Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 132: Annihilation (4)

"Oh! God!" Major Philip just got up from the bottom of the turret, holding the knocked back of his head with his hands, where the scalp was scratched and his leather gloves were covered with blood. Geli Literature Network

At this moment, he didn't care about the pain, and there was a violent explosion in his ears, and the driver of his own car exclaimed.

"What happened?" Philip finally got his feet firmly on his feet, and he climbed onto the captain's seat and asked the gunner.

"Captain Blanche's tank just exploded." The gunner replied, crying, turning his head to the company commander.

"Did any of you see what happened?"

"Damn it, it's a German!"

"Where did the attack come from?"

"I didn't see anything."

"It's an anti-tank gun! Watch out!"

"What happened? Who happened?"

"Is the deputy company commander."

"Oh my god, is it a mine?"

"The shelling! It came from the opposite mountain!"

At this time, there was a mess of shouts in the car radio. Due to the sudden incident, most of the tanks in the rear team did not know that the pilot car was destroyed. They only knew that there was an explosion in front. Most people ignored the rules of radio communication. Interrogated each other over the radio.

"Shut up to me and keep the radio channel open." Philip endured the pain in the back of his head and loudly stopped the discussion of his subordinates.

"All companies turned, one row and two rows followed me, three rows and four rows went on the highway, pay attention to search for the enemy, and each row can shoot freely after finding the target." Philip issued a combat order.

Major Philip's response was very quick, and the decision he made was in line with the conditions at the time. Up to this time, he had not made any obvious mistakes. This was also confirmed in the German report after the war.

At that time, the British army was still in the form of a marching army in two columns, with the company commander and deputy company commander seated at the head of the two columns. Therefore, when it was attacked, the company commander became the first target. Also because of this, the deputy company commander was able to find the location of the attacker in the first place and fight back. At this point, it can be seen that the level of training of this British tank unit is still good, at least in terms of reaction speed and combat capability.

At the same time, it was also because the deputy company captain's counterattack was too fast. It made the German tanks transfer the target of attack from the company commander to his body.

At this time, the British army was attacked and a tank had been destroyed, but no one could tell the exact location of the enemy. He didn't even know what attacked him. The enemy’s situation is unknown, and the enemy’s location is unknown, but the British tank company was exposed to bright flames because of the burning company’s sub-seat. The wrecked tank blocked the path of subsequent vehicles, while the company commander led another column to move on. The marching troops have been disrupted.

In this case, it is obviously foolish to keep the original marching route. The enemy in the dark can easily knock out the tanks in the column one by one like shooting a target. Philip judged that the attacking party should be a German artillery, but I don't know which one. Since it can easily penetrate the cockpit front armor up to 75 cm thick, the caliber of this artillery must not be too small.

When did the German army set up artillery positions on Mount Arkham, and the nearby Mount Cox position did not respond to it. This is simply a big scandal. Those **** lazy infantrymen, It was they who indirectly killed their deputy company commander, and Major Philip prepared to make a good mention in the post-war combat report. Must seek justice for his deputy company commander.

The British tank company followed the command of the company commander and began to change its formation. Philip knew that he could never stay in the bright place as a target at this time, so he took one column he led to turn left, and the other column bypassed the first car. The wreckage hit the road directly, keeping parallel with the first column.

The two tanks marched parallel along the road, using the dense roadside trees to cover themselves, while searching for the enemy to launch a counterattack. It is not in line with the British Army's style to be beaten and not fight back. At least the enemy must shed the same weight of blood to restore the honor of Viscount Philip's house.

Major Philip's judgment was inaccurate, but with the information he had at the time, it was amazing to be able to think of so much in a short time. This is the background of the British aristocracy. These people have been militarized since childhood, and their military knowledge and accomplishments are not much worse than that of the Junker aristocracy in Germany. In fact, this set of models originally originated in Germany, which is the English revision of the Germanic Barbarian Development Program. Although the soups are different, the medicine is still the original flavor.

However, due to the sudden occurrence of the incident and due to human inertial thinking, Major Philip still missed some details, which may not be important in normal training and exercises, but it is fatal in real combat. When Major Philip reacted. The irreparable loss has already occurred.

The British tank made a ninety-degree turn in front of Arkham Mountain and began to move slowly toward the west along the Arkham Highway. Major Philip’s tactics were based on the enemy’s large artillery. Artillery is generally difficult to steer, and it is difficult to accurately aim for laterally moving targets. If the opponent fires, it will definitely reveal its position. On the contrary, their own tanks do not have this defect. They can attack enemy targets 360 degrees in all directions. Once the German artillery is exposed, the tank can quickly suppress the opponent with the rapid-fire gun and machine gun. Then the tank company chooses to turn to assault or roundabout on both wings, depending on the company commander's mood at the time.

The British turrets all pointed to the hill on the right, and the machine gunner and the commander had their eyes close to their periscopes, not daring to miss a sign. At this time, only the bush that had been lit before was burning on the dark mountains, but the light could not reach much. Not far from the flame, it was like being swallowed by the surrounding darkness, and the nearby bushes were completely enveloped. In the dark night, the flares from the far horizon can't make them show their original appearance. The unburned ashes are like dots of fireflies floating in the sky with the evening wind. This was originally a beautiful and wonderful scene, here In the eyes of the British army at that time, it seemed murderous, with ghosts and shadows in the mountains.

