Redemption of WWII

Chapter 110 Resistance of the Seventh Infantry Division

Now the infantry divisions of the British army on the North African battlefield are in a state of marching. 【】Since a few days ago, Lehman's British High Command issued an order to cover the armored division's attack, these infantry divisions have never been in touch with Ah Lehman's headquarters.Although it is common to lose contact, the lack of a unified command still casts a shadow over the minds of the commanders of these infantry divisions.

Of course not having orders from High Command could be a good thing.These divisional commanders can gain greater rights and command troops more freely.But this led to a large gap between the attacking troops.This is also impossible.The division commander was also unwilling to rush to fill the gap with his own troops without an order.Because that would bring a lot of problems, just in terms of coordination and command, it would make people anxious to death.

In this way, the 10,000+ British infantry units in North Africa just followed the ruts left by the armored divisions in front of them all the way to Rommel's temporary defense line.However, because the marching speed of the armored division was too fast, the vehicles of these infantry could not keep up at all.That's why it led to the destruction of the three former British armored divisions.

The news that the three British armored divisions were lost was not known to the officers and soldiers of the British infantry divisions that followed.The officers and soldiers of these infantry divisions are still pulling the cannons in an orderly manner, and they are driving forward slowly along the path.Knowing that the road ahead has become a road of no return full of traps.

When the marching British infantry division encountered the forward of the German Panther tank armed to the teeth, there was no hysteria.

The first to encounter the German tank group was the officers and soldiers of the 9th Division of British Australia.

英属澳大利亚第9师是第一支穿过啊莱曼德军防线的步兵部队。一开始第9师还是能跟的上前面第一装甲师的行进的速度的。而第9师也是配合第一装甲师进行北部突击任务的3个步兵师其的一个。但是后来澳大利亚第9师的最高指挥官却主动的放慢了行军的脚步。

One is because the other two infantry divisions attached to the 9st Armored Division have not yet emerged from the German minefields.The commander of the 9th Division considered that if the lone army goes deep, it is likely to be counterattacked by the German army.In that case, the troops may suffer great losses.The commander of the Australian [-]th Division notified Raymond and Briggs, the commanders of the [-]st Armored Division, and asked the [-]st Armored Division to slow down and wait for the cover of the infantry.But Raymond and Briggs simply ignored this request.

Who are Raymond and Briggs? That is the first British major general under the age of 40.It can be said that in Egypt, he was a figure who would not accept anyone except Montgomery.That's not bad, plus there are 300 powerful tanks in hand.

Besides, there are hundreds of burnt German tank wrecks on the German defense line. Raymond and Briggs took it for granted that Rommel was defeated by his own tank.Of course, we must speed up the pursuit.Listening to the commander of the Australian 9th Division asking him to slow down, of course Raymond and Briggs would not be happy.

Good words are hard to persuade, damn it, the British 101st Armored Division, which was beyond the cover of the infantry division, was played to death by the German 9st Armored Division.However, the disaster was not over yet. The British Australian 101th Division soon encountered the German [-]st Armored Division which had just finished fighting.

Facing the British truck units loaded with infantry and trailing artillery behind them.Of course, the forward Panther tanks of the German army would not let them go, and they killed the British troops head-on.

Before the officers and soldiers of the 9th Division of the British Army were stunned, the first round of artillery exploded in the marching team.Dozens of tractor trucks were smashed to pieces by the oncoming guns.The drowsy British soldiers who were tortured by the road behind the truck were also sent directly to heaven by the German guns while they were half asleep.

Only then did the officers and soldiers of the British Australian 9th Division understand what had happened.

It was the Germans who came to kill them, and it was the German armored forces who came to kill them.

However, the officers and soldiers of the 9th Division who understood did not have much time to react, because the German tanks running at full speed did not give them too much time to react.

For the commanders of the Panther tanks in front of the German 101st Division, there is no problem at all to complete the shooting on the march and then put in gear to move forward.And the gap between shooting and marching is very tight.There is no sign that the tank is specially stopped to aim and fire the gun.

The order to fire the gun is issued at the moment when the driver steps on the brake, and the gunner's highly tense nerves will also fire subconsciously following the command of the commander.

The recoil of the gun has no effect on the already idling engine at all.And the tank commander's order to shift forward will also be transmitted to the driver's ear as the gun is fired.Before the speed of the tank was completely lost, the driver immediately put on a high gear again and continued to move forward.

