Chapter 60: The Battle of the Transit Station (Part II)
In North Africa, the tanks and even the tanks of cars can easily burn out in hot weather. However, North Africa is already very short of water, and if the tank breaks down because of the failure of his real name, although it is not a big problem, there is really no solution.
However, for this problem, Trod and they have been prepared for a long time, this time their tanks are really loaded with supplies, how can they do a long-distance attack without bringing dry food?
"We're almost in sight." Hans reminded me over the radio that after that day, Hans hadn't changed much, just quietly reverted back to his old self, but maybe that's the most he could do now.
"Well, I've seen some of that." Through the telescope, Trode could dimly see some small black dots, which were the positions of the French, and now he only hoped that the Frenchmen were not looking through the telescope at a distance that could not be observed with the naked eye. At this distance, if they were discovered, it would be completely impossible for Trode to feel it, and it was the only way to bite the bullet.
I don't know if Trode's prayer took effect, or if the French who were loose by nature really lacked the necessary vigilance, and they were discovered about a minute after Trode was within the naked eye's field of vision, which barely allowed the French to prepare a temporary defense, and it was absolutely impossible to form a complete front at that time.
Trode, Vincent, and Hans, all holding binoculars, searched for gaps in the enemy's line, and after a brief negotiation between the three, they chose to be near the enemy's garage.
Although the enemy here is not the fewest enemy, if it is successfully suppressed, it will be able to suppress the French tanks in the garage, and due to the needs of the war situation in Algeria, the proportion of tanks is much higher than in other regions. Just like the position they are attacking now, there are only two hundred men at most, but there are almost twenty tanks, which is only a conservative estimate, if there are still a large number of tanks in the garage, it will be a serious problem.
Trod their tanks rushed to the enemy's line in one breath and began a fierce attack on the enemy's line at a distance of only 200M, and the French lost the first line of defense almost instantly.
"Aim for the B1 behind 1 o'clock and get rid of it first." Trood accurately captured a slow-moving B1 heavy tank, which was supposed to have been driven out of the garage and was about to go to the front line to meet the enemy.
The Nartle Manipulator had already begun to aim at the B1 with Stein's loaded cannonballs, and although the slow speed of the latter could not escape the blow of the IV main gun, the battlefield was still relatively chaotic, and there would always be something blocking Nattel's gun line, which made it a lot more difficult to a certain extent.
"Let's go!" After a moment of silence, the shell flew out along with his brief powerful voice, and the shell hit the center of the B1 tank's hull, slowing it down significantly, but it didn't seem to be fatal, and most importantly, the B1 tank, sensing that it was being attacked, immediately gave up and began to turn in this direction.
"Nattel, next shot its turret." Trood asked Natle to aim at the small target of the turret, knowing that when the tank turned, the equivalent armor on both the side and the front would rise, making it relatively difficult to penetrate.
However, the B1 Heavy Tank had a fatal flaw, and this was something that Trode, as a commander, only felt very uncomfortable after hearing about it - because the B1's turret was too small to accommodate one person, the commander was also a part-time gunner and loader while observing and directing the vehicle crew, which made his job especially important and very heavy.
There is no doubt that the Trood cannon is what made Nattle go to this B1 crew, and if it succeeds, then this B1 tank will be paralyzed for a while, or completely withdrawn from this battle.
The cannon roared, and while Trode was commanding his crew, the others were certainly not idle, Vincent and Hans's crews had already made their mark, both of them were D2 medium tanks, and Marcus was doing a great job of destroying anti-tank guns.
In comparison, the female commander's camp did not have such a good record, but although Leona's crew failed to destroy any tanks, they were not inferior to Vincent in terms of interference with the enemy. Amphitri was fiercely suppressing the enemy's infantry, and under the double fire of Stuk 75mm-L/24 times 75mm guns and MG34T, the French formation began to fall apart.
The only one who was unlucky was Alicia, from the beginning to the present, after two ricochets, the third shot only broke the track of a D2 medium tank, but before her gunner could make up for it, the tank was destroyed by Hans's crew, which made her kick her leg twice, but the driver's shoulder under her suffered, and she cried out in pain after the pain.
At this time, she saw a B1 tank turning in her direction, which was a rare opportunity, and she immediately asked the gunner to aim at the B1, and at the moment when the frontal armor of the B1 tank rushed towards them, he gave the order to open fire.
At that moment, two shells from different directions hit the B1 heavy tank at the same time, one directly knocking the B1's turret off and the other piercing the B1's upper armor.
(PS1: tank English TANK, and water tank is one word.) The reason for this is mostly because the British army developed the world's first tank during World War I, but for the sake of secrecy, it was given a hidden name by virtue of its shape, but what the British did not expect was that this name later became the official name of the tank. )
(PS2: The world's first tank was the Mark-A-Whippet medium tank, with two 57mm short-barreled guns and four machine guns as its main armament, and its sheer size allowed it to have only 6mm armor protection at a weight of 28 tons.) However, in those days when there were no anti-tank weapons, the 6mm armor was enough to block most attacks. This allowed him to show his might in several small battle areas of the Western Front in World War I, and defeated the German army. )
(PS3: Equivalent armor - that is, the amount of distance that the shell needs to travel inside the armor when it penetrates the armor, and when the direction of incidence of the shell is at a non-perpendicular angle to the armor, the equivalent armor value at that moment is calculated, not the armor thickness value of the vehicle.) The larger the equivalent armor, the greater the thickness of the armor that the shell needs to penetrate, that is, the more difficult it is to penetrate. )