Manstein on the other side is not so comfortable compared to the airborne troops who are on the offensive on this side.

At this moment, he was stationed in the suburbs, relying on 20 No. 1 tanks, barely resisting the attack of more than ten times his own stormtroopers.

Fate is also quite tricky, the last time he fought against an enemy ten times his size in the exercise, this time he really fought on the battlefield. Moreover, compared with the last exercise, this time the situation is even more critical, last time they only needed someone to break through the defense line, but this time it was a complete hard-hitting confrontation against the attack of others.

"Tank No. 112 is running out of ammunition! Request ammo supplies! A nervous shout from a car commander was heard on the on-board radio.

The tank on-board radio, which was supposed to have been invented in 1928, appeared in Germany five years earlier because of Lyon's request. Manstein's troops had just been fully loaded a few months earlier, and it turned out to be just in time for Hitler's coup d'état. If it weren't for this, Manstein would have lost a lot of manpower.

"Understood! Car 103 will bring you ammunition. Manstein's deep voice appeared on the radio, giving people a lot of security for no reason.

Tank No. 1 was armed with two 7.92mm machine guns, each with 3,000 rounds of ammunition. This may seem like a lot, but it will be done very quickly for a machine gun.

And it's no bigger than the open field at the airport, it's full of obstacles, and it often doesn't kill many people when a 200-round chain of bullets is missed.

Regarding this situation, Manstein was also thinking that if he did not die this time, he would definitely persuade General Lyon to reequip the armored troops with artillery when he returned. If they were now armed with artillery, the bastards on the other side, who had no anti-tank firepower, would never have thought of breaking through their steel defenses.

"Major Manstein, tank No. 117 is glued!" A captain said over the radio. Manstein heard the rumors and looked out through the captain's periscope, and a tank more than 80 meters away from Manstein had been climbed on the roof of the car by the stormtroopers and lifted the hatch, and several grenades were thrown into the car, and then it was destroyed after a few loud bangs.

It was supposed to have been glued by the stormtroopers while changing the machine gun, and this was already the 6th tank destroyed.

However, the tank crews are still relatively safe, and the personnel covering the tanks next to the tank are the worst. Six of the 20 tanks were lost, and less than 30 of the 120 original logistics soldiers were dead.

"Say hello to the infantry, and the tanks cover each other and retreat to compress the line." Undeterred by the high number of casualties, Manstein continued to give orders as calmly as ever.

"Major, has the War Department abandoned us? Are we dead? One of the commanders couldn't help himself and asked Manstein.

"Sorry, I don't know. But now we are still alive and with plenty of ammunition. "Before I lost contact with General Lyon, he told me that the reinforcements had set out to prepare for the airfield in Munich, and that they were probably now fighting." ”

"Wow! Airborne! General Lyon is so smart. "They were stunned to hear of infantry airborne combat.

"Hmmm! General Lyon's tactical thinking was always so advanced. "Manstein also feels that Leon is very powerful, from the original infantry coordination to the current airborne operations, he always has a way to deal with various situations!

The 14 tanks retreated in an orderly manner under the command of Manstein, covering each other's firing corners, and as soon as the tanks abandoned their current positions, the stormtroopers stopped their attacks and began to clear the battlefield and rest.

It was getting late, and the leader of the stormtrooper ordered the team to make a fire and cook to end today's offensive.

Leading the SA in the siege of Manstein was Rudolf Hess, a close confidant of Hitler and an important figure for the Nazis.

"Mr. Prime Minister! We had lost nearly 700 SA men in a day, and the troops were in dire need of recuperation, so I thought it would be better for us to surround them for now. Hess was calling Hitler to report the situation, and as a retired lieutenant who had fought in the last war, he had a keen sense that the troops were a little weak.

"No!" Hitler mercilessly rejected this reasonable request, "Lyon's army has taken the airport, and if we don't destroy the forces in front of you, we will have to face two threats." ”

"But Prime Minister, my troops don't have anti-tank weapons, and they can only use human lives to fight these tanks." Hess was a little anxious.

"I'll transfer another 500 people to you tomorrow, even if you use human lives, you will drown them for me!" Hitler was outraged by Hess's "cowardice".

"Yes! I understand! Hess could only agree.

"Rudolph, if you can't destroy them tomorrow, I'm afraid we'll be a complete failure." Hitler's tone softened, and he looked a little lonely.

He calculated everything, but he didn't expect Leon to throw the troops directly on his head. Originally, as long as he could hold off Manstein's troops, he would have had enough time for himself and Ludendorff to incite the people of Munich to support the establishment of the Third Reich, but now it was necessary to eliminate Manstein in the shortest possible time, and then turn back and take out those unplanned airborne troops.

"I understand, Prime Minister!" Hess replied aloud.

"So be it, I have to continue to broadcast our ideas to the German people. Let's do it together, Hess! Hitler hung up the phone a little tired.

Looks like things aren't going well on Goering's side, and we'll have to take it tomorrow! Hess put down the phone and thought to himself.

He did not yet know that Goering was dead, and that the stormtroopers in the direction of the airfield had been largely wiped out.

It was late at night, and the moon, which had been bright today, seemed to be frightened by the war, and hid behind the clouds.

A Nazi stormtrooper on a vigilant mission struggles to keep his eyes open and resist the surging sleepiness. At this time, there was a "boom" sound in the distance, and it was getting closer and closer.

He suddenly came to his senses and wondered, what is the sound? Boom, thunder?

Suddenly, several bright lights shone on him, and he subconsciously wanted to raise his hand to block the light, but he should never be able to raise his hand again - a dozen bullets flew from the direction of the light, and he smashed his chest into pieces.

"Assault!" Manstein roared on the radio.

Leon gave him an order not to let the tanks appear in public, but in the dark of the night when the battle was fighting, what civilian would come out to hang out? So when he saw that there was not even a moon tonight, he planned to break through the encirclement and join up with the reinforcements in the direction of the airport.

Of course, if he was released by Lyon, and there were no reinforcements at the airport, then he would admit it. In Manstein's view, it was undignified for the Wehrmacht armoured unit to be surrounded by a group of soldiers who could not be called soldiers.

"What's going on?! What's going on?! Hess, awakened by the sound of intense gunfire explosions, hurriedly put on his clothes and ran out of the room, asking as he ran.

"Sir! The surrounded Wehrmacht is storming our lines! A grizzled SA cadre said embarrassedly.

"How's it going?" Hess asked anxiously.

"It's not good, they ......" Before the cadre could finish speaking, reality answered for him - more than a dozen tanks with their headlights on rumbled past a few dozen meters next to Hess.

Hess felt that he was finished, and letting these iron guys break out would definitely pose a threat to Hitler, who was being demagogic, and with Hitler's violent temper, he would definitely shoot himself.

"Sir, what are we going to do?" The cadre next to the voice asked in a trembling voice.

"What else can I do? Gather your troops and head back to the city. Hess shook his head and smiled bitterly.