The rumors that the American Sherman tank is not easy to deal with are indeed true, Heinz saw with his own eyes that several No. 4s were aimed at a lone Sherman tank, the frontal armor and turret of this tank at least withstood more than 5 rounds of long-barreled 75mm gun armor-piercing shells and still insisted on counterattacking, fortunately, the British artillery also lacked the right head did not pose a threat to the attacker, the two sides exchanged fire from 1500 meters to 700 meters, and the No. 4 finally penetrated Sherman's frontal armor. Heinz thus had a clear understanding of Sherman's combat effectiveness, and when he met again, he no longer had a hard encounter, but commanded 1-2 tanks to attract head-on and then sent another vehicle to the side to shoot roundabout, but fortunately, the British did not have many Shermans, and did not cause too much trouble to the Germans.

With the passage of time, although the command of the British troops is still scattered, but the spontaneous resistance of the small units has become more and more tight, except for the initial position of the Indians is relatively fragile, and the tanks were pierced and collapsed not long after the exchange of fire, the resistance of the rest of the troops is very tenacious, especially the counterattack of the 6th Infantry Brigade of New Zealand made Heinz even more sad, they used the only 3 anti-tank guns in their hands to reimburse their 3 No. 3 and 1 No. 4 short-barreled tanks, so that the armored battalion that was originally prepared for a hard breakthrough had to retreat. Gave up this hard nut to chew.

At this time, he remembered Guderian's earnest teachings before leaving: you must not fall in love with war, let alone fall into positional warfare, otherwise you will definitely be beaten to death by the British who reacted, he flicked a shot and led his men to avoid this enemy force in a long circle, and the New Zealanders on the position also broke out a strong cry when they saw the German tanks gone, and felt more excited than winning the battle.

Now he began to hate that his side had too few troops, and if this raid had given him not only 67 tanks, but 167 tanks plus a reliable Panzergrenadier Division, he would have been confident that he would have "packed" all the 7 or 8 British divisions and brigades here, instead of wandering around and attacking like now, and no loot or prisoners would be found. Of course, if there were such abundant troops, maybe the commander would not have retreated.

"Note that there is a British field oil depot in front, which is full of hundreds of barrels of gasoline, and the enemy has fled and has no defenses." Suddenly, a tank commander reported to the command vehicle.

Heinz was overjoyed and shouted to his subordinates into the throat microphone: "The oil depot ahead is refueled in batches, pay attention to vigilance, and the total time should not exceed 10 minutes." ”

The remaining 61 tanks were refueled and returned to the road, and a few tank crews who had escaped because the tanks were destroyed grabbed a few British armored vehicles and followed the rear of the line, Heinz gave an order, and the 12.7mm machine gun on the armored car was aimed at the oil drum and fired a long shuttle, and the field oil depot was blown to ashes, and the billowing smoke could be seen thousands of meters away.

The time had pointed to 5:45 p.m., and after 45 minutes of fierce fighting, the German armored battalion finally tore a big hole in the British defense system, and detoured back to the southern flank of the Delham Hafid Ridge.

"Cannons! Where did the cannon sound come from? Montgomery, who was in deep thought in the Command, suddenly cried out in alarm, and jumped from his chair with a brisk walk.

De Lagan hurriedly walked in and reported: "Sir, I have received a report from the 7th Panzer Division, the sound of artillery is coming from the southernmost position, it seems that they are exchanging fire with the Germans. ”

"The Germans came from that soft sand?" Montgomery suddenly became excited, "How many troops are coming, and where is the main force of the enemy at present?" ”

"It's not clear, the phone is very noisy, the contact with the front line is intermittent, and not a single reliable telegram has been received." De Lagan was very embarrassed and said, "Judging by the sound of artillery fire, the movement is not too great, could it be another Guderian feint?" ”

"Go and find out the situation now, maybe we can teach Guderian a lesson that he will never forget......" Montgomery had just finished speaking, when suddenly the piercing screams of German Ju-87 Stuka bombers sounded not far away, followed by a violent explosion.

