Scene 111 Dayi
"These women are really useless! They are not enough to make trouble! I have said that they will definitely be bad!"
The person who was constantly cursing and complaining about the Japanese fallen women surrounded by the Qiong Army was the captain of the monster tank that Zhu Qingyue saw.
As the captain of the "Dayi" tank, this time they had their own tasks to lie in the warehouse. According to their script, the members of the female stand-up team composed of steadfast imperial loyalists will play the role of residents in Naoka City, responsible for covering many Japanese troops as cleverly as they do to hide them.
The original residents of Naoka City had naturally been moved away. In order to play more realistically, the Japanese army specially added a large number of elderly people and children to the city. Naturally, these elderly people were all loyal and righteous people of the empire, and the children were completely unaware of it. In order to prevent those children who like to cry and shout to find their mothers from revealing their whereabouts, the Japanese army also deliberately cut off the tongues of these children, making them completely unable to speak.
Of course, this is just a part of the children, otherwise a city full of mute children would also arouse Qiongjun's doubts.
According to the plan of the base camp, the troops lying in Zhifang City would wait until Zhu Qingyue and his main troops went south to continue fighting with the Japanese army and suddenly broke out and cut off the Qiong Army's retreat, and then cooperated with other troops to catch the Qiong Army in a jar.
In order to achieve this goal, the Japanese army paid a huge price for it. The newly recruited troops that were used in large quantities were to make the Qiong Army underestimate the enemy and lure the enemy into depth. The losses of these enemy troops alone exceeded 80,000, which was not bad.
At present, the last Japanese-controlled area of Kyushu Island, the troops arranged in the pocket-shaped dead land are the elite troops that the Japanese army can truly fight. The proportion of veterans is quite high. It can be said that they are the last troops that Japan can take advantage of except for the Tokyo defense circle.
In addition, in order to fight against the armored troops of the Qiong Army, the Japanese base camp also specially mobilized a large number of anti-tank mines. The latest model of tanks, temporary modified large-caliber anti-tank artillery and other series of special weapons. The prototype of the 100-ton heavy-character chariot they drove, the "Dayi" was one of them.
After seeing the powerful power of the Qiong Army's armored troops, given that there is no model in the current Japanese army that can compete with the Qiong Army tanks, the army began a series of emergency development plans, including this 100-ton heavy tank plan. The target of this heavy tank from the beginning of its design was the Qiong Army's tanks. It has to be said that this is an ideological breakthrough in the history of Japanese tank design, turning the tank's main combat mission from breaking through the opponent's position to annihilation of the opponent's tanks.
Because the Japanese Army originally had verification design work of similar models as the basis, the design work of the 100-ton tank was going very smoothly, and a sample car was taken out in a short time.
The body and turret of this 100-ton chariot have a thickness of up to 105 mm, which is the same as the German "Tiger" type, and even the sides are 70 to 85 mm thick.
Although the armored steel used in Japanese tanks is of poor quality, it is a steel armor plate that is more than 100 mm thick. There is no way for ordinary artillery to deal with it. Even the side armor is thicker than the main armor of most tanks today.
However, it is only possible to reach the defense level of the German "Tiger" tank with a weight of more than 100 tons (it is not as good as the armor quality and armor connection method). In the final analysis, it is the Japanese's idea of multi-turrets that are useless when dealing with the main tanks of the Qiong Army. The two 37mm gun sub-turrets that are useless when dealing with the main tanks of the Qiong Army took up a lot of weight, causing the weight of the entire vehicle to soar.
The main weapon of the "Dayi" is a tank gun modified from a 105mm anti-aircraft gun. In addition, there is a 37mm secondary gun installed on the two sub-turrets. The Japanese have always insisted on this large-caliber secondary gun that is free from the main gun during World War II. It can be said that the tank designers of the Japanese Army have always been firm believers of the Multi-turret God Cult. If it weren't for the little bean tanks they designed and produced that could not have too many turrets, they would probably want to have even bicycles to play with them.
There is no need to mention the multi-turret tank. How to get more turrets? Japanese designers even the ultimate Japanese Type 5 medium tank. They are obviously single-cannon tanks, but they are anti-tank tanks designed to deal with enemy tanks. However, the Type 5 medium tank still retains a small-caliber secondary gun at the front of the vehicle body. It is said that they are used to save the main gun when breaking through enemy positions.
The Japanese were very similar to the French in this regard. They always believed that the tanks installed small-caliber machine guns outside the large-caliber main guns to save ammunition when attacking targets that do not require the powerful artillery of the main gun. This was not cancelled until the current Leclerc tanks were in service.
From this we can speculate that the reason why the Japanese love multiple turrets is likely to be their deep-rooted, petty and family-oriented thinking is causing trouble. They want to save on everything they do. They do not use guns for problems that can be solved with machine guns, and do not use 105mm guns for problems that can be solved with 37mm guns. Problems that can be solved with 105mm guns... Well... they should use 105mm guns.
