Battle of the Third Reich

Meet on a narrow road, this is the real meet on a narrow road, Lieutenant Colonel Edwood must make the most correct choice in the shortest time, because the opposite German team will not give him too much time to consider. : .. / Faced with the current situation, the British tank commander was left with few choices, whether to fight or flee. The life and death of hundreds of soldiers throughout the regiment was only in his mind.

Does the British Army lack courage? No one would think so. At that time, the lobster soldiers and the first and third runners-up in the world's strongest army championships all died head-to-head. Although they often played the side that was hanged, no one could deny the bravery and tenacity of the British army soldiers, especially the latter point. , Impressed all the enemy generals who had fought with them. The lobster soldiers were like walking dead on the battlefield, without knowing the pain and fearing death.

The lobster soldiers have marched forward in countless times with rifles and rain. These soldiers carried their rifles and stepped on the drums in the smoke of gunfire. Will blink for more. They are not painless and fearless monsters, they are only afraid of military rules than death.

The combat strength of the British Army is maintained by harsh military regulations. Compared with the dark Royal Navy maritime regulations, the internal regulations of the British Army are stricter and colder than the Royal Navy. The lobster soldiers were not a glorious profession. Just like the unemployed rogues and criminals would join the navy at that time, the regular army was not the choice of the good children. The children of the good family and the noble officials and gentlemen would apply to the military school or directly serve as officers. Only the landless peasants who have no power or power, or the people at the bottom will choose to join the army as a big soldier.

They are either to support their families, to avoid debts, or to evade lawsuits, and of course there are fierce men who want to go out to gain knowledge and seek adventure and excitement, because the British colonies are all over the world, the British army mainly serves overseas, and the domestic defense is local. The military affairs, the emperor is far away, and the management is not strict, it is the best occupation to avoid trouble.

Therefore, the British Army was once like the Royal Navy, and the quality of the soldiers at the bottom was completely beyond the imagination of modern people. But it was precisely because of this group of scumbags, hooligans, scumbags, and foolish farmers that the lobster soldiers simply made their reputation. As I said earlier, the Anglo-Saxons have never been a well-behaved nation, and their brutality, brutality, greed and brutality are their true colors.

The British Army did just four things. Use salary to teach them to distinguish levels, use rewards to inspire their courage to fight, use torture to suppress their sloppy behavior, and use leather whips to teach them to obey their superiors. This is a group of troops crafted by a combination of harsh discipline and monetary reward. The soldiers have developed a conditional fear and obedience to the officers. Even if he knew that the shell that was flying across would hit his chest, but out of fear of military discipline, he could only stand up and face the bullet, because he knew that if he ducked sideways, it would disturb the queue. Formation, then waiting for his punishment will be more terrible than death.

But Lieutenant Colonel Edwood is just a group of recruits. The British Army has no time for regular professional development. Compared with those qualified veterans, they seem to have more personality. But it also lacks awe of discipline and conditioned reflex obedience.

Edwood judged the situation in just a few seconds. His tank regiment was at a disadvantage. The majority of his troops were still on the back slope. He couldn’t even see the enemy. Said to participate in the battle, and the second squadron and the regiment squad that had climbed the top of the hill combined only had 25 cruise tanks, of which only seven were the latest crusade tanks, and the rest were old mkia9 type, and what I look at is a fully equipped German armored battalion, but it is a real tank battalion. Tanks, infantry, and support artillery are available, not battalion-level parallels of your own.

He did not recognize the type of the tanks led by the other party. It should be the latest equipment of Germany. Looking at the caliber of the long barrel tank gun, he knew that he was definitely not able to resist these thin leather goods. Not to mention the pile of light tanks and armored vehicles on the back ramp.

The Seventh Queen’s private cavalry is in absolute disadvantage in all conditions, and there is no chance of victory in this battle. So Lieutenant Colonel Edwood found himself facing a difficult but necessary choice.

"Sir, where did they land, is the Coast Defense Command blind?" The voice of the deputy commander Major Forrest came from the headset, and Edwood froze with open mouth, not knowing what to do. Answer the subordinate questions.

"What should we do. Sir." The squadron leader of the second squadron asked loudly.

