The decisive battle against the Third Reich

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After firing another row of armor-piercing shells, the German tanks "rumbled" forward... This was compressing the space of the British army, especially behind the British army at the rear. A group of "Stuart" tanks The commando team formed quickly penetrated into the British army under the cover of the "Plank III" tank and cut off the British army's retreat.

It was a tank captured by the German army during the battle with the British 7th Armored Division. After capturing it, Colonel Olbridge incorporated it into the 5th Armored Regiment and ordered the tank crews driving these tanks to learn how to operate them while marching with the troops. .

The German tank crews learned so quickly that they are now able to participate in battles without any pressure...but this is also due to the special nature of this battle.

This is an ambush battle. If the British army is deceived and drawn out, their tanks will definitely be unable to fight back under the attack of the "Plank 3" tank, so the "Stuart"'s participation in the battle will not have much impact. danger, this opportunity can also be used to give them a chance to practice in actual combat.

In addition, the vast majority of the British 15th Armored Division is equipped with "Matilda" and "Valentine" tanks. This is why Colonel Olbridge dared to put the "Stuart" into the battlefield. One... Otherwise, there will be "Stuarts" on both sides of the enemy and ourselves, and this is still at night when it is difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, then this battle will become a melee in which it is impossible to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.

But now, the investment of "Stuart" has made the British army confused... because many of them recognize this tank and know that it is the equipment of the United States to support the British army, so their first reaction is to come here. Reinforce your friendly forces.

Some of the British soldiers even cheered... but it was followed by a dense rain of bullets.

As mentioned before, although the "Stuart" does not have enough firepower to deal with tanks, it has powerful firepower to suppress infantry... Each tank has four machine guns firing at the same time. Thirty-three tanks have more than a hundred machine guns. The bullet was like a hurricane blowing through the British infantry group, and they all fell down instantly after the wind and clouds passed.

(Note: "Stuart" has a total of five machine guns. The machine gun above the turret is generally used for air defense and sometimes used to suppress enemy infantry, but it is difficult to operate when the tank is moving.)

As a result, the British army found that they had been surrounded by German tanks, with no way forward and no way out. There was also the "No. 3" tank "rumbling" towards them next to them...

Qin Chuan and his comrades followed the "No. 3" tank and advanced towards the British army. There were corpses of British soldiers everywhere along the way. However, they could not see it because of the darkness and the wheat fields. There was only a pile of soft corpses under their feet. It was only then that the thing realized it had stepped on a corpse.

But there was no time to care about this at this time. Qin Chuan only knew to keep pulling the trigger at the enemy, one shot after another. There was no need to aim at all. There were enemies everywhere in front of him. They were like small fish caught in the net. Because the tank's propulsion space is compressed, it becomes increasingly dense...so dense that a single bullet fired at random may hit two or more enemies.

The British army had no way to escape. On the other side of the wheat field was the coastal road. Further north of the coastal road was a cliff with strange rocks and rocks, about thirty meters high, with the sea below... Of course, some soldiers who were familiar with water would They risked jumping off the cliff to escape, but they might still fall to their death in the end, because many places below were covered with rocks, and only a few people were lucky enough to jump into the water and escape.

Finally, a New Zealand officer shouted at the German tank: "Don't shoot, we surrender, don't shoot!"

The New Zealand soldiers and the British soldiers raised their hands, and the sound of gunfire slowly subsided.

The battle finally ended in a more humane way.

In this battle, the Germans killed and wounded more than 2,000 British soldiers and captured more than 6,000 prisoners, most of whom were members of the New Zealand 2nd Infantry Division. The New Zealand 2nd Infantry Division almost The entire army was wiped out in this battle.

More importantly, most of the last one hundred or so tanks and armored vehicles of the British 15th Armored Division were destroyed, and 28 were captured... But as mentioned before, the German army was not interested in British infantry tanks. .

As for the infantry regiment of the British 15th Armored Division, they escaped back to Matruh in time because they were at the rear of the army.

But it was of no avail. The New Zealand Division, which had stronger combat effectiveness, was annihilated, and its tanks were destroyed... The remaining defeated troops had nothing to rely on, and their annihilation was only a matter of time.

Rommel was very surprised by this result. He made a phone call to General Strike's headquarters and said: "General, I have to admit that you fought a beautiful victory. Just now I couldn't sleep because Matruh had a headache. I woke up, but after the sound of gunfire... I heard that you almost wiped out all the British! "

"Thanks for the compliment, General!" General Strike replied.

Rommel had looked down on Strike before and even used the word "coward" to describe Strike. Now Strike finally breathed out his bad breath.

"How did you do it?" Rommel asked again: "Do you know that the British are going to break out tonight?"

Rommel knew nothing about Strike's plan. On the one hand, Strike and Rommel were at odds with each other. On the other hand, Strike hoped to keep the secret... After all, the most important thing about this kind of thing is confidentiality. If there is even one leak in the message, everything will be lost.

"No, General!" General Strike replied, "It's not that we knew anything, it's that we let the British out!"

"You want the British to come out?" Rommel was a little confused.

"Yes!" General Strike said: "Remember the sergeant who saved you? He is now a staff sergeant!"

"Remember!" Rommel nodded, and then he realized something: "You mean... it was his idea that allowed you to win?"

"Yes!" General Strike said: "Although I don't want to say it...but this sergeant is a genius, general. He was born for the battlefield, and sometimes I feel...he is here for this unit. The commander, not me, because I'm pretty much following his advice now! It's frustrating isn't it? I tried a few times to not use his advice, but I found I had no choice because he was always right!"

General Strike was a little jealous.

In fact, it was not only General Strike who felt this way, but even Rommel himself felt the same way...

"God, a sergeant!" Rommel said to himself after hanging up the phone: "His wisdom and talent make us generals feel ashamed!"