Chapter 717: Ambush (2)
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The German soldiers guided the tank slowly with glow sticks, which were specially made because the light could not be seen from the direction of Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi thought that its principle should be similar to that of Africans lighting torches in oil barrels, although this is only a small change, but it works very well on the battlefield.
I don't know if it's the light of the glow stick or the moonlight, Zhang Chi found the "Tiger" type in the tank group.
This is the first time Zhang Chi has seen the "tiger" style, to be precise, the first time he has really seen the "tiger" style.
It has a massive barrel that seems to shoot deadly shells at any moment. Attached to the rear of the barrel is the turret...... Although its thickness is more than 100 millimeters, this design should be said to be a failure.
The reason is that its turret is too square, resulting in the thickness of the armor disproportionate to the protection, if there is an inclination like the Soviet T34, then the same material, the same weight, the protection can be doubled.
However, the Germans soon discovered this, as the subsequent "King Tiger" was changed to inclination armor.
So, when someone on the modern network boasts about how advanced the Japanese Type 90 tank is, Zhang Chi will only scoff at it...... The Type 90 tank exposes Japan's level of tank design just by looking at the vertical armor of its turret.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for all aspects of the Type 90 tank to be exposed, the funniest of which was that most of Japan's bridges could not bear the weight of the Type 90, which means that the thing used to defend its own territory was actually difficult to move an inch in the country.
Fifty meters.
Zhang Chi counted, and there were three "Tiger" types in the tank group.
Then Zhang Chi was thinking about how to destroy the "Tiger"...... Objectively speaking, this operation was still somewhat risky, because the expeditionary force had almost no effective equipment to deal with the "Tiger" tanks.
AT THIS TIME, ZHANG CHI REALIZED THE PAIN OF THE JAPANESE ARMY IN THE FACE OF THE "SHERMAN" TANK, AND THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE WANTED TO DESTROY THE "TIGER" TYPE, AND ALSO USED ANTI-TANK GUNS TO ATTACK ITS SIDE ARMOR AT CLOSE RANGE, AND THEORETICALLY THE ZOUKA BAZOOKA WITH A PENETRATION DEPTH OF 100MM COULD ALSO ...... But this is usually not possible on the battlefield, especially in the vast desert, where the Germans, who are familiar with tank group operations, use two No. 4 tanks, one left and one right, to protect the "Tiger" flanks.
In other words, even if the soldiers of the expeditionary force pushed anti-tank guns and carried bazookas close to its flanks, they would be in sight of Tank No. 4 instead of the "Tiger".
Forty meters.
This was the closest moment to Zhang Chi's hideout on the German route, and Zhang Chi could even feel the vibration from the tank tracks. A breeze blew, and an unpleasant smell of gasoline filled the air.
Suddenly, a side three-wheeler, who was in charge of reconnaissance around the perimeter, rushed to the small hill where Zhang Chi was hiding with the sound of a motor, only to be so frightened that Zhang Chi hurriedly lowered his head and pressed the telescope.
Bian Sanlun stopped only one meter away from Zhang Chi, then two German soldiers stepped out of the car, looked around with binoculars, whispered a few words, and then sent a "safe" signal to the tank group with a glow stick.
The two German scouts may not know that the danger is beneath their feet, or it could be the opportunity...... If they hadn't just watched the distance and kept an eye on their feet, they might have spotted and captured the Chinese commander half-buried in the sand.
Fortunately they did not, and they only stopped for a moment on the hill before they stepped on the side three times and whistled away again. When they left, the exhaust fumes of the side three wheels and the sand kicked up by the wheels even hit Zhang Chi's face.
Then Zhang Chi heard Zhang Qingji's voice of relief.
This was by far the closest and most dangerous time to the Germans.
Later, Zhang Chi learned that at this time, Zhang Qingqi and the correspondent and others actually had a plan.
At that moment, they made up their minds, if they were discovered by the enemy, Zhang Qingqi and other guards jumped up and killed the two Germans at the first time, and then fled to attract the attention of the Germans.
At the same time, the correspondent gave the order to the troops to start fighting...... This would have caused the Germans to neglect Zhang Chi as they were too busy dealing with the sudden appearance of the main Chinese army.
That's all for later.
At that time, Zhang Chi thought that it was very likely that the same situation would occur at the No. 1 ambush site. After all, the Germans were advancing in offensive formation, and the scouts were also controlling a wide range of movements.
After thinking about it, Zhang Chi whispered into the walkie-talkie and ordered: "No. 2, No. 3...... Let's go! ”
"Received on the 2nd!"
"Received on the 3rd!"
……
Soon the roar of motors could be heard from two directions a few miles away.
This surprised Heinz Landau, and then he scolded fiercely: "Damn Italians! ”
Heinz Landau took it for granted that it was the Italians who had leaked information again, otherwise the Chinese army would not have known about their raid or even the route of the march and had ambushed here in advance.
Heinz Landau was a battle-hardened veteran, and he immediately ordered loudly: "Enemy attack, prepare for battle!" ”
The Germans were much better trained and courageous than the Italians, and as soon as they received the order, they began to set up defensive positions in both directions from which the sound of the motor came.
"Flares!" Heinz Landau shouted.
Several flares of the "Sudden ......" hit the air, and the scene that appeared in the bright light could not help but startle the German troops, and hundreds of "Sherman" tanks covered the black pressure of the infantry in the direction of the German army.
"It's the Chinese, the tanks of the Chinese!" A German soldier screamed.
The 21st Panzer Division fought with Chinese troops, and they judged from the "Sherman" tank that it was Chinese troops.
Heinz Landau just sneered: "These Chinese still want to pick up cheap in the dark like last time!" This time they were wrong! ”
The reason why Heinz Landau thought this way was because after returning from the Battle of Maherama, he organized his troops to conduct an exercise and thought that he had found a way to prevent the enemy's "tank infiltration warfare".
His method was very simple, that is, to use a large number of flares to illuminate the entire battlefield, especially the enemy, so that the night battle could not be called a night battle.
But Heinz Landau was wrong again and again.
This time, the Chinese army did not think of fighting a "tank infiltration war", and even these two tank groups actually attracted the attention of the German army, and the real danger was that the German troops were close at hand and there was another unit in their rear.
Just when the Germans were busy preparing anti-tank guns and carrying shells to prepare for shooting, Zhang Chi ordered: "No. 1, action!" ”
"Received on the 1st!"
A few flares hit the German tank group, and Heinz Landau knew that something was wrong when he saw the direction from which the flares were coming.