"Order, sir, only we can stop them now." The deputy commander made his suggestion. Indeed, only the Edwood regiment can stop the advance of this German army. If these German tank chiefs are allowed to drive in, This is a disaster for all British teams in the Dover area.

But the question is, even if they want to stop it, can they really stop it? Edwood finally made his decision.

"The regiment squad and the second squadron follow me, you stay, Forrest, take the third squadron and the twelve lancer regiment to the town down the slope, and meet the infantry left in the village, you Build a defensive line there and use the infantry tanks of the 1st Squadron as the main force. Playing street battles with German tanks should be able to stop their attack. In addition, immediately report the situation here to the division and let them quickly mobilize all mobile forces before Come for reinforcements, once the Germans break through here, then everything is over."

Edwood was determined to take the cruise tank squadron to the top of the **** and fight for time for the remaining troops to establish a defense line in the town of Temple Ure. Edwood found that only this one tactic could give a breakthrough to the German tanks at present. Create some obstacles, that is to force the other party into narrow village streets for street fighting.

"No, sir! I still stay. I don’t know much about street fighting tactics. On the contrary, I have a lot of experience in commanding cruise tanks. The next defensive battle must be directed by you. The soldiers trust you to obey you, troops. Your command is indispensable. Now listen, the second squadron charged with me, for the honor of the private cavalry of the seventh queen, for the British Empire, for the king!" The deputy head shouted on the radio, and then he The crusader tanks had increased their horsepower and roared towards the German tanks. The remaining cruise tanks were also arranged in a long horizontal row without hesitation, and rushed to launch a fearless charge towards the Germans.

The remaining two Crusader tanks of the regiment squad were parked next to the commander’s command tank, and Ed Wood’s lieutenant, Henry Lieutenant, suddenly turned around to salute his chief. Edwood knew what the other party wanted to do. He just opened his mouth, but said nothing. Henry lowered his arm with a smile, drilled back into the turret and closed the armor cover hard, and then his crusade tank started to accelerate. Following the charge formation of the second squadron, they rushed towards the Germans.

"For the honor of the seventh cavalry's private cavalry?" Edwood felt sore eyes. These young people didn't even hear the name of this unit before joining the army. Edwood knew that the upper army actually gave this number to the unit as a disguise. This does not mean they admit it. The identity of this unit, according to previous habits, is more likely to wait until the end of the battle, this unit will be split again, and experienced soldiers and officers will be assigned to those newly formed units as seeds, and This number will be returned to the Army Department.

But today, these brave young people gave Edwood a new feeling. These people believe that they are the heirs of this glorious number. They are a member of this army. They are even willing to give their lives for the honor of this army.

Looking at the distant tank squadron, Edwood rubbed his eyes vigorously, and then gave the driver an order to turn around.

Edwood knew he had no role in resisting German tanks, but as a supreme commander, he had to take the lead. The morale of the British soldiers often depends on the performance of the officer. Once the officer shows a cowardly fear of the enemy, the morale of the army will suddenly fall, and if the officer takes his hair to charge. No soldier would be willing to hide behind his commander.

In fact, Edwood’s command tank has no tank weapons at all. In order to install three 19-type radios for dispatch command and the need to expand the space inside the turret, the Crusader Type 2 command tank dismantled the two-pound gun and the two-pound gun on the turret. Coaxial machine gun. Only a fake cannon was made of wood in the same position as the camouflage. The only defensive weapon on the car was a Bursa machine gun in the rotating machine gun tower on the side of the cockpit. For German tanks, this was equivalent to an unarmed vehicle.

The lieutenant colonel led one of the remaining **** tanks of the regiment, turned around and returned to the ramp from the top of the slope. He issued a command by radio, and all the vehicles parked on the ramp turned around and headed towards the village down the hill. At this time a dense cannon sound and explosion sound had sounded on the top of the slope. The second squadron is in the final fight.

mkia9 is the first true cruise tank of the British Army. The so-called cruise tank is a unique name for the British Army. The design concept of this weapon is to create a high-speed breakthrough behind the enemy position behind the enemy. Movement, destruction of enemy rear supply stations and armored vehicles in transportation hubs, from the point of view of the nature of the mission, it is indeed somewhat similar to the navy cruiser, the combat concept is uniquely advanced, and in many ways is consistent with the German blitz theory.

