Redemption of WWII

Chapter 73 Burning

The 501th Armored Division of the British Army was about to run out of the 'Fouquet' valley and was about to swim into the sea when it was blocked by the [-]st Heavy Tank Battalion of the German Army, the world's first 'Tiger' tank unit. . 【】

The Seventh Armored Division of the British Army, which regarded the 'Tiger' as the 'No. [-]' tank, tasted the bitter wine it brewed.First, dozens of vanguard tanks were set on fire within ten seconds.Then, because the sight of the German 'Tiger' shooting was blocked by smoke, they all chose the target behind the British army to attack.

There are not particularly many tanks in the rear of the 4th Armored Division.Those 'tigers' who didn't have tanks on their wheels fired at some armored vehicles, trucks, and fuel supply vehicles.The armored vehicle exploded at that time.Unlike those 'Sherman m[-]' explosions, the steel plates of these armored vehicles are powerless against the guns that exploded inside themselves, and all the parts of the armored vehicles were stripped off the armored vehicle's body in an instant.

Those steel plates riveted to the armored vehicle turned into scythes flying all over the sky, quickly inserting into all surrounding objects.Fortunately for the tank, the thick steel armor directly put these 'scythes' aside.But those trucks did not have such a good defense. At that time, the sickle pierced through the glass, smashed into the cab, flew through the body of the soldier in the cab, and was deeply stuck in the rear compartment of the truck.

Those British soldiers whose heads were directly cut off by the flying sickle and died directly were considered lucky.Some soldiers of the British army were nailed to the seat of the car by the corners of those 'scythes'.Blood gushed out continuously from the pierced wound.Because the time of occurrence is too short, the nerves of the wound have not had time to transmit the pain signal to the brain, and these British soldiers have not had time to feel the pain.They were all just staring blankly at the fragments sticking to their bodies, and couldn't believe that all this happened to them.

It has to be said that these British troops are all dead.On this battlefield, there is no possibility of being rushed to the operating table by a doctor.Besides, the bleeding speed of these soldiers' wounds is like a fountain, and the blood will flow clean before they go to the operating table.

These are still relatively good, the more miserable British army is the soldiers on the vehicles around the fuel vehicles.Several large canned fuel vehicles that still had more than half of their fuel were blasted into the air more than ten meters the moment they were hit.In the empty fuel tank, one is affected by the expansion force of the fuel being ignited, and the other is affected by the twisting force of the external explosion, and the process of disintegrating the body is completed directly in the air.The combination of fuel and air and the ignition of an open flame immediately formed a deflagrating fireball, and the scene was spectacular.The burning of the big fireball instantly emptied the oxygen of thousands of square meters of air nearby, and the nearby British soldiers who were not killed by the explosion were all suffocated in this dead space.

Competing for the oxygen quota with the explosive fuel, these British troops are obviously not opponents.

Of course, not all the fuel was used by the huge fireball, part of the fuel was thrown out by the force of the explosion, and fell on the surrounding tanks, armored vehicles, and trucks.These vehicles also caught fire.No matter what the material is, steel, canvas, wood and other fuels are not picky at all, and what is burned will be used.

The British soldiers on the truck were also ignited by the flames, and they jumped off the truck one by one and kept rolling on the ground trying to put out the flames.But they couldn't get rid of the adhesion of fuel oil, and each one of them gradually exhausted their strength, and they were burned into coke by the fire.

Some British troops also tried to rescue these soldiers who were on fire, but it didn't work at all.The climate in the deserts of North Africa is very dry, and the British soldiers only wore a military uniform on the outside, with nothing on the inside.This caused the flames on the body to burn directly to the surface of the skin, and it didn't take long for the skin to burn

.Others who rescued these burning soldiers kept beating the flames with their hands while enduring the smog of the flames.The ignited fuel is not so easy to be extinguished. The British soldiers who tried to rescue their comrades all watched their comrades burn to death by these flames.

Military vehicles are equipped with fire extinguishers, or dry powder fire extinguishers.But compared with the soldiers on fire in the entire range of the explosion, this dry powder fire extinguisher is simply not enough.In the end, some British soldiers used local materials, raised the sand on the ground with iron brazing, and spread it on the burning place.

Not to mention, this trick really worked, the sand and soil directly cut off the connection between the flame and the oxygen, and the flame slowly went out.However, the British soldiers under the sand had basically stopped breathing at this time.

