On the battlefield where the fighters are changing rapidly, Major Hank does not have any opportunity and time to inspect the opponent, even if there are more than twice as many British and French tanks in front of him at this moment, the only thing he can do is to follow the experience of the Second Armored Division in confrontation exercises and actual combat, and do not hesitate to directly seize any terrain that can provide him with an advantage.

The 8 CK tanks completely ignored the strange Anglo-French tank units that were swarming on the opposite side, and just pounced at full speed on the small slope on the right flank, and the opponent was obviously unsuspecting about this, seeing the rapid advance of the German tanks, it was obvious that they were not aware of the opponent's intentions at all, and the numerical superiority on the local battlefield also made the British and French forces more eager to seize the opportunity to annihilate the armored forces of the Germans galloping on the French battlefield.

Just when the British and French forces were preparing to encircle and annihilate the opponent, they were surprised to find that the German tank was smaller than their own, but the speed was obviously much faster, and the design of the tank they drove seemed to have some problems, in line with the principle of "more is better", and the early development of this type of tank was funded by the Royal Navy, so the problem appeared!

As the first British MKA tank to enter the battlefield, in fact, it was almost a premature baby to deal with the war, and the amazing results of the German tank division's sweep of Paris not only surprised the British, but also surprised the Germans with the leading art of war, but the British soon realized that these steel monsters that swept across the European theater must be counterattacked with the same armament.

Based on the strength of Britain's powerful heavy industry, as well as the research on the wreckage of a CK series tank picked up in the Battle of Le Mans, combined with the original British design ideas. Due to the fact that the already made chassis was based on a tractor chassis, as well as the idea of a side gun from the cruiser. So. The MKA tank was equipped with a 50mm, 28x-diameter gun on each flank, forming the concept of being able to engage both flanks simultaneously - which was very suitable for the original design of the Land Cruiser.

Three months after the start of the Battle of Paris, the MKA tank had been transferred from the drawings to the army for trial, and the British armored division, which had entered the battlefield with the MKA British tank, had arrived at the front 20 days earlier.

However, the reason why the British armored division did not appear on the frontal battlefield was also because this batch of MKA series tanks was launched in too haste, although the quality was not bad. But it could not withstand the toss of transporting from England to Bordeaux, and then maneuvering to the front line for a long time, and before arriving, a third of the tanks were directly lying on their stomachs, waiting for urgent repairs, which made the French front command also very annoyed, so it was Ferdinand? Admiral Foch sent to flank Georges? Major General Nivelle defended.

George? After receiving the aid of the British Panzer Division, Neville happened to make a detour to the flank of Ludendorff's corps, and he immediately laid a tight line of defense for the Germans on this side, hoping to use the strength of the British tank division. Put a trap on the Germans...... Still, it is clear that the plan is still far behind the changes.

The speed and efficiency of Ludendorff's regiment were much faster than the French expected. And after the opponent crashed headlong into the defense area of the British armored division, this directly opened the prelude to this tank Armageddon......

When Major Hank unexpectedly did not attack the opponent directly, but went straight to the dirt slope, the British gentlemen intuitively believed that the superior body of their tanks and the number of artillery had given the opponent only one choice, so they did not rush to the enemy with the flank, outflanking the opponent at a 30-degree angle of inclination, instead of attacking the opponent directly, in their opinion, this can give full play to the advantage of their own artillery mounted on the side.

However, the shooting of MKA tank artillery is really not superior in performance, with a rate of fire of 5 rounds per minute, nearly 20 British tanks fiercely fired at German tanks in the distance, and in these ten minutes, the actual firing speed of the British was far lower than the design speed, constantly moving up and down in the mud, and the sights of the guns were facing the sky for a while, and the sights of the guns were facing the ground for a while......

As the shooting of the Land Cruiser, the British could not move the high and low planes and steering machines on the battleship into the narrow tank body, in fact, the artillery could be pitched, but it was completely up to the two gunners to feel, but the constant shaking of the tank caused a bad situation that was almost impossible to aim, even if a few shells were barely fired, except for the earlier one that was considered a big hit and almost hit, the subsequent shelling was completely a salute!

As a result, when the Germans ran up the small slope in a puff of smoke, the British Land Cruiser formation that followed suddenly found itself in a deadly trap - after 8 German tanks climbed up the small slope that was not very high with black smoke, they immediately turned around and turned to attack, hiding the chassis of the tank directly under the cover of the slope, and directly stopped the tank, revealing only the turret of the four squares above!

