Benha, the only way south from Tanta to Cairo, is not a huge city. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info As in many cities in North Africa, everything here is small.

To say that this is a city is deceptive, because the population here, decades later, is only a pitiful 70,000.

Compared to overcrowded Chinese cities, this is only the size of a small town, and although there are many buildings, it is far from dense.

The buildings here are all painted with yellow sand, which looks old and monochromatic. Luckily, it was once far away from the war, so the buildings are relatively well preserved.

At this moment, everything has changed, and the road in the distance has risen from the smoke and dust that covers the sky, and it is obvious that a large group of people and horses are killing here.

Putting down the binoculars in his hand, a battalion commander of the German 10th Mechanized Infantry Division squinted at the enemy sweeping like a sandstorm, and did not mean to be half timid.

He was flanked by an MG-34 machine gun, which had long been on standby, equipped with a sophisticated tripod used to support the heavy machine gun's firepower.

Next to the machine gun, a German Afrika Korps soldier in shorts was lying behind a low wall, his eyes watching the enemy in the dust gradually become clearer.

An American M3 tank is rushing along the highway like here, and it is clear that it is not only this tank that is attacking, and there are many more such enemies in the dust.

More tanks behind the M3 were obscured by the dust, and farther away were trucks following behind them, with groups of British soldiers in their compartments.

"Ready for battle!" The German battalion commander reminded his soldiers loudly that his voice was not very loud, and even had a dry and hoarse taste.

After living in this desert for a long time, it seems that even the voice of speech has local characteristics. Everything here smells hot, reminiscent of words like dry and grilled.

The battalion commander's shouts were answered by the soldiers of the 10th Mechanized Infantry Division, and the sound of pulling bolts on their guns clattered.

Although a large number of STG-44 assault rifles have been produced and equipped with German units at the front, the largest number of weapons in the German army is still the Mauser 98K bolt rifle.

Bolt pulls the bolt and puts a bullet on the chamber, and the soldiers are ready for battle, lying behind the gap in the wall, or on the roof of the window, using the gap in the crosshair, pressing the approaching enemy in the distance.

Behind a low, artificially demolished wall, with a few pieces of broken stone piled on it, the Stalker tank destroyer with a 50mm cannon was also aimed at the Allied tanks in the distance.

"Car number three! Car No. 3! Do you hear that? This is car number two! This is car number two! Pressing the throat communicator, he leaned out halfway out of the commander of the Stalker tank destroyer and asked.

The headset quickly responded with a clear answer: "I'm car No. 3, I heard your call!" Very clear! Did you find anything? ”

"In the combat manual, the British did not have such tanks...... Maybe it's American! Inside the binoculars, looking at the American M3 tank that was kicking up dust, the German commander spoke.

"I guess it's American aid...... Who knows? How? Are you going to give up the attack and let them go? Inside the headset, the commander of car No. 3 asked with a smile.

The commander of the second car continued to hold the binoculars, ignoring the jokes made by his comrades: "Do the tactics need to be adjusted?" Deal with the same as British tanks? ”

"There's nothing too good to choose from, just aim at the hull and fire, and try it at a distance of 100 meters." The voice in the headphones replied.

"I aimed at the nearest tank and fired! Complete! With a final remark, the commander of the second car closed his mouth, because the other tank's tank was already approaching a relatively dangerous distance at this time.

"Call the company commander! Call the company commander! Car No. 2 is aiming at the enemy tank closest to us, and I'm aiming at the one to the left of this tank! Right...... The one on the edge of the roadbed! "Tank No. 3 reported on what it was aiming at.

"Follow the road! Follow the highway! "On the second car, the commander leaned out half of his body and began to direct his tank to adjust the aiming angle.

Due to its turretless design, the Stalker tank had a bit of a trick to adjust its aiming, and if needed, adjust its own hull.

However, due to the preset ambush position, this defect is not prominent. The gunner began to move his guns, pointing little by little at distant targets.

In the eyepiece of the sight, the crosshair marked with a scale moved with the muzzle of his gun, and the M3 tank rushing in the front sight became clear little by little.

"I've found my target!" After completing his aiming, the gun commander opened his mouth to confirm the tactical move.

