Brigadier General Brown hurriedly sent a telegram to the division headquarters and army group headquarters asking for accelerated assistance when the brigade was besieged, and then led the tank unit of the 24th Panzer Brigade to turn around against the German tanks behind him, hoping to win the first opportunity in a one-on-one battle.

On the contrary, Brigadier General Brown judged from the dust on the battlefield and what he observed through his telescope that the enemy should have no more than 100 tanks, and he believed that there was still a chance to fight to the death, and he felt that his armored forces still had a slight advantage - the backbone of the armored force of the whole brigade was composed of three tank squadrons, which were equipped with three tank squadrons, the Crusader, Sherman, and General Grant, and each squadron happened to be one model. Either of these would be inferior to the enemy tanks, and if there was a good chance of victory against the No. 3 tank or the Italian tank, there were not too many enemy tanks behind them - if not on par with your own side, not much. Coupled with the fact that both sides were mobile combat, and the Germans did not have anti-tank guns on the preset positions, he did not think that he was inferior, and subconsciously thought that this battle would still be fought.

What he was most worried about was whether the infantry could withstand the onslaught of the two armored divisions in the east, and if the infantry was a little more aggressive, maybe they would have a chance to turn over and deal with the enemy in the east after they repelled the German tanks behind them.

But when he saw clearly the German tanks coming from the opposite side through the binoculars, he couldn't help but be confused: the Germans had new tanks? Whether it was No. 3 or No. 4 or the Italian M41, he was very familiar with it, but he had never seen this kind of tank in front of him, not in the North African battlefield, and even less in the French battlefield back then. Judging by the shape of the tanks, it doesn't quite fit the style of German tanks, and if it weren't for the fact that the tanks were clearly painted with iron crosses and constantly firing at his own side during the march, he thought he must have made a mistake with some friendly army.

He felt a vague sense of uneasiness, what else did the Germans do not know about other than the traps that had been carefully prepared in advance and the new tanks with very different appearances?

Considering that the antenna of the command car was too dazzling in the open field, he asked the driver to find a relatively safe place to observe the battlefield situation, Richardson drove another armored car to follow closely not far from him, and the only 4 Crusader tanks in the reconnaissance company had also been filled into the queue of the first-line tank duel, which made Brigadier Brown's mood relax a little, and this bastard captain finally did a sensible thing.

When the opponent fled in a hurry at first, Collingwood's 35th Panzer Regiment did not have the slightest intention of speeding up the pursuit, but used its firepower and maneuverability to continuously sweep away the lone trucks, armored vehicles and some artillery forces that tried to resist in the vicinity, while letting its own armored vehicle formation collect prisoners and clear the battlefield. Because he was very sure that if the opponent did not want to hit the two armored divisions that had been on standby for a long time, sooner or later they would go and return. So when the tank formation of the 24th Armored Brigade reappeared in view, he did not show the slightest surprise, but felt that this was taken for granted.

After this toss, the already chaotic formation of the British became even more unbearable, and the variable that they did not dare to attack the two armored divisions in the east but returned to the battle had already been considered by Guderian in advance. Brigadier General Brown probably thought that the 4th Panzer Regiment of the 35th Panzer Division was weak and could be bullied, and he didn't even know how hard a steel plate he had kicked was.

"Come on." A sneer appeared on the corner of Collingwood's mouth, and in his eyes, the credit for the first battle of the 35th Armored Regiment was basically grasped in his hands, "It's time for you guys who don't know the height of the sky to understand the essence of armored warfare." ”

"Line formation, cover each other, and maximize firepower." He calmly gave the first order. He and his men had a thorough discussion before the battle, and considering the factors of pure tank warfare in the open field, Collingwood chose a linear formation instead of the standard wedge breakthrough formation used to attack infantry positions, which was more conducive to the firepower of his own tanks.

