A tank is a tank after all, and it was born to be used for attack.

During the day, because there were too many things to be afraid of, Manstein couldn't let go of his hands and feet, so he could only barely defend himself. In the evening, a free-spirited Manstein instantly taught the Nazi stormtroopers why tanks were called kings of land warfare.

Approaching the encirclement at low speed without driving lights, and then suddenly opening full firepower, accelerating to attack the defensive line, this hand can only be regarded as half an army's stormtroopers by surprise, and in an instant Manstein tore open the gap, and then drove away.

However, even in the sneak attack, Manstein lost five tanks and all the infantry, which was a shame for Manstein.

The only remaining 9 tanks were galloping on the road leading to the airport, and all the members were silent at the moment, they had lost all 120 logistics troops and 44 armored troops, and more than 200 people were left here only 36 people at the moment.

"I will make the Nazis pay!" Manstein broke the silence.

"Sir! When are we going to counterattack Munich? A captain asked in a low voice.

"Wait until we have gathered our reinforcements. If there are no reinforcements at the airfield or all the reinforcements are lost, then we will immediately storm Hitler's headquarters! Manstein made up his mind to avenge his brother today, even if he was exposed.

Passing through the woods on the outskirts of the airport, the gate appeared in front of Manstein and the others, accompanied by scattered corpses, some in brown clothes and others in Wehrmacht uniforms.

Manstein thought to himself that General Lyon had not lied to me, and that he had indeed sent troops to Munich in the air.

The tank continued to drive forward, and there were more and more corpses, but when they reached the runway, there were only blood stains everywhere and no corpses.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out in everyone's ears, and the panzer, who was in a state of fright, almost pulled the trigger in his hand.

"Hey! Don't shoot! I am Manstein, the major commander of the 1st Panzer Regiment of the Wehrmacht! Manstein shouted loudly ahead with his head out of the turret.

"Major Manstein?!" The response was full of surprise, and then a Wehrmacht soldier appeared in the tank headlights.

"Yes, I'm Manstein! I just burst out of the encirclement! Manstein climbed out of the tank and said to the soldiers.

"Oh! God forbid! You rushed out. We, sir, are worried that you've all died. As soon as the soldier finished speaking, he regretted it, which was a bit unlucky, and he scratched his head embarrassedly and added, "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to curse you." ”

"It's okay, I understand, surrounded by more than ten times the number of troops, ordinary people really can't escape. But who are we? German Panzers! Is there a place in the world that we can't reach? Seeing friendly forces made Manstein happy, he joked.

"I'll take you to our commander, he's having some mobility issues." The soldier laughed and said to Manstein, and then walked to the camp hidden in the darkness with a group of armored soldiers who had climbed out of the car.

The commander-in-chief of the Airborne Forces, who was also a major, was lying on the bed that the soldiers had improvised at this time, because he had been shot in the leg.

"Hello Major Manstein, I'm Major Carter of the 1st Division of the Wehrmacht." Carter struggled to sit up.

Manstein hurriedly stepped forward to stop Carter and said, "Major Carter, you should take care of your injuries and don't move. ”

Kart nodded, lay back on the bed, and said with a smile, "The fight is so intense, you haven't eaten any hot mouthfuls, have you?" I'll ask the soldiers to cook you something to eat. ”

Manstein was a little embarrassed and said, "It's so troublesome, forget it." But the other commanders obviously couldn't stand this temptation, and persuaded him: "Commander, it's okay, right?" It's all friendly troops, and after fighting for so long, I ate some compressed biscuits, and I'm really hungry. ”

"Then I'll bother you." Manstein nodded in agreement, then thought of the strange sight he had seen when he first arrived, and asked, "By the way, when I came just now, I saw that the runway was full of blood but there were no corpses, and you specially cleaned it up?" ”

Kater nodded and said, "Yes, the runway is full of corpses, how do the planes land?" ”

"Plane landing?" Manstein was a little confused.

"Well, tomorrow General Lyon will come over with follow-up troops and supplies, otherwise why would we rush the airport." Carter wondered how the general could not inform his henchmen that he was going to the battlefield in person.

"Well, our long-wave radio is broken, and we have lost contact with the War Department for a long time." Manstein was a little worried, "The general is going to come in person?" It's too dangerous. ”

"It's okay, the general has 400 follow-up troops, just with the rabble of the stormtroopers, don't worry at all." Carter waved his hand, signaling that it was okay, "Major Manstein, go to the rest meeting, you haven't rested for a long time, have you?" ”

Carter didn't say that it was okay, as soon as he said it, Manstein felt a surge of sleepiness coming, the continuous high-intensity battles had already consumed Manstein's physical strength, and he had relied on mental strength all the way to support here, he squinted his eyes and said: "Indeed, then I'll go to the rest meeting, call me tomorrow morning, I have to get up early to meet the general." Then he walked to the resting place under the guidance of the soldiers.

The next day.

Manstein slept in a daze, felt that someone on the side was looking at him, opened his eyes slightly, and was startled by the person in front of him, and suddenly fell asleep, and quickly got up and saluted: "Hello! General Lyon, and Miss Sophia. ”

Standing beside Manstein's bed were Leon and Sophia. Seeing that Manstein was awake, Leon smiled and said, "Awake? How did you sleep last night? ”

Manstein said embarrassedly: "I slept well, when did you come, General?" ”

"Hehe, not long after I first came, I didn't wake you up when I saw you sleeping." Leon said, "How? What are the casualties of your troops? ”

Manstein lowered his head sadly when he heard this, and said: "There were originally 204 people, but after the breakthrough last night, there were only 36 people left. The rest were all armored troops, and the logistics infantry were sacrificed. ”

"Hmm." Leon nodded solemnly, "Both of your troops suffered heavy casualties, Carter's troops lost 377 people, 56 were seriously wounded, and only 167 people were left who were combat-ready. I will make Hitler pay! ”

"General, when is the attack on Munich, I ask to join the war!" Manstein looked up at Leon.

"When the planes bring in enough soldiers, we'll attack. You don't have to go to war, and Carter and they all have a good rest. You've done enough, leave the rest to the others. Leon patted Manstein on the shoulder, stood up, and led Sophia to the door.

"General!" Manstein exclaimed. Leon stopped, but Manstein was a little out of his mouth.

"What's the matter, don't you know my temper?" Leon laughed.

"I ask if I can replace all the tanks with artillery? If we had been armed with artillery, we would have avoided such large casualties. Manstein said.

"The hull of the No. 1 tank is too small, and although there is room for a 20mm gun, it can't carry too many shells." Leon said slowly, Manstein was a little disappointed, but Leon continued, "So Porsche, MAN, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW started the development of a new tank as early as when the No. 1 tank was first equipped, and a prototype was built three months ago, named the No. 2 tank, which was equipped with a 20mm rapid-fire gun. I'm sure you'll be able to receive the first tanks when you get back. Oh, and by the way, the rebuilt armored regiment will be fully equipped with a total of 100 new tank twos. ”

Manstein's eyes widened in disbelief at the words. Your own armored regiment is full! That's 100 new tanks! And their own armored regiments are fully formed, and Guderian and Rommel's will definitely be fully formed, so that Germany will have more than 300 tanks!

"Haha, such a few tanks are not enough, in the future our armored torrent will sweep everything away!" Leon seemed to understand the disbelief in Manstein's eyes, and smiled and walked out of Manstein's room with Sophia.