81_81266 Several attacks caused the British defenders to lose a large number of mobile troops, and the armored unit that Montgomery had painstakingly managed and accumulated became the target of the German tank crews to refresh their own achievements in several counterattacks.

The German Leopards and Tigers had too many advantages against the American-made M3 tanks, and these advantages were so great that even in the case of disadvantages, they were enough to complete the reversal. Moreover, judging from the actual combat level of the armored forces of the two countries, the German armored forces are definitely superior to the British army.

In another time and space, some ace units of the German armored forces often fought against the sky, and even had an armored battalion defeat a terrible number of opposing armored corps in two years. As a result, the myth of "Mitchell Wittman" was created, and excellent tank commanders such as Wittman and Karjus were born dazzlingly.

Many people do not believe these achievements, believing that they are a god-making campaign of the German armored forces, a deliberate boast by the Nazis. In fact, Germany's statistics are still relatively rigorous in a certain way, and most of those ace tankers are genuine "ruthless characters".

The reason why these staggering number of perverted aces with abnormal records were born was actually directly related to the German army's troop establishment and combat style. If we want to understand it, we have to start with industrial production in Germany.

As we all know, Germany's industrial production capacity was known for its inefficiency and chaos in World War II, and Germany's tanks were also criticized by many people for their weight and many failures, so Germany's armored forces have been the sweethearts of the German army since its birth. So how big is this fragrant dumpling?

When the German army launched a full-scale war against France, the whole country had 3,466 tanks and participated in the war, and more than 3,400 tanks were used when the Barbarossa plan was implemented against the Soviet Union, and the total number of German armored forces in 1941 was 22 divisions, and the number of armored divisions it had when it was defeated in 1945 was 30 divisions.

There are only 30 divisions in total, and if you count the mixed water and the dissatisfied, it is estimated that the German army had only 20 divisions of armored troops at its peak, and there were only 15 full battles that could fight on the front line at the same time -- this number is a bit small compared with the German ** team with a total strength of more than 5 million troops at its peak?

Therefore, the armored units of the German ** team were used as fists in a concentrated manner, playing an overwhelming assault and in-depth penetration in the key offensive directions, and this tactic was later known as the "blitzkrieg".

This style of play was indeed extremely fierce in the early stage of the war, destroying the trench warfare system left over from the First World War in one fell swoop, but this method of concentrating tanks was in fact an "expedient measure" at the expense of the combat capability of other infantry units.

The fact that the German infantry, which was large in scale but backward in combat effectiveness in offensive operations, was initially covered by the aura of the armored forces, and later retreated under the counterattack of the Soviet armored forces due to the lack of support from the armored forces. In the defense, the German infantry had to find a way to build a defensive system on their own, and those expensive tanks were pinched in the hands of the commanders of armies or armies or even army groups as the last straw.

So what was the use of these expensive tank units in the German defense system? The answer was that they were used as field fire brigades, they were placed on the second line of defense in depth, and they were headed wherever there was danger, and they were responsible for driving back the enemy armored units that had broken through the first line of positions. Under the guidance of this tactical thinking, one after another the names of the German armored units that we all know are remembered: the 502nd Battalion, the SS instructor......

As a result, these German tank units, which had achieved amazing results, actually had the right time and place and these operational advantages in a great way, so they were able to fight enviably on the battlefield.

Specifically, the enemies they face often have the following problems:

First, these enemy units were all units that had just broken through the German infantry line and had been fighting continuously for a long time, such as the British troops that Wittmann collided with in the village of Pokaki, and the surprise attack on the Soviet troops by Karjuus in the village of Marinanava, all of which took place in such situations.

Second, these units were basically out of ammunition and short of fuel after a series of fierce battles with the German infantry, and they were behind the German lines. In addition to the fact that most of the tank commanders and fighters of Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union had a gap between their fighting experience and the tank units that Germany had honed for two or three years, it is not surprising that the German tank units achieved amazing results.

