"Did they talk about the weaknesses of the new tank?" General Stryk asked.

"No, they don't!" Colonel Albridge replied: "They only told us that the armor of this new tank was not thick, because at a distance of six hundred meters it could be penetrated!" ”

The "No. 3" tank was able to penetrate the "Matilda" at a distance of 400 meters, and the new tank at 600 meters...... This shows that the armor of the new tank is inferior to that of the "Matilda".

"But it doesn't seem to work much for us!" Colonel Albridge added: "Because their tank guns can also penetrate our tanks at this distance!" ”

"That's a matter of quantity!" General Stryk said, "But that's our weakness!" ”

General Stryk was telling the truth, and the Germans had only about seventy left...... To be exact, after the losses of the 15th Panzer Division in this battle, it is likely that only twenty-four tanks of the 21st Panzer Division remained.

"Should we bring in the Italian Panzer Division?" Colonel Slane asked.

"It's not going to help us!" Colonel Albridge shook his head: "Their tank is the M13 type with extremely weak performance, and they don't even have a gunner!" ”

"No gunners?" Colonel Slane looked at Colonel Albridge in surprise.

"Yes!" Colonel Albridge replied, "Although their tank crew is also four, these four are the commander, the driver, the loader, and the machine gunner...... That is, they configured the machine gunner, but did not have the gunner! ”

"So how do they fire?" Colonel Slane asked.

"The Heavy does it for you!" Colonel Albridge spread his hands: "It's just an amateur...... I also learned about this recently from an officer of an Italian armored division. ”

Qin Chuan also heard about this for the first time.

However, if you think about it in detail, although this is a bit bizarre, it is also in line with the operational needs of Italy.

Because before the outbreak of World War II, most of the fighting in Italy was fought in the colonies against local guerrillas or indigenous African tribes, so tanks were more about machine guns than artillery...... The machine guns were accurate, the bullets were dense, and more importantly, the bullets were cheap.

As for the artillery...... It's just used to scare people, as long as the cannonball can be fired out and exploded loudly, it can shock the African natives, so there is no need to think about the accuracy at all, and of course, there is no need to configure a special gunner.

So one can imagine what the result would be for such armored units to deal with the new tanks of the British army.

"Sir!" At this time, Qin Chuan interjected: "Maybe we can block the attack of the British!" ”

"What?" Colonel Albridge said: "Sir, maybe you don't know that the British have already defeated the tank regiment of the 15th Panzer Division with these tanks, and they have forty tanks, and we have only twenty-four!" ”

"I know, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "But that's because they don't know the weakness of this tank!" ”

"Do you know that?" Albridge asked.

"I probably know!" Qin Chuan said: "But I'm not sure! ”

"You're not sure!" Colonel Albridge said, "Sir, that's my unit, and the lives of hundreds of tank crews and soldiers are at stake, including you, and you want us to use an uncertain weakness against the enemy?" ”

"Colonel!" General Stryk reminded: "You have to be clear, if we continue like this, everything you say is likely to come true...... But if you are willing to listen to the sergeant's thoughts, although there is no guarantee that they are right, maybe the sergeant guessed correctly? ”

Colonel Albridge was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "You're right, General. But I'm not hopeful about it! ”

General Stryk raised his eyebrows at Qin Chuan and motioned for Qin Chuan to continue.

"If I guessed correctly......" Qin Chuan pointed to the sketch and said, "The tank gun of the top turret of this new tank should be the same as the 'Stuart' tank gun, which is a 37MM tank gun!" ”

General Stryk turned his gaze to Colonel Albridge.

"That's right, it is!" COLONEL OLBRIDGE REPLIED: "BUT THE POINT IS THE 75MM CALIBER TANK GUN UNDER IT!" ”

"That's exactly what I'm going to say!" Qin Chuan continued: "So we can ignore the turret at the top of it at a certain distance, because we know that the gun of the 'Stuart' tank penetrates only 36mm within 500 meters, while the side armor of our 'No. 3' tank is 37MM, which means that it is just impossible to penetrate!" ”

"Yes, so what?" COLONEL OLBRIDGE SAID ANXIOUSLY: "I SAID, THE FOCUS IS ON THE 75MM GUN......"

"Colonel!" QIN CHUAN POINTED TO THE 75MM GUN ON THE SKETCH AND SAID, "I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED, THIS 75MM GUN IS INSTALLED ON THE SIDE!" ”

"Of course, I can see it!" Colonel Albridge replied.

"It doesn't have a turret, so it can't rotate!" Qin Chuan said: "Not being able to rotate means not being able to aim at side targets......

Hearing this, Colonel Albridge seemed to understand something and was stunned, then nodded and said, "That's right, Sergeant." If they're going to target us...... The hull had to be turned, and the gunners had to wait for the hull to come to a stop before aiming, which meant they were slow to aim! ”

"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded and said, "So, when our tank is against this new tank......"

As he spoke, Qin Chuan casually took a matchbox from the table, and Colonel Slane immediately took out a matchbox from his pocket and handed it over.

"This is our tank, this is the enemy's tank!" Qin Chuan placed the two matchboxes on the table, and explained as he moved: "Under normal circumstances, the tank uses frontal armor to face the enemy and approach the enemy......"

And that's of course, because the frontal armor is the thickest part of the tank.

"If that's the case!" QIN CHUAN SAID: "WE ARE WALKING IN A STRAIGHT LINE, EVEN IF THE ENEMY'S NEW TANK 75MM GUN RANGE IS NOT LARGE, IT CAN EASILY AIM AT US AND DESTROY US!" ”

Then Qin Chuan rearranged the position of the matchbox, and explained while demonstrating in another direction: "But if we take a diagonal line, that is, use half of the side armor to face the enemy......"

"Then it will be difficult for the enemy's 75MM guns to aim at us!" "Because we are constantly getting out of their range, they have to constantly adjust the bodywork, which not only affects the aiming and firing of their 37MM guns, but also theoretically...... ITS 37MM GUNS ALSO HAVE A HARD TIME PENETRATING OUR SIDE ARMOR! ”

"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded.

The weakness of the "General Grant" tank is that it has two more crew members with one more gun, which makes it difficult to take into account the combat needs of two guns at the same time, or it can also be said that it is difficult for six tank crews to achieve perfect coordination.