Soon, the fatal blow came as scheduled! The fireball that suddenly rose in the bushes indicated that the opponent's main gun was firing, and when the sound had not yet come, a high-speed projectile had already hit the first wave of attacking tanks, and a ball of flames and violent explosions instantly spread out in the attack formation of the American tanks, and in less than 1 minute, the Americans who had escaped by luck suddenly found that the formation of the first wave of tanks rushing in front was directly dented by a large piece! More than a dozen tanks were reimbursed in just a few tens of seconds. The opponent killed nearly one-eighth of the armored units in a single attack!

"Damn, they destroyed us from 1500 meters away! This group of devils! An American soldier shouted loudly in the channel with a crying voice. This caused a deep fear in the hearts of all the American soldiers! The Germans attacked at a distance far beyond the norm, and it is impossible to determine whether they actually hit the target from 1,500 meters away, but almost all Americans were sure that the opponent's attack was 1,000 meters away! At this distance, the enemy's artillery destroys your own tank as easily as opening a can with a canning knife!

However, at this time, they had no way to retreat, and the tanks behind continued to charge around the destroyed friendly forces, and the final distance was only a little over 1,000 meters, and they only needed to run a few hundred more meters to bring the other party into the attack distance! A loader removed a precious tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullet from the ammunition depot and loaded it into the chamber. On average, a tank doesn't have even three tungsten armor-piercing rounds, which are quite valuable, but the commander doesn't blame the gunner and loader for their choice. Because he knew that this time he was running into hard stubble. I'm afraid I won't be able to fire more than 3 times!

THE BLOWS OF THE GERMANS WERE INCESSANT LIKE A STORM, AND THE HIGH RATE OF FIRE OF THE 88MM GUNS WAS VIVIDLY DEMONSTRATED AT THIS MOMENT. Thanks to the powerful Germanic loader and the large interior space, one of the best Tiger tanks fired 8 shells in less than a minute! Of course. After a round of fire, the Tiger had to reduce its rate of fire, and the temperature of the barrel skyrocketed due to the heavy fire from the gun! The last few hundred meters are easy, but on the last stretch of the distance the Americans are completely paved with blood! THE ROAR OF MORE THAN A DOZEN 88MM GUNS BLEW UP ONE TANK AFTER ANOTHER. "There are almost no survivors of all the destroyed tanks, the opponent's shells are extremely powerful, and the after-effect is also very good, 4 percent of the tanks were directly detonated fuel tanks or ammunition racks, and 3 percent of the turrets of the tanks were directly blown away, and the remaining tanks were also completely destroyed, and they perished with the crew inside!" One of the surviving American tankmen recalled.

"570 meters! High-speed armor-piercing projectile shooting! "Finally. An American tank numbered 571 rushed to the firing range, and the gunner locked a Tiger tank hidden in the shadows of the trees in the center of the notch of the scope from the index dial of the scope, and determined the target distance by the ruler on it and the height of the known enemy tank! "570 meters! Even if you are a solid Iron King, you can break through! The gun commander said in his heart. THE RATIO OF SHERMAN TANKS ARMED WITH M3 76MM GUNS TO TANKS ARMED WITH SHORT-BARRELED 75MM GUNS IS 1:2. This tank is to play the role of a tank killer, and in order to ensure a one-hit kill, he specially chose tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullets! This thing can destroy all the shells of tank No. 4 from 900 meters away!

"Fire!" An orange fireball flew out of the slender muzzle, and in less than a second, a cloud of flames erupted from the frontal armor plate of the Tiger tank.

"We're under attack! Karl, search for a target! Let's step back and turn the turret around! "Tiger Tank No. 121 slammed into the air. Let the commander's head hit the armor plate in front. The huge Tiger tank was furious like a disturbed tiger, and its heavy turret began to turn in the direction of the attack. Like a fierce tiger, looking for the guy who dares to defy himself!

"We can't see it!" With a thud, another shell hit the Tiger tank, this time in front of the turret. With the sound of the warhead shattering, Karl's words were drowned out by the piercing sound of shells!

