Redemption of WWII

Chapter 70 The Belittled 'Tiger'

The German soldier who was blessed by God was only slightly injured. 【】In the end, he survived.At the end, when someone asked about this old man's previous occupation, this dear man said, "I used to practice gymnastics, and I was expelled from the gymnastics team because of fighting, but I did not give up my old job as a soldier. In constant training. In order to be able to return to the gymnastics team after retirement."

Under the leadership of the major and battalion commander, these German troops did not retreat, because the radio station was reimbursed with the headquarters long ago. Without the retreat order, these Germans could not and would not retreat.

They gathered all the remains of their comrades in arms, then collected the medicine that could be used, and then squatted in the foxhole to continue to defend.

Who would have thought that it was these disabled troops who did not withdraw from the line of defense, which eventually led to the destruction of the [-]th Armored Division of the British Army.But this is something for later, let's not mention it for the time being.

The British 2th Armored Division paid a high price and finally passed the zone defended by only [-] German regiments.To be honest, 'Brian' didn't think that the resistance of the German army would be so brave that he could pay such a high price.Nearly one seventh of the tanks were destroyed, twice the highest loss calculated by oneself.

There are also the 2000 British infantrymen who fell down. The British Seventh Armored Division has a total of less than 7000 armored infantrymen, and it also lost nearly one-third of it.If this encounters two more German attacks of the same size, there will be nothing left for the infantry.Without the cover of infantry, relying on tanks alone to conquer Tobruk, the German army, is simply a dream.

'Brian' was not only a little nervous, but also a little regretful of this risky action, regretting why he didn't act with the infantry behind him.However, this little bit of regret was then replaced by the excitement of the great results that were about to be obtained.

The defense line of the 90th Infantry Division of the German Army is between two small mountains. This is one of the only two roads from Egypt to Libya.And after passing this small mountain range is the territory of Libya, and the mountains between Libya and Egypt are almost no longer dangerous.

Although there is only less than 5 kilometers of flat land between the two mountains that can allow wheeled vehicles to pass, but the 5 kilometers of defense is not enough for the infantry defense of the two regiments.Especially facing the elite Seventh Armored Division of the British Army.Even if the ordinary British armored divisions attacked fiercely, the two German infantry regiments might not be able to stop them.

It didn't take long for the British tanks to drive to the heavy artillery position behind the German army. The German artillery was so far away that these British tanks drove over, they didn't say anything at all, they dropped the cannons and turned around and ran away.Of course no one will punish them.Let them, a group of artillerymen who don't even have infantry weapons, go to hand-to-hand combat with British tanks at close range, so they can't help but seek death.And no one is going to track down this kind of escape, yes, your infantry can't stop the enemy, why can my artillery stop it.Although the bayonet on the cannon is very powerful, it depends on whether the enemy will give you the opportunity to shoot at close range.Besides, the German positions are all 105mm grenades, and there is no way to shoot flat like the 88mm artillery.

英军的坦克的指挥官对这些逃跑的德军炮兵是一点兴趣都没有。不过对于德军的105毫米榴炮还是很对胃口的。这回英军的坦克都是停下了脚步纷纷把瞄准具对准了这24门可怜的105榴炮。接连的发射直打的这24门榴炮的阵地是爆炸不断，有的坦克发射的还是穿甲。直接就打残了这24门榴炮。本来面容姣好的德军的105榴炮直接就具备了直接拉钢铁厂回炉的标准。当然谁也不会把这些废料拉到远在几千公里外的钢铁厂去回炉的，光是运这些垃圾的汽油就够再造门新炮的价钱了。

It took nearly 10 minutes for the British tanks to have enough fun, and they all started to go on the road again.It's just that Mr. 'Brian' is frowning.But he can't say anything, it's better than leaving it to the Germans.In addition, 'Brian' is not the kind of person who likes to rant about everything. At any rate, he knows that these can no longer be left to the Germans behind him, so he allows his subordinates to attack these people with cannons.

Then the British army drove forward non-stop from the defense line of the German 90th Infantry Division. The mountains on both sides were getting lower and lower, and the telescope could already see that the distant mountains had reached the end.As long as it reaches the 4th Armored Division outside the mountains, it is considered to be a real dragon entering the sea, relying on the durability of the 'Sherman M[-]' tank and the fuel supply of those few bases.Even if the Germans ran to death, they could not catch up with the [-]th Armored Division.At that time, the Seventh Armored Division of the British Army really became a fast-moving force that could see its tail but never see its head. It could fight wherever it wanted.

But all of this is related to the large-scale air battle carried out by the British and German air forces two days ago.Both the air forces of the two countries suffered heavy losses in this air battle, and all the pilots' physical strength was seriously overdrawn.I thought I would be fine after two or three days of rest, but no one knew that three days had passed.These pilots still can't fly the plane.It can be seen how crazy these pilots were at that time.This is true of British pilots, as well as German and Italian pilots.

