Battle of the Third Reich

"This is a group of brave people, and the tactics used are also very correct, but unfortunately they chose the wrong enemy and the wrong battlefield. {Chinese.

"Lieutenant Snyder took a metal cap badge from the pocket on his left chest and put it on the folding desk.

"Crown, horse reins, orange-red, these are Scots?" Guderian picked up the cap badge with great interest and looked closely. He didn't have much research on British heraldry, but he knew that orange was the most popular among the Scots. Like to use heraldry color.

"This is a sign of the 7th Queen’s private cavalry squadron, which is said to be a long-established Scottish cavalry corps. I asked the captives that they are a newly formed corps, and the personnel were all recruited from the countryside of central England. It’s a real Scot.” The serviceman put a cup of coffee in front of Snyder, and Guderian pushed a jar of sugar on the table.

"Thank you very much, General." Snyder quickly dropped back to express his gratitude.

"So, you have a good fight with them. I read the report and want to hear the specifics. This is the first time we have engaged the enemy armored forces in the British mainland. It has a very large history in the war of the German army. For commemorative significance, I suggest that you carefully record the details of the battle after you go back. It is best to attach a detailed map." Guderian stirred a few times in the coffee cup with a teaspoon, and then put the small silver spoon in it. On the coffee tray, he picked up the coffee and tasted it slowly.

"I will record in detail according to your suggestion, General."

"Well, please continue. After the cruise tanks were destroyed, you started to attack the town where the British army was entrenched." Guderian put down the coffee cup and asked Snyder with a smile.

"Yes, General, those cruise tanks are very tenacious, and my people have spent a lot of time to solve them. It turns out that the main gun of the British tanks can no longer cause a fatal threat to the latest model of the tank 4, we Only one tank withdrew from the battle due to the interrupted track, but this is a small problem, and we fixed it quickly. When my company rushed to the edge of the long slope, we could see that the British infantrymen were in a hurry Busy building a machine gun fortification at the entrance of the village..." Snyder began reporting to Guderian about the battle that took place four hours ago.

After the British Tank Regiment lost a squadron of cruise tanks. Morale was not damaged, but instead became **** because of the heroic sacrifice of the comrades in arms. The tankers and infantry vowed to fight the Germans in the town of Temple Ure to give the barbarians a heartbreaking lesson. . Let those invaders know what kind of rock-solid men the Seventh Queen’s private cavalry and Dover garrison soldiers are, even if they shed blood for this, they will never take a step back and cannot let those comrades in vain. sacrifice.

But because of the encounter between the two sides, the distance is quite close. Although the cruise tank bravely launched a decisive assault, it did not get much time for its comrades. Lieutenant Colonel Edwood only had time to withdraw his troops into the town. The Germans had appeared at the top of the ramp, and the British infantry only Can hurry to build a simple barricade. The materials come from the houses of various households. The debris such as carts, wooden boxes, and furniture are stacked into obstacles. The soldiers are confident that these things should be able to hinder. Stagnant German tank operations.

Some riflemen entered the houses outside the village and they built fire points in the attic and upper bedroom. A rifle pointed directly at the top of the **** opposite. The soldiers held their breaths and waited for the German infantry unit to appear.

Dover’s stronghold garrison has undergone a full year of street fighting training. Each of them has memorized various street fighting manuals. They know how to build a hidden shooting port and how to give the enemy troops from the corner of the street. Set traps, how to use the burning flask and grenades to destroy enemy tanks, they even trained that kind of crowbar attack, and it is the final improved version.

After field tests by the British Army, it was found that the iron crowbar seemed difficult to achieve the desired effect. But they were not willing to give up the idea of ​​"genius", so they spent a week on research and improvement, and finally came up with an ultimate version.

This version is no longer a single soldier using an iron crowbar to attack, but three soldiers carry a square sleeper with a length of one foot (about thirty centimeters) from the side to the black hand of the tank track. The experimental effect satisfied the British Army upper level. This piece of wood was indeed able to jam the tank's driving wheel and break the track.

