In the wee hours of the morning, it's a good time to sleep, so everything is resting, except for some gnats and the like that chirp in the night.

But tonight in Naqoura, the grasshoppers did not chirp anymore and hid in the hole.

Tonight's Naqoura is not animal-friendly, but it is very friendly to the Romanian troops stationed here. Now they are making pre-war preparations, and the artillery and tanks have arrived in their predetermined positions, waiting for the appointed time.

A little behind Tyre, a large number of armored vehicles were waiting here, waiting for the battle to break out and rush out to deliver a heavy blow to the enemy.

However, among the armored vehicles in the long line, the leader is a tall and powerful tank, which is the R30 heavy tank, which has rarely appeared before.

This tank, which is like a mobile fortress, will be an insurmountable problem for the current British army. The 100 mm thick beveled armor made it useless against any anti-tank weapon in the hands of the British, and no one or armor survived the 48 times more 88 mm guns. And the 650-horsepower diesel engine propels the 46-ton monster at a speed of 38 kilometers per hour.

And this time, in order to open up the situation for the front-line infantry, the R30 tank will let the British know that it is powerful in the posture of an infantry tank.

As the time for the attack was getting closer and closer, the atmosphere in the night sky became more and more solid, and the expressions on the faces of the Romanian soldiers who were preparing to attack became more and more serious, and even the nocturnal critters were quiet.

The British troops in the defensive positions also seemed to feel something.

"Does it feel wrong?"

"You say that, it seems to be true."

"It's not good, this is the enemy wants to attack, report to the commander quickly."

With the vigilance of the British sentries, the defensive position immediately became lively, and a large number of resting soldiers were awakened, and they hurriedly loaded their clothes and weapons and gathered towards the position.

It's just that they were a little late in alerting, and just when the defending British wanted to prepare for defense, a red light appeared in the sky, and the artillery from behind the Romanian position opened fire.

As a pioneer, artillery from Romania rained down on the positions.

"Enemy shelling, lie down quickly."

In fact, there was no need for the officer's roar, and when the artillery fire came, the soldiers threw themselves down in the trenches to avoid the incoming artillery.

"Boom, boom, boom~"

The shells continued to explode on the position, and the defenders could only wait patiently for the end of the shelling.

In fact, the soldiers on the battlefield still had a doubt. "Why, our artillery doesn't fight back?"

While they were complaining, the same rumbling of artillery was heard from the rear, and the defender artillery from the rear of the position opened fire.

And as the British artillery fired, the defending officers and men felt that the explosions above their heads were much quieter. They felt right, many of the attackers' artillery were firing at the opponent who dared to counterattack.

For a time, the artillery of both sides was under their respective commands, against their opponents who were trying to suppress themselves.

The artillery battle continued until dawn, when Romanian fighters appeared in the sky, and the British artillery stopped.

Without the interference of British artillery, the position was again plunged into massive shelling.

Of course, this was not a long time, and then as the Romanian soldiers, in cooperation with the tanks, approached the position, the shelling stopped.

However, although the end of the shelling was a great relief for the British army, the incoming soldiers and tanks made it even more of a headache, especially this obviously tall and large tank.

"The tank is coming, get it done."

The commander of the defending army faced such a situation and gave the right response.

Under the orders of the commander were anti-tank squads, and each section of the position had one or two such anti-tank squads, armed with 2-4 2-pounder (40 mm) anti-tank guns, ready to inflict heavy damage on incoming enemy tanks.

I saw that this anti-tank squad was quickly choosing a good position, and the position was full of craters, and everywhere was a suitable location. With three 2-pounder guns quickly ready,

"Target eleven o'clock, that tank, ready to fire!"

Following the command officer's order, all three 2-pounder guns focused their targets on one prey.

"Fire!"

"Bang, bang, bang~"

The three 2-pounder guns had no intention of stopping, and kept firing at the tall tank.

"Ding Ding Ding Ding~"

The constant sound of impact startled the members of the tank, but after discovering that these shells could not help its thick armor, the tank did not stop and still rumbled towards the position.

"What's going on, you can't penetrate the enemy's tank armor at all, it's still moving."

The members of the anti-tank squad were a little anxious to see this situation, not being able to penetrate the enemy's armor, making them feel that they were not effective at all, and at the same time putting the officers and men of the defending army under great pressure.

The officers and soldiers whose morale was hit by this tank could only keep firing, trying to separate it from the soldiers who were fighting together, and then find other ways to solve it.

However, their efforts were doomed to be in vain, and many of the attackers' soldiers hid behind the tall tank, allowing them to dodge the bullets in front of them.

It was only when the tank was only 300 meters away from the position that the R30 heavy tank, which was under constant fire from the 2-pounder gun, stopped.

However, although it stopped, its on-board machine gun was not vegetarian, and it was a burst of suppressive fire at the position. Its main gun was aimed at the 2-pounder anti-tank gun, which was constantly shelling itself, and opened fire in bursts.

After a burst of shelling, the anti-tank position consisting of three 2-pounder guns was eliminated without its objectives.

And after solving the opponent in front of him, this R30 helped the infantry to suppress the positional fire.

It was equipped with an 88mm main gun, which played a huge role at this moment, and the close-range roll call fire made it impossible for the firepower on the position to suppress the enemy.

There is no fire point on the position, can this still fight?

The result is naturally impossible, and any army that has no point of fire while defending will plunge the troops into a panic. Even the soldiers of the British Empire could not achieve high morale and fight to the death.

So when he saw that the enemy was about to break through, the position commander could only reluctantly give the order to retreat.

As the defeated defenders retreated, the attacking Romanian officers and soldiers let out a burst of cheers. They seized the first line of positions without any pressure.

The R30 crew, who contributed to the capture of the position, were inspecting the damage to the tank. The previous 40-mm anti-tank shot made them worry about whether there would be any problems with the tank.

After a short inspection, apart from bullet marks in the front of the armor, no other problems were suffered. The rest of the positions were basically the same here, and the defenders, accompanied by R30 heavy tanks, were unable to stop the offensive.

One of the positions, along with a newly developed 6-pounder (57 mm) anti-tank gun, also failed to penetrate its armor.

The R30 tank, which was in good condition, led the officers and soldiers to occupy the second and third line positions one after another.

At this point, the British defense at Naqoura ended in failure, and the coastal armored clusters that had been prepared for a long time drove tanks and armored vehicles along the road all the way to the west.