The rumbling of tracks was the sound of Tiger tanks passing by, and they led the T-34 and No. 4 Gs to begin to break through in depth, although the Tiger rushed to the front, but their speed was not enough, and soon the T-34 and No. 4 threw them off and extended straight to the wings - this is the use of medium tanks under the new tactics, the Tiger is the main force for attacking and breaking through, not the main force for deep pursuit or flanking outflank.

Even so, all the members of the Tiger crew were still very satisfied with their cars, the heavy armor gave them a full sense of security, and the tank gun converted from 88mm anti-aircraft guns gave the tank unparalleled lethality, and the maneuverability was barely passable - although the two layers of staggered overlapping load wheels made it more difficult to repair, they also properly improved the traffic capacity of dirt roads, and the smooth passage of terrain like today's was entirely due to the double layer of staggered overlapping load wheels. When it comes to mobility, it also depends on who you compare with, and the mobility of the No. 4 and T-34 is of course far inferior, but compared to the clumsy heavy tanks like Matilda and KV, the Tiger is as agile as a real tiger.

"Attention to all vehicle groups, attention to all vehicle groups, there are British heavy tanks 3 kilometers ahead of the left flank, which is more difficult to gnaw, and the T-34 calls us for support."

"Roger." Second Lieutenant Coleman waved his hand, "The whole platoon turned left and struck forward, preparing to engage the British tanks." ”

With his order, the 5 Tigers of the third platoon of the 2nd Company of the 502nd Heavy Armored Battalion began to rumble, and after another half a minute, the remaining two rows of tanks in the company also began to follow, and a total of 17 Tiger tanks rushed forward.

The crews soon saw through the lookout glasses the British tanks that were in a heated battle with the T-34 and No. 4. Some were identified as Sherman, while others were unrecognizable for a moment – later known as the Churchill Model VI. There were already several T-34s and No. 4s smoking on the left and right flanks, and some Shermans were with them. In terms of numbers, the Germans seem to be outnumbered, and the only information Coleman received was that the unknown tanks had thick front armor - much thicker than Matilda, and the T-34 and No. 4 were not very impressed, and needed to go around to the flanks, but now there were at least 80 British tanks galloping and attacking, and their own side did not have a numerical advantage. Outflanking is a very difficult thing, which is why I thought of asking for reinforcements from the Tigers.

"Fortunately, the whole company came up, otherwise we wouldn't be able to platoon." Coleman rejoiced. While quickly giving the order, "Free fire!" ”

As soon as his order was given, the gun commander of the same car had already measured the distance and shouted: "The distance is 1200 meters." Put! ”

Bang. Deviate.

"Damn, 10 meters to the left...... Go on! Coleman immediately reported the situation.

The turret of the Tiger tank is hydraulically driven, the power is output from the main gearbox, and the gun commander controls the turret rotation through the pedal under his feet, and the rotation speed itself is not fast, the Tiger turret in real history can only rotate 6 degrees a second, and it takes a minute to turn all around. The improved Tiger by Hoffmann reduced the weight of the vehicle and increased the remaining power of the gearbox. The rotation speed has been increased to between 7-8 degrees per second. In addition, the turret rotation can also be cranked by hand, and the gun commander and the commander can use the handle to shake 720 or 595 revolutions respectively to make the turret rotate. If two people shake together, the speed can be doubled - this is a backup function to prevent the tank from being incapacitated immediately after the hydraulic system is damaged. In heavy tanks, the rotation speed of the Tiger is relatively slow, but the advantage of slow rotation speed is high precision, the standard rotation process of the gun commander is to first use hydraulic pressure to turn to the general direction, and then manually carry out accurate aiming - this is why the Tiger is still accurate at a distance of 1500 meters, and this distance for the T-34 has long not known where to fly.

The turret had been turned to its approximate position, and the gun commander was desperately turning the handle - it was a hard job, and he couldn't do it without any real effort in his hands.

With a "boom", a hit Churchill immediately burst into flames.

Coleman looked closely: "Good...... Completely destroyed! ”

"Attention to all vehicle crews, the Tiger can effectively penetrate enemy armor within 1,200 meters......" he quickly informed the news through the throat intercom, and the tanks were reassured, and the British heavy tanks were no more than that.

"The next one, 1100 meters away, put it!" As soon as the words fell, the shell flew over the head of the Churchill tank.

"It's too far, get ahead!"

Another shot flew over, but it still missed, and the Churchill tank probably sensed the danger was approaching, and the turret began to adjust to this side.