"Hurry up and find it! I guarantee that the opponent is very close to us! The commander shouted as he searched the tower for the other party. Maybe the Americans hid it too well. Maybe it was the bad luck of the commander, before they searched for the target. Another shell hit! This shot must have been bounced off.

"I found him, Commander. 2 o'clock, 700 meters! Karl's words rang out again.

"No, not there! The attack just now was not from this position! The commander vetoed, but even then he decided to destroy the new target first, and the turret of the Tiger tank quickly turned to the target driven by the electric motor, and with the activation of the artillery, this tragic intruder was directly divided by the five horses! After dealing with this unlucky guy, Tiger No. 121 continues to look for the guy who dares to break ground on Tai Sui's head! "As long as any guy dares to fire another shot! I'll be able to find him! "The commander, who had already been hit three times, was very unhappy, but to his disappointment, in the end he couldn't wait for the fourth shot! When they found tank No. 571 from behind a pile of rubble, the commander saw the open hatch through the binoculars! Needless to say, the driver inside was already scared! The tank has already run away before it is destroyed! "Coward!" Carl spat out these words between his teeth, and then returned the target to a part state with a single shot.

"I see it, that guy is a dinosaur! It's horrible, it's horrible. Tank 571 Commander David Jr. shuddered and took out a strip of chocolate from his pocket, and then tore it open tremblingly, this guy from Virginia has a trait, that is, whenever he is nervous or scared, he has an amazing appetite. Whether it is facing his mother-in-law or facing enemies, no amount of horror can affect his craving for food, especially chocolate. After nibbling on a piece of full-fat chocolate, this guy is finally able to speak coherently!

"The front of the German tank was almost invulnerable, I fired 3 shots, the first hit the upper part of the head. There was no penetration, and the second shot hit the artillery shield. It also left a pit, and the third shot hit the side of the turret. But because of the angle problem, it was bounced off, and I used tungsten alloy armor-piercing shells for these 3 shells. There will be no more powerful anti-armor weapons in the entire 1st Division of the Marine Corps! We can't beat them at all! Damn the army, damn the arms dealers, damn the officers! What kind of rubble they gave us! Little David was still very serious about his business, hiding behind a broken tank, he said to the commander who escaped next to him, and the commander was very serious about recording the data he said. Don't tell anyone that when the battle is over, we'll go back. This is an important military situation. After speaking, the commander patted little Davy on the shoulder and said.

Sometimes the truth itself is a powerful weapon. After all, if the Americans knew that their tanks would not be able to penetrate the target even with the strongest tungsten alloy armor-piercing shells at a distance of 500 meters, then morale would definitely drop a lot. The impact can't be described in numbers, but that doesn't mean it's not terrifying. It was during this time that the armored counterattack of the 1st Marine Division was broken at the last moment! An armored battalion, three-digit tanks and tank destroyers, in just ten minutes, was easily killed by the opponent more than 60 vehicles! Such huge losses not only put the troops on the front line on the verge of collapse, but even the front-line commanders thought that they could no longer fight.

Looking at the flaming Sherman tanks on the battlefield and the Tiger tanks looming in the woods in the distance, the U.S. commander in charge of directing the operation could only order all the tanks to release smoke grenades. Artillery in the rear covered the withdrawal of the remaining troops. Maybe God has mercy on this group of lost American troops who have been beaten, and the wind direction at this time is suddenly suitable for the use of smoke bombs, but at this time, the remaining American armored units really dare not continue to fight, they are not without a chance to fire. It's that firing is useless at all. With the rumbling sound of artillery and a thick smoke screen, the US Army, savoring defeat, retreated to the rear.

However, the 502nd Heavy Tank Battalion did not continue the pursuit. These fierce tigers quickly retracted their claws after striking the first blow, and then, like a tiger that had just finished predating, began to look for a safe place to rest and replenish. There are two reasons why Lieutenant Colonel Becker did not continue the attack. The first point is that in the battle just now, his troops consumed a large amount of ammunition, and on average, each tank fired nearly half of the ammunition in reserve. If there is anything like the biggest problem with the Tiger tank in this plane compared to history. That is its ammunition reserve, which can hold up to 78 shells, which is a bit worse than the historical Tiger 90 shells, and the maximum 120 shells. There is no way, the cannon has become heavier, the armor has become heavier, the shells have become longer, and the amount of ammunition will naturally drop a lot. Therefore, the 502nd Heavy Tank Battalion has special ammunition supply vehicles to deliver ammunition. The tigers are fierce, but their stamina is a little lacking, and it's time for them to eat!

