New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

"The bushes are a nuisance!" said Lieutenant Joyce, "and the bush shears we're given up there are even more nuisances. They're hardly ever useful."

In France, farmers used to plant some shrubs between fields as fences separating fields.These shrubs are very pliable when tanks knock over them and run over them.The flexible branches of these shrubs can easily get caught inside the tracks and entangle the road wheels.In order to move freely in such an environment, the U.S. military has prepared a kind of bush scissors for its tanks.This thing is installed in front of the tank, and it can cut the bushes, so that when the tank drives past, there will be no problem of the road wheels being entangled in the bushes.In theory, in this way, American tanks will gain more battlefield mobility than German tanks.In order to ensure that the load wheels will not be entangled, German tanks generally avoid those bushes, which makes German tanks almost only able to maneuver along the road, and American tanks that can pass through the bushes at will can also get a lot around the enemy's side Chance to fire.

Yes, go around to the enemy's side and fire.Most of the m4 tanks invested by the US military in Normandy are models equipped with only 75mm guns.The power of this gun is completely behind the times, and the reputation of m4 has been dragged down by this gun.With this gun, the m4 tank will be at a disadvantage even when facing an old stuff like the pan 4 tank head on.As for the tigers and leopards, even at zero range, this gun cannot penetrate their frontal armor-whether it is the upper part or the turret.However, the tiger and leopard can easily penetrate the front armor of the m1500 from 4 meters away.Therefore, in order to deal with the leopard, the m75 equipped with a 4mm gun can only find a way to go around the side of the leopard. Only by firing from the side can it penetrate the leopard.If the opponent is a tiger, it is not only necessary to fire from the side, but also to fire from a relatively close distance from the side to have a chance to penetrate the tiger's side armor-compared to almost all the armor on the front. The leopard, the side armor of the tiger is much thicker.

If you are unlucky and encounter a 70-ton Tiger King, well, the best way is to draw a circle and curse it: "Malfunction! Malfunction! Malfunction immediately!" Because even at a very close distance, The 4mm gun of the m75 tank is still unable to penetrate its side armor.

This curse is very efficient most of the time, at least much more reliable than the 75mm short-barreled gun.On the Eastern Front, once, the Soviets captured a intact King Tiger, so they decided to take this thing back to the rear for research.How to transport it back? The railway station was 40 kilometers away, so the Soviets drove King Tiger, planning to drive directly to the railway station.Then, um, the 40-kilometer road, the Soviets walked for nearly 5 hours, stopped halfway, and repaired the car 8 times-every 34 kilometers on average!The performance of King Tiger in the hands of the Soviets may also be due to the fact that the Soviets are used to driving products like the t-[-] that can mess around at will. When driving the King Tiger, the movements are too rough, but how reliable is the King Tiger? Cheating is also evident.

Joyce stopped the m4 tank and jumped out of the tank.The bush shears did make the road wheel entanglement go away, but it caused another nuisance - the bush shears themselves got tangled in the bushes.And the chances of this happening are even higher than the chances of a road wheel getting tangled in a bush.And once this thing is entangled and unable to move, only manual troubleshooting is available.

However, there are many faults in this thing, but troubleshooting is also simple.In today's offensive, small groups of German armored forces counterattacked more and more frequently.The chance of encountering enemy tank units has greatly increased.In this case it is much safer to march through the hedge than along the road.So, it's worth taking the time to fix your shrub shears.

It took about 10 minutes for Joyce's crew to fix the bush shears, and everyone got in the car and drove on.In the previous operation, due to some mechanical failure, Joyce's tank fell behind the main force, and now he has to speed up to catch up.

Starting the bush shears, crossing a bush fence, and then bypassing a country house, Joyce's eyes widened - a King Tiger tank appeared less than a hundred meters away.

"Quick! Fire!" Joyce yelled.The lone King Tiger tank, facing them sideways, was probably also left behind.But here I met Joyce and their m4 tank.

Before King Tiger turned the turret, the m4 tank fired an armor-piercing projectile.This armor-piercing projectile hit the turret of the King Tiger tank, but it shot away.

"Damn it!" Joyce was about to order the loader to continue reloading, but saw the barrel of the King Tiger tank slowly turning around.

