There are not many British fighters in the skies of the First Infantry Corps, and this should be due to two reasons:

One is that Rommel sent almost all the fighters, bombers and even transport planes to serve the First Advance Corps, so the British fighters that might threaten the First Tier Corps were driven away at the first time.

Another reason is that the First Rank Corps is too inconspicuous.

British fighters and even reconnaissance planes were looking for German and Italian tanks, artillery, and large troops, for an infantry regiment that was blocking the way of the 7th Panzer Division...... They almost ignored it.

Several British pilots laughed and said after seeing the defensive line constructed by the First Steps: "What are these Germans doing?" Are they going to block our tanks with trenches and barbed wire? ”

The pilot of the other reconnaissance plane replied: "I guess this is a force covering the retreat of the other troops, you know...... They must slow down the pursuit of our troops, otherwise none of them will be able to escape! ”

"You're right! Do we have to report to our superiors? ”

"Report what? Tell them that there is an infantry line two kilometers away? Forget it...... By the time they received the news, they were afraid that they had already covered these incompetent guys! ”

The British pilots burst out laughing.

They were right, the British 7th Panzer Division at this time had already broken out on all German lines, so it accelerated its advance, and the two-kilometer journey was only a matter of minutes for them.

So Qin Chuan and the others heard the sound of a "rumbling" motor, on the other side of the hill.

It gives a strange sense of fear...... Everyone is always accustomed to want to see and try to understand what this danger is when faced with danger, if not, as now, the sound of tracks, motors roars on the other side of the hill, and the soldiers can only wait quietly on this side of the hill, waiting......

Soon, a great darkness appeared at the top of the hill...... It was a tank, with a long barrel and heavy tracks. The sun rose to the height of the hill, and the golden sunlight shone on the back of the tank, casting golden lights around it, just like Zeus the Great, who was admired by thousands of people, appeared in front of mortals with a halo.

Then more and more tanks, one after the other, the first batch of at least fifty or so, drove down the hills, followed by cars and armored vehicles full of soldiers.

"Fire!" As Colonel Slane gave the order, the guns rang out.

Bullets and shells were aimed at cars and armored vehicles that followed behind tanks...... At this time, the enemy was still more than three hundred meters from the defensive line, and the bazookas could not threaten the "Sherman" tank at all.

The British seemed to be startled by the sound of gunfire, and they did not expect that the Germans would dare to stand in front of them, so the advance of the tanks slowed down.

Then, when they saw that there was nothing more than an infantry regiment in front of them, they organized an attack without care.

The tanks were in front as shields, and the infantry jumped from the cars and armor to follow behind the tanks to take cover, and the mortars invariably blasted in front of them, and then attacked under the cover of machine guns.

The British army that rushed up was a part of the 7th Armored Brigade of the 7th Armored Division, and its commander was Colonel Colin, who had repeatedly engaged the Germans and suffered heavy defeats.

This time, although Colonel Colin had won an early victory, and at the same time he believed that the enemy would not be able to withstand the attack of the British "Sherman" tanks, he still did not dare to be careless.

Therefore, after receiving the enemy's situation, the first thing he did was to let the front-line troops slow down.

"Watch out for enemy anti-tank mines!" Colonel Colin ordered: "Also, pay attention to the first principle, only distant combat is allowed, not close combat!" ”

"Colonel!" The staff officer reminded: "They are infantry! ”

"I know they're infantry!" Colonel Colin replied, "But have you forgotten?" The Germans had new weapons, and they easily destroyed the Matilda tank in Crete! ”

"But the information we got is that this new weapon of theirs can only hit thirty meters!" The staff officer said.

"Anyway, let's figure out the situation!" Colonel Colin ordered: "We have the superiority in firepower, and we are not in a hurry to achieve victory, why not?" ”

This is one of the reasons why Colonel Colin continued to appoint Montgomery as commander of the 7th Armored Brigade despite repeated defeats, and his cautious style was very much to Montgomery's appetite.

But the news from the front soon embarrassed Colonel Colin.

"Colonel!" The correspondent reported: "If we do not get close to the enemy's lines, our tanks will be on the slope of the hill, in a dangerous state of anti-incline!" ”

The so-called "anticline dangerous state", is a term for armored forces.

To put it simply, when the tank is in a positive slope, the gun barrel will be raised high because of the climb, and if the slope exceeds a certain angle, the tank will not be able to hit the enemy at the top of the hill due to the depression angle, which is a "positive slope dangerous state".

On the contrary, if the tank is on the anti-slope plane, that is, downhill, because the barrel is low along the slope, if the slope exceeds a certain angle, the tank will not be able to hit the enemy because of the elevation angle, which is also the "anti-slope dangerous state".

Theoretically, the "anti-slope danger state" is more dangerous than the "positive slope danger state", because the "anti-slope danger state" also has the potential to expose the weak top armor to the enemy...... If there were anti-tank guns that fired at this from a higher position on the opposite side, the tank was finished.

"How far is the enemy line from the slope?" Colonel Colin asked.

"One hundred meters!" The correspondent replied.

Colonel Colin nodded, at least this was out of range of the new anti-tank equipment of the Germans.

So Colonel Colin immediately ordered: "Order the tank to continue to advance, stop and shoot after entering the foot of the mountain!" ”

"Yes, Colonel!" The correspondent immediately conveyed Colonel Colin's order.

The staff officer felt a little unbelievable about Colonel Colin's order, he felt that Colonel Colin was overly careful, last night's battle had proved that the Germans did not have the equipment that could stop the "Sherman", not even an armored regiment, let alone an infantry regiment!

And Colonel Colin thought the exact opposite of the staff officer, because he believed that ...... The reason why the Germans uncharacteristically built positions behind the high ground and dared to block an armored brigade with an infantry regiment was probably because this infantry regiment relied on something, and what they relied on may be the legendary "new anti-tank equipment".