According to the Army’s expectations, the British soldiers will carry this piece of wood and hide in houses or alleys next to the narrow streets. When the German tank passes by, some obstacles set in front of the road will force the tank to slow down and set at the same time. The firepower on both sides of the street suddenly opened fire. Disperse and suppress the German infantry that accompanied the German troops marching forward. Finally, the three warriors of the sleepers carried the wooden beam to the stage. They jumped out of the hidden side of the street and rushed to the German tank to insert the wooden beam. In the gap between the track and the driving wheel, the driving wheel of the German tank was stuck, the track was broken, the engine stalled and collapsed on the street. The three warriors jumped on the tank and pried open the hatch to throw the grenade, the German tank driver turned into a mi Pink, the three warriors stood on the tank and patted their chests to the sky.

Xu Jun has not yet known that this latest version exists, otherwise it will definitely throw the table and curse people. This is different from the previous version. Changing one person to three people together, is this group of British people find this interesting?

Since the original purpose of this operation was to search for and eliminate paratroopers, no one thought that they would encounter German armored forces. It would be right to think about it. If anyone really thought about this at that time, this person's nerves must be abnormal. So neither the mechanized cavalry squadron nor the fortified infantry carried any infantry anti-tank weapons. They had no anti-tank guns, no anti-tank guns, no anti-tank grenades or mines, no anti-tank incendiary flasks, and they even made incendiary flasks. None of the glass wine bottles.

The residents in the town had already run away, which saved a lot of trouble for the soldiers. The fortress infantry pryed open the shops in the town and removed the boxes of soda and beer from them. They had no time to pry off the caps one by one, so they smashed the bottle directly on the corner of the street, and the soda and beer were poured. Into the drain on the roadside, the spare tanks on the light tanks and armored transport vehicles were evacuated, the gasoline inside was poured into these glass bottles, various textiles in the shops were torn into pieces, and the fuel was plugged after being saturated with fuel After entering the bottle mouth, a simple burning bottle was born.

Edwood placed the light tank squadron in the backyards of several houses in the center of the town. It is close to the main road of the town, and it can move its position through several branches at the same time. They will be used as mobile firepower points. The heaviest of these Vickers light tanks is only six tons, according to international standards. These cars should be classified as mini tanks and placed in another island country. These are standard bean tanks.

Regardless of the model of the Vickers series tank, the basic armor is twelve millimeters, which is said to be because it is exactly the maximum thickness that the half-armor-piercing projectile fired by the Vickers point 50 machine gun can penetrate. This is a product of the British people's steadfast self-closing doors and building cars. When they responded that other countries would not follow the rules set by the British, the British Army had equipped a large number of such fragile toys. When they wanted to change, they found that it was too late. Keep up with the trend of the world.

These mini tanks are only equipped with a water-cooled machine gun, and the caliber is a little 303 and a little 50. Among them, the 303 is more, because the caliber of this machine gun is relatively light, and the bullets are easy to replenish.

A squadron of infantry tanks was lined up along the central cross main road, parked every 20 meters, and arranged across the street from left to right. Several concealed lanes have arranged Matilda I as ambush firepower. These tanks are too slow and can only be used as fixed firepower points.

As the absolute main force, Matilda II was placed at several key intersections. Its mission was to attract the attention of the Germans with heavy armor and firepower, and cooperate with the infantry in the houses on both sides to launch a close attack on the German tank. .

Edwood parked his command car near the church in the center of the town. He ordered two infantrymen to climb the top of the church bell tower with a wired phone. As an observation post to report the movement of the German army, he would use the radio on the command tank to center the command. The entire defensive battle.

But when the shadow of the German tank appeared at the top of the ramp. Edwood found out that he seemed to have made a fatal mistake, and Lieutenant Snyder, who was standing on the hillside in the distance and observed the telescope in the tank turret of No. 4, expressed the same emotions as Edwood. The British used Right tactics, but chose the wrong battlefield.

The Germans occupy the commanding heights. They can easily overlook the whole hilly valley from the top of the slope. The entire town of Temple Ure is in the sight of the Germans. They only need to hold up the telescope, and they can see the British people’s every action in the village. Clearly. Snyder had already noticed the British attempt to fight from the movement of British troops, and they were obviously ready to fight with themselves in the town in front of them.

