The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"Are you sure?" General Stryker asked.

"No, I'm not sure!" Colonel Olbrich replied, "Because we only got the answer from a sketch, we haven't even seen the real tank!"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied, "I'm guessing too!"

Qin Chuan could only say this, otherwise he couldn't explain why he knew the weaknesses of the "General Grant" tank.

"Maybe we can let Major General Gro try it first!" Colonel Olbrich suggested.

"Good idea!" General Stryker said.

But after he took a telegram from his adjutant, he shook his head and replied, "It's too late. They (the 15th Armored Division) have retreated. They lost 31 tanks and destroyed about 23 enemy tanks!"

It's quite good to achieve such a record when being ambushed by the enemy and the number of tanks is obviously at a disadvantage.

"That is to say... we still have to face at least fifty tanks!" Colonel Olbrich's face was a little ugly.

"Who cares!" Colonel Slain said, "We have no choice but to try this method, right?"

"Yes!" General Strike said to Colonel Olbridge, "Pass this tactic down, and use a positive tone, understand?"

"Understood, General!" Colonel Olbridge replied.

There is a famous saying on the battlefield: "The worst strategy is better than indecision."

This sentence means to be "decisive" and "certain" on the battlefield.

In other words, even if the decision made at the time is proved to be wrong after the war, it is much better than indecision.

This is what General Strike meant.

Although the tactic Qin Chuan mentioned is "uncertain", it must be "certain" when it is passed down, so that the entire army can move in one direction and one goal.

Therefore, when Colonel Olbrich convened the officers of the 5th Armored Regiment for a meeting, he said with full confidence: "Gentlemen, I have bad news for you. The 15th Armored Division suffered heavy losses in an ambush by the enemy's new tanks. They are on their way to retreat here. But their failure is not without value. They used their lives and blood to find the weaknesses of the enemy's new tanks. What we have to do is to learn these and use them to defeat those British guys..."

The tactics are actually very simple, that is, to change the route of the tanks. In addition, the tanks should be dispersed as much as possible. If they are clustered together, they will easily be covered by the artillery fire of the "new tanks" with numerical advantage.

But it is not difficult to disperse, because the 21st Armored Division has only 24 tanks in total, and it is difficult for them not to disperse on a long line of defense.

"Sergeant!" General Stryker said to Qin Chuan: "You may want to stay here for a while, such as waiting for the latest intelligence!"

Qin Chuan understood what General Stryker meant.

General Stryker's real intention was not to let Qin Chuan wait for the latest intelligence. He gave Qin Chuan an excuse to stay in the command vehicle to avoid this potentially dangerous battle.

Qin Chuan wanted to agree, and General Strike had found a good excuse for him.

But in the end, Qin Chuan refused because it made Qin Chuan feel that he had betrayed his comrades.

"I think I should go back to be with the soldiers!" Qin Chuan said, "My men need me!"

General Strike nodded and said, "You are very brave, sergeant. Good luck to you!"

"Good luck to you!"

So Qin Chuan was sent back to the position.

When he returned to the position, it had changed... Several trenches appeared in the desert like magic, and several barbed wires were pulled up in front of the trenches, and mines were laid.

Of course, these barbed wires and mines all have passages, so that the 15th Armored Division can pass through.

Behind the trenches are trenches and anti-tank gun positions, and occasionally a few anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine gun positions can be seen.

"Sergeant!" Seeing Qin Chuan coming up, Werner waved at Qin Chuan and shouted, "Here... We thought you couldn't make it to this battle!"

"No!" Qin Chuan jumped into the trench and replied, "I'm worried that the British will miss my rifle!"

There was a laugh in the trench.

There was nothing to prepare next. Yakop brought boxes of anti-tank grenades, and Werner also took down an "English crossbow" from the car... This thing was captured in Alexandria. There were not many captured, most of them were blown up in the battle, and only a few could be used. Werner saved one of them.

Werner placed the "English crossbow" on the trench, patted the gun body and said, "Now let the British taste its power!"

"The enemy will find it at the first time and blow you up!" Kuhn said, "It's a big guy, isn't it?"

Kun was right. The "English crossbow" may be useful in street fighting, but in an open positional battle... it will be a good target for snipers.

Especially when pulling the main spring to "load the gun", because in the trenches, you can't "shoot the bow" while lying down, and "shooting the bow" while standing up is almost like telling the enemy "I'm here, shoot me"!

"Speaking of which..." Werner retorted: "At least I don't need to run to the tank with a pack of dynamite or a grenade to blow it up... That's more dangerous, isn't it?"

Qin Chuan was stunned when he heard this. Werner was right. The German army was in urgent need of an individual anti-tank weapon... In fact, the German army did have one in World War II, and that was the anti-tank rocket launcher called "Iron Fist". .

It's just that it wasn't produced until 1943, almost two years later, and nothing could be changed by then.

Why not get "Iron Fist" out in advance?

Qin Chuan thought that its structure was not complicated, and it was even very similar to the "English Crossbow". Both used hollow charging technology, but the "English Crossbow" ejected the warhead, while the "Iron Fist" Use the principle of a recoilless rifle to launch the warhead.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a cry: "They are coming, the 15th Armored Division!"

Qin Chuan leaned out of the trench and looked out, and sure enough he saw dozens of cars dragging a long trail of smoke towards the 21st Armored Division's defense line.

This was the first part of the 15th Armored Division to be evacuated. Most of them were wounded and medical personnel.

If Qin Chuan and others were behind the car, they would have seen the car dripping blood on the ground as it moved forward... Some of the wounded were not bandaged in a hurry, and the medical soldiers were simply too busy or unable to turn around, so later The carriage was blood red.