With the powerful power of up to 400 horsepower provided by the 12-cylinder V-type water-cooled four-stroke diesel engine, the "Teutonic Knight" that was set up at the end of 1930 was like agile lions moving quickly in the fields of North Wales. The black and white iron cross battle emblem was so eye-catching in the sun.

The "Teutonic Knight" is a title given by German Emperor William II. Its official number is pk.kw.30/75, which is "a 30-ton Emperor William's chariot using 75mm artillery". Because it is favored by German Emperor and senior army officials, this heavy chariot quickly replaced the early Hubert series and the "Moltke Chariot" that was equipped in large numbers in the mid-to-earth period of the 1920s, becoming the main model of the German Army Armored Corps. In just three years, the total output has exceeded 1,200 units, far ahead of any chariot that appeared at the same time.

"Note! There are enemy activities in the 500-meter area in the front right, and we may be attacked at any time!"

In the relatively spacious turret of the tank, David Rost, the second lieutenant of the Royal German Army, sat upright in the captain's seat, staring at the forward-facing vision glass. The diesel engine has many advantages over the gasoline engine, but the high noise is a headache for users. When running at full speed, if the wired communication equipment in the car fails, the captain can hardly communicate with his driver with sound.

Hearing the commander's reminder, the gunman of this chariot, a bare German officer who was not old, immediately drove the turret right and turned the front of the turret. The front of the turret was the thickest armor position of the chariot. With the 30mm thick arc-shaped gun shield, it is basically an unsolvable existence on the battlefield today. Using the turret to face the enemy is like a soldier in the Cold Weapon Age to prevent the enemy's attack with shields, which is a very correct instinctive reaction.

In his sight, what aroused Second Lieutenant Rost was a British position that was set up along the sandy road. The enemy did not have time to build trenches, but only dug a single bunker based on the terrain. There was a vaguely visible to the British soldiers' distinctive flat-topped helmets. If it were only a few infantry units, several "Teutonic Knights" could easily crush them if they drove straight over, but Second Lieutenant Rost sent him a red flag. As he continued to move forward, he gradually discovered that there were differences in the British position: behind the sandy road was not a coherent field, but a natural gully!

In the fields west of Abersohh, the crisscrossing gullies are very unique in landscapes, narrow like streams, and wide as they can lay down two or three trucks side by side. In aerial photos, these naturally formed gullies are like giants using branches of heaven to draw lattices on the ground, and these irregular lines are completely ineffective.

The feeling of danger became stronger and stronger. Second Lieutenant Rost pressed the communication switch in his throat and shouted: "Rud, go forward in the second gear!"

The driver skillfully shifted gears and slowed down, and the lion running through the fields slowed down. The "Teutonic Knight" behind him and the half-tracked armored vehicle, which was also sprayed with iron cross logo, followed the leader to adjust the pace of his journey.

"Peter, machine gun attack!"

The firing order was issued to the gunner. The young and bald non-commissioned officer immediately controlled the coaxial machine gun to fire at the British position. The series of bullets immediately made dust fly at the location of the flat-topped helmets. From the perspective of Lieutenant Roster, all the flat-topped helmets disappeared.

"Get a high-explosive bomb...short stop shooting!"

Following the order of the second lieutenant, the loader stuffed a high-explosive bomb into the barrel, and then shouted "Finish". The driver immediately braked, and the gun captain once again drove the coaxial machine gun to fire, making the final calibration for the shooting of the chariot gun, and then the machine gun ceased, and the artillery fired... Everything was completed in just a few seconds.

With a loud bang, the shells fired by the Teutonic Knight exploded a gap on the west side of the Sand Road. There was a complete egg under the collapse of the nest, and a bunker next to the roadbed was also destroyed. The smoke of the explosion gradually dissipated, and a British helmet that was bombarded fell from the air, bounced twice on the ground, and lay there in the sky.

In the usual training, the driver directly set up gear after a short stop shooting in the tank. However, when he arrived on the battlefield, especially in the unknown situation of the enemy, he did not take his own initiative, but waited for the commander's instructions.

The excessive quietness of the British position made Lieutenant Rost more and more aware that something was wrong. He asked the correspondent to convey the combat instructions to the entire company's illusion of the British position in front of the illusion of the chariot. It was a difficult stronghold to be removed with a steadily advancing tactic.

