You were tasked with guarding the Sihang Warehouse, and you ended up with a German-equipped division

Chapter 18

"boom!!!"

The anti-tank gun roared again, and the 37mm shells of the Type 14 Liaoning easily penetrated the 25mm frontal armor plate of the Japanese Type 97 medium tank.

As for the Japanese Type 95 light tank, its armor was even thinner, with only 12 to 15 mm thick on the front. It took advantage of the fact that the Chinese army did not have large-caliber anti-tank machine guns, and it ran rampant on the battlefield.

(Japanese Type 95 light tank)

Of course, the Hotchkiss M1930 twin anti-aircraft machine gun, which the Yunnan Army had once imported, had a caliber of 3.2mm and could easily penetrate the frontal armor of Japanese light tanks.

Unfortunately, there were not many of these heavy machine guns, and resupplying them was extremely difficult.

Otherwise, these tiny Japanese tanks wouldn't have been able to run rampant on the Chinese battlefield.

Now, these Type 95 light tanks are facing bombardment from 37mm cannons.

Although the first round of bombardment mainly destroyed Type 97 medium tanks, the second round of anti-tank gun salvos also damaged the Japanese Type 95 light tanks.

"Boom!!!"

The shells flew away and hit several Japanese Type 95 light tanks at a distance of less than 200 meters.

After firing three rounds of shells in succession, the artillery crew started shouting.

"Move! Quickly, move to the next artillery position!!!"

Meanwhile, the Nationalist soldiers upstairs did everything they could to draw the fire of the Japanese tanks below.

However, they had almost no anti-tank weapons and could only use their Chiang Kai-shek rifles, Maxim guns, and Czech light machine guns to fire at the Japanese.

When it hits, it only makes a loud clanging sound.

However, many Japanese soldiers were killed or wounded by the fire from the rooftop.

Japanese tanks and armored vehicles opened fire again.

"Boom!!!"

There were also machine gun emplacements, and artillery pieces were hit by Japanese artillery fire.

As the two sides exchanged fire, artillery was rapidly depleted, and Japanese tanks were also being worn down.

Tanks were constantly being destroyed, rendered immobile, or had their internal ammunition detonated, exploding and disintegrating amidst a roar.

One of the Japanese tank turrets was blown off and landed directly on the Japanese infantrymen following behind, turning a small squad of seven or eight men into mincemeat.

During the exchange of fire, the Japanese tanks were getting closer and closer to the position.

Behind them, a large number of Japanese infantrymen, like yellow mud and sand, surged toward the Third Battalion's position.

When Fujita Tadayoshi saw that many tanks had been destroyed, his face turned ashen, and his palms were sweating with tension.

The once invincible and unstoppable tank force suffered such heavy losses in the face of the small Sihang Warehouse, which was truly unexpected.

But no matter what, it's all coming to an end.

A large number of Japanese tanks approached the outer perimeter of the positions.

As for the enemy's anti-tank guns, many were destroyed in the battle just now, and only four are still capable of firing.

If armored vehicles rush onto the position, these anti-tank guns will have even less room to be effective.

The Japanese infantry were also prepared, intending to overtake the tanks ahead and jump directly into the enemy trenches to kill all the damned Chinese soldiers inside.

Seeing the Japanese tanks only about thirty meters from the position, and even the Japanese infantry beginning their charge, Li Jianghe roared, "Signal flare!!!"

"yes!!"

Long Wenzhang shouted and raised the signal gun in his hand. A red signal flare flew out of the window, drawing a red trajectory in the air.

Inside the outermost trench, Wang Dayong, leading the assault team, roared in anger.

"kill!!!"

As soon as they finished speaking, their MP28 submachine guns roared at the charging Japanese infantry.

"Da da da!!!"

Dozens of submachine guns roared at the same time.

Inside the 50-round magazine, bullets were fired one by one by the hammer, propelled by the gunpowder, and pierced the bodies of Japanese soldiers at supersonic speeds.

The Japanese soldiers who were about to jump into the trench were instantly knocked to the ground by a barrage of submachine gun bullets.

"Pfft!! Pfft!!!"

The sound of bullets tearing through human bodies echoed, overlapped, and repeated endlessly.

Accompanying them were the charging Japanese troops, who fell to the ground like harvested wheat.

The submachine guns in the hands of the assault squads, at such close range, became death scythes reaping lives.

The barrage of bullets instantly riddled the Japanese troops with holes.

"Grenade!!!"

The cluster grenades were also thrown out at that moment.

"Boom!!!"

A loud bang was heard.

These cluster grenades landed in front of the tanks, some exploding in front of the tanks, some exploding on top of the tanks, and some tanks were overturned by the terrifying force of the explosions as they passed right over the cluster grenades.

Two Japanese Type 97 medium tanks and one Type 95 light tank were instantly turned into burning steel.

Japanese tank crewmen, their bodies engulfed in flames, screamed as they charged out of their tanks, only to be swiftly killed by stray bullets.

But the Japanese tanks continued to advance.

"Suicide squad!!! Get out of here!!"

Wang Dayong roared, and soldiers carrying explosive packs rolled out of the trenches and charged towards the Japanese tanks.

"Fire! Fire now!!!"

The Japanese tank commander screamed in panic.

The 7.7mm vehicle-mounted machine gun roared, its bullets whizzing across the ground and striking the bodies of the suicide squad soldiers.

"boom!!!"

An explosion was heard, and the Japanese tank that was charging ahead was completely overturned by an explosive charge carried by a suicide squad soldier.

The remaining tanks tried to reverse, but Japanese soldiers were right behind them, which resulted in some Japanese soldiers being run over by their own tanks.

"Organize this group of lunatics!!"

The Japanese tank commander shouted in despair.

The infantry also opened fire.

But then another loud bang was heard, and another tank was destroyed.

When Fujita Tadayoshi saw this scene, he felt as if all his strength had been drained away.

One by one, the suicide squad members charged at a distance of less than thirty meters. After being hit by bullets, they even tried to roll forward before detonating the explosives.

Some died on the way, but the soldiers following behind would continue forward until they destroyed the Japanese tanks that were trying to rush to the position.

The remaining Japanese soldiers were terrified and retreated while shouting in panic.

During the retreat, another Japanese tank was destroyed from the rear by anti-tank guns.

Hundreds more corpses and more than a dozen burning tanks were left behind, and the Japanese offensive was thwarted once again.

Li Jianghe breathed a slight sigh of relief, but looking at the chaotic battlefield outside, he knew that the Third Battalion had also suffered considerable losses.

The Japanese concentrated their firepower to suppress their anti-tank guns, and many of their guns were destroyed by the Japanese after only a few rounds of shells.

Only three anti-tank gun crews survived.

The assault teams also suffered significant losses; of the three assault teams, only two remain, with the remaining team almost entirely wiped out.

At that moment, a system voice came through.

[The anti-tank gun crew has reached the maximum experience level and has been promoted to Veteran.]

After the upgrade, squad coordination improved by 50%, artillery rate of fire increased by 20%, relocation speed increased by 20%, and firing accuracy improved by 30%.