Chapter Ninety-One: Charge
"We must stop them!" Bazel shouted behind a destroyed tank: "We're done with them!" ”
"But what can we do?" Kuhn replied loudly: "With our rifles?" ”
Bazel didn't answer, because he didn't know the answer either.
"Captain!" At this time, Qin Chuan shouted: "I don't think we should block them, but rush forward!" ”
"What?" Bazel thought he had misheard: "Are you crazy?" They have more tanks than we do, and they are more advanced than ours! ”
Bazel was right, although there were fifty tanks on both sides at the beginning, it was already clear who had won and lost in the previous battles...... The British destroyed more than a dozen German tanks, while the Germans destroyed only three British tanks.
"That's why we're rushing forward!" Qin Chuan shouted: "We need melee and melee, we have more infantry than them...... That's all we have to do! ”
In fact, Qin Chuan had many reasons, but now the war situation was urgent, and he was not allowed to explain it one by one.
"Captain!" Kuhn said to Bazel, "Captain, I think we should try Sergeant Frick's suggestion, because it's a dead end anyway!" ”
"Rush forward, Captain!" Werner leaned out with a submachine gun and fired a few bullets, and after retracting it, he said to Bazel: "We would rather be killed by bullets or shells than die under the tracks of enemy tanks!" ”
"But...... What can I do? "I'm just an infantry captain, I can't command these damn tanks!" ”
Hearing this, the soldiers turned their attention to Qin Chuan again.
Bazel was right, and now is not the time to make suggestions...... Because to make a suggestion, you have to contact Colonel Slain first, and then Colonel Slain has to convince Colonel Albridge, even if Colonel Albridge accepts Colonel Slain's suggestion...... At that time, I was afraid that the battle situation was already decided, and I was unable to return to the sky.
"Captain!" Qin Chuan replied: "When I say rushing up, I mean us, not tanks!" ”
"We?" Bazel looked at Qin Chuan with an incredulous expression: "Sergeant, you mean that we charged at the enemy tank without the cover of the tank?" Are you crazy?! ”
"Yes, Captain!" Qin Chuan replied: "That's what I think!" ”
"Give me a reason!" Bazel said with a gloomy face.
If it weren't for the fact that Qin Chuan's previous suggestions had been proven to be right, Bazel wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to what Qin Chuan said.
"Enemy tanks are aiming at our tanks!" Qin Chuan replied: "In other words, their guns are loaded with armor-piercing shells instead of high-explosive shells, so the enemy's tanks are actually no threat to us...... Is this reason enough? ”
Hearing this, Bazel couldn't help but be stunned, Qin Chuan seemed to have some truth in what he said.
What Bazel didn't know was ...... British cruiser tanks generally carried little or no "high-explosive shells" or "high-explosive armor-piercing shells".
As mentioned before, the development of the British army in this area was not successful, and even more so, the British military top brass also believed that infantry tanks were used to support infantry against enemy infantry, and cruiser tanks were used to deal with enemy tanks in mobile combat, so the vast majority of cruiser tanks like the "Crusaders" carried armor-piercing shells against tanks.
This is also a mistake in the direction of the British in the development of tanks, their artificial imagination rather than according to the actual needs of the battlefield to divide tanks into "infantry tanks" and "cruiser tanks".
In fact, there is some truth in their thinking, as the so-called "art industry has a specialty", the tank is divided into a finer and specifically used to deal with specific targets...... Wouldn't that be more powerful?
But the battlefield is reality, and reality and imagination are often at odds with each other...... In actual combat, most of the enemy will mix tanks and infantry together to fight together, and most tanks will have to face both infantry and tanks.
As the British military top brass imagined, the situation of only having to face a single branch of the enemy is basically non-existent.
This leads to the problem that the "Crusader" tank gun is basically ineffective against infantry, which means that it is actually a paper tiger that looks terrible but is actually unable to effectively kill infantry.
The Germans were not familiar with the performance of the Crusader tank, as this was the first time that the British had put the Crusader tank into actual combat, and the Germans had not heard of this cruiser tank that could even drive up to 64 yards after the speed limit was raised.
(Note: Production of the "Crusader" tank began in early 1940 and was first launched in June 1941 in the North African "Operation Tomahawk" operation against Rommel)
But Qin Chuan knew the advantages and disadvantages of this tank well, so he knew that launching a charge was probably the only way for the Germans to survive.
"But...... Are we just rushing up in a company? The baker said: "There are also British infantry behind the enemy tanks!" ”
"Contact Colonel Slain!" Werner said: "He will agree! ”
"......No," said Bazel, "he may not agree with this crazy idea, and it is too late now!" ”
Bazel was right, because three more German tanks were destroyed by the British.
"Just one of our companies!" Qin Chuan shouted: "When the other teams see that we have successfully broken through the defense line, they will follow suit!" ”
The soldiers were stunned when they heard this.
Qin Chuan was right, the other German troops were not fools, and if they saw that this approach was feasible, they would follow up with a pull...... After all, this is the only way to live, and even the officers will realize this and quickly make a decision.
But......
What if it fails?
What if the other troops don't follow up?
In case of......
There are not so many emergencies on the battlefield, and it sometimes requires soldiers to gamble with their lives!
After a while, Kuhn, who couldn't wait, shouted at Bazel: "Captain, what is your order?" ”
Bazel gritted his teeth and replied, "I decided to do what the sergeant suggested, and while I thought it must be crazy to do so, any attempt was worth it, wasn't it?" ”
"Yes, Captain!" Werner agreed.
Bazel was right, of course, and although the chances of success of this proposal were extremely low in the eyes of the soldiers, any attempt was worth the attempt on the premise of death.
"So...... Get ready to attack! Bazel ordered: "Bring a few more anti-tank grenades!" ”
"Yes!" The soldiers answered.
Werner was the quickest, opening an ammunition box as soon as he turned, and then grabbed anti-tank grenades from it and distributed them to the soldiers one by one.