Drawing lessons from the 1st Panzer Division's counterattack, the 9th Panzer Division tried to avoid concentrating its offensive forces on the road as much as possible when attacking. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It spread out its forces as much as possible, allowing the heavier armored tanks to be placed in front, hoping to break through the German lines in a single attack.

Because according to the analysis of the battle reports summarized by other units before, the British army found that once they became entangled with the German soldiers, then the other side would always be more brave and tenacious than themselves.

Since it does not have an advantage in the quality of individual soldiers or weapons and equipment, the only thing that the British army can use is the superiority in troops.

In the wilderness, a British M3lee tank next to each other drove slowly on the ridge. The weather in February is not too warm, so the crops have not yet grown.

Now, in order to repel the German landing force, the British armoured units, regardless of whether the food had been spoiled or not, maintained a very dense vertical formation, rumbling towards the German-controlled area.

Compared with the 1st and 2nd Armored Divisions, the 9th Armored Division was formed the latest, and the tank equipment obtained was relatively newer.

These M3lee tanks from the distant United States have undergone simple modifications, with a steel plate added to the front of the hull, which can be regarded as increasing the thickness of their own defensive armor.

As for how much defense power there is on this kind of temporary welded steel plate, no one knows.

After all, the front armor of the M3lee tank is very thin, so welding a piece of armor does not essentially improve the survivability of the M3lee tank.

But, after all, having is better than nothing! Driving such a tank is at least a lot better than driving an original M3lee tank!

Unbeknownst to the advancing British tanks, directly opposite them, there was a beautiful sight in the woods, pressed against the body of a advancing M3lee tank with precise crosshairs.

"Steady!" Crowded in the cramped body, the German commander pressed the shoulder of the gun commander next to him and whispered to his subordinates.

In fact, the gun commander sitting next to him was not nervous at all, he was stroking the handle of the gun angle next to him with his hand, waiting for the best opportunity to fire.

"Car No. 1! I've already aimed at the 4th British tank on the left! Don't be the same as me! On the radio, with a hint of teasing, the commander of the other car confirmed his target.

Soon, another voice sounded: "I'm aiming for the second car, don't grab any of you from me!" I'm very unhappy to see that tank showing off its might, and this must be handed over to me! ”

"I'll attack the first one!" Moving his ass in the small space, the commander of the Stalker tank destroyer pressed the intercom and said to several of his comrades.

In the hands of these German anti-tank artillerymen, the low-profile Stalker tank destroyer was like a beast lurking there behind the bushes, waiting for its prey.

Because the number of the 9th Mechanized Infantry Division was backward, when the equipment was produced to them, the hunting vehicle tank destroyer was already a very mature weapon product.

They were armed with a 75 mm caliber long-barreled anti-tank gun, which was very powerful and the backbone of German anti-tank artillery.

The British did not know that one after another black cannon barrels in the distance were already aimed at them. These British tanks, under the cover of the infantry, were approaching the positions of the German troops step by step.

In the next second, the gun commander in the German Hunter tank destroyer pressed the firing device, and the new armor-piercing projectile that had been prepared long ago was pushed out of the barrel by the propellant in the chamber, and rushed towards the British target in the distance with devastating destructive power.

Immediately after, the second Stalker tank destroyer also opened fire, followed by the third and fourth. That's how they trained on the Eastern Front, so they coordinated with each other just right.

Two hours earlier, most of them had already gone to the battlefield and experienced the battle against Folkestone. So they were more composed and accustomed to the tense atmosphere on the battlefield than the British 9th Panzer Division opposite.

The German army in 1940 was like a fast-moving, efficient and terrifying killing machine, capable of crushing any opponent.

"Boom!" When the sound of artillery was heard inside the British tank, it seemed that it was too late. An M3lee tank in the front suddenly burst into flames, and the body of the vehicle was like a zombie that had lost its soul, still running forward by inertia.

With one explosion after another, the British tank unit lost a full 15 tanks at once.

Opposing them was a self-propelled anti-tank battery of German anti-tank units, which were equipped with a total of 15 Stalker tank destroyers, so they destroyed the same number of British tanks at once.