As a monster weighing more than 100 tons, naturally, we cannot say much hope for its maneuverability. The design speed of the "Dayi" is only 25 kilometers per hour, so whether it can be achieved is of course a different matter. However, for this kind of monster, it is actually not necessary to move its body. Just park there safely and steadily as a mobile fortress to use.
From the design point of view, the "Dayi" is indeed a good weapon. The Japanese were simply ecstatic about the powerful paper performance shown by this tank.
It’s a pity that during the experiment, the Japanese military discovered that the roads where such heavy chariots passed were damaged and the bridge collapsed.
Even in field testing, due to insufficient track width of the vehicle and excessive grounding pressure, it has been silted many times, and the steering is also not flexible. The battlefield sports combat capability is insufficient, and the mechanical failures of new tanks are emerging one after another. Once such a huge monster has fallen into bed, there is no way to drag it away and repair it. If it cannot be solved on the spot, it can only be blown up.
In the end, the Japanese Army gave up the design of this 100-ton heavy combat vehicle and turned its attention to the development of another more mature 120-ton heavy combat vehicle.
For the Japanese who wanted to pick up a bullet and shoot it out again, it was really a pity for the huge body of the nearly 100-ton car in vain. It was a very distressing thing to take it back and replenish it even if it was melted. Therefore, it was placed in this warehouse in Naoka City with the intention of using waste, and it was hidden by clever design of walls and debris as a trick.
Once the female team disguised as civilians in the Zhifang area and the elite Japanese troops hiding in the surrounding mountain caves suddenly started attacking. Their heavy chariot "Dayi" could still play a big role in killing the Qiong Army. In the eyes of the Japanese, such a terrifying heavy chariot could naturally rush around the Qiong Army!
However, the acting skills of those Japanese women are really poor to an outrageous level. The warehouse where their tanks are located has been carefully disguised. Even if they go directly to search, they are generally unlikely to find problems. The crew of the "Dayi" are still very confident about the careful concealment of their own warehouse.
But no matter how careful the disguise was, it was eventually destroyed by those women who stood up. Although all the women who were selected for this combat operation were loyal to the empire for the third generation, these people were all women after all. They immediately became nervous when the fierce Qiongya soldiers searched the house by house, and then had a conflict with the other party, which caused everything now.
And if it weren't for the poor performance of these women, all this could have been completely avoided! His "Dayi" wouldn't have to be forced to launch an offensive in advance at this time!
"It's all the fault of those damn women!" The captain continued to curse. He had long been disliked by these trembling women standing up to the team, but it was impossible to play the role of civilians without them. If there were still many young and strong men in the city in such a battle, the stupid guy could see the problem at a glance.
As soon as the "Dayi" was opened, it caused a major earthquake like a mountain collapse. The wall collapsed and the piles of goods flew away. Then the Qiong Army soldiers fled in scattered. Even the Qiong Army tanks and infantry fighting vehicles that were still showing off their power just now turned around and ran away! There was no intention of fighting with this monster at all.
He was very satisfied with his appearance as the captain of the "Dayi". As a captain who was strictly selected from the front line, this was the first time he saw the Qiong Army's tanks running away from him. This feeling was amazing! It was like drawing a fairy fog and making him look ecstatic. You know, he was usually the one who fled in the panic before receiving this "Dayi". Now, he finally enjoyed the experience of turning over the serfs singing for a while.
At this time, the commander of the "Dayi" did not know that the commander Zhu Qingyue of the Qiong Army was covered by the guards not far away and evacuated. So he placed his attack target on the Qiong Army tank that was facing him with the body of the vehicle and retreating at full speed. If he knew, he would definitely regret his decision at the time.
"Stop! Fire the gun! Don't let the Chinese chariot escape!" The chariot commanded loudly. Although the inside of the tank was very loud, the chariot who was sitting next to the chariot could still understand the order. Through the telephone in the front of the chariot's mouth, the chariot's command was also passed to the driver.
The crew of the monster "Dayi" only felt a violent sway under their feet, and the tank stopped steadily. Immediately afterwards, the main turret of the tank began to creak and turn the muzzle at the two retreating Qiong Army tanks. After aiming, there was a loud bang and the 105mm gun fired, but unfortunately it missed.
"Fixed! Lift the elevation angle by one degree, turn left by 5 degrees! Open fire!"
After nearly half a minute of filling, the second shell was finally fired. This time the Japanese were lucky. Although they still didn't hit, the near-lose bomb broke the tracks of the Qiong Army tanks. The Qiong Army tank soldiers who were unwilling to wait for the target immediately abandoned the car and fled, and in a blink of an eye, they slipped into the cracks in the room and disappeared.