The 12 "Teutonic Knights" were quickly adjusted to two human-shaped attack formations superimposed on the front and rear. Ten half-tracked armored vehicles stopped behind them. Half of the infantry got off the car and prepared to attack and advance based on the figures of the combat vehicles and armored vehicles. The remaining infantry will take corresponding actions based on the development of the battle.

The German half-track armored vehicles were not only used to carry combat infantry, but 80mm caliber mortars are a very common configuration, with an effective range covering two kilometers, and are more effective against enemy targets behind obstacles than direct-fired artillery.

Following the instructions of Lieutenant Roster, the six front chariots were launched first. When they slowly advanced forward, the rear chariots were covered with artillery. All the half-tracked armored vehicles were temporarily staying in place, carrying heavy mortars to launch shells on the British positions. The scene of the mortar shell explosion also proved from the indirect evidence that Lieutenant Roster's speculation was that there were gullies behind the British positions!

What is hidden in the ravine?

With deep doubts, Lieutenant Rost led the front chariots to advance a hundred meters, stopped to shell and shoot British positions, rear chariots, armored vehicles and infantry that had already gotten off followed suit, and the attacking front steadily pressed forward. The heavy mortars carried by the half-track armored vehicles might not be enough to force out the hidden power behind the sandy road. The coalition fighter jets that were marching the battlefield added fire at the right time: they flew low along the sandy road, dropped aviation bombs at the right position, and then turned around and flew back violently with machine guns.

At this time, bursts of blue smoke finally emerged from behind the British positions, and the roar of the engine came.

In a noisy environment, Lieutenant Rost did not hear the roar of the enemy's engine, but saw such a big bombing and strafing of his own fighter jets, and saw strange blue smoke appearing behind the sandy road. This top student from Danze Naval Chariot Academy could already guess seven or eight. He decisively ordered: "Stop moving forward, the gunner loads armor-piercing bullets, and is ready to fire at any time!"

On the enemy about 200 meters away from the British position, the six Teutonic Knights in the front row quickly stopped and were ready to go. Another six tanks and armored vehicles were a hundred meters behind them, and all artillery machine guns were aimed at the British position.

Accompanied by a particularly dull roar, a slender gun barrel tilted out from behind the sandy road. Just when people thought that two rumbled and rolling tracks and thick-lined car bodies would appear next, the slender gun barrels quickly flattened. All people could see was a turret shaped like an upside-down bathtub. The solid car body was hidden under the ground plane based on the terrain.

"Fire!" Lieutenant Reuter impatiently issued a shooting order.

An excellent gunner should have the psychological quality of being in absent from the enemy. The gunman looked calmly and adjusted while aiming. Before firing the cannon, he did not forget to use a coaxial machine gun to perform short shooting measurements, and all the actions were completed in one go.

At such a close range, the roar of the chariot cannon still echoed in the cabin. The shooting results have been revealed. Although the hit was achieved, Lieutenant Reut's tight fist could not be raised, but hit the armrest of the seat. Because the capped armor-piercing bullet could not penetrate the enemy's chariot turret, it was bounced away by its arc shield!

Before more British tanks emerged, this German tank unit had an absolute advantage of 12 to 1. The gunners quickly and calmly aimed at the target. The machine gun bullets used for firing hit the British turret and stirred up countless Mars. Although the area of ​​the turret was only one-quarter of the cross-section of the chariot, after coaxial machine gun correction, the shooting hit rate of the German chariot reached an impeccable level. Many armor-piercing bombs were shot from different angles, and the "upturned bathtub" was instantly washed away by a violent explosion!

In just a blink of an eye, several turrets of the same outline emerged from the back of the sandy road. One, two, three... After counting carefully, there were seven British chariots ambushed here. They were both heavy chariots named by the former British Army Secretary Horatzha Herbert Kitchner. Their body shape and weight were similar to the "Teutonic Knight", but their shape and outline belonged to two completely different systems. The mass-produced model "Kitchner" has unparalleled frontal protection, and the side and rear armor is thicker than the "Teutonic Knight", which fully reflects the design of "protection first".

Concept, but whether a weapon can be a classic that dominates a battle or even a war is not the key to whether its technical data is beautiful, but its practicality and whether the user's tactical strategy is correct. If "Kitchener" fights against the "Teutonic Knight" on the ground, the German tank equipped with 75mm kwkl/50 chariot cannons has a high chance of killing it in seconds; if "Teutonic Knight" drives across the sandy road without any scruples, exposing the head of the car body or even the chassis to the muzzle of "Kitchener", the British can also easily win the battle.
Chapter completed!