Chapter 671

Now, the most suitable time for this division has arrived. They have just arrived in Africa and started a long-distance and long-term attack. Now, in addition to the roar of the engine and the shaking up and down, they are accompanied by the entire 30000 elite grenadiers of the 7th mechanized infantry army.

The German Air Force's Stuka dive bombers arrived late. After bypassing the British air defense circle in Alexandria, the short-range dive bombers could not pursue the fleeing Barton troops. After all, this kind of aircraft is not strong in dealing with the attack of US aircraft. Since the U.S. air force lost 19 fighter planes and shot down 17 Stukas who bypassed the defense line to attack the logistics supply station, German pilots in North Africa have been strictly prohibited from using slow Stukas to attack the target behind enemy lines.

In the morning, the main force supporting the paratroopers was the butcher bomber, which had to take off from Crete. However, it seems that the effect of using strategic bombers to support front-line ground operations is not very good, because the airport requirements of such aircraft are relatively high. In most cases, they can only take off far from the front line, and the timeliness of support is too poor.

A German Leopard tank is running along the road. The sand rolled up on the track makes it look fast. In fact, the leopard tank is not slow on the road, at least a little faster than the Tiger tank in terms of mobility. But soon the tank slowed down, because the soldiers sitting on it and the car commander outside the turret saw two American tanks crossing the middle of the road almost at the same time.

"Slow down! Infantry go up and have a look! Let the people in the back surround from both sides! It's the M4 Sherman tank. Be careful! " The commander waved his hand. The leopard tank, which was still moving fast just now, stopped like this. Four infantry on it jumped down from both sides. The leopard tank was followed by a semi tracked armored vehicle, and more German grenadiers jumped out of the armored vehicle. Then, to the rear, another soldier on the leopard tank was also getting off, and then a truck, It took less than a minute for the elite German infantry to spread out a huge offensive formation and test the tanks close to the US Army from both sides of the road.

"Safe! Both tanks have been destroyed inside. Grenades are lost Finally, a Grenadier climbed onto the wreckage of an American tank and yelled at the soldiers around him. But when they got close to here, they found that not only the two American tanks, but also a lot of American semi tracked transport vehicles and several 105mm field guns were discarded on the road.

"It's a roadblock! The Americans don't seem to dare to stay and fight with us. " Standing on the tank, the commander of the leopard tank put down his telescope and sighed. They have been chasing for several hours, and it seems that they are not far away from the U.S. guards, but so far they have not formally dealt with these U.S. forces.

"Let the tanks come forward and push these roadblocks onto the roadbeds on both sides of the road! Speed up! We don't have time to waste here. " With a wave of the commander's big hand, another leopard tank also came. The two tanks approached the American tank at a relatively slow speed, and then drove the two steel giants to the bottom of the subgrade.

The German Leopard tank reserved a lot of power surplus when it was designed, which is one of the main reasons why the German tank can install the front armor plate urgently in the Kiev vehicle factory. Now the American Sherman tank, which is able to drive full horsepower without the help of other vehicles, is a bit reluctant, but it also fully reflects the German armored forces' confidence in their own tanks.

Soon, these German troops continued on the road, following the dense ruts on the road to the distance. If they could entangle these rout soldiers before the American troops arrived at the Suez Canal, then Germany would have more confidence in attacking the Suez Canal.

"Hell! Are these Americans on purpose? " It wasn't long before we pursued forward, we saw two American tanks and a pile of rags in the middle of the road. After all, the failure rate of American tanks is higher than that of mature and reliable leopard tanks, so we can always see American equipment abandoned on the side of the road.

"Don't stop, just smash those two American tanks and chase them forward!" The head of the leopard tank commander frowned and said that he saw the other side's turret facing his side, instinctively felt a trace of danger. So when the distance was close to 500 meters or so, he immediately added his own order: "stick to the left subgrade and see if the other side's turret moves! Slow down and get closer! "

At the end of the speech, the 76mm cannon on the opposite us tank suddenly burst into flames. It is obvious that there are people in the tank left by the other side this time. The Americans want to fight a Sniper War here to slow down the speed of German pursuit.

The American armor piercing bullet hit the front armor plate of the German tank body in an instant. After rubbing a piece of Mars, the bullet jumped out. The shell and the front armor formed a strange angle and flew out, just hitting the driving light in front of the leopard tank body. Unfortunately, the lamp, which was hit by the shell, just flew to the infantry sitting behind, smashing the head of an infantry to pieces.

Fresh blood splashed around the soldiers, a startled soldier did not know what happened, but the soldiers around him were shouting and jumping to the car. At this time, the second U.S. tank also started fire, and the shell also hit the leading leopard tank, but the front armor of the leopard tank was still not penetrated, and the shell left a deep hole on it and disappeared“ Boom The German armored forces never stood up to be attacked. They fired their own shells with the fastest speed. The power of the 75mm caliber artillery combined with the armour piercing bullet is obviously better than the 76mm caliber artillery on the Sherman tank, and the armor of the American tank is really not as good as that of the leopard tank. So the shell hit one of the two American tanks cleanly, and then easily penetrated the tank's armor. With a torrent of steel splashing around, it ran around the tank's cabin, beating the soldiers inside into a real sieve. When the armor is punctured, there is only a small bullet hole left by the armor piercing bullet on the outside, but in the inside, the shell will cause the armor to break, and dozens of pieces of fragments will hit the unlucky person almost in an instant“ Boom The American tank on the opposite side exploded immediately, ending the suffering of the American soldiers inside. The huge smoke and sand around the tank caused a shock wave of explosion. For a moment, everyone's sight was blocked. The remaining U.S. tank started to move and drove down the roadbed to avoid the smoke. It wanted to aim at the German tank and fire again. Not far behind the German tank, a leopard tank saw the front firing. It was also the first time that it drove down the roadbed and saw the U.S. tank, so it fired without saying a word. The gun just hit the turret of the American tank, and it also easily penetrated the turret armor of the Sherman tank, followed by the explosion of the Sherman tank. Although the battle was bloody, it ended in just a few seconds. One infantry soldier was killed on the German side, and the armor in front of the leading leopard tank was hit with two shallow holes, which seemed to need to be repaired and replaced. However, two tanks were lost on the American side, which successfully delayed the German pursuit speed“ Car two, keep pursuing. The front line is under your command. I'll wait here for the battalion repair team in the back. " "Catch up with the American bastards, give them more greetings for me, and send them a few armor piercing bullets!" the head coach said on the radio