Chapter 463: Forcibly Crossing the Maas River (2)
Seeing that Rommel was about to get on the infantry fighting vehicle, Fink was stunned: "General, you can't go, it's too dangerous there, your command post is here!" ”
Here, all of them are Panther tanks, which are quite sturdy, and until now, no enemy artillery fire has been found to be able to destroy it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Swimming through rivers is the most dangerous, and although infantry fighting vehicles have the ability to navigate on water, they can be hit by the opponent at any time.
"Where the troops are, there is my command post!" Rommel's handsome face was full of firmness at this time: "We are soldiers, we can't be afraid of danger!" ”
With that, Rommel stepped onto the infantry fighting vehicle and got into the turret.
Seeing Rommel get on the infantry fighting vehicle, all the infantrymen were excited, and the commander of this infantry fighting vehicle, a forty-year-old veteran Crete, was even more excited.
"General, welcome to our infantry fighting vehicles."
"Alright, now, let's go!" Rommel shouted.
Let's go!
At this time, the rumbling cannon was still ringing, and with the sound of the cannon, one by one the firing points on the opposite bank were destroyed.
The bank was not steep, and the wheels in front of the infantry fighting vehicles entered the water first, followed by the wheels behind, and when the engine rumbled, and the wheels were clearly spinning, they had come out of the ground.
Swap on the water system, the tail of the two propellers, spin up, the entire hull, began to continue moving forward.
The front end of the car body, shaken up the wave plate, if you look from the outside, you can find that the entire car body is almost submerged in the water, after all, this is a steel chariot, can float, it is already very good.
Only the upper turret was exposed, and Rommel was half-seated on the turret.
The entire body of the car is sealed, but there will still be river water seeping in from the outside, after all, it is not as tightly sealed as the boat.
Soon, at the bottom of the armored car, small puddles converged.
"Start the drain pump." Captain Crete shouted.
It is not terrible for the water to flow in, as long as it is pumped out again, this is almost the most correct way to deal with the amphibious armored vehicles in later generations, to completely seal the body of the vehicle, not to leak a drop of water, the price paid is too great, it is not as good as now, it is simple and easy to pump out the water that flows in.
In fact, when the tank was invented, there was an idea of making the tank have the ability to sail on the water.
But it's not practical.
Although the Soviet Union is also continuing to develop and gradually mature, it is a pity that the level of the Soviet Union is still relatively backward.
And this heavy armored car of Germany is already fully mature.
The launch of these armored vehicles startled the French troops on the opposite side.
What is that?
Originally, they had already observed that the opposite side was inflating the rubber boat, and they thought that the other party's equipment for crossing the river would be a rubber boat, but as a result, these armored vehicles were directly launched!
What to do?
The artillery fire on the opposite side was still rumbling, and many French soldiers did not dare to raise their heads, and when they occasionally showed their heads and saw those monsters on the water, they were even more frightened.
Germans, why are they so perverted? How can this battle be fought?
"General, the Germans have begun to cross the river!" In the headquarters here, Kora, the commander of the 9th Army, also received a report from his subordinates at the same time.
The Germans, crossed the river, they actually used armored vehicles to cross the river!
"Fire, all weapons, fire together and wipe out the Germans in the river!" General Cora shouted.
At this time, what are you waiting for, fire!
It was impossible for the Germans to wipe everything out, for example, a Hatch Kaith 25-mm anti-tank gun deployed in the grass went undetected.
This anti-tank gun, the main anti-tank weapon used by the French infantry at the beginning of World War II, was built with a total of 6,000 units.
It is definitely not a heavy weapon, you know, 25 mm caliber, it is simply a nondescript thing, however, the advantage of a small caliber is that its own weight is very light, plus the gun carriage or something, the total weight is only 480 kg, a gun crew can easily push it, and even, when transferring, several people can directly lift it to the car.
The artillery crew was well concealed, and they did not fire all the time, not because they were cowardly, but because they couldn't reach it.
This anti-tank gun has a very obvious disadvantage, its firing range is only 1,000 meters!
The firing range of the tank is one thousand meters, and from this data, this anti-tank gun has no major shortcomings, but you must know that even the Browning heavy machine gun has an effective range of 1800 meters. The German MG34 machine gun has a range of two thousand meters!
The river is only about 1,500 meters wide, but they are deployed on the shore, and there is a distance of about 500 meters, so it is about 2,000 meters.
They were quietly waiting, and when the armored vehicles on the water of the Germans drove to the middle of the river, they could finally open fire!
"Tom!" With a crisp cannon sound, a 25-mm armor-piercing projectile flew to the armored car in the river! The counterattack of the French army has begun!
The target they fired at was the leading armored car, and at this time, on the upper turret of the armored car, there was an officer!
Rommel was not afraid of death, nor was he reckless, he was just used to taking the lead when fighting, especially now, what they need is bravery!
If he was leading the Waffen-SS, then he would not have to give orders directly as he is now, but this is just an ordinary armored division in the army, which has recently been reorganized, and it can be said that the morale in the army is not as high as he imagined.
Moreover, Rommel has not yet earned the respect of these soldiers! Although military law makes them respect their superiors, only by fighting together can they truly win the respect of their soldiers.
For example, now, Rommel led the troops to charge together, he had already seen the kind of respect in the eyes of the young men, the officers were charging, and they ordinary soldiers were not afraid of death!
Rommel had a shield in front of it, and there was also an MG34 machine gun on the shield, which he immediately spotted just as flames erupted from the muzzle on the opposite side.
"Snort", Rommel, who was quick-eyed, immediately pushed his machine gun, pulled the trigger, and in the sound of high-speed rotation like a chainsaw, 7.92 mm machine gun bullets flew by roaring!
(Don't complain, the historical Rommel, in this battle, is indeed the first soldier, but he was in a rubber boat at that time.) )