The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The first to be withdrawn were the logistics troops and artillery.

The artillery units not only withdrew, they immediately entered the second line to set up positions and prepare for battle.

After ten minutes, an infantry regiment withdrew and took a car.

This infantry regiment had obviously fought with the British army. When they passed the defense line, Qin Chuan turned around and looked at them from the trunk. He saw that everyone's face was covered with black smoke, their clothes were in tatters, and many of them had... Wearing a bandage.

It can also be seen from this that the situation of the 15th Armored Division is not too bad, at least they are still retreating in an orderly manner.

As the 15th Armored Division retreated, the battlefield moved towards the 21st Armored Division's defense line. British bombers suddenly appeared over the defense line and dropped bombs one after another... The British Air Force apparently discovered the 21st Armored Division's trap On this line of defense, they were trying to block several passages opened for the 15th Armored Division in the minefield, and at the same time, they were preparing for the next British attack.

Soon, the British artillery also joined the bombing ranks... These artillery should be bombing under the guidance of British reconnaissance planes. The explosion points were very accurate. One after another artillery shells exploded in front of the position, and mines and barbed wire were fired immediately. It was blown up to the sky.

Amidst the smoke, dust and fire, German soldiers and vehicles kept breaking through the barrage and escaping back to the defense line... Those were the last troops to withdraw from the 15th Armored Division. They should be soldiers of the 15th Armored Regiment and the 16th Infantry Regiment, but No one can tell their numbers apart from each other.

They ran wildly in front of the position, turning around from time to time, raising their guns and shooting back, but the bullets they fired could not stop the British army from pursuing them because the "General Grant" tank was leading the British army.

Although the "General Grant" tank is a tank used by the United States to urgently reinforce the British army, it is much better than the British "Matilda" and "Valentine" tanks.

Its advantages are mainly reflected in mobility and firepower...

In terms of maneuverability, the top speed of 42 kilometers per hour is obviously not comparable to the "Matilda", and the failure rate is much smaller than these infantry tanks.

Its firepower is particularly outstanding, with two cannons and three machine guns (a heading machine gun, a coaxial machine gun, and an observable command dome at the commander's position also carrying a machine gun).

This kind of firepower is a complete arsenal for dealing with infantry. The machine gun bullets "cluttered" and instantly swept down a large area of ​​German soldiers fleeing in front. The two cannons also roared from time to time, knocking out a car. A car and an armored vehicle full of soldiers exploded to the ground.

Qinchuan and the German soldiers staying in the trenches felt very helpless. They could only watch quietly, watching their comrades fall one by one in front of them or being blown into the sky by artillery shells, and they were helpless.

After a while, corpses were lying everywhere in front of the position, and some German soldiers raised their hands to the British and chose to surrender... Any army has soldiers who surrendered, and the German army was certainly no exception.

This situation improved after German fighter planes joined the battle.

First there were far fewer bullets and bombs coming from the air, then the German artillery opened fire.

Before this, the artillery was worried that it would be hit by a double blow from the British air force and artillery... The air force was very important for artillery battles in desert battles, because the reconnaissance opportunity would immediately discover the enemy artillery positions that were firing and set the coordinates If it is sent to one's own artillery, it can even be used for artillery fire. Coupled with the strafing and bombing by fighter planes, it will not take long for the side without air superiority to be destroyed by the enemy's artillery.

This prevented the German artillery from firing until the fighter planes arrived.

Pieces of shells were fired, and soon a barrage was created between the fleeing Germans and the British tanks that were chasing them.

This barrage destroyed several tanks, and of course inevitably injured some of our own men.

But these accidental injuries were completely worth it, because those shells successfully stopped the progress of the British tanks, especially the smoke and dust that caused the machine gunners in the British tanks to temporarily lose their targets.

The German deserters took advantage of this moment to stumble into the German defense lines.

"Quick, here..." Werner waved vigorously to a German soldier with a wounded arm.

Perhaps because of his injury, the German soldier ran very hard, which made him fall behind. The other soldier almost dragged his other hand to run into the trench... Finally, they were about to reach the finish line, as long as A step further would be the trenches that would provide them with temporary safety.

However, at this moment, a string of machine gun bullets flew over...

The two men fell heavily into the trench like tree stumps, their flesh and blood mangled, and the splashing blood dyed the trench red and also dyed the faces of the German soldiers red.

"Go to hell!" Werner cursed as he raised the "English crossbow" and pointed it in the direction of the British army.

Qin Chuan pulled Werner down without thinking much.

A row of bullets flew past the scalps of the two men... Werner was a little bit out of his mind. He should know that the situation just now showed that the enemy machine gunner's attention was focused on this position, and his actions were no different from seeking death.

The sound of German anti-tank guns soon began.

Anti-tank guns and "General Grant" tanks are two extremes...the former has a low gun body and is highly concealable, while the latter has a tall body and is an obvious target on the battlefield. Moreover, due to the anti-tank's strong external perception ability and long range, Therefore, tanks often have a certain advantage in the position.

After destroying three British tanks, the British tank offensive was further curbed.

However, the anti-tank gun also has shortcomings. Its shortcoming is that it has no armor protection, and the distance of about one kilometer from the enemy is completely within the firepower range of the enemy's infantry mortars. So needless to say, another row of artillery shells hit hard Coming over...the sound of anti-tank gunfire became much weaker immediately.

The British tanks were getting closer and closer, using mortars and long-range artillery shells to suppress and clear obstacles in front, followed by groups of British soldiers behind them.

This group of British soldiers is very experienced in combat. From time to time, they would lean out from behind the tank in groups of two or three and shoot... The "Enfield" rifle has a high rate of fire and a large ammunition capacity, so such cover shooting can provide The tanks provided good fire support, coupled with the artillery and machine guns of the "General Grant" tanks, making it almost impossible for the German soldiers to peek out of the trenches.

It's time for tanks to come on stage, Qin Chuan thought to himself, otherwise, if this continues, the British army will fire a large number of 2-inch mortar shells at the German trenches under the cover of tanks, and then charge... The German defense line will collapse. .