The Third Reich: The Return of the King

The tank is a new type of weapon that was born in the First World War.

Due to the heavy use of heavy machine guns and barbed wire in World War I, it was difficult for ordinary infantry to quickly break through enemy positions in the face of the enemy's strong defensive line, resulting in heavy casualties on their own side and a stalemate was easily formed.

In the Battle of the Somme, when the British and French forces attacked the German army, they faced a position composed of dense barbed wire and trench supporting facilities, because they could not quickly break through the German defense line, they were hit by German machine guns and artillery fire, and it only took one day to pay a heavy price of more than 60,000 casualties.

In order to solve this unfavorable situation, Sunset began to develop a weapon that could climb over trenches, with powerful firepower and excellent protection, this weapon was called a land warship, which was the first tank.

The code name of this tank is the Mark tank, but because it resembles an iron box, in order to confuse the enemy, the British army called it a water tank in foreign propaganda.

However, neither of these titles is accurate, the armored tank is its real name!

"Quick, inform the soldiers to return to their positions and immediately measure the distance of the enemy tanks from us!"

The appearance of tanks was a great threat to this German army, although the tank at this time was only an accessory to the infantry, a weapon that accompanied the infantry in combat, and would not be used alone as an armored force to assault and encircle, but this iron lump slowly advanced on the frontal battlefield, and the threat was equally great.

The German soldiers were a little frightened by this new equipment, and although tanks were created during the First World War, not everyone had seen them because there were not many tanks in various countries.

At this time, there were a total of five tanks that appeared opposite them, basically the establishment of a tank company, referring to the standards of the Battle of the Somme, the large-scale campaign launched by more than one million British and French troops only invested 18 tanks, and at this time, in order to deal with their only battalion of troops, the enemy actually used five tanks, which was too much to give them face! !

So, all the German soldiers felt a great threat!

"Anti-tank group!".

Lin Yu was also surprised in his heart, but he didn't panic.

The tanks of the First World War, that is, they look bluffing, compared to the Brahms and Leopard 2 and 99 tanks of later generations, this is simply a pile of scrap metal.

Therefore, after discovering the British army's attempt, Lin Yu quickly searched for information about this tank in his mind.

Mark I tank,

Name: MARK1 (MARK1 "MALE").

Vehicle weight: 28 tons

Armament: 2 x 57mm Hotchkiss 6-pounder guns, 4 x Khazikes machine guns

Armor thickness: 6 mm

Members: 8 (commander, gunner, loader, driver, machine gunner).

This tank is very different from later tanks, which have guns that are not on top of the tank, but on both sides of the tank, and also have two guns.

In addition to this, the tank was armed with four machine guns, one near the turrets on the left and right sides, and one near the front and rear armor.

Tanks of this era were designed to be a mobile fortress, and their task was to break through enemy blockades and rush to enemy positions to disrupt enemy defenses, so they had to have the ability to climb over trenches and barbed wire, and they had armor that could withstand machine gun bullets, and they also had strong firepower to strafe and suppress enemy soldiers in the trenches.

In the Battle of the Somme, the Germans were a little helpless in the face of this new weapon, ordinary rifle and machine gun bullets on the tank could not help it, and its ferocious four machine guns and two guns were simply devastating to the infantry, so in the course of the battle, often where the British tanks rushed, where the line of defense would be shaken.

Before the development of anti-tank weapons, tanks were almost invincible on the battlefield.

However, these were all in 1916, and in 1918 anti-tank weapons against tanks had been developed.

"Bring an anti-tank gun!".

Lin Yu saw that the anti-tank team had brought weapons to deal with the tank, so he immediately ordered.

Anti-tank gun, which was the first anti-tank weapon developed by the German army against British tanks during World War I.

The anti-tank gun in Lin Yu's hand is the latest version of the Mauser 13.2 mm anti-tank gun, codenamed M1918.

With a total length of 1.68 meters and a weight of 15.8 kilograms, the gun weighs as much as the Maxim heavy machine gun.

The gun uses 13.2mm x 92mm semi-flanged bottle ammunition and can penetrate 15mm of armor at a distance of 300 meters.

At this time, the armor thickness of British tanks was generally not thick, only in some parts of the front, more than 20 mm of armor, and in other positions the thickness of armor was generally about 8-10 mm.

The Mark I tank in front of it weighs up to 28 tons, and its power system has long been overwhelmed, so in order to reduce weight, the armor thickness of this tank is not thick, the side armor is only 6 mm, and the frontal armor is less than 15 mm.

With this level of armor, it is completely penetrable with the M1918 anti-tank gun!

When the three soldiers of the anti-tank group heard the order, they immediately handed over the anti-tank guns in their hands to their battalion commanders, and immediately began to observe the movements of the enemy tanks and provide assistance to Lin Yu's sniper operation.

Lin Yu was very familiar with this tank of the British army, and there were a lot of design drawings about this tank on the Internet in later generations, so he easily found the location of the tank driver.

Capture the thief first, kill the driver, and the power of this tank will be reduced by half!

In order to cover the movement of their tanks, the British troops kept firing at the German positions as they advanced, in an attempt to distract the Germans and suppress the German movements.

Lin Yu was unmoved, calmed down, and firmly put the British tank in the quasi-letter.

The ability given to him by his mastery of firearms allowed him to eliminate all the interference around him at this moment, and the whole person only had the tank in front of him!

A thousand meters!

Five hundred meters!

Four hundred meters!

When the British tanks were firing as they advanced, they didn't realize that they had gradually entered the realm of death!

When the tank stepped into the killing range of 300 meters, Lin Yu pulled the trigger!

Bang!

There was a loud bang, a loud sound from the anti-tank gun, which instantly silenced everything around it, and the whole world seemed to be quiet!

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