The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The wind and sand had subsided a bit that day, but the German army still blew the whistle to wake up and assemble when the sky was dim as usual... After staying in the desert for a long time, it is natural to sum up some experiences. For example, before the sun comes out, the temperature is still The temperature is around zero, which is very suitable for tanks to travel, so tanks can move forward at a faster speed.

The British army followed the German army for two days and formed a habit... to sleep for an extra half hour.

This is determined by their speed being faster than the German army. Anyway, if they get up too early, they can only wait for the German army to go first. They have to stop and go on the road and cannot let go of the pursuit. Therefore, the British army usually starts with The scouts followed at the front, and the main force was guided by the scouts at the rear.

This time, a company of the British 3rd Mechanized Cavalry Regiment was responsible for tracking. It consisted of 6 "Stuart" tanks, 10 armored vehicles and two cars. The commander of this unit was Captain Cecil.

Captain Cecil immediately felt that there was something different about the German army's march today. Their speed was particularly fast, and they seemed to want to get rid of him.

"It seems that the Germans are a little impatient!" Captain Cecil stood on the moving Humber armored vehicle and looked at the German troops in the distance with his binoculars.

"Don't they know that tanks will leave deep track marks?" The driver replied: "They can't get rid of us!"

The driver was right. The tanks would leave deep tank marks in the sand. As long as it didn't take too long, the British army could easily find the German army's route. In addition, the British tanks were faster than the German army. Therefore, it is almost impossible for the German army to get rid of the British army... This is also the importance of speed in desert operations. The British army suffered a lot in this regard before, but they did not expect that the tide will turn now.

What the driver and Captain Cecil didn't expect was that the German army didn't want to get rid of them at all, but wanted to eliminate them.

"Speed ​​up!" Captain Cecil ordered: "Don't let them escape!"

"Yes, speed up!" the orderer shouted while using flag language to issue orders to the surrounding soldiers.

For a company, it seems more convenient and faster to use a small flag to command.

So the British armored vehicles and tanks accelerated to chase the German troops. Suddenly, the German troops disappeared because there was a small hill in front of them blocking the view.

But Captain Cecil was not panicked, because as the driver said, there were tracks imprinted there, and he was not worried that the German army would disappear before his eyes.

However, when Captain Cecil led his men up the sand dunes, he discovered that he was wrong...

Suddenly, a neat formation of tanks appeared in front of them. The German "Pop 3" tanks were followed by groups of infantry. A row of black barrels and gun barrels were pointed at them, and everyone looked murderous. Soaring.

With a "squeak!" sound, the driver slammed on the brakes, but due to the slippage of the sand, the armored vehicle drove forward for a while under the inertia before stopping, so that the armored vehicle almost hit the tank's gun barrel.

Captain Cecil only had time to shout: "God!"

Then the tank gun made a loud "bang", and Captain Cecil and his armored vehicle were blown into the sky very simply.

Then other tanks opened fire one after another, and in a short while more than a dozen British tanks and armored vehicles were blown to pieces. The British scouts had no time to fight back, and were wiped out within a few minutes... The reason it took a few minutes was because From time to time, a few survivors climbed out of the armored vehicles and tried to escape, but they were quickly knocked to the ground by bullets fired by German soldiers.

This is a very common scene on the battlefield, but it is very cruel when you think about it. These British troops are definitely willing to surrender... This is a common feature of the British army and even the European and American armies. They are unable to change the situation of the war or are unable to resist. Surrender is an option and will not be considered a disgrace.

But the German army did not give the British army time to surrender, so more than a hundred British soldiers disappeared. The more than a hundred British soldiers who were alive and kicking just now turned into a pile of bloody corpses in the blink of an eye.

Then Colonel Olbridge waved his hand, and the tank rumbled across the sand dunes and advanced in the direction of the British 7th Armored Division.

At this time, the British army did not know what happened. Although they heard a few faint sounds of cannons and gunshots, small-scale battles had occurred from time to time in the past few days, so they thought it was just the scouts chasing after them. He was attacked by the Germans when he was too close, so he ignored it and continued to advance in a marching column.

As a result, before they had walked ten minutes, they saw a group of tanks approaching in the wind and sand ahead... Of course, it was the enemy's tank group. Only then did the British army realize that the danger had come to them.

"Get into formation and prepare for battle!" the British officer shouted.

But it was already too late, because the German tanks had accelerated and rushed into the range... To be precise, it should be within the line of sight. Affected by the wind and sand, the distance between the enemy and ourselves could only be blurred at a distance of two hundred meters. to see the shadow of the enemy.

"Free fire!" Colonel Olbridge ordered.

"No. 3" slowed down after receiving the order, and then stopped from time to time for a few seconds... The moment the tank went from moving to stationary was actually not suitable for shooting, because the tank body would shake violently due to inertia, so The gunner has to wait for the tank to stop and then adjust the elements to find the target... This is the so-called "short stop firing" and is also the reason why the tank slows down.

The British "Stuart" tanks on the other side also did not have the ability to fire while moving, so they responded in the same way.

However, the head-on "Stuart" is obviously not as good as the "No. 3" equipped with a 50MM tank gun. What's more, the "No. 3" has already deployed a combat formation and has an absolute numerical advantage in local areas.

So there was only a loud "boom" sound, and the dozen "Stuarts" that the British army hurriedly came up to fight were immediately blown into the sky by the "No. 3" high-explosive armor-piercing bomb.

The advantage of high-explosive armor-piercing bullets is that they have both armor-piercing capability and explosive lethality. The disadvantage is that the armor-piercing capability is not as strong as pure armor-piercing bullets.

If the one in front of him is the extremely thickly armored "Matilda" or "Valentin", then the German gunners would not dare to choose high-explosive armor-piercing projectiles anyway.

But the one they were facing was "Stuart". In addition, the distance between the target and the target at this time was only about two hundred meters, so it could be used boldly.

If the high-explosive armor-piercing projectile can penetrate the target, its lethality can be described as "crazy"... Although it does not have much charge, it explodes in a confined space, especially inside a thickly armored tank. The explosive energy They were all firmly locked in the tank cabin and borne by the human body, so the shock wave, shrapnel and sudden increase in pressure in the tank cabin after the explosion were enough to kill any living thing inside.