Not a single shell was wasted, and the British tank units were stunned by the sudden enemy fire. After finally finding the direction where the enemy was, the British tank units suddenly realized that their losses seemed to be beyond their capacity.

The 75 mm long-barreled gun could attack much faster than the British had imagined. By the time the British recovered and were ready to counterattack, the second round of fire swept over them like raindrops.

The German Stalker tank destroyers were best suited for this type of battle, in an area with a pre-set ambush, to meet the enemy's aggressive armored forces.

Now, in this most suitable battlefield, the most convenient battle is fought, and the weapons and equipment are 100 percent effective, which naturally makes everything smooth.

However, after the second round of hasty fire, the results of the pre-accurate ambush that destroyed the same number of enemy tanks in one go could not be defeated.

About 10 British tanks were destroyed in the second round of German attacks, and the remaining British tanks immediately began to retreat in disarray.

There was no way not to retreat, and when they attacked, they were an armored regiment, probably two battalions of strength - only about 70 tanks at full strength.

After all, the 9th Armored Division was formed relatively late, and the number of American equipment received could not be reached in a neat and full state.

In fact, the British tank forces were not completely full, and the 1st Panzer Division had the most tanks, but many of them were obsolete garbage such as M2.

The 2nd Panzer Division was relatively well-equipped, but they had been transferred to Maidstone to face the most elite German Adolf? The Panzer Division of the Hitler Guard Banner Corps went.

Another 6th Panzer Division was on the Wall Peninsula and could not be withdrawn for a while - the remaining 9th Panzer Division, although the newest tanks, was the least numerous.

Unlike several other armored divisions, the 9th armored division has only two armored regiments under its jurisdiction, and the number of tanks in the division is about 200.

But this is the entire strength of a division, and it is impossible to accumulate all of them in one area. Being able to assemble two tank battalions in one place after deployment is already a very strong offensive spearhead.

In fact, when the German armored forces attacked, in most cases only gathered about 20 tanks, and they rushed to attack.

Earlier on the flanks of Canterbury, Dietrich's flank tactics were flanked by Wittmann's 5 Leopard tanks on one side and Adolf on the other? 20 No. 3 tanks of the Panzer Division of Hitler's Guard Banner.

Compared with this British attack, Dietrich's pincer attack was really a very small scale of attack.

Unfortunately, with 5 or 20 tanks, Germany was often able to open up the situation. And in the face of the defense of German armored forces, the Allies could not do the same.

Armored tactics were played too thoroughly by the Germans, so the German soldiers understood the tactics of armored forces. Training on the Eastern Front has long made something a habit of the German army.

For example, if you ambush troops in some places, you can often wait until the opponent's tanks pass by...... How could the sparring partners of these Stalker tank destroyers, but generals like Guderian Manstein be comparable to the commanders of British armored forces?

It is precisely because of this that this time the British tank unit was inexplicably ambushed by the Germans, and even in the end did not have time to confirm what the opponent looked like.

It was also difficult for the British armored forces, needless to say that they crouched inside tanks with a narrow field of view, searching through the gap periscope.

Even if they climbed out of the tank and watched through binoculars, they might not be able to spot these German self-propelled anti-tank gun units that had long been camouflaged to the extreme.

In addition to the dead branches of the local material, the pursuers also had the latest camouflage on them, some of which were wrapped in camouflage nets - the German tanks were the real masters of camouflage compared to the camouflage of British tanks.

"The Germans opened fire right in front of us! They probably have about 10 tanks! We lost about 30 tanks before we got out of touch! Standing next to a command car, the commander of the British armored regiment reported to his superiors with a sad face.

"What kind of tank? Is it the No. 3 tank of the Germans, or the new tank as stated in the report! The commander of the 9th Panzer Division heard the report of his subordinates and asked a question of his own concern.

He wanted to judge whether his troops had collided with another main force of the German army based on the model of the opponent's tank.

If the Germans had too many main forces to log in, then his counterattack would probably be in vain.

"Sir...... We, we ...... Everyone, it seems, did not see clearly what the other side's tank looked like. The regiment commander heard his division commander's question, and replied with a shameful face.

"......" The commander of the 9th Panzer Division really wanted to curse - his own troops, who did not even see the appearance of the enemy clearly, were beaten to the point that they lost their armor......