese army's smoke bombs, but also killed a number of Japanese tanks, armored vehicles and accompanying infantry who were trying to take advantage of the situation.

In order to protect the relatively weakly armored flanks, the artillery also continued to bombard high-risk areas in the enemy formation.

"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"

Is it too reckless to just smoke?

Is it too troublesome to bypass the smoke screen?

Parking where you are is just waiting for death?

If it's difficult, don't do it.

Why bother thinking about it? The most advantageous way to attack is to just overturn the table.

After seeing through the tactics of the 2nd Tank Division at a glance, Captain Tian of the 1st Armored Battalion called for artillery support without hesitation.

What era is this? Who still wants to fight the Japanese with bayonets?

Only half a minute later, the division's artillery regiment, which had been prepared for battle, began to pour down artillery fire.

31 M1936B 105mm howitzers worked at full capacity, and a few rounds of salvos helped the T-34 medium tank company solve the fatal multiple-choice problem, and the efficiency of solving the problem even far exceeded the expectations of the armored forces.

Perhaps out of concern that artillery support would be delayed and unable to provide heavy firepower to the front line in a timely manner, Division Commander Xu also specially dispatched a 105mm self-propelled artillery company.

This is because the current 1st Armored Division does not have a more suitable chassis, otherwise the SPG coming to support would be a large-barreled gun similar to the Humboldt or M40.

Seeing that the obstacles ahead were swept away by the brother troops, the commander of the third company's command vehicle first reached an agreement with the friendly troops in the same wave, and then immediately gave an order on the company's communication channel:

"Comrades!"

"Come with me and break up the enemy formation and defeat the enemy army!"

"Our goal is to annihilate the enemy completely. No prisoners! Attack!"

After that, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd companies and the independent heavy tank platoon formed a V-formation, with each tank maintaining a distance of 25 meters between them, and advanced at full speed as the first attack wave.

This armored assault team was led by five invulnerable KV2 tanks, which were equipped with the thickest armor and could withstand the most severe attacks.

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However, considering the current firepower and anti-tank weapons of the Japanese army, these five KV2s have almost no natural enemies and can completely replicate the miracles of their fellow brothers on the Eastern Front in Europe.

On both wings of the independent heavy tank platoon, a company of T-3476s followed closely behind, slightly offset from the original position.

The outermost of the attack wave is naturally the T-26 light tank. They have the worst protection performance and have to use their own mobility to deal with the enemy, which requires a certain amount of space for movement.

150 meters behind all the armored units, three mechanized infantry companies riding on half-track armored vehicles followed closely.

These basic infantry fighting vehicles will only unload the infantry when they reach a distance of about 50 meters from the enemy position, and will use 13.2mm heavy machine guns to provide continuous fire suppression throughout the entire process.

The second wave of attack had roughly the same organization.

However, compared with the Vanguard, their armored forces are composed entirely of T-26 light tanks.

Once the front-line big brother completes the breakthrough, the light tanks need to use the advantage of mobility to quickly expand the gap in the enemy's defense line.

In the third wave of attack, the overall combat power is slightly inferior.

Due to the insufficient number of half-track armored vehicles, some motorized infantry could only ride on light tanks, and those with bad luck even had to rely on their own legs to keep up with the main force.

Fortunately, their task was only to clear the battlefield that the first two waves had already passed through, so the burden on their shoulders was not particularly heavy.

"High-explosive armor-piercing shells loaded! Target 1200 meters ahead"

"Loading complete!"

"parking!"

The biggest difference between reality and tank online games is the combat distance.

In the world of health bars, it is common for enemy and friendly vehicles to be within a hundred meters, or even face to face with each other aiming at each other's weaknesses.

But the reality is different. For tanks with thicker armor, 800 to 1,500 meters is the range of firepower advantage. Why bother fighting with bayonets when you can destroy the enemy at a long distance?

As soon as the Japanese Type 97 medium-sized fighter jets appeared, the company commander of the third company decisively ordered the car to stop.

When the T-3476 came to a complete stop, he stepped on the pedal without hesitation and fired a high-explosive armor-piercing shell at the enemy.

The violent wind from the muzzle dispersed the dust on the Jiaolai Plain.

The 76mm shell easily penetrated the front armor of the Type 97 medium tank, and then exploded inside, sending the entire Japanese crew spiraling into the sky.

There was no cheering, no excitement. The comrades were as relaxed as if they had crushed an ant. Only cold commands were heard in the T-34's communication channel.

"Continue loading, the type of ammunition remains unchanged."

"Okay! Reload, next one!"

"Don't focus your machine guns on the vehicles. The tanks also have 12mm armor. Use them to shoot down the infantry!"

Unlike the original T-3476 from the Russians, the medium tank that had been refurbished by the Weapons Experimental Research Bureau and the Baotou No. 1 Machine Factory had been equipped with rangefinders and sighting systems before leaving the factory.

Coupled with the new radio that added even more power, the armored showdown on the Jiaolai Plain was more like a lot of noise but little rain. It was a one-sided crushing victory everywhere.

At a distance of 800 to 1500 meters, the first wave of medium tanks can directly fire at the Type 97 medium tank from a long distance.

The Japanese soldiers could only watch in horror as their own crew's shells were swallowed up in one gulp, and then doubled back. A few lucky ones could even enjoy super double treatment. (End of this chapter)