Almost as soon as Xu Wen's side was set up, he saw a large number of Japanese infantrymen holding guns, swarming in and quickly approaching the forward position of the Independence Brigade.

We have entered a distance of less than 400 meters. At this distance, heavy machine guns and tank guns, on-board machine guns of armored vehicles, and anti-aircraft machine guns of anti-aircraft vehicles can already fire, because this distance is within their absolute effective range.

However, Xu Wen did not rush to give the order to fire, but allowed the Japanese to continue advancing.

Because he discovered that the Japanese tanks that he had previously used to repel the Tiger tanks had never charged in coordination with the infantry. Instead, they had maintained a distance of nearly 500 meters from the infantry attacking group and slowly followed up.

Xu Wen guessed that the Japanese tanks did this because they wanted to give their own offensive troops some fire support within their capabilities at the critical moment.

Because the effective range of a tank gun is actually no more than one thousand meters.

Because no matter how far the distance is, the commander's line of sight will be affected, thus affecting the accuracy of the tank gun.

The independent brigade tank unit led by Xu Wen was more than 100 meters away from the forefront trenches.

In other words, the Japanese tanks are now nearly a kilometer away from the independent brigade tank troops.

This tank unit is the greatest threat to the independent brigade among all units of the 6th Division, except the artillery, and its mobility is far greater than that of the artillery regiment.

So Xu Wen especially wanted to kill them, so after discovering this situation, Xu Wen decisively ordered: "Listen all the tanks, raise the shooting angle, and prepare to target the tanks behind the Japanese army. Kill the enemy tanks first and then go back and clean up."

These infantrymen.

The armored vehicle-mounted machine gun and the anti-aircraft vehicle-mounted machine gun were aimed at the Japanese attacking troops in front of the position. As long as they entered within 200 meters of my front line, they would immediately open fire and give me a hard hit!"

After everything was deployed, Xu Wen sat in the Tiger tank and began to observe the distance and movements of the Japanese through the tank's unique lookout mirror.

Not long after, thousands of Japanese infantrymen finally entered the shooting range designated by Xu Wen.

In vain, Xu Wen ordered and urged again, and thirty MG42 general-purpose machine guns on fifteen armored vehicles of the tank battalion, as well as 12.7 mm caliber anti-aircraft machine guns on thirty Humvee military vehicles, opened fire one after another.

In an instant, there was loud gunfire and heavy bullets on the regiment's forward position.

Dazzling tongues of fire roared towards the Japanese attacking troops.

As we all know, the MG42 general-purpose machine gun has a rate of fire of thousands of rounds per minute, and thirty of them can fire up to 30,000 rounds of bullets per minute.

Coupled with thirty anti-aircraft machine guns, the rain of bullets formed was very dense. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as dense as rain.

Under such terrifying and intensive firepower, the Japs of the 45th Infantry Regiment were unlucky. They were like harvested rice, being shot and fell in patches.

One group rushed up, another group fell down, and the cycle started again, with very heavy casualties!

The Japanese tank regiment, which was about 500 meters behind the infantry, was also suddenly bombarded by Tigers, fifteen Panzer IV tanks, and a Sherman tank.

However, because the distance was a bit far, Xu Wen and others failed to hit all the shells fired. The first batch of sixteen high-explosive armor-piercing shells fired, only four hit the target, and the rest were all missed.

Even so, four Japanese tanks and armored vehicles were blown up on the spot.

Although the tank gun caliber of the Panzer IV and Sherman tanks is slightly smaller than that of the Tiger, it is also very powerful and can destroy Japanese tanks with armor thickness of only 8-12 mm, or armored vehicles with only 5-6 mm thickness.

Not a problem at all.

In the blink of an eye, four more tanks were lost. Chen Mingji, the commander of the Japanese tank regiment, was shocked and quickly ordered a retreat!

His tank regiment was originally responsible for attracting independent brigade tanks to fire, creating opportunities for our own aviation bombing, and waiting for opportunities to provide some offensive fire support to the 45th Infantry Regiment.

