Chapter 396: Mandolfel's 508th Heavy Armored Division Strikes a Fatal Blow

The 508th Heavy Armored Division consisted of the 505th Heavy Armored Battalion; The 506th Heavy Armored Battalion, the 507th Heavy Armored Battalion, and the 508th Heavy Armored Battalion were merged and rebuilt into a new heavy armored division.

The commander of this new heavy armored division, as well as Herman? German units such as the Goering Division and the 15th Panzer Division were all served by Mandolfer.

When Herman? After the Goering Division and the 15th Panzer Division launched a general assault, Mandolfer was also commanding his 508th Heavy Armoured Division, a total of more than 400 T-54 tank groups, and suddenly and majestically attacked Montgomery's 1st Army Tank Brigade and the British 70th Infantry Division.

While attacking, the T-54 medium tanks were equipped with one 100 mm tank gun, one 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun, three 7.62 mm parallel machine guns, and one 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun, which were constantly spewing fire, shells, and metal bullets at the same time.

In the face of more than 400 T-54 medium tanks, the British and American tanks in their path were either blown into fireballs or destroyed in place.

As for the British infantry units behind the British and American tank units, they were also swept down one by one by the crazy bullet rain of these tank groups, and the corpses were all over the field, and the blood flowed like rivers.

Although the tank groups and anti-tank weapons of the British army are constantly stubbornly resisting and counterattacking.

At the same time, the 508th Heavy Armored Division of Mandolfer lost one T-54 medium tank after another, and excellent tank crews.

However, under Mantouffel's shrewd command, the number of tanks in Montgomery's 1st Army Tank Brigade was drastically reduced, and the soldiers of the British 70th Infantry Division were also shot and bombarded like being chopped and chopped, and suffered a large number of casualties.

Especially when the German 1st Airborne Division joined the 508th Heavy Armored Division of Mandolfel, the British 70th Infantry Division was even more vulnerable to casualties and retreated.

"Oh no! The sudden appearance of the German tank group, and their paratrooper units were offensive and strong, and fierce! We've already suffered heavy casualties, and if we continue like this, we'll be wiped out by them! โ€

Faced with the situation getting worse and worse, the British Commander Ben. Johnson hurriedly panicked at Milton, commander of the 70th Infantry Division.

"Without Commander Montgomery's order to retreat, we will desperately resist their attack! We can't let them annihilate our main forces! โ€

The division commander Milton was also full of anxiety and worry.

"But the 1st Army Tank Brigade, the main tank force of the 13th Army, is also fighting with us! And they are also suffering heavy casualties now, if we don't evacuate, I'm afraid their casualties will be even worse! โ€

Head Ben. Johnson worried.

"I know! I want to evacuate right away! But now the 30th Army led by Commander Montgomery (under the command of the British 7th Panzer Division, the 1st South African Infantry Division and the 22nd Guards Brigade) has not completely withdrawn from the German encirclement! โ€

"Even if we want to evacuate, we must protect Montgomery and get them out of here safely!"

Division Commander Milton said with determination.

After listening, the head of the regiment Ben. Jonson stared at the other party in a daze, struggling with his battle decision for a moment.

"Alright! I understand, then let's fight to the death with those damned Germans! Our soldiers of the British Empire are not misbreeds and cowards either! โ€

After a moment of hesitation, the head of the regiment, Ben. Jonson finally made up his mind, clenched his fists, and said with a resolute face.

"Hey! This is the soldier of our empire on which the sun never sets, now let us fight to the death with our lives, and let these German soldiers know that we are powerful! โ€

After seeing the other party's eyes that decided to fight against the water, division commander Milton also looked at the other party with an appreciative gaze and smiled.

"Don't retreat, put me up, don't let these damn Germans underestimate our strength! We, the British Empire, are the best troops in the world! โ€

Immediately, the division commander Milton also used a hoarse voice to give an order to his troops to resist stubbornly.

As he gave one inspiring order after another, the British soldiers who were already killed by the 508th Heavy Armored Division of Mandolfer and the 1st Airborne Division of the German Army also trembled, mustered up the courage to fight desperately, picked up the weapons in their hands, or drove their own tanks, and fought to the death with the incomparable German tank group.

"Oh no! Sir Mandolfel! Those British troops don't know why they suddenly have a strong will to fight, and they are still desperately resisting our attack! โ€

Seeing that the resistance of the British army was becoming more and more fierce, the tank battalion commander Ridley was worried about Mandofel, who was sitting in the tank command vehicle and commanding the 508th Heavy Armored Division to fight.

"If they're tough, we're tougher than them! They are not afraid of death, and we must be even more afraid of death than they are! Moreover, the weapons and equipment in the hands of our tank groups and infantry are definitely more advanced than those of these British troops, so we can only win this battle, not lose! โ€

"And this is also the Fรผhrer's order, and if you don't think that you are weaker than the enemy army in front of you, then you will now show me a stronger will to fight than theirs, defeat them, and even annihilate them all!"

In the face of his subordinates' weak words, full of confidence and full of fighting spirit, Mandol said categorically.

"Yes! Sir! I will now lead my tank troops to defeat these British troops, and I will definitely not lose face for our German Empire, nor will I disappoint the Fรผhrer! โ€

After listening, the tank battalion commander Ridley also looked serious, serious, and suddenly became more vigorous.

Then he was in a state of battle, leading his tank unit to advance violently towards the British troops.

Surrounded by the roar of tank engines, the explosion of shelling, and the sound of tanks rolling over their tracks as they moved, the German tank groups and the 1st Parachute Division continued their fierce assault with great courage.

While the 508th Heavy Armored Division and the German 1st Airborne Division were attacking more and more fiercely, the German Jet Ar-234 bombers of the German army also suddenly appeared in the black smoke above the battlefield, constantly circling, looking for their targets.

"Whoosh! Sou! Whoosh! โ€

Once the German bombers had found their target, they would swoop down like eagles catching chickens, bombing and strafing their targets.

The sound of the violent explosion, the shock wave, and the sound of the incomparable cannon attack with the tom tom also shook the heavens and the earth in an instant, and shook the ground on the battlefield, and destroyed the British troops on the ground.

Under the attack of the German jet bombers with such high speed and ferocious firepower; The sound of the main guns of the British tanks, as well as the sound of guns, were also suppressed and gradually weakened.

Suddenly, at the time of their ferocious attack by the German jet bomber group, the artillery units in the rear of the German army were covering the attack with even more ferocity.

And those truck-loaded ะœ-21 artillery groups, Himmler organ rocket launchers, ZPU-4 anti-aircraft machine guns, and BYB 14.5mm anti-aircraft machine guns under the terrifying frenzy of the Grim Reaper's sickle, Montgomery's 1st Army Tank Brigade and the British 70th Infantry Division finally tried the German fatal blow.