Now the British are caught between anti-tank guns and Tiger tanks. This is an extremely dangerous situation. The thickness of the armor on various parts of the tank is different. Generally speaking, the armor on the front of the tank is

is thicker, while the armor on its sides and tail is much weaker.

Because if the tank wants to have thick armor in all directions, its weight will be so high that the roads, bridges, and its own suspension system cannot bear it. For example, the one made by the Germans weighs 70 tons.

The King Tiger tank, even the 17-pounder gun of the "Firefly" cannot penetrate it.

It has frontal armor, and its 88mm gun can easily penetrate any Allied tank. In theory, this tank should pose a huge threat to the Allies. But in fact, this thing posed a huge threat to the Germans.

The trouble is even greater than the threat it brings to the enemy. In later generations, people even said

Such a joke: If the Germans could have 10,000 King Tigers in World War II, what would be the consequences? The answer is that Hitler would have to conscript all Germans into the army for this purpose, and then let half of them be responsible for following the King Tigers at any time

Prepare to repair tanks, while the other half work 24 hours a day to repair bridges and roads.

The tanks on the Allied side have to cross the boundless sea by boat, cross roads that have been blown to pieces by their own people and the enemy, and have to pass on pontoons on rivers without bridges, so their weight is even more restricted.

.Under such weight restrictions, the armor on their sides and rear is of course even weaker.

At the beginning, when the British M4 tank faced the German Pak-40 anti-tank gun and No. 3 assault gun, they turned the front of the tank in the direction of the German anti-tank gun. Pak-40 anti-tank gun

The power of the gun is enough to destroy the M4 tank from the front, but the heavily sloped armor on the front of the M4 still has a great chance of destroying the shells fired by the Pak-40.

A ricochet occurred. As for the No. 3 assault gun, well, its howitzer is not suitable for attacking armored targets. There is still a chance to penetrate the M4 tank from the side, but from the front, then... well, still

There is a chance to break someone's tracks. If there had not been the intrusion of the third company of the German 50th Triple Tank Battalion, the British would still have a good chance of breaking through this anti-tank gun position.

However, the addition of Tiger tanks from the third company of the German 50th Triple Tank Battalion immediately put the British in a desperate situation. If they continue to maintain their current status, it will be equivalent to selling their chrysanthemums to the German Tiger tanks.

, if the direction is changed, well, even the howitzer of the No. 3 assault gun can easily penetrate their tail armor.

"Retreat! Retreat!" In the current situation, the British could only increase their horsepower and speed up the M4 tanks to escape. As for how many tanks could escape under such crossfire, only God knows.

The British M4 tank turned awkwardly in the rain of bullets. In the process, several tanks burned. The M4 tank uses a gasoline engine. Gasoline is very flammable, and their armor is not thick enough, especially

The engine part is not protected enough. Once hit, the engine will

It can easily catch fire. So much so that the Germans nicknamed this type of tank "Lighter", which means it will ignite as soon as it is hit, and it will ignite every time it is hit. The remaining M4 tanks were firing towards them at full power.

Running wildly in the direction. As for the infantry accompanying them, well, let them wish for themselves.

In fact, the speed of the Tiger tank is not much slower than the M4 tank. As a heavy tank weighing more than 50 tons, this tank can also run at a speed of 40 kilometers. This speed is not much slower than the M4 tank. But now

In cross-country terrain, the Tiger tank is too heavy after all. On such terrain, it is absolutely

It can't outrun the M4 medium tank. And if it runs too fast and the bumps are severe, it won't be able to shoot effectively. The British M4 tanks don't need to consider the issue of firing. Of course, they can run as fast as they want.

In this way, in theory, it is still possible for the British to escape.

However, this may only be a theoretical possibility. Although the Tiger tanks cannot catch up with the British M4 tanks, the shells they fire can indeed easily catch up with those escaping M4 tanks. The Tiger tanks are extremely powerful 88

The millimeter gun can penetrate the front armor of the M4 at a distance of two thousand meters. Now, the escaping M4 has its tail pointed at the Tiger's 88 gun. If the shot is accurate, the Tiger's 88 gun can even shoot at more than three thousand meters.

Kill these m4 tanks outside.

Of course, in fact, before there were ballistic computers, laser rangefinders, crosswind sensors and other such things, the tank's hit rate against targets thousands of meters away, especially moving targets, was abysmal. Although

The Tiger tank has a record of destroying the T-34 at a distance of three thousand meters, but that is just a blind cat encountering a dead mouse. It is essentially the same as a certain 203mm gun of the Soviet Army.

Nearly ten kilometers away, a shell was fired through the unclosed roof of a Ferdinand tank destroyer, or it was like an M10 tank destroyer's first shot breaking the barrel of a Tiger at a distance of 800 meters.

It was purely accidental. However, it was not easy for the British M4 to keep a distance of more than a thousand meters from the Germans. In the process, one M4 tank after another was hit and a fire broke out.

