Andrei's suggestion is not unreasonable, after all, the gap between the two sides can be seen by anyone, and they have just thwarted an attack by the enemy, so it can be said that the morale is relatively high, and it is a good time to attack. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info On the other hand, if the French continue to wait for some support, Trood will never have such a good chance again.

However, Trood can't ignore the risks. First of all, in terms of troops, they are still much smaller than the other side, and if they give up the terrain advantage and take the initiative to attack, the losses in this will definitely not be too small. And to put it mildly, all the people in this position are Germans, and even if they all die, Andrei will not feel distressed.

Moreover, Trode was ordered to defend this position, and there was no need to fight the enemy to the death. If he easily followed Andrei's advice and lost the battle, then the responsibility for this would definitely be on him alone, and Andrei, the mastermind behind the scenes, would have escaped the matter.

Because of this, after careful consideration, Trood still did not agree to Andre's suggestion to fight, but was ready to continue to stay in this position. Not only that, but most of the German officers stationed at this position also thought it would be better to stay here.

After all, Trode and they have already beaten the French just now, and the current French must be just holding on to their last breath, and they don't know if there will be reinforcements coming from the German side, if there is another squadron like Trode, then these Frenchmen don't have to fight, honestly throw their guns on the ground, and surrender on the spot.

But just when Trode and the vast majority of German officers and soldiers were optimistic, the support of the French really came!

The French reinforcements came from a mixed American and French force, with the French making up the vast majority of the infantry, but almost all of the tanks and other vehicles provided by the Americans.

And the most lethal of them is the self-propelled guns of the US army!

In the telescope, Trode saw the American troops, gradually appearing in the handover of heaven and earth, and when he saw the figures of those self-propelled guns, Trode really hated why he didn't directly listen to Andrew's advice at that time to eliminate the French army. After all, compared with this difficulty, under the baptism of self-propelled artillery of the US army, it is even more difficult to hold this position!

And the self-propelled gun that Trode saw, although it was a model he had not seen with his own eyes, saw this tank in the strategic intelligence sharing between the German and Soviet armies.

It was called the T6 artillery carrier, and later it was renamed the M12 self-propelled gun. Its chassis is derived from the M4 series, which was mass-produced and widely used by the U.S. military. In terms of firepower, it was equipped with a 155 mm M1A1 cannon (the early model was equipped with a 155 mm 1918M1 cannon), and the firepower was already at a superior level among the self-propelled guns at that time.

(PS: At that time, the U.S. military thought that the traditional GPF (Grand-Puissance-Failloux) designed by the French army before the war and completed in World War II was outdated, so the U.S. military decisively equipped it with the M1A1 cannon, and this choice proved to be indeed necessary.) ）

AND CONTINUE TO REFER TO THE ADAPTABILITY OF THE CHASSIS, ITS ACTUAL COMBAT ABILITY WILL BE EVEN MORE UPSCALE, AFTER ALL, COMPARED WITH SOME SELF-PROPELLED GUNS MODIFIED FROM THE CHASSIS OF HEAVY TANKS, THE M12 IS STILL GOOD IN MOBILITY (ROAD SPEED IS ROUGHLY 25KM/H).

Because the M12 and the M7 Priest self-propelled guns used by the U.S. Army before use the same chassis (the early M12, that is, the T6 used the M3 chassis, which is the same as the M7 Chaplain), but the two have almost cross-era drastic changes, this is a milestone success case on the road of self-propelled artillery in the U.S. Army.

However, the M12, which was so successful, was interfered with for various reasons, and its number of installations could not go up. There are political factors in this, but also the reasons for the M12 itself.

Although the M12 was a milestone success before this, it does not mean that it is really well received on the battlefield. In the evaluation of the M12 by the vast number of officers and men who use the M12, the biggest criticism of it comes from its pitiful bomb load.

In general, artillery carriers and self-propelled guns belong to an intersecting range, and the two sides present a situation of 'you have me, I have you'.

One factor that distinguishes between the two is whether or not they can fight independently - broadly speaking, artillery carriers need to be accompanied by ammunition loaders or even personnel loaders in order to fight. Self-propelled guns, on the other hand, are a condensed version of these units that can fight independently.

As for the M12, it also failed on this origin. As we have already mentioned above, the M12 self-propelled gun, formerly known as the T6 artillery carrier, is a unit that cannot fight alone. However, after the integration and upgrade, the earlier M3 chassis was replaced with the M4 chassis, and the M12 also had independent combat capabilities that the T6 did not have.

But unfortunately, this ability is limited. Although the M12 has been integrated, it has only a few measly ten rounds of ammunition in reserve, which makes it necessary to cooperate with ammunition loaders to continue fighting.

And it is not very satisfactory in terms of the carrying of members. Although theoretically the M12 can be loaded with one unit of artillery group, in actual combat, the use of an artillery group on the M7 can be said to be completely unable to meet the needs of the 155mm M1A1 cannon equipped with the M12. Additional gunners and loaders will also need to work together in other carriers.

To sum up, the M12 is actually in an awkward state -- the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level do have some good feelings about him, but they cannot be said to have rave reviews; The superiors also affirmed its cross-generational contributions, but it did not complete a complete change, but became a product that was close to a half-ass.

No one knows what the M12 will hold tomorrow, whether it will continue to be improved and mass-produced, or will it come to an abrupt end and end its short life?