223: pure mobile force operations

Liuhe Dyeing Factory secret base.

After Ah Fu's strict screening, 376 Security Team Members in good physical condition lined up neatly.

They were the entire force for tonight's operation.

In the team, there were veteran backbones like Li Zhenshan and Bai Jinbiao.

There were also newly joined faces like Feng Hanqing, Zhou Wen, and Zheng Chong.

Lu Fan stood before a giant military map, his gaze sweeping over every resolute or slightly nervous face.

Before coming, he had spent two hours conducting aerial reconnaissance of the Japanese devils in the Banshan and Luodian areas.

"The situation is worse than we thought."

He detailed the Japanese Army's troop deployment, machine gun nests, and artillery positions along the Yunchuan Highway and the outskirts of Yuepu.

Even the patrol intervals—the precision of it shocked all the team members, especially the newly joined Zhou Wen and others.

Lu Fan got straight to the point, his finger pointing at Yuepu Town, "The Japanese devils have completed their deployment and will launch a general offensive on Yuepu at dawn."

Feng Hanqing looked closely at the troop situation on the map and chimed in: "Once Yuepu falls, the Japanese Army on the southern line can strike directly at Yangxing.

On the western line, they can outflank the side and rear of Luodian; the entire front line is in danger of collapsing."

"So, we cannot follow the little devils' rhythm. Tonight, we must take the initiative and launch a night raid."

Lu Fan's voice was unequivocal, and he immediately gave the order: "Tonight, we head north along the Yunchuan Highway, straight into the enemy-occupied area.

Then, the entire staff will deploy as a fully tank-equipped force to launch a surprise attack on the enemy!"

Lu Fan scanned the crowd and urged: "Remember, our goal is not occupation, but to utilize the mobility and firepower of the tanks.

To maximize the destruction of the Japanese Army's effective strength and disrupt their offensive deployment.

To summarize: play to our strengths and avoid weaknesses, and kill effectively!"

The veteran members who had followed Lu Fan since the first phase were all rubbing their hands in excitement.

They roared in low voices: "Great! Finally, the entire staff can be fully tank-equipped and launch a Blitzkrieg."

"The entire staff tank-equipped?"

"Blitzkrieg?"

Suppressed exclamations suddenly rang out in the team, especially from the newly joined members, whose eyes were full of disbelief.

One must know that tanks were an absolute rarity in the Chinese army of this era.

The entire country couldn't even put together a structured, pure tank mobile force.

The dozen or so tanks of the Security Team were, in their view, already the limit for this tier.

But now, Lu Fan actually said the entire staff would be fully tank-equipped; how could they not be shocked?

Among them, Zhou Wen, who had studied in Hans Cat and systematically learned armored tactics, was even more shocked beyond words.

He knew too well what the word "Blitzkrieg" meant.

In all of Europe, only Hans Cat had the foundation to implement a Blitzkrieg.

This civilian team actually had the confidence to implement a Blitzkrieg; this completely overturned his perception of this team.

An unprecedented surge of heat rushed to his heart, filling him with an indescribable expectation for the team's future.

His originally swaying thoughts instantly settled down.

"In this operation, we will deploy 63 tanks, with four people per vehicle, and 13 Armed Infantry Fighting Vehicles, with 10 people per vehicle."

Lu Fan briskly gave the final instructions: "Jin Biao, Hanqing, group everyone as quickly as possible, and pay attention to having the veterans lead the new recruits."

"Understood~~"

At midnight, the team set out secretly.

To maintain stealth, the transportation used this time were high-power silent electric vehicles Lu Fan brought from modern times.

The convoy was like ghosts in the dark night, silently driving out of the Concession and detouring along the planned route toward the outskirts of Yangxing Town.

At one in the morning, in an abandoned Brick Kiln Factory outside Yangxing Town.

The team members were completely shocked by the scene before them.

Under the moonlight, rows of type 80 main battle tanks and Type 63 Armored Vehicles painted in jungle camouflage were parked quietly.

Their steel bodies glinted with a cold luster, and their thick, long gun barrels pointed straight at the sky, full of a sense of power.

"Good heavens..."

Third Kid from the Sichuan Army opened his mouth wide.

The most powerful thing he had ever seen in his life was a mortar.

Where had he ever seen a scene where so many steel behemoths were lined up together? He felt it was even difficult to breathe.

"Quick! According to the pre-arranged groups, board the vehicles!" Li Zhenshan roared in a low voice, being the first to jump into the driver's compartment of a tank.

Under the guidance of the veteran members, the other members moved quickly and took their positions.

Lu Fan sat in a command tank and said solemnly into the microphone: "All vehicles attention, according to the pre-arranged plan, the assault begins!"

The roar of the engines instantly broke the silent night.

More than sixty type 80 tanks, like awakened steel behemoths, formed an assault formation and crushed through ruins and fields.

They pounced toward the infantry battalion positions ahead, followed closely by fifteen Armored Personnel Carriers.

The Japanese Army positions were clearly unprepared.

Most of the Japanese devils were still asleep, and the sentries only heard a strange roaring sound coming from a distance.

Before they could react, they saw a steel torrent break through the outer obstacles and come crashing down.

The 105mm rifled guns of the type 80 tanks spat out hot flames, accurately hitting the Japanese Army's machine gun fortifications and barracks.

Anti-aircraft machine guns and flat-fire machine guns sprayed a dense rain of bullets, harvesting any target that dared to move.

"Enemy attack! Tan..."

The Japanese officer who was the first to react hadn't even finished his exclamation before he was drowned out by the deafening sound of gunfire.

The armored vehicle Zheng Chong was in followed closely behind the tank unit.

Seeing his teammates calmly sniping the Japanese devils;

Seeing the tanks crush the Japanese devils' sandbag fortifications like plowing a field;

Seeing the panicked Japanese devils get riddled with machine gun fire as soon as they rushed out of their tents;

This pure, crushing way of fighting gave him an unprecedented shock and... pleasure!

So this is how you can fight the Japanese devils!

As the tank commander, Zhou Wen commanded a type 80 tank.

He skillfully observed through the periscope and gave the command: "Two hundred meters ahead, Japanese mortar position! Armor-piercing shell! Fire!"

Boom! With a loud bang, the mortar team that had just been set up, along with their weapons, disappeared.

"Left flank, Japanese infantry gathering! Machine gun fire!"

The vehicle-mounted machine gun spat out tongues of fire, mowing down the Japanese devils who were trying to organize a counter-charge in swaths.

Zhou Wen's heart surged; this feeling of having such powerful firepower perfectly controlled was truly exhilarating.

This tank was far more than a hundred times, even a thousand times more powerful than the Tiger tanks of Hans Cat.

For a moment, he was completely committed; only here could he apply what he had learned to serve his country by killing the enemy.

The battle was almost a one-sided slaughter.

The Japanese infantry battalion, under circumstances where they were completely unprepared,

Encountered an armored cluster assault that completely transcended the era, and they couldn't organize any effective resistance at all.

Rifles and light machine guns hitting the tank armor could only create sparks.

The Japanese suicide squads trying to get close for demolition were also easily eliminated by the accompanying armored vehicle fire.

In less than half an hour, this fully equipped Japanese infantry battalion was completely wiped out, leaving the position in a mess.

Only burning tents and corpses everywhere remained.

"Don't stop! Floor the gas pedal and keep moving!" Lu Fan's order was transmitted to every vehicle via radio.

"Along the Yunchuan Highway, sweep the strongholds along the way; target, the Japanese Army headquarters in Baoshan County Seat!"