Redemption of WWII

Chapter 63 Dawn Attack

Commander 'Brian' of the 50th Armored Division of the British Army supported [-] tanks of the [-]th Armored Division, and appeared in the eyes of Alexander, the commander of the [-]th Division, for more than an hour. 【】

Seeing that 'Brian' spared no effort to help him get out of the predicament, Alexander couldn't help crying with excitement.

The relationship between Alexander and 'Brian' was not particularly good before, before Meng Ge went to North Africa.Alexander has also bullied 'Brian', of course, only with verbal stimulation and level of suppression, once because 'Brian' troops did not cover the flank of Alexander's tank troops in time.

Alexander took advantage of his status as a major general to severely reprimanded 'Brian' who was only a colonel at the time.But it happened for a reason. At that time, 'Brian' commanded an infantry brigade unit, and of course the speed could not compare with the armored unit commanded by Alexander.

If there are other officers with backing, this matter is not a problem at all.Alexander's bullying means bullying a noble officer like 'Brian' who has no backing.

Alexander was a leading figure among the civilian officers, and he trained a noble officer like a grandson by himself.Not to mention how comfortable Alexander felt.In front of 'Brian''s subordinates, Alexander directly punished 'Brian' to stand at attention on the training ground for an hour.It's embarrassing for 'Brian'.

But when it came to 'Brian', he didn't care about personal grievances, and spared no effort to help himself out of trouble.Alexander is grateful to 'Brian' from the bottom of his heart, and of course he feels extremely ashamed of what he did in the past.

Alexander secretly decided in his heart that after this battle, he must apologize to 'Brian', a sincere apology, and a sincere apology.But what he didn't expect was that the person he decided to apologize to was actually leading him to the end of the road, the abyss of death.

Soon the supporting tanks came in front of the Tenth Armored Division.Alexander looked at the barrel of the improved 'Sherman m4' which was nearly 4 meters long, and sighed in his heart.If my tanks were all these 'Sherman m4' improved tanks, would the sad and funny battles that took place earlier still happen?The question mark in Alexander's heart, and the exclamation point at the end, all turned into full stops at the end.

This time, Alexander's courage was fattened up again.Immediately ordered, 50 'Sherman m4' were mixed with several 'Matilda' 2 tanks carefully protected, and the 35 old French 'Carl 1' tanks.The infantry got out of the armored vehicles and followed the tanks.Each tank was followed by a platoon of infantry, attacking together.

And those empty armored vehicles were tied with a lot of ropes at the back of the vehicles, and some were also hung with steel chains for traction. After running, they immediately sent dust flying all over the sky.

Looking at it from a distance, it really looked like a large number of tanks attacking in groups. Alexander was happy with the result.Praise 'Brian' for his good brains.

But it's going to be dark now, and the weather here in North Africa has been bad these days.The clouds in the sky are very thick, and at night in the desert, you can't even see the stars in the sky. The visibility is very low, which is very unsuitable for armored group operations.So Alexander contacted 'Brian' by wire, and agreed to launch an attack in the morning.

'Brian' also knew not to push Alexander of the Tenth Division too hard.In addition, at night, the German army simply did not reach the camouflage dust raised behind the armored forces.If the Germans were not fooled, then the 'Brian''s suspicious strategy was in vain, and 40 'Sherman m4' tanks were built in vain.So 'Brian' readily agreed to Alexander's plan for the Tenth Armored Division.

But this night also became Rommel's sleepless night.Rommel couldn't figure out why both the No.15 Division and the No.20 Division clearly reported that the British armored group was only 2 hours away from their own line of defense.But it was already midnight, nearly 6 hours had passed by the reported time, and the British hadn't even seen a hair.

Is it impossible for the British to retreat? It is said that the British should understand that as long as they break through their last loose line of defense, they will no longer have a reserve team to use.Whether it is to encircle your own infantry or cut off your own transportation lines, you can do nothing.

The British will not be out of gas, only the British tanks will stop in place and wait for logistical supplies if they are out of gas.

The more Rommel thought about it, the more he felt that there was a problem with the British fuel. If there was still a German armored unit in his hand, Rommel would like to prove his judgment.But the problem now is that Rommel's armor mobility is almost zero.All the armored troops were dispatched to rescue that young man of Andri.

And the Italian tank in hand is not so much a tank as a tin can.Sending those Italian tanks was really of little use. Even if the British tanks were all parked in place and let the Italian tanks fight, it is estimated that a few of them would not be damaged at dawn.But the Italian tanks will be hit like torches one by one by the British tanks.

