Chapter 429: Republic of China: Starting from the First Class of Whampoa Chapter 439 I Want to Shatter the Japanese Army's Pride

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Protagonist:

Lv Muzhi

On the defensive line of the Type 3 Assault Guns, countless tongues of fire were intertwining madly.

Before the Japanese Army's tank units had even entered within a thousand meters, they had already left fifteen burning steel wrecks on this death plain.

Seeing the Japanese Army's tank units drawing closer and closer, besides the Type 3 Assault Guns

the Type 3 Medium Tanks also began using their own 50mm long-barrel guns to strike at the Japanese Army tank units' stragglers, while protecting the flanks of the Type 3 Assault Guns.

The Japanese Army's Tank Division had only been established not long ago, and it had already encountered a hell-grade enemy!

Inside the turret of the Japanese Army's Type 97 Kai Medium Tank "Hokoku-go," a strong smell of diesel permeated the air.

As a command tank, the Type 97 Kai Medium Tank's turret was equipped with a circular antenna for contacting headquarters.

Tank Commander Aoki held onto the periscope, feeling the violent shaking of the hull.

Just fifteen minutes ago, Aoki's face had been full of pride.

At that time, he had promoted to his crew members like this:

"Gentlemen, the Type 97 Kai Medium Tank is the Empire's most advanced tank, equipped with a powerful 47mm long-barrel gun!"

"Today, we will let Lv Muzhi's Youth Army know who is the master of Greater East Asia!"

"Hokoku-go" was traveling in the center of the Japanese Army tank cluster, surrounded by a dense steel torrent.

However, the situation changed very quickly.

The driver suddenly slowed the vehicle and asked doubtfully: "Tank Commander Aoki, have the Youth Army tanks ahead stopped?"

Aoki looked through the periscope and saw that on the horizon a thousand meters away, rows of gray tanks stood silent as stone.

"There won't be an ambush, will there?" The gunner's voice carried a hint of unease.

Aoki wasn't sure either: "Impossible. The Youth Army has never been to this place; where would they find the time to set an ambush?"

At this moment, the vehicle radio transmitted a death order from the Fifth Brigade Headquarters.

"All units, attention! Full-speed assault!"

"Crush the China Man's armored forces! For Emperor Tenghuang!"

A flash of ruthlessness crossed Aoki's eyes: "Full speed ahead! Target one thousand five hundred meters, accelerate and charge!"

He was very confident; the Type 97 Kai Medium Tank's armor had undergone surface hardening treatment, its hardness exceeding that of ordinary steel plates.

Aoki firmly believed that at such a great distance, the enemy's artillery fire absolutely could not penetrate "Hokoku-go"'s front.

In his tactical conception, as long as they advanced to about five hundred meters, the Type 97 Kai Medium Tank's gun could take effect, penetrating the Type 3 Tank's 50mm-thick armor.

Then the tank units would continue charging to close range and fiercely entangle the Youth Army's armored forces.

Plus, the Tank Sixth Brigade on the flank would come around to encircle them; attacking from both sides, Lv Muzhi's armored cluster was doomed to be destroyed.

However, the cruelty of reality dealt him a heavy blow in the next second.

More than a hundred meters to the right front, a Type 95 Light Tank that was accelerating to charge suddenly broke down without warning.

A plume of black smoke rose from that Type 95's turret.

Tank Commander Aoki's "Hokoku-go" tank passed by that wreck, his expression one of disbelief.

"Penetrated... penetrated?!"

The front and rear of that Type 95 Light Tank had actually been directly punched through!

At a distance of one thousand five hundred meters, the Youth Army's tank gun had left a terrifying transparent hole in the Japanese Army tank!

Before he could come to his senses, another Type 97 Kai Medium Tank to the left front was directly blown to pieces.

It could be confirmed that that Type 97 Kai Medium Tank had been hit in the ammunition rack, and the whole vehicle had detonated.

"Just what kind of monster tank are the China Men using?"

"At this distance, how could they possibly directly penetrate the Type 97 Kai's frontal armor?!"

The driver stomped on the accelerator in the driver's seat, his voice trembling as he said:

"What a joke......"

"Tank Commander, are you sure we can really charge through?"

Tank Commander Aoki was gritting his back teeth; having drawn the bow, there was no turning back arrow, and he no longer had a way back.

"Shut up! No retreating! The friendly forces on the flank are already on the move; as the frontline force, we must complete our diversion task!"

Tank Commander Aoki stared fixedly ahead through the periscope; as the distance closed, he finally saw the appearance of the Youth Army tanks.

They were rows of steel monsters with extremely low chassis and strange shapes, with astonishingly long gun barrels.

The devils didn't know what this kind of tank was called; they only knew that ahead was a Wall of Steel.

