"Sir, the gun barrel has been wiped clean!" a soldier reported to Second Lieutenant Feng Rosen.

"Well, good! Go and help Muller clean the fan." Second Lieutenant von Rosen was squatting next to his Tiger tank, helping to change the road wheels. Compared with ordinary tanks, the German Tiger tank has

Double-layer road wheels have many advantages. For example, when driving, this kind of road wheels

Heavy wheels are the most stable. This allows German tanks to stabilize their bodies faster and fire deadly shells when performing short-stop shooting. For example, with this type of road wheel, the maximum pressure on the ground will also be smaller.

.This can also improve the passing performance of the tank.

But this kind of road wheel also has many shortcomings. First of all, when driving, dirt, stones and other objects can easily get stuck between the two layers of road wheels, causing the road wheels to be stuck or even directly damaged. In the severe cold on the Eastern Front

season, after one night, the tiger

The two-layer road wheels may also be frozen together and unable to move. In addition, compared with the thicker single-layer road wheels, this type of road wheel is more likely to be damaged when it is hit, for example, when a howitzer shell is nearby

An explosion may damage such road wheels.

What's even worse is that this kind of road wheel is also very troublesome to maintain. For example, if one of the inner wheels is broken, you must first remove the two outer road wheels before you can replace that road wheel. For example, now, Feng?

? Several road wheels on one side of Second Lieutenant Rosen's Tiger tank were broken. They needed to be removed and replaced one by one, which took a lot of time.

"Company commander!" A scout ran over.

Lieutenant von Rosen suddenly jumped up from the ground: "Where are the British now? Are they coming?"

"Company Commander, no. The British are still about three kilometers away from us, but they stopped for some reason." The scout replied, "They gathered around an M-4 tank. It may be that the tank is broken.

."

"Nonsense! How is this possible?" Second Lieutenant Feng Rosen shouted, "Did you see clearly? Go back, see clearly and then come back!"

Tanks breaking down on the way to the battlefield is one of the most common things in war. If it were in Germany, well, no need to think about it, someone would push it to the side of the road, and then the army would move on - soldiers are very fast.

, this is especially true for the tank unit. How could a tank unit stop all because a tank broke down? The British were not novices on the battlefield, how could they make such a mistake?

The scout seemed to want to make a few excuses, but after looking at Second Lieutenant Feng Rosen, he thought again, probably because he himself found it hard to believe it, so he saluted to Second Lieutenant Feng Rosen, and then

He ran away into the distance again.

"About three kilometers, they can reach here within a few minutes." Second Lieutenant Feng Rosen looked around, "But now, only 6 tanks have restored the ability to fire. As for the ability to move,

, no one will be able to recover within at least an hour."

Thinking of this, Second Lieutenant Feng Rosen fell into deep despair: "Even if the enemy lingers longer, they will definitely be able to get here within fifteen minutes. By that time, it will be time for everyone to die for the country together?"

After an unknown amount of time, Second Lieutenant Feng Rosen had rotated the load and replaced the broken tracks, but the British still didn't come.

"What are the British doing?" The weird behavior of the British made Second Lieutenant Feng Rosen feel more and more unsure. At this time, only the engine cooling system of his tank had not been cleaned. This is a delicate matter.

The space on the tank was limited, and he couldn't help much, so he told the crew, "You hurry up and repair it, I'll go take a look ahead," and ran forward.

…

"Damn it, how is this possible?" Second Lieutenant Feng Rosen looked up from behind the observation post's binoculars in a daze, "This is unscientific! How could they, how could they have a picnic at this time?

Got it!"

"Company Commander, you also saw it... They are really..." Scout Finn also had a surprised look on his face.

"Well, come closer." Second Lieutenant Feng Rosen said.

"What's the matter?" Finn leaned over, "Ouch! Why are you pinching me, company commander?"

"Do you know it hurts? It seems like it's not a dream..."

In this way, Lieutenant von Rosen and Scout Finn looked and waited in the observation post. They saw the white picnic mat being spread out, and they saw the exquisite plates being laid out.

Now, they saw that the British sat down leisurely, and they saw that the British began to eat big mouthfuls of food... until they saw that their stomachs were hungry, and the British were still there leisurely basking in the sun!

"Company commander, look, the enemy's attack planes have also returned. Are they going to stop fighting?" Fein said.

"How is that possible? Did you drop so many bombs today just to get them to come out and have a picnic?"

"Company commander, look, a few more vehicles have come over, they seem to be engineering vehicles."

…

21st Attack Wing Forward Headquarters.

"What? These British people stopped to eat! This is really unreasonable!" Boeing, who was acting for Ron, yelled angrily, "You guys, my pilots didn't even have lunch! Are they going to fight or go on a picnic?...

...We’re running out of fuel? So what are you waiting for? Come back and eat!”