Now that the mission has been completed, Cangchen Mingji naturally did not dare to stay any longer, because if he stayed within the firepower range of the independent brigade for one more second, one of his precious tanks and combat vehicles might be scrapped.

There was no way, the tank firepower of the Chinese Army was so fierce that it had already cast a psychological shadow on Cangchen Mingji.

Following Mingji Kurachen's order, the remaining dozen or so Japanese tanks and armored fighting vehicles quickly turned around and retreated, and some even put on reverse gear and retreated frantically.

Xu Wen commanded the tanks to launch a volley of fire in pursuit and bombardment. After killing two Japanese wheeled tanks that had no time to escape, Xu Wen decisively ordered: "The Japanese tanks have withdrawn. Lower the barrel and aim at the enemy in front."

The Japanese infantry blasted the hell out of them!"

"Yes!" Li Wu and other officers and soldiers of the tank battalion agreed with a bang, quickly controlled the tanks and chariots to adjust their shooting angles, and began to bombard the Japanese infantry crowd in front of the battlefield.

Originally, the Japs of the 45th Regiment were killed and injured numerous times by the vehicle-mounted machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns of the tank battalion and the anti-aircraft battalion, as well as the intensive crossfire of the defense troops of the third battalion of the first regiment.

They were bombarded by salvos of tanks and artillery, resulting in even more heavy casualties.

The Japanese soldiers who charged in groups were killed and injured in violent explosions.

Seeing the slain corpses of the 45th Infantry Regiment scattered all over the field, with dead and injured lying on the ground, the offensive was completely frustrated and almost unsustainable.

More than twenty medium bombers belonging to the Japanese Navy's 3rd and 4th Fleets, escorted by eight Type 97 fighter jets, finally arrived.

The fighter jets took the lead, and the formation immediately emerged from the clouds and dived at high speed towards a group of positions under heavy artillery fire.

Soon, the vehicle-mounted machine guns and cannons of the eight Type 97 fighter jets opened fire one after another, falling from the sky like meteors and roaring fiercely towards the Independence Brigade position.

Whoosh whoosh, bang bang bang bang! Countless machine gun bullets rained down, knocking down the officers and soldiers of the third battalion of the regiment who were in a fierce exchange of fire with the Japanese troops on the position.

There were also many bullets that hit the defensive armor of the tank battalions and anti-aircraft tanks and combat vehicles, emitting a large number of sparks and a harsh sound of gold and iron.

However, the defense capability of the Humvee military vehicle is far worse than that of the Tiger tank and the Panzer IV tank, so some of the window glass was penetrated by the airborne machine gun of the Japanese aircraft. Fortunately, the driver inside was so excited that he ducked and ducked.

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"Brigadier, the enemy plane is coming! What should we do?" Li Wu's anxious voice was transmitted to Xu Wen's Tiger tank via the radio.

Xu Wen looked up and did not panic. At this time, the soldier in charge of driving the tank suddenly reported to Xu Wen in surprise: "Brigadier Commander, look, the Japanese attacking troops in front of the position have retreated!"

Xu Wen raised his head and looked forward, and sure enough he saw the Japanese infantrymen who had been charging desperately just now, suddenly retreating like a tide.

"Damn it, I understand. The Japs' attack is fake. It's real to attract us to come out and kill us with plane bombings!" Xu Wen suddenly realized, and immediately ordered: "Send my order, and the third battalion's defense troops will find bunkers on their own.

Dodge!

The tanks and combat vehicles retreated, the armored vehicles and air defense battalions dispersed, and they turned to air defense on the spot! Since the Japanese aircraft are coming, let’s meet them head-on!”

"But brigade commander, we are almost out of ammunition on the vehicle!" The voices of Li Wu and others came again, Xu Wen said: "Don't worry about this, just let me go. Don't be stingy with the ammunition. I will give it to you right away after the shooting."
Chapter completed!