The same thing was being repeated on the other side of the Stalker tank destroyers, and while the British tanks were approaching, the German army was gradually preparing itself for battle.

"I haven't even arranged a reconnaissance unit, it's really a layman!" A German infantryman leaning against the Chaser tank destroyer with a rifle in his hand looked at the British troops who were already approaching, and said with a sneer.

"Maybe it's because of the rush." Next to him, a veteran was unscrewing the back cover of his grenade.

"It's about 600 meters away! You can fire! You can fire! "On the radio, the sound of German soldiers repeating the distance of the enemy became more and more rapid and dense.

"Fire! Fire! The order to start the attack was shouted in the headset, and the German defenders' positions, which had been silent, suddenly became noisy for a moment.

"Boom!" The 50 mm long-barreled gun on the Chaper's tank destroyer spewed a cloud of flames, and the shells rushed at distant targets like wild horses.

Less than a second later, the fast-flying shell hit the moving target, crashing into the front armor plate of the M3 tank.

Huge force penetrated the fragile front armor of the M3 tank, leaving a hole in it with a black hole. The M3 was affected by the impact force, and its entire body seemed to shake.

However, the tank that was hit did not stop moving, but lost its direction and leaned towards the side of the road.

Then, as if having lost its soul, the M3 tank, which had penetrated the front armor, rushed off the roadbed, lost its center of gravity and overturned on the side of the road.

"Boom!" The second Stalker tank destroyer also opened fire at about the same time, and the shell hit another American M3 tank advancing along the roadbed.

At such a distance, the shells fired by the 50 mm caliber long-barreled gun equipped on the Chaper's tank destroyer could easily penetrate the armor of the M3 tank.

So there is no variation, and this M3 tank that the United States aided to Britain was also pierced through the front armor.

The difference is that this shell not only pierced the front armor of this M3 tank, but also detonated the ammunition inside.

The huge explosion caused the tank to burn in an instant, turning it into a steel oven, and flames erupted from all the cracks in the tank, but no one escaped from the tank.

"Reload! Aim for new targets! Keep firing! Seeing their results through the binoculars, the German commanders shouted loudly and ordered their tanks to continue the attack.

These low-profile tank destroyers with thick frontal armor are a nightmare for attacking tanks.

At the same time, the radio channel used by the attacking troops of the British 7th Panzer Division was already in chaos due to the sudden attack of the Germans.

"We are being attacked! We are being attacked! Damn it! "On the turret of a British M3 tank, the British commander leaning on the hatch saw the tank on the road not far in front of him overturned on the side of the roadbed and shouted loudly over the radio.

Before his shouts fell, the third and fourth tanks had already been hit by shells flying in the distance.

Without exception, these hit British tanks were directly turned into scrap metal, and few of the soldiers inside survived.

Several tanks were lost at once. The British 7th Panzer Division finally recovered from the shock and confusion and began a tentative offensive.

One after another, the tanks drove down the roadbed and, from flanks, rushed towards the city they were going to attack and capture, Benha.

For a divisional force of 20,000 men, the small city of 70,000 men in Haben was not huge, and soon the war extended to the edge of the nearby city, and the sound of tank fighting was everywhere.

More than 170 American-made M3s and M3lee tanks under the British 7th Panzer Division attacked the positions of the German 10th Mechanized Infantry Division, reinforced by 40 Stalker tank destroyers.

"The company commander's car was hit! He was hit! I can't see where the enemy is shooting, I can't see! "On the British radio, such shouts came and went.

This is because the Stalker's weapon can be hidden in buildings or slightly modified with camouflage nets, so that it can be cleverly integrated into the surrounding terrain.

The German anti-tank weapons were low and easy to hide, which suddenly put the British army on the back foot.

After more than an hour of attacking, the battlefield was littered with the burning wreckage of British tanks, and most of the repulsed British tanks did not even see what their opponents really looked like.

Oclegin put down his binoculars, looked at the commander of the 7th Panzer Division beside him, and asked, "Which German army are we fighting with?" ”

"I don't know sir, but what I know for sure is that they are a very strong force!" The commander of the 7th Armored Division looked at the smoking tank wreckage in the distance and replied depressedly.