There are also those 40 'Tiger' tanks. Rommel just knew that these tanks were heavy tanks, and he was not interested in these tanks at a glance from the photo of the staff officer.Rommel's ideal tank always puts mobility first, and most of Rommel's tactics are related to the rapid movement of tanks.And this kind of "tiger" tank just heard the word "heavy" and Rommel was tired of it. In Rommel's thinking, everything that is hooked with heavy is not a huge, slow-moving, low-efficiency combat vehicle. thing.

And Rommel has always been known for his lightness, elegance, maneuverability, and free and easy. Rommel's combat emphasis is "antelope with horns, no trace".Rommel is really not interested in this heavy tank.

According to Rommel's understanding, the heavy tank should follow the infantry and act as a mobile turret for the infantry. If this kind of tank is sent to find out, it is probably dawn, and the tank is still on its way.

So these "Tiger" tanks were assigned by Rommel to the northernmost section of the front, acting as defensive flat-firing guns.But Rommel really wronged these 'tiger' tanks.The Tiger tank was designed to sacrifice mobility, but somehow it did.After the completion of the tank, the speed did not decrease at all, and the speed could be compared with the No. 3 tank and the No. 4 tank.This baffles designers and experimenters.Why did the weight increase but the speed did not decrease.

But in any case, the 'Tiger' tank did not match the highest design parameters, which made the 'Tiger' the main research object.Some people suggested that it might be because many parts of the prototype car were not installed and the weight could not be reached.So I urgently made a few more prototypes.But the speed still didn't come down.So I rebuilt and tried again, and it took me 40 cars before I stopped.The reason is still not found, but at this time, the funds of the German MN Arms Company ran into a small problem, and the budgets of these experimental madmen were also cut. The cost of the 'Tiger' test car is really not affordable for the directors of MN Company.It cannot be mass-produced, and no one can bear it just by doing experiments.

However, German executives, including Hitler's Minister of Armaments Speer, have always disagreed with the military acceptance of the 'Tiger'.The reason is simple, that is 'Tiger' is too expensive. 56 tons of steel can make 2 No. 4 tanks, and if you make the No. 3 tank assault gun vehicle, you can make 5 cars.This is just the cost of resources.

The standard armor of 'Tiger' is also very outdated, and the old standard armor is still used.Slanted armor is now significantly more protective than standard armor.It can be said that in Germany, where the flow of technology is dominant, no one pays attention to these old things at all.

Then there's the staggering 50000-hour labor cost of 'Tiger'.Just converted into Mark's salary can already make a new Panzer IV tank.All this made Germany unable to afford the large-scale manufacture of weapons such as tigers.

The German MN Arms Company has worked hard for the 'Tiger', but in exchange for such a result.I couldn't help being a little sad, so I had to change one step first and talk about it one step at a time.The first thing to do was to modify the armor, but as a mature heavy tank designed before the war, the 'Tiger' was not so easy to modify.

The designers said nothing to agree to change the appearance of the 'tiger'.The designer's reason is very good, there is no anti-tank gun in the world that can penetrate the steel armor of the 'Tiger'.No changes at all.So the directors of mn fought with the directors of the laboratory.

At this time, it happened that Andri's mother went to MN Company to find weapons for her son.At a glance, I fell in love with this naive 'tiger'.In the concept of women, 'big' is always better than 'small'. 'Long' is better than 'short'.So Andri's old lady loaded these 'tigers' to North Africa without even issuing an IOU.

Although Rommel didn't like these 'tigers' very much, it was better than nothing, and it could be used as a cannon anyway.But it was these "tigers" that Rommel looked down upon saved Rommel's life in the subsequent battles.Of course, this is something to be said for the time being.

Rommel didn't sleep at all in the headquarters at night.Although he wanted to lie down very much, but when he thought that the British on the opposite side didn't know what kind of conspiracy and tricks he was up to, he didn't feel like going to sleep at all.And the squad sent by Rommel to investigate did not come back with any news.And there is no special news about the German armored division troops sent out in front.

In the entire defense line, except for a few lights that occasionally hit the sky, there was no movement at all.Rommel was really not used to this kind of tranquility, especially when he felt that the British were lurking in this tranquility, accumulating great power, and always ready to strike at their own weaknesses, Rommel shuddered a little.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, Rommel couldn't bear it anymore, and fell asleep on the table.But before Rommel had a dream, there was a burst of gunfire outside.Rommel suddenly woke up from sleepiness.