"We can only fight to the death." "With our sacrifices, create time for the retreat of the main forces," Hebat said. ”

There is no other choice.

They can't retreat because their tanks are too slow, and it's better to die on the battlefield than to be killed while retreating, so that it is worth dying.

"Brigadier Commander, we simply can't do anything." On his side, Deputy Brigade Commander Charles said to him: "We basically have no weapons in our hands that can attack the Germans. ”

Their tanks, with only 12.7 mm machine guns, were simply tickling in the face of the tanks of the Germans.

Only the Matilda 2 tank has a 40 mm tank gun, but unfortunately this kind of tank is equipped in the troops directly under the division headquarters, and the number is scarce.

Moreover, the defeat of the 3rd Panzer Brigade has already shown that their 40-mm tank guns cannot take out the opponent's Panther tanks, and now they belong to the troops that do not have any means of counterattack.

"No, we still have weapons." "We have anti-tank grenades, and we can make Molotov cocktails, which can be used to attack the German tanks," Hebart said. ”

If you want to be anti-tank, naturally there is a way.

In Spain, in order to resist Franco's tank forces at that time's international columns, Molotov cocktails were handmade, Molotov cocktails, which could still bring casualties to the enemy in close combat.

However, it was a melee battle, a street battle, and there was still a chance, and now, in the wild, it was a small village at most, did you have the ability to do so?

"Unless we pretend to surrender and then launch a suicidal attack, however, this is a disgrace for the military." Charles said.

As British ** people, they have a lot of pride, they know the honor of their soldiers, and they really can't do this kind of behavior of pretending to surrender.

Hebart shook his head: "We don't surrender, we just let the Germans relax, thinking that we are going to surrender, isn't it?" ”

There is no way to do this, and it is an absolute sadness that as armored soldiers, they need to fight like infantry.

Either die in battle or surrender, they have no third way. It was customary in the British Empire that surrender was not a shame when there was no way to defeat it, but to pretend to surrender was to break convention.

Now Hebat insists on doing so.

The tracks of the Panther 3 tank, crushing the ground, were behind, following the Chaser tank destroyer.

Meyer's armored company was still at the front, and he looked through the observation hole of the tank to the opposite side, a little puzzled.

It's weird.

From this side, you can see the tanks of the British, scattered in all directions, scattered in the fields a few kilometers ahead, the tanks are somewhat crooked, and the turrets are in any direction.

No black smoke was seen, indicating that the other party's engine did not start.

What's going on?

I have seen this situation before, it is the other side's tank troops are running away, and at the same time, their tanks are out of fuel and cannot be evacuated with tanks, so they can only throw away the tanks.

If it were the commander of the armored forces in general, then he would definitely think so, but now, Meyer had doubts in his heart.

Why didn't they blow up these tanks?

On the battlefield, it is normal to abandon a weapon when it is not possible to take it with you, but in general, it is necessary to blow it up before leaving to prevent it from being acquired by the enemy.

This is almost the usual practice, unless it is too fast to blow up, then the other party is too weak.

"The British retreated, speed up the pursuit!" At this moment, the radioman conveyed the battalion commander's order.

The battalion commander made the same judgment, the British fled, hurried to catch up!

"No, we need to fire two shots first." Meyer said: "Order, 3 companies and 1 platoon of 1, 2, 3 pursuers, fire at the British tanks opposite!" ”

The British tanks on the opposite side were too weak to waste their own 88-mm shells, and the 75-mm guns of the pursuers were enough to destroy the opponent.

After receiving the order, the three Chaser tank destroyers stopped, and after a little preparation, the muzzles of the guns roared.

"Boom!" A puff of black smoke came out of the muzzle of the 75-mm tank, and an armor-piercing projectile flew to the opposite side.

"Can't move, hold on!" The tanks on the opposite side fired shells, and the British soldiers here were stunned, and at this time, Hebat quickly gave orders to his subordinates.

Tanks, it looks as if they were abandoned, in fact they are not abandoned, inside the tank, the tankers are still hiding inside.

In their hands, they held Molotov cocktails and anti-tank grenades.

According to the original plan, these tanks were scattered here, and the Germans would definitely think that they had retreated and abandoned these tanks, so the Germans would step up their pursuit and pass through the tanks that seemed to be harmless.

The scattered area of these tanks is very large, and the other side will definitely not be guarded.

When the other party passes, you can suddenly come out and greet them with Molotov cocktails!

This plan required bold and careful fighters with a determination to die, and when Hebat gave the order and he volunteered to stay, the tank crews showed their bravery.

No one was a deserter, they chose to be with their brigade commander.

They hid inside the tank, waiting for that moment to come.

However, they did not expect that the Germans would be so careful and open fire from a distance when they found these "abandoned" tanks of their own!

Can't move!

If, at this time, frightened by the Germans, they crawled out directly from inside the tank and fled, or launched a tank to escape, it would undoubtedly be exposed!

Can't move!

Cruz, the tanker, stayed in his tank, and his side had a good line of sight, just enough to see the opposite tank firing.

From his heart, he had an urge to quickly leave this iron coffin, the other party fired armor-piercing shells, not grenades, and when he left the tank, he left the danger.

But he didn't move, he knew he couldn't.

They had to stay in the tank when there was no order, and that order was the explosion when the brigade commander threw the anti-tank grenade first!

And now, the tanks of the Germans, have not yet arrived.

Can't move.

Inside the tank, several people were equally determined.

"Boom!" At this moment, the flying armor-piercing projectile hit their tank, which, despite its 60 mm armor, did not withstand the attack of the German 75 mm armor-piercing projectile!

The armor-piercing shell pierced the front hull, passed through the middle and smashed all the way to the engine in the back, and the flames of the explosion engulfed the tank.

No one moves, they can't move!