The captain of the "Dayi" looked at another Qiong Army tank. At this time, the other party had already said that he had driven at least 1,500 meters away. He had no confidence in his tank gun hit rate and decided to save ammunition, so he did not fire the third gun again.
"Hmph! The Chinese man who is as timid as a mouse! Run away with his head!" Seeing that he had actually beaten a Qiong Army tank that had always crushed him around, the gunman of the "Dayi" couldn't help but feel very happy and laughed.
However, after the cannon leader smiled, his face was frowning again, he turned his head to look at the commander beside him, and asked, "Lieutenant, what should we do now?"
The captain rolled his eyes. How did he know what to do? According to the plan, they should hide here until the main force of the Qiong Army left. It would be best to be able to start suddenly until the Qiong Army armored troops and the Royal Army defensive troops in front were in full swing, and recapture the Zhifang and cut off the Qiong Army's retreat.
But it's different now, because the poor performance of the women's forward team exposed their hiding place too early. Even the main force of the Qiong Army was forced to attack without waiting for them to leave the city. Naturally, there was no question of surprise attacks or scapegoats. The problem facing the crew of the "Dayi" is how to deal with the Qiong Army's clearance troops that will inevitably follow one after another.
The captain of the "Dayi" thought about it carefully. This situation was already the worst in the previous combat plan. It was even more troublesome than the fact that the Qiong Army discovered that they were inappropriate when they entered the city.
Because the Qiong Army must launch a large-scale search in the city at this time, it is naturally impossible to continue to hide. According to the combat plan formulated before, what the "Dayi" can do under this situation is to launch a signal flare and notify the ambush personnel in the city to launch in advance, so as to try to restrain the main force of the Qiong Army before reinforcements arrive, and at least to turn the scheduled siege into a bad battle and nail the Qiong Army troops here.
However, the captain of the "Dayi" was seriously skeptical, because the Japanese ambush troops in the entire Rikaya City were just a mere corps. All that was left was a large number of women standing up. For those women who were not good enough to succeed, he only asked these people not to drag themselves back. As for how much role they could play, they could not count on them.
According to the plan, at this time, the troops in the city need to launch an attack on the headquarters of the Qiong Army. They strive to paralyze the command of the Qiong Army as quickly as possible, so that they have the opportunity to win in the chaos.
As the main force of this combat plan, most of the Japanese troops were not hidden in Naoka City. After all, this kind of situation is too risky, and a small county town cannot hold so many troops. Most of the Japanese troops were hidden in the mountains near Naoka. Since the Japanese army was local, the mountains near Naoka are many mountains, caves and canyons. It is too easy to hide a group of troops in a short time. The ambush troops in the city are just to create chaos, and the real attack is actually the troops hidden in the outer mountainous areas.
The "Dayi" was very worried about whether the troops in the city could persist to the arrival of the troops outside the city. He was really unsure about this. The only good news is that in addition to his "Dayi", there are more than a dozen other tanks in the Zhifang City. Although they are all light tanks, they are at least much stronger than infantry, right?
"People who came before said that the Qiong Army's command was really a municipal primary school, right? Let's attack there now!"
The commander finally made a decision. Anyway, they had been exposed, so a beheading operation would be done. At this time, the Qiong Army had not reacted yet. The command center's garrison should not be sufficient. If the attack was timely, it might allow them to gain some advantage.
After placing the order, the captain of the "Dayi" took off a signal gun from the bracket on the side wall and crawled out of the car body, and fired three green signal flares into the sky. According to the agreement, this was a signal for the attack to be launched in advance.
The Japanese monster tanks rushed towards the municipal primary school where the Qiong Army Headquarters were located. However, although the word "rush", the speed of monster tanks such as "Dayi" is actually very slow. Designed to have a fastest speed of 25 kilometers per hour. Obviously, the "Dayi" did not meet the standard in this indicator. Now, after starting, it only has the turtle climbed 8 kilometers per hour.
After walking slowly for more than half an hour, the entire Zhifang City was already in chaos. The Japanese hiding in the city picked up their hidden weapons and launched an attack on the Qiong Army.
Their opponent Qiongjun was not slow to react. Thanks to the walkie-talkie arranged to the squad, when Zhu Qingyue saw the monster "Dayi", he immediately issued an order to the Qiongjun soldiers in the city to make them pay attention to the Japanese in the city.
As a result, the Japanese raid naturally lost its effect and turned into a strong attack. Although the Qiong Army soldiers scattered throughout the city often fell into a situation where there were few enemies and more, their opponents were women who had almost never experienced military training. Although these women were holding a Type 38 rifle that could kill people, they failed nine out of ten shots and could not chew the infantry squads that formed a defensive formation in the Qiong Army. Often, a group of them rushed up and were wiped out by the Qiong Army's automatic weapons. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!