Chapter 523: Bloody Battle in Alaska (Part I)
target, the 32nd Panzer Division, which was in the salient and had lost flank protection; Location, Arras. John Bull vowed to teach the Nazi Panzer Division, who had caused so much trouble, a hard lesson, to get this field back and let the Germans know why the flowers were so red.
Frankly speaking, the British did a really good job of counterattacking this time, and the Germans were still ignorant of the fact that the first encounter with the Germans failed. The reason was that the British army used the M26 Pershing heavy tank, which had extremely thick armor, especially the front armor, and the 32nd Panzer Division lacked large anti-tank guns.
At this time, the tactics of the British army were still the same, the tank was used as an infantry support tank, that is, the tank blocked bullets and shells in front, the infantry followed behind the tank, and then stopped five or six hundred meters in front of the German position, and supported the infantry charge with artillery and machine guns, even if Rudolph had an iron fist and an RPG bazooka, he couldn't beat these damn M26 Pershing tanks.
Rudolph also organized several death squads, carrying iron fists or RPG bazookas to fight the British M26s, but unfortunately the British infantry directly beat these German death squads into a sieve. At this point, the heroism of the soldiers was meaningless.
All they could do was watch the M26 Pershing heavy tank rotate its turret, destroy the German small anti-tank guns and tanks one by one, and then storm the German positions and wreak havoc on the Germans, killing and wounding 40 tanks. Even Rudolph's aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Most, was killed by the British just 1 meter from Rudolph, and the Germans were forced to retreat.
The Goddess of Victory had already arranged her skirt to the British. The British rejoiced, wishful thinking that it was the goddess of victory who was flattering them. They reaffirmed the achievements of the intelligence services: "All existing models of anti-tank guns of the Nazis, the filthy armor-piercing shells fired by them absolutely could not penetrate the armor of the Holy British Empire M26 Pershing heavy tank tank".
Churchill firmly believed that victory must belong to the glorious British Empire, annihilated the 32nd Panzer Division, opened a gap in the German front, carried out a resolute counter-assault like the Nazis, counter-encircled the Nazi armored cluster, invaded the German mainland to liberate the toiling masses oppressed by the Nazis, and captured that Adolf to the streets of London, so that everyone could see the end of the confrontation with the empire on which the sun never sets. The Holy British Empire will once again play the role of savior.
Everything seemed so good. If I had to add a note to the British attack, it would be this: the right attack was launched at the right time, in the right place; It's just the wrong opponent. It's hard to say anything. Who made Rudolph not very famous at this time. In the days to come. The name Rudolph would be a nightmare for the British Empire, a battle of fate.
Since the beginning of the war, Rudolph has not suffered such a big loss. For a proud person, it's simply unbearable. The 32nd Panzer Division, which had just been formed, was going to end up dishonorably like this? He naturally knows that due to the impact of his lone army, it is already difficult to ride a tiger at this time.
What to do, how to tear the armor of the damn M26 Pershing heavy tank, there is no time to do in-depth study of this kind of technical question, but as the commander of the army, you must make a decision, the honor belongs to you, and the responsibility is the same. If you want to become a real celebrity, you can't just play with the wind, this is an opportunity to prove yourself. Rudolph gave a frantic order, and all the artillery of the division moved forward, concentrating fire on the M26 Pershing heavy tank tank.
It's really a fight, if you can't destroy the M26 Pershing heavy tank tank, then the 32nd Panzer Division is really finished. Apparently Rudolph's decision was reckless, looking like a gambler who had lost money, but sometimes God favored those who dared to take risks.
The next day, the British army continued to attack, and at the beginning put in their trump card, but the M26 Pershing heavy tank tank armor was too thick, the weight was too large, and the advance speed was about the same as the speed of the infantry advancing on foot, which was also related to the fact that the British army only used the tank as a support weapon for the infantry rather than forming the tank into a separate assault group like the German army, God favored the infantry, and the war ultimately depended on the infantry to do the final settlement.
But yesterday and today are similar to tanks, today and yesterday are different, and the pride of the empire, which was indestructible yesterday, has been smashed to pieces today by others like chopping melons and vegetables. The British did not understand how the Germans had developed such a powerful anti-tank gun overnight, and if there were, why had there been no movement yesterday? Strange things happen every year, especially today, and the world has changed beyond the comprehension of the British.
There is nothing difficult to understand, the German soldiers played a decisive role in the rigid obedience of their superiors. They faithfully carried out Rudolph's decision, dragging everything that could be called a cannon to the front of the position, vowing to carry out the anti-tank to the end in order to preserve the honor of the Germanic soldiers.
So the M26 Pershing heavy tank tank tank was destroyed. It is necessary to reiterate here that the intelligence of the British was very accurate, and when the 32nd Armored Division entered Alaska, the Allied spies hidden in the city told the Allied intelligence department about the equipment of the 32nd Armored Division, which was of course extremely accurate.
It is true that the 32nd Panzer Division of the German Army did no anti-tank guns of any type that could do any damage to the M26 Pershing heavy tank, and it was the 88 and 120 mm anti-aircraft guns used by the Germans to fight aircraft that destroyed the M26 Pershing heavy tank. It sounds very funny that a heavy tank can be destroyed with an anti-aircraft gun that fights an airplane, but it is true, it seems that the life is really hard to blame the government!
The 88 and 120-mm anti-aircraft guns were designed by the world-famous artillery manufacturer Krupp at the end of the thirties-twenties. At that time, as a defeated country in the First World War, Germany was still severely restricted in its armament development, so the gun was designed and tested at the Krupp subsidiary in Switzerland.
Krupp designers foresaw that bombers, the main targets of anti-aircraft artillery, would tend to fly higher and faster, so they chose 88 and 120 mm, which were rare large calibers at the time, and gave the projectile a high muzzle velocity, which laid the foundation for its future use as an effective anti-tank weapon.
The 88 and 120 mm shells are large enough, the weight must not be small, the initial velocity of the projectile is high, the mass is multiplied by the high speed, and its physical momentum and impulse are absolutely extraordinary, no wonder the armor-piercing force is so good. The moment the 88 and 120 mm anti-aircraft guns opened fire, the Arras counterattack, which the British had high hopes for, was already doomed to a gloomy end, and Nazi Germany was not exhausted. (To be continued......)