"Oh no, the Germans have attacked the airfield, this is not a feint, this is a real ......" Montgomery's headquarters was located not far from the airport, and he could hear it clearly, at least 8 or more dive bombers had dropped bombs just now, why was the air defense of the airport so lax? He didn't know that this was a complete wrongful attack on the airfield, and the airport lookout post had reported the news of the approaching large group of German planes long before he heard the explosion, and when the terrible sirens sounded, they were already in a state of relaxation, and the British pilots who were preparing to take a shower and eat were stunned, and no one expected a large group of German planes to arrive at this time. They screamed, threw down their toiletries or lunch boxes, and rushed to the tarmac like crazy, where many planes were already taxiing and taking off, and it was the planes on duty to support their own forces that were still in the air.

But when the planes had just taken off and had not yet been fully assembled, the Germans suddenly struck a formation of nearly 200 fighters, and they swooped down from the sky at great speed, caught the British planes that had taken off in a hurry, and opened fire fiercely. Judging by the model of these planes, almost all of them were Fw-190s, and the commander of the airfield, Colonel Christopher, swore that they had been exchanging fire with the Germans for months, and had never seen so many Fw-190s except that the Afrika had been refitted with an Fw-190, much to everyone's surprise.

This formation is none other than the JG3 Udet Fighter Wing that the mustachioed General Garland recently transferred, and they couldn't wait to participate in the battle the day after they arrived in Africa, but Guderian stopped them, and he wanted to use this new force when it was most needed, so he deliberately suppressed their desire to fight, and at most let them drive the original African Army's Bf-109 to familiarize themselves with the battlefield situation. The careless British only knew that the Germans had been fighting fiercely in the past few days, but they did not know that although the other side was the same group of planes, it was not the same group of people who exchanged fire with them, and they did not expect that the other side was actually hiding their backs.

The Fw-190 that fell from the height took advantage of its advantages to the maximum, and the British Hurricane, Spitfire, and P-40 fighters who were disadvantaged in speed, formation, and altitude had no power to resist, and fell down like dumplings, and the most striking thing in the melee was still the yellow No. 14 - this was Marseilleu's plane, he was used to shooting at high-altitude deflection angles instead of ordinary rear-end attacks, and killed 2 Spitfires before the opponent could react. Then he set his sights on the Tomahawk fighter (P-40 British version) of Major Duke of the 112th Squadron, the number one ace of the British North African theater. Major Duke's personal cumulative results were only 26, but because he was good at judging the situation and slipping away when he saw that the situation was not good, he had avoided the duel with Marseilleu several times on the battlefield, and the pilots of the German Eighth Air Force had been helpless against him, but this time he finally couldn't dodge, Marseilleu bit him to death, and after several back and forth chase and dive, Marseillo killed this old opponent with a crisp and neat method - the enemy plane exploded in volley, and there was no chance to parachute.

After the German aircraft group effectively controlled the air supremacy around the airfield, the Bf-109s of the original African Army escorted the bomber formation belatedly, and then there was the explosion that Montgomery heard. The anti-aircraft guns around the airfield also opened fire, but the artillerymen who had rushed into battle were obviously not accurate, and were instead cleared by bombers and fighters that swept away the resistance on the ground, and the resistance became weaker and weaker.

Montgomery saw the pile of blackened planes passing overhead through the window, and his heart sank, and he pushed open the door and walked outside to see what was going on. If it weren't for the adjutant's quick push of Montgomery, the dignified British Army lieutenant general was almost hit, and when he got up and saw a neat row of machine gun bullet holes 5 meters in front of the place where he was standing just now, Montgomery was afraid for a while and then felt happy. In fact, the more regretful should be the BF-109 pilot, he went to the airport, only because there was something wrong on the way to be late, just now the ground strafing was completely his subconscious hand, he also felt normal if he didn't hit the target, if you know that the appearance below is inconspicuous, wearing an Australian-style beret is a big man like Lieutenant General Montgomery, it is estimated that he will try to kill the other party if he fights the plane.