Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 133: Annihilation (5)

At this time, the British tank company had lost its formation, and all the vehicles were blindly following the lead of each platoon. The general leader of www.geiliwx.com is the platoon leader. Following the command of the company commander, each tank platoon begins to choose its own attack route.

During night operations, it is very dangerous to expose your position. The three destroyed Matildas are already burning red at this time, and the vehicle-mounted ammunition is still dying. The friends in the same column one after another Increased the horsepower, quickly escaped from these three valuable artificial light sources.

Now there are only twelve Matilda tanks left in Philip’s hand, barely making up four platoons. In fact, these tanks belong to six units. The remaining vehicles that have lost command join the nearest tank platoon. . However, due to rush, some chaos in order was caused. As a result, there are now four or five tanks in some platoons, while others only have one lone long platoon.

Philip’s Matilda tank roared across the road, crushed a row of low bushes on the other side of the road, and began to climb hard towards Arkham Mountain. I don’t know when, but it has been following. The wingman on his left wing disappeared, and now only his tank was left in the company command platoon.

"The platoons should pay attention to spread out the formation, do not gather together, keep the distance between the vehicles. Once the vehicles find the target, they can attack freely. Gentlemen, now fight for your honor and life, maybe we All will die here, but the final victory will belong to Britain. God bless the king and God bless the British Empire."

Philip can only do this step at this time. This order means that he is ready to give up the unified command of the tank company and give the platoons the right to move freely. Each tank platoon is now fighting separately, no matter they Choosing to continue fighting or retreating, all the responsibilities will be borne by his company commander.

"Fire! Kill the Germans!"

"It's nice to be able to fight under your command, sir."

"How could we die here, be careful on the right, speed up! Speed ​​up!"

The earphones that had been silent since just now suddenly became noisy, and the company commander's words swept away the depressive atmosphere that had been shrouded in the company. Indeed, what can be feared up to now, it is nothing more than death in battle, the enemy is extremely powerful, but oneself is not a soft persimmon to let it go. If you want to take Lao Tzu's life, then trade your head.

Jie Yu and Wu Yong in the blood of the Anglo-Saxon barbarians began to wake up. These soldiers did not have as good eloquence as the company commander, but they used their actions to show their determination to the commander.

The **** of Mount Arkham is a bit steeper than Mount Oakes, and it is almost close to the critical point of the Matilda tank's maximum climbing slope. At this time, the tank drivers can no longer care about the two engines. All vehicles have raised their speeds to the highest speed. The engines roared frantically. This heavy infantry tank began to move toward the German occupation at a speed of eight kilometers per hour. The hillside assault.

In order to increase the grip when climbing, and to avoid German shelling, some platoons began to follow the ZigZag route, and at the same time, they used the weapons on the turret to shoot at the positions of the Germans.

For the German tank company, this attack is fragile and ridiculous. Neither the coaxial machine gun nor the 40mm rapid-fire gun can cause damage to the latest No. 4 tank. Unless the opponent's character bursts and hits the tank's tracks, this will at most make the No. 4 tank lose its mobility and still cannot cause fatal damage to it.

But the German 75mm main gun is very powerful. It has been proven that it can penetrate the Matilda frontal armor at a distance of 1000 meters, and it is not the 75mm vertical deck in the cab, but the car. The 78mm arc armor at the lower part of the front of the body. This steel plate that once left the 37mm and 50mm guns at a loss, is as fragile as a piece of glass in front of the new 75mm tank gun. The Germans prefer to cut it with a hot knife. Butter to describe the scene at that time, the warhead penetrated through the armor plate without any hindrance. A bullet hole with melting edges was left in the steel plate, and then a **** was created behind the armor plate.

The night also brought some difficulties to the Germans. The current night observation technology of the German army is not much ahead of the British, and it is still dominated by flares and searchlights. Under normal circumstances, it is still necessary to search for the target with the naked eye.

When the British army turned off the lights and started rushing down the road, the German tanks also began to maneuver. The original hiding bushes have lost their concealment, and the bright muzzle flashes have also hampered the German observation.

The German tank company had a good start. Only half of the tanks participated in the attack, but they caused damage to four other tanks. Captain Snyder was very satisfied with this. This is not the first night battle that his tank company has participated in. But it was the first time after this new type of tank was replaced, and it was very memorable for the company.

The performance of the German No. 4 G type on the battlefield made these experienced old tankers love it. After using this tank, the old models became **** in their eyes. They do not deny those models. There are some merits, but compared with the No. 4 g type, it is not a level thing at all.

