Chapter 227: Alamein's Gunfire (5)

The remaining 470 Shermans swarmed toward the safe passage of the minefield. But now it's no longer tankers who are driving them, but the Grim Reaper!

Leopard 3 and the Tiger who took the lead no longer concealed their strength, what they have to do now is to swallow the little mobile strike force that Meng Geer has worked so hard to collect! Destroying the only tank force that the British were capable of assaulting, Montgoer would have no capital for a counteroffensive. If he wants to launch a counter-attack and threaten the German positions, he can only be a flower in the moon mirror in the water - a fool's dream.

The leopard and the tiger in the half-moon formation have a clear division of labor, and the lightning protector equipped by the tiger is deeply rooted in the ground more than one meter deep, and detonates the surrounding ** through a powerful shock wave. With an explosion, the dust caused by ** completely covered the German troops who were about to attack. The leopard follows closely along the path opened by the tiger and provides cover for the tiger.

When the Sherman in the palace saw that the ** had exploded, he took it for granted that his plan to lure the enemy had succeeded. They unconsciously slowed down their fear of fleeing. "It may have been the Germans' tanks that hit mines. The planes that attacked us just now were the first wave of attack force, and this time it is the second wave. But they were lucky enough to be entangled by **. When they get deep enough in the minefield, go up and beat them up! The commander of the Sherman Group thought. On the one hand, an order was issued to spread out in an offensive formation.

Because it's nightfall, there's not much visibility on the battlefield. As far as the eye can see, it is no more than 1,000 yards, or 914.4 meters. In such a situation, coupled with the dust of the desert area, it is even more difficult to see. Sherman's main gun can attack targets 1200 yards away, and when firing **, the power is acceptable, *** dare not compliment. Even the tiger pouted his ass and let Sherman beat it, even at zero distance, he was helpless against the tiger! What's more, the tiger's ass can't be touched!

They had just unfolded the formation on the orders of the commander, the guns were loaded, and the knives were unsheathed. I saw a tiger running in the dust! This was the first appearance of the tiger on the battlefield, and its fierce and powerful appearance and swift speed shocked all the British soldiers at once! What frightened them even more was that the muzzle of the 88 cannon of the tiger's black hole was always pointing at them steadily! Just looking at this caliber is enough to make people despair, so it's better not to test it yourself.

The Tiger, who managed to break out of the minefield, was followed by a smaller and equally nimble Leopard and launched an assault on the British 7th Panzer Division in the flat terrain south of Alam Halfa!

Although the overwhelming momentum was terrifying, it did not deter the equally brave and fearless British armorers. Even after seeing the new tanks of the Germans with their own eyes, all of them sensed that it could be a battle with no return, but none of them flinched. Fear is inevitable, but fear is not a reason to prevent them from fighting. They haven't lost their rules, and the fight is still under control. On the orders of the commander, Sherman took the lead and fired the first shot! Fly towards the German tank at a speed of nearly 600 meters per second, and smash it on a lot of fast-moving tigers in less than two seconds! "Boom" exploded, but the tiger continued to move forward, without any unhappiness!

Li Ming's eyelids didn't open, and he said irrationally, the tank that can destroy the tiger hasn't been born yet! Just send him away! Although Rommel was a little unhappy, seeing this guy's self-confidence, he was reminded of the performance of the Tiger King in the last battle of Gazala. I knew that the question I asked this time was really unnecessary. So I was relieved to boldly arrange the tiger to attack.

The tigers continue to move at a speed of nearly 80 kilometers per hour, and a kilometer can be crossed in less than a minute. This time, the Germans were determined to eat the Sherman group, and when they waited for the order to prepare for battle, they did not expect that they would have such good luck - to encounter the main tank force of the British army. This opportunity to show off your skills is in front of you, how can you let it slip away! They approached quickly so that they would not be bombarded by the British artillery, and they had to get together with Sherman as quickly as possible.

But the British were not vegetarians either, their 105 guns and heavy mortars were already ready. The only regret is that the radio was jammed and could not get the information in time, otherwise the shell would have hit his head when the tiger stepped on the first **. The British artillery observers who followed Sherman's advance saw that the artillery did not react - not even the cannon fired! Suddenly anxious, pulled out the emergency plan that had been agreed on a long time ago - the signal flare suddenly burst into the sky three times! I have to admire the professional quality of the British army, their artillery is not to say! It was a rain of bullets, and in a moment shells that were much faster than tigers and leopards flew over their heads at once!