Speaking of which, Burton has never had a good impression of the British. The main reason for this is that he feels that the British like to put on airs too much. They always make excuses in front of Americans, and they always like to look at the United States like country bumpkins.

people.

"Do they still think they are the world's boss? Without us, they are nothing!" Before Ron was injured, Boeing said this to Ron more than once.

"Ah, they are acting like this just because they know that they are no longer the boss in the world." Ron replied at the time, "When a once powerful country is inevitably going to decline, they can only use

This is a way to maintain your self-esteem. Dad, you should be compassionate and sympathetic to others."

Although he felt that Ron's words without a single curse word were more satisfying than his swearing, when it came to sympathy for the British, he really felt that he could not find such a mentality at all.

"Captain, are you going to send out the next wave of attack aircraft?"

"Let's get in line and eat first!"

"The next batch of pilots have already eaten!"

"Then let them take a nap first!"

"Yes!" The messenger turned around and planned to inform the pilots to go to sleep.

"Wait... let the pilots go." Boedon said, "Ron is right, although the British are all bastards, at least they are our bastards now!"

…

Just when several PA-38s that originally provided direct fire support to the British returned, and the newly dispatched PA-38 attack aircraft had not yet arrived, the British engineering vehicles arrived first. They launched a tunnel on the railway that could

There was no road for wheeled vehicles to pass, so the British packed up their cups and cutlery, jumped on the tanks, and began to attack.

Company B commander Bill Coulos gave an order, and the British tanks that had crossed the railway line began to form a battle formation. They lined up Sherman tanks equipped with 75mm guns at a distance of 36 meters.

, and the "Firefly" equipped with a deadly 17-pounder gun.

The ladder formation followed closely behind. In an encounter, people will always instinctively fire at the tank closest to them. Then, when the Germans open fire and are exposed, the "Fireflies" hiding behind will have the opportunity to use terrifying weapons.

17-pounder cannon to destroy those tigers and leopards.

…

"Brothers, have the tanks been repaired?" Second Lieutenant Feng Rosen asked.

"It's fixed! Now we're waiting to repair the British!" The morale of the soldiers seemed to be very good.

"Sir, when will the British come? Have they finished their food? We are all hungry!"

"Those fat pigs have arrived," Second Lieutenant von Rosen jumped onto his tank and held on to his turret with one hand. "Let us kill them first and then go back to eat!" Then he got in.

Entering the tank, he exposed half of his body outside the turret, raised his right arm high, and waved forward: "Let's go!" A stream of black smoke came out of the exhaust pipes of his tanks, and then these 57-ton giants

The beast began to move forward slowly...

…

The British tanks were still advancing slowly. Suddenly, a No. 4 tank appeared in their field of vision. It was a lone German tank. It fired a shot at the British M4 tank first, but

This shell did not hit. Of course, the tank never had a chance to fire a second shell. The salvo fire of several "Fireflies" immediately turned it into a big fireball.

However, this victory did not make the British happy. On the contrary, they are now getting more and more nervous. The appearance of this No. 4 tank shows that this operation is not the armed parade they imagined. The enemy still has remaining

Armored power!

Just a few seconds after the No. 4 tank was destroyed, several artillery shells fell into the British tank group. The shells fell on the ground and exploded into clouds of smoke. The British looked around in panic, but they

It was impossible to see where the shells came from.

In the air raid just now, some anti-tank guns and assault guns survived. The Germans ambush them on one side of the line where the British were advancing. The land that was blown away in the air raid was just convenient for the Germans to build fortifications.

When the British were having a picnic, the Germans built anti-tank fortifications here. Now these anti-tank guns and assault guns are half-buried in the fortifications, with only the barrels exposed to shoot at the British. They were attacked.

The British were thrown into chaos and the attackers could not be found.

However, there were also many problems with the hastily built fortifications by the Germans. For example, the land near the muzzle was not irrigated with water, which caused the Germans to fire dust from the muzzle of the gun. Therefore, the British suffered

After firing a lot of artillery shells and losing several tanks, these enemies were finally discovered.

So the British tanks began to turn towards the German anti-tank gun and assault gun positions. There were just some Pak-40 and No. 3 assault guns. Although they caught the British by surprise, once the British with obvious numerical advantage discovered

If you achieve your goal, you can still solve these troubles.

But at this moment, the "Fireflies" lined up at the back of the team were beaten into large fireballs one after another. Then, as many as 11 Tiger tanks rushed out from behind the British.

In the rear attack launched by the third company of the German 50th Triple Tank Battalion, the British lost all their "Fireflies", which was almost a death notice to all British vehicles still on the battlefield. Because it depends on

The remaining M4s equipped only with 75mm short-barreled guns have no way to fight against Tiger tanks. Their artillery cannot penetrate Tiger tanks at zero range. Due to their own delay, the British have fallen into a certain death situation.
Chapter completed!