Chapter 55: Iron King's Eight Tears! Seeking Recommendations! Seeking Collections!

  The Japanese army's tank battalion had eight Type 97 tanks and four Type 95 tanks, all of which were light tanks. Upon receiving the order, two Type 95 and three Type 97 tanks from the Japanese tank troops entered the city through a gap in the city wall. Advancing along the main street, the Japanese infantry followed behind the tanks, using them as cover to charge forward.

  The warriors inside the house discovered the enemy's tank and threw out hand grenades, but the enemy's tank was unscathed. The cannon turned around, "Boom" a shell fired from the 58mm barrel of the Japanese tank, whizzing straight at the house, "Boom" a loud explosion, the blast blew the unknown soldiers hiding in the house out. Soon the enemy infantry rushed up and added two bayonet stabs.

  Such a situation was staged in Tong County, and many warriors' bullets hit the tank and were bounced off. A single grenade was not enough to destroy the Japanese tank. Some warriors had just thrown grenades and were hit by the dense machine gun bullets fired from the devil's tank, falling into the blood pool.

  There were also some fearless warriors who hugged the explosive packs and rushed towards the enemy's tanks, but under the devil's machine gun fire, most of the warriors were swept to the ground before they could touch the enemy's tanks. Some soldiers rushed up but were hit by the devils following behind the tanks.

  Soon, under the cover of tanks, the devils quickly advanced forward, and the snipers also suffered casualties, most of whom died under the firepower of the devil's tanks.

  "Commander, the enemy's tanks have entered the city, our brothers can't hold on!" Lai San rushed to Zhang Mingyu's command center and shouted loudly.

  "Sun Dali!" Zhang Mingyu shouted.

  "Yes!" Hearing Zhang Mingyu call out to him, Sun Dali hastily ran in from outside the command center.

  "Bring the anti-tank gun with me and take out that little devil's King Eight!" Zhang Mingyu extinguished a cigarette and picked up his submachine gun.

  "Yes!" Sun Dali hastily stood up straight and replied.

  Zhang Mingyu then said to Tie Niu beside him: "Tie Niu, take a company and two mortars to the East City District to support the Sichuan Army's battle. Tell General Wang Mingchang to organize a dare-to-die team to blow up the enemy tanks."

  "Yes!" Iron Bull shouted loudly: "First battalion, follow me!" He led the first battalion of the guard company to rush towards the eastern part of the city. Due to the large number of troops in the 122nd Division, they took on most of the defensive tasks within Tongxian City. Tongxian City is a north-south city with a main street running through the middle. The enemy attacked from the south gate, and the Independent Regiment defended the western part of the city and part of the main street. Wang Mingzhang led the 122nd Division to defend the eastern part of the city and most of the main street.

  Three enemy tanks attacked the western city, one Type 95 and two Type 97, advancing forward along the street with two squads of devils behind. Although the soldiers of the independent regiment had blown up houses and rubble on the street, they could not stop the advance of the devil's tank.

  The streets on both sides were firing bullets and throwing hand grenades, but soon suffered a counterattack from the enemy's artillery fire. Zhang Mingyu led the guard platoon and the artillery company with two anti-tank guns to the back of a fortification, quickly adjusting the gun barrels. The enemy tanks were rumbling forward, spewing out smoke, and the two heavy machine guns in the front fortification began to roar, firing bullets that bounced off the tank's armor. The cannon on the enemy tank started to rotate, and a machine gun also began to fire, suppressing the machine gunners in the front fortification. "Boom!" The enemy tank fired. A shell accurately landed on the machine gun position in front, blowing four machine gunners and two Maxim heavy machine guns into the sky.

  The Japanese soldiers behind the tank cheered, as if celebrating their invincible tank. Zhang Mingyu urged: "Dali, you damn it, hurry up, the devils' tank is about to rush up."

  "Alright!" Sun Dali didn't have time to wipe the sweat from his forehead as he shouted, "Shell!" The deputy gunner took a shell from the ammunition box and handed it to Sun Dali. After receiving the shell, Sun Dali skillfully loaded it. He pulled the firing cord. "Boom! Thud!" The shell accurately hit the Japanese Type 97 tank that was proudly showing off its might just moments before.

  The shell easily penetrated the thin armor of the Type 97, exploding inside the tank and completely destroying it. The front Type 97 exploded and caught fire, while the two Japanese tanks behind it retreated in reverse gear, crushing a large number of infantrymen following behind them.

  The devils behind were also forced to retreat quickly, Zhang Mingyu did not let the soldiers pursue, because he knew that the 6.5mm caliber machine gun on the devil's tank was not vegetarian, now letting the soldiers rush up would be giving the devil's machine gunner live targets. During the withdrawal of the devil's tanks, another tank was hit by Sun Dali. The remaining tank directly exited the city.

  Zhang Mingyu turned around and slapped Sun Dali's head with a loud "slap", saying: "Damn it, we don't have many shells left, you good-for-nothing won't save some for later, luckily I hit the target, otherwise wasting one shell would make me kill you."

  Sun Dali wanted to cry at this time and said gloomily: "Master, when the devils retreated just now, didn't you tell me to fire another shot?"

  Zhang Mingyu thought about it and indeed, when the devils retreated earlier, he did shout: "Dali, don't let those little devils run away, give them a good beating!" But since they've already fought, they can't admit their mistake, or else how would they survive in the future? Zhang Mingyu pretended to be nonchalant and said: "Did I say that? When did I ever say that?" He then asked several soldiers around him, who, intimidated by their commander's authority, all shook their heads.

  "Haha! You see, the brothers didn't hear it. But you little guy did a good job this time, after finishing this battle, I'll reward you with half a catty of roasted melon seeds."

  Sun Dali, who was still despising Zhang Mingyu in his heart, immediately lit up when he heard about the roasted pumpkin and stood up straight, saying loudly: "Thank you, Master!"

  East of the city.

  A group of Sichuan soldiers surrounded a Type 95 tank, some using the machetes in their hands to chop at it, others using the butts of their rifles to pound on it, hoping to smash open this damned iron monster. The tactics in the minds of the Sichuan soldiers were still the backward tactics from the warlord era, lacking experience with modern combat, and they didn't know how to destroy the enemy's tank - bullets just bounced off when fired at it, and big knives just got stuck when chopped into it.

  More than 30 soldiers, some standing on tanks, with clubs in their hands, and some soldiers in front trying to block the tank's advance with wooden boards, but all were ineffective. The enemy tank continued to move forward, and the warriors who blocked it were shot by the enemy machine gun, falling to the ground one after another. A platoon of more than 30 people could not destroy an enemy tank.

  The last warrior climbed onto the tank, pulled out a hand grenade, and pressed it under his body on the tank. With a loud bang, the devil's machine gun was blown up, and the warrior himself was also blown to death. However, the devil's tank continued to advance forward, and the cannon barrel continued to fire non-stop. The shells fell on the front fortifications of the Sichuan army's position and exploded, and a large number of devils followed up. The remaining warriors stubbornly counterattacked, knocking down the devil soldiers one by one.

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