El Alamein, a desert area in northern Egypt, is a hundred kilometers west of Alexandria, although it is a desert area, there are still some undulating terrain, and Montgomery's army is stationed here.

From north to south, about 50 kilometers of defensive lines, of which, in the north there are the Aisha Mountains, in the center the Ruwisat Ridge, and in the south the Mitria Ridge, these areas were originally occupied by Rommel, but now, Montgomery, who arrived here first, made this place his fortification, and they are quietly waiting for the German army to attack, and it seems that the Germans have been attacking throughout the war.

North, Mount Aisha.

Corporal Gefrey was quietly leaning against his fortifications, he was a machine gunner, here, there was a machine gun position, and in front of him, there was a "Vickers" Mark 1 machine gun.

This kind of old machine gun, pulled out of the arsenal, water-cooled barrel, canvas bullet chain, 57 years old, is really unable to support the current war.

In fact, Gefrey was also dissatisfied with his machine guns, not because they were old, but because his machine guns, which seemed to be superfluous.

Every time, when the Germans attacked, they were led by tank troops, so in this case, it was better to deploy anti-tank guns on their own positions.

What can a machine gun do? It simply can't penetrate the tank armor of the Germans! 7.7 mm machine gun bullets, even the armor of an armored car can't penetrate it, it's absolutely chicken!

He looked to his side, and there were anti-tank guns deployed, but unfortunately, it was still a 6-pounder gun.

Now, the bloody facts have confirmed such a truth, 57 mm anti-tank guns could not penetrate the frontal armor of German tanks, so now their weapons are actually very bad against the Germans.

The latest British 17-pounder gun was enough, but unfortunately, it didn't fall into their hands at all.

"We can only hope for anti-tank mines in front." Beside him, Loader Mike said.

As a defensive position, they planted dense anti-tank mines in front of them in advance, and now, I am afraid that they can only hope that those mines will be effective, and no one is sure how to fight them after that.

"I heard that the weapons that the United States supports us are not bad." Mike continued.

Now, the whole army is circulating news that the weapons supported by the United States are about to arrive, but how many days have passed, and there is no trace, but the Germans on the opposite side have already rested and are going to attack at any time!

Many people believe that this is a kind of white lie from the superiors, the weapons of the Americans, when will they come? I'm afraid only God knows.

Just then, the sound of an engine came from behind him.

When they heard the sound, they couldn't help but look behind them, only to see a truck rumbling up.

No, it's not time to resupply, and it's not time to eat, what are the trucks doing?

The two were wondering when they saw the back of the truck, dragging a cannon.

It turns out that new equipment has arrived! The two of them stood up very happily, and looked outside the fortifications, and saw that the cannon looked tall and mighty, and the cannon rack was wide enough.

No, it's a howitzer, right? This kind of cannon is not forward firepower, it should be a support weapon belonging to the rear, and it should be placed in the back!

Under the gaze of everyone, the car was seen dragging the cannon towards the anti-tank gun position that had just been dug out on the side, and soon the car stopped.

"Come down, get to work!" Squad leader Zanog shouted loudly.

As he shouted, the soldiers above jumped down, almost shouting, removing the gun from the truck's towing hook, and then, pushing hard, in the direction of the gun emplacement.

"Let's go, go up and take a hand!" Gfrey said.

Anyway, being idle is idle, in the same trench, that is a comrade-in-arms, in battle, even a comrade-in-arms who will sacrifice themselves to protect others, and now it is even more appropriate to do a favor.

As he spoke, there were more than a dozen people on both sides, and they pushed the cannon together, and finally pushed it to the gun position.

"It's a howitzer, right?" "Knowing that we don't have enough anti-tank guns, so pull up the howitzers?" ”

The high-explosive shell of the howitzer may also blow up the tank, but unfortunately the trajectory is different, and the fight is almost a very tragic ending, and it can only be a temporary cramming.

Hearing Gefrey's words, the company commander Zanog on the side spat fiercely: "No, this is an anti-tank gun." ”

Anti-tank guns? Gefrey suddenly opened his mouth in shock: "Impossible, this thing, this size, can be used as an anti-tank gun?" ”

Anti-tank guns, many times, fought against enemy tanks at a distance of about 500 meters, which meant that they had to brave artillery fire and push their guns to the front of the position.

Therefore, the anti-tank guns of this era are not large in caliber, just to facilitate deployment, two people can run by pushing, and the German 37 mm and 50 mm anti-tank guns are all of this color.

It was not until the later period that the caliber had to be increased because the armor of the tank became thicker and thicker, and even then, it was still the goal of the designers to reduce the weight of the anti-tank gun as much as possible.

But what about now? This thing, just pushing the gun position, made a dozen people have to work hard, this thing is bulky and slow, and there is really no mobility at all.

This is still not a battle, and if the battle begins, dragging such anti-tank guns to the forward positions during the day is simply an impossible task. It had to be towed by truck. The driver had to brave the hail of bullets and artillery fire all the way, and when he unloaded and deployed, he needed more people to brave the enemy's fire.

And then push closer to the enemy's tanks? Gefrey shook his head, this is almost a death, before the cannon can be fired, the enemy's infantry can wipe out the entire artillery squad!

"Yes, the idea of the Americans is really special." Zanog looked at the nameplate on it, which clearly said made in USA, and felt a wave of tiredness.

Weapons from the United States have arrived, but they are not happy, this M5 76.2 mm anti-tank gun, is definitely a battlefield wonder.

If it had a chassis and a self-propelled anti-tank gun, then there would be nothing to say, but now, this towed anti-tank gun should have pursued a low profile and a lower weight, but alas, the Americans simply did the opposite.