Anti-Japanese War: I am the warlord of Ping'an County! The whole army is German!

Chapter 219 The Japanese anti-tank gunner’s obstruction!

Because of the sudden appearance of the armored forces, the Japanese had to withdraw the 67th Regiment.

The 67th Regiment attacked the south gate and east gate of Chidong County. After the 67th Regiment withdrew.

The pressure on the south gate and east gate of Chidong County was greatly reduced, so the second line of defense of the south gate and east gate of Chidong County was still in the hands of the Huben Division.

However, the second line of defense at the west gate of Chidong County had been broken through by the Japanese, and Sun Hu had retreated to the third and final line of defense.

However, due to the needs of the war, Zhou Weimin has ordered the only 600 remaining logistics personnel in Chidong County to support the west gate of Chidong County.

And when Zhou Weimin gave the order.

The commander of the Japanese 37th Division, Takeya Araiida, also learned of the deaths of Chief of Staff Kazuya Ikegami and others.

Moreover, the Japanese 67th Regiment has also begun to build defenses to prepare to stop the armored forces.

Arata Takeshi personally commanded the 67th Regiment to stop the armored forces.

"Baga, quickly hide, we can't let the Chinese tanks find us."

The Japanese gunner hiding in a bomb crater whispered to several Japanese soldiers around him.

These devils are anti-tank gunners.

The 67th Regiment dispatched all its anti-tank gunners in the path of the Tiger Guard Division's tank regiment.

Most of these anti-tank gunners were hiding in craters or behind small mounds of earth.

These craters were caused by the heavy artillery bombardment of the Tiger Guard Division.

As time passed, the vanguard of the tank regiment arrived here.

Some Japanese anti-tank gunners opened fire as soon as they saw the tanks, but because of the weather, the shells did not hit the tanks.

On the contrary, because of the firing, the tanks had already noticed the positions of these Japanese anti-tank gunners.

Then these Japanese anti-tank gunners were fired back by tanks, amidst loud noises.

Most of the Japanese anti-tank gunners were blown into the air by the tanks' artillery.

"Baga... It seems that Inoue and the others were hit..." shouted a Japanese anti-tank gunner who did not fire.

"Senior, Inoue and his men fired too early. They fired as soon as they saw the Chinese tanks. They should have waited until the Chinese tanks got closer before firing." A Japanese soldier next to the anti-tank gunner whispered.

This group of anti-tank artillery crews are all veterans. They have participated in many major battles, so they understand one thing.

That is, although their rapid-fire guns can destroy tanks, it takes some time to operate the rapid-fire guns.

The tank is a moving object, so they can only hit the target accurately when the tank gets close to them.

Of course, in this dark night, it is very difficult to hit a tank traveling at high speed in the dark.

Especially when the tanks get close, they can easily spot them.

But what could they do? The division commander issued a death order that they must stop the tanks in Yu Luo.

If the tanks were allowed to continue advancing and reach the battlefield, their division would most likely collapse across the board.

After all, outside the four gates of Chidong County are basically plains, and plains are the world of tanks.

"Senior, there are several Chinese tanks coming from the front."

The Japanese corporal spoke nervously to the anti-tank gunner beside him, using the light from the flare.

The two tanks were less than two hundred meters away from them and were getting closer and closer.

When the tank regiment was discovered by the Japanese, the regimental commander gave the order to turn off the lights.

Therefore, the Japanese anti-tank gunners could only observe by relying on the light emitted by the flares.

Of course, although the tank regiment commander gave the order to turn off the lights, he also changed his tactics.

That is to let armored vehicles and a tank group rush to the front as the vanguard.

The mission of the vanguard is to help the main force open the way, so the vanguard's armored vehicles will fire a burst of fire every time they advance more than 100 meters.

The purpose is to check whether there are any Japanese ambushes.

So when the armored vehicles were more than a hundred meters away from the Japanese anti-tank group, they began to fire.

But just as the armored vehicles began to fire.

The anti-tank team leader also began to issue firing orders: "Target, the tank in front on the left... Aim at the leading one!"

"Use armor-piercing explosive rounds!"

"Dangdang!"

The loader skillfully stuffed a slender armor-piercing shell into the barrel, and the gunner immediately prepared himself.

Several Japanese soldiers were waiting for the team leader's order to fire, but just as the team leader was about to give the order to fire.

The machine gun on the opposite armored vehicle fired at them.

"Chirp" sound of some bullets hitting the crater where they were.

"Baga!" The team leader cursed inwardly, and then after the armored vehicle finished firing, the Japanese team leader was about to give the order to open fire.

But just at this moment, the flare above our heads suddenly went out, and the whole earth fell into darkness again.

"Baka, baka... Can't these Chinese fire a few more flares?"

It turned out that the flares in the sky were all flares from the Tiger Guards.

When the commander of the Japanese 37th Division, Takeshi Araiida, saw this situation, he immediately gave the order to launch flares.

Following Takeshi Shinida's order, the Japanese also began to fire flares.

After several flares were fired into the sky, the earth was instantly illuminated.

When the Japanese team leader saw the night sky light up again, he quickly looked ahead.

Then they saw a huge figure appear in front of them.

"This...is this the Chinese tank?"

"How is that possible? How could the Chinese tanks be so big?"

There was a cry of surprise from the crater. In the Japanese team leader's impression, the Chinese were only equipped with a small number of Vickers light tanks.

That kind of tank weighed only six tons, and its front armor was only a pitiful thirteen millimeters, which could only withstand ordinary rifle bullets.

If the Type 92 heavy machine gun was a little closer, the Vickers light tank would have difficulty resisting it.

But the big guy in front of him was not a Vickers light tank at all, because it was too big.

Faced with the sudden arrival of German heavy tanks, the Japanese team leader watched nervously.

The Japanese team leader had never seen this tank before, and he didn't know whether the rapid-fire gun could destroy this type of tank in one go.

But as the tanks got closer, the Japanese team leader gave the order to fire: "Fire!"

The Japanese Type 36 rapid-fire gun was actually a copy of the German KWK37 mm anti-tank gun.

The armor-piercing performance of this artillery was not very good originally, and the Japanese did not use capped armor-piercing bullets.

This also means that the armor-piercing capability of the Japanese Type 36 rapid-fire gun is not as good as the original KWK37 mm anti-tank gun.

Moreover, the Japanese Type 36 rapid-fire gun is much inferior to the German KWK37 mm anti-tank gun.

That's why the Japanese team leader was not sure whether he could destroy the Tiger Guard Division's heavy tanks with one shot.