Chapter 92 Charge

"We have to stop them!" Bazel shouted from behind a destroyed tank. "We'll be finished if they rush up!"

"But what can we do?" Kuhn shouted back: "With our rifles?"

Bazel didn't answer because he didn't know the answer either.

"Captain!" Qin Chuan shouted at this time: "I think we should not block them, but rush forward!"

"What?" Bazel thought he heard wrongly: "Are you crazy? They have more tanks than us, and they are more advanced than our tanks!"

Bazel was right. Although both the enemy and ours had fifty tanks at the beginning, it was clear who was victorious and defeated in the previous battles... The British army destroyed more than ten German tanks, but the Germans only destroyed the British. Three tanks.

"That's why we have to charge forward!" Qin Chuan shouted: "We need close combat and melee combat. We have more infantry than them... We have this only choice!"

In fact, Qin Chuan had many reasons, but the urgent war situation did not allow him to explain them clearly one by one.

"Captain!" Kuhn said to Barzel: "Captain, I think we should try Sergeant Frick's suggestion, because if we continue like this, it will be a dead end!"

"Come on, Captain!" Werner leaned out with his submachine gun and fired a few bullets. After retracting, he said to Bazel: "Rather than die under the tracks of the enemy tanks, we would rather be shot by bullets." Or shot to death!"

"But... what can I do?" Bazel said: "I'm just an infantry captain, I can't command these damn tanks!"

Hearing this, the soldiers turned their attention to Qin Chuan again.

Bazel is right, and now is not the time to make suggestions... Because to make suggestions, you first have to contact Colonel Sline, and then Colonel Sline has to convince Colonel Albridge, even if Albrich Colonel Rich accepted Colonel Sline's suggestion... At that time, I was afraid that the war situation was already irreversible.

"Captain!" Qin Chuan replied: "When I say rush forward, I mean us, not the tanks!"

"Us?" Bazel looked at Qin Chuan with an incredulous expression: "Sergeant, you mean we charge at the enemy tanks without the cover of tanks? Are you crazy?!"

"Yes, Captain!" Qin Chuan replied: "That's what I think!"

"Give me a reason!" Bazel said sullenly.

If it weren't for the fact that every one of Qin Chuan's previous suggestions had been proven right, Bazel wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to what Qin Chuan said.

"The enemy's tanks are aiming at our tanks!" Qin Chuan replied: "That is to say, their cannons are loaded with armor-piercing bullets instead of high-explosive bombs, so the enemy's tanks actually pose no threat to us... Is this reason enough?"

Hearing this, Bazel couldn't help but be startled. Qin Chuan seemed to be right.

What Bazell didn't know was... British cruise tanks generally carried few or even no "high-explosive bombs" or "high-explosive armor-piercing bombs."

As mentioned before, the British army was not successful in its development in this area. What's more, the British army's senior officials believed that infantry tanks were used to support infantry against enemy infantry, and cruise tanks were used to deal with enemy tanks in mobile combat. Therefore, most cruise tanks like the "Crusader" carry armor-piercing projectiles to deal with tanks.

This is also a directional mistake made by the British in the development of tanks. They divided tanks into "infantry tanks" and "cruise tanks" based on artificial imagination rather than actual needs on the battlefield.

Their idea actually makes some sense. As the saying goes, "there are specializations in the art." If the tank is divided into thinner lines and is specially used to deal with specific targets... wouldn't it be able to exert greater power?

But the battlefield is reality, and reality and imagination are often at odds... In actual combat, most enemies will mix tanks and infantry together to fight together. Most of the tanks have to face both infantry and tanks. .

As imagined by the top brass of the British army, there is basically no situation where they only have to face a single enemy unit.

So there will be a problem. The "Crusader" tank gun is basically ineffective against infantry, which means that it is actually a paper tiger that looks scary but is actually unable to effectively kill infantry.

The German army is not familiar with the performance of the "Crusader" tank, because this is the first time the British army has put the "Crusader" tank into actual combat. Before this, the German army had not heard that this tank can even drive to 64 after increasing the speed limit. yard cruise tank.

(Note: The "Crusader" tank began production in early 1940, and was first used in North Africa's "Operation Tomahawk" in June 1941 to counterattack Rommel)

But Qin Chuan knew the advantages and disadvantages of this tank very well, so he knew that launching a charge was probably the only way for the Germans to survive.

"But... are we the only company to charge forward?" the baker said, "there are British infantry behind the enemy tanks!"

"Contact Colonel Slaine!" Werner said: "He will agree!"

"No..." Bazel said: "He may not agree to this crazy idea, and it's too late now!"

Bazel was right, because while he was talking, three more German tanks were destroyed by the British army.

"We are the only company!" Qin Chuan shouted: "When other teams see that we have successfully broken through the defense line, they will follow suit!"

The soldiers were stunned when they heard this.

Qin Chuan was right. The other German troops were not fools. If they saw that this approach was feasible, they would follow suit... After all, this was the only way to survive. Even officers would realize this and make a quick decision.

But...

What if it fails?

What if other troops did not follow up?

What if...

There are not so many "what ifs" on the battlefield. Sometimes soldiers need to gamble with their lives!

After a while, Kuhn, who couldn't wait, shouted at Bazel: "Captain, what is your order?"

Bazel gritted his teeth and replied: "I decided to follow the sergeant's advice. Although I think it must be crazy to do so, any attempt is worth a try, isn't it?"

"Yes, Captain!" Werner agreed.

Bazel's words were of course right. Although the possibility of success of this suggestion was extremely low in the eyes of the soldiers, any attempt was worth a try under the premise of death.

"Then... prepare for the attack!" Bazel ordered: "Bring a few more anti-tank grenades!"

"Yes!" The soldiers responded.

Werner moved the fastest. He turned around and opened an ammunition box, then grabbed anti-tank grenades from it and distributed them to the soldiers one by one.