"Help! Someone come and save us!" Seeing one M4 tank after another being turned into burning torches by German artillery fire, Bill Coulos couldn't help shouting on the radio, "Please

Please, no matter who it is, save us!"

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"The British were ambushed and are calling for help!" In the control room of the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing, a staff officer reported the news to the group leader, Boeing.

"These pigs have finally been taught a lesson?" the unabashed Boeing immediately said. But obviously he also understood that now was not the time to gloat, so he asked: "Our PA-38 attack aircraft

How far is it?"

"Well..." A staff officer checked the navigation chart and replied, "There are still 5 minutes to go."

"Order them to throw away the auxiliary fuel tanks and accelerate to the maximum speed!"

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"Throw away the auxiliary fuel tank and speed up! Let's rescue those British pigs!" Ma Long ordered, taking the lead in throwing down the auxiliary fuel tank and pushing the throttle valve to the bottom.

Three minutes later, a miserable scene appeared in front of them. On the moon-like surface below, there were dozens of large fire piles with thick smoke and flames rising. Those were all destroyed by the Germans.

British tanks.

"Tiger tank found at 11 o'clock!"

"No. 5-12 attack the Tiger tank on the left, No. 2-4 follow me and attack the Tiger tank on the right!"

Under normal circumstances, Malone's PA-38 attack aircraft should bypass the sides or back of the Tiger tanks to launch attacks. In this way, their rockets can be sure to destroy those Tiger tanks after hitting them. And due to the visibility reasons, Germany

The human tanks did not notice the arrival of the attack aircraft. It would also take time for the German infantry to pass the message to the tanks on such a chaotic battlefield. This almost means that the PA-38s can shoot a very beautiful

The hit rate. However, there are still several M4 tanks escaping now. If Malone and the others go around to the side and rear of the Tiger tank, it means that the Germans still have time to fire at those M4 tanks again. Lu

There has always been a rule in aviation, that is, unless there are special regulations (such as knowing that the target is carrying weapons of mass destruction) rescuing teammates should always be prioritized before attacking the enemy. Although the British make many Americans unhappy, they are also comrades-in-arms

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At a distance of almost one thousand meters from the Tiger tank, Ma Long fired four rockets at them in one breath. In fact, although the range of the rockets was far more than one kilometer, the accuracy of the rockets was naturally not high.

.When launching rockets at such a distance, the probability of hitting the target will be very low. Under normal circumstances, Ma Long would never use rocket attacks at such a distance. But this time, his purpose was not to attack.

Hitting the target, but preventing the Germans from continuing to pursue the British tanks.

Just as Malone expected, only one of the rockets fired by him and his teammates hit the target. The rocket hit the turret of a Tiger tank. But perhaps because of the angle of the hit, this rocket hit the target.

A rocket hit the side of the turret and bounced off the armor.

However, this round of shooting obviously alarmed the Germans, who quickly gave up the pursuit and planned to retreat. Now, these tanks lacked air protection. The self-propelled anti-aircraft guns assigned to them were basically damaged in the morning bombing.

The Germans tried to escape into a nearby forest. But it was not easy. Now the situation was completely reversed. If they wanted to retreat into the woods, the German tanks had to run more than a thousand meters. This road is not that easy to run.

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However, the Germans did not sit still and wait for death. Their tanks were speeding towards the woods, and their machine gunners also took the risk to lean out half of the turret and shoot at the PA-38s with the anti-aircraft machine guns on the tanks. However, these Malones simply did not care.

Take these self-defense firepower seriously. Compared with the armor of the PA-38 attack aircraft, the power of the 7.92mm bullet is not even scratching the itch.

Malone bit a Tiger tank, and he dived from behind the tank. The tank's machine gunner shot at him desperately. The tank also kept running in an S shape to make it more difficult for Malone to aim.

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Malone first fired a salvo at the Tiger tank with the 20mm cannon. The barrage fired by the 20mm gun immediately covered the tank. The poor machine gunner was even beaten into two pieces.

The upper half of his body fell off the tank.

Ma Long fired a salvo with three 37mm cannons at a distance of about 100 meters. The tank stopped immediately, and then smoke started coming out...

"The first one!" Ma Long counted silently, and at the same time he pulled up the plane and looked around, looking for new targets.

At this time, almost all the 11 Tiger tanks participating in the battle from the third company of the German 50th Triple Tank Battalion were smoking.

"Damn, why are they moving so fast! I still have a lot of shells that haven't been fired yet!"

Malone continued to drive the PA-38 and circled over the battlefield. He did not find the Pak-40 anti-tank guns ambushed below, but something larger attracted his attention.

It was a No. 3 assault gun hiding in the bunker. In the battle just now, the camouflage net covering it was blown away by the shock wave of the shell, so it was immediately exposed to Ma Long.

"Fortunately, there is one more!" Ma Long rolled around, and then planned to pull the lever and dive over. But at this moment, several rockets flew from nowhere, and the new target that was finally found suddenly appeared again.
Chapter completed!