Chapter 828： Wonders of the battlefield

Alamein, a desert area in northern Egypt, is located 100 kilometers west of Alexandria. Although it is a desert area, there are still some undulations. Montgomery's army is stationed here.

From north to south, there is a defensive line of about 50 kilometers. Among them, there is Mount Aisha in the north, Luvishat Mountain in the middle, and Mitria Mountain in the south. Historically, these areas were originally occupied by Rommel. , But now, Montgomery, who arrived here first, built it into his fortifications. They were quietly waiting for the German army to attack. Throughout the war, it seemed that the Germans had been attacking.

To the north, Mount Aisha.

Corporal Goffrey leaned quietly in his fortification. He was a machine gunner. Here, it was a machine gun position. In front of him was a "Vickers" Mark1 machine gun.

This kind of old-fashioned machine gun was pulled out of the arsenal. The water-cooled barrel, the canvas bullet chain, and the 57-year-old are really unable to support the current war.

In fact, Goffrey was also dissatisfied with his machine gun, not because the machine gun was old, but because his machine gun seemed to be redundant.

Every time, when the Germans attacked, they were guided by tank troops. Therefore, in this case, deploying anti-tank guns on their own positions is the better choice.

What can a machine gun do? It can't penetrate the German tank armor at all! The 7.7mm machine gun bullets can't even penetrate the armor of an armored vehicle, absolutely tasteless!

He looked at his side. The anti-tank gun deployed there, but unfortunately, it was still a 6-pounder gun.

Now, the **** facts have confirmed this truth. The 57mm anti-tank gun cannot penetrate the front armor of German tanks. Therefore, their weapons are actually very poor against the Germans.

The 17-pounder gun newly developed by the United Kingdom was sufficient, but unfortunately, it did not fall into their hands.

"We can only pin our hopes on the anti-tank mines ahead." Beside him, Loader Mike said.

As a defensive position, they planted a dense number of anti-tank mines ahead of time. Now, I am afraid they can only hope that those mines will be effective, and no one knows how to fight afterwards.

"I heard that the weapons that the US supports us are pretty good." Mike continued.

Now, the whole army is spreading news that the weapons supported by the United States will be coming soon, but it will be a few days later and there is no trace, but the Germans on the opposite side have rested and will attack at any time!

Many people think that this is a kind of white lie from the superiors, the American weapon, when will it come? I'm afraid only God knows.

At this moment, the sound of the engine came from behind.

Hearing the sound, they couldn't help but look behind, and saw a truck rumbling up.

No, it’s not time for replenishment, and it’s not time for dinner. What is the truck coming up for?

The two of them were surprised when they saw the back of the truck, dragging a cannon.

It turns out that new equipment has arrived! The two of them stood up very happily and looked from the outside of the fortification. They saw the cannon, which looked tall and mighty, and the cannon frame was large enough.

No, this is a howitzer, right? This kind of gun is not a forward firepower, it should be a support weapon from the rear, it should be placed in the back!

As everyone watched, the car was dragging the cannon towards the anti-tank gun position that had just been dug out on one side, and soon the car stopped.

"Come down, work!" squad leader Zanog shouted loudly.

As he shouted, the soldiers above jumped down. They almost shouted and detached the cannon from the truck's towing hook, and then pushed it vigorously towards the gun position.

"Go, go up and help!" Goffrey said.

Anyway, being idle is also being idle. In the same trench, that's comrades-in-arms. In battle, they will even sacrifice themselves to protect other comrades-in-arms. Now it is more appropriate to help.

While talking, there were more than a dozen people on both sides, they pushed the cannon together, and finally pushed to the gun position.

"Is this a howitzer?" Geffrey said, "I know that our anti-tank guns are not enough, so pull up the howitzer?"

The high-explosive shells of the howitzer may also blow up the tank, but unfortunately the trajectory is different, and the fight is almost a very tragic ending. It can only be temporary.

Hearing what Geffrey said, the company commander Zanog on the side spat fiercely: "No, this is an anti-tank gun."

Anti-tank gun? Goffrey suddenly opened his mouth wide in surprise: "Impossible, this thing, this size, can be an anti-tank gun?"

Anti-tank guns often fight against enemy tanks at a distance of about 500 meters. This means that they must brave gunfire and push the gun to the front of the position.

Therefore, the anti-tank guns of this era are not of a large caliber. Just for the convenience of deployment, two people can push them to run. The German 37mm and 50mm anti-tank guns are of this kind.

Until the later stage, because the armor of the tank was getting thicker and thicker, the caliber had to be increased. Even so, reducing the weight of the anti-tank gun as much as possible was still the goal pursued by the designers.

But now? This thing just advancing the gun position, it made a dozen people have to work hard, this thing is bulky and slow, there is really no mobility at all.

This is still no battle. If the battle begins, dragging this anti-tank gun to the forward position during the day is simply an impossible task. Must be towed by truck. Drivers braving hail-like bullets and artillery fire all the way, desperately rushing, unloading and deploying, more people are needed to brave enemy fire.

What if you advance near the enemy tank? Geffrey shook his head. This was almost a death. Before firing the cannon, the enemy's infantry could wipe out the entire artillery squad!

"Yes, American thoughts are really special." Zanog looked at the nameplate on it, clearly saying madeinUSA, and he felt a bit crooked.

Weapons from the United States have arrived, but they are not happy. This M5 76.2 mm anti-tank gun is definitely a wonder on the battlefield.

If it has a chassis and is a self-propelled anti-tank gun, there is nothing to say, but now, this towed anti-tank gun should pursue a low profile and lighter weight. Unfortunately, the Americans are simply Just do the opposite.