The fate of the British soldiers in the trucks was miserable, and the soldiers in the tanks and armored vehicles were not much better.The fuel directly attached to the surface of tanks and armored vehicles with flames and burned blazingly.The temperature of tanks and armored vehicles had already reached an unbearable 45 degrees, and these flames directly caused the interior of the tank to rise to more than 80 degrees.

The interior of the entire tank or armored vehicle is tens of degrees higher than the dry steam room of the sauna.The extremely dry temperature evaporates everything containing moisture in tanks and armored vehicles.It also includes the body moisture of British soldiers.

Soldiers in tanks or armored vehicles that were burned by fuel were in a hurry to open the hatch and escape from this hellish place.But when his hand touched the cabin door, he was immediately scalded by the scalded and hot handle.I had no choice but to use everything I could find to pad the handle to open the door, but the flames had already severely deformed the door, and it couldn't be opened at all.In the end, these British soldiers exhausted their last bit of strength, and were finally killed by the high temperature in those tanks and armored vehicles.

Some tanks had their top covers opened, but before anyone could climb out, the flames rushed in along the open hatch covers and quickly burned up the little oxygen in the tanks.Let these soldiers who tried to escape from the car stay in the car forever.It didn't take long for the flames to burn the engine and the fuel tank, followed by a violent explosion, blowing up the bodies of the British soldiers whose bodies had been dried out.

After the 40 German 'Tigers' fired three volleys, they all unanimously stopped firing.Instead, they all started their engines and walked towards the Seventh Armored Division of the British Army with neat steps.

At this time, the Seventh Armored Division of the British Army was really horrible. First, the vanguard was knocked out of nearly 50 tanks.Then there was the last logistics supply convoy destroyed by the German long-range shooting and an armored team protecting these convoys.Detonated the 200th Armored Division's fuel supplies.The 4th Armored Division suffered heavy losses, but the [-]th Armored Division still has nearly [-] 'Sherman M[-]' tanks, and most of them still have the strength.

Faced with this chaotic situation, the division commander of the [-]th British Armored Division 'Brian' calmed down. 'Brian' took a deep breath of the air that exudes the smell of barbecue. 'Brian' knew that these smelled like roasted human flesh, but he couldn't care less about the nausea.What is needed most now is to calm down and not panic.

'Brian' briefly analyzed the situation, because the logistical fuel was destroyed by these hateful Germans.It is no longer possible for him to complete the great plan of raiding 'Tobruk'.There is no fuel, and I haven't run to 'Tobruk'. It is estimated that the [-]th Armored Division will become the [-]th Infantry Division.

If it's a retreat, 'Brian' doesn't mind that he has worked so hard to plan this plan, so it's aborted in vain, and he is willing to let all his hard work go to waste.Now it can only go around to the rear of the German defense line in the south according to the earliest plan formulated by the Tenth Armored Division.As long as I can wipe out the German army there with Alexander of the Tenth Division, everything will be easy to handle, and I will have a lot of credit, and I can also get Alexander's gratitude.Doing so will not be as famous as the raid on 'Tobruk'.At least I won't be blamed by my superiors, saying that I am like an idiot, and I was beaten by 40 German tanks'Panzer IV'.

Things have developed to this point, 'Brian' also firmly believes that the forty German tanks on the opposite side are all 'No. [-]' tanks. 'Brian' thought it was just a Panzer IV with a different barrel.It's just that the firepower is more ferocious.The guns fired by the subordinate tanks just now had no accuracy at all.If the one-on-one shooting with the German tanks was really stopped, the forty German tanks would not be a problem at all.

'Brian' issued an order online, "The tanks should use the battalion as a unit to disperse attacks on German tanks, ensure the accuracy of shooting, and strive to kill with one blow. Covered shooting must be carried out between tank battalions. Do not act alone."

It must be said that 'Brian' is still a very talented armored commander, and he has a deep understanding of what is meant by "a good victor does not fight, a good fighter does not fight, a good fighter never loses, and a good loser stays in chaos" reason.The truth of this sentence is that those who are good at winning battles will not form troops with the enemy; Defeat, those who are good at defeating battles will never lose their positions in the face of defeat. Instead, they will fight repeatedly and finally win the war.

'Brian' is like this, if he can't fight the long-range firepower of the German army, he immediately changes his strategy.Implement the tactics of fighting consumption and quantity with the German army.

Was 'Tiger' so easy to defeat?This problem 'god' knows.