Chapter 214: Sherman Tanks Debut Against Japanese Doting Tanks
At the Beiping garrison, Zhou Wenhua also quickly received news that his more than 30 U-boats transferred back from overseas had already arrived at the designated island and were lurking there, and steamboats were also being used to transport the submarine crews there in batches, allowing them to take turns to the Foreign Public Concession for rest and recuperation, waiting for the outbreak of the Battle of Shanghai before entering combat status.
At this time, outside Beiping City, the sounds of guns and cannons were also incessant, because the German-equipped clone troops dispatched by Zhou Wenhua, after loudly cursing and ridiculing Lieutenant General Kawagishi Fumisaburo, Division Commander of the Japanese Army 20th Division, and the opponent’s Japanese Troops,
both sides immediately sparked intense battle flames, especially Lieutenant General Kawagishi Fumisaburo, Division Commander of the 20th Division, who was even more bulging with veins, swearing to kill Zhou Wenhua and his German-equipped clone troops completely, and to hang Zhou Wenhua’s corpse on the walls of Beiping, whip it and subject it to all kinds of torture until it was torn apart by five horses.
So facing the Japanese Army 20th Division’s frenzied, exceptionally fierce offensive operation, and the desperate offensive command operation of Lieutenant General Kawagishi Fumisaburo, who was equally suicidal,
Zhou Wenhua’s German-equipped clone troops were also fighting desperately, so both sides’ troops quickly littered the ground with corpses, especially the Japanese Troops, which suffered even heavier casualties, although the German-equipped clone troops had opened the City Gate,
but due to the heavy firepower equipment of these German-equipped clone troops being simply too numerous and ferocious, especially the flat fire from those MG42 general-purpose machine guns and DShK 12.7mm machine gun clusters,
completely sweeping all incoming Japanese Army into beehives, wave after wave of Japanese Troops launching pig-rush desperate charge assaults were thus beaten back wave after wave, with heavy casualties,
“Baka Yarou! What the hell is going on? Why do these German-Equipped Chinese Army have heavy machine guns with such ferocious firepower? And what are those machine guns, their flat fire power is so terrifying?”
“Where are our heavy machine gun units? And the mortar units, and grenade launcher rounds? Knock out these damned Chinese Army’s heavy machine gun clusters for me, and those machine gun clusters that look like anti-aircraft machine gun clusters, eliminate them all immediately!”
Watching his Japanese Troops suffering casualties batch after batch, yet still unable to advance a single step, able to break into Beiping City guarded by Zhou Wenhua.
“Report, Your Excellency Division Commander!”
“Our mortar units and grenade launcher rounds have already suffered mostly casualties, now only a small portion remains, and mostly wounded troops!”
“So unable to comprehensively knock out all of the enemy army’s heavy machine gun units, and our heavy machine gun units, all heavy machine gunners have already been annihilated!”
“All precisely shot dead by the enemy army’s sharpshooters!”
Facing the orders of Lieutenant General Kawagishi Fumisaburo, Division Commander of the 20th Division,
his adjutant Inada, however, panickedly made the report.
“Baka! How could this be, most casualties, annihilation?”
“Damned Chinese Army, immediately send out all Empire tank units for attack operation, must assist our Imperial Army to fully capture China’s Beiping City! And concentrate all our field gun units and all artillery units together, prepare for artillery bombardment, I want to bomb to death the City Gate of this damned Chinese City, and those damned German-equipped Chinese troops, all of them!”
Upon hearing this bad news,
Lieutenant General Kawagishi Fumisaburo, Division Commander, became even more furious, roaring and bellowing.
Then, even more desperate combat orders immediately came out of his mouth.
“Hai!”
Seeing the murderous gaze of Division Commander Lieutenant General Kawagishi Fumisaburo,
Adjutant Inada immediately cleverly agreed quickly.
Not daring to say more, he felt that as long as he said one more word, the other would unhesitatingly chop him dead on the spot.
Immediately after, Adjutant Inada turned and left at the fastest speed in his life, to act on orders.
Moments later, more than 20 Type 96 Tanks appeared under the Beiping City Gate, assisting the Japanese Army in organizing the tenth offensive operation on the City Gate.
But just as these Japanese Doting Tanks began advancing, with Japanese infantry following in combat,
suddenly an unbelievable scene appeared,
because from inside the Beiping City Gate, surprisingly more than 30 Sherman Tanks also emerged,
“Hiss! Baka Yarou! How could this be? Am I seeing things?”
“The German-equipped Chinese troops inside Beiping City actually have tank units too, and more numerous than my tanks? What the hell is going on? Where did their tank units come from? How were they transported here? Why did our intelligence department, surveillance points, and reconnaissance unit know nothing?”
After seeing the dreamlike unreal appearance of the Sherman Tank units in front of him,
Division Commander Lieutenant General Kawagishi Fumisaburo was instantly shocked, widening his eyes and exclaiming aloud.
His eyes were full of incredulous expressions,
He could not imagine such a combat scene so beyond his expectations,
Especially since China, which has always had zero industrial foundation, actually has tank units?
And they seemed not to be the tank models from the Foreign Powers that he usually saw being sold.
So one can imagine how shocked Division Commander Lieutenant General Kawagishi Fumisaburo’s mind was at this moment, utterly incredulous to the extreme.
