Rommel guessed correctly, Zhang Chi really didn't expect that a British armored regiment would be so reckless to rush up for reinforcements. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It is important to know that the German "blitzkrieg" does not rely on how advanced the tanks are, how fierce the firepower is, the focus is on speed, and it is not that they are entangled in the same place when they encounter an insurmountable target, they will be very flexible to move to other weak positions to make the enemy unable to defend themselves.

Therefore, the key point in dealing with this kind of German tactic is to grasp two words: "stability" and "drag".

What Zhang Chi is doing now is "dragging...... Maherama is a decoy, a bait that the Germans cannot give up, and the Chinese armored regiment is a tripwire, once the Germans bite this bait, they will be entangled by the Chinese armored regiment and cannot get out. This made the German Panzer Division very passive, with great strength but no place to use it.

At this time, the Allies only need to fight steadily, or drag the German army for a while, and wait for the German army to run out of fuel and ammunition for a while.

Unexpectedly, the British army would send a rapid armored regiment to reinforce it...... And it is also a fast armored regiment with only thirty "Sherman" tanks, what kind of reinforcement is this, it is clearly fat meat for Rommel.

However, it does not seem to be blamed on the British army...... Rescue troops are like fighting fires, and Maherama's important requirement is that British reinforcements must arrive at the destination quickly, but the British army is also equipped with "Sherman", "Grant", "Matilda" and other types of tanks, the speed of these tanks is very different, if you want to keep the synchronous march, you will inevitably be dragged down by the slow and constantly broken down "Matilda", so you can only send a regiment to reinforce first.

The reason why there are only 30 "Shermans" in a regiment is because the British army evenly distributes the "Shermans" to several armored divisions, and then to regiments, so that there are only about 30 "Shermans" in a regiment.

The British army was distributed in this way so that the combat effectiveness of each armored regiment could be improved...... This was, but at the same time, it was still not enough to defend the Germans.

So, when Zhang Chi was still waiting in the dark for the next move of the German army, he suddenly received a report: "The German army has retreated!" ”

"The Germans retreated?" Zhang Chi was a little inexplicable.

Although Zhang Chi thought that the German army would eventually retreat because of helplessness, it would not be able to fight and the fuel would be tight, if it did not retreat, he was afraid that an entire armored division would end up here.

But Zhang Chi didn't expect the Germans to retreat so quickly, at least a few more rounds!

"Yes, the Germans retreated!" Zhang Chi even heard the cheers of the British troops around Wu Yuhang.

"General!" Abner snatched Wu Yuhang's walkie-talkie and said excitedly: "This battle is beautiful, General." You succeeded in holding Maherama, leaving the Germans with heavy casualties to us and nothing to gain. It's unbelievable that the first battle you commanded had the biggest victory I know! ”

"Vice-Commander!" Staff Officer Liang asked beside him, "So...... Should we return to Mahairama, or should we pursue the Germans? ”

IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO PURSUE THE GERMANS, WHO HAD 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS, WHICH COULD DESTROY THE SHERMAN TANK FROM A DISTANCE, AND THE PURSUIT MEANT BEING DESTROYED BY THE GERMANS ONE AFTER THE OTHER.

Return to Maherama......

"Wait!" Zhang Chi said: "The Germans may be playing tricks!" ”

"The deputy military seat is to say...... Is there fraud in this? ”

"I'm not sure either!" Zhang Chi replied: "It's always right to be careful anyway!" ”

Staff Officer Liang agreed.

As a result, the Chinese armor remained camouflaged and stood by.

Unexpectedly, the situation came faster than Zhang Chi imagined, and a few minutes later, Abner's anxious voice came from the walkie-talkie: "General, the Germans are not withdrawing, they are attacking the 1st Armored Regiment that came to reinforce them." ”

Zhang Chi just said "oh", and he was relieved to hear this Zhang Chi.

Seeing Zhang Chi's reaction so cold, Abner became even more anxious: "General, don't you think we should do something?" ”

"What can we do?" Zhang Chi asked rhetorically.

"Rescue the 1st Panzer Regiment, of course!" "Otherwise they will be annihilated by the Germans!" said Abner! ”

"Colonel!" Zhang Chi said: "Don't you think this is the intention of the Germans? ”

"What?" Abner didn't understand what Zhang Chi meant.

"Let's go rescue the 1st Panzer Regiment!" Zhang Chi replied: "So that the Germans can know our position, and then they can attack Maherama with confidence!" ”

Hearing this, Abner couldn't help but be stunned, he was silent for a moment and said, "Maybe you're right, but ...... We can't just sit idly by, can we? ”

"I don't have a choice!" Zhang Chi replied.

Rommel may have played this move very well, but he didn't expect that Zhang Chi did not have a good impression of the British, not only did he not have a good impression, but he was even angry...... In fact, even if Zhang Chi did not have a single enemy of Burma with the British, he would not be willing to rescue the British army with the lives of the soldiers of the expeditionary force, although China and Britain were allies at this time.

The cannon soon rang out.

The British were only ten kilometers from Mahairama, and they had no idea that the Germans had turned their guns to their still stupid full speed ahead...... This was also thanks to Jon, who informed the 1st Panzer Regiment of the "good news" as soon as the Germans withdrew.

So the German and British troops went in the same direction, and in less than half an hour they met in the desert.

"Fuck it!" Colonel Yarlin of the 1st Panzer Regiment could not help but curse when he saw the German Panzer units that suddenly appeared in front of him: "Who said that the Germans had retreated? I'm going to take him to court-martial! ”

But it was obviously too late to say this, and it did not help the situation of the battle, and Yarlin hurriedly organized his troops to defend......

At this time, the Germans did not dare to attack rashly.

There were two reasons for this, one was that the Germans had to worry about another, more powerful armored regiment...... Chinese army. They would come out from behind at any moment, which made the Germans equally have to be on the defensive.

THE OTHER IS THAT THE BRITISH ARMY IS EQUIPPED WITH THIS "GRANT" TANK IS A BIT STRANGE, IT IS A TWO-TURRET THING, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY SHORTCOMINGS IN PROTECTION, MOBILITY, ETC., BUT THE FIREPOWER IS VERY STRONG, ESPECIALLY ONE OF ITS TWO TANK GUNS IS A 75MM ANTI-TANK GUN.

And the British armored regiment was armed with fifty such tanks...... Each "Grant" tank has two guns, that is to say a hundred guns, which is quite strong in organized firepower.

So the Germans needed to take their time, for example, with anti-aircraft guns at a long distance to take out some targets first.