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However, the Taiyuan Japanese underestimated the strength of the 176th Division. After all, they had never come into close contact with the Unimog trucks and BJ212 jeeps, and they knew nothing about the Type 59 tanks that appeared in front of them for the first time at a long distance.

Although Xu Le did not understand the ultimate meaning of blitzkrieg, he had watched a lot of TV and movies and had a basic understanding of it, which was that under the premise that the Air Force had seized air superiority, the ground mechanized forces rapidly advanced the combat, charging continuously at lightning speed, leaving the enemy no chance to prepare or rest.

He didn't understand, and his men understood even less. Although there were no planes to seize air superiority, the Japanese didn't have any planes nearby, and even if there were, they were only very few.

But Xu Le understood one thing, that no matter how a blitzkrieg is fought, speed is the key, and the only way to defeat martial arts in the world is speed, and this sentence can be applied in many places.

On the day of the expedition, the 666th Regiment reached the outskirts of Xiangning County in just one and a half hours, and then carried out a simple deployment in half an hour. Afterwards, the 27 L118 howitzers of the field artillery battalion launched intensive fire coverage on the city walls.

With the emergence of various observation equipment, the firing points of each artillery became several times more accurate. No shell passed over the city wall and hit the city, so no Tang Dynasty civilians in the city were injured.

"Order the field artillery battalion to stop firing, drive the tanks forward, and suppress the enemy with firepower. Don't let the enemy get a chance to poke their heads out!"

The commander of the 666th Regiment is named Lin Jingyan, who was once the battalion commander of the third battalion and has joined Xu's army for 6 years.

The field artillery battalion opened fire for less than 10 minutes, and a gap was blown in the Xiangning city wall and the city gate was destroyed.

As Lin Jingyan's orders were transmitted to each battalion through the 702 walkie-talkie, a team of 20 tanks quickly rushed to the front line from the rear, making the sound of engines roaring and tracks rolling on the ground all the way.

This was the first time that the 666th Regiment saw tanks in action. Except for a few mortars and machine guns that suppressed the Japanese, the rest of the people picked up their telescopes to watch the heroic appearance of the tanks. Those who did not have telescopes set up their guns and used the M16's sights as telescopes.

M16配备的瞄准镜是3x20的光学瞄准镜，足够步兵清晰观测300米距离的目标，半模糊观测600米距离的目标，技术好的能观测800米外的目标。

The 666th Regiment is the only regiment in the 176th Division where all the soldiers use scopes. Therefore, their shooting accuracy is much higher. Everyone can hit whatever they point at a distance of 200 meters, even if the target is an apple.

They could kill one Japanese soldier with one shot every 300 meters, and even if they couldn't kill him at 400 meters, they could seriously injure him. Their combat effectiveness was much stronger than that of other regiments.

But in actual combat, the soldiers of the 666th Regiment did not like to kill the Japanese directly, but preferred to injure them first, and then attack the people who rescued the injured Japanese. In this way, they could attack more Japanese in an infinite cycle, thereby reducing the Japanese's combat effectiveness several times.

Xu Le had known this tactic for a long time. It was the same principle as besieging a city and attacking its reinforcements. He originally wanted to convey it to each combat unit, but he was a step too late. Liu Quanhua had already figured out this method and passed it on to each company and platoon.

I have never thought of shooting like this before. It’s not that I don’t understand, but the weapons in my hands do not allow it and I can’t achieve the conditions for such precise shooting.

The Japanese soldiers on the city wall had no chance to see the Type 59 tank because they hardly dared to show their heads, because as long as one of them showed his head, that person would be shot in the head in an instant, as if there were countless snipers aiming at them.

The Japs could only conduct blind shooting, that is, they lay down with their guns raised and shoot. In this situation, it could only have a deterrent effect, and 1000 bullets might not hit a single person.

"First Battalion, push your men forward and follow the tanks into the city!"

The most rudimentary infantry-tank coordination. Theoretically, this style of fighting cannot provide much protection for the infantry. If a Japanese mortar shell falls behind a tank, the infantry behind the tank will all be destroyed because they have no protection.

But now the Japanese have no room to fight back, and the simplest coordinated operations have become the most effective method.

The battalion commander also shouted into the walkie-talkie: "First Company Commander, your company must go forward with all its troops, bring machine guns and rocket launchers, and occupy the city wall first!"

The other end of the walkie-talkie responded instantly: "Yes, I guarantee to complete the task!"

This is the advantage of real-time communication. Without walkie-talkies, relying on manpower to transmit commands is not only slow, but you will also become a target for the enemy while running.

But the 702 walkie-talkie can transmit commands within a radius of 10 kilometers in an instant, saving a lot of trouble.

In a moment, more than 100 soldiers from the first company of the first battalion rushed forward in squads, hiding behind the tanks.

But this was a tough situation for them, as they had no coordinated training with the tanks, and the tanks were driving too fast, forcing the infantry to run behind them to barely keep up.

Lin Jingyan couldn't help cursing when he saw this. He immediately picked up the intercom of the small Bayi radio and shouted: "Tanks, tanks, drive slower for me, you are going to tire my company to death! You are running on wheels, but my people are carrying equipment with their legs!"

The 702 walkie-talkie cannot be connected to the radio inside the tank, so if the infantry wants to contact the tank, they can only use the FM of the Xiao Bayi to connect with it.

Soon, a tank responded, "Well, I'm sorry, Commander Lin. This is my first time using this, and I'm a little overwhelmed. I'll slow down now, but you guys are the same. How come you can't keep up with this speed?"

Lin Jingyan wanted to fight back, but everyone in the army knew the nobility of tank soldiers, so he could only swallow his anger, but he couldn't help spitting at the side.

"Bah, they are just a few broken tanks! The young marshal has already said that our mechanized infantry divisions will also be equipped with tanks in the future. Now I will let you be arrogant for a while!"

A few minutes later, all the tanks drove into the city. A few minutes later, as the plaster flag on the city wall fell to the ground, the flag of the National Guard was raised. Lin Jingyan picked up the 702-step phone again and shouted:

"All troops enter the city at full speed and clear out the remaining Japanese forces. Remember, try not to injure civilians by mistake and do not destroy houses and buildings!"

At the order, the soldiers of the 666th Regiment outside the county town rushed into the city like a swarm of bees.

However, having said that, the Japs were extremely cruel. At critical moments, they would take Tang civilians hostage and use them to force the soldiers of the 666th Regiment to attack.

Therefore, some accidental injuries are inevitable.

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Just when the 666th Regiment began to attack Xiangning, the 667th Regiment had already started clearing out the strongholds in the surrounding villages and towns. This made the battle much easier. Although they could not carry heavy artillery, they had the L16 mortars. They could fire a few shots outside the range of the Japanese to take down a turret, and then the next stronghold.