But in fact, the British Army's tactical ideas were actually inspired by cavalry tactics. The British simply used the cruise tank as a substitute for cavalry. This is completely different from the German theory of armored warfare.

After the war, the British economy tightened, and the Army Machinery and Equipment Council stuck to the neck of each tank manufacturing plant. The development of British tanks started from the rich technology priority to the cost-effective price priority, which is called advanced and economical. Difference.

Before the British Army had strong funds, all tank models were aimed at the tall, using the most advanced technology, the finest materials, the finest processing technology, and a complete face. However, after the economic crisis, military spending was tightened, and the Army no longer dared to spend money arbitrarily. Reacting to the tank design, the Army began to use price as the primary criterion for selection, which is why the Matilda 1 will be adopted. The reason is that this off-road speed is not as good as that of infantry tanks. It is famous for its cheap price, and it costs 6,000 pounds, which is the price of cabbage.

This led to the fact that from that time on, the British tank design no longer had the imagination and aura of the past, but was blindly pursuing minor improvements in the previous model. The British series tanks in World War II were almost like a What was cast in the mold, only a slight modification of the details and outlines, was so ugly that there was no friend. What is even more abominable is that in order to facilitate factory production and control costs, they do not consider feedback from frontline troops at all. Anyone who expresses dissatisfaction with the equipment may be sent to the military court.

mkia9 is a model of an economical tank. In order to save money, it is equipped with a bus engine. The thickest armor is only 14 mm. Not to mention the German 37 mm anti-tank gun, that is, the 20 mm machine gun can fight it. Into a sieve. Now these tanks are facing a company No. 4 tank, equipped with a long barrel 75 mm tank gun.

The German tanks were lined up to form a standard combat formation. The two tanks of the No. 4 tank were separated left and right, separated by 50 meters in the middle. Two inverted V-shaped impact formations were lined up in the middle of the rear of the two rows. It is the third tank row, 100 meters away from the front tank, also arranged in an inverted V formation, followed by the company team behind the third row, and finally the fifth four tanks in the fourth row as guards .

The German tanks moved forward steadily. British tank shells continued to fall beside them. The shells hitting the front armor and the tank turret were instantly opened. No one can penetrate the sturdy armor of the improved version 4.

The Pioneer line stopped at a distance of 500 meters from the British tank, and then fired a salvo. Ten high-speed semi-armor-piercing grenades screamed through the air, and then exploded a fireball in the British tank's charge formation.

These German tank soldiers have accumulated rich experience in the French battlefield. It is impossible to miss the target at this distance. Twelve mkia9 shots were hit. The semi-armor-piercing projectile easily penetrated the turret shield and frontal armor. The delayed fuze detonated in the body of the car. The charge in the warhead instantly turned the tank into a burning torch. Two a9s were hit in the front of the rotating machine gun tower. The German armor-piercing shell shredded the armor of this small machine gun tower and pulled the machine gunner inside. It became a piece of meat, the warhead passed through the rear armor, and finally exploded on the turret shield. The violent explosion shattered the fragile riveted armor. The broken rivet splashed and ejected inside the car body. The three crew members were in the narrow turret There is no room for dodge at all, and the flesh and blood hit by these high-speed flying metal blocks are blurred.

The Germans eliminated almost half of the tanks of the second squadron in two seconds, but the remaining cruise tanks did not slow down at all. They continued to use the 40mm tank gun to return fire while traveling, coaxial machine guns The turret machine guns all frantically fired at the German tanks, and at the same time charged the Germans with an off-road speed of 24 kilometers per hour. Like the British red grenadiers of the year, they turned a blind eye to the tragic conditions of their comrades-in-arms, and still took a brisk pace and bravely advanced in the face of death.

The officers and men of the Private Cavalry of the Seventh Queen who are far away in Egypt will not know that in the British mainland, there are a group of young tankers with the same name as them. They are fighting for the honor of the Private Cavalry of the Seventh Queen. (To be continued.)