At first, the British tanks obviously did not notice this fatal situation, and still unhurriedly moved slowly in formation, relying on more than twice the number of guns they had, ready to slowly consume the opponent, but ...... The tide turned in a matter of minutes.

"Major, 1500 meters at once!"

Hearing the gunner's nervous report, Major Hank showed the most relaxed smile since the battle, revealing a serious tactical flaw to the watch, allowing him to see the Iron Cross that was about to be in his hands, he leaned on the observation port and looked at it, as if the other party was trying to ensure that the gun on the side was firing, and at the same time, due to the poor road surface, the British tank was really slow!

1500 m ...... 1400 m ...... 1300 m ...... The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and Major Hank can even clearly see through the telescope that the short-barreled gun on the side chord of the other side is struggling to lift up, trying to attack himself on the slope that is not high, and the opponent's constant design is either directly hitting the slope or flying for a long time, and he can't hit himself at all, only exposing the barrel and the iron bump on the top.

"Prepare ......" Major Hank, after waiting patiently, finally punched the punch, "Shoot!" ”

Boom Boom Boom ...... Boom Boom Boom ...... Boom Boom Boom ......

The black smoke suddenly erupted from the top of the slope, which immediately opened the climax of this tank battle, and a large cloud of smoke immediately enveloped the entire small slope, and the next moment, a gust of wind blew, and the hideous barrels of the 8 CK tanks had once again sprayed the flower of steel of death.

The first round of 8 60mm armor-piercing shells fired in a stationary state, although the target British tank was still moving at a speed of seven or eight kilometers, this distance was also a situation of training and hitting a moving target, and the gunnery of the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Armored Division has always been the best in the entire division, which is quite compatible with the first result of 8 shells and 4 hits.

4 regiments of black smoke rose from the body of the British tanks lined up in a neat queue, and a tank led by the other party was unlucky enough to be hit by 2 shells, and although the MKA series is known as a land cruiser, the armor is also a thin-skinned destroyer, and the 20mm steel plate can not guarantee the safety after being hit by a direct shell, and I don't know what it ignited, two violent sparks ignited from the bottom of the tank, and almost in a dozen seconds, the all-steel tank was burned into a small torch.

The other two British tanks were shot, one was lucky enough for a ricochet, the shell smashed into the armor plate in front of the tank, and flew out diagonally, leaving a deep charred black on the steel plate, and the other one, apparently very unlucky, the shell hit the front position of the side of the tank, although it did not completely penetrate the armor, but the explosion completely scattered the entire iron track on the right side, and the tank immediately lay on the spot.

Without waiting for the British to react further, Major Hank's 8 tanks had already fired a second round of shelling, and the distance between the two sides had quickly narrowed to 1,200 meters.

The second round of German shelling that followed again paralyzed 2 British tanks, one of which was even directly hit by an armor-piercing shell and detonated the explosives inside, and after the violent explosion, the entire tank immediately burned into a large fireball.

In just two minutes, Colonel Hank's tank regiment played a perfect defensive counterattack on the slope, the swarming British tanks did not expect such a one-sided shelling, the Germans played an amazing maneuver hit rate, on the other hand, the British tanks, when several tanks were hit in succession, had quickly fallen into a state of collapse.

However, the MKA series of tanks were clearly not designed for superior escape performance, and the British tank, which tried to turn around in front of Major Hank, immediately became the preferred target of the German 60mm gun again, and the slow U-turn efficiency of the British tank was completely comparable to a stationary target......

The two sides launched a thrilling mutual artillery bombardment at a distance of 1,000 meters, but the result was a one-sided crushing battle, the German tank finally took only 15 minutes to defeat the British armored unit with 21 tanks, and the only battle loss of Major Hank's 2nd Tank Regiment was an ambush by a British tank that was blown up by a track on the battlefield when it was chasing and fleeing British tanks, and at a close distance of less than 100 meters, an British 60mm armor-piercing projectile shattered the engine behind the CK series tank. Causes the flameout to lose power.

The melee between the two sides finally ended with the counterattack of the German 2nd Tank Regiment, and when the main force of the German 2nd Panzer Division under Major General Ulrich arrived on the battlefield, it was just in time to meet the British armored forces that were hurrying over and trying to reinforce them. (To be continued......)