"Don't forget, military leaders need to be bold to achieve great things, and leaders who have big ambitions, bold pursuits, and perseverance can succeed even when it is difficult."

-- German theorist "Soldier of the West" Clausewitz

"Be careful, it's light." I cursed Hans in my heart for being irresponsible, but there was nothing I could do with him.

After another hour of attrition, although we were always victorious, we captured only a handful of spaces. We're already strategically inferior when we win tactically, and it's a bit of a frustration that we know that, but we can't change it.

Finally, we have captured the surface defense system of an underground fortification, and we are more than half complete of our mission.

I exchanged orders with the infantry commander: "We'll continue to clear some of the area forward, and now you can take this place first." ”

The commander seemed to be full of confidence in this mission, eager to make a battle achievement, and couldn't wait to say: "Okay, I'll initially occupy a part of the underground fortifications first, and you will be responsible for guarding." ”

There was no enemy in the passage ahead, we went deep for a long distance without encountering any obstacles, it seems that the enemy has put all his forces on the outside, and an absolute weak zone has been formed between the fortifications, but it is a pity that we do not have enough troops to occupy it now, otherwise this battle will be accelerated a lot.

When I returned to the position of the fortifications and was in charge of guarding, I deeply realized that it was not easy for the commander of the car to lean out of the car, the scorching sun above my head seemed to scorch me, and the tank soldier's military hat became my only anti-heat supply, and I used it to fan the insignificant breeze.

"There is an enemy group in the rear!"

The sentries spotted the enemy, which was not surprising, as we were supposed to be on guard and repelling the enemy.

But! Herein lies the problem! However, the direction in which the enemy is coming is our rear, the direction that we have already cleared.

"How come it came from behind, we were outflanked, what went wrong?" Thinking like this, I stood there unconsciously.

Roy pulled my leg for a moment, and then I came back to my senses, and quickly gave the order: "All men guard the entrance to the canyon behind you, and prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

"That's it!" Seeing the chariot turned out of the canyon, my heart chuckled and cooled for a while, and my mind quickly recalled the new tank of the British army that the commander told us a few days ago - the "Churchill" I infantry tank, its frontal armor is 80mm, which is barely enough for the penetration depth of our artillery, but the problem is that under the theoretical situation, it is an absolute disadvantage to fight us at the same distance. Although our guns have a deep penetration advantage, the 40mm QF2-pounder rMK.X gun used is more than enough to penetrate our armor, and it has an advantage in rate of fire compared to us. Not only that, but it is also equipped with a 76.2mm short-barreled howitzer on its hull, which we can't resist under this double firepower.

"What kind of monster is that!" Yorkson yelled and quickly pulled the car back.

Along with the enemy tanks attacking and a large force of infantry, the infantry tanks can be said to be in line with the infantry, and their proficiency in covering each other and attacking alternately is obviously trained. Although our troops had the advantage of the terrain, they were all far away from each other, and now they could only watch the enemy's focused assault and then break through one by one.

"Everyone back off! There are too many enemies! "I poked my upper body out of the car and commanded loudly, doing my best to keep the situation under control.

However, under the fire network of the enemy's light and heavy machine guns, our soldiers fell in pieces like wheat harvesting. The situation of the soldiers hiding behind the bunkers was even more tragic, and the life-saving barrier was gradually lost under the continuous bombardment of the coaxial 76.2mm howitzers equipped on the body of the "Churchill" tank. When their bunkers were completely destroyed, they were greeted by the deadly bullets that had been waiting for them for a long time.

"Contact the command quickly, and ask them to send reinforcements quickly." I shouted at Loy, who was very good at execution.

Maybe it's not appropriate to compare the different classes, but Roy is undoubtedly the highest executive in our crew, which I accidentally discovered during the battle, but because of a momentary interest, after careful observation, I have a new understanding of Roy, who usually only knows about blind poverty and pestering. In fact, Natle and they also reacted and executed the moment they heard the order, so they are not to blame.

The reason why Roy can beat them is that he has the ability to predict in advance, and this kind of prediction is not a prediction of the situation, but a prediction of people and people's hearts. Simply put, he could figure out the path of the commander he followed, and he had already guessed the order before he gave the order.

Now I have definitely been touched by Roy, which is why his execution is so high. However, if you only think that this is the end of Roy's ability, you are very mistaken, and he has another indispensable asset for the ability to guess orders - battlefield analysis. I originally thought that Roy's analytical skills were not at all a strong point, and he even failed in several analyses, but if you look at strategy and tactics separately, Roy's ability is quite good. Coupled with the conversation that Loy had with me the day before yesterday, I thought that his abilities were definitely not below Hans, if he still had any reservations, then

"Trode, what now?" Yorkson asked, his anxious expression indicating that there was no time left for me to think about it now.

"Everybody, get out of the area." I know what that means - to throw off the brother troops who are in the underground fortifications. I don't know what Hans would have ordered if he was there, but I remembered his phrase "be careful", and the situation on the battlefield was now one-sided. The enemy is centered on two "Churchill" tanks in an attack formation, and the other tanks are fighting in coordination, which is no longer something we can resist. If you fight back now, to put it mildly, how many people are sent in by a small number of people!

"Let them get in the car and we'll go." Our convoy quickly withdrew from the area, but fortunately the British pursued as slowly as their tanks, giving us plenty of time to escape, and after urging the twenty-odd men who had withdrawn with us to climb into our cars, we fled