Now that the opponent's purpose has been known, the Germans will certainly not let the enemy do what they want. Moreover, Snyder had been ordered by the superior ears for many times, and he would never fight town street battles with the other party. The armored soldiers were knights on the battlefield. These rough jobs should be left to other professionals.

Snyder reported his findings to his superiors. The commander of the assault group was Major Frank Herbert of the 22nd Infantry Division of the Army. He heard what Snyder reported when he heard the report. While the British infantry and tankers were intensively constructing defensive positions in the town, the Germans were busy arranging their killers.

Eighteen Bison self-propelled artillery slowly drove to the edge of the slope. They were arranged in two rows, the barrels were raised high, and under the command of the artillery commander, the German artillery carried out the preparations before the bombardment in an orderly manner. The observers were skilled The artillery mirror and rangefinder were set up, and the coordinates of the bombardment began to be mapped on the map. Each parameter was input into the artillery machine computer.

After the ammunition carts lined up and stopped on the side of the artillery position, the ammunition hand began to push the trolley to distribute the firing cartridges and warheads to each gun group. The short brass cartridges were stored in wooden ammunition boxes, each inside Two are installed, and the warheads are individually installed in individual cartridges. The ammunition player spread a canvas on the ground next to the self-propelled artillery, and then took the cartridge and the bullet out of the packaging container, matched each bullet and cartridge, and placed the neat code on the canvas.

A shell and a cartridge were pushed into the barrel of the gun, the automatic breech was closed, the gunner hung the gun rope on the firing trigger of the gun, the parameters of the bombardment were communicated, the aiming hand began to turn the handwheel, and the bombardment was adjusted according to the parameters. With the high and low angles, everything is ready, and the artillery battalion can immediately launch artillery bombardment on the village as soon as the commander gives orders.

This is how the Germans dealt with the situation in front of them. I don’t want this village to fight street fighting with you.

When Edwood learned from the observation post that a big German guy appeared on the top of the slope, he still squatted in the command tank to dispatch the armored troops under his command. After receiving the call from the sentry, he did not know whether the so-called big guy in the sentry mouth was What, of course, I think it may be another German tank. Anyway, it has reached this point. The lice are more itchy, the debt is more worry-free, and the soldiers come to cover up the water, and at most it is to die for the country and serve the king.

But within half a minute, when Edwood climbed out of the tank and was about to go up to the tower to observe the movement of the German army again, a series of thunderous roars came from the top of the distant slope. This is definitely not the sound that the tank gun can make. Lieutenant Colonel Edwood heard a series of screams and screams from far and near in the air, feeling that the hair on the back of his neck had been erected. He knew what the voice represented, and at this moment he finally understood the intention of the German army. .

The head of the tank suddenly felt sad and desperate, and his previous efforts seemed like a joke at this moment. What made him regret more was that he brought his men into a Jedi personally, and those who bravely sent German tanks The sacrifices made by the deadly assault tankers were wasted by himself. He could have used this time to lead the troops to retreat.

With full of regret, Lieutenant Colonel Edwood stood on the steps outside the church in the center of the town and looked up at the cross on the lintel of the church. The old iron artwork appeared against the red sunset Especially sacred and solemn.

"God..." Edwood sent out the last emotion in his life. A 150-mm cannonball hit the church's eaves and hit the church's stairs at a nearly vertical angle. In the violent explosion, a storm of steel shrapnel and gravel swept across the square. After the explosion, the debris fell from the air like raindrops. The crusader command tank parked by the church was full of dents and scratches from shrapnel. The thick oak door of the church was broken and broken. The door frame came out of the door and fell into the church's courtyard at an incline. The wooden board was covered with holes made by gravel and shrapnel. The ground was full of wood shards that burst out of the broken door panel.

But Lieutenant Colonel Edwood, who had previously stood on the steps, had disappeared without a trace. Only a brushed shiny officer’s shoes and a black armored beret on the wall were left on the steps. The badge of the seventh cavalry, the private cavalry of the seventh queen, still shone in the diffuse smoke. (To be continued.)