The decisive battle against the Third Reich

With a "boom", a "General Grant" tank was destroyed.

This is obviously the work of the German anti-tank gun... In order to increase the penetration as much as possible, the PAK38 uses pure armor-piercing rounds. Although it cannot effectively kill tank crews, it is not as effective as high-explosive rounds or high-explosive armor-piercing rounds. Enjoyable, but guaranteed to penetrate and damage tanks.

The battlefield is not a play. The goal of both the enemy and ourselves is to weaken the opponent's combat effectiveness in as short a time as possible rather than for visual effects.

And in fact, it makes no difference, because after the tank is destroyed, the tank crew can only get out of the tank to survive, and then... there is no more.

With a "boom", another "General Grant" tank was destroyed.

This British tank reacted very quickly. It sensed the threat from the flanks at the first opportunity and completed the turn in the shortest time.

This is obviously correct. The "General Grant" frontal armor is 51MM thick and has an inclination angle. It can barely withstand armor-piercing projectiles from anti-tank guns for about one kilometer.

But this did not bring good luck to it, because at this time the 88 anti-aircraft gun took action.

The 88 anti-aircraft gun can penetrate the frontal armor of the "Matilda" from one kilometer away. It is certainly not a problem to hit the 51MM armor of the "General Grant" tank.

Perhaps it was because the shells did not hit key parts. The "General Grant" tank seemed to have no damage on the surface. It just emitted some black smoke... I don't know if it was the smoke of the shells or the smoke of the tank parts.

Because of the black smoke, Qin Chuan couldn't even see the bullet holes in the tank's armor, but he knew that all the crew inside the tank were dead.

On the one hand, this is because no one climbed out. On the other hand, the 88 anti-aircraft gun has a high muzzle velocity of 820 meters per second. The high muzzle velocity means that the projectile has high kinetic energy, and the high kinetic energy means that it will transfer to the target after hitting the target. The energy on the tank is also large... This is one of the reasons why basically all tank guns were changed from rifled guns to smoothbore guns after World War II.

It's like a high-speed car suddenly hitting a wall. Most of the crew members in the tank were shocked to death or knocked unconscious, but it doesn't really make much difference, because the German soldiers would stuff a few grenades inside after getting in, even then Just a tank wreck.

"Boom!" Another British tank suffered disaster.

This tank was not so lucky. It was hit on the side by a high-explosive armor-piercing projectile... The 88 anti-aircraft gun often uses this type of armor-piercing projectile with weaker penetrating power because of its high penetration depth.

The effect of this kind of armor-piercing bullet is completely different. After a roar, the ammunition in the tank exploded into a ball of fire... The explosion was so violent that the entire tank was blown up several meters high and then He fell back to the ground hard and fell to the side.

"Follow the tanks!" Qin Chuan shouted at the soldiers: "Use the tanks as cover!"

Not long ago this was Kuhn's job, now it's Qin Chuan's.

Kuhn said to Qin Chuan when he handed over: "I think you know what to do, just like I usually do!"

"Yes, sir!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Don't think that soldiers don't give orders because they know what to do!" Kuhn said: "Sometimes your orders are more than just orders, do you understand?"

Qin Chuan nodded to express his understanding.

Just like now, the German soldiers actually know to follow the tanks and use the tanks as cover. Qinchuan's order seems to be unnecessary.

But orders are sometimes more than just orders, especially from junior officers, whose shouts are the sedative that eliminates the fear in the hearts of soldiers.

500 meters.

The British soldiers tried to use anti-tank guns to organize a line of defense to block the attack of German tanks... because everyone knew that in this case, if German tanks broke into the formation and killed them for a while, it would be devastating to the First Armored Division. Cause a devastating blow.

But this attempt by the British army was obviously in vain.

The first is the coverage of long-range artillery shells... This is the masterpiece of the German artillery observers. Although the German artillery does not have many artillery shells and is in short supply, it still fires dozens of shells to provide cover for the tank troops. At the same time, precisely because of the shortage of artillery shells, the German army hoped to make good use of every artillery shell, so these artillery shells were very accurately exploded into the British camp, blowing up the anti-tank guns that had not been set up in a hurry. .

Then there are the machine guns on the tanks.

The German tanks did not fire any more except for firing a round just after they came out of the bunker... This was to break into the British camp faster. If they wanted to fire, they would have to use short-stop shooting. This would undoubtedly Give the British army more time to prepare or escape.

But the machine gun can fire while the tank is moving, so the bullets are fired in the direction of the British army. The heat of the bullets brings up streams of steam at temperatures around zero and then points directly at the exposed muzzle of the gun. British infantry.

Rows of British soldiers screamed and fell down. Blood and broken legs and arms were flying in the desert. The dense bullets made the British soldiers lie on the ground and did not dare to move. It was nonsense to organize an effective defense. talk.

300 meters.

At this time, the German soldiers following the tanks also played a role. They leaned out from behind the tanks and shot at the British troops. The machine gunners consciously occupied hills, rocks, and even the remains of tanks that had been penetrated by armor-piercing bullets and could not move as machine guns. The position was used to suppress the British troops.

Soon, 50MM mortars were also set up to hurl dense shells at the British army... This is the most lethal thing. The reason is that 50MM mortars are widely equipped in the German army. Each platoon has one and each The ammunition carrying capacity is 50 rounds, and coupled with the high rate of fire of this mortar, it can explode an airtight barrage on the enemy's position in a short period of time.

Just like now... Just now, the British army tried to organize a line of defense there with anti-tank guns, but now it has been reduced to ruins by 50MM mortar shells.

100 metres.

When Qin Chuan leaned out and pulled the trigger, he found that the British army had begun to escape.

The British army abandoned their tanks and equipment and fled... The tanks had no time to turn around. Even if they turned around, the weak rear armor would be exposed to the enemy. The tall body of the "General Grant" would undoubtedly become a good target for the enemy. This made The British tank crews got out of the tanks and fled.

But even this was of no help, because the German tanks were chasing groups of German soldiers like hungry wolves, shooting at the British troops while chasing them.

Therefore, battles often cannot be won or lost based on a simple comparison of troops or equipment. More often, it depends on whether there is sufficient preparation. A well-prepared party is likely to beat the enemy with thunderous momentum in a short period of time, leaving the enemy unable to fight back. force and collapse quickly.