The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"What's going on?" Werner asked, while holding up his submachine gun and looking around vigilantly.

The soldiers immediately became nervous.

Qin Chuan listened carefully, and there was no movement again... But he thought he couldn't let it go so easily, because although the Germans had captured British tanks, they didn't know how to drive them, especially at night when tanks were difficult to play a role.

Therefore, the sound of tank tracks almost represented the enemy's situation.

"Otto!" Qin Chuan shouted to the baker on the roof: "Look at the situation, the direction of the wind..."

The baker's squad was responsible for the outer perimeter alert, and they were equipped with mortar-fired flares captured from the British.

"Don't worry, Frick!" The baker replied: "If there is any situation, the colonel will notify us!"

"Look at the situation, there is no loss, right?" Qin Chuan did not give up, as the saying goes, it's better to be safe than sorry, especially on the battlefield.

"Okay! Is it the direction of the wind?" The baker answered while commanding his subordinates to fire a flare to the southwest.

The flares rose up and emitted a dazzling light in the open sky, but there was nothing in the flat sand waterfall under the bright light.

The baker was about to put down the telescope when he noticed a cloud of smoke drifting by... He was familiar with the battlefield and immediately recognized it as the exhaust of the tank.

"Another one!" The baker hurriedly ordered: "A little to the right!"

Another flare slowly rose into the air, and then the baker was stunned on the spot, only to see that two kilometers away, dozens of tanks and armored vehicles were slowly approaching their position...

"British!" The baker who reacted couldn't help but shout back: "They are coming, there are tanks and armored vehicles!"

With a "woo", several shells exploded nearby before the voice fell. This was the British army that took the lead in attacking the port of Tobruk with mortars and howitzers after knowing that they had been discovered.

The port soon became busy. They picked up their weapons and entered the defensive positions. Some soldiers also spontaneously dragged out several British anti-tank guns from the warehouse and carried the ammunition to prepare.

"What happened?" Bazel walked out of the command room while buckling his belt.

"Captain!" Qin Chuan replied, "The British are here, with many tanks and armored vehicles!"

"Did you see it wrong?" Bazel still didn't believe it: "They may be an underground organization..."

But before Bazel finished speaking, another flare rose into the air. Bazel was stunned by the row of British tanks advancing at full speed under the bright light.

Then, Bazel ran back to the command center at the speed of a 100-meter sprint to connect to the regiment headquarters.

"Colonel!" Bazel shouted into the microphone: "The British have reached the port, they have many tanks, request support!"

"This is impossible!" Colonel Slaine replied: "We have been guarding the line of defense!"

"I don't know how they did it!" Bazel replied: "But they are indeed in front of us, and the preliminary estimate is that there is a battalion of troops!"

Colonel Slaine was stunned when he heard this. He didn't understand why these British troops didn't attack him from behind if they could pass through the line of defense, but attacked the port of Tobruk instead.

Then he soon understood that the British did this for the supplies in the warehouse.

Thinking of this, Colonel Slaine immediately ordered: "At all costs, the warehouse must be defended. I will send you reinforcements immediately!"

"Yes, Colonel!"

"If you can't defend it!" Colonel Slaine added: "Blow up the warehouse, understand?"

"Yes, Colonel!"

Colonel Slaine just told a lie... "Send reinforcements immediately" is actually impossible to achieve, because the British army is attacking the German defense line from several directions, which makes Colonel Slaine use the reserve troops and even his own guards. Just now, he was considering whether to transfer some troops guarding the warehouse.

Colonel Slaine walked back and forth a few steps beside the communication vehicle. He faced a difficult choice: should he take all the troops to retreat to Tobruk for defense or continue to fight like this?

The former is obviously not a good choice, because Tobruk has no trenches, barbed wire, mines, or bunkers. Doing so will only cause the German army to be defeated by the British tanks.

Therefore, Colonel Slaine could only choose the latter, that is, to completely forget the crisis of Tobruk Port and continue to defend on the defense line.

"The rest can only be left to God!" Colonel Slaine said to himself, and then continued to command the troops to fight.

Bazel certainly understood, because if the colonel could send reinforcements immediately as he said, or if there were enough reinforcements, then he should not be asked to prepare to blow up the warehouse... So, everything depends on himself.

"Anti-tank guns!" Bazel shouted to the soldiers after walking out of the command post: "Prepare a few more, we will use the British anti-tank guns to blow up their tanks!"

"Yes, Captain!"

Although the soldiers answered this way, they couldn't help but worry in their hearts.

Because they understand the general performance of the British anti-tank guns and tanks... This is a basic lesson on the battlefield. Grassroots officers and a few soldiers are required to understand the data of enemy and our equipment, such as the penetration depth of the enemy and our anti-tank at what distance, the thickness of the tank armor, etc.

Only in this way can we avoid making low-level mistakes on the battlefield, such as firing before the anti-tank gun is able to penetrate the enemy's armor. Doing so will not only fail to cause any damage to the enemy tank, but will also cost you your life by exposing your position.

Therefore, when Bazel shouted that sentence, the first thing that came to the minds of the soldiers was: the front armor of the "Valentine" tank is 60MM, and the British 6-pound anti-tank gun can only be used at a distance of 500 meters. Break it down...

God, 500 meters!

At this distance, he had already been blasted to pieces by the enemy's tank! And this distance only takes two minutes for the "Valentin" tank, despite its slow speed.

This is not to say that the British anti-tank gun is not excellent. In fact, its penetration depth is much better than that of the German PAK36 anti-tank gun (the penetration depth of the AK36 at a distance of 500 meters is only 50MM).

This is because German tanks emphasize mobility and have poor defense. The British army used this 6-pound anti-tank gun to deal with the German Panzer III tanks, but now they are dealing with British tanks with thicker armor... The German soldiers only It was a blessing that they faced the "Valentin" tank instead of the thicker armored "Matilda" tank.

Later, the German soldiers learned that the "Valentin" tank was actually more difficult to deal with than the "Matilda" tank on the battlefield. The "Valentin" was just not as good as the "Matilda" in terms of superficial data.