Chapter 718: Ambush Circle

"Run, run." Locke shouted at his driver as he turned the turret.

Just now they had met head-on, with the turret in front, and now, they began to retreat, the turret turned half a circle, and to the rear, Locke continued to concentrate on it.

In the era when there were no ballistic computers, bistable systems, crosswind sensors, and laser rangefinders, it was simply unthinkable to shoot moving-to-motion, but if it was a repeating weapon in hand, it would be a different story.

"Tom tom!" The 40mm Bofors chariot cannon let out a continuous firing sound, and one shell after another poured towards the pursuing crusader tanks!

This firepower made the other party dare not approach, and at the same time, the speed of this reconnaissance vehicle finally rose.

The diesel engine at the rear was roaring, and black smoke was constantly coming out, and each sudden interruption was raising a gear.

If you compare speed, a tracked chariot will never be able to compare with a wheeled chariot!

The cruiser tank of the British, soaring to more than 60 kilometers per hour in the desert, is already the limit, but the wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, soaring to 70 or 80 kilometers per hour, is possible!

All they need is to speed up the process.

The roar of the diesel engine was deafening, and as the gear was constantly raised, the speed of the car was constantly increasing, and at the same time, the roar of shells was constantly heard around him.

Not a single 57-mm tank shell hit them, the most recent, all of them were more than a dozen meters! This kind of dynamic shooting is simply a waste of ammunition.

Just now, Locke was just delaying the opponent's movements, and now that his armored vehicles had picked up speed, he also gave up firing.

Back in the car, Locke shouted to his radioman, "How's it going?" What do you think? Did you contact the battalion commander? ”

"Contacted, the battalion commander is arranging the pockets, and in the No. 37 area, we are asked to attract the tank troops behind, and the battalion commander can wipe them out." The radioman shouted.

Their reconnaissance vehicle, which also belongs to the 66th Tank Battalion, was unloaded first when they disembarked and began to soar, and they didn't even wait for the reconnaissance vehicle, all of them Black Panther 3 tanks.

After the battle was over, the troops in the rear were also coming one after another, and the reconnaissance vehicles, supply vehicles, and cooking vehicles belonging to the tank battalion followed behind.

Now the entire tank battalion is being replenished and eating at the same time, and the reconnaissance vehicles, which are being released, expand the reconnaissance area, and just like that, they found out that the British suddenly dispatched the main armored forces!

After receiving the radio message, Karl Maus immediately gave the order, and a tank company was urgently pulled out and ran to Area 37 to set up pockets, while the other tanks remained in their original camp, waiting for a surprise attack by the British.

Teach the British a good lesson and let them know how good the German armored forces were!

During the time on the ship, the commanders of the entire armored unit were almost studying the map, which was densely marked and the corners of the map were worn out, which meant that they had studied the map very deeply.

Area 37, just near Tubrug, their camp is about fifteen kilometers away, and there are dirt slopes on three sides, which is ideal for tanks to fire behind and ambush.

After receiving the order, the tanks of the 3rd Tank Company rumbled over, and the company commander, Seg Waryn, shouted loudly to his subordinates: "Quick, hide well, the British are coming soon!" ”

Good concealment!

They moved to the back of the dirt slope, pointed the barrel of the black hole hole, and pointed the flat ground in the middle, and some people even collected some dead branches from the side and placed them on top of the tank.

The engine had been turned off to prevent the black smoke from being detected by the enemy, and at this time, the sun was setting in the west, and the whole land had turned orange-red, as if it were blood.

Company Commander Varein crouched next to his tank, looked into the distance with a telescope, and soon, on the horizon, he saw puffs of black smoke.

It's a rally! Seeing that Varein couldn't help but praise him.

Running in the front is their own wheeled reconnaissance vehicle, and the driver of this reconnaissance vehicle is also doing his best, and you can see that the car flies up from time to time!

In the back, there are tanks carrying small barrels, and five pairs of load-bearing wheels are bouncing up and down as they move forward, and you can see that the other side is also using all their strength.

Black smoke from the engine, constantly coming out from behind.

"Ready, let the British know how good we are, steel-core armor-piercing bullets, load!"

The engine has been turned off, and now it is almost exclusively on the power of the battery, for which the tanker even had to use the hand crank, the advance of the barrel, just wait for the opponent to enter his field of vision, and then he can fire!

The 88-mm tank barrel, aimed at the open space in front, the tank commanders were waiting excitedly.

"Accelerate, accelerate!" The roar of the company commander kept ringing on the radio, looking at the armored car, it was right in front of him, but he couldn't catch up!

The throttle was already in the end, and the driver was helpless, just when he was about to continue to work harder, suddenly, the instrument pointer in front of him shook, and at the same time, an alarm light lit up.

His foot, released from the throttle.

"What's going on? Why did you slow down? The company commander slapped the armor next to him and shouted loudly.

"The engine was overheating and we couldn't keep running." The driver shouted.

For the sake of refreshment, they removed the speed limiter of the engine and let the tank soar to more than 60 kilometers per hour, which of course came at a price!

Why the speed limit? Why reduce the power? It's because the engine can't dissipate heat! This would have been an aero engine, when it came to the sky, the temperature was low, and when used on the ground, the temperature was high, and when it was used in the desert, the temperature was even higher!

All the way to be happy, but now, the engine is hot!

If you continue to start, the next thing is to pull the cylinder, and then the engine will be scrapped!

If it was Lao Maozi who started the tank, then he would not care about anything, even if the water leakage of the water tank was gone, he would dare to drive and continue to go, but now, the British soldiers are still very principled.

The engine is at a high temperature and cannot be turned off immediately, so that the cooling system does not work, release the gear, let the engine idle, and the driver operates in an orderly manner according to the prescribed process.

This tank, stopped.

Other tanks also stopped, half a catty, their tanks, the water temperature was also high, and the engine was overheated! So, they could only look at the wheeled armored vehicle and continue to escape, but there was nothing they could do.

The equipment of the Germans, running for a long time, is not afraid of high temperatures?