Coleman leaned behind the gun to observe the trajectory and shouted, "Missed, stay a little more to the left!" ”

The gun commander was acting as a gunner at this time, and he once again aimed at the Churchill, but he didn't expect to be hit by the enemy first - "clang", "clang", two consecutive 75mm shells hit the hull of the car in three seconds, one hit the front armor, and the other hit the turret, although the shell was bounced off, but the huge impact force made everyone in the car all stagger, their eyes were full of stars, and their heads hit the surrounding steel guys with faint pain.

"God willing, our tanks are safe and sound." Coleman crossed in horror as he quickly ordered the driver, "Drive to the right, drive to the right......

The driver who received the order desperately hit the steering wheel to make the behemoth move to the other side, the Tiger steering wheel is a unique design of German heavy tanks, accurate control, much less effort than the joystick, much better than other countries' heavy tanks, the cost of of which is of course the complexity of the transmission system and the increase in weight, and also has an impact on production man-hours - Hoffman was hesitant to cut it, but when he thought that the German armored troops mainly rely on man-machine cooperation and tactical ability to eat, he was reluctant to do it in the end, but he still retained.

"Hah...... We ran faster than them. Coleman got out of the area where he had been attacked by the fire and re-observed the opposing tanks, and found that the speed of these iron turtles was almost half a pound and eight taels compared to Matilda, and it was far less agile than the tiger.

Now he didn't care about finding which tank was shooting at him just now, and once again aimed at the Churchill that had escaped the fire of his own car just now, taking advantage of this opportunity, this guy also moved forward more than 40 meters, the gun commander's eyes were on the sight, and the azimuth and distance were accurately determined, and there was no response after pressing the launch switch.

"Damn, what's wrong?"

The loader immediately opened the gun gate to perform the reshelling action, and the shell rushed out from behind the barrel, but the shell was gone, and everyone looked at each other, only to realize later that the shell was actually stuck in the barrel.

Before Coleman could "troubleshoot now!" This order was given, and the skilful and well-trained crew members were already operating in accordance with the regulations: first the barrel was lowered, and in a few seconds the barrel was lowered to an almost flat angle, and the gun commander had climbed out of the turret by this time, and on the track on the right side of the gun body got the barrel through the barrel in three sections, and he quickly assembled the three parts of the tube, and then poked the through through the muzzle with all his might, and with a "clang" sound, the shell was poked out of the barrel and the bolt, and the loader quickly stuffed a new shell into it, The Gun Commander re-disassembled and positioned the bars as he climbed back into the turret, and before he could close the hatch, a shell exploded near the muzzle—a few seconds later he would have had to reimburse.

"Come ...... again"

Another 88mm armor-piercing bullet was fired, and Churchill, who had dodged the attack five times three times, finally couldn't dodge this time, and a large hole was pierced in the front armor, and the panicked crew members had to abandon the car and flee.

The arrival of a Lianhu tank greatly stabilized the German army's morale, as one Churchill after another was hit and reimbursed, the German tanks quickly controlled the situation on the field, and when there were still a dozen Sherman tanks left in the end, they gave up the slow Churchill and took the lead in leaving the scene, and the only remaining 5 Churchills scolded the betrayal of their comrades, and could only put up a white flag and surrender.

However, the escaped Shermans did not take advantage of it, they probably forgot that the Tiger can also shoot accurately at a distance of 1500 meters, when they turned around and fled, exposing the weak tail armor, 3 unlucky eggs were hit by powerful 88mm armor-piercing shells, this batch of "Sherman" brand lighters quickly burned, blue flames burst out of the vents, machine gun bullets in the cockpit crackled and exploded, the tank paint was quickly baked by the high temperature inside, and began to glow with small green flames, The entire tank was burned black, and not a single crew member could escape, and even if they did, they would have to be killed by the German machine-gun fire that controlled the whole field.

The crews of several surrendered Churchill tanks witnessed the whole process, clenching their fists but not saying a word, not knowing whether they were hating the escape of their comrades or lamenting their future fate.

The 4th Armored Brigade of the British Seventh Armored Division invested a total of 94 tanks in order to contain the German attack, all of which were Sherman or Churchill tanks, and they encountered 17 German Tiger and more than 60 T-34 and No. 4 tanks, the number of the two sides was basically equal, and there was not much artillery or air power to support, but the result was jaw-dropping, 94 British tanks except for 9 Sherman hastily left the battlefield and 5 Churchill were captured, the rest are all extinguished (though most can be repaired). The Germans lost only 11 T-34s and 3 No. 4Gs, and all but one of the 17 Tiger tanks that the Germans relied on as the core was damaged by the British when the tracks were broken, while 47 British tanks were directly killed or wounded under the Tiger guns.

A 47:1 result greatly played the prestige and fame of the tiger. (To be continued.) )