Redemption of WWII

Chapter 69 Bloody Battle

The artillery battle was in full swing on the entire German defense line. From time to time, German soldiers were hit by fragments of artillery, and German light and heavy machine guns also kept firing at the infantry following the British tanks. 【】The tanks of the British army continued to clean up these firepower points of the German army.

The entire German defense line was in chaos.Although these infantrymen of the German army are in no way comparable to the Seventh Armored Division of the British army in terms of numbers and equipment.But the fighting enthusiasm of the German army is indeed quite high. These are veterans who have experienced the French battle.The will to fight is as strong as iron, and the concept of fighting and sacrificing for the country and the nation has long been instilled in their brains.It's not like those passionate young people who went directly to the battlefield without a few days of training in the late World War II.

The soldiers on the German defense line were all tenaciously holding their positions, constantly shooting and killing the British infantry who were exposed from behind the tanks from all angles.The German soldiers were also constantly blown up by the guns of the British tanks and fell in a pool of blood.

The soldiers of the German army fell down just like the soldiers of the British army, and there was no nonsense. It was not like the Soviet or American movies. Disc money and then said to his companion, "This is my party dues for this month, please hand it over to the organization for me." There is a lot of nonsense.

The [-]th Armored Division of the British Army faced tenacious resistance from the Germans, but the human body cannot resist steel in the end.Basically, a few tanks were not lost, and the leading tanks of the British army had already driven to the German positions.The German defense line was immediately divided into a dozen small sections by the impact of tanks.

Some British tanks rushed in directly from the front of the German fortifications. The powerful force of the tanks smashed the sandbags in front of the fortifications, and the dozens of tons of tanks weighed directly on the German foxholes. on the head.The German army buried in the sand from the collapsed foxhole was crushed by the British tanks, and was directly crushed to death underground.

However, all this did not make the Germans in the fortifications of other foxholes escape. They still attacked the British infantry following the tanks with their weapons indifferently.Some German soldiers escaped the firing of the tanks and ran to the side of the British tanks and stuffed the long-handled grenades in their hands directly into the tracks of the British tanks. The tracks of the British tanks were blown off at that time.Of course, the infantry of the British army is also desperate, risking their bodies to block this kind of German death squads, basically these German death squads have really become dead.

The German 105 heavy artillery also stopped firing at this time.The two armies have already fought together, and if they fire any more artillery, they will blow up their own people as well.Germans don't do that.

Under the desperate blocking of the German army, the British tanks had no way to lead the infantry through the German defense line.At this time, many British infantry were mixed with German troops.The tanks were not easy to fire, so they had to use coaxial machine guns to shoot at the German army.Under the threat of tank machine guns, the German army and the British infantry fought together.

The battle lasted for nearly an hour. Although the German army suffered heavy casualties, the resistance never stopped.The German mg42 machine guns are still firing bullets from various positions.The German mg42 machine gun is a very light machine gun, only 11 kg.The German army can completely operate by one person, and can run with one person carrying it.

However, the German army generally operates a mg2 machine gun with two people, because the rate of fire of the mg42 is too high, reaching 42 rounds per minute.This kind of machine gun fired bullets at the British soldiers like hail, and the sound of the machine gun tearing linen like "chi la chi la" also left a terrifying impression on the British army.

The mortars of the German army are also constantly firing cannons, and the power of the 90 caliber mortars is quite amazing, and the cannons directly fall to the vicinity of the British army that is attacking the British army together with the tanks.Of course there is nothing wrong with the tanks, and the infantry is more impatient.One shot is to fall 2 to 3 British soldiers.

The Germans suffered heavy losses, but the British infantry did not fare much better.While the British infantry had to endure the sound of the German machine guns tearing apart objects, they had to fight desperately with the German infantry who kept waving sappers and shovels around them.The entire German defense line has become a battlefield for the German and British troops to fight hand to hand.

The British infantry were very envious of the engineering shovel used by the German army in hand-to-hand combat. It is either dead or disabled.

The desperate resistance of the German army was something that 'Brian' did not expect. According to the previous experience of 'Brian' fighting, as long as the tanks rushed to the infantry positions.The Germans would have retreated, facing tanks made of steel.There are really not many ways for infantry, especially the 'Sherman m4' tank with thick armor and flexible turret rotation.Before many German death squads rushed to the back of the tank, the barrel of the tank turret had turned around and opened fire on the German soldiers.The flight time of the tank's gun at a distance of more than ten meters is almost zero.German soldiers were blown to pieces.

