Chapter 1,446 Counterattack 2

Chapter 1446 Counterattack 2

Although it was impossible to completely destroy all those heavy artillery, the continuous attacks still suppressed most of the artillery positions. Pillars of smoke and flames spread across the British artillery positions. The steel frenzy expected by the front line was suppressed by missiles from the air. It was blocked by strength, and now, taking advantage of this time, the German attack front has collided with the British defense line!

More than 70 tanks formed the spearhead of this attack, of which 35 Wolf tanks were at the forefront. This first large-scale appearance in front of the British caused huge pressure on the opponent!

"Fire!" Flames spurted out from the hidden position, and armor-piercing bullets roared towards the German tanks on the opposite side!

"Damn it! We failed to penetrate their armor!" After bursts of explosions, the giant beast-like monster in the distance still did not stop, and its thick tracks crushed the ground and continued to move forward.

"They started shooting! It's a 75MM rapid-fire gun!" The British anti-tank firepower that exposed its existence was quickly locked, and a series of counterattack shells flew to the target several hundred meters away. The continuous strikes knocked out the artillery and bunkers one by one. Completely destroyed. In just a short time, a 4-gun position was reduced to debris under the concentrated attack of 7 Wolf tanks.

The British side-firing positions are still somewhat useful. The 57MM rapid-fire cannon (6-pounder) hidden on the side still poses a certain threat to these giant wolves sweeping across the British positions. In fact, the penetration depth of the 57MM gun is no deeper than the M1897 75MM. The gun difference is, after all, this is a professional cannon with a longer barrel and higher muzzle velocity. However, the biggest problem is that the aftereffect is too small. The amount of armor-piercing bullets is relatively small. Considering that the cannon shells are not large in nature... ..

boom! A shell penetrated the armor on the side and left a hole in the huge hull. A plume of smoke spurted out. When the British cheered for their hit, the tank that had just stopped began to rotate slowly. The turret, the shell that hit the rear of the turret did not cause much damage. It only injured the loader, and the fragments generated by the collision were not enough to kill the personnel inside. Ten seconds later, the British were surprised to find that the tank that had been penetrated had its long and thick cannon pointed at them. The fire flashed and a shell roared out, sticking the tank to the ground. The 6-pounder gun was shot to pieces.

When the two sides approached a distance of about 600 meters, the firepower of both sides could be described as an explosion! At this time, it was close to the optimal shooting distance of the British anti-war artillery. Facing the huge pressure of the German armored forces, the British had no reservations. Almost all firepower points were activated. The fire of the artillery fire continued to shine on the position, and the dense artillery shells It roared towards the German armored troops, and the machine gun team and the mortar troops attached behind also opened fire. The entire front of the position was covered by a dense fire net. The explosion of artillery shells and the roar of machine guns drowned out all sounds.

"Release the smoke screen, let's retreat!" The damage caused by direct resistance is really high.

On this not-too-wide position, the British deployed at least 20 combat artillery pieces of various calibers. In this unprepared situation, the Germans rationally chose to retreat temporarily. In fact, this time it was just a test. A large number of infantry did not keep up. The smoke grenade launchers on the outside of the tanks and the smoke released by the rear mortars The bombs quickly covered the battlefield. Except for some unlucky vehicles that were destroyed or remained on the battlefield due to damaged power systems, most of the vehicle crews successfully withdrew outside the effective range of the British army.

"The Beetle self-propelled artillery and 88MM anti-aircraft guns concentrated their firepower to suppress or kill the fire points. The mortars and howitzers were careful to isolate the opponent's follow-up forces. Let's fight again!" After a short adjustment, the German army launched the attack again, with the newly added 107MM The power of the 88MM flat-fire cannon once again exerted its powerful power in this battle. The power of the 16KG or more armor-piercing projectiles of the 107MM cannon is more than 2 times higher than that of the 75MM rapid-fire cannon! It is naturally more useful when destroying fixed fire points.

The thick and long artillery was quickly leveled, and fire dragons rushed out from the black muzzle. At a distance of 1,200 meters, the accuracy of the pre-corrected artillery attack was very high! Under constant attacks, the bunkers built by the British for the 6-pounder and 18-pounder guns could not block such attacks at all. The shells with death screams hit the well-set gun nests almost close to the ground, but there were only simple breastworks. The gun nests made of logs were simply unable to withstand such powerful armor-piercing bullets, and they were easily killed one by one as if they were made of paper.

At the same time, the 2-pounder machine gun, which had proved so powerful against the British truck guns, also played a role again. They were still at the rear of the entire formation, but the continuous and extremely accurate suppression of the curved fire made the British infantry in the trenches feel insecure. A large number of artillery shells exploded in the air, constantly sowing death rain on the heads of the British. Sharp shrapnel easily harvested the opponent's life, and even the reinforced machine gun bunker could not block the opponent's continuous attacks. After a series of shells hit, the entire civil structure bunker was riddled with holes, accompanied by a loud sound. There was a loud noise, and a huge support point collapsed entirely, leaving a pile of ruins.

Taking advantage of a large number of self-propelled artillery and machine guns to remove the opponent's fire points, and taking advantage of their own howitzers and mortars in the distance to isolate this section of the front, the Germans once again launched an attack. However, when the Germans once again rushed into the British After the fire kill zone, the counterattack will be much smaller. After all, there is no bunker that cannot be destroyed. Once the fixed firepower point is exposed, there will not be much time left for them.

Test and attack! If it cannot be defeated, then the process is repeated again. When the backup is cut off, the British army that cannot obtain effective support does not make too big a splash in the end. Along with the German infantry, they enter the trench and use submachine guns, flamethrowers and After grenades killed groups of British troops in the trenches, the entire position eventually changed hands.

The infantry took over the position, and the armored troops briefly resupplied and rested before attacking again! The whole process is almost a repetition of the previous actions. From a combat effectiveness perspective, the British equipment and quality are indeed good, but from a tactical perspective, it is a big problem, because this is almost a simple battle of hardening the stronghold. Passive defense, there is no innovation in tactics, but is this the level of the British? Obviously not! After all, they are also elites who have been fighting the German army on the Western Front for a year. The fact that they are still fighting at a 50-50 level completely shows their level!

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