"It's too late!" Joyce immediately made a judgment. His armor-piercing bullets couldn't penetrate this guy at all, and at this distance, he could definitely hit the m4 tank with a single shot.Now even if you want to escape, you can't escape.With the range and accuracy of Tiger King's long-barreled 88 cannon, this guy can definitely kill himself a dozen times easily before he runs out of its range.

"Accelerate! Hit him!" Joyce gave the command immediately.Relying on a 30-ton m4 to hit a 70-ton Tiger King, it feels a bit like hitting a rock with a pebble, but at this time, this is the only choice.The Tiger King's barrel turns very slowly, and before it turns the barrel around, it will probably hit it by itself.

The m4 tank began to accelerate with maximum horsepower, and slammed into the side and rear of King Tiger.

"Hold on!" Joyce yelled.At this time, King Tiger's turret was about to turn around.

Joyce's M4 tank slammed into the side of the King Tiger tank heavily, and along the way bent the barrel of the King Tiger tank that had just turned around.The huge impact made Joyce's eyes go black, and he passed out just a little bit. , After a while, he was relieved. "What's wrong? Are you all right?"

"I'm okay!"

"I'm fine too."

"My legs are a bit off."

"I'm okay."

A few voices came over, and it seemed that everyone was fine.

Joyce picked up his Thompson submachine gun, opened the hatch and got out.Just when he got out of half of his body, he saw that the hatch of King Tiger was also opened, and a German guy leaned out from inside, holding an MP-40 submachine gun in one hand.

Joyce pointed Thompson at the German guy. Seeing that he had lost his chance, the German guy obediently threw away the MP-40 in his hand, raised his hands, and yelled at Joyce. , seemed to be in English, but Joyce didn't understand it at all.Joyce got out of the tank while pointing a gun at him to prevent him from doing anything.Then three more Yankees came out.They climbed into the German tank and surrounded the German.

The German said something else.This time he spoke slowly, and Joyce finally understood.This is indeed English, but it is very unauthentic.The Germans said it all, but it actually meant the same thing - I surrender, don't shoot.

"Come out!" Joyce motioned to the guy.He didn't let his guard down. In the Pacific, he had seen too many Japanese pretending to surrender and then playing tricks.This made him wary of anyone who declared he was going to surrender.

But the Germans seem to be more honest than the Japanese, and the German guy climbed out obediently.

"Tell them, throw your weapons out and surrender! Don't play tricks, or I'll throw a grenade!"

The German guy did as well, and after a while, several Germans came out in a file.

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Just when Joyce was proud of having captured a Tiger King, the large army he was chasing was caught in a crisis.

The wreckage of 8 m4 tanks and the wreckage of several cars are smoking. In the ambush just now, five leopard tanks almost killed these m4 in a few minutes.But Major Cameron of the SS knew that now was not the time to celebrate, and they had to move immediately, because the enemy's attack planes must have been rushing over here.

"Transfer to area 2, there is a hideout there." Cameron ordered.His battalion now has only these 5 Leopards left. In the tank battle, they only lost one Leopard, and the others were lost to the enemy attack aircraft.

"It would be great if there were our fighter jets in the sky!" Cameron thought, while directing the remaining 5 Leopards to move towards the No. 2 area.There is a forest there, hiding there may be able to escape the enemy's attack planes.

Cameron also knows that it is actually quite dangerous to march towards Area 2 now.It was also attacked by US armored forces just now.Cameron knew that there were only a few anti-tank guns over there, and the US military had probably already broken through.If I stay in that place, it is actually equivalent to running into the US-controlled area, and I may be discovered at any time.Only there, however, is the nearest hiding place.If you don't go there quickly, you probably won't be able to escape the attack of the enemy's attack planes.Therefore, the future situation depends on whether you can hide until night, and sneak back when it gets dark.

At the same time, a group of PA-47 attack aircraft was rushing towards the area where the tank battle took place.At the same time, the officers of the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing were also analyzing the possible escape directions of the enemy on the map.

"I think it's here, area 11. If the enemy runs back, he can't escape from our attack aircraft no matter what." A staff officer pointed to the sand table and said to Bington.

"They are going here, and they have a chance to escape our attack, but they are also trapped in this way."

"That's better than being killed by an attack plane directly. At least there is a possibility of sneaking back at night."

"Order the fleet to turn directly to area 11. The Germans will not wait for us in place." Bington issued the final order.