Chapter 519 Breakthrough

In the huge explosion, the entire division was blown away, and under the air waves, all the people were thrown aside.

"Master, Master!" A sentry who was far away was not affected by the explosion. When he rushed over, the Master was already lying on the ground covered in blood.

He shouted loudly, but unfortunately it was useless. He saw a piece of shrapnel on the abdomen of the teacher, and blood was gurgling out of it. In less than two minutes, the teacher would die of excessive bleeding.

"Master!" He shouted loudly, but it was useless. The body temperature of the master was gradually getting colder. He raised his head and saw the bomber in the sky, still throwing bombs recklessly.

The commander of the British 1st Armoured Division, General Evans, was killed by a German bomber group, and he became the highest-ranked commander of the British army in the British and French coalition forces.

This is just the beginning.

With his death, the 1st Armored Division ushered in a terrible moment of demise.

The headquarters was taken out, and the lower-level troops were already in a panic.

Breaking through an encirclement is an art. In Germany's war against the Soviet Union, hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people were often surrounded at one time. During the breakout, some troops were completely wiped out, and even the commander of the group army was killed.

Some troops escaped intact, and even memorized the cauldron for cooking.

But at least, breaking through is definitely not a rush to rush, you must have a commander, where is a pretend breakout, where is a real breakout, there are masters and subordinates, and the troops are allocated reasonably, at least the artillery still has some firepower, can be Their firepower poured over the Germans, opening a gap.

Alas, there was nothing, they were completely messed up.

Various arms, throwing away their own weapons and ammunition, wanted to rush out of the encirclement. When they rushed to the periphery of the encirclement, the German machine guns and artillery fired violently, and the British soldiers fell into pieces. in a pool of blood.

Just like the British army during World War I, rushing to the opposite heavy machine gun fearlessly, hundreds of thousands of deaths a day.

The British are now running for death.

In front of the German lines, the British fell in rows and rows.

Of course, not all of them chose to break through and die, and some chose to be heroic.

For example, the tank company directly under the division headquarters.

Hess, the company commander, survived the bombing. He looked at the corpses on the ground and was very angry. At the same time, he also knew that there was only one way to save his own side, using their tanks to help the troops break through!

"Quick, follow me!" Hess shouted loudly, sitting on his turret, shouting to the soldiers around him.

Take his tank as a guide, tear open a hole, and break through with the infantry behind!

He did not choose the river behind. There was no bridge there, and in the past it was also a death sentence. At this time, breaking through to the north would be a shortcut.

This is also not expected by the Germans, and in the north, the deployed line of defense is the weakest.

There was only one vehicle-mounted infantry regiment, the lines there were long, and they didn't have tanks to maneuver to fill the gaps.

You must know that the north is now German territory. Breaking through to the north is simply stupid, and breaking through to the south is normal.

It is because of this that the defense in the north is very weak, and this is exactly what Hess thought. He doesn't know how many troops in the north surround him, but it must be less than in other directions!

As long as he breaks out of the encirclement, he can intersperse and escape. You must know that the Germans are now rushing in and want to take the lead in closing the big hole in the encirclement. Therefore, behind the Germans, there are many empty places, everywhere. Channels can be interspersed.

Hess only gathered more than two hundred soldiers and charged north with his twenty or so tanks as the guide.

Not all armored divisions are armored units, they must have a certain percentage of infantry. In later generations, by the end of World War II, German armored divisions even only had dozens of tanks, almost all of which were infantry.

With the large amount of equipment of wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, although the Panther 3 tank has not been fully popularized, there is no shortage of supporting wheeled infantry fighting vehicles. The infantry of the armored division are all machine infantry riding on wheeled fighting vehicles.

The current 6th Armored Division, under the jurisdiction of the 6th Infantry Brigade, and the 4th Vehicle Infantry Regiment under the 6th Infantry Brigade, formed a skirmish line, distributed over a width of several kilometers.

The head of the regiment, Marko, used his binoculars to quickly sweep the billowing smoke and dust in the distance, his brows wrinkled, and he shouted loudly: "Attention, prepare all our LG40s, and let the British know how powerful we are. !"

At this time, he was really anxious.

Throughout the campaign, the German army was the attacking side, and the enemy's tanks were simply handed over to their own tanks to kill them. Therefore, they did not equip a large number of anti-tank guns.

At the same time, the infantry is mainly light, and they are equipped with more recoilless guns.

Although they have wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, this thing only helps them improve their mobility. The armor is weak, and they are scum in front of the opponent's tanks. They can't expect to rely on infantry fighting vehicles to deal with each other.

Therefore, we can only rely on 75mm recoilless guns.

Now, the sky is about to get dark. Once it is dark, these infantrymen of my own will definitely not be able to stop the enemy's breakthrough. They can easily break through their own defense lines.

The British must not be allowed to break out of their positions! Before it gets dark, beat each other down!

As the division's armored company, Hess's men operate the "Matilda" type 2 tank.

It sounds like an upgraded version of the "Matilda" Type 1 tank, but in fact the two are completely different.

The total combat weight of this tank is 26.9 tons, which is "one size larger" than Type 1.

On the turret, it is equipped with a 2-pounder gun, which is much more aggressive than the machine gun-only Type 1, and at the same time, the armor thickness of each part has also been increased. The armor thickness of the main parts is 75 to 78 mm, and the thickness of the secondary parts varies from 25 to 55 mm.

At the same time, the most distinctive feature is that this tank uses 2 engines.

The original idea was to rely on another engine to drive at low speeds and maintain a certain combat effectiveness.

Unfortunately, this is simply what the designer imagined in the office. The two engines increase the volume of the power unit and take up valuable space in the car. There is also a problem of synchronization and coordination when the two engines are working, which is a complete tasteless design.

Now, listening to the roar of the two engines in the rear, Hess surveyed the German positions in the distance with his binoculars.

I bet right, the defense here is the weakest!

If he waits until it gets dark, then there is a 100% chance. But now, he can't waste time. The German armored troops are moving too fast. Maybe there are tanks that are gathering here now. I have to be fast. !