Chapter 66 Enemy Situation
"What's the situation?" Werner asked, while picking up the submachine gun and looking around vigilantly.
The soldiers immediately became nervous.
Qin Chuan listened carefully and didn't move anymore... But he thought he couldn't just let it go so easily, because although the German army also seized British tanks, they wouldn't drive them, especially in the night when tanks were difficult to play.
Therefore, the sound of the tracks of the tank almost represents the enemy situation.
"Otto!" Qin Chuan shouted to the baker on the rooftop: "Look at the situation, where the wind blows..."
The bakers' squad was responsible for the periphery of the periphery, equipped with flares captured from the British, fired with mortars.
"Don't worry, Frick!" replied the baker: "If anything happens, the Colonel will notify us!"
"Look at the situation, there is no loss, right?" Qin Chuan did not give up. As the saying goes, be careful to sail the ten thousand-year-old ship, especially on the battlefield.
"Okay! Is the direction of the wind blowing?" The baker replied while heading down the command to shoot a flare to the southwest.
The flares rose and emitted dazzling light in the air, but there was nothing in the flat sand waterfall under a bright light.
The baker was about to put down his telescope but noticed a smog floating by... He was familiar with the battlefield and immediately recognized that it was the exhaust of the tank.
"One more time!" The baker hurriedly ordered: "Turn to the right a little!"
Another flare slowly rose into the air, and then the baker was stunned and saw dozens of tanks and armored vehicles slowly approaching their location two kilometers away...
"British!" The baker who reacted couldn't help but shouted back: "They are here, there are tanks and armored vehicles!"
With a "woosh", several shells exploded nearby before the words were finished. This was the first time the British army used compost and howitzers to attack the Port of Tobrook when they knew they were discovered.
The port soon became busy, and they picked up their weapons and entered the defensive positions. Some soldiers spontaneously dragged out several British anti-tank guns from the warehouse and carried ammunition to prepare.
"What happened?" Bazel walked out of the command room while holding his armed belt.
"Captain!" Qin Chuan replied: "The British are here, there are many tanks and armored vehicles!"
"Did you read it wrong?" Bazel still didn't believe it: "They may be an underground organization..."
But before Bazel finished speaking, another flare rose into the air again. Bazel couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at the row of British tanks advancing at full speed under the light.
Then, Bazer ran back to the command center at a speed of 100 meters and connected the regiment headquarters.
"Colin!" Bazel shouted at the microphone: "The British have already reached the port. They have many tanks, so please support!"
"This is impossible!" Colonel Slain replied: "We have been guarding the defense line!"
"I don't know how they did it!" Bazel replied: "But they are indeed right in front of us, and there is a preliminary estimate of a battalion of troops!"
Colonel Slain was stunned when he heard this. He didn't understand why these British troops could pass through the defense line and attacked Port Tobrook.
Then he soon realized that the British did this for the supplies in the warehouse.
Thinking of this, Colonel Slain immediately ordered: "At all costs, I must guard the warehouse. I will send reinforcements to you immediately!"
"Yes, Colonel!"
"If you can't hold it!" Colonel Slain added: "Just blow up the warehouse, do you understand?"
"Yes, Colonel!"
Colonel Slain just said a lie... "Send reinforcements immediately" is actually impossible, because the British army is attacking the German defense line from several directions, which makes Colonel Slain use the reserve team and even his own guards. Just now, he was considering whether to transfer some troops guarding the warehouse.
Colonel Slain walked back and forth a few steps next to the communication vehicle, and he faced a difficult choice: should he take all his troops to retreat to Tobrook's defense or continue to fight like this?
The former is obviously not a good choice, because Tobrook has no trenches, barbed wire and mines, and no bunkers. Doing so will only cause the Germans to collapse under the British tanks.
Therefore, Colonel Slain could only choose the latter, that is, to completely put the crisis in Port Tobrook behind and continue to defend on the defense line.
"The rest can only be left to God!" Colonel Slain said to himself, and then continued to command the troops to fight.
Of course, Bazel understood that if the colonel could send reinforcements immediately or have enough reinforcements as he said, then he should not be prepared to bomb the warehouse... So, everything depends on himself.
"Anti-tank gun!" Bazel walked out of the command center and shouted to the soldiers: "Prepare a few more, we will use the British anti-tank gun to smash their tanks!"
"Yes, Captain!"
Although the soldiers answered this way, they couldn't help but worry.
Because they understand the great performance of British anti-tank guns and tanks... This is a basic task on the battlefield. Grassroots officers and a few soldiers require understanding of the data of enemy and us equipment, such as the depth of anti-tanks between the enemy and us, the thickness of tank armor, etc.
Only in this way can we avoid making some low-level mistakes on the battlefield, such as firing before anti-tank guns are enough to penetrate enemy armor. This will not only fail to cause any damage to enemy tanks, but will also die because of exposing one's position.
Therefore, when Bazer shouted that sentence, the first thing that came to mind was: the front armor of the "Valentine" tank was 60MM, and the British 6-pound anti-tank gun could only penetrate it at a distance of 500 meters...
God, 500 meters!
At this distance, I had been smashed by the enemy's tank! And this distance only takes two minutes for the "Valentin" tank, although it is very slow.
This does not mean that the British anti-tank gun is not excellent. In fact, its penetration depth is better than the German PAK36 anti-tank gun*** The AK36 penetration depth is only 50MM at a distance of 500 meters).
This is because German tanks emphasize mobility and have poor defense. The British army uses these 6-pound anti-tank guns to deal with the German tank No. 3, but now they are dealing with British tanks with thicker armor... The German soldiers can only be glad that they are facing the "Valentine" tank rather than the "Matilda" tank with thicker armor.
Chapter completed!