Colonel Albridge then understood that the Matilda had fired some shells during the battle to make them lighter, and that the Matilda had more wheels to make it ride more smoothly, which also made it less prone to sinking into the sand.

But it also means that a tipping point has been reached.

Colonel Albridge ordered the driver of the armored car to stop, then stood up and said to himself in the direction of the British: "A little further, a little further......"

A shell exploded next to Colonel Albridge's armored car, and it was clear that the British tanks had spotted the striking German officer, and more importantly, the German officer had come within range of the tank gun.

Then there were a few shells...... the Matilda tank, unlike the Crusader tank, was mainly an infantry tank used to cover infantry charges, so it carried more high-explosive shells to kill infantry.

"Colonel!" The driver couldn't help but get nervous: "They found us, we should evacuate!" ”

"No!" Colonel Albridge replied calmly: "Just wait and see the show, Kurt, they are finished, but they don't know it yet!" ”

Lieutenant Colonel Bolton on the other side was also excited, for he saw that victory seemed to be at hand, that the German officer had given up on his flight, and that the other German soldiers were slowing down...... They seem to have reached the limit of their physical strength.

"Speed up!" Lieutenant Colonel Bolton shouted into the walkie-talkie: "All units, full speed ahead!" ”

Lieutenant Colonel Bolton no longer cared whether the "Matilda" would break down or not, as long as half of the fifty tanks could successfully rush into the enemy line, then the Germans would be finished!

"These abominable Germans!" Lieutenant Colonel Bolton scolded, "Let you taste the power of 'Matilda'!" ”

Before he could finish speaking, the tank slowed down, and then stopped moving.

"What's going on?" Lieutenant Colonel Burton asked.

Lieutenant Colonel Burton's first reaction was that the tank had malfunctioned, but he clearly heard the roar of the tank's engine again.

"Lieutenant Colonel!" The driver replied: "I think maybe our tank got into it!" ”

"Hell!" Lieutenant Colonel Bolton couldn't help but curse.

At this time, Lieutenant Colonel Bolton did not realize the seriousness of the problem, he thought that it was just his own tank that was trapped by accident and could not move, until another tank reported: "Lieutenant Colonel, tank No. 8 is stuck in the dirt and cannot move!" ”

Only then did Lieutenant Colonel Bolton realize something, his face turned white in a moment, and then he grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted: "All tanks stop moving!" Repeat, all tanks stop advancing! ”

But it was already too late, and one tank after another rushed into the critical zone and plunged into the sea of sand...... No matter how much they put the throttle, the tracks were idling in the sand, in fact, not idling, but digging up the sand in front of them to sink the tank deeper, so that after a while no one dared to put the throttle again.

And Colonel Gna, who was watching from afar, didn't even know that the tank units had fallen into the trap, so he asked his staff officer: "What's going on?" Why did they stop? ”

"I don't know, Colonel!" The staff officer replied.

"Colonel!" A communications soldier with a microphone in his hand shouted to Colonel Gna: "Our tank is stuck in the sand and cannot move, Lieutenant Colonel Bolton is asking for reinforcements!" ”

"What?" Colonel Gna couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this: "But how is this possible, the tanks of the Germans ......"

Suddenly, Colonel Gna realized that the German tank "No. 3" was much lighter than the "Matilda" tank, so he stopped talking and opened his mouth to froze on the spot.

It took a long time for Colonel Gerner to come to his senses and exclaim, "God, it can't be that the Germans brought us here!" ”

"Colonel!" The signal corps shouted again: "Lieutenant Colonel Bolton requests reinforcements!" ”

"Quick!" Colonel Gerner shouted: "Send the anti-tank troops up, build a line of defense to cover those tanks, and the sappers will find a way to get those tanks out!" ”

"Yes!" The staff officer answered, and immediately conveyed the order.

Normally at this point the British would have given up their tanks and fled, but Colonel Gerner knew what that meant...... It was not just a matter of dozens of tanks, but also a matter of the complete collapse of the British line after the German army was surrounded by the right flank and interspersed with the flank of the British line.

Therefore, Colonel Gna did not dare to give up easily, he hoped to temporarily use anti-tank guns to resist the German attack, so that the sappers had time to take out the tank.

Colonel Gerner believed that there was still a great hope of success, after all, the "Matilda" had armor thickness that could be proud of the entire German army...... And those "Matilda" were only stuck in the sand and could not move, not unable to fire, as long as they could withstand one or two waves of German attacks, the sappers had a chance to turn the tide of the war.

However, this was only Colonel Gerner's wishful thinking.

One thing Colonel Gna was right about was that the "Matilda" tank was really just stuck and could not move, and there was no problem with the tank guns, etc.

The question is......

Once the tank is stuck in the sand, it will tilt its head down, and the tank will have a limited angle of inclination, and it will not be able to rotate the turret to find a target if the tank is unbalanced...... This would make it impossible for the gunner to shoot at all.

In other words, those "Matilda" tanks were mostly iron bumps that could not be shot.

Colonel Albridge, of course, would not let go of this opportunity, he waved his hand in the direction of the British troops, and said only two words: "Attack!" ”

THE SOUND OF ARTILLERY SOON RANG OUT, IT WAS HOWITZERS AND 80MM MORTARS IN THE REAR OF THE TROOPS, AND THEIR TARGET WAS CLEAR: THE BRITISH ANTI-TANK GUNS THAT HAD RUSHED TO REINFORCE ...... Although the armor-piercing ability of the British 6-pounder anti-tank gun is better than that of the German PAK36, it is also three times as heavy as the PAK36, which leads to the fact that it needs to be towed by a car most of the time, and if it is pushed by manpower, it will require many people and the speed is also very slow.

This made the British anti-tank artillery unit very targeted, and after a single shell, the desert was littered with parts of cars and anti-tank guns.

Even if some of the anti-tank guns were lucky enough to be deployed to the front, they were quickly blown up by the shells of the "No. 3" tank...... which was neither as slow as the "Matilda" nor lacking high-explosive shells as the "Crusaders", but they were already within range and destroyed before the British could quickly load the anti-tank guns.

And this was just the beginning, and the tanks were followed by groups of infantry rushing forward......

Suddenly, the tide of the battle was reversed, and what was originally an attack by the British army towards the German army became an attack by the German army against the British army.