Chapter 105: Head-on
"You can't fight hard, the whole team turns left to avoid the enemy, and pay attention to protecting the safety of the two Sdkfz-251 armored vehicles." After Trood's brief order, the team changed formation and headed left.
In fact, it is definitely Trood who takes advantage of them, but with this plan, it is difficult to say that their tanks will not be penetrated. Moreover, if Trod wanted to fight against the heavily armored 'Churchill' "Type I" infantry tank, then it would not be possible not to form a formation, but if they did, then the two armored vehicles and the 24 soldiers on them would become live targets for the 'Crusader' cruiser tanks cruising around the periphery, and the victory that was exchanged for such a tragic sacrifice was not what Trod wanted to see.
The convoy narrowly avoided the defensive formation formed by 'Churchill', but it deviated from the target position again, and seeing this, Hans whispered: "This is not the way to go, we must deal with them quickly." ”
Trode immediately replied to him, "Is there a way?" You didn't think that plan would work last time, and we"
Hans gritted his teeth and said his plan: "Let's fight hard, put two IV J in the front, two IV in the back, two Sdkfz-251 in the middle, and one IV on the left and right rear sides." ”
Trode pondered for a moment and said, "There's no other way. ”
Vincent followed him and said, "I also think this is the best thing to do at this stage. ”
"That's it!" Trode looked at the current formation again and said, "I and Vincent's tank are conducting a frontal assault, Leona is on the left side, Hans is on the right, and Alicia is behind. Change your formation now! ”
Fortunately, the speed of the Sdkfz-251 armored car was not slow, so even with the addition of two vehicles that were similar to cumbersome, the Trood did not slow down in the slightest. Although they carried out a frontal assault, they did not go straight towards the enemy, and they still formed an angle of about 20 degrees, and at such an angle, the equivalent armor of both sides became very high, and it was naturally difficult to penetrate.
I have to say that the IV. J and the IV are really compatible, under the protection of the IV J, the IV's originally relatively fragile armor was completely covered, and as a professional anti-tank destroyer vehicle, the armor of the IV J is designed to defend against the enemy's armored forces is naturally quite strong.
The two sides had already opened fire at a distance of 1,000 meters, and the hits and penetrations were all imposing, and the tanks on both sides did not leave a chance for the 'crusaders'. When the troops continued to advance, the enemy had already entered the effective range of the IV. Annihilation, and could even completely kill all the enemies in front of them, of course, time did not allow them to do so, this time their actions were estimated to have been exposed at the beginning, and this was quite a twist and turn along the way.
The Tank IV Destroyer and the Tank IV Assault Gun are both modifications of the IV. Tank, and although at first glance they appear to be the same vehicle, but they have their own priorities and are two completely different vehicles. IV. Turbulence continued the characteristics of III. Turquoise and was still used as a weapon to support or attack fortifications. IV. J as a special anti-tank mobile weapon, his long-barreled 75mm gun piercing is much higher than the IV Tu, and the defensive ability is better than the former, the only weakness is its front gun design scheme, so that the stability of the car is poor, which can be clearly demonstrated when moving to shoot.
In the face of the menacing Trode squad, the British army knew that it was not good and immediately prepared to retreat, but the opposite was necessary, and the goddess of luck finally favored Trood - the left track of the 'Churchill' behind the palace was broken!
Trode was secretly happy in his heart and immediately reacted: "Keep the original route unchanged and suppress the remaining 3 enemy vehicles that are still moving." In addition, the Vincent, Hans, and Alysia cars are ready to carry out close shelling of the broken down 'Churchill'! ”
The three tanks that wanted to come to the aid were hit hard and had to retreat, leaving only one 'Churchill' alone in front of a squad of up to nine tanks.
"Ready to fire!"
"Bang! Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
At the same time as Trode gave the order, he remembered four cannon shots, and the 'Churchill' tank had three large bullet holes in the side, and the last shell it fired in its dying struggle only hit the shield of the Hans tank, and was undoubtedly bounced away.
In fact, this is not to say that the members of the Trood squad are all sharpshooters, because the accuracy of the British 2-pounder gun is not high, and in this case, the gunner of this "Churchill" Type I infantry tank has long been frightened and trembling. On the other hand, the side armor of the 'Churchill' is as wide as a ship, and it is not difficult to hit the enemy in a pre-aimed state.
But then again, the three tanks "abandoned" their teammates can't be said to be wrong, because the "Churchill" Type I infantry tank was not as bad as the internal structure of the early British and French tanks, and the probability of fire when penetrated was not very high. So even if it had been pierced by as many as three shells just now, it was hard to say whether Trood had caused more than half of the casualties to his insiders. As the saying goes, weapons are dead, people are alive, and the green mountains are there, and they are not afraid of running out of firewood.
Looking back at the British troops who had just fought, they were regrouping their troops, and it seemed that they would not be able to catch up for a while, which made the stone in Trode's heart drop a little. But apparently they weren't going to rest on their laurels - Trode had found out that another unit had arrived at 7 o'clock, and it was obvious that it was also coming for him, but now Trode didn't have the time to take care of him, and the safety of himself and his teammates was the first priority.
A moment later, a group of men and horses finally entered the position. Trode didn't have time to get out of the car and explain to the commander here, he directly contacted them in advance with the on-board radio, and after the communication, he left the tank directly on the defensive line after entering the position.
Before the tank could stop, Trode jumped out of the car and ran towards the commander in the trench, and after a quick salute, the two began to exchange tactics.
Upon learning of the gravity of the situation, they first contacted friendly support, and then pulled out an 88mm gun that had been stored.
When Trode saw this pitch-black guy, he finally let out a long breath, with this, he was not afraid of any tanks!