Chapter 830

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

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

North, Mount Isa.

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

This old-fashioned machine gun was pulled out of the arsenal, with a water-cooled barrel and a canvas chain. At the age of 57, it is really unable to support the current war.

In fact, Geoffrey 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 the Germans attacked, they took the tank troops as the lead, so in this case, deploying anti-tank guns on their own positions was a better choice.

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

He looked at his side, where anti-tank guns were deployed, but unfortunately, they were still 6-pounders.

Now, the bloody facts have confirmed such a truth, 57mm anti-tank guns cannot penetrate the frontal armor of German tanks, so now their weapons are actually very bad against the Germans.

The newly developed 17-pounder guns in the United Kingdom are enough, but unfortunately, they did not fall into their hands at all.

"We can only hope for the anti-tank mines ahead." Beside him, the loader Mike said.

As a defensive position, they had laid a lot of anti-tank mines in front of them in advance. Now, I am afraid they can only hope that those mines will be effective, and no one knows how to fight after that.

"I heard that the weapons that the United States supports us are not bad." Mike continued.

Now, the whole army is spreading the news that the weapons supported by the United States will arrive soon, but it has been so many days, 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 white lie from a superior, an American weapon, when will it come? I'm afraid only God knows.

Just then, the sound of an engine came from behind.

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

No, it's not time for supplies, and it's not time for dinner, so what are you doing on the truck?

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

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

No, it's a howitzer, right? This kind of gun is not front-end firepower, it should be a support weapon belonging to the rear, and it should be placed in the back!

In the eyes of everyone, I saw the car dragging the cannon towards the anti-tank gun position that had just been dug out on one side. Soon, the car stopped.

"Come down, get to work!" Zanoog, the squad leader, shouted loudly.

Following his shouting, the soldiers above jumped down, almost shouting horns, and detached the gun from the tow hook of the truck, and then pushed it hard, towards the direction of the gun emplacement.

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

Anyway, idle is idle. In the same trench, that is comrades-in-arms. In battle, even comrades-in-arms will sacrifice themselves to protect others. Now it is more appropriate to do a favor.

During the conversation, there were more than a dozen people on both sides. They pushed the gun together and finally pushed it to the gun position.

"Is this a howitzer?" Geoffrey said. "Knowing that we don't have enough anti-tank guns, so pull up the howitzer?"

The high-explosive shell of the howitzer may also blow up the tank, but unfortunately the ballistics are different. It is almost a tragic ending, and it can only be a temporary cramming.

Hearing Geoffrey's words, the company commander Zanog spat fiercely: "No, this is an anti-tank gun."

Anti-tank guns? Geoffrey immediately opened his mouth in shock: "Impossible, this thing, this size, can be used as an anti-tank gun?"

Anti-tank guns are often fought against enemy tanks at a distance of about 500 meters, which means that they must brave the artillery fire and push the guns to the front of the position.

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

Until the later period, because the armor of the tank became thicker and thicker, the caliber had to be increased. Even so, minimizing the weight of the anti-tank gun was still the goal pursued by the designers.

But what about now? This thing, just pushing the gun emplacement, made more than a dozen people work hard. This thing is cumbersome and slow, and it really has no mobility at all.

This is still no battle. If the battle starts, it will be an impossible task to drag this anti-tank gun to the forward position during the day. Must be towed by truck. The driver has to brave the hail of bullets and artillery fire all the way, and rush like a life-threatening hurricane, unload it, and deploy it, it needs more people to brave the enemy's artillery fire.

If it is pushed closer to the enemy's tank? Geoffrey shook his head, this is almost death, the enemy infantry will be able to wipe out the entire artillery squad before firing!

"Yeah, the idea of ​​Americans is really special." Zanog looked at the nameplate on it, which clearly said made in USA, and felt a little tired.

The weapons from the United States have arrived, but they are not happy. This M5 type 76.2 mm anti-tank gun is definitely a wonderful battlefield.

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