Kubil and von. Of course, Funk didn't know that it was a tank unit formed by the elite, and they took it for granted that it was a tank that the Soviets were unwilling to give up the British and Americans to help, so they randomly arranged some tank crews to send them into battle.

As a result, they can also deduce that this unit is not sufficiently trained, because they do not have much time to train and are not even familiar with the use of these British and American equipment.

There are even other problems, such as improper maintenance, the inability of the two tanks to work together, and so on.

Therefore, they believed that the German Panzer could easily defeat the division.

That's exactly what they did, so when the battle against the 2nd Guards Tank Brigade of Russia was a foregone conclusion, they split the 7th Panzer Division against the "British and American Panzer Divisions".

"You know what?" Feng. Rear Admiral Funk excitedly shouted to his subordinates from the walkie-talkie in the tank: "We are going to deal with the tanks of the British and the Americans, yes, these guys gave the tanks to the Russians." Know where these tanks once fought with our army? Africa! Our Afrika Korps has defeated them again and again...... We can do the same! ”

Then, on the march, von. Rear Admiral Funk gave a brief introduction to the appearance and performance of each type of tank to all tank crews.

Many of these German tank crews were actually no strangers to the "Matilda" tank, because the British troops stationed in France had been equipped with the "Matilda" to fight with the Germans, and the 7th Panzer Division was precisely the unit that had fought with the British army.

"It's heavily armored, but it's weak in speed and firepower!" One of his subordinates replied: "We fought this tank in France!" ”

"That's Matilda Type 1!" Feng. "After Dunkirk, the British improved the tank, they called it the Matilda 2," Funk reminded: "The British improved the tank, they called it the Matilda 2, but you were right, although it was improved, but the performance characteristics were as you said, the armor was thick and the firepower was insufficient, so we had to use the speed to attack their flanks!" ”

"Or melee them!"

"Yes, or melee with them!" Feng. Funk agrees.

The reason is simple, it is not easy to attack the target tank in a tank battle, even against the very slow "Matilda".

Because when the German tanks made a detour and turned to the side, the "Matilda" tanks only had to turn a corner to change their direction, so they faced the German tanks in frontal armor.

Even in extreme cases, the Matilda tank can be formed in a circle like a hedgehog, so that any part of the tank is a frontal that cannot be penetrated.

So, if it weren't for the fact that tanks are much more numerous than the enemy and have an innate advantage...... For example, just now, two German armored divisions attacked a tank brigade of the Soviet army, plus a beautiful ambush, so the Soviet army was able to attack the flank and rear armor of the T34 without having time to react.

But now it was a disgruntled panzer division against a tank brigade, and the Soviets were still prepared.

The only way to attack the rear armor of the flanks is melee, which is to break into the enemy's tank group and engage in a dogfight...... Such a battle was advantageous for the German army, because the German tanks were fast and the tank crews coordinated well with each other, and the infantry and tank were better coordinated.

At least Feng. Funk thinks so.

So, von. Funk had already made up his mind at this point, if he didn't threaten his flank so easily, he should have chosen melee combat immediately.

"Target found!" At this time, the vanguard in front of the vanguard to Feng. Major General Funk reported: "A thousand meters away, one o'clock position!" ”

Feng. Major General Funk immediately got out of the turret and raised his binoculars to look in the direction reported by the vanguard.

Sure enough, he saw a tank unit slowly moving towards them, he carefully distinguished, and then a hanging heart was completely relaxed...... Those were indeed "Matilda" tanks and not T34.

At this time, he already has a psychological shadow on T34, as long as it is not T34, Feng . Funk didn't think it was a problem for his panzer division.

What's more, these British and American tanks are all defeated by Rommel's men, and if Rommel can defeat them, of course he can defeat them!

"Keep going!" Feng. Funk ordered loudly.

The Soviets on the other side also spotted the German tanks at the same time, so the whole team immediately became nervous.

"They're coming!" Lieutenant Colonel Gavrilov shouted: "Stay in formation and fight as you did during training!" ”

Lieutenant Colonel Gavrilov was clearly a little nervous, as he had never given an order like this before...... A regimental commander, he should have commanded the entire unit or let the battalion commander pass on the orders, but now he was shouting at the soldiers.

However, this does not seem surprising, because this is the first time that the 1st Guards Tank Brigade has used British and American tanks to fight the enemy, and although this tactic is theoretically feasible with the bazooka, no one has really verified it.

After waiting a little longer, with the order of Lieutenant Colonel Zakhakavich, the M3 medium tank opened fire.

It's not that Lieutenant Colonel Zahakavich is nervous, it's that it was originally planned...... THE M3 MEDIUM TANK 75MM GUN HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF LONG RANGE, AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS FASTER, AND EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO STOP FIRING, YOU CAN EASILY CATCH UP WITH THE MATILDA.

"Boom" With a burst of artillery fire, several rows of shells flew towards the German tank group.

The Soviets, including the Soviet tank crews, did not have any hope for these shells, because they were not easy to aim at (the 75mm gun had a narrow firing range, and could only be aimed directly at the enemy), so the M3 Medium would often need to adjust the body orientation and aim again, and the target would probably have escaped from the firing range again.

However, to everyone's surprise, two German tanks were destroyed by thirty-five M3 shots.

This also makes von. Major General Funk was taken aback.

"The problem is not as simple as we think, guys!" Feng. "I know what the hell they're up to, the Matilda tank has a strong defense, while the General Grant has a 75mm gun!" ”

"Yes, General!" The subordinate replied: "If we fight them from a distance, we will have to face the armor of 'Matilda' and bear the artillery of 'General Grant'!" ”

"I have to say......" von. Major General Funk said: "I was a little surprised by these Ivans, but this does not change the fact that they are about to fail!" ”

Speaking of this, Major General Funk paused, and then immediately ordered: "Fire smoke grenades, we will fight them in close combat!" ”

"Yes, General!"

Soon several smoke grenades hit the middle of the battlefield.

At that moment, Shulka knew that the Germans had been fooled.

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