Chapter 1065: 'Fireflies' (I)

If Andre is not a good stubble, then Trode naturally cannot be a good man and a woman, these two people are originally from the same origin, but because of the different fighting environments, the two are now completely in a-for-tat position. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 Even if the national feud is brushed aside by the peace treaty, the grievances between the two of them cannot end like this. So, to a certain extent, Trode may really be the best person to deal with Andre, and Anselm really didn't choose the wrong person. It's just that at that time, even Andrei didn't know the deep situation in this.

Don't speculate for more than half a sentence, since he is on the battlefield, Andre naturally knows that this is not an occasion to joke excessively, even if the preparation is detailed, as long as there are some places that are not noticed, it may be fatal. He has come over from the bloody battlefield in the past few years, and he has long become a clever wolf.

In this way, under the leadership of the two troops, the 217th Squadron began to approach the area of this operation, a British garrison.

Britain, like Germany, is one of the strongest countries in Europe, but because it is an island country and separated from the European continent, it pays more attention to the navy in military affairs, and after defeating Spain, which was then a colonizer of the world in the last century, Britain has created a glorious 'empire on which the sun never sets', which is enough to show his strength.

However, no matter how powerful a force is, there will always be a day when it will weaken, and the main reason for Britain's military weakness is because of its backwardness in the army.

Of course, backwardness is only relative to Britain's own navy. In fact, the equipment of the British Army was completely inferior compared to other European countries, and at that time the Trood they were always able to defeat the British army with an advantage, in addition to the fact that the Trood was one of the few German units equipped with high-end equipment, the other most important reason was that the British Army was still very old combat methods.

During the First World War, the tank was used to a certain extent as an auxiliary infantry equipment, and as the inventor of the tank, the Mark I tank manufactured by Britain at that time can be said to be famous, Germany and France scrambled to catch up, but still did not make up for the gap with Britain before the end of the war, from this point of view, the British army was quite successful and leading.

However, it is a pity that Britain, as the victorious country at that time, did not cling to this leading advantage, but let Germany and France, and even the newly industrialized Soviet Union and some small countries catch up. Because of the restrictions of the post-war treaty, the combat vehicles made by the Germans could not be as strong as those of Britain and France, and it was precisely because of this shortcoming that the Germans had a foresight in tank tactics, and the more independent role of tanks became an important part of the German armored forces.

In contrast, unlike other countries, the British army, which divided tanks into infantry tanks and cruiser tanks, seemed to be completely disconnected from the European continent. First of all, the infantry tank, as the name suggests, is the type of tank that assists the infantry in attacking, and these tanks are very slow because they need to allow the infantry to be able to keep up with their speed. As for the cruiser tank, compared to its infantry tank, it is a lot more independent, but in fact, most of the cruiser tanks can only complete reconnaissance missions because of their weak armor, and they are always at a disadvantage compared to the combat vehicles of other countries in the firepower competition. This backwardness in thinking made the British suffer not only at the hands of the Germans, who were advanced in tactics at that time, but also under the charioteers of the Italian army, which was quite good at that time.

But when it comes to the British infantry tanks, Trode still can't help but have some headaches, because when he was in North Africa, he also almost suffered losses at the hands of the British infantry tanks many times, and there is only one reason - the opponent's armor is too hard, and their main guns cannot form an absolute threat. So at that time, Trod mostly took advantage of the speed advantage of the IV medium tank to inflict a flank blow on it.

But now Trode's squad has already updated more than one generation of equipment, and its equipment level is very good even in the 47th Division, which belongs to the sharp knife in the German army, so there should be no need to worry about the problems on the armor of the British tank, after all, the IS-2 of the Soviets is quite good in armor, but their 'Ferdinand' can still destroy it relatively easily in a firefight.

On the way, the person in charge of leading them also took this opportunity to use the radio to add to Trode's new findings about this operation: "Captain Troll, this time you are facing two 'Firefly' squads of the British army that were transferred just yesterday. ā€

"'Fireflies'?" Trode nodded slightly, "Thank you, I see." ā€

The Firefly tank is a relatively new type of vehicle for the British army, although in fact it is not a product of the British themselves, because most of the parts of the Firefly tank except for the main gun are derived from the American M4 series tanks. As allies, the Americans supported the British with many of their mass-produced M4 series tanks.

The British invented a very good performance 17-pounder gun, but it is a pity that the existing British A23M 'Cromwell' cruiser tank could not be loaded with such a powerful main gun, and the new generation of tank A30 'Challenger' has not yet been able to leave the factory, so this baby-like 17-pounder gun has become a fire in the fire that the British are anxious about when they look at it.

However, after finding the M4 series of vehicles from the Americans, the British decided to combine the two, and the result was the Firefly. (The British called it the S-MK.X-C tank, X stands for model)

Due to the large number and complexity of the M4 series tanks provided by the United States to the British, the corresponding 'Firefly' also has a lot of shapes, which are most reflected in the hull. But in fact, no matter what type of 'firefly' it is, in the face of the equipment of the Soviet and German armies, which has already been replaced to such a degree at this time, even if it has the strength to fight with its excellent 17-pounder guns in terms of firepower, its disadvantage in armor has been expanded to a very terrifying degree.

After all, judging from the 'Sherman' armor that Trood had seen, they were only a little stronger than the early model of the German army's IV tank, and they could not compare with the vehicles they were using now......