A sea of fire covered them fiercely just as they were about to rush in front of Sherman! But it lasted less than a minute, and the timely order of the AWACS aircraft was transmitted to the attack aircraft of the 2nd Air Force, which had already arrived over the battlefield. A total of 300 new attack planes roared towards the British artillery positions, in fact, the German reconnaissance before the battle had already made the British army's firepower deployment clear. This air strike had been brewing for a long time, and the British made a lot of wooden cannons to confuse the other side in order to prepare for the Luftwaffe attack.

Reconnaissance in the sky cannot see anything, and the outline under the cannon jacket cannot distinguish the real from the fake. Even so, German intelligence analysts accurately pointed out more than 90 percent of the real artillery. However, in view of the fact that the British 105 guns were equipped with trucks, they were very maneuverable, and they still could not attack rashly so as not to startle the snakes. The attack planes have been circling for an opportune moment. Now as soon as they hit the cannon, they can't run anymore!

The attack planes dropped their newly equipped glides from outside the range of the 47-mm anti-aircraft guns, and flew into the artillery positions according to the aircraft's laser guidance device. Each aircraft carries 4 500-kilogram **, and the attack capability is enough to destroy the entire position ten times and eight times! What's more, they were carrying extremely lethal cloudburst bombs! These ** almost wiped out all the British artillery, the scorching temperature heated the air to a level that the human body could not bear, and everyone within the attack range was clutching their throats tightly, suffocating to death in pain!

In just one minute, only 50 of the 300 planes had a chance to drop bombs. The three artillery positions of the British army were all dumb! Sherman no longer had artillery support to rely on. The only thing they could rely on was the Royal Navy's air force.

Their reliance was a testament to their credibility as a reliance - the big mackerel came at the right time and dropped a lot of flares. The tigers and leopards, which were disgraced by the 105 guns and heavy mortars, were illuminated with nowhere to hide! But it was too late, the tiger and leopard had already rushed into Sherman's formation, although the rapidly retreating Sherman was trying his best to avoid engaging his opponent head-on, but their poor speed could not be the opponent of the German army! The German tanks on the march opened fire one after another, and the half-moon formation had changed to a tactic of firing in the middle and attacking on both flanks. Their intention is obvious, that is, to surround the British armored forces and not let a single Sherman slip away!

The 50 planes that had already been dropped from the sky flew out of the formation to form a fighter formation, and wanted to snipe at the Royal Naval aviation who had rushed to bomb the Germans after hearing the news.

The battle on the ground is already in full swing, and the "Langsen" lighter really lives up to its name! It's really a dozen, every hit must be hit!

Sherman saw that there was no hope of escape, the artillery was no longer ringing, and the bombers in the sky were entangled. Everything can only rely on yourself, so let's fight!

At this time, the performance advantage of the German tank immediately made the battlefield situation high! They only lost 16 Leopards, and in one fell swoop, they wiped out all the Shermans, of which 116 were captured in one fell swoop. The 16 Leopards were still destroyed by Sherman after all the big were blown out by artillery fire, and the tracks were not protected. Although they can walk without crawlers like the T-34, they can't run in the soft sand. The design of Da Afu is still good, all the destroyed leopards can be repaired in a short time, and even only need to repair the vehicle without entering the field factory, and the modular design makes maintenance easy and convenient. Battlefield repair is also easy.

The flames of the Sherman were extinguished one by one by the Leopards, and the crews of 16 tanks, along with the surviving British personnel, waited in the sand for the German maintenance team to arrive.

The battle continues, and the tanks that can fight continue to assault forward. With the assistance of the attack aircraft led by Frenzen, who had already repaired and rushed to the battlefield, they were inserted all the way to the rear of the position of the 131st Infantry Brigade of the British Army to cut off the rear of the British Eighth Army!

On the other front, one of the forty tigers that frantically assaulted forward did not meet the resistance of the British armored forces. They came across a wide minefield. Although the Tiger is equipped with a mine protection shovel, it takes a lot of effort for the ammunition to pass through a minefield with a thickness of 5 km.

To the east of the minefield is El Alamein. It was the main front of the British.

This time it took so much effort, and it was lurking and desperate with the Royal Air Force, and there was only one strategic purpose. That's to make dumplings for the Eighth Army! In order to gain enough bargaining chips for Germany on the African battlefield, the British will be a little more considerate when Bai Qi arranges secret contacts with Britain and the United States to start peace talks.

In the international community, Americans who have always looked at the political situation in the world from the perspective of a businessman. They have always been unprofitable, and when they see that the Germans are very strong and difficult to shake with the current strength of the United States, they will definitely choose to turn enemies into friends. After all, the huge Soviet Russia was the regime that all the capitalist countries had always hated. The ideological differences are naturally divided into two camps.