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When the German officers and men reflexively looked at the air flares, the cannon rang out. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It was the artillery regiment of the expeditionary force, and although it was night, the artillery observers accurately reported the position of the Germans to the howitzer unit, so the first artillery cover was before the battle.

The German formation was immediately disorganized, the infantry fell to the ground for cover, and the artillery temporarily got into the cannon shield, but the shells still blew them up.

The artillery fire lasted only two minutes, after all, the Chinese army was nearby at this time, and too many artillery hits were easy to accidentally injure and did not have much significance...... Howitzers are mostly designed to kill infantry, and only in the first few minutes when the enemy infantry is standing is effective, and then it is reduced in stages.

As soon as the cannon stopped, the "rumble" of the tank motor sounded.

In fact, the sound of artillery never stopped, because while the artillery fire was being prepared, the tank guns were also fired.

Heinz Landau guessed correctly, and that was that the battle would be fought by flares during the day rather than at night, but the opposite would be true...... Flares were fired from the Chinese troops towards the besieged Germans in the middle.

By the light of the flares, the "Sherman" tanks moved slowly and fired at the German tank group, and at the same time, there were anti-tank guns and infantry mortars located relatively high on the hills, and for a moment the shells rained down on the German tank group.

Heinz Landau, hiding behind a "Tiger" tank under the cover of the guards, commanded the troops in a loud voice: "Steady, flares!" Fight back! ”

The Germans were worthy of being the strongmen of World War II, they quickly restored order and organized a defensive line after a short period of chaos, and even the "Tiger" tanks were very consciously divided into three parts, each facing the attack of the Chinese army in one direction.

This is determined by the role played by the "Tiger" tank in peacetime, they are actually not suitable for being concentrated together and more suitable for scattered use between the No. 4 tank, and its performance can be complementary to the No. 4 tank, for example, the firing range ...... the "Tiger" type is responsible for hitting targets with farther armor and thicker armor, while the No. 4 tank hits targets with relatively thin armor closer to them, and if they are properly coordinated, only one or two "Tiger" types are needed to improve the combat effectiveness of a tank group in stages.

At the same time, because the "Tiger" tank is very expensive, the cost of one "Tiger" is equivalent to two or even three No. 4 tanks...... In fact, in the war, some things often cannot be measured by the cost, and the more important thing should be the time to produce the "tiger" type, because its production process is extremely complex, so that its production cycle is several times that of the No. 4 tank, which is its fatality.

On the contrary, the Soviet T34, although its performance is not as good as the "Tiger" type, but it can be mass-produced and put into the battlefield, so there is often a phenomenon of "ants bite and kill elephants".

It can also be seen that for equipment, especially tanks, the production cycle and cost should naturally be used as very important indicators.

So when someone on the modern Internet is boasting about the Japanese Type 10 tank, Zhang Chi's response is "hehe".

The Type 10 tank does have many improvements over the Type 90 tank, such as solving the problem of weight and solving the problem of width...... Due to the Japanese brain-dead design, the width of the Type 90 tank actually exceeded the width of the trailer, which made it extremely inconvenient for transportation.

The Type 10 tank solves all these problems.

However, it has gone to the other extreme...... The cost of construction is too high, and the production cycle is too long, and it is said that only two cars a year can be produced with Japan's capacity.

If this kind of tank is put into the battlefield, it needs to be replenished after the battle damage, is there still a truce and other production?

However, it is not surprising that the Japanese have always been bad strategists, they can do the details very delicately, but they can't grasp the general direction, which can be said to be a Japanese tragedy.

This tactic of the German army put a lot of pressure on the expeditionary force, after all, it was a "Tiger" tank, and the "Sherman" tank could not pose a threat to it at all, and it only needed one shot to blow out the turret of the "Sherman".

It's almost the same as being invincible.

In fact, this is more of a psychological advantage......

The Germans had nothing to fear because of the support of the "Tiger", but the expeditionary force always felt that their scalps were numb, and they wondered if the "Tiger" would take themselves as a target in the next second.

Luckily, it was a night fight.

Although the flares in the night battle illuminated the surroundings in snow-white, the vision of the night battle was different, especially since the gunner had to aim at the target in the small space inside the tank and the target was still moving.

More importantly, the Chinese army was on the periphery and the Germans were in a state of encirclement in the center.

This gave the Chinese army more and more freedom to move, and the tanks were more dispersed and faster, while the Germans could only make difficult and slow movements in a limited space.

So the judgment was made: the shells fired by the German tanks were more likely to hit in the air, while the shells fired by the Chinese army were easier to hit because the German tanks were densely stacked together.

Zhang Chi's position, you can clearly see that the German tanks were shot one after another and black smoke was emitted. Of course, the Chinese army was also hit, and often the entire turret was blown away or set on fire...... The turret being blown away was a masterpiece of the "Tiger" type, and at this time Zhang Chi had to admire the quality of the German "Tiger" tank drivers, who could still accurately aim at the target in this situation and pose a great threat to the expeditionary force.

However, it does not seem surprising that the "Tiger" tank has such a cost and production cycle, so the crew members must be trained veterans.

At this time, the busiest should be the commander of the tank regiment, Wu Min, who himself was behind the No. 1 position, only a few hundred meters away from the Germans, and while dodging the bullets and shells above his head, he also had to command the three tank battalions to change direction and position from time to time, and at the same time to avoid getting too close to the Germans......

This night battle was different from the situation of the last night battle, the last time it was a battle in the dark against the German army, and the German tank protection and firepower were completely backward to the Chinese army, so it was suitable for fighting a "tank hand-to-hand combat".

But now, after suffering a loss, the German army is on guard, and after a large number of No. 4 tanks and "Tiger" tanks have been added, the protection and firepower are only higher than those of the Chinese army, and at this time it is not good for the Chinese army to fight close combat.

Therefore, the strategy of the Chinese army this time is: the three tank battalions will rotate in circles around the German tank group, like a stone mill, and the German army's vital forces will be consumed little by little without moving.