81_81266 crashed through the grass, and a Tiger tank appeared in front of the Americans in this way. This behemoth is clearly more powerful than the Leopard, because the wreckage of the newest American M4 Sherman tank is still burning next to the grass over which the Tiger tank has crossed.

If the Leopard tank brought unparalleled pressure to the American tank crews, then the appearance of the Tiger tank brought the American soldiers despair. The tank seemed to be solid, and no matter how close it tried, it couldn't penetrate its heavy armor.

As Patton expected, the main German armored forces appeared on the flanks of the United States, and these tank units pierced into the most important defensive positions of the United States like sharp cones, and in one fell swoop scattered almost 50 new M4 Sherman tanks that Patton had placed there.

A battalion of Tiger tanks was invincible, rushing left and right on Patton's position, and no one could stop them, and the shells fired by the anti-tank guns equipped by the British * team hit the armor of the Tiger tanks, leaving only a shallow pit. I heard that the American GIs used all their might to bring a Tiger tank to a stop by blowing up the tank's tracks with explosives.

Soon the German tanks rushed up a mound and destroyed a defensive position set up by American infantry, and the machine guns rained down on the American soldiers from the trenches, and then the grenadiers behind the German tanks crossed the tanks and began to attack, beating the American soldiers who were forced to retreat.

Behind this American defensive position, there was an artillery position, in which a full 12 155 mm howitzers were deployed, and the artillerymen on the side of these cannons stupidly watched their infantry run past them, and shouted "The Germans are coming!"

By the time the artillerymen remembered to run away, they had already found that the cars towing the cannons had already driven away, and the trucks could not take care of the other comrades, and there was no time for them to put the cannons away and hang them on. German tanks soon entered the artillery position, and the grenadiers began to study American large-caliber shells. They carved up the spoils of war belonging to the American GIs, shared American chocolates and canned food, praised the craftsmanship of American canners, and scolded the unscrupulous enterprises in Germany.

At this time, Barton did not have time to deal with the chaos behind, he was concentrating the strength in his hands and launching the most fierce attack on Rommel on the opposite side. Patton knew that even if he began to retreat or organize a counterattack against the German roundabouts, there was no good way to take those elite German Tiger tanks and Leopard tanks, and if he stopped the offensive and counterattacked the roundabout German troops, Rommel would definitely be bold enough to press him from the front and prevent him from retreating calmly.

Patton knew that retreat was the last option he should have at this time, and his armor forces made it impossible for him to effectively counterattack the German tank forces. So he changed his mind and began to take on the other German units on the opposite side. Most of these German tank forces were No. 3 tanks, with only a small number of Leopard tanks as a supplement, and there was not much difference between the existing tank strength of the United States, so Patton decided to make an exchange.

Didn't you use the method of flanking attack to sneak up on my rear? I will use a frontal assault to sabotage your deployment, and even if you completely annihilate my rear troops, I will almost eat up your front-line defense troops, and everyone can turn around and continue to play! This is what Patton has in mind, and it is also the best choice he can make now.

"This Patton, who was unknown before, didn't expect to be able to fight like this!" Rommel watched with a constipated expression as his positions were destroyed by the United States one after another. The battle had gone on into the evening, and after a day of fighting, the pace of the battle, which should have slowed down, turned out to be more intense than in the morning.

If the opponent is Montgomery, he has almost cleaned up the mess and run away at this time, and he can naturally chase all the way to Tobruk, and then this relay fortress will almost be in his Rommel's pocket. But he never thought that he would force this little-known Barton into a situation where he would definitely lose, and the other party would turn around and decide to drag him to hell together.

He Rommel had 700 tanks in his hands, and almost 500 of them could be used along the way, and after a day of fierce fighting, including breakdowns and losses, he now had less than 400 tanks of all types capable of fighting -- almost half of them were in Patton's rear to pack up the American logistics forces, and at this moment there were less than 150 tanks on his frontal line that could be used for defense or counterattack.

The No. 3 tank and the Leopard tank were destroyed in just one day, and the total number of tanks was almost 70, and the loss of 150 vehicles on the American side was even greater. However, Patton now has more than 200 tanks that can be put into battle, and they are all consumed by Rommel on the front line, so Rommel still has to lose almost 100 tanks if he wants to completely annihilate Patton. When the time comes, he will not talk about attacking Tobruk, and it will be almost as good as escaping back to Tunis with his tail between his legs.