Major Philip climbed all the way up the hillside, and the engine was already showing signs of inadequacy. This tank uses the engine of a civilian vehicle. It was a trick made by the scumbags of the Ministry of War. It was actually given to a tank. Installed on the bus engine, one engine is not enough horsepower to install two. They only considered the price of the whole vehicle, but they didn’t think about how soldiers driving this kind of thing would feel. The heads of the Ordnance Bureau saved the army. For a sum of money, the soldiers on the battlefield have to pay their lives for it.

The gunner used the coaxial machine gun to shoot back and forth towards the edge of the woods on the hillside. The blue and white tracer shot through the bushes and hit the trees behind. Some bushes and grass blades were lit, and the woods edged. There were dots of fire, and thick smoke from the inadequately burned blades of grass, which instead covered a large area.

The German did not stay where he was, and Philip also guessed that. He thought that the German would not be stupid enough to stay in place and wait for the beating, and would definitely respond accordingly. But where are the Germans hiding? Philip grabbed the handrail of the periscope and searched carefully. Suddenly he saw a series of tracer bullets shot out from behind a row of bushes on the left, like a shiny ruby ​​chain, swept out from the dark bushes and whipped to the left. A Matilda tank leaning on the front row.

Philip seems to be able to hear the crisp metal gouge sound of bullets hitting the car body from his ears. From the periscope, he can clearly see those tracer bullets flying by the turret armor in the dark. In the wake of a flurry of air dancing, these 7.9mm bullets are useless, at best they can only scratch Matilda's camouflage.

The problem is that the shooting position of this machine gun is a bit strange. For a tank, the angle is too low. Did the Germans install the machine gun on the tank floor?

"Attention! There are German infantry!" The driver's loud warning came from the headset. This made Philip suddenly realise that his thinking was somewhat restricted. Isn't it a German infantry in such a low position?

German infantry has joined the night battle. This is definitely not good news for the British tank company, but the current situation is already very bad, and some other troubles will not make things worse.

"Here is Mrs. Blue! Tanks, enemy tanks are on the right side of the big house! They rushed down! Watch out! German tanks rushed down the mountain... I" a commander was surprised on the radio Shout. Philip remembered that Mrs. Blue was the nickname of the second car in the third row, and the commander was the Army Senior Soldier Max.

The warning in the headset came to an abrupt end, and then a ball of fire flared up on the hillside in front of the left front of Philip's car. The bright fire light outlined the outline of the Matilda tank.

"I see, tank, eleven o'clock direction, one hundred and seventy yards!" the gunner reported loudly.

"Fire!" Philip exclaimed distractedly. The German tanks circled a circle on the hillside. They had already circled to the left of the British tank company. The British tank company had to turn right away. The two sides turned out to be within two hundred yards. This is something that only happens during night battles. .

"Launch flare, fire flare above the enemy's head. Free fire!" Philip shouted with the microphone while wondering why the Germans didn't use flare in the first place.

The British tanks started to make emergency steering in twos and threes. This kind of maneuver on this kind of ramp takes a lot of risk. Once the movement is not smooth enough, it is likely to break the track. A Matilda suffered this kind of bad luck. Because an engine had failed before, the power of the whole car was already insufficient. When the driver was in a hurry, it was too late to change the appropriate gear. As a result, the steering action was a bit fierce. The crawler on one side failed to withstand the sudden torsion and broke directly from the position of the traction wheel.

At this time, the driver did not know that his tank had a fatal fault, and he still stepped on the accelerator to climb up. The tank continued to advance for four or five meters, and the track shoe on the left completely fell off the wheel hub. Coming down~IndoMTL.com~The road wheel on that side was directly crushed on the land on the ramp, while the track on the other side continued to rotate under the driving of the engine. Due to the uneven force on both sides, the tank suddenly moved towards The left side deflected, and the road wheels were shoveled deep into the mud. The tank turned half a circle on the spot, and with a harsh mechanical friction sound, the engine stalled.

The crew of this tank knew that they were going to be unlucky. It was the worst thing to encounter this situation on the battlefield, but the crew members were not prepared to give up resistance. They began to turn the turret and shot a series of shots towards the distant mansion. The two-pound cannons also started to fire continuously. They didn't care if they could hit anything. They just wanted to use their shots to hinder the enemy and allow their companions to attack.

The crew was obviously prepared to sacrifice themselves. The Germans unceremoniously met their expectations. A series of tracer bombs hit the British tank that was leaning on the hillside and was unable to move. Three seconds later, it continued The high-speed armor-piercing projectiles fired from two directions almost simultaneously hit the stubborn target, killing the four brave British tankers in an instant. (To be continued.) WWW.GEILIWX.COM Happy reading every day