214 Encounters
What happened in the village of Mepham was unknown to the Germans, Kirsch and Wiesenberg were both commanding their respective troops to fight, and in the rear headquarters, when von Bock and Li Ling learned that the Huaxia 1st Division had encountered a large number of British tanks, they all showed such expressions, but they did not expect that the British really invested heavy troops in Ayersford!
After the encounter between the Huaxia First Division and the British tank troops, Li Ling's heart was completely relaxed, although the Matilda tank was very hard, but for the Li tank destroyer with a large number of No. 4 tanks, Leopard tanks and 88mm tank guns, it was a piece of cake!
Li Ling immediately issued an order, asking the Huaxia First Division to do everything in its power to break through, not just to destroy these British tanks! Li Ling concluded that the British still had a backhand! At the same time, von Bock made another request to the air force, and in an instant, almost all the German fighters that had been transferred to the temporary airfield on the island of England took off and headed straight for the sky above the 1st Huaxia Division. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Von Bock concluded that the Royal Air Force, which had almost completely disappeared in the past two days, would definitely cooperate with the army units to launch a frenzied attack on the 1st Chinese Division, and the purpose of the Luftwaffe fighters at these forward airfields was to destroy all the British Air Force at once!
The original intention of the British was to defeat the crazy advance of the 1st Chinese Division, so as to cheer up the British army that was close to collapse, and the original purpose of the German side was only to thwart the British operation, however, neither side expected that it would be here, that in this small battlefield, it would evolve into a full-scale duel between the main forces of the two sides in the following time!
The British were confident that their tanks could achieve absolute superiority over the Germans, and in the Battle of Arras, the Matilda tank had already shown absolute power, and they had absolute confidence in this tank, but the British ignored a very serious fact, in France, in Arras, at that time, they were facing the 7th Panzer Division, which was equipped with a large number of tanks No. 1 and No. 2, so they had no way to take the Matilda tank.
But now, they will face the absolute elite of the German army
"The troops rushed forward at full speed, rushed forward, and drove all these broken tanks of the enemy to Snoidland! In addition, the rocket artillery battalion is ready to listen to orders at any time and prepare for the shelling of Snoidland! ”
"Find a way to get in touch with Aylsford's troops and get them out of Ayersford! Order the artillery to aim at Aylsford, hit me, and blow up the whole of Aylsford to me! Also, let the tank troops press forward and press all the tanks of the Germans to Ayersford! ”
The two orders were issued almost simultaneously from both opposing sides, Kirsch was to use the rocket artillery battalion as the decisive force, but because he was completely unaware of the situation in Snoidland, and a large number of British tanks were outside Snoodland, he did not ask the rocket artillery battalion to attack immediately.
The British commander, on the other hand, planned to cut off his own arm and shell Aylsford directly, and he did not intend to wait for the German artillery unit to show up, because he believed that the unit was very likely to be in Aylsford, and since he did not know what the situation was in Aylsford, he judged that there might be a large number of Germans there, so he made up his mind to sacrifice these two divisions.
At the same time, because of his absolute confidence in the Matilda tank, he wants to use the power of the tank force to send this German armored unit to Aylsford, as long as the shelling does not stop, then Aylsford will become an eternal nightmare for the Germans!
What's more, the military department has already given a notice that after the sky is completely bright, the British Royal Air Force will concentrate all its forces to provide air support for its own troops, and even if the German artillery unit escapes its own shelling, it will definitely be wiped out under the blow of the air force.
Two orders were conveyed to the two tank units at the same time, and the attacks of both sides had been relatively cautious before, but at this moment, they finally let go of their hands and feet, and at the same time, as the sky became brighter and brighter, the vision finally stopped having any effect, and the battle finally began the most intense stage!
"Commander, the company commander told us to rush forward and press the British back, as if the division was planning to shell the village behind, as long as we pressed them back, it would be fine!"
At the front of the 1st Tank Brigade, a Leopard tank was slowly advancing, while another was clinging to it.
These two tanks were the only two of the Leopard tanks in the division that were directly captained after being transferred from other units, and their names were Michel Wittmann and Otto Karius, and this was their first tough battle on the battlefield!
"At 11 o'clock, knock out that tank, aim for the middle of the two tracks under the turret, there is a piece of vertical armor, not too far away, give me the right shot, we can easily penetrate them! Hold steady, don't speed up for a while, and do everything according to my orders! ”
Wittmann looked around through the periscope, and he noticed that the British seemed to be speeding up, so that he was not in a hurry!
If you want to push the opponent back, you don't necessarily have to have your tank rush forward, as long as the opponent suffers a fierce blow, then they will naturally be afraid and will naturally run away!
Wittmann as an old tanker, and the kind of future elite, although there is no decent record now, but he always has his superiority, when he first heard about the Matilda tank, he carried out a comprehensive collection of various data on this tank, and even saw this tank captured by the Germans, so he has absolute confidence in the Leopard tank under his command, and the position he hits can definitely kill with one hit!
And next to Wittman, the tank commanded by Karius was eyeing another British tank, Karius was a newcomer, but he was immediately deliberately confessed to study with Wittmann for a period of time, he is now one of the top in the entire Chinese First Division, however, this time he and Wittmann chose to fire in a different position, Karius ordered his gunner to aim the 75mm L70 tank gun of the Leopard tank at the junction of the turret and hull of the British tank, It's also a deadly place!
Boom~~!boom~~!
Both tanks fired almost simultaneously, shells whizzing towards their respective targets!
(To be continued.) )
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