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

Chapter 116 Breaking Through the Japanese Defense Line, Seya Kei Wants to Escape

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Akashiba Yaezo considered that the enemy might just be bluffing, and that their so-called war vehicles were actually modified trucks.

But what's charging towards them right now is a real tank force.

The armor plates covered in rivets, the gun barrels and cannon barrels protruding from the vehicle, and the constantly rolling tracks—these are absolutely impossible to fake.

"Fire!!!"

He roared, and the anti-tank guns roared back to life.

However, before these Japanese 37mm anti-tank guns could fire even a few shells, they were locked onto by the tank gunners and became the primary targets.

"BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!"

Anti-tank guns and short-barreled guns continuously bombarded these Japanese anti-tank positions.

The Japanese soldiers who were slow to shift their firepower were quickly dismantled, along with their artillery, into pieces scattered here and there.

As for the Japanese rifles and machine guns, they were completely ineffective when they hit the armor plates, and could not cause any damage to these charging armored tracked vehicles.

Akashiba Yaezo suddenly noticed something and roared:

"Shoot the tires! Those armored vehicles have tires on the front!!!"

This type of armored tracked vehicle has two wheels in the front and tracks in the back, in order to balance off-road and on-road performance.

The Japanese soldiers also concentrated their firepower on the tires.

But when the bullets hit, there was no sign of a flat tire or the vehicle going out of control. It continued to speed along at an extremely high speed, showing no intention of stopping.

Because it was a solid fetus.

There are also run-flat tires.

This was a lot of merit points that Li Jianghe had exchanged to upgrade, which really made him feel bad.

Finally, after a brief exchange of fire, the armored tracked vehicle charged directly into the Japanese position.

Akashiba Yaezo said angrily:

"Use cluster grenades! Detonate at close range!!!"

However, once those tracked armored vehicles rushed into the Japanese positions, they no longer gave the Japanese troops time to organize an attack.

On the armored vehicles, the soldiers were firing their submachine guns, rifles, and grenades at the Japanese troops inside the position.

"Da da da!!!!"

This roar will become a nightmare for every Japanese soldier.

Those submachine guns, with their extremely high rate of fire and large-capacity magazines, were far superior to the bolt-action rifles and Type 38 rifles used by the Japanese army.

When Yaezo Akashiba saw the collapsing battle line ahead, he knew the situation was dire. They were helpless against such a high-speed and powerful attack.

Unless positions are deployed in advance, specifically defensive positions are set up against these armored forces.

However, the intelligence did not mention that these enemies were equipped with a large number of armored vehicles, and the Chinese troops they encountered before were all infantry, with very few artillery units.

Just then, a soldier came running up, shouting:

"Commander, Brigade Commander Seya has ordered our troops to cover the main force's retreat. The rear defense line has also collapsed, and the enemy is flanking us from both sides."

Upon hearing this, Akashiba Yaezo turned his head to look behind him, where flames were shooting into the sky, explosions were happening constantly, and dense gunfire was echoing.

He had initially thought that the enemy attacking from the rear was just a feint, and that the real main attack was from the front. Now it seemed that the front was the feint, and the enemy from the rear was the real threat.

"How many armored vehicles are there?"

Akashiba Yaezō was amazed and realized that retreating now was the right decision.

If they don't retreat now, the enemy's armored forces will encircle them from both flanks, and they won't be able to escape.

However, his troops needed to stay behind to hold off the enemy, which made him realize that his 10th Regiment was likely to suffer extremely heavy losses.

"Order the troops to hold off the enemy's attack at all costs!"

As Akashiba Yaezo said this, he looked ahead and thought to himself, "Brigade Commander, you may have overestimated me. My troops may not be able to hold out."

Meanwhile, the Japanese 63rd Regiment, which was originally going to support the brigade headquarters, received a new order before it had even reached the halfway point – to retreat.

This puzzled Fukuei Shinpei greatly. He thought to himself, "Our Imperial Japanese Army has been invincible and unstoppable since the Battle of Pingjin. When has it ever retreated voluntarily?"

Why would we retreat at this point? Is the enemy stronger than us?

He sent a telegram to inquire, but the reply he received was that the enemy's armored forces were attacking and could not be resisted, so they had to retreat to preserve their lives.

Fukuei Shinpei was dumbfounded.

"Armored units? What armored units? Is this still the Chinese army? Who are these guys over there?"

Despite his doubts, he had no choice but to obey the order since it had already been given.

Furthermore, if they were to encounter enemy armored forces, and judging from what Brigade Commander Seya Kei said, the front line might not be able to hold out.

Throwing my own squad in would probably be of no use.

After much deliberation, he decided that, to be on the safe side, he should run away.

Huang Zhenbiao of the 788th Regiment, leading his support troops, had soldiers running over to report to their superiors when they reached the southern part of Teng County:

"Retreat? What do you mean? Did we scare you away?"

The soldier shook his head and said:

"It's probably not that likely. The scouts said it was at least a Japanese regiment, and the tire tracks left on the road were terrifying."

"retreat?"

Huang Zhenbiao was a little confused. After thinking for a while, he said:

"It couldn't be that the Japanese were driven back from Teng County, could it?"

"That's probably unlikely. There are tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers in this group."

The adjutant standing nearby thought it was unlikely.

Huang Zhenbiao pondered for a moment and said:

"Send the cavalry company over to check the situation. Let's hold off for now and wait and see."

Akashiba Yaezo's stomach started rumbling again.

But at this moment, Akashiba Yaezō couldn't care less about anything else. He was wielding his katana, directing his troops to continue advancing.

Passive defense cannot stop the onslaught of armored forces; only offense, only offense!

However, the 10th Regiment had already suffered heavy losses in daytime battles.

Now that they are being attacked head-on by armored forces, how can they possibly hold out?

"Have the brigade commander and his men withdrawn?"

Akashiba Yaezo asked the staff officer standing beside him.

"They've already evacuated by truck, so we can evacuate too."

"The staff officer shouted."

Akashiba Yaezo looked around, gave a wry smile, and said:

"Where do we retreat to?"

The staff officer also realized that it was too late, far too late.

Because the enemy armored forces that had launched a surprise attack from the rear had also rushed over and surrounded them.

The Japanese 63rd Regiment was expected to come to the rescue, but this unit had already been ordered to withdraw from the battle and preserve its strength.

"Charge! Order the soldiers to charge!!!!"

Akashiba Yaezo roared and led the remaining Japanese soldiers toward the surging armored force, which resembled a torrent.