On the other hand, the 24th Armored Brigade, due to its eagerness to retreat at first, turned around and went back to deal with the enemy forces in the east after halfway through, and the ranks were in disarray, and all normal formations and marching sequences were completely disrupted. After receiving the order of Brigadier General Brown to engage reflexively, all kinds of tanks lined up completely spontaneously to meet the enemy, and there was no formation at all, and it seemed more appropriate to describe it as a swarm. Fortunately, the 24th Armored Brigade has also been tested by wind and rain, and there are no tanks that are greedy for life and afraid of dying in the back, but they have driven forward with full horsepower, which makes Brigadier General Brown feel a lot better. He desperately called the commanders of the three squadrons on the radio to pay attention to maintaining the formation, but the problem was that the commanders themselves could not find where their subordinates were, so they had to do their best.

The Germans' T-34 groups unhurriedly took a stance, while the British tanks advanced at full speed, gradually narrowing their distance from each other.

Due to their speed advantage, the Crusader tanks rushed ahead of the pack, interspersed with several General Grant tanks lined up in a trapezoidal queue. The power and defense of these American-made tanks are still so-so, and they are even more powerful with infantry combat, but the appearance is too burly, the center of gravity is too high, and it is easy to be discovered by the enemy and set fire as a target, and the 75mm tank gun is installed on the hull, and the firing range will be greatly limited, and sometimes the position of the hull has to be adjusted in order to shoot.

Sergeant Deiss commanded a Crusader to stop 1,200 meters away from a T-34, and as the commander, he keenly observed that the turret of the German tank on the opposite side was still pointing to the left at 10 o'clock, as if it was attacking the rest of his tank, and did not pay attention to his arrival. This was a good time, he immediately adjusted the position of the turret and the angle of fire of the gun and began to try to shoot, and with a "boom", the shell exploded less than 20 meters in front of the T-34, and part of the fragments hit the opponent's hull, but this did not bring any losses to the T-34, but reminded the other side.

Days could see clearly that the opponent's turret quickly rotated and the muzzle of the gun was pointed at his side, but he was unmoved, calmly told the gunner to adjust the angle of fire slightly, and quickly fired the second armor-piercing projectile. With a "bang", the calibrated second shell hit the enemy's frontal armor, and Deis clenched his fists, expecting a penetration, only to his disappointment, the shell was bounced off at once.

"So bad luck?" He was shocked, "Come again." ”

Not believing that his luck would continue to be bad, he immediately ordered the driver to move forward to close the distance and get rid of the opponent's aiming, considering that the opponent was about to open fire. At this moment, the T-34's counterattack shell flew over the head of the Crusader and exploded in the distance. ，

"Knock", "Knock" Crusader tank gunner's hand felt hot, and in a short time he fired 4 more shots in a row, but 2 of them hit the T-34, one hit the frontal armor and was ejected, and the other seemed to hit the turret, but no damage appeared, and at this time the visual distance was probably less than 1050 meters.

"Damn, how can the armor of an enemy tank be so thick? It's all time to catch up with our Matilda. Days cursed and directed the driver to continue driving forward, and before he was about to fire the 7th shot, he finally had no such good luck, the T-34 found the right head, and the 76.2mm armor-piercing shell roared in, and the first shot pierced through the poor front armor of the Crusaders and caused a violent explosion.

Sergeant Dyce's engagement process is just a microcosm of the process of the two sides fighting each other, Brown can see clearly in the telescope field of vision, at a distance of about 1000 meters, neither the Crusaders nor General Grant can inflict enough damage on the other side, no matter how they fight, the opponent's tank is unscathed, just bounce the shell away lightly, and as long as his tank is hit by the opponent, it is basically destroyed.

His heart sank, his uneasiness grew, and the sound he heard in his headphones made him even more confused.

"Hell, what kind of tank is this, and why is it so hard?"

"Something must have gone wrong with these damn tanks today."

And the captain couldn't help crying in the headphones, it was an extremely desperate voice: "I've pulled to 800 meters, why can't I hit it?" He's hit 3 times, 3 times......"

Then there was a "boom", and Brigadier General Brown knew that the poor tank had been destroyed again.