'Brian' followed his chief of staff in the command car, talking nonsense, but his mind was all on the forward position of the troops.I couldn't help shouting in my heart, "Hurry up, hurry up. I must rush out of this mountain range. As long as I rush out of this mountain range, my plan will be half successful."

The development of things is often contrary to wishes, and the commander of the British Seventh Armored Division 'Brian' is wondering what kind of noble title he can get in the future.An armored unit appeared at the mountain pass in front of the British army. This armored unit just turned out from behind the northern mountain range. Due to the occlusion of the mountain, this unit seemed to appear in the seventh armored unit of the British army at once. in front of the teacher.

'Brian' was so frightened by the sudden appearance of the armored troop that he didn't pee in his pants. Of course, 'Brian' felt very puzzled and said, "Why did the German tanks appear here? Could it be that at this time? Did the Germans set a trap specifically for me? But judging from the intensity of the resistance in the German position just now, it doesn’t look like it. There is no way to separate infantry and tanks during defense. It is only reasonable to use infantry to block tanks.”

With doubts, 'Brian' carefully observed the German armored unit in front of him with the long-range gun mirror on the command vehicle. 'Brian' thinks that this armored tank is very similar to the German Panzer IV, but slightly different from the Panzer IV.Observing from a long distance, 'Brian', the turrets of these tanks are very regular and square.It looks very similar to the German Panzer IV.But he didn't know that the gun barrels of those tanks had a full caliber of 88 mm.This is also the reason why it is not easy to clear the distance.So 'Tiger' was regarded as the No. [-] tank by 'Brian'.

Here 'Brian' felt a little relieved.The German No. 4 tanks and the British Seventh Armored Division fought against them a lot. Basically, the British Seventh Armored Division won a great victory every time.A 'Sherman m4' can easily destroy a No. [-] tank. Basically, the German No. [-] tanks would shy away from seeing the British 'Sherman m[-]'.

没有办法四号坦克跟‘谢尔曼m4’根本就没得比。装甲上4号坦克的制式装甲最大的只能起到80毫米的作用，这还是正面炮塔上的装甲盾的厚度。而‘谢尔曼m4’正面装甲虽然只有毫米，但是47度的倾斜角度却让这些钢板具有了90毫米以上的防护效果，可以说这是相当先进的设计。

在重量上四号坦克也没有办法和‘谢尔曼m4’比，四号坦克全车只有23吨的重量。在型坦克的种祖里只能算是个轻量级选手。而‘谢尔曼m4’整车自重33吨多，整整比德军的4号坦克重了将近10吨。这10吨的重量全部被加固在装甲和更换更长的炮管上。这让‘谢尔曼m4’直接就成了型坦克的重量级选手。当然比起德军豹式坦克的44吨重量来和5米多的炮管比起来，‘谢尔曼m4’也不是对手。

Facing the advantages of the No. 4 tank, the tanks of the British army driving the 'Sherman m4' tank have a great advantage in their hands.The 'Sherman m4' with super skin and flesh is generally not a problem if it is hit by the No. [-] tank for a few shots, and the No. [-] tank will be killed or injured as long as it is shot down by the 'Sherman m[-]' tank.

At this time, the tankers of the Seventh Armored Division of the British Army, like their commanders, regarded the 'Tiger' tank as the No. [-] tank.One by one, the flies seemed to be excited when they saw the fat.But anyway, they held back, of course, waiting for their boss 'Brian' division commander to issue an order to attack.

'Brian' took a closer look at this German armored unit. The tanks driven by this German tank unit are all black, which is different from the earthy yellow of the German tanks in North Africa in the past.It can be seen that these tanks have just arrived in North Africa, and the German army has not had time to paint these tanks with an earthy yellow protective color similar to that of the desert. 'Brian' couldn't help letting go of more than half of his heart, thinking that it might be the tanks that the German army had just mobilized from China, and they were driving to the front line from here.It wasn't the Germans who came here specifically to ambush themselves to fight their own ambush.

Taking a closer look at the size of the German armored force, 'Brian' found that there were not many tanks in this German armored force, only 40.Now 'Brian' felt even more calm. Compared with his own 40 'Sherman M250', the 4 Panzer IV tanks were nothing more than a piece of cake. 'Brian' believed that a battalion of his own tanks could crush these German tank squads.

'Brian' wired directly to order that the vanguard's armored brigade send a battalion of tanks to drive the German tanks away.Then the brigade continued to move beyond the valley.In the eyes of 'Brian', as long as the British army fired a few shots, the German army would soon run away.

But this time he was wrong.