New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

"Sir, the gun barrel is clean!" a soldier reported to Lieutenant von Rosen.

"Well, very good! Go and help Muller clean the fan." Second Lieutenant Von Rosen was squatting next to his Tiger tank, helping to change the load wheel.Compared with ordinary tanks, the double-layer road wheels of the German Tiger tank have many advantages. For example, this type of road wheel is the most stable when driving.This allowed German tanks to stabilize the body faster and fire deadly shells when shooting short stops.For another example, using this type of road wheel, the maximum pressure on the ground will also be reduced.This also improves the passing performance of the tank.

But this load wheel also has many disadvantages.First of all, when driving, objects such as dirt and stones can easily get stuck between the two layers of road wheels, causing the road wheels to be stuck or even directly damaged.In the severe cold season on the Eastern Front, after one night, the tiger's two-layer load wheels may also be frozen together, unable to move.In addition, this type of road wheel is more likely to be damaged when it is hit than a thicker single-layer road wheel. For example, a howitzer shell exploding nearby may damage this type of road wheel.

What's more, this kind of road wheel is also very troublesome to maintain. For example, if one of the inner wheels is broken, you must first remove the two outer road wheels before you can replace that road wheel.For example, right now, several road wheels on one side of Lieutenant von Rosen's Tiger tank are broken.It needs to be removed and replaced one by one, which can take a lot of time.

"Company commander!" A scout ran over.

Second Lieutenant Von Rosen jumped up from the ground: "Where are the British now? Are they calling?"

"Company commander, no. The British are about three kilometers away from us now, but they don't know why they stopped." The scout replied, "They are surrounded by an M-4 tank. It may be that the tank is broken. .”

"Nonsense! How is this possible?" Second Lieutenant Feng Rosen shouted, "Have you seen it clearly? Go back, see it clearly and then come back!"

Tanks breaking down on the way to battle is one of the most common things in war, in germany, uh, don't even think about it, someone will push it to the side of the road and the army will move on - speed , tank troops are even more so.How can a tank unit be stopped just because one of the tanks broke down?The British are not newbies on the battlefield anymore, how could they make such a mistake?

The scout seemed to want to defend himself, but he looked at Second Lieutenant von Rosen and thought about it again. He probably found it hard to believe himself, so he saluted Second Lieutenant von Rosen, and then He ran away again.

"About three kilometers, within a few minutes, they can kill here." Lieutenant von Rosen looked around, "But now, only 6 tanks have regained the ability to fire, as for the ability to move , at least within an hour, no one will be able to recover."

Thinking of this, Second Lieutenant Feng Luosen fell into deep despair: "Even if the enemy drags on, they will definitely be able to kill here within 15 minutes. At that time, is it time for everyone to die for the country together?"

After an unknown period of time, Second Lieutenant von Rosen had replaced the load and replaced the broken track, but the British still hadn't come.

"What are the British doing?" Second Lieutenant von Rosen's mind became more and more uncertain with the British's weird behavior.At this time, only the engine cooling system of his tank had not been cleaned.This is a delicate job, and the space on the tank is limited, so he can't help much, so he confessed to the crew, "Hurry up and fix it, I'll go ahead and have a look", and ran forward.

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"Damn it, how is this possible?" Second Lieutenant von Rosen looked up from behind the binocular periscope of the observation post in a trance, "This is unscientific! They, how could they hold a picnic at this time Already!"

"Company commander, you also saw...they are really..." Scout Finn also looked surprised.

"Well, you come closer." Second Lieutenant von Rosen said.

"What's the matter?" Finn leaned over, "Ouch! Why are you pinching me, company commander?"

"Do you know it hurts? It doesn't seem like a dream..."

In this way, Second Lieutenant von Rosen and scout Finn looked and looked and waited and waited in the observation post.They saw that the white picnic mats were spread out, they saw that the exquisite plates were set, they saw that the British sat down leisurely, they saw the British began to eat big mouthfuls...keep watching Until their stomachs are hungry, those British people are still basking in the sun leisurely!

"Company commander, look, the enemy's attack planes have also returned. Will they stop fighting?" Finn said.

"How is it possible? So many bombs were dropped today just to get them out to have a picnic?"

"Company commander, look, a few more vehicles have come over, they seem to be engineering vehicles."

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21st Attack Aircraft Wing forward command.

"What? These British people stopped to eat! This is really unreasonable!" Boington, acting as Ron, yelled angrily, "Boys, my pilots didn't even have lunch! Are they going to fight or go on a picnic?  … …I’m running out of fuel? So what are you waiting for? Come back for dinner!”

