In fact, for Heinz Landau, there is another reason:

His purpose was to lure the Chinese armored regiment out, and if the British First Armored Regiment was beaten and fled as soon as it came up, it would undoubtedly make the Chinese armored regiment have no time to react and rush to the rescue, so the German army would not be able to achieve its goal. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This made Heinz Landau try to control the attack speed of the German armored division, otherwise, he was afraid that the British 1st Panzer Regiment would not have time to organize a defense and be defeated in a single shot.

So the German armored units were in a position of 1,500 meters away against the British armored regiments: the tanks were in front as a defensive line, and the anti-aircraft guns were firing at the back......

Heinz Landau had fought the British many times, so he knew the equipment of the British, and knew that the British artillery fire was helpless against the German tanks at this distance, and the anti-aircraft guns in the hands of the Germans could easily destroy the British tanks one after another, even the "Sherman" tank was no exception.

IN FACT, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY ZHANG CHI DID NOT EASILY LAUNCH AN ATTACK ON THE GERMAN ARMY, WHICH USED 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AS ANTI-TANK GUNS, AND ITS EFFECTIVE RANGE WAS TOO LONG, 1,800 METERS...... The Germans had only five of these anti-aircraft guns to allow the armored units to suffer heavy losses before they could reach range, and compared to the German anti-aircraft guns, neither the Chinese nor the British had anti-tank weapons that could match them.

So the British army soon fell into the disadvantage, the absolute downwind......

THE "GRANT" TANK WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO BE EQUIPPED WITH ONLY ONE 37MM ANTI-TANK GUN, BUT AFTER THE GERMANS EASILY CAPTURED POLAND AND FRANCE...... This is especially true for Poland, whose lack of effective anti-tank guns makes it impossible for German tanks to even need infantry cover to rampage, and all Poland can do is use cavalry and sabers against the German steel monsters, and the results are naturally predictable.

AS A RESULT, THE AMERICANS SUDDENLY WOKE UP AND FOUND THAT THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF THE "GRANT" TANK 37MM ANTI-TANK GUN WAS NOT ENOUGH AT ALL, AND WANTED TO CHANGE IT TO A 75MM TANK GUN, THE TURRET SPACE WAS NOT ENOUGH, AND IT WAS TOO LATE TO REDESIGN THE TURRET, SO THEY ADDED ANOTHER LAYER BETWEEN THE TANK CHASSIS AND THE TURRET TO PLACE THE 75MM ANTI-TANK.

This gives the "Grant" a total of three floors, which makes it very tall and easy to navigate on the battlefield.

And due to the large number of weapons, a total of 7 people are required to operate...... It was the largest crew of a tank of the same period.

It is sometimes not a good thing to have more personnel and equipment, for example, modern tanks have fewer and fewer crew members, the standard is 4 people, and after using an automatic loader, you can save the loader and be operated by 3 people, and the Russian Armata tank even uses an automatic turret operated by 2 people.

The reason is very simple, the tank can be said to be a whole, the more people in operation, the more difficult it is to cooperate, and the large number of crew members will take up too much space, so that the tank can carry very limited instruments, ammunition, etc.

What's worse is that the "Grant" is still a rivet structure, as long as it is hit by a shot, even if it is not penetrated, its rivets can be blown up...... Many tank crews died not under enemy shells, but under the rivets of tanks.

Therefore, the German artillery fire was basically playing with the British tanks, and in the blink of an eye, seven or eight tanks were destroyed, including two "Shermans". Although the British also opened fire, the shells hit the armor of the German tanks and basically did not move.

"General!" Zhang Chi soon received another call from Abner: "Montgomery begs you to rescue the 1st Armored Regiment!" ”

Abner changed his tune, and what Montgomery said to Abner was not a "request", but an "order".

But Abner knew that the Chinese general didn't take Montgomery seriously at all, let alone obey the so-called "orders", so he changed the word.

But Zhang Chi still didn't eat it, and he replied, "Colonel, I told you about it." If we attack now and play into the hands of the Germans, it is very likely that we will not even be able to save Maherama! ”

Zhang Chi's words are not a bluff, this is indeed one of the possibilities, after all, the German army has an armored division, and it also has an anti-tank artifact in its hands...... 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS, THIS THING HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF "I CAN HIT YOU AND YOU CAN'T" AGAINST THE ALLIED FORCES, SO ZHANG CHI IS NOT EXACTLY MAKING EXCUSES.

"General!" Abner pleaded, "Perhaps, we can find a way to free the First Armor and save Maherama, please, there are more than 2,800 people in the First Armor, and each of them has a family!" ”

Zhang Chi didn't want to listen any longer, so he hung up the phone casually.

"Vice-Commander!" Staff Officer Liang persuaded on the side: "I know that you are still worried about the affairs of the British in Burma, but ...... If we don't save ourselves in this way, it will only further deteriorate our relations with the British, which will not do us any good! ”

Zhang Chi was silent for a moment, then nodded.

Staff Officer's words are of course correct, especially since the North African battlefield and even the entire European theater are dominated by the Allied forces led by the British army, if there is a complete break with the British army, then the expeditionary force will only have many difficulties in the future...... The Chinese army also needs a lot of British troops, such as supplies, and air support, especially air support, as long as the British play any tricks in air support, the expeditionary force may suffer huge casualties.

From this, Zhang Chi realized another point: As a commander, a commander who can decide the fate of the entire army, it is not possible to use personal likes and dislikes as the criterion for decision-making. It is all the more necessary to consider reality and interests, just as countries only talk about interests.

At this time, it was clearly in the interests of the expeditionary force to relieve the British 1st Panzer Regiment.

So Zhang Chi immediately picked up the walkie-talkie, and after connecting Abner, he said: "Colonel, I need the British armored regiment to obey my command, can you do it?" ”

"Of course!" Abner replied excitedly: "Thank you, General, I will contact the 1st Armored Regiment right away!" ”

It should be said that Abner was also a man who did not follow the usual route, at least among the British.

Because if it is common sense that if the 1st Armored Regiment is to obey the command of the Chinese troops, what Abner needs to do is to contact Montgomery first, and Montgomery will give orders to the 1st Armored Regiment...... Abner had no command over the 1st Panzer Regiment.

Abner didn't, because he knew it would take a lot of time, and even Montgomery probably wouldn't agree.

So Abner was just stunned and directly contacted the commander of the 1st Armored Regiment, Yarlin.

"Colonel Arrin!" Abner said: "We have found a way to get you out of trouble, but I need you to obey the command of Major General Zhang Chi of the Chinese Armored Regiment!" ”