Historically, the Sherman tank has had countless modifications, and the later models have developed into very powerful, but the early models are still scum.

The Americans are very arrogant and think that their equipment is very good, but now, when it is applied to the battlefield, they can find out how bad it is.

The only result of today's battle was from the side, hitting the front of the Panther tank, they could see that they hit several in a row, and as a result, they just carried it down!

This kind of result is unacceptable to them.

"The tank guns of the Americans are not at all inferior to our 17-pounder guns, and it would be nice if our 17-pounder guns could be mounted on the Sherman tank." On the side, another general said.

If you talk about the nemesis of German tanks, it is definitely a 17-pounder gun, but unfortunately, with the loss of the homeland, this gun is already difficult to see.

"By the way, in today's daytime battle, the American M5 anti-tank guns successfully destroyed the Panther 3 tank, moreover, from the front!" The other suddenly remembered something, this was the first time that his own anti-tank guns had destroyed the opponent's tank from the front!

So, since the 17-pounder gun is not available, then simply put the M5 anti-tank gun on it, which can also be used temporarily.

Although the caliber of both guns is the same, both are 76.2 mm, but, in terms of effectiveness, it is definitely the M5 gun that is more powerful! Just look at the length.

"So, can we put the M5 gun on the tank?" Montgomery asked.

Hearing his question, everyone looked at each other, this is not so easy, look at the current Sherman tank, the barrel on it is quite short, and the M5 anti-tank gun, too long, and the medicine room or something is different, it is not so easy to load.

Historically, the British had to make their 17-pounder anti-tank guns smaller than they had to make the cartridges smaller to complete the integration, resulting in the guns being less powerful than towed anti-tank guns.

"We have a couple of technical experts from home who can give it a try." Said one of the deputies.

With George VI showing his banner in Egypt, some people who are not willing to go along with Edward VIII are still trying their best to come to Egypt, and today several experts from the Royal Ordnance Institute came over.

Montgomery nodded: "Well, let them try, even if it is to remove the turret and only use the Sherman's chassis, we must complete the modification as soon as possible, we need to be able to completely restrain the weapons of German tanks." ”

What's not to do? I'm afraid that I can't think of it, I can't do it, so I keep the Sherman's chassis, and make it open-top, and you can definitely put the M5 anti-tank gun on it!

If you want to say that Sherman is excellent, I'm afraid that the performance of the chassis is not bad, but unfortunately, it is too high!

As soon as he said this, a general with a telegram hurriedly walked in: "Oh no, the Germans launched an attack on our Mitrian ridge at night, and the Indian division there is in danger of collapsing at any time!" ”

It is not easy to fight at night, and the identification of friend and foe will become a problem, and the Germans generally use armored forces to attack, so they rarely have the practice of sneak attacks at night.

Tonight, there was a sudden accident.

The southern region, which I always thought would be a soy sauce player, is constantly ushering in battles!

Montgomery stood up abruptly, and as he walked to the sand table, he hurriedly said, "Is it a night attack by the German armored forces?" ”

"No, it's the infantry, it's the Italians who attacked us."

It's the infantry, or the Italians! Hearing this, Montgomery relaxed: "Let the South African division in the back go and support them!" ”

The combat effectiveness of the Italians has always been obvious to all, they must have taken the wrong medicine tonight, and they actually took the initiative to attack, it must be because of the defeat during the day, and they just want to regain face at night, so it's okay, let them hit the wall again!

Montgomery really didn't pay much attention, he just thought it was a night harassment, he didn't know, and soon, he would be annoyed by his negligence.

Compared with his opponent, Rommel at this time was still relatively relaxed.

The lights of the command were still on, and they listened to reports from the front.

"The Italian infantry division, as the vanguard, has rushed to the positions of the British troops and is engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the British army."

This news made Marshal Graziani stunned for a moment, how is this possible? Still hand-to-hand combat?

You must know that it is not clear how strong the combat effectiveness of your own troops is, in short, there will definitely be no hand-to-hand combat, and the situation of blood spattering on the spot is not in line with the Italian gentlemen.

"Order the rest of the infantry divisions to press on me!" Rommel said: "Tonight, we must take the Mitrian Mountains!" If you can't take it, then no one will come back! ”

Tanks are not omnipotent, and in the mountains, tanks are greatly restricted, especially in the Mitrian mountains, where the mountains on both sides are steep and only the middle road is passable, and if the tank troops rush through, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties.

Rommel had long thought about how to attack with infantry, and now he was making good use of the Italian infantry.

"Our team, what are the casualties?" Pushing the complicated thoughts in his mind, Marshal Graziani asked.

The blood of Italian soldiers is flowing on the front line!

"The casualties are not yet known, marshal."

Casualties can only be counted after the battle is over and the soldiers of the unit return to their ranks, and it is impossible to know at all now, especially at night.

Marshal Graziani relaxed a little, as long as the casualties exceeded ten percent, the Italian division was in danger of collapsing, and now, since it was still fighting hand-to-hand on the front line, the casualties would certainly be minimal.

He could only comfort himself like this, at this time he didn't know that the casualty rate of the death squads rushing to the front had reached 30 percent, and many of the soldiers who were still fighting were even hung up, but they were still fighting very hard!

Donatro reached out to take the magazine from behind him, only to find that his back was empty!

Before leaving, each person was equipped with eight magazines, four on the side behind him, plus the original gun, a total of nine, 32 rounds each, that is, on this night, he consumed a total of nearly 300 rounds of ammunition!

As for the enemies killed, he didn't count them, because by the time they got to the back, he couldn't count them, but at least, there were more than a dozen.

Now, there are no bullets!

What to do?

Of course, you can't be idle, hurry up and touch other weapons from the ground!

He bent down and wanted to take the rifle that a corpse on the ground was holding in his hand, and hang up the bayonet, it would definitely be more enjoyable to kill!

However, just when he wanted to pick it up casually, he suddenly found that he didn't hold it, and the other party actually held it tightly!

"Boom!" Not far away, a grenade exploded, and by the light, he saw the Indian soldier lying on the ground with a bloody face, and suddenly opened his eyes, revealing his white teeth.

In an instant, Donatello understood that this guy was the same as his previous self, and he pretended to be dead when the situation was not good! But now, there is already murderous aura in the other party's eyes!