A Wall of Steel formed by ninety Type 3 Assault Guns, like an insurmountable giant wall.

Even more deadly was that these Type 3 Assault Guns were currently steadily practicing target shooting there, waiting for themselves to charge forward.

The sky seemed to be torn apart by dense artillery fire; on the plain, wreck after wreck of Japanese Army tanks kept appearing.

"Five hundred meters! Within effective range! Sato, open fire!" Tank Commander Aoki shouted the gunner's surname almost madly.

The Type 97 Kai Medium Tank named "Hokoku-go" shook violently; the 47mm shell precisely hit the front of a Type 3 Assault Gun.

Tank Commander Aoki stared fixedly at the opposite side, expecting the anticipated explosion and flames.

However, that gray monster opposite didn't move at all; a cluster of sparks jumped on the gun shield.

"Didn't hit? Sato!"

"You fellow, just what have you done?!"

"Aim better! Bastard!" Aoki roared angrily.

Gunner Sato defended himself: "Report to Tank Commander... I hit it! I swear I absolutely hit it!"

"But... failed to penetrate the enemy armor!"

Sato's voice was filled with despair; even the Empire's most advanced Type 97 Kai Medium Tank could not penetrate the Youth Army Tank Force's armor?

Before Tank Commander Aoki could issue an order, a dazzling flash of fire expanded inside the vehicle.

Boom!

"Hokoku-go" seemed to be struck head-on by a giant's iron hammer, and Aoki's tank crew felt the world spin.

Tank Commander Aoki's final consciousness was seeing a huge shell drill directly into the tank's front.

The shell first penetrated the driver at the tank's front, then continued flying, shattering Tank Commander Aoki's left leg below the knees.

The shell showed no intention of stopping, also smashing the engine and fuel tank at the tank's rear, causing an explosion......

Aoki's tank crew's Hokoku-go, the Japanese Army's strongest Type 97 Kai Medium Tank, fell!

Simultaneously, on the left wing of the Youth Army Armored Cluster, dust billowed across the sky.

Japanese Army Tank 5th Brigade Commander Major General Takagi Kazuo sat inside a command tank, urging frantically.

His more than one hundred tanks and more than three thousand mechanized infantry were rushing at full speed toward the flank of the Youth Army Armored Cluster.

"Division Commander Nishihara has already sent three urgent telegrams! The front can barely hold on; we must speed up!"

Takagi Kazuo was very anxious in his heart; he knew the Tank 5th Brigade at the front was buying time for his flanking raid with human lives.

"Faster... a little faster!"

"As long as we cut Lv Muzhi's tank group in half at the waist, this battle will surely turn defeat into victory for the Imperial Army!"

Takagi Kazuo's flanking raid force could be described as imposing.

Taking the Tank 3rd Division's subordinate Tank 5th Brigade as the main force, it dispatched more than one hundred tanks.

At the same time, it coordinated with the Tank Division's subordinate Mobile Infantry 3rd Regiment, namely the Japanese Army's mechanized infantry regiment, with three thousand elite infantry riding armored vehicles and trucks to attack.

Suddenly, a violent explosion came from ahead of the convoy, and a truck full of soldiers instantly turned into a fireball.

"Report to Brigade Commander! Enemy tanks discovered ahead! About a dozen light tanks are opening fire on us!"

Takagi Kazuo snorted coldly: "We've been exposed! Those should be light tanks the enemy uses for alert; ignore them, smash them directly! Move faster!"

He did not know that those Type 3 Light Tanks patrolling the flank had already sent his coordinates back to headquarters.

Inside the Commander of Youth First Army headquarters, the radio's beeping sounds rose and fell.

Lv Muzhi was staring at the red and blue arrows on the sand table.

The news that the Ghost Tank 5th Brigade was conducting a flanking raid had already been reported upward.

Lv Muzhi said: "Indeed they came; less than seven kilometers from our left wing."

"Has the blocking force dispatched by Sun Liren gone yet?"

A staff officer opened a document: "Report to Lu Commander! Frontline commander Sun Liren has already mobilized one Type 3 Tank Battalion, two Panzer III Medium Tank Companies, totaling over seventy tanks, to block the Japanese Army's flanking Tank 5th Brigade!"

Lv Muzhi nodded: "Transfer two anti-aircraft battalions and two anti-tank battalions from the First Division and Second Division, plus one infantry regiment from the First Division, to meet the Japanese forces conducting a flanking sneak attack!"

"Tell Sun Liren that I have given him more reinforcements; the strategy against the Tank 5th Brigade is not to block, but to annihilate!"

"The Tank Division is where the Japanese Army's pride and confidence lie; I insist on completely smashing the Japanese Army's pride and confidence!"