Chapter 683: Melee Combat
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Zhang Qingqi understood, and with a wave of his hand, two guards jumped out of the car and motioned for Page to go to a safe place in the rear.
But Page was reluctant to go, and looked at the back of Zhang Chi standing on the half-track armored car from a distance behind him, and after a while, he seemed to wake up, and hurriedly grabbed the camera hanging around his neck and took several pictures in a row, until Zhang Chi and the half-track armored car disappeared on the other side of the dune.
Of course, Zhang Chi didn't have time to be distracted by Page, he only had the German tank in front of him in his eyes.
The distance is three hundred meters, and they are basically No. 2 and No. 3 tanks......
This was expected by Zhang Chi, because the German No. 4 tank was slow to move, and the No. 4 tank would naturally fall behind in the case of full speed pursuit.
LAGGING BEHIND IS THE GERMAN 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN, WHICH WEIGHS 5 TONS, WHICH WEIGHS MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH AS THE SO-CALLED STUPID AMERICAN M5 ANTI-TANK GUN, AND IF IT WEREN'T FOR ITS ULTRA-LONG RANGE AND OUTSTANDING ARMOR-PIERCING ABILITY, I AM AFRAID THAT IT WOULD BE AS INFAMOUS AS THE M5 ANTI-TANK GUN.
So Zhang Chi was relieved...... The German tanks No. 2 and No. 3 could not be said to be the opponents of the "Sherman" at all, and they were very loose in formation because they were pursuing the British armored regiment, like targets in front of the Chinese armored regiment.
The Germans on the other side were stunned by the sight in front of them...... Just now, I saw that there were still groups of tanks scattered and fleeing, and they were chasing and killing all the way, why did they suddenly emerge from the low sand dunes with a group of towering "Shermans" with their muzzles? Could it be that the British will do magic?!
This caused the German tanks, which were still pursuing at full speed, to stop one after another, but they did not dare to turn ...... Because this is tantamount to looking for death for a tank.
Heisenberg was also stunned by the scene in front of him, and it took him a long time to react, and then he couldn't help but shout: "This is Chinese, the Chinese armored regiment, they have been hiding here ......"
Heinz Landau, who received the information, couldn't help jumping up from the seat of the armored car like a spring, he raised his binoculars and looked ahead, and sure enough, he saw rows of "Shermans" appearing on the sand dune demarcation line, and the Chinese had even begun to erect anti-tank guns on the dunes.
"Damn it!" Heinz Landao scolded: "Cunning Chinese, we fell for them!" ā
Heinz Landau is right, under normal circumstances, Heinz Landau is confident that he can defeat the Chinese armored regiment, even if he adds another British armored regiment, after all, the strength of the German armored division is there, more than 200 tanks plus two artillery regiments, especially among them, there are anti-aircraft guns that can repel the enemy thousands of kilometers away.
However, at this time, the German Panzer Division once again appeared that various types of tanks and artillery were separated from each other and could not support each other, and the German Panzer Division did not have any advantage over the "Sherman" in tanks.
"Quick!" Heinz Landau couldn't help shouting: "Order the No. 4 tank group to reinforce at full speed!" ā
But it was too late to order tank No. 4 to reinforce at full speed......
With Zhang Chi's order, the Chinese armored regiment fired 10,000 artillery shots, and the row of German tanks in front of it immediately exploded into a group of fireballs, and then dozens of "Sherman" tanks were like marching ants in the desert, lined up in a neat formation under the cover of anti-tank guns, and unhurriedly entered the German tank group.
It was a hand-to-hand fight between tanks.
In fact, this is not the first time, the Chinese armored regiment experienced it once last night, but it was at night and now it is daytime.
In the hand-to-hand combat at night, it can be said that the combat effectiveness of both sides cannot be brought into play, and the victory depends more on tactics and experience, and of course, luck.
Hand-to-hand combat during the day is different, it is completely a competition of combat quality and tank performance.
One thing is for sure, the quality of the German tank crews is quite good, they can adjust the angle in the shortest possible time and aim the muzzle at the enemy tanks coming from the opposite side, and there are even some German tanks that aim and fire while advancing, and they also shoot accurately.
Tanks are taboo to stand still during combat, and while this makes it easier for the gunner to aim and improve the chance of hitting, at the same time it is easy to be destroyed by enemy aiming.
It was especially rare that the Germans knew that this was the time to move forward and not retreat...... German tanks, unlike Japanese tanks, did not have reverse gears.
However, if you choose reverse gear at this time, it is obviously wrong, not to mention the slow speed of reverse gear, if the distance between us and the enemy is widened, the "Sherman" tank with long range and strong armor-piercing ability will have an advantage.
However, even the German tanks did not advance much better, because in addition to the fire of the "Sherman", they also had to withstand the fire of the enemy's anti-tank guns laid on the dunes...... This is also the reason why the "Sherman" tank group chose to enter the enemy tank group slowly, which on the one hand will affect the accuracy of the shot, and on the other hand, it will quickly get out of the cover of the anti-tank guns.
In fact, the Chinese armored regiment has another piece of equipment that plays an important role, that is, the "Bazooka" rocket launcher.
Hand-to-hand combat is close combat, at this time it is difficult for tank guns to play a role, one is that the tank gun is slow to fire, the other is that the distance between the enemy and us is too close, sometimes in front of the eyes, and the enemy and our tanks are moving in the opposite direction, so often only have time to hit one or two shells and pass by, and then can only look for the next target.
But bazookas are at home in such battles...... The tank can be used as a cover for the bazooka shooter just in front, and after loading the bomb and preparing for launch, it jumps out from behind the tank to quickly aim, and then with a "chirp", a German tank is immediately paralyzed.
Of course, the Germans also had something similar to the "Bazooka" bazooka in their hands, and that was the "Iron Fist".
However, the tragic thing is that at this time, the German "Iron Fist" had just been developed, and it was still the original model of the "Iron Fist" Type 30...... THIS THING HAS A STRONG ARMOR-PIERCING ABILITY, WITH A PENETRATION DEPTH OF 140MM, WHICH IS 40MM MORE THAN THE BAZOOKA, AND THE ARMOR OF THE "SHERMAN" TANK IS ALMOST HALF OF ITS PENETRATION.
But its shortcomings are also obvious, the range is only 30 meters, which can almost be said to be a large grenade.
This weakness was fatal, because the standard for throwing grenades from an infantry standing position was 35 meters, and it was common for trained soldiers to throw forty or fifty meters, so the "Iron Fist" shooters hiding behind the German tanks were completely suppressed by the grenades of the expeditionary force, and before they could lean out and fire, rows of grenades had blown them to pieces.