Suddenly a whole row of fires flashed on the mountainside, accompanied by a series of shining meteors, in Philip's angry eyes, quickly across the sky, swarming into the neat British army In the tank array.

"God, that's a German tank!" Although it was far away. But Philip still clearly saw the appearance of his opponent. In the flash of flames from the enemy's muzzle, the unique square car body and turret of the German tank were clearly distinguishable.

"Damn! Turn off the lights! Turn off all the **** lights." Philip realized what a low-level mistake he had made at this time. This was the difference between them and those old-brand units. Although they received the same training, they all lacked actual combat experience. The veteran would never drive with the lights on on the front line. This is equivalent to marking his position to the enemy. It is better to draw a white cross bullseye directly on the body, just like the Germans did when the war just started.

But Philip has been training in the country all year round. The first thing to pay attention to is driving safety. Although there are some night lights-off driving training, it is mainly used as a part of air defense operations. It is not recommended to engage in such tricks in normal combat confrontation exercises, because it is easy to cause accidents.

What's more, there is also an entry in the British Army tank night warfare order to use spotlights to search for the enemy, so every Matilda tank has a small searchlight installed next to the command tower to search for the enemy at night The goal, but finally the regulations stated that it can only be used when fighting against enemy infantry, otherwise Major Philip will go further on the road to death.

Since the company has been driving with the lights on, the brain has become accustomed to the existence of these lights. Philip actually knew that the fire would expose his position, but he automatically ignored that the two shining lights in front of his car were exposing his position. In fact, it was not only the two bright light sources, but also the two on the fender. The two small orange lights are actually more conspicuous, but they were also unconsciously ignored by the British tankers.

Because the target was moving laterally, the German bombardment was not particularly accurate, but it still achieved a good result. The three Matilda tanks in the middle of the team were completely destroyed, and one of them was still at the same time. Suffered two armor-piercing rounds. I don't know which German vehicle group has the wrong target.

One of the armor-piercing bullets hit the car body, and the other shot into Matilda's engine compartment. The former exploded the ammunition in the turret, although it was just some 40mm grenades, it was still full of sound and light. The latter pierced through the six-cylinder engine, the fuel pump was torn into pieces, a ball of fire rose, the entire heat dissipation system and the housing cover flew into the air, and the violent explosion took the other six-cylinder engine completely. The engine compartment was thrown out, and the engine wrapped in flames rolled off the road and fell into the bushes on the side of the road. Suddenly a fire was triggered again.

What's more serious is that the fire light illuminates several British tanks in the road descending column. These giants painted in green camouflage completely exposed the sight of German tanks.

"Disperse the formation, turn around, change the assault formation of each platoon, and attack Arkham Mountain." Philip was really anxious at this time, he was in deep regret, but it was no longer there. Time cares about right and wrong, and now the primary goal is how to escape from the German attack.

Yes, Philip first thought of escape at this time. He no longer considered whether he could defeat his opponent, because the answer was obvious. His tank company was completely downwind by the opponent, whether it was terrain or equipment. On the previous stage, the Germans had a clear advantage.

At this time, running away from the enemy is obviously a dead end. The accuracy of the German shooting and the fierce firepower have been revealed. Philip firmly believes that the correct approach at this time is to hedge the attack and seek survival from the dead. First, the vehicle must face the enemy and use the heaviest frontal armor to resist the opponent's artillery. Of course, reality shows that that layer of armor cannot block the enemy's armor-piercing projectiles, but it is better than the weaker side armor and tail armor.

The key to Philip’s tactics is to keep the distance between the two sides as close as possible and use the high rate of fire of the two-pounder to suppress the enemy’s firepower. Although the enemy’s appearance was exposed for a short time, Philip was convinced that it was a medium tank. It shouldn't be something that can be penetrated by a two-pounder gun in the usual combat distance, not to mention that the accuracy of the two-pounder gun is also very problematic in the case of night sight. Therefore, only when the distance is close can it effectively damage the enemy. Maybe you can get some results. Anyway, you have to disrupt the enemy's fighting rhythm and see if there will be a turnaround. Once you get into a melee, it is the ideal situation for Philip. Then it will be up to the teams to perform on the spot. If you are lucky, some people may survive.

By this time, Philip had still not lost his keen judgment~IndoMTL.com~ When he realized his mistake, he immediately adjusted the existing tactics and made a new assessment of the German combat effectiveness. The reality is cruel to Major Philip. The German tanks that appeared in front of him were obviously the latest models. Due to the lag in intelligence, he did not know that the Germans had actually made such a thing. The reason why the Germans were considered to be large-caliber artillery was also for this reason, because in Philip’s concept, Germany There is no tank that can destroy the Matilda at this distance, not even the latest German No. 4 tank.

In reality, he really slapped Philip. He secretly cursed the British incompetent intelligence agency, even ignorant of this important equipment intelligence, and the number of enemies in front of him will definitely not be less. One company, apparently this new type of tank has already begun mass production.

I have long heard that the idiots of the Military Intelligence Bureau will only take the people of the British Empire to the Royal Flower World. I heard that there is a very famous guy who likes to drive a German car and a German gun to steal the world. By color. . . . Wait a minute, with that said, where does the product come from? (To be continued.) WWW.GEILIWX.COM Happy reading every day