Jon couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and he also knew that the so-called "line of defense" was indeed not like a "line of defense". Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But......

"What else can I do?" Jon said: "You must know that the terrain of Maherrama is very advantageous, it is surrounded by the Nile River on three sides, and the German tanks cannot attack, which means that we only need to defend one side, we can use the 'Sherman' tank to build a defensive line, and the Germans will have nothing to ......do with us."

"Is that so?" Zhang Chi shook his head.

"Are the Germans going to risk crossing the river with tanks?" Jon said.

"I don't mean the tanks of the Germans!" Zhang Chi pointed to the map and replied, "Although the terrain like Maherama is an advantage, it is also a disadvantage. ”

"Disadvantage?" Jon was a little confused.

"Of course!" Zhang Chi explained: "Although the Nile made it impossible for the enemy's tanks to attack from these directions, at the same time our tanks and armored vehicles could not attack, so ...... The enemy's artillery only needs to cross the river at any point upstream or downstream to open fire on our line from behind, and we can't do anything about it! ”

Jon couldn't help but be speechless, he really hadn't thought about it.

"So ......" After thinking about it, Zhang Chi concluded: "It's impossible to defend, we only have to attack!" ”

"What?" Jon couldn't help but exclaim: "The enemy has an armored division with more than three hundred tanks and a large number of anti-tank guns, and we only have eighty-two tanks, and if we take the offensive, what will we do with Maherama?" ”

"Don't worry, the Germans won't get anything!" Zhang Chi replied.

Hearing this, Jon was a little relieved, but then Zhang Chi's addition made Jon creepy.

"I've got people ready!" Zhang Chi said: "They will blow up fuel and supplies at the last moment!" ”

Jon's face turned pale, and after a moment of silence, he said, "No, I will never agree to attack, this is no different from sending him to death!" ”

"Don't get me wrong, Colonel!" Zhang Chi replied: "I don't need your consent, why are you still here...... Just because I need intelligence! ”

As a result of Jon's report, Montgomery soon learned that the Chinese forces intended to abandon the defense in favor of attacking.

After seeing this information, Montgomery couldn't help but jump up from his chair: "God, they are actually planning to attack?" Are they crazy? Eighty tanks attacking an armored division? Signal Corps ......"

"General, what are you going to do?" Rasmudden asked.

"I'm going to stop that madman!"

"Have you forgotten what you promised?"

"But ......," Montgomery Young telegraphed, "am I going to look at him like this?" ”

"We didn't have a lot of hope, did we?" Rasmuden said: "So what difference does it make if you let that Chinese general command blindly? ”

Rasmuden's words successfully dispelled Montgomery's idea of interfering in Zhang's decision-making.

But in fact, even if Montgomery did this, it would be useless, and Zhang Chi would not obey any so-called "orders" at all.

Zhang Chi's choice to attack was certainly not a blind command, although there was indeed a big gap between the forces and equipment of the two sides.

"Defending is a dead end!" Zhang Chi said: "Because in addition to tanks, the enemy also has a large number of anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft guns, and the cooperation of fighters...... With these equipment, our tanks will soon be destroyed by the enemy! ”

EBNER NODDED IN AGREEMENT, AS THE GERMANS OFTEN ADDED 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS TO THEIR ANTI-TANK GUNS...... THIS THING CAN PENETRATE EVEN THE ARMOR OF THE MATILDA TANK 78MM, LET ALONE THE ARMOR OF THE SHERMAN TANK 76MM.

Therefore, the conventional method of warfare, that is, Jon suggested that the "Sherman" tank was used to form a defensive line would not work.

Staff Officer Liang on the side didn't know what to say...... The battlefield situation that appeared in front of him made him a little uncomfortable.

In the past, when fighting the Japanese army, the "Sherman" tank basically represented safety...... Because the Japanese did not have any weapons and equipment other than naval guns and warplanes that could threaten the "Sherman" from a long distance, he even deeply agreed with Jon's suggestion after hearing it.

But he soon realized that the enemy he was facing was different, and his thinking when fighting the Japanese army had to change.

At the same time, Staff Officer Liang's understanding of Zhang Chi has also deepened...... He didn't understand it either, everyone didn't understand the Germans and their tactics, but not the lieutenant.

"So, how are we going to attack?" Abner asked rhetorically: "The enemy has more than three hundred tanks, and in addition to this there are at least two artillery regiments!" ”

Armored divisions, if the average person sounds like they would take for granted that most of them are tanks, but this is not the case...... The German Panzer Division consisted of a tank regiment, two Panzergrenadier Corps, two artillery regiments, plus an engineer battalion, a communications battalion, a supplementary battalion, and so on.

However, most of these infantry and artillery units are armored or mechanized so that they can keep up with the tanks and can cooperate with the tanks in long-range penetrating combat.

For example, the Panzergrenadier Corps...... This class is not actually a grenadier, but an infantry that follows and supports tanks in a side tricycle or half-track armored vehicle.

Similarly, artillery regiments are self-propelled guns towed by cars or converted from half-track armored vehicles.

As you can imagine, such a force is very mobile, and once it attacks...... That is, tanks, infantry, and artillery are rushing up, and if you add the coordination of air fighters, it can almost be said that you can launch a strong attack with all the advanced equipment of land warfare imaginable.

This is one of the reasons why the German "Blitzkrieg" is invincible, although their tanks are sometimes inferior to the enemy, they know that the multi-arm cooperation can launch a quick and effective coordinated operation against the enemy.

And Zhang Chi launched an attack...... In addition to having no choice, it was more important to hope that this would disrupt the rhythm of the German army and destroy this coordination.

"Let's put it this way!" Zhang Chi explained: "The Germans have gone through long distances, and at the same time, because the speed of cars, armored vehicles and tanks, and even different types of tanks is different, so their marching speed is also different! ”

As he spoke, Zhang Chi turned his gaze to Jon.

Jon nodded and replied, "That's true, their grenadier regiment is in the lead, Tank 2 and Tank 3 are second because they are faster, then the artillery unit, and finally Tank 4......"

"That's right!" "They had hoped to assemble before they reached Maherama and then attack Maherama...... Are we waiting for them to do so? Their vanguard, the Grenadier Regiment and tanks 2 and 3, could not even threaten the Sherman! ”