Chapter 292: Fighting for the Country
The establishment of a separate air force in the Panzer Army is also a German initiative, and from the point of view of the actual combat effect, it is indeed very useful, and the armored forces do not need to send a telegram to the Air Force Command at all, and then the Air Force Command decides whether to send air force reinforcements according to the situation.
Rommel set up the Air Force in the Panzer Army, and the Air Force could support its tank units at any time.
Neville's Type 4 tank assault group, roaring and roaring, crushed the British positions, and the British troops who did not die also began a desperate counterattack, all kinds of weapons fired fiercely at the galloping behemoth.
"Dada...... Da Da ...... Bumper ...... The sound of gunfire ...... resounded throughout the battlefield.
The British army's machine guns, mortars, and a small number of remnants of 37 anti-tank guns could only leave a trace on the defeat of the Type 4 tank, and could not penetrate the more than 80 mm of armor on the front of the Type 4.
The British also had a small number of 50mm anti-tank guns, and if the British fired at Tank No. 4 within 500 meters, the 50-mm anti-tank guns could still penetrate Tank No. 4.
When the British destroyed a No. 4 tank, they were rewarded with dozens of tank guns, and they were directly reimbursed for the personnel of each artillery company.
The German No. 4 G tank suddenly appeared beyond the defense of this era, and it can also be said to be a new deterrent weapon against other countries, and now the world is equipped with 37 and 50 mm anti-tank guns, and the penetration of 50 mm anti-tank guns is about 80 mm.
Of course, after the African campaign, Germany's weapons and equipment will be the protagonists of the spy peeps of various countries, and at the same time, it will also be the object of research and imitation by other countries, the power of anti-tank guns will be further improved, and the armor advantage of the German No. 4G tank will soon disappear.
Therefore, Rommel developed the Leopard tank more than a year in advance, even if the United States and the Soviet Union wanted to create a tank with the same performance as the Leopard, it would take at least two years, which two years will be the stage of absolute superiority of German tanks, and another two years can only be a relative advantage, and I am afraid that it will be evenly matched in the future, so Germany must not engage in a protracted war and war of attrition with the United States and the Soviet Union.
How to make good use of these two or three years is an important task for Rommel, the new head of state, who is about to take office.
Germany basically has no allies that can really help, which dooms Germany to the road of challenging the entire world order.
You must know that in this era, it is very difficult to continue to upgrade the Leopard tank designed by Rommel, the tank gun and engine are already the most advanced, and what can be upgraded is the armor and electronic system, and composite armor Germany is also researching.
The steel-cast armor of the German Leopard tank is already the most advanced, at least now Germany will not be equipped with any composite armor tanks. The other is the upgrade of the electronic system, and Rommel has no way to do it, after all, there is only this level in this era, and it can only be used for anything.
From the above analysis, it can be seen that when the United States researched a tank of equal power, it was impossible for Germany to use the method of upgrading the Leopard tank to achieve a comprehensive and overwhelming tank superiority, which required Germany to have a correct strategic and tactical arrangement within three years, and not to make a slight strategic mistake, otherwise everyone would go to the Nuremberg gallows.
"Fight, brother fight!! Da Da ...... Boom"
An unknown British officer, wielding a machine gun, fired fiercely at the Mercedes-Benz Type 4, and the sound of "crackling" fried beans greeted his heroic act with a 50mm anti-tank gun, which directly tore the British officer to pieces, and then with the violent explosion, he was taken into the air and sprinkled down one after another.
The Type 4 tank rushed into position, followed by the infantry also jumped into the British trenches, and the British who were not yet dead tried to resist, and they were greeted by a storm of bullets.
Do not doubt the rate of fire and power of the P40 submachine gun, the rifles in the hands of the British troops remaining in the trenches are no match for the P40 submachine gun.
In the face of such a cumbersome step, when facing the P40 submachine gun, it can only be beaten into a hornet's nest.
Of course, the British army who desperately resisted still caused casualties to Germany, that is, grenades, narrow trenches, and finally some British soldiers threw grenades from their waists.
A grenade will also have to reimburse at least two or three German soldiers, and the British can still have the first one, the ground two, and there is absolutely no chance to still three low, and the swarming Germans are definitely a flurry of guns, beating the British soldier into a sieve.
"Dada...... Da Da ...... Sudden ...... Sudden ...... Boom ......"
The battle for the trenches is always much more brutal than the duel with the tanks outside, and if the British are lucky, they can always kill one or two Germans, and if they are really lucky, they don't have to blame anyone.
In the face of the desperate resistance of the remnants of the British army, Germany finally successfully occupied the first trench after paying a certain price, and without rest, the Germans in the trenches immediately took their weapons and ran to the armored car on the side, and then bandaged the wound or replenished ammunition on the car.
The armored vehicles, after loading the German soldiers, did not stop, and quickly chased the tanks in front, and their task was to continue to assault the second line of defense of the British army.
At this time, the British army was already at the end of the crossbow, lost the artillery, lost the air supremacy, and faced the super steel torrent of Germany and Germany, it was already meat on the chopping block, when Neville was attacking the second line of defense of the British army, the troops on the third line of defense of the British army began to shrink and withdraw rapidly, and these British troops could only retreat along the trenches, and if they took the plain, the planes in the air did not agree.
Although the British army was far from Germany in terms of equipment, weapons and training, they were all fighting for their country, and the goal of fighting for whom was very clear, so in the face of Germany, which had absolute superiority, the British army still resisted fearlessly and never surrendered until they were seriously wounded.
Although the British did not pose much threat to the German tank forces, at most they used a few grenades tied together and blew up the tracks of two or three Type 4 tanks, but what was the use of this?
The German infantry is protecting these tanks, that is, there are British soldiers who want to climb on the tanks, lift the lid on the top of the tank, and throw grenades into it, so the British army can climb up! The infantry who followed him turned him into a hornet's nest, saying that the top cover of the Type 4 tank could be locked from the inside, and it was impossible to open it from the outside.
"Dada...... Boom...... Sudden ...... Puff puff puff ......"
"Dada...... Boom...... Sudden ...... Puff puff puff ......"
"Kill! …… For the Motherland...... Fight with the invaders! ……”
The sound of guns and cannons and shouts of killing were intertwined throughout the battlefield, and the bravery of the British troops could not save them from defeat, and the spirit and body that were not afraid of sacrifice could not stop the torrent of German steel. (To be continued.) )