The good news was that with their troops about to disrupt Patton's rear, the Americans' most intolerable artillery superiority was about to be taken out. The bad news was not without that, once it was nightfall, the Germans were able to rely on some air support and could not continue.

"Are you going to fight my guards to the death? It depends on whether you want to bury your last bit of capital here!" Rommel finally made up his mind and began to issue his own combat orders: "Order the front-line troops to release smoke and alternately cover the retreat! The armored troops are concentrated and ready to follow my orders to counterattack at any time!"

Didn't the Americans just want to just fight hard? I just won't give you a chance to fight hard! I ordered a retreat, and gave you all these worthless positions, see if you dare to ask for them! Rommel stared at the map and thought to himself: As soon as my troops retreat, Patton can only choose whether to pursue or not, but whether they pursue or not, the fact that Patton's rearguard troops have been eaten will not change.

Smoke began to be released from the German frontal positions, and all the positions that were gradually unable to support under the onslaught of the American troops were abandoned, and the American troops were like a giant who had been accumulating strength for a long time and threw a punch but did not hit the target, and the situation immediately became awkward. If you pursue Rommel head-on, who retreats, then you will be completely trapped in the desert and annihilated, if you don't pursue ...... It seems that the United States has already lost a lot.

"Finally scared Rommel away. Patton looked at the retreating Germans who were retreating with the sand and dust released by the last touch of the evening sunset, and exhaled a turbid breath: "Since he can't afford to lose, I'm broken, lead the troops back to Tobruk." ”

Patton was brave in battle, not mad, and he naturally knew that his onslaught had made Rommel discourage his plan to eat him with desperate losses, but the losses of his troops were real, and this was indeed his mistake. However, these losses were not caused by Patton's miscommand, but rather by the inferior strength of the armored forces to the German army.

At nightfall, the two teams finally disengaged, and the desert returned to a state of tranquility once again. The 8th Army was defeated, and Patton retreated to the direction of Tobruk with the remaining armored troops and infantry.

Rommel, on the other hand, began to gather his troops in the desert and assess the losses of this battle. His troops suffered heavy losses, losing almost 2,000 soldiers who could fight well in a day's fighting, and the armor at his disposal was severely reduced - only about 300 could still be used.

The light tank division, which suffered the greatest losses, lost almost seventy percent of its armored strength, the No. 3 tank that was thrown into North Africa because of its backwardness was almost completely lost, and most of the tank destroyers converted from No. 2 were destroyed by American tanks.

Compared to Rommel, Patton's losses were more severe. 55 large-caliber 155-mm howitzers of the 8th Army were lost by the United States to 40. Of the nearly 600 tanks that participated in the battle in the entire 8th Army, 400 were destroyed by the Germans. Of course, in addition to the loss of equipment, the British and American troops were killed and captured by almost a full 4,000 people, and the meaning behind this figure is: the 8th Army was completely paralyzed.

The massive counterattack prepared by the British failed, and the 9th Army, led by Montgomery, retreated to Tobruk, and the fighting in North Africa began to ease as the stockpiles of supplies on both sides gradually bottomed out. The Germans pursued the British with victory, fought several small victories, and advanced the line to the vicinity of Tobruk in one go, and Rommel's name once again appeared in German newspapers and newspapers.

On the other hand, Britain was forced to redeploy its forces in India to North Africa to compensate for the losses caused by the German attack. This further deepened the emptiness of the British garrison in India. This information was discovered by the Japanese military, which had always coveted Southeast Asia, and was sent back to the Tokyo base camp as a golden opportunity.

On April 30, after careful preparations, the Japanese army gathered the strength of 2 armies and 7 divisions, and entered Burma from Vietnam under the banner of liberating Southeast Asia, and the Anglo-Japanese Battle of Burma officially broke out. The British defenders abandoned most of Burma, relinquished China's vital supply line on the Burma Highway and retreated back to India. The war of resistance in Asia, especially in China, took a sharp turn for the worse, and the Chinese defenders defending the Wuhan area began to be ordered to transfer important military equipment, and the three newly formed American armament divisions were forced to move south to defend against the Japanese forces that had just taken control of northern Burma.

The United States has been forced to shift its focus from North Africa to the more critical Philippines