The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Colonel Colin soon got the news.

But he was just stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "So, the range of the Germans' new anti-tank equipment is more than one hundred meters, not the originally estimated thirty meters!"

Colonel Colin thinks this is normal. Just like the British army equipped the "Sherman" tank with firepower and comprehensive defense that surpassed the German army without the knowledge of the German army, of course the Germans will also have some equipment that the British do not know about. .

"This is the reason why the German infantry regiment stands in front of us!" Colonel Colin said.

The staff officer couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of this. Not long ago, he thought Colonel Colin was making a fuss, but now it seems that his worries are justified.

"Colonel, what should we do?" the staff officer asked.

The 7th Armored Brigade has a total of ninety tanks, seventy of which are "Shermans", but fifty of them have been destroyed by the Germans on the battlefield just now... If the Germans can easily destroy them "Sherman" tank, in fact, the tank is like paper in front of them.

"Report the situation to General Bolton!" Colonel Colin said: "We need the support of the 4th Armored Brigade!"

"Yes, Colonel!"

Major General Burton was not so calm when he received Colonel Colin's report. He called Colonel Colin as soon as possible.

"What happened?" Major General Burton asked, "How could you suffer such heavy losses in front of an infantry regiment?"

"We underestimated the Germans, General!" Colonel Colin replied: "Perhaps you should inform General Montgomery of this situation. The Germans have a new anti-tank weapon in their hands. Its performance exceeds our imagination. What we now know is that it is at least It can penetrate the Sherman at a distance of one hundred meters, and more importantly, it is a personal weapon!"

"Individual weapon? Penetrate the Sherman from a hundred meters away?" Major General Burton couldn't help being surprised when he heard this. He knew what this meant. This meant that almost all the tanks in the hands of the British army had become Waste.

After a pause, Major General Bolton asked again: "How do you plan to fight this battle?"

"What's standing in front of us is an enemy infantry regiment!" Colonel Colin said: "And we have never encountered this kind of anti-tank weapon when we faced off against the German 15th Armored Division before, so I guess... the Germans This anti-tank weapon is urgently equipped and only this infantry regiment has it. Therefore, I think we should concentrate our forces to annihilate this infantry regiment!"

"You mean to transfer the 4th Armored Brigade to reinforce you?"

"Yes!" Colonel Colin said: "The 4th Armored Brigade is divided into two parts as a regiment to outflank the right wing and rear of Jhasso. If possible, tell Colonel Abt and try to let our The tank is two hundred meters away from the enemy, so they can't get close to us and the new anti-tank equipment will be useless!"

Major General Bolton nodded and replied: "That's it, Colonel, I'll see if I can add another artillery battalion to reinforce you!"

Colonel Colin's plan certainly makes sense. The shortcomings of the infantry regiment are its slow maneuverability, and its firepower and defense are far inferior to those of the armored forces, especially in terms of long-range firepower.

So if a British armored division surrounded the German 1st Infantry Regiment, and tanks and artillery bombarded it beyond the range of the rocket launchers, then the 1st Infantry Regiment would be bombed without the ability to fight back.

This situation would not have happened originally, because the German army should be defending a line of defense, that is, there were other troops on both sides of the 1st Infantry Regiment.

but now……

Both the Italian army and the German army had been defeated by the British army, so the British 4th Armored Brigade could easily go around to the rear of the 1st Infantry Regiment and surround it.

Of course, the penetration of the British armored forces was quickly detected by German reconnaissance planes and notified to Colonel Slaine.

"Wow!" the pilot said when reporting to Colonel Slain: "Colonel, the British really think highly of you. They use an entire armored division to fight you. You can be proud of this!"

"I would rather leave this pride to you!" Colonel Slain replied.

The pilot couldn't help laughing.

"God, a whole armored division!" said the staff officer.

Colonel Slain didn't know how to deal with this problem, so he ran out of the headquarters with his staff and guards along the trench. When he saw Barzel, he asked: "Where is the second lieutenant?"

"Who knows!" Bazel replied: "He always hides in places that others don't know!"

"Find him!" Colonel Slaine ordered.

"Yes, Colonel!" Bazel said and asked the messenger to wave the small flag towards the rear.

This was the way to contact Qinchuan, so Qinchuan climbed up from a bomb crater, ran in a zigzag pattern, and then jumped into the trench.

"We are in trouble!" Colonel Slaine took out a map and placed it on the ground without saying a word: "The enemy's two armored regiments are outflanking our flanks and rear from here, here..."

"How much time do we have?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Less than an hour!" Colonel Slain replied: "The reconnaissance opportunity will tell us the enemy's location in due course!"

"Less than an hour..." Qin Chuan frowned upon hearing this.

This situation is also what Qin Chuan is worried about. The strength of the First Infantry Regiment is too weak.

It would be okay if this was fought on other terrain, such as high ground or road bridges... These terrains are not conducive to mechanized troops fighting.

But now we are in the desert, an empty desert. The only thing the First Infantry Regiment can rely on is the hill in front of us. If we leave this hill... the enemy can even hit the Germans with artillery fire a few kilometers away. But the Germans were helpless against them.

"We should retreat!" said the staff officer: "With the 15th Armored Division!"

"It's too late!" Colonel Slain shook his head and said: "We are being dragged by the enemy's 7th Armored Brigade, and we don't have a car!"

The 1st Infantry Regiment flew here directly from Crete without any transportation, not even artillery.

Of course, it is impossible to retreat by plane. The British army can easily block the Jehasso Airport with artillery.

"We need the 15th Armored Division!" Qin Chuan said: "Let them organize themselves to stop these two armored regiments!"

"But they can't stop it at all!" Colonel Slain said: "They don't have anything in their hands that can destroy the enemy's new tanks!"

"We can airdrop rocket launchers to them!" Qin Chuan said.

"No!" Colonel Slain replied: "We just got the rocket launchers yesterday, and we have all three hundred rocket launchers in our hands!"

"But the British don't know this!" Qin Chuan said.

Colonel Slain couldn't help but look at Qin Chuan blankly.