Third, although the battle process of the German armored forces is varied, and several famous battles have been completed under local offensive operations, such as the battle of Wittmann's Pokaki village, but in general, the German armored forces are playing defensive support operations in the later stage, so it is not surprising that after carefully selecting and constructing defensive positions and even trap pockets, German tanks can fight more with less and give birth to a large number of tank aces.

Having said all this, in fact, I just want everyone not to wonder why the 501 Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion, which was also used as a field firefighting team by the commander of Army Group A, and Mitchell Wittman, who was also facing the British counterattack force everywhere in Britain, was able to draw on his artillery barrel to represent the terrible record of 101 tanks.

This Tiger tank, painted as 007, became the first person in the German armored forces, the first "king of tanks" in the whole army to destroy more than 100 tanks of the opponent, and became the steel death that the enemy called the "British Tiger" sourly.

It's not that Wittmann is super lucky, because the reason why Wren was able to destroy 22 French tanks in one battle in the Battle of the Mouth is actually another kind of "luck". Which of those aces who can destroy a dozen or even dozens of enemy tanks does not have their own **** luck?

In fact, Wittmann was able to destroy so many British tanks, which was directly related to the counterattack of the British armored forces at any cost after Montgomery stepped down.

Now, the "British Tiger" is behind a pile of bushes, quietly pointing its powerful 88mm cannon at the end of a road. Wittman leaned against the captain's hatch and peered into the distance with his binoculars.

"Alas...... It's time to come to an end. The gunner held an unlit cigarette in his mouth and sighed boredly, as if he was quite nostalgic for the good old days when the other party desperately rushed up to give away people's heads.

It was this sighing man, in a battle on the plains two days ago, who hit 10 guns at a distance of 1,300 meters with an astonishing accuracy of 6 hits, and destroyed 13 tank units of the opposing side in World War I, so that the last bit of British armored troops withdrew from the battlefield with their tails between their legs, and also sent this No. 007 Tiger to the altar with more than 100 records.

"It's you, the attack has been frustrated for several days, and you are still coming?" Not far behind Wittmann, the British town of Cambridge, which had just been occupied by Germany, Rundstedt had a hunch that the British would counterattack at any cost to recapture this strategic location, so he let the 501st Battalion ambush near the front line in advance, waiting for the British to throw themselves into the net.

However, the two-hour wait did not wait for the British to counterattack, and it seems that the losses of the previous few days had drained the blood of the British armored forces.

Wittmann had been promoted to lieutenant in the German Panzer Forces, and the Knight's Iron Cross on his collar was also adorned with a beautiful leaf-like medal, which was one of the few medals in the entire German army and was hung around his neck by Rundstedt himself, which made Wittmann very proud, and he was now the first German tank commander in every way.

"Be content! we've at least had a fight to go, and Wren and Karjus really have nothing to do right now. They can only drink coffee and read the newspaper in Poland, take newcomers to mess around, and then look at our results and cry and laugh. Wittman said triumphantly.

"Caryus will definitely regret not coming to England. The artillery commander smiled: "But that Rennes, I guess looking at your record is also smiling." ”

"Don't say it, you really just laugh. Wittman said helplessly: "That little ghost is young, older than me. What an interesting and pathetic child...... It's a bit inappropriate to say he's a child, and I think it's terrible for this guy to be angry. ”

This road was a necessary way for the British to counterattack, and on both sides of the road, the Germans had already ambushed more than a dozen tanks, and the battle did not happen until the end, because the expected British counterattack did not come at all, and Wittmann was ordered to leave that afternoon, and the road that should have been full of death was still quiet, as if nothing had ever happened.

And at the same moment on the same day, several British transports, which had unloaded their food and weapons in the harbor, were ordered to begin loading a unique consignment. This was originally deployed in Dover, the main force of the British army, the 3rd Infantry Division, which was mostly composed of veterans, and its combat effectiveness was firmly at the top of the list of remaining British troops. They were now ordered to board ships to Canada, paving the way for the British Crown to retreat from Canada, and to prepare the British Empire for its continued bloody war with Germany