Chapter 953: No Suspense
HOWEVER, BEFORE THE BRITISH WAITED FOR THE JAPANESE ARMY, THEY FIRST WAITED FOR THE GERMAN ARMORED VEHICLES, THESE GUYS ARMED WITH 40MM RAPID-FIRE GUNS SECRETLY STRETCHED OUT THE MUZZLE FROM BETWEEN THE RUBBLE, AND SPRAYED A DEADLY TONGUE OF FIRE AT THE TANK WITH EXPOSED SIDE ARMOR, ONLY 15MM TO 20MM ARMOR ON THE SIDE, SUCH A DEFENSE IS STILL A LITTLE WEAKER FOR 2-POUNDER ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS, THESE WHEELED VEHICLES HAVE UNPARALLELED MOBILITY IN FLAT TERRAIN, THEY ARE LIKE BOBCATS JUMPING AND HUNTING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FORESTS, The steps are light and fast. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
After a round of three bursts, the side armor of the turret of one MK1 tank was pierced, while the other tank quickly turned the muzzle, and the commander searched the narrow observation port for the attacker between the smoke screen and the ruins, and from time to time a series of 2-pounder shells were as deadly as a rattlesnake hidden in the shadows, and the crisp sound of the 2-pounder gun was like the rattlesnake rattle's tail.
After a brief hesitation, some of the tanks finally decided to solve the flank problem first, and with the roar of the engine, the steel monsters began to turn, and then attacked the other side quite tacitly.
"Retreat, let's change positions!" Hawk stared at several British tanks in the distance that were firing aimlessly, and ordered to retreat in a year, in the absence of a protective advantage, the only thing that wheeled vehicles could rely on was speed, and because of the tactical advantage brought by speed, the small armored car began to reverse, and then turned behind a burning tent, and finally turned around, slowly touched the flank of the British, and then fired a series of armor-piercing bullets again!
THIS GAME OF RATS AND CATS MADE THE BRITISH FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT RELYING ON THE ABSOLUTE SUPERIORITY OF NUMBERS, THE BRITISH 57MM GUNS STILL PULLED OUT OF THE COVER AND KILLED THE TARGETS ONE BY ONE, ACCOMPANIED BY A CONTINUOUS SHELLING. An armored car was hit by 3 rounds of 6-pounder shells in a matter of seconds! The first was an armor-piercing shell that knocked the turret over, and then the other two shells reduced the vehicle to a pile of burning scrap iron!
"It's supposed to be the fifth, these annoying rats should be finished, right?" A British tanker said in his heart as he looked at the wreckage scattered on the battlefield. The engagement was short and bloody, with the Germans destroying a total of 6 anti-aircraft guns and 4 armoured vehicles in less than 20 minutes, while the British were destroyed and wounded 15 MK1 tanks and other vehicles. The British finally broke into the German positions, and the infantry on both sides were relying on the ruins and bunkers for a final close-quarters engagement, while the self-proclaimed British, with the exception of a small number of chariots to support the infantry, the rest were resting and replenishing ammunition.
And just when the British were angry about their losses, the roar of the engine from the northwest and the "yellow clouds" in the dust made the British feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave in an instant! This shock is a nightmare for any Entente army! Because it meant that the armored forces of the Germans had arrived! Although there have been many examples of defeating the German cavalry in the past, even if they are victorious, they will still suffer heavy losses for the Allied army! The tanks of the Germans were like their Teutonic ancestors in the Middle Ages, and every battle was full of blood, whether won or lost!
When facing opponents of the same level, the Germans were accustomed to putting their Hu Feng assault guns in front, and the cricket tank, although it suppressed the infantry and worked well on the Eastern Front, did not have an overwhelming advantage in the face of the MK1 tank, this Hu Feng in the middle, the layout of the cricket tank on both sides was called "Teutonic Iron Wall" by the British in awe!
Under normal circumstances, a complete British armored battalion still has a chance to fight the opponent in a wave, and the outcome of the battle depends on the proportion of Hu Feng's assault guns on the opposite side....... But now, the British, who have been beaten half-crippled, are unwilling to fight with the Germans again!
"Tell the Japanese that we need to retreat, that our flanks are being exposed to the German cavalry," Nick shouted to his herald after switching to another tank. In his opinion, the battle has been lost, all the heavy weapons of the Japanese army have either not been transported or destroyed, and their own armored forces are already half-disabled, what else to fight?
"All the threatening points have been removed, now all that's left is to just hit it!" When Seckert received the information from the front, he said with great satisfaction. Although up to now, the Japanese army still has at least 2 wings of troops to invest, but generally speaking, the Japanese army, which only has machine guns and no more than 20 barreled guns, has no threat, and in the open battlefield, in the face of the German army with hundreds of artillery, a large number of machine guns and armored troops to help, the Japanese army has no chance of victory!
"By the way, let the defenders of those support points on the front line also move, let them stop the Japanese as much as possible, if it is too late, they will miss this big show." Major General Seckert thought for a moment and said.
As this order spread throughout the theater of operations, all the German troops took action, and the so-called momentum was like a bamboo, and when the first few sections of the bamboo were split, all that was left was a bang! The Japanese army, who had been fighting for a night and had been increasing for half a day, had run on their legs and was now at the end of their crossbows. And when everything they relied on was lost, defeat became inevitable, and now all the Japanese could do was to quickly gather their troops and go as much as they could!
At this moment, the reserve divisions on the other side of the Somme also moved, they entered the battlefield through pontoon bridges, outflanked the Japanese flank, the cavalry in front, the infantry in the rear, and the artillery also thought about the opponent pouring tons of steel! A German reconnaissance plane flew through the air, and the pilot once described the scene as follows.
"At this moment, we finally overwhelmed our numerically superior opponents! Although there are still many Japanese people, they have become like lambs driven by hunters! They lost their organized command, fell into fear and confusion, some of them attacked our troops in vain and numbness, and then disappeared in an instant as if they were drowned by the gray tide, and many more chose to lay down their arms, a team of several hundred men was captured by dozens of German soldiers, who honestly threw their weapons aside, and then sat down in a ball under the threat of bayonets and submachine guns. ”
"This pursuit lasted a whole day and a night, the gunfire did not stop, and the troops we left on the support point also moved, they took companies as units, hunted down the scattered small Japanese troops, and at the same time hindered most of the Japanese retreat, and when I flew to the battlefield again the next morning, I could see that there were patches of yellow spots left on the ground, and the ones that did not move, they were the corpses of the Japanese, and the ones that moved, and were gathered together, were captured prisoners!"
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