But in this way, the German army miraculously blocked the attack of the tanks, and several tanks were blown up by the Germans who were agile and outrageous.And his own infantry got into a melee with the German infantry.These tanks have obviously been able to pass through the German defense line, and now they can only stop and act as a mobile machine gun platform to shoot and kill those German troops who are still stubbornly resisting.

'Brian' got a little impatient, grabbed the wire in his hand and directly called the tanks that were stationed in front of the German defense line. "All the tanks passed through the German defense line quickly and were not allowed to stay in the German defense line. The task of cleaning up the remaining German defenders was given to the infantry."

A 1-kilometer-long hole was torn open in the German defense line.All the German troops in a battalion deployed here were killed.The tank commanders of the British army who received the order all drove their tanks across the German defense line here, leaving only the infantry struggling to fight with the remaining German troops.It's hard to say whether the order of 'Brian' is right or wrong. Tank units without infantry cover are easily besieged by enemy anti-tank units, but does 'Brian' have the time to calmly clean up these weeds? The same remaining German soldiers.So it is not wrong to hand over these remaining German troops to the infantry behind to clean them up.

Anyway, the Seventh Armored Division of the British Army also has a lot of armored infantry units.In the face of the German army, these two infantry regiments still have a great advantage. In addition, the tanks have almost wiped out most of the German firepower points, and the German army's connection has also been disrupted. It is not very good at all. organized defense.

The 2 German troops of the 4000 regiments suffered more than 2900 casualties in one hour of this blocking battle.The corpses of German and British soldiers were everywhere on the entire position, and the dry sand of the desert immediately sucked up the blood from these soldiers.Except for the heavy artillery battalion directly under the division, the remaining German troops were still struggling with the British infantry on the ground.Nearly 6000 British infantry were nailed to the German positions by these German troops.

The 90th Infantry Division of the German Army had just been urgently transferred from Marseille, France to North Africa. When it first arrived, it faced such a brutal battle that all German officers and soldiers could not see each other.

Of course, if Rommel hadn't transferred most of his troops from this division to support the German 164th Division, the battle here would not have been so difficult.

Finally, 'Brian' commanded tanks and armored vehicles and crossed the German defense line, and turned back to the British armored infantry unit that was still entangled with the German army.The order was issued "The infantry units immediately withdraw from the battle and give up the siege of these remaining German troops. Immediately return to their respective armored vehicles. 5 minutes"

Now the infantry of the British army was relieved from the sea of ​​suffering, and they didn't miss the German positions at all, and ran quickly towards the armored vehicles parked in the distance.At this time, the armored vehicles of the British army didn't care whether they were soldiers on the usual vehicles or not. They would drive one when it was full, and then increase the accelerator in the direction of the British tanks.

At this time, the British army ignored the remains of their comrades-in-arms, and even some wounded who had lost the ability to move were abandoned on the ground.At this time, the British soldiers really didn't have the face to take another look at the begging eyes cast by their usual comrades-in-arms.Because the armored vehicle will not stop and wait for you just because you rescue your comrades alone.As soon as 5 minutes arrive, the armored vehicles will start.It's really over by then.

The German army was crippled and had no strength to pursue. They just used m42 machine guns and 90 mortars to send them off behind.The high-intensity battle and the feeling of narrow escape made these surviving soldiers sit down on the ground.

Although the German army's fighting will is still very tenacious, after nearly two hours of high-intensity fighting, the stored medicine has basically been consumed.As long as the British army persists, these German troops will be wiped out.

After nearly half an hour, these German troops slowly came out of their respective bunkers, and the two regiments were now less than a quarter of the officers and soldiers fully loaded. The respective commanders of the two regiments had already died in battle, and after finally getting together, the highest commanders of the German troops were left with only one major and battalion commander.

The German soldiers did not cry, although they failed to stop the British attack, and the British tore through the line of defense and walked away.But they did their best.Facing the powerful British armored division, they did not choose to retreat, but resisted desperately with their weapons for 2 hours.This is already a miracle.

The price paid by the British Seventh Armored Division was also quite heavy. Nearly 2000 infantry and 38 tanks were left behind on the German line of defense.Among them, as many as 23 were destroyed by the human bombing of the German army. One of the tanks was stuffed into the barrel of the British tank by the German army with a long-handled grenade, and the long-handled grenade kept sliding along the angle of the gun barrel. into the interior of the tank.The British loader who was opening the barrel for loading, the gunner and the commander all watched the blue smoke coming out of the death's tail, and before they could react, the long-handled grenade exploded.Five tank crew members, including the driver, were killed by fragments of the grenade.