Chapter 682: Retreat
"Of course!" Colonel Yarlin, who was in a hurry, agreed without thinking. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Just kidding, someone can get them out, how could Yarlin be stupid enough to argue for command.
Then Zhang Chi got in touch with Yarlin.
"General!" Yarlin shouted amid the sound of gunfire and artillery: "The commander of the 1st Panzer Regiment, Colonel Yarlin, awaits your instructions, what is your order?" ”
Zhang Chi ordered while looking at the map: "Retreat in the direction of Sohana immediately!" ”
"Retreat?" Yarlin couldn't help but be stunned: "General......"
"Right now!" Zhang Chi did not allow Yarlin to argue: "Execute the order!" ”
"Yes, General!"
Arrin was stunned for a moment when he put down the walkie-talkie.
The staff officer couldn't help but ask: "What's the situation, colonel?" ”
"The Chinese told us to retreat in the direction of Sohana!" Yarlin replied.
"Retreat?" The staff officer looked at Yarlin incredulously: "But...... This is the desert, the mobility of our tanks is not as good as that of the Germans, isn't retreating a dead end? ”
As mentioned before, it is very difficult for a tank group to retreat in combat, especially when mobility is poor...... At this time, the retreat will expose the weak armor of the rear to the enemy's tank guns, so that the enemy can chase and shoot the British tanks as targets, which is why the 1st Panzer Regiment has been holding on until now.
Then the staff officer said with a skeptical expression: "I guess, the Chinese definitely don't understand tank warfare and made this decision, we can't listen to them!" ”
Arrin gritted his teeth and said, "Do we have any other options?" How much better would it be to stay here? ”
As he spoke, Arrin gave a loud order: "Listen to my orders, retreat!" ”
"Retreat!"
"Retreat!"
……
Tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles hurriedly turned around and retreated in the direction of Sohana. Perhaps the British army had the experience of many major retreats, so they did not forget to leave some M3 anti-tank guns as cover at this time.
Heinz Landau on the other side was quite surprised when he saw this scene, because he thought that the next battle should be the appearance of the Chinese armored regiment and then a big battle, but now it was the British who collapsed first.
"It seems that I still overestimated the courage of the British!" Heinz Landau, who put down the binoculars, said to the staff officer: "I thought they would resist for at least twenty minutes!" ”
"What now?" The staff officer asked.
Heinz Landau only said one word: "Chase!" ”
So soon there was a scene on the desert where the British army fled from the German army...... Due to the lack of penetration of the M3 anti-tank equipped by the British army, the German tanks broke through the defensive line formed by the British anti-tank guns that served as cover almost without stopping, and then chased all the way to the tail.
As Yarlin estimated, the German tanks were advancing and firing at the rear, and the British tanks in front of them would soon be destroyed by the Germans as long as they were a little slower or broke down, so the rear of the British team continued to sound a series of explosions and emit black smoke and fire.
This scene was like Page who was located in the 1st Panzer Regiment frightened.
Page was originally interviewed in Alexandria...... This was because the reporters thought that Alexandria was the main battlefield, but it soon became clear that Maherama was the focus of the German offensive, and at the same time, the Chinese army miraculously thwarted the German offensive, so the focus immediately shifted to Maherama.
The reporters all followed the focus, especially since this was still a Chinese army, so Page immediately followed the 1st Armored Regiment to open the hexagram Ma Hailama.
But now, Paige in a desperate car regrets looking at the wrecked tanks behind him.
"God!" Page said, "I should wait for the war to settle down before I come, I must be crazy to disobey Wilson's advice!" ”
Wilson, a British military major in charge of journalist safety, tried several times to persuade Page not to do so.
"Forgive me, Mom!" Page almost cried as he looked at the German tanks chasing after him.
At this point, the car crossed a small hill, jerked violently as it descended over a crater, and then slowly stopped......
"What's going on?" Page heard several British soldiers shouting at him.
"The car broke down!" The driver's voice was full of panic: "If you want to survive, get in the car quickly!" Hopefully there will be a car willing to stop and catch us ......"
Page and everyone in the carriage were stunned, and then everyone hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, and two British soldiers helped Page get out of the carriage and comforted: "Don't worry, ma'am, we will help you stop a car!" ”
The British army may not be able to fight, but it is still very gentlemanly to treat women.
But no car or tank would be willing to stop and give them a ride, because stopping at this point would basically mean death......
Just as Page looked at the German tanks that were getting closer and closer behind him in panic, he suddenly noticed that the "sand" next to him moved.
This startled Page, but when he looked at it, it was a tank, a "Sherman" tank, a "Sherman" tank covered with khaki canvas, and a soldier was removing his disguise at this time.
Then Page couldn't help but shout: "God, it's the Chinese soldiers, it's the Chinese troops, we are saved!" ”
Page even burst into tears of emotion at that moment, and she later wrote in her report: "I have never been so close to death, and I have never been so desperate as I am now, and I cannot know what this moment feels like without experiencing it myself...... At that time, I thought that Chinese soldiers were simply the loveliest and greatest people in the world! ”
Page is right, this is the Chinese soldiers, to be exact, the soldiers of the Chinese armored regiment.
The reason why Zhang Chi let the British First Armored Regiment retreat, and it was Sohana's retreat, was because the Chinese Armored Regiment was hiding on the way to Sohana.
At this time, Zhang Chi saw that the British troops were almost over, so he ordered: "All of them, attack!" ”
"Yes, attack!"
……
The tanks, which had already started and were ready, immediately climbed up the hill in groups and headed for the German panzer division.
As usual, Zhang Chi was in a half-track armored car, and he followed the armored car as he held a telescope to observe the Germans catching up from behind.
At this time, amid the "rumbling" engine and cannon sound, Zhang Chi faintly heard a familiar shout: "Hey, General Zhang!" ”
Zhang Chi turned his head to look, and saw the unkempt Page beckoning to him next to him.
Seeing that Zhang Chi had found her, Page couldn't help jumping up excitedly, and then made a kissing gesture with both hands......
This made Zhang Chi a little crying and laughing, doesn't this woman know that this is a battlefield?!