kingnovel Chapter 1166 A Dark Mass
Chapter 1166 A Dark Mass
Who says the Chinese don't have armored forces? If anyone says that, the people here would probably slap them.
That dark mass in the distance, with black smoke billowing from it, clearly indicates they're preparing to launch their attack, and we absolutely cannot stop them.
The Japanese soldiers on the scene, who claimed to come from industrialized countries, had never seen an armored charge before. At that moment, along a front line about 3 kilometers long, hundreds of tanks raised their guns, followed by a large number of armored vehicles.
Of course, the Japanese soldiers had no time to appreciate this; nearby shells were already falling. Their so-called defensive fortifications were utterly child's play in the face of such an armored attack. The tanks stormed in, immediately tearing up the barbed wire and even dragging a dozen or so Japanese soldiers along until they were dragged to their deaths.
Several Japanese soldiers were still fantasizing about getting entangled in the barbed wire during the enemy charge, then taking them out one by one from a distance. But the situation was completely different from what they imagined. He was covered in blood from being scratched by the barbed wire, and finally, his head slammed into a rock. The pulling force of the tank was just too strong, enough to cause a bright red flower of blood to bloom on his head.
The Japanese officers emerged from their semi-underground bunkers, only to be met with tank chains, many of which were instantly crushed. The soldiers, still confused, could only hear the shouts and cries of the soldiers outside.
I came out to take a look, but the tanks were already right in front of me. Although there was a lot of gunfire from the Japanese side, the rifles and Type 92 heavy machine guns in my hands were not very effective against the tanks. Apart from wasting bullets, they were really useless.
But for the Japanese soldiers at that moment, if they didn't fire, they felt like useless trash, utterly ineffective on the battlefield. So they had to fire their guns, as if firing a shot would calm their minds and force the enemy tanks to retreat.
After leaving the battlefield at Pujiang, they realized their anti-tank weapons were insufficient, so they distributed a batch of anti-tank guns to each unit. However, these things are still on trucks and haven't been unloaded yet. Some quick-thinking soldiers wanted to go up and pull the guns down, but would the tanks in the distance give them the chance?
Upon discovering this, the gunners on the tanks quickly turned their guns around and opened fire on the group of vehicles, still carrying various types of ammunition. In short, each shell fired was like a mouse carrying a candle into an ammunition depot.
The violent explosion made the soldiers inside the tank feel chest tightness; the shockwave was simply too powerful. One can only imagine what it must have been like for those outside. They didn't have a tank to mitigate the shockwave. Some appeared to be alive, but their internal organs had been ripped apart by the shockwave, and they would soon vomit blood and die.
The Japanese soldiers transported weapons and equipment to the front lines to fight the enemy, but now the enemy has done nothing and is swaggering around on our positions, while we are about to be shattered by the ammunition we have piled up.
Many Japanese soldiers strapped grenades to their bodies and charged towards the tanks with a whoosh. Unfortunately for them, there were large numbers of infantry behind the tanks—this was what's known as combined arms warfare. "If you manage to get through, then we infantrymen have lived in vain."
The brothers were armed with either light machine guns, submachine guns, or at the very least, semi-automatic rifles with scopes. If you managed to run past one of those, you'd be in deep trouble. The air was thick with bullets; there was simply no angle for you to run.
A group of Japanese soldiers even yelled and raised their bayonets, trying to demonstrate their Bushido spirit towards the soldiers behind the tanks. Unfortunately for them, you hadn't heard that the 72nd Army never fought with bayonets. Once they saw you charging at them, they'd just unleash a barrage of fire from their submachine guns. And if they ran out of ammunition and you were right in front of them, there was no need to panic; their pistols were already prepared at their waists.
Hearing the crisp gunfire from the position, more than 600 Japanese soldiers fell to the ground. These guys were prepared to go and fight with bayonets, but unfortunately, we didn't have any training in that area.
The brothers who rushed up behind carried box after box of grenades and threw them one after another into the semi-underground bunkers on the position. Anyway, we have plenty of these. If you want to stay in there, then stay. We don't want to see you come out alive. Otherwise, we'll have to find a place to watch over these prisoners. Now that they're all blown up, that's fine.
From the day they were recruited, the Japanese recruits knew they were the strongest on the Chinese battlefield, and that the Chinese army was no match for them. However, in less than 20 minutes, the defensive line built by a brigade of more than 10,000 infantrymen over several days was breached, and more than 20% of these 10,000 men were killed or wounded instantly.
The remaining Japanese soldiers, without officers to command, knew they couldn't hold out any longer and turned tail and ran south. If they continued to hold out, they probably wouldn't even know how they died. Look at these men of the 72nd Army; they were covered in weapons from head to toe, and most importantly, they were ruthless with their ammunition.
A few Japanese soldiers had just fled to the nearby field, where some branches and other branches offered some cover. But what did the 72nd Army do? They turned two machine guns around and unleashed 500 rounds of fire into the woods, snapping some small trees as thick as an arm. How could those Japanese soldiers who ran in possibly survive?
It would be a miracle if they survived!
"Keep moving forward! Keep moving forward! Take everything you can, and destroy everything you can't take. No prisoners! No prisoners!"
Just as the tank commanders were about to take a break, their battalion commander's voice rang out. He had just received Zhang Haiguang's order. You see, prisoners are a valuable asset, but we don't have time for that now. These guys can't hinder our advance, and besides, we have nowhere to keep an eye on them.
Some Japanese prisoners who understood Chinese froze when they heard the words "no prisoners."