Chapter 1211: Intense Heat
The weather is hot, and even the birds in the sky lower their wings slightly when they soar
The weather is hot, and even the insects on the ground are slightly curled when crawling
The weather was hot, and even the roaring chariots smelled of burnt paste as they moved
Lamont, the armored ace of the British army in the North African theater, was now transferred to Western Europe. Although the fighting in North Africa is not over, it is more important here than in Western Europe that he is a good warrior to raise the morale of the troops.
Although, Lamont's record may not be so dazzling compared to Trode and Andre. But I have to admit that when the British army was generally at a disadvantage, when other British troops began to rout rapidly, it was he and his squad who withstood the pressure and fought a lot of beautiful battles.
Although this did not reverse the end of the continued defeat of the British army, this point began to be reversed after the British held Egypt and the Germans transferred their forces, Lamont re-led his armored forces, and wounded the remaining Italian and German troops in North Africa, even if he had no advantage in equipment, he still managed to bring back a good record.
In this way, the outstanding performance in the follow-up battles made Lamont's original achievements also mentioned one after another, coupled with the propaganda role of the British army, such a tank ace was born. However, compared with Trode and Andre at that time, Lamont was still much more low-key. As a soldier, he doesn't have so many superfluous ideas, and it is his lifelong wish to contribute to the country.
Unlike Trode's side, Lamont's impression of Trode's side has been quite weak, and he has long been unaware of the immature commander who was constantly at a disadvantage in the first competition with him, and later relied on Roy's insidious methods to win. Now it has become a banner that should not be underestimated in the German army, a group of talents.
Today, however, is Lamont's first battle since he arrived in Western Europe. Although he had always wanted to fight on the front lines, as Andrei had experienced at the time, he spent a lot of time on non-combat matters after coming to Western Europe. And today, he also did not have a predetermined battle plan.
However, the silence was broken by a sudden contact message - one of their troops, by chance, discovered a weak point in the German defense line on the Rhine.
Although the reason for this news is somewhat ridiculous - the unit was lost, and it was discovered by mistake. But it was still an excellent time after all, and the British had no reason to miss it.
Although according to the basic idea of the coalition forces, when such a situation is discovered, they will notify each other and then attack together. But this can only be said to be in the general situation, after all, in this battle, whoever has more merits will naturally share the benefits after the war. And for such a crucial event as crossing the Rhine first and establishing a bridgehead, how could the British army give it to others so easily?
After calculating the forces available at the time, the British sadly found that if Lamont had not been used, they would probably not have been able to capture the bridge in time. In the end, after considering the pros and cons, they sent Lamont to seize the bridge.
However, although Lamont was sent, the British army was not only Lamont's troops this time, but also a large number of infantry and some other armored units. In terms of combat effectiveness, it was about four times that of the British vanguard they had encountered. And this, it is not so difficult to deal with Trode.
However, rather than a frontal battle, how to find the bridge, and how to get to the bridge before possible reinforcements from the German army, is quite crucial.
But in this scorching heat, whether sitting in a truck or a tank, it was so hot that people were dizzy, and the distant vision was skewed by the rising heatwave. Even a compass doesn't seem to be so easy to use.
Since the friendly forces did not give much information available, Lamont had to take matters into his own hands and have enough food and clothing. He first drew some basic positions based on the weak points that might arise on the banks of the Rhine, and then continued to calculate where the British troops might be, so that he could still narrow down the area of search.
But even so, Lamont's pressure is not small at all. Because the time constraint is only one thing, the accuracy of the search is another important constraint. After all, if the enemy were to discover such a large British unit loitering near the Rhine line, it would certainly cause unnecessary vigilance.
In this way, Lamont reduced the armored troops in his hands to pieces, and the infantry units were scattered as much as possible, and began to carry out a wide net reconnaissance. In this way, although after finding the correct area, it is not possible to attack directly. But the advantage is that even if they are discovered by the enemy, they will not receive much attention. After all, such a reconnaissance team, the German troops stationed on the Rhine Line, really don't know how much to see in a day.
Time passed like this, and Lamont, who was still waiting for the news of his reconnaissance, first waited for the news of the defeat of the vanguard - they had been repulsed by the Germans, but the main force had not been lost, and was now waiting farther away.
Interestingly, the British troops who took the initiative to retreat even used the word 'defeat' in the wording of the report, and were not honestly scared away by the Germans.
Although the force could not provide any information about the coordinates, it could not be of much help to Lamont, but their defeat still made Lamont's heart uncomfortable. After all, if he had acted more effectively, this situation might have been avoided.
"Captain! We have a discovery! ”
Suddenly, another voice came from Lamont's headphones, which made him so excited that he couldn't even notice that his calloused hands had accidentally placed on the hot outer armor of the tank, which had been roasted.
"We've found one of our troops, and it looks like the one in the intelligence!"
"Okay, further confirmation, quick return!"
Lamont took a deep breath, and at this point, he felt that the weather was not so hot......