Chapter 721: Enjoyable
Trench warfare during World War I almost never happened in World War II, and the tank as a weapon completely broke the original restrictions, and now, the duel between tanks has become a more common situation.
Like now.
The British tank forces, relying on their numerical superiority, intend to encircle the German tank forces, even if the British tanks in the front are lost, at least the tanks that go around to the back of Germany can still establish their combat exploits, as long as they eat this German striker, they can break the myth that the German tank forces are undefeated!
It's quite rewarding, and it's worth it, even if it's a certain sacrifice!
"Boom!" The 88-mm tank gun sounded again, and with a puff of smoke from the muzzle, a Crusader tank on the opposite side was hit, and in the explosion, the turret of the tank flew up in an instant.
The Crusader tank, the kind of cruiser tank that the British hastily produced, could not compete head-on with the German tanks!
If the front is not good, then the side!
Crowley, with his large forces, relied on the advantage of high-speed maneuvering, went around to the flanks of the German troops, and then to the back!
When the tank completed another turn, the rear of the German tank unit was already in front of its eyes.
"Open fire and take out the German tanks!" Crowley shouted loudly, and the gun commander's shoulder, against the gun, began to fire.
"Boom!" A 57-mm shell, carrying their hopes, flew out of the muzzle and flew towards the German tank opposite.
After all, Britain is an old country, and in the development of tank guns, it can quickly come to the forefront of the world, and when they found that their 2-pounder gun was not powerful enough, they immediately developed a 6-pounder gun.
There are two kinds of this gun, 43 times the diameter and 50 times the diameter, of which the long tube, that is, the 50 times the diameter of the tank gun, has a penetration depth of 80 mm at 500 meters, even if it is a 43 times the diameter of the current product, it is enough to penetrate the rear armor of the German tank!
That's their only chance to win!
However, just as they opened fire, they found that the turret of the German tank was quickly turning, and then the opposing tank stopped advancing and moved towards them.
Germans, aren't they afraid? With their fragile rear armor, facing their side?
Almost at the same time, 57-mm shells were already flying, most of them were empty, and some were lucky enough to hit the opponent's hull armor!
The armor-piercing bullet and the armor were colliding and competing with each other, but in the end, the armor-piercing bullet failed!
It just left a bullet mark on the body!
How is this possible? Even if the Panther 3 has increased the protection to 130 mm, it is also for the front armor, its side armor and rear armor, that is, the level of 50 mm, even if the German high-quality nickel alloy is better, at most it is equivalent to the 60 mm level of other armor steel.
The tanks of the Germans, in the rear, could not block the blow of the 6-pounder gun!
When the smoke had passed and he could see the opposing tanks again, Crowley couldn't help but exclaim: "The Germans are too cunning, they are cheating!" ”
The German tanks charged their troops, but no one expected that the Germans would actually play a trick!
The German tanks in front of them had their hulls forward, while the tanks in the back had their hulls backwards, and they drove them backwards! Since the pace of their attack was not fast, as a result, their reverse was the same as the advance, the barrels were back, plus it was already dusk, which was barely visible to the British!
No wonder the Germans were not afraid of their encirclement, they had already prepared it!
Now, when the British tanks went around the rear, the German tank forces were divided into two parts, and two offensive sides were set up, charging at the British tank forces respectively.
Rush, rush!
The roar of the 88mm tank guns and the deafening firefight made every tank crew extremely excited, and this kind of battle was their favorite!
In the whole of Europe, there was no decent tank battle, even if it attacked France, it did not meet a real powerful opponent, and now, in Libya, it is finally possible to have a good time!
Because of the excitement, the gunners' bodies couldn't help but want to twist and dance, they were moving quickly, one shell after another, shooting at the opposite side, the German tank, firing a high rate of fire of six rounds per minute!
The hit rate is not high, because the opponent is also marching at high speed, but, because of the large number of tanks, every minute, almost every minute, British tanks are hit!
As long as it is hit, there will be a violent explosion in the next moment, burning with raging flames, and here, the German tank is shot, at most it will leave a crater!
Can't wear it, can't wear it!
Crowley's eyes were red, he had already burrowed into the turret, he listened to the constant voices on the radio, and knew that this battle was destined to end in tragedy.
The sun carried away the last rays of sunset, and the whole earth was plunged into darkness.
"British, it's useless." Opening his turret hatch, smelling the smell of gunpowder smoke in the air, and looking at the burning British tanks around him, Karl Maus said lightly.
I was going to continue fighting, but as a result, the British ran away! They left behind more than fifty Crusader tanks and fled in disarray.
Originally, the German tanks were equipped with night vision devices, however, the pursuit in the dark was inherently dangerous, and they were not fast enough, so Karl Maus finally gave up on continuing the chase and ordered the troops to be vigilant and wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops.
If the British continue to stay, his night vision device will play an important role, and the British will not be able to run away!
"Our 3rd Company of Tanks, a battle report came, and the pursuing troops of the British entered their ambush circle and were all blown up by them!" At this moment, another piece of good news came.
The battle in the ambush circle went much smoother!
When their own armored vehicles, teasing the British tank troops to continue to chase, entered the encirclement, at this time, the tanks around them suddenly opened fire, and the British were stunned, and when they wanted to retreat, they found that in the back, there were already two Black Panther 3 tanks, blocking their way!
And just like that, they ushered in death!
It's just that until death, they did not surrender, but wanted to shoot their last shell.
In short, this battle was relatively smooth.
The battle, all the time, was fought by German and British units, and the Italian infantry, still dozens of kilometers away from them, did not catch up.