Chapter 55: A Gloomy End

Churchill firmly believed that victory must belong to the glorious British Empire, annihilating the 7th Panzer Division, opening a gap in the German front, carrying out a resolute counter-assault like the Nazis, counter-encircling the Nazi armored clusters, attacking the German mainland to liberate the toiling masses oppressed by the Nazis, and putting that Adolf? Hitler caught London and paraded the streets to show everyone what would happen to the confrontation with the empire on which the sun never set, and the holy British Empire would once again play the role of savior.

Everything seemed so rosy, and 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 that they chose the wrong opponent, it's hard to say anything, who made Rommel not very famous at this time, and in the days to come, the name Rommel will become a nightmare for the British Empire, this is a fateful battle.

Rommel had not suffered such a big loss since the beginning of the war, and for a proud man, it was simply unbearable. The invincible 7th Panzer Division is going to end up dishonorably like this? He naturally knew that due to the impact of his lone army, it was already difficult to ride a tiger at this time, and he had to repel the British who counterattacked.

Why did Rommel modify the 88-mm anti-aircraft gun and equip it with so many anti-aircraft guns, because he knew from the history of later generations that this weapon is a multi-purpose artillery that can hit tanks, planes, and pillboxes, and the power of the 88 gun is also large enough, which is why Rommel dared to rush faster than in history. Now that the British have the confidence to fight back, let's see who has more confidence and who will have the last laugh.

When Rommel was defeated by the 6th Infantry Regiment, Rommel was also mobilizing forces to support the 6th Infantry Regiment. While ordering his heavy artillery group to be deployed immediately, he fired at the enemy's artillery positions he marked, and the enemy's artillery that he had eliminated was the key to victory in this battle for Rommel's 7th Panzer Division, because Rommel was going to hit the enemy's tanks with self-propelled 88mm anti-aircraft guns! If the enemy had artillery, his 88 gun would be a target for the enemy's artillery as soon as it went up.

The garbage tank in Rommel's hands could not destroy the Matilda tank, and now it would be sent to death, so Rommel personally took twenty-four self-propelled 88-mm anti-tank guns to reinforce the 6th Infantry Regiment on the front line.

When Rommel went up to reinforce them, the 6th Infantry Regiment had been repulsed four kilometers away, and their heavy weapons were almost lost, even if the 6th Infantry Regiment wanted to retreat, the infantry was completely chased by British tanks, and if it weren't for the slow speed of the British Matilda, they would not even have a chance to escape. (Matilda is 12 kilometers per hour, and no one runs fast.) )

Rommel's arrival temporarily stabilized the morale of the 6th Infantry Regiment, and the 6th Infantry Regiment, under Rommel's orders, hurriedly arranged a rudimentary defensive line, and Rommel only asked them to block the British infantry, so as to protect the 88mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns he brought.

When the British army chased 500 meters in front of Rommel, the 88 guns began to roar, and the sound of "boom" was endless, and one by one Matilda heavy infantry support tanks were beaten into bonfires. Some tanks were even violently killed, and the British infantry he followed were sent to the arms of God.

Rommel had reason to rejoice, the moment the first Matilda tank was destroyed, he knew that victory would always belong to the 7th Panzer Division. And there is a windfall, as an expert in tank warfare, this battle has confirmed that the 88 anti-aircraft gun is an anti-Tank.

Thank God, thanks to Churchill, thanks to Matilda, I, Rommel, will henceforth have the longest anti-Tan arm, and in return, I will treat the British tanks well. In the future North African battlefield, the Desert Fox exerted the power of the 88mm anti-aircraft gun to the extreme, and the entire British Empire will tremble under his feet, and this is a story for later.

For Franklin, it was tragedy and depression, just now it was the pride of an indestructible empire, but in the blink of an eye, it was smashed like someone chopping melons and vegetables. The British did not understand how the Germans had suddenly developed such a powerful anti-tank gun, and those intelligence officers of the Reich should all be hanged? Ay! Strange things happen every year, especially today, and the world has changed beyond the comprehension of the British.

Here it is necessary to reiterate that the British intelligence was very accurate, but the German anti-tank guns did no damage to Matilda, and it was the 88 mm anti-aircraft guns used by the Germans to fight aircraft that destroyed Matilda's 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 size of the 88-mm shell is large enough, the weight is not small, the initial velocity of the projectile is high, the mass is multiplied by the high velocity, its physical momentum and impulse are absolutely extraordinary, no wonder the armor-piercing force is so good.

The moment the 88-mm anti-aircraft guns fired, the Arras counterattack, which the British had high hopes for, was already doomed to a gloomy end, and Nazi Germany was not exhausted.

Arras, Matilda's debut, the swan song of infantry support for heavy tanks, was driven off the stage by 88mm anti-aircraft guns before he could fully demonstrate his formidable power, and the change of fate was too fast.

The British retreated, and there was no point in continuing the battle, and without the protection of tanks, relying on the infantry group to charge, it would be equivalent to everyone lining up to commit suicide, and since the invention of the heavy machine gun, no idiot commander would ask a soldier to do this.

The first 100 meters of the position will be the death line that can never be crossed, and the heavy machine gun will be the scythe of death that harvests the soul, which means nothing to itself.

The reason why it is said to be about equal to that is because 10 years later, a glorious army on the Korean battlefield subverted this law, and the British did not have the courage to do it, and God's preference for infantry was also conditional.

In the Battle of Arras, the British army won first and then lost, and all the follow-up plans looked a little ridiculous, and the morale of the army not only did not improve, but proved the invincibility of the German army, and it seemed that even God favored the Germans.

Then the Allies did nothing in the Western European battlefield, except for surrender or collapse, it is hard to believe that this army beat the Germans all over the ground more than 20 years ago.

Rommel's experience was quickly promoted in the army, the 88 mm anti-aircraft gun was greatly strengthened, and in the future Soviet-German war, the Soviet heavy tank was only able to deal with the 88 mm anti-aircraft gun, and it was also installed on a variety of combat vehicles as the main gun, the famous Tiger tank is one of them, worthy of the title of tank killer, and tens of thousands of Allied tanks will become its meal. -- I love 88 cannons, and if I don't accept it, I will 208912025 it.

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