Speaking of which, Bington has never had a good impression of the British, and the main reason for this is that he feels that the British like to put on airs too much.They always play tricks in front of Americans, and they always like to look at Americans with the look of country bumpkins.

"Do they still think they are the number one in the world? Without us, they are nothing!" Before Ron was injured, Bington said this to Ron more than once.

"Ah, they only show this appearance because they know that they are no longer the boss of the world." Ron replied at the time, "When a once powerful country is inevitably going to decline, they can only use This is a way to maintain self-esteem. Dad, you should have sympathy, sympathy and sympathy for others."

Although Bington felt that Ron's words without a single dirty word were more soothing than his swearing, but when it comes to sympathy for the British, Bington really felt that he couldn't find such a psychology at all.

"Captain, are the next wave of attack planes going to be dispatched?"

"Let's make a p, let's eat first!"

"The next batch of pilots have already eaten!"

"Then let them take a nap first!"

"Yes!" The orderly turned around and planned to inform the pilots to go to bed.

"Wait... Let the pilots go." Bington said, "Ron is right, although the British are all bastards, at least they are our bastards now!"

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Just when several PA-38s that had provided direct fire support for the British returned, and before the newly dispatched PA-38 attack aircraft arrived, the British engineering vehicles arrived first.They rolled out a road on the railway line for wheeled vehicles, and the British packed up their cups and cutlery, jumped on the tanks, and went on the attack.

The commander of Company B, Bill? Kouros, gave an order, and the British tanks that crossed the railway line began to form a battle formation.They lined up Sherman tanks armed with 75mm guns at a distance of 36 meters, followed by "Fireflies" armed with deadly 17-pounder guns in echelon formation.In an encounter, people will always instinctively fire at the tank closest to them.Then, when the Germans opened fire and were exposed, the "Fireflies" hiding behind had a chance to use the terrible 17-pound gun to destroy those tigers and leopards.

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"Brothers, have the tanks been repaired?" Second Lieutenant Von Rosen asked.

"Fixed! Waiting to fix the British now!" The morale of the soldiers looked good.

"Sir, when are the British coming? Have they finished their meal? We're all hungry!"

"Those fat pigs have already arrived," Second Lieutenant von Rosen jumped onto his tank and said with one hand on his turret, "let's kill them first and then go back to eat!" Then he drilled He got into the tank, exposed half of his body outside the turret, raised his right arm high, and waved forward: "Let's go!" A puff of black smoke came out from the exhaust pipes of his tanks, and then these 57-ton giants The beast began to move forward slowly...

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The British tanks were still advancing slowly, and suddenly, a No. 4 tank appeared in their field of vision.It was a single German tank. It fired a shot at the British m4 tank first, but the shell missed.Of course, this tank never had a chance to fire a second shell, and the salvos of several "Fireflies" immediately turned it into a big fireball.

However, this victory did not make the British happy. On the contrary, they are getting more and more nervous now.The appearance of this No. 4 tank shows that this operation is not the armed parade they imagined, and the enemy still has remaining armored forces!

Just a few seconds after the No. [-] tank was destroyed, several shells fell into the British tank group.The shells fell on the ground, and clouds of smoke exploded. The British looked around in a panic, but they couldn't see where the shells came from.

In the air raid just now, some anti-tank guns and assault guns survived, the Germans ambushed them on the side of the British advancing line, and the land that was blown away in the air raid was just right for the Germans to build fortifications .While the British were having a picnic, the Germans built anti-tank fortifications here.Now these anti-tank guns and assault guns are half buried in the fortifications, only the barrels are exposed to shoot at the British.The British were in a mess after being hit, and they couldn't find where the attacker was.

However, there are many problems with the hastily built fortifications of the Germans.For example, the ground near the muzzle was not well watered, which caused the muzzle to raise dust on the ground every time the Germans fired a cannon.So the British finally discovered these enemies after suffering a lot of shells and losing several tanks.

So the British tanks began to turn to the German anti-tank guns and assault gun positions.It was nothing more than some pak-40s and stug [-] guns there.Although they caught the British by surprise, the British, who have a clear numerical advantage, can still solve these troubles once they find the target.

But at this moment, the "fireflies" at the back of the line were hit one after another into big fireballs.Then from behind the British, as many as 11 Tiger tanks rushed out.

In the rear raid by the 0rd Company of the 75th Triple Tank Battalion of the German Army, the British lost all the "Fireflies", which was almost a death notice for all British vehicles still on the battlefield.Because relying on the remaining m4s with only [-]mm short-barreled guns, there is no way to fight against Tiger tanks, and their artillery cannot penetrate Tiger tanks at zero distance.By their own delay, the British had fallen into a mortal trap.