The New Zealand soldiers' offensive was very fierce and soon. Although landmines kept exploding around them along the way, they still rushed forward with bayonets.

This combat style is awesome, but it is also very stupid.

It is said that it is awesome because the Germans installed "S"-shaped bounce mines in front of the positions, which were called "bounce Betty" by the Allies.

As the name suggests, a bouncing mine is a landmine that can bounce into the air after being triggered... Ordinary mines explode underground, and most of their energy will be absorbed by the land and can only cause damage in a very small range.

The "S" type bounce mine uses a very creative design. It is equipped with a sleeve with an open upper end and closed lower end at the lower end at the bullet body, which is equivalent to a gun barrel.

After the local mine is triggered, the first thing that detonates is the launching medicine at the bottom of the bullet body, so the bullet will be fired out of the sleeve like a mortar shell. When it jumps to about one meter five to two meters high... So, 360 steel balls will explode around the bullet body.

Sometimes such a mine can knock infantry within dozens of meters around to the ground. What's worse is that most of these soldiers are injured and do not die... On the battlefield, an injured soldier will always be more troublesome than a dead soldier, because it not only loses its combat effectiveness but also requires several soldiers to rescue him.

This makes the "S" mine the most terrifying nightmare for the Allied forces.

The soldiers of the 2nd New Zealand Division actually charged in front of such powerful anti-infantry mines... I am afraid that the Germans did not have this courage.

It is not because of this that New Zealand soldiers are stupid. Although they are doing this, they are using their lives to step on the mines... but they sometimes have to do this on the battlefield.

Saying they are stupid is because they are not British but New Zealanders.

From the perspective of "only speaking of interests between countries", why should New Zealand soldiers help Britain fight? And they are often used as guns by Britain as cannon fodder.

Similarly, there are few Australian troops... These two colonial armies are even more brave than British infantry on the battlefield. In World War I and World War II, the whole world participated in the war everywhere but did not benefit their country.

The root cause is actually the political immaturity of these two countries. On the other hand, the psychological slavery of the "Empire that never sets" was blinded by the glory of the "world's No. 1 power". In addition, some feelings for the "mother country" were so they hugged Britain without thinking.

Under the power of the "S" mine, the New Zealand Division became much weaker when it rushed to the second line of defense, and the German firepower became stronger at this time, and the charge of the New Zealand Division was suppressed several times.

This is very normal in the eyes of Lieutenant General Austin. His opponent is the German army, and his quality and firepower are incomparable to the British army. It is normal to be slightly blocked.

At the same time, Lieutenant General Austin has also received reports that New Zealand soldiers discovered many fake tanks hidden in the bushes during the charge.

This made Lieutenant General Austin convinced that he was right and that he would win... He intended to use this victory to boost the morale of the soldiers, although there were not many German troops in front of him.

However, just as the British 15th Armored Division's tanks were running high enough to rush forward, the British army followed the New Zealand soldiers and rushed forward, three red signal flares rose slowly into the sky.

Lieutenant General Austin felt something was wrong at the first time, and these three red signal flares were attacked by the German army.

Signal flares...

Its meaning is of course the commands to attack troops distributed in different locations... In some cases, signal flares are more effective than communication equipment. If the command is issued with communication equipment, some troops may be disturbed. As soon as the signal flares are lifted, the commands will be transmitted at the same time and definitely.

This means... the Germans have other troops.

Lieutenant General Austin vaguely realized that he had jumped into the German trap, so he hurriedly ordered to the walkie-talkie: "Retreat, withdraw the entire army and withdraw Matru!"

But it was too late to retreat at this time, and it was very difficult to turn around the tank, especially since most British tanks were still on the coastal avenue. Turning around would inevitably occupy most of the highway, and they would have to move forward, reverse, and turn several moves... This is also one of the reasons why most modern tanks require turning around on the spot. This action is not for coolness, but for shortening the time for tank steering and avoiding traffic jams and chaos in war situations.

A few loud bangs came from the highway... It was explosives buried by the German army on the coastal avenue. Its location was in the back half of the British tank formation. The two tanks happened to be above the explosives position, so with a "boom", it was blown up and overturned to the side of the road.

There was an instant big pit on the road, and a tank behind it could not hold back. Or because I could not observe the situation outside in the tank, I thought it was just an ordinary shell, so I slowly drove into the pit...

Needless to say, the end of the car is too great to go down with the weight and failure rate of the "Matilda" tank, and the tank crew inside will not be able to get better, for fear that they will be bleeding and even faint.

Then, German tanks drove out of their hiding place... In order to escape the reconnaissance of British scouts, they all used the hiding method in the desert, that is, digging a hole on the ground and driving the tanks in, covering them with a layer of boards and even laying mud for disguise. Even if British scouts pass by their heads, they may not be able to find them.

At this time, as soon as they received the order, they roared out of their hideout like giant beasts emerging from their caves... Then the British tanks were right in front of them, and they immediately stopped and adjusted their muzzles to aim.

The tank gun moved slowly, and with the sound of cannons, the armor-piercing bombs were shot at the British tanks that were turning on the road with a roar.

The main force of British tanks on the highway suddenly fell apart because many of them were turning around and crossing the road. After being penetrated by armored bombs, they could not move, so they became obstacles to block all tanks on the highway.

Some tanks were eager to escape and rushed to the roadside and tried to go around, but the wheat fields on the roadside could obviously not bear the weight of infantry tanks, so they were trapped in it and could not move, just like salted fish hanging on the beach at will.

The machine guns of German tanks also sounded. They and infantry bullets gathered together and poured fiercely into the wheat fields. The wheat, which had grown more than one meter tall, was hit by the high-speed flying bullets. The broken wheat poles and ripe wheat were brought into the air by the inertia of the bullets.
Chapter completed!