And the commander of the Panther tank of the 101st Division of the German Army, Major General 'Heath', didn't say much at all.He only said softly on the wire "Freedom to shoot." It ended his order that he cherished words like gold.

Of course, the formation of these Panther tanks has not changed much, only the targets that have changed.Compared with the battle between tanks and tanks, the battle between tanks and infantry does not need to be fired neatly at all.Moreover, the targets of infantry are obviously more than those of tanks, and it is also a waste to ask these tanks to fire salvos.

These German instructor-level commanders will not do things like wasting guns.

The marching team of the British Australian 9th Division was in a mess at this time.Several kilometers long, the marching team of hundreds of trucks stopped at this time.The soldiers sitting in the car hurriedly jumped out of the car one after another, looking for places with cover on the road to hide.No one dares to stay among those dangerous trucks.

The commander of the British army woke up like a dream at this time, knowing that he was now being raided by German tanks.According to the judgment of the supreme commander of the 9th Division of the British Army in Australia, the German tanks were probably concealed and escaped the collection of the "powerful" armored division of the British Army, and then specially ambushed the infantry units behind here.However, with the explosion of the German tank gun, the battle-hardened commander of the British army has judged some new situations.

According to the power of the gun, the commander knew that this was at least the effect of a 75mm gun.These are situations that have never been encountered before. German tanks all have 37mm tank guns, and there will be 75mm tank guns there.The commander of the Australian division was quite puzzled by this.

But even if you don't understand, you have to organize troops to defend first.Without hesitation, the three orders were directly issued to the commanders of the various brigades and regiments.

With the first order, the troops that encountered the German tanks immediately organized resistance.Set up roadblocks and try to block the advance of German tanks.

In the second order, all divisional anti-tank units rushed to the forefront of the unit immediately.Try to use anti-tank run, shoulder anti-tank rocket launcher, anti-tank gun and other weapons to attack the German tanks.Be sure to slow down the pace of German tank action.

With the third order, the artillery of the division was deployed immediately, shelling the German tanks as quickly as possible.

The order was conveyed, but it was more difficult to execute.Let's talk about the forward infantry unit that encountered the German tanks first.Facing those murderous German Panther tanks, these infantry were too late to run, let alone resist.In addition, the jeep carried by the commander of the vanguard brigade was also shelled by a German tank. Although the commander of the vanguard was only slightly injured, the wires did not escape the disaster of being destroyed.So the troops in front of the order did not actually receive it.

But even if it is received, it is estimated that the meaning is not very great.Because the German tanks had rushed into the camp of the British vanguard at this time.Facing the black killer machines, the British soldiers really couldn't muster up the courage to resist.Not to mention shooting at tanks with anti-tank weapons and machine guns, the British army didn't even have the courage to take another look.The officers and soldiers of the British army each took their own cover, lying down as low as they could.I was afraid that one more look would attract the Germans to shoot.

The close-up shooting of tanks is not for fun. Anyone who gets hit by a shot will inevitably be smashed to pieces.The officers and soldiers of the British army didn't want to try it.So in fact, the first order referred to by the British army division was not implemented.

Major General Heath took these Panther tanks, and under the cover of some armored vehicles and infantry, he inserted in from the ranks of the British 9th Division.Major General Heath's free fire order was also implemented very thoroughly. All British vehicles and cannons on the road were shot twice by these tanks from time to time.After these Leopard tanks drove past, only the wreckage of the burning cars remained on the ground, and the parts of the bombed cannons were everywhere.

The fact that the troops in front of the British army did not receive orders does not mean that the troops behind will not receive orders.When Major General Hiss was rampaging in the British army with a Panther tank.All the anti-tank troops of the Ninth Division were also assembled by the rear troops, and soon these soldiers with anti-tank guns ran into the German tank group that was coming towards them.

It must be said here that the British anti-tank troops were quite brave. Facing the gleaming muzzles of German tanks, they bravely erected anti-tank gun brackets.However, the erection of anti-tank guns still takes a certain amount of time after all.The German tank commanders had long discovered these anti-tank guns in the tank's periscope, and they all issued orders to fire at these anti-tank guns.

The twelve anti-tank guns assembled with great difficulty by the British army were bombarded by dozens of 75mm tank guns in an instant.All of a sudden, these anti-tank units of the British army were bombed to pieces, causing heavy casualties.