"Priority is given to attacking the positions on the left, where there are fewer troops, and they are bunkers made of sandbags, and there should be no trenches dug up. As long as we make a hole in the defensive line, the rest will be easy. Hans assumed the responsibility of temporary command and began to deploy his forces, "The infantry followed us forward, and when the gap was torn, they rushed in with us, and the first and second rows of soldiers had to sweep the enemy to the left and right. Do the groups understand? ”

"Yes!"

"In an offensive formation, the tanks are lined up at a distance of thirty meters, and the infantry stands behind the tanks in two teams." Having heard Hans's order, the units moved quickly.

"All hands on deck!"

In the process of slowly advancing, when I was still far away from the forward position, I got out of the car with my upper body and looked at the local position with a telescope, and the picture that I had just seen was now very clear. What is certain is that the enemy has no more armored forces. It was a bit of a relief to me. There is one anti-tank gun, which is a British-made QF-2-pounder light anti-tank gun. The enemy's infantry was not deployed much, and it seemed that this attack was not difficult.

"Bang!" The enemy's anti-tank guns fired first, but at this distance, he was not accurate, and one shell hit the front of the 403 car, splashing only a lot of loess and sand.

"All the British anti-tank guns aimed at the direction of the XII point, knock it out for me first!" Hans commanded us to prioritize strikes against the enemy's only target that posed a threat to us.

Four high-explosive rounds and countless machine-gun rounds swept by, and the anti-tank gun was already wrapped in smoke and did not move.

Just when we thought he had been killed by us, a shell hit the 403 car, but it hit the left front of the turret at a very wrong angle, and the shell was instantly ricocheted off and plunged into the ground next to it.

"All units aim at the position just now, fire cover!" The moment Hans gave the order, we had already fired the cannonballs. After two rounds of firing and a machine gun, the cannon never came out again.

Once the only threat to us was eliminated, my confidence grew. Spotting places with a concentration of local infantry through observation holes, guiding Natl to "take care" of them.

The heavy machine guns on the local positions were "named" by us one by one, and before we could get close, the defenses in front of us were full of holes.

In this offensive battle, Natle told Stein in advance that it would be good to only put on HE shells. Because the HE bullet contains a large amount of gunpowder responsible for the explosion, it can produce greater damage, but the small amount of gunpowder it is responsible for propelling determines its slow ejection speed and low penetration.

Since it was said in advance, there was no need for frequent communication as in the last defensive war. Instead, I've been talking to the other three crews to choose the best way to break through.

Needless to say, Yorkson had been driving steadily and slowly, but this battle became a place for Roy to "vent", and he operated the hull machine gun with great interest, shooting at the opposite position, sometimes strafing, sometimes pointing.

Because the infantry was hiding behind the tanks, the British could only protest feebly with the Boys anti-tank rifles in their hands, and the weak bullets hit our hard tanks with a pleasant sound of "jumping, jumping", and the brisk rhythm was like composing a beautiful music.

With heavy artillery fire, we managed to tear a hole in their defensive belt. Our tanks made a detour to the rear of the enemy to deal with the enemy a little farther away, while the infantry quickly poured into the enemy positions and the enemy, engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

After entering the gap, Natel became busier, constantly changing the main gun and coaxial machine gun in order to take down more enemies. Although the shells were replaced by Stein, the shells for the heading machine gun were replaced by Natl himself. But judging by the way he looks, he seems to be more than enough for this kind of workload, so he doesn't have to worry about it at all.

And Yorkson shouted: "Do it steady!" Then he pulled down the lever and quickly circled the tank to the rear end of the enemy position. This will allow you to find a better firing range, and at the same time avoid enemy infantry from giving us trouble at close range: if the tank is hit by an anti-tank grenade, it is no joke, and a blow like that can be fatal!

The enemy began to gradually rout under our rapid onslaught, and the infantry was overwhelmed by the cover of tanks. Although we had occupied less than half of their positions, it was clear that their psychological defenses were more vulnerable than theirs, and that the British were rapidly running out of will to fight.

Eventually, the remaining British troops in the distance fled by truck from the back of the position to another position, and the battle ended. Hans ordered the troops to clean up the battlefield and then redeploy the defenses. The gray-black rising smoke forms a magnificent picture with it under the light of the red sunset.

I don't remember how many enemy troops we annihilated on this smoke-filled position, and I don't even remember guiding Natl to attack key targets a few times. It's not that we've destroyed too many enemies, it's because I'm completely immersed in the joy of victory. Of course, I wasn't the only one who was happy, we all started cheering, and although this victory came easily, it was the result of our hard work together and we all had reason to celebrate!

Soon after, bad news was received from Nesser via the on-board radio, that the reinforcements that were supposed to arrive tonight had been ambushed by the British, which had seriously delayed the march. This also indicates that our results today can only stop here.

Because of the delay in the reinforcements, our current task has once again shifted to defense.

This position was separated from the enemy's only remaining position by a mountain range, and because of these geographical advantages, Hans ordered a platoon of infantry to hold and strengthen the defense of this position, and the 716 and 403 cars led a platoon of infantry to reinforce, while Hans and I held this position.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, after dinner, I wanted to continue to learn the essentials of the battle, so I went to look for Hans, and finally found him on a dirt slope.

I sat next to him and followed his gaze to the sky. Just as I was about to ask, he made a move.

Hans took a hard puff of the cigarette in his mouth, spit out a smoke ring, and said, "Trode, get ready to defend, tonight the dark clouds cover the moon, and it seems that the wind is going to rise." ”