As mentioned before, the war in this era has become "attack is greater than defense".

At this time, the Chinese troops were the attacking side, so they took some advantage... For example, before the war started, the Chinese troops could use reconnaissance aircraft to conduct reconnaissance on the Japanese defense line, and soon obtained photos of the Japanese defense line, so they could carry out targeted attacks based on these photos.

The weakness of the Japanese defense line lies in the east.

This may be related to the geographical environment of Siping... The eastern part of Siping is the remnant of Changbai Mountain, with dense natural forests growing, while the central and western parts are fertile fields and flat terrain, especially in the west, which connects the endless Kohlbi grassland.

Although Lieutenant General Utumura was not a wise commander, even a fool knew that mechanized troops were more suitable for attacking on terrain with flat terrain with fewer trees. So Lieutenant General Utumura naturally devoted a large amount of troops and time to the west... He built crisscrossing anti-tank trenches, trenches and traffic trenches in the west, densely packed like spider webs on the plain, and there were only a few anti-tank trenches built on the high ground in the east.

There should be no problem with the deployment of Shangmura, and it can even be said to be smart... Anti-tanks, trenches, and transportation trenches do not require the Japanese army to do it. The puppet army just needs to pull groups of Chinese people up, and it will be almost done in just ten hours... In fact, it has not met what Shangmura expects, mainly because Shangmura did not expect that the Chinese troops would reach Siping in such a short time.

However, Uemura was not worried, because he believed that no matter how powerful the cannons and aircraft of the China Team were, it would be impossible to blow up these dense anti-tank trenches, trenches, etc. in the next battle, if the enemy uses the cover of tanks to launch an attack, the Japanese army can use the cover of trenches and traffic trenches to approach the tanks, and then use bags, clusters, etc. to blow up the tanks.

This tactic is correct in principle, because the bottom armor of the tank is very weak, and even the "Sheerman" tank is only more than ten millimeters thick. It can be blown through with a cluster and cause devastating damage to the people inside. Lieutenant General Uemura is even in the middle, and the West has organized a blasting team and even conducted a certain pre-war training.

In addition, Uemura also organized puppet troops and Chinese workers... to repair them at any time and dig through the trenches that were blown up.

But "imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel"!

The battle situation did not develop as Uemura imagined... The direction of the attack of the Zhong** team was not the central or western part, but it was the eastern part that Uemura thought was unlikely.

This may be because Lieutenant General Uemura missed a little... He thought that the tanks of the Centre Team might be like Japanese tanks and could not pass through the forest.

What Lieutenant General Uemura didn't know is that even the medium-sized Type 97 tank had only 170 horsepower, and the total combat weight was only 15 tons. The engine of the "Sheerman" tank reached 500 horsepower, and the total combat weight was 33 tons. This is not a heavyweight thing at all.

So, when the two brigades of Japanese troops stationed in the east saw the "Sheerman" tanks of the China Team, pushing down trees as thick as thighs towards their positions, they were so scared that they ran away... The eastern defense line collapsed before the China Team arrived.

However, the two brigades of Japanese troops were unable to run back to Siping Street in the end (Note: Siping was still a Siping street market at this time, and after the Japanese surrendered in 1945, it was changed to Siping City). After the "Sheerman" tanks drove a road in the forest, half-tracked armored vehicles quickly chased after them, and then "wagh" rows of Japanese soldiers who were about to escape were swept to the ground.

This was specifically explained by Zhang Chi... mainly because he was worried that the Japanese army would cause casualties to the people after they ran back to the city, so he must eliminate them outside the city.

Needless to say, the war in the following year, as soon as the eastern defense line was broken, the tanks and half-tracked armored vehicles of the Chinese team poured into the central plain like floods that broke the dike... It can only be described as "the sky is high and the birds fly, and the sea is wide and the fish are leaping with fish." Armored vehicles, tanks, etc. shuttled quickly behind the Japanese defense line, and attacked the Japanese army with almost no protection. At the same time, the Chinese troops pressing on the front also suppressed the Japanese army. The crossfire of the two sides only killed the Japanese army in the middle so that they could not be defeated.

Only then did Uemura truly see the strength of the Central ** team. He hurriedly shouted at the staff officer and ordered: "Bitch, order the retreat quickly! Retreat the city!"

The staff officer hurriedly shouted at the phone: "Retreat, retreat!"

But at this time the Japanese army had completely lost control... This is not about communication issues. Before the war, Uemura considered the artillery advantages of the Chinese team, so he buried the telephone line underground and in different locations, in different directions, many roots were buried in the emergency.

The key is that the order has been conveyed but cannot be effectively implemented...

The Japanese corps captain received an order and conveyed it to the brigade captain, but the brigade captain was half dead.

The captain passed the order to the squadron leader again... Damn, there is only one squadron leader left! What's the situation?!

After finally reaching the squadron leader, the squad leader passed the order to the soldiers... The soldiers shouted in their hearts: "You sister, the enemy's mouth is pressed to the forehead, and they are still executing a ghost's order. Save their lives first!

So you ordered you, I will do whatever I should do!

Therefore, once this battle reaches a tense point, especially if there is such emergencies that have not been considered in advance, the quality and training of the troops will become particularly important.

If it is a well-trained army, even if it encounters such a situation, it can resolutely obey orders, even if it is known that it is death, it is willing to do so, because they know that this is to sacrifice the ego to preserve the ego, so they will organize retreats in an orderly manner. Even if they do not need the orders of their superiors, they will spontaneously organize defenses and retreat layer by layer.

But unfortunately, the 135th Division of the Japanese Army was not a well-trained unit, so they fell into chaos when the defense line collapsed...

This situation made the Chinese troops interspersed in the Japanese army like tigers storming into the flock of sheep. According to the soldiers who came back, the fight was soft and the enemies were everywhere... They were holding low-fire 38 covers, which could not be compared with the 1 in the hands of the soldiers, not to mention the protection of armored vehicles.

The only thing the warriors have to worry about is what if they finish fighting?! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!