Chapter 727: Looking at the trench and sighing
"General!" After withdrawing his troops, Heinz Landau called Rommel: "I let you down!" ”
"No!" Rommel replied: "It was the Chinese who were too surprising, in fact, I did not expect that this anti-tank trench would cause us so much trouble!" ”
After a pause, Rommel asked, "Have you found out what's going on?" I mean, do you know how the Chinese destroyed our tanks? ”
"Yes!" Heinz Landau replied. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Before that, Heinz Landau had spent some time learning about the battlefield from the surviving soldiers.
"They're attacking when tanks cross the dunes with the bottom armor and top armor exposed!" "The American bazooka in the hands of the Chinese soldiers has a range of 100 meters, and the armor-piercing thickness reaches a terrible 100mm, and we have no tank with the bottom armor and top armor that can withstand it!" ”
Rommel let out an "oh", in fact, he had already guessed what was going on, but he just wanted to make sure.
"So......" Rommel continued, "have you found a way to deal with it?" ”
"No, General!" Heinz replied distressedly: "I have never seen such a fortification!" I suppose if there was a solution, it would be to blow them flat with artillery fire, including that dune, or just use a bulldozer to push them all away! ”
"Of course we can't do that!" Rommel replied.
These ideas are very good, but unfortunately in reality they are almost impossible to implement, such as blowing them flat with artillery fire...... Not to mention that the Germans did not have so many shells, the British artillery would also suppress the German artillery.
As for the use of bulldozers, the Afrika Korps does not have so many bulldozers, and even if they do, I am afraid that they will all be blown into scrap metal by enemy fire before they have completed their mission.
"One thing is clear, though!" Rommel said: "We must attack again as soon as possible!" ”
"Yes, General!" Heinz Landau replied.
Needless to say, it is clear that the reason why the Chinese army was able to hold off the attack of the German armored division was because of that strange fortification, and the fortification thing has another characteristic, that is, it can be repaired.
In other words, if the Germans attack again after too long a while, the damage to the enemy's fortifications in the previous attack will be in vain, for example, a section of anti-tank trenches filled with heavy casualties is likely to be dug up by the Chinese army.
In fact, the Chinese military did exactly that.
"But!" Heinz replied: "It's just an anti-tank trench, but it's like an iron wall!" ”
Heinz Landau had never been so depressed, he used to have confidence in his army even in the face of death, but now the situation is worse than killing him.
"Cheer up, Major General!" Rommel seemed to sense Heinz's frustration and encouraged: "At least your losses in this battle are not large, except for the three 'Tigers'. And we know what the problem is, so we can fix it, right? ”
"Yes, General!" Heinz Landau replied.
But even though he said this, he didn't believe in his heart that there would be any good solution.
Rommel hesitated, then said, "Perhaps, it's because we're too slow!" ”
"What? Too slow? Heinz was puzzled by Rommel's words.
"Yes!" Rommel explained: "We have only filled one section of the anti-tank trench, so that we can only strike at this small area in a unit of time, while the enemy is already ready on the other side. ”
"Yes!" Heinz Landau agreed.
"What if we could attack at the same time in multiple places along the entire front?" Rommel asked: "And under the cover of artillery and warplanes, as long as we can get past this terrible anti-tank trench, then nothing can resist us, right?" ”
"The problem is...... How can we attack in multiple places at the same time? Heinz Landau asked: "We don't have so many bulldozers, even bridge-building tanks are not enough!" ”
"Maybe ......," Rommel said, "we don't need these ......"
Of course, Zhang Chi did not know what Rommel and Heinz Landau were discussing, and he was busy directing his troops to repair the fortifications as much as possible, especially the anti-tank trenches that had been filled in and blown up by the Germans.
The Chinese troops were busy as planned, but they were dumbfounded by the British officers and the soldiers of the South African 1st Division, who were guarding the second line.
Brigadier General Jack could hardly believe his eyes, and he even asked his staff officer: "I'm not dreaming, the Chinese blocked the German attack with just an anti-tank trench!" ”
"No, it's true!" The staff officer also had an expression of disbelief on his face: "They not only held off the German attack, but also destroyed their 'Tiger' tanks...... God, is that really a 'tiger' pose? ”
Jack and a few British officers finally decided to verify it, so they rushed to the wreckage of the Tiger tank to look left and right.
In the end, it was concluded: it was really a "tiger" style.
IN FACT, THERE IS NO NEED FOR SUCH TROUBLE, AND ONLY THE "TIGER" TANK IS EQUIPPED WITH 88MM TANK GUNS IN THE GERMAN TANK. (Note: Later, the Tiger King was also equipped with 88 tank guns)
"General!" Brigadier General Jack couldn't help but sigh and said to Zhang Chi: "This is really amazing, you have repelled the German attack so easily, you must know that they have full air and ground superiority!" ”
Zhang Chi felt that this was nothing.
Because although Brigadier General Jack is right, the gap between China and Germany in equipment is indeed very large, but there is one thing that the German army does not have...... That's knowledge.
The anti-tank trench built by Zhang Chi did not appear until 73, that is, 40 years later, when even the more modern and advanced armored divisions in Syria could not cross it and could only "look at the trench and sigh", not to mention the German army after the relatively weak engineering equipment in World War II.
However, the indifference of Zhang Chi and the Chinese officers and soldiers surprised Brigadier General Jack even more, because they knew that only troops who often fought such battles would be so calm in the face of such a great victory.
In addition to Brigadier General Jack and other British officers, the African soldiers of the 1st South African Division also admired the Chinese army very much...... Although their level of education is not high, they have also been chased by German tanks, but now, seeing these German tanks that are so awesome in their eyes that they are destroyed one by one like tofu scum when they encounter the Chinese army, the shock in their hearts cannot be described in a few words.