Bazel was right, the battle was not over, and the Germans had eliminated even one of the British interspersed troops.

But the elimination of this force was enough to make Wavell feel pain.

"What?" When Wavell heard that the "Crusader" tank regiment had been completely annihilated, he couldn't help but ask in shock: "Completely annihilated?" How is this possible? How did they do it?! ”

"General!" The staff officer replied: "I don't know why, they saw the weakness of the 'Crusader' tanks in insufficient firepower against the infantry and defeated the 1st Tank Regiment with an infantry charge!" ”

"Hell!" Wavell scolded, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Wavell also wanted the Crusader tank to work with the Matilda tank, because the two tanks could complement each other...... the Crusader tank was fast and could adapt quickly on the battlefield, and the Matilda tank was thickly armored and could be used as a moving fortress to advance slowly. In addition, there are also bullets, firepower, etc., which can also cover each other.

In fact, Wavell equipped the 7th Panzer Division, which was responsible for penetration, with 100 tanks, 50 "Matilda" and 50 "Crusaders", and Wavell had reason to believe that under the advance of 100 troops of these two tanks...... No German army could hold them back.

But these complementarities are actually complementarities on paper, and the problem is only discovered when they are really put into practice:

The Matilda tank had a speed of only 10 kilometers per hour and was constantly breaking down, in which case the Crusader tank had to work in tandem with it...... This means that the "Crusaders" will also have to advance at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour, which completely fails to reflect the advantages of the "Crusaders" in terms of speed.

This is also the point where the British army was wrong in the direction of tank development during World War II, they defined one type of tank as an infantry tank and did not require speed, and another type of definition of a cruiser tank that required high speed.

This huge gap in speed determines that they are often unable to coordinate effectively on the battlefield.

For example, in this battle, the British 7th Panzer Division and the German 5th Light Division, both performing interspersed tasks on the right flank...... In terms of tank ownership, the 100 tanks of the 7th Panzer Division were twice as many as the 50 tanks of the 5th Light Division, and the firepower and protection of the Matilda and Crusader tanks were superior to the German "No. 3" tanks.

In this case, the British army should have defeated or even encircled the German army without pressure, but the British army had to divide the troops in two because of the difference in tank speed, and as a result, the Crusader tanks in front were completely annihilated.

"How many tanks do they have left?" It was a long time before Wavell asked.

"There are about twenty of them!" The staff officer replied.

Wavell nodded, and then ordered: "Let the 2nd Panzer Regiment move at full speed, and at the same time order the air force to cooperate, and must destroy the troops on the left flank of the Germans!" ”

"Yes!" The staff officer answered and passed on the order.

Now the situation between the enemy and us is very simple, when the frontal line of defense is inseparable, both sides are interspersed from the flanks, and the interspersed troops are still colliding together...... Then the focus shifts to these interspersed troops.

If the Germans interspersed forces won, they could chase the British all the way and go around the flanks of the British frontal line to collapse the British line.

Similarly, if the British forces were victorious, they could go around the flank of the German line and encircle and crush them.

At this point, Wavell was very confident, because the 7th Panzer Division still had 50 "Matilda", while the Germans only had 20 "No. 3", plus the British still had an advantage in air power...... Wavell believes that the battle is still in doubt, but because of the destruction of the "Crusader" tanks, the battle is not so good.

Soon, Wavell was thinking about how to deal with Churchill and the MPs in London over this issue.

As soon as the 2nd British Armoured Regiment moved, Colonel Albridge got the news.

"Colonel!" The adjutant handed a telegram to Colonel Albridge and said: "Air Force reconnaissance intelligence, another armored regiment of the British is 10 miles away from us, and they have 50 'Matilda' tanks, and they will arrive in two hours!" ”

"What?" Hearing this, Colonel Albridge couldn't help but be stunned.

In fact, the situation of the German army was even worse than the British imagined, and the 5th Light Panzer Regiment had only 15 tanks at its disposal, and 15 tanks against the enemy's 50 tanks...... And it's also a poorly armored "Matilda" tank!

"The British actually have so many tanks!" Colonel Albridge frowned, the situation was completely unexpected.

Then Colonel Albridge figured out that the reason why the British tanks were divided into two groups was because the "Matilda" was not as fast as the "Crusaders", and on the other hand, Wavell hoped to win by surprise...... "Crusader" tanks were disguised as cars, and if there were tanks behind them, they would not be able to achieve the effect of surprise attacks.

Colonel Albridge was fooled, but in the end they were able to come back and win.

However, now he again had to face another armored regiment of the British......

After thinking about it, Colonel Albridge ordered, "Let Colonel Slain come here!" ”

"Yes!"

A few minutes later, Colonel Slain's jeep stopped in front of Colonel Albridge's armored car, and Colonel Slain jumped out of the car and walked up to Colonel Albridge, and the two saluted each other.

Colonel Albridge shook Colonel Slain's hand and said, "Congratulations, Colonel, you have achieved another almost impossible victory, your soldiers are brave, and your command is perfect!" ”

"Sir!" Colonel Slain smiled, "Actually, I'm just like you!" ”

"I don't understand!" Colonel Albridge said, "What is the same as me? ”

"I mean, that's not what I commanded!" Colonel Slane replied.

"You mean......" Colonel Albridge was a little incredulous: "It was the spontaneous actions of the soldiers?" ”

"Yes!" "In fact," said Colonel Slein, "it cannot be said that it acted spontaneously, but that one unit took the right approach, and then the others did so, before I had time to give the order...... And they rushed up! ”

After saying that, Colonel Slein also scolded: "These bunnies! ”

But scolding and scolding, Colonel Slain's face was full of pride...... No commander would think his soldiers were brave and good at fighting.

"Okay!" Colonel Albridge nodded: "Anyway, you guys are playing well, it's just that we're having a new problem now!" ”