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Qin Chuan had inspected a tank that had been pierced by a high-explosive armor-piercing projectile before, and the death of the tank crew inside it was very strange, it didn't look like there was any external injury on the surface, but the internal organs and even the bones were broken, and blood seeped out from the eyes, nose, mouth, etc., which is often said to bleed from the seven orifices, as if it was being asked for by an evil ghost.

Of course, at this time, Qin Chuan couldn't see the inside of it, he only saw that the "Stuart" tanks were blown up to the point of black smoke and even fire.

It is obviously much cooler to use high-explosive armor-piercing shells than armor-piercing shells.

As soon as the armor-piercing bullet is fired, even if it is penetrated, the tank is broken and cannot move, and the people inside may even be safe and sound, and the high-explosive armor-piercing shell is smoke and fire, and if it causes the ammunition to detonate, the entire turret will be lifted off and fall far to the ground, so it will not be long before the wreckage of the "Stuart" tank is everywhere.

This is also known as visual impact.

And this visual impact is not meaningless in actual combat.

Because as far as the eye can see, the British army is full of tanks that have been damaged, damaged or even shattered, while the German army is all intact...... In fact, the German "No. 3" tank was not intact, but was penetrated by armored shells and did not have much external performance, so the whole battlefield was completely the situation of the German army crushing the British army.

At this time, the confidence of the British tank crews and even the British infantry completely collapsed, and they thought that the American-made tanks in their hands could not match the enemy tanks at all, so there was a lot of confusion at the first time.

In fact, objectively speaking, there is not much difference between the "Stuart" and the "No. 3" tank, especially in close combat, because each can penetrate the opponent's armor, so there is not much difference between the stronger or weaker armor-piercing ability. In particular, the British "Stuart" still has a numerical advantage, and if it fights to the death, it is really unknown who will kill the deer.

But war has always been a combination of equipment and people, and morale and confidence in people are very important, the British army rushed to fight and lost morale and confidence in the strong blow of the German army, no matter how good the equipment to them will be the same result.

"General!" The news soon reached the command of the 7th Panzer Division, and the staff officer hurriedly reported to Major General Bolton: "We have been ambushed by the Germans, and Colonel Colin has asked to retreat!" ”

Colonel Colin was the commander of the 7th Armored Brigade, the main force of the 7th Armored Division, and he was also a veteran tank soldier who had made great achievements in World War I, and he even participated in and witnessed the first use of tanks by the British Army in World War I.

And he asked for a retreat at the first opportunity......

"No!" Major General Bolton replied: "There can be no retreat!" ”

From the point of view of the tank troops, General Colin's advice may be correct...... the speed of the "Stuart" is fast, and if it can't be defeated, it will run, and then fight to the death after regrouping.

But the problem is that the 7th Panzer Division does not only have tanks, it also has cars, infantry, artillery, and so on. More importantly, General Bolton feared that choosing to retreat in such a situation would cause the troops to lose the will to resist and be pursued by the enemy like ducks.

So Major General Bolton shouted an order to the staff officer: "Order Colonel Colin, send all the tanks up, and be sure to block the enemy!" ”

"Yes, sir!" The staff officer answered and conveyed the order to Colonel Colin.

Colonel Colin was a little surprised when he heard this order, but he only hesitated, and then firmly carried out General Bolton's order.

It is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong, and Major General Bolton and Colonel Colin have their own reasons for their ideas, but Major General Bolton is in the rear of the team in the command vehicle of the "Mammoth" and does not know what is going on ahead......

The 7th Panzer Brigade had 200 tanks, and according to Major General Burton's idea, if it could be swarmed up and the infantry anti-tank guns cooperated, it would still have a strong fight with the Germans.

The problem is that there is already confusion in the British army, and there will be a blockage in the chaos.

This was partly due to the lack of quality and confidence of the British army, and if it was the Germans, every part or even every soldier knew what to go in or what to do, even if they were in the face of an emergency.

The British army did not have such qualities, so some wanted to rush forward and others wanted to retreat, so the cars blocked the way of the armored vehicles, and the armored vehicles blocked the way of the tanks, and the infantry still joined in the cracks.

The tank that drove up could not see the enemy at all, and there were soldiers fleeing for their lives everywhere in front of them, and they were destroyed before they could react when they saw the enemy......

The most terrifying thing is not this, the German tanks were divided into three teams, the middle one continued to charge the British in the front, and the two teams next to it, one on the left and one on the right, outflanked the British flanks.

As soon as Colonel Colin saw this situation, he knew that this battle could not be fought, and if it continued like this, he was afraid that all of them would be surrounded and annihilated by the Germans, so he hurriedly changed the order: "Retreat, all retreat!" ”

But at this time, it can no longer be said to be a "retreat", but a veritable "retreat".

From Qin Chuan's point of view, it was a group of people who were pressed by the black, surging in the opposite direction like a rising tide, and the cannons, cars, etc. were all discarded...... It can also be seen how panicked the British army is, you must know that the German army is an armored division, and the two legs of a person cannot run on four wheels in any case, so there is actually only one possibility for the British army to escape, that is, to escape by car.

However, it is easier said than done, and it is not easy to escape by car, because the car is head-headed towards the Germans, and there are people everywhere, unless they are desperate to run over their comrades, they can't turn their heads.

A few cars were lucky enough to turn around and speed away, but the next second they were blown up by German tank shells...... As the car was loaded with British soldiers inside and out, and a shell that came with it threw them all into the sky, the men cast shadows in the sun, and by the time they fell back to the ground, they were already corpses.

Some British soldiers realized that they could not escape from the guns and guns of the Germans, so they raised their hands and chose to surrender.

However, in order to catch up with the "Stuart" tanks that were turning around and fleeing faster, the German tanks rushed forward without slowing down.

As a result, the British soldiers were crushed under the tracks, like car tires running over a field full of crops, falling in rows and neatly, leaving a bloody path in the crowd as wide as a tank, and the blood evaporated into the air as soon as the sun blithed, and the disgusting smell of blood soon spread.