And another reason is that although the US troops in front of them were defeated, but from the point of view of scale and intelligence, this should be a division-level unit, and it is one thing to beat the other side violently in the case of an ambush, and it is another thing to rush up and face the opponent just once, although from the current point of view, all the Tiger tank crews have full confidence in their tanks and artillery, but this is a frontal defense, who dares to say that they must be okay if they are on the side? And hitting the tracks or load-bearing wheels can also injure or even paralyze the tank, and you have already fished a handful, so there is no need to jump directly into the mud! Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Becker decisively chose to accept it when he saw it.

But it's a pity that the Americans who were beaten with a stuffy stick were obviously unwilling to let go, especially when Major General Turner rushed to the battlefield, he saw the scene of a slaughterhouse on his side, and then compared the positions withdrawn by the Germans, and he was surprised to find that in the exchange of fire just now, the Germans did not lose a tank! The famous 1st Division of the United States Marine Corps, known as the most powerful unit of the 1st Division of the Marine Corps, finally ran up and sent more than 60 heads to the other side! And then "farewell" the opponent to leave! This huge gap and record-breaking exchange is unbearable for anyone! Major General Turner's face was purple! "Put the loss table first, tell Patton that guy, and say that the Germans sent an armored brigade into our rear! Among them were the new tanks of the Germans, they were very powerful, so let him be careful. Turner said after a moment's thought.

This is not that Turner deliberately lied about the military situation, after all, the German army that severely damaged a reinforced heavy battalion of his own in a snap of his fingers will definitely not be a small force, and what is even more terrifying is that not even a single enemy tank was destroyed, so it is not wrong to say that such an opponent is serious! After all, Turner doesn't have a one-way transparent golden finger on the battlefield. Of course, Turner would not name his troops in the telegram as shaved heads, but only that the other side was quite tough, and that his side had suffered heavy losses, and the results of the losses were being counted. And it was precisely because of this somewhat vague statement at the end that Barton had a great idea! It was precisely because of this telegram that the first large-scale offensive battle between China and Germany in World War II began!

"As I said earlier, those who spend more time on the boat than in the car are absolutely useless! Damn, the guys were sent over for me! Barton read the telegram and jumped straight from his chair. Although I am very unhappy with Turner in my heart, everyone is at least our own family. If such a big thing happened to the striker, he, as the supervisor, must also bear joint and several responsibility! And everyone is an old fritter, and in this telegram that is vague and deliberately hides the battle damage, Patton also feels the trickiness of the other side. The keen sense brought by the battle-hardened field made him clearly aware of the seriousness of the matter. Turner wrote in the telegram that he had lost dozens of various tanks. The actual battle damage can only be more, not less. And the telegram does not mention the losses of the other party, which is intriguing.

"Give me the contact with General Walker of the 1st Cavalry Division, well, to get his troops ready for battle. Also tell the Air Force to let them find this force and attack as much as they can, and we must pull out this poisonous needle before we officially march on Toulouse! In addition, two companies of Type 29 tank destroyers from my general reserve were assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. As soon as he said that, Barton regretted it a little. The Type 29 tank destroyer was in high demand in those days. It is said that the production capacity of the Type 29 tank destroyer began to be reduced as early as 2 years ago, and Huaxia seems to have come up with something new. The U.S. military-industrial system vigorously resisted the entry into service of the Type 29 tank destroyers, and under the effect of two aspects, the number of Type 29 tank destroyers equipped by the U.S. military was very small, and the tank destroyers in the reserve at hand were still obtained through various relationships, so it seemed that it was too much to throw away 2 companies? "Well, a Type 29 tank destroyer company from the general reserve." Barton added.

Thanks to the book friend zhouyu1976, baby panda for the reward~~~. Recently, the subscription has been terrible, and it hasn't even arrived, and the author lacks motivation! (To be continued......)