Chapter 724: The Golan Trench
"Mines!" Zhang Chi ordered towards the walkie-talkie. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Soon a group of fighters came out of the trench and trotted all the way to the collapsed part of the anti-tank trench to replenish the mines.
Of course, these mines include anti-infantry mines and anti-tank mines.
These mines were easily laid out, and in a short time the gap in the anti-tank trench became a minefield.
This was not enough, and the fighters took advantage of the fact that the German tanks had not yet come up, and laid several machine guns and bazookas in the craters around the gap.
Perhaps because they saw that the Chinese army was replenishing the defenses, the German tank group accelerated its advance, and used tank guns and machine guns to fire in the direction of the Chinese army as they advanced.
But all this is just to scare people, the tank guns are flat-fire guns, and the machine gun bullets are also in a straight line, and these things are difficult to hit the targets hiding in the trenches. The soldiers of the expeditionary force have seen the world, and they do not even blink an eye in front of these bullets and shells.
In a few moments, the German tanks approached the anti-tank trenches, and the tank group quickly slowed down.
Obviously, the German tank crews found that the anti-tank trenches had not been flattened as they had imagined, or that only part of the area had been flattened due to the lack of artillery before.
Normally, at this time, the Germans should first send sappers or tank-modified engineering vehicles to bulldoze these anti-tank trenches or open a road, but the Germans knew that this would be time-consuming and difficult.
So a minute later, they wanted to try it, that is, send a few tanks to test the water.
Sent out were five No. 3 tanks.
It should be said that this choice was correct, as the third tank, as a light tank, was intended to perform reconnaissance missions, and this tank was also lighter, making it easier to step over anti-tank trenches.
But the attempts of the Germans were quickly defeated.
Just as the No. 3 tank approached the anti-tank trench, a burst of artillery suddenly sounded in the Chinese army's defensive line, and mortar shells were fired towards the German tank group one by one, and a cloud of smoke and dust exploded on the battlefield in an instant.
However, this was just to divert the attention of the Germans and block their sight, taking advantage of this time, more than ten bazookas rose behind the sand dunes of the anti-tank trenches, only to hear a unique whistling sound of "chirping" rockets, three of the five No. 3 tanks that came up were immediately hit by the bullets and emitted black smoke, and the remaining two saw this situation and immediately stopped and frantically hit the sand dunes.
But tanks are always vulnerable at this time...... Its perception of the outside world is very sluggish, and the rocket launcher shooter of the expeditionary force can calmly change positions, and then suddenly emerge and shoot rockets at the target.
So there were two "booms", and all five No. 3 tanks were beaten into a pile of scrap metal.
At this time, Heinz Landau realized that this kind of anti-tank trench was not as simple as he thought, and it seemed to be a little different from ordinary anti-tank trenches, and where exactly was different...... When Heinz took a closer look, he found that the anti-tank trenches were low in the front and high in the rear, which allowed the enemy to hide behind the raised sand dunes in the rear to hold back the tanks.
Heinz Landau saw that the anti-tank trench built by Zhang Chi was indeed not an ordinary anti-tank trench, and this kind of anti-tank trench was called the "Golan trench".
It is called the "Golan Trench" because it is an anti-tank trench dug in the Golan Heights by the Israeli army in 1973 during the Fourth Middle East War to block the Syrian armored brigades.
The Israeli army, which is absolutely weak in strength and equipment, has relied on this seemingly simple but well-written "Golan trench" to block the Syrian armored brigade equipped with 800 T62s.
In a normal anti-tank trench, the excavated earth is piled on both sides, so that both sides are at the same height, which cannot provide any cover for one's side.
The difference between the "Golan trench" is that it piles all the excavated earth on the side facing it, so that a slope is raised high in the field...... It is important to use this slope, for example, at this time it was used by the rocket launcher shooters of the expeditionary force as a cover against the enemy.
Heinz Landau, of course, would not admit defeat just yet, so with a wave of his hand, he sent a few more No. 4 tanks up.
This time, the Germans became smarter, and while tank No. 4 was going up, the other tanks aimed their guns at the dirt slope behind the anti-tank trench, and then shells and bullets, so that the bazooka shooter could not rise at all.
Several of the fighters took advantage of the cover of artillery fire to risk firing a few rockets, but the effect was not ideal.
The reason is that there is not much accuracy when fired in a hurry under the suppression of enemy fire, and the other is that, as mentioned before, the No. 4 tank is equipped with gap armor, which can greatly reduce the armor-piercing ability of the rocket metal jet, so although the No. 4 tank was shot, it was only slightly injured.
But the next scene surprised everyone, when the track "rumble" of the No. 4 tank has been blown up by artillery fire and does not look deep in the anti-tank trench, but one after another is stuck in it, no matter how the cab twists left and right or steps the accelerator, it cannot break free.
This is one of the advantages of the "Golan trench".
It creates the illusion that the tank is good enough to cross a trench at such a height, but the reality is that the tank will only get stuck in it.
The reason is that the "Golan trench" is low in front and high in the back, and the trench does not look deep, but the tank must also climb a higher slope, and more importantly, ...... The trench was actually very deep, with a depth of seven or eight meters, and some even nine meters, but it was blown up by artillery fire and covered with new soil.
But as we all know, the new soil is not compacted and the tank is very heavy, as soon as the head of the tank is rolled up, the new soil sinks, and then no matter how it twists, it cannot escape, and even because the new soil is still desert soil, the more the tank throttle is added, the deeper it sinks, like artificial quicksand, almost swallowing the tank whole.
Seeing this, Heinz Landau couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly ordered: "Quick! Drag them back! ”
Hauling a tank may work, just like if a person is stuck in quicksand, he can also use a rope to relieve the trap with the help of external force.
It's a pity that this is a battlefield, a battlefield where enemies are always staring at you and giving you a fatal blow......
Of course, the soldiers of the expeditionary force would not give the Germans this time and opportunity to drag back the tanks trapped in the anti-tank trenches, only to see a few smoke-emitting explosive packets suddenly thrown out from behind the dunes and fall next to the trapped tanks, followed by a chaotic sound of "boom", and the No. 4 tanks did not move again.