Ten o'clock.

The Goering Panzer Division finally caught up with an infantry regiment.

The reason was that the rout of the American army happened to be on top of the convoy that had come up from the rear......

If it's just on top of each other, it might not be a big deal, but the road in Sicily is the main road and is wide enough for three cars.

The problem was that the American soldiers shouted at the convoy: "Go back, go back...... The Germans called! ”

As soon as they shouted, it broke down, and the US troops of the convoy hurriedly turned around and wanted to drive the cars back, and the scene of dozens of cars turning around on the highway can be imagined, so the cars collided and stuck with each other, blocking the highway to death at once.

The colonel of the US army hurriedly ordered the staff to dredge and even push those cars blocked on the road out of the road.

But while they were busy, the German armored vehicles and a few No. 2 tanks drove up, and without saying a word, it was a good fight for the American army.

Tank No. 2 is a light tank of the German army, characterized by its high speed, and was the main force of the German army's "blitzkrieg" at the beginning of World War II.

HOWEVER, ITS ARMOR WAS ONLY 30MM THICK AND THE DEFENSE AND FIREPOWER OF A 20MM CANNON WERE SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKER BY THIS TIME, BUT BECAUSE OF ITS SUPERIOR MOBILITY, THE GERMANS USED IT AS A RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLE.

At this time, it was just right to deal with the US infantry division, as soon as the machine gun came up at the US army, a row of shells ...... the "No. 2" tank KK30 20 mm machine gun (modified from the Surothong anti-aircraft gun) The rate of fire was 50 rounds per minute, but under normal circumstances, automatic fire would not be used, because the shells fired would quickly fall on the same target, causing a great waste of shells.

The gunner usually fired three bursts, the target was the car, and after each round of bursting, the car could often be blown up and even hit the fuel tank and burst into flames.

The U.S. forces immediately launched a counterattack, but soon found that their small arms could not pose a threat to the armor of the No. 2 tank, even though it was only 30 mm.

Then, Tank No. 2 sped up and rushed forward, and the cars in front of it were either smashed in two or overturned to the side of the road, and Tank No. 2 not only came out unharmed, but also fired a ball of bullets and shells at the surrounding American troops...... In the end, the tank even ran out of ammunition and had to be crushed by tracks.

Of course, this is dangerous for the No. 2 tank, because the U.S. military can blow it up with a cluster grenade or an explosive pack.

It's just that at this time, the U.S. military no longer has the courage to confront them...... The 1st Infantry Division was a new recruit, and they were trained more on how to follow the tanks and advance towards the enemy when they were better equipped, and they had no idea how to deal with the situation where the enemy tanks were running over them.

Of course, what is more important is that they do not have the courage to rush at enemy tanks with grenades.

In this battle, the Germans captured more than 1,000 American troops and captured more than 70 cars by three armored vehicles and five No. 2 tanks...... Compared to the speed and timing of the attack, these cars are simply not worth mentioning.

The results of the 39th Mechanized Infantry Division, which attacked in the direction of Catania, were even more striking.

The 39th Mechanized Infantry Division had a light tank company at the front......

Mechanized infantry divisions also have tank companies in their establishment, but a smaller proportion are equipped with tanks.

According to the establishment of the German army, theoretically speaking, the armored division should have four armored battalions, each battalion has 84 tanks, so that the whole division has a total of about 350 tanks (including battalion and regimental tanks).

But in fact, due to the limited number of tanks, the average armored division has only two or three armored battalions, that is, about 200 tanks.

Light armored divisions generally have only one armored battalion of about 84 tanks.

Mechanized infantry divisions, on the other hand, have less than one armored battalion in terms of tank equipment, usually two lightly armored companies or a medium tank platoon as fire cover when necessary.

Of course, the actual establishment of the German army was actually rather chaotic.

For example, although some divisions are armored divisions in terms of establishment, they should have had three armored battalions because of the insufficient supply of tanks, but only one armored battalion is actually in place, while the first light division, although it is a light armored division, has three armored battalions because it was established earlier and has sufficient tanks.

The 39th Mechanized Infantry Division had two armored companies, one light and one medium.

The lightly armored company was armed with 21 tank No. 2.

The commander of the 39th Mechanized Infantry Division, Major General Colin, put the lightly armored company at the front, it makes sense...... Tank 2 was fast, had sufficient firepower and defense against British infantry and logistics units, and could occasionally rely on the bazookas in the hands of the infantry to destroy a few British tanks.

So the 21 tanks were divided into three roads, each with 7 tanks, each with 20 vehicles, of which 15 were filled with infantry, and the other five were loaded with ammunition and supplies...... The main force of the British army and even the armored division have been killed in the area of Mount Etna, so the rear is full of sappers who build roads and transport, as well as artillery and medical personnel who provide artillery assistance to the front line.

Where would these British have thought that such a tank unit would suddenly be killed on the flank, and the Germans would be killed all the way and there would be almost no troops that could stop them a little.

Then one by one reports flew like snowflakes to Rommel's headquarters: destroy one of the enemy's artillery positions; Destroy a convoy of enemy convoys; captured more than 200 wounded soldiers and more than 500 medical guards of the enemy......

Later, they didn't even say what unit the enemy was, because it was too troublesome to distinguish, so they simply reported the equipment, supplies, and numbers.

When the news reached Montgomery, he could not help but be shocked, and he knew from the direction of the German attack that the target of this German force was Catania.

Catania would undoubtedly be in great trouble if it was occupied by the Germans, because its coastal road was the main transportation route for the British front-line troops, and it would choke the British transportation routes.

Not only that, Catania is the second largest city in Sicily, but there are hundreds of thousands of Italians.

If these Italians were on the side of Italy, it would be a big deal to bombard Catania with naval guns and raze the city to the ground.

But here's the problem...... The city had been liberated by the British army, not only liberated, but the Italian people of the city also warmly welcomed the British liberators, and Montgomery made a special effort for the reporters to report on it at great length.

Now, if the Germans recapture the city......