Chapter 419

Originally, the British had a chance to destroy the German Tiger tank, which has been boasted to be the God of death. However, due to the lack of communication and scheduling, the British Norwich armored brigade and air force had a number of advantages, but they didn't give full play to it. Finally, they helped weitmann to complete an anti sky battle to destroy 25 tanks.

In fact, Wittman's action is risky and dangerous. First of all, he is not carrying out the assault mission, but is responsible for the confirmation and investigation. After encountering the British armored vehicle, he should have withdrawn immediately and contacted the armored reconnaissance vehicle waiting in the rear, but he made a crazy decision to continue the attack.

Then, after entering the British camp, he found more British tanks than he had imagined. He still had a chance to withdraw immediately. At this time, he had completed the task excellently and found out the reality of the British armored forces. However, he did not choose to leave, but directed his tanks to start the irrational attack.

I have to admit that it is not superb technology and extraordinary ability that saved the German fleet, it is just bad luck. The three times they were hit were not in the engine compartment behind the fragile body, but in the stronger turret. Two of the most lethal hits were on the plug-in, and one was bounced away because of the angle. If it wasn't for luck, they would have to die twice to finish the same fight.

His irrational and crazy actions proved to be very correct in that situation. They created a miracle and destroyed 25 tanks of the other side at one go. It disrupted the deployment of the British forces in the campaign, and made the only British armored force nearby withdraw from the battle in the most unfortunate way.

Weitmann became the new idol of the German armored forces, but he made a deep inspection inside his troops. He got the leaf Knight's iron cross that everyone wanted, but he was forced to review his mistakes in the battle in front of the tank commanders of the whole regiment.

There is no need to think about the promotion. He is still the demoted second lieutenant, the commander of the Tiger tank, and the front-line commander of the only Tiger tank unit in the landing force. However, he is strictly forbidden to attack alone.

There are two main routes for Montgomery to support Norwich. One is from London to Colchester, then to Ipswich, and finally to Norwich; One is through Harlow to Cambridge and then to Norwich. The two lines have their own advantages.

The advantage of taking the first route is that the distance is relatively short, and it can reach Norwich in the shortest distance. However, the disadvantage is obvious. This road is close to the coast, and it is easy to be blown up by the German air force.

The second route is relatively safe. It is located in the hinterland of Britain and is not easy to be attacked by German naval aviation. Although it has been bombed several times, compared with the first route, it is paradise. Of course, this road is far away, and it may not take much time to get to Norwich.

After some consideration, Montgomery took a helpless way to ensure that the time to reinforce Norwich was compressed to the shortest. He himself led most of his troops from Harlow to Cambridge on the opposite road, while an Armored Regiment with rich combat experience went to Colchester to avoid the blockade of the German Navy and air force.

As for the disgraced Norwich armored brigade, which was destined to be famous for the battle of the woods, Montgomery ordered them to go in a different direction to reinforce greater Yarmouth, so as to prevent the German armored forces from winning the second coastal city and expanding the transport capacity.

So the Norwich armored brigade, which was destined to be remembered for its bad luck, began their bad luck journey. Unfortunately, they endured the repeated bombing by the German air force, and after losing 15 tanks, they managed to reach the periphery of greater Yarmouth, only to find that they had been occupied by the first division of the German Marine Corps.

The helpless British armored soldiers had to make a tentative attack, but they lost two tanks and 20 infantry. Then they came to the conclusion that the Great Yarmouth could not be recaptured and began to retreat all the way. All the way down the river back to Norwich is a firm foothold.

An armored force, starting from Norwich, sailed to the south of Buckton and was ordered to fight back against the German landing forces. As a result, one third of its equipment and personnel were lost by the air attack. Another 25 tanks were killed by a German tank in an unknown forest, and then retreated all the way to greater Yarmouth, Finally, it's back in Norwich... Wasted the most precious 72 hours, this important armored unit lost two-thirds of its weapons and personnel, and then returned to its starting point.

If you think the pathetic end of this ridiculous Norwich armored brigade is over, you're wrong. After they returned to Norwich, they were ordered to reinforce Cromer nonstop - such a defeated army was sent to carry out the task again. It can be seen what kind of difficult situation the British beach offensive and defensive war had reached at this time.

The armored brigade added 300 recruits and set out again. They went along the railway to reinforce Cromer. As a result, they met the troops of the German 2nd Armored Division by the water side of another river. After 15 minutes of fighting, the Norwich armored brigade retreated again, leaving behind the remains of 10 tanks and the bodies of 110 soldiers.

Just after arriving at Norwich to replace the veteran but slow response general Powell and take over the command of Norwich regional defense, Montgomery found that the German landing forces had controlled the vast landing site from Cromwell to greater Yarmouth in the north, and also opened up a defense in depth of about ten kilometers. They have even occupied two nearby field airports... It can be said that the Germans have completely established themselves on British soil. There is no worse situation than this. The German armored forces, covering a large number of infantry, have advanced to the river, only a dozen kilometers away from the important town of Norwich. According to the preliminary calculation, at least 100000 German troops have landed on the land, and the whole landing site can be said to have been operated as solid as gold. Montgomery really wanted to curse, wanted to lift the table, and then pointed to a group of British commanders who were full of dirty words and asked if they were idiots and idiots. Just as he was about to throw things violently, the poor British armored brigade of Norwich returned to Norwich with the defeated soldiers. It seems to be to vent his anger, and it seems that there is really no good way to deal with it. After Montgomery took over the command, his first order was to disband the poor armored brigade that returned to Norwich and join his armored army. Since then, the Norwich armored brigade no longer exists, ending its poor life.