Chapter 2077 Counterattack II
The performance of the Germans in street fighting is also very good. They seldom advance along the original road. The Germans prefer to open the road by blasting the walls of buildings, and a small number of German troops will be deployed on both sides of the main force and on the top of the house. This allows them to have better vision, and their detection and counter-ambush abilities are greatly improved.
"The Germans are like ghosts in the night. They are very good at hiding themselves, and they will suddenly appear in places you don't expect, and then shoot hundreds of bullets. When you reflect and prepare to fight back, they are like ghosts. Generally, they shrink back, and when you are about to put away the machine guns and attack again, they will suddenly appear again. The Germans moved in groups and scattered, sometimes using several groups to delay our pace, while others From time to time, several times the number of German troops will suddenly appear, and the result is no need to ask, in a short period of time, the British army that was bitten will be quickly wiped out, we have never seen an opponent who is so proficient in street fighting!" This is how a British commander who participated in the battle described his enemy.
But for the British army at the grassroots level, they are more envious and jealous of the excellent weapons of the Germans! "The Lewis machine gun can indeed fire continuously by relying on the exhaust tube, but it is a bit heavy, and the weight of the magazine on the upper part of the machine gun is too heavy to use. Of course, the most important thing is the continuity of firepower and the German MG machine gun. Fabi, the Germans call their new MG11 machine gun a general-purpose machine gun, which is really a good title, as long as it is replaced with a tripod and equipped with a 250-round canvas bullet belt, it can be used as a heavy machine gun, while using a bipod and 75 rounds The drum can be used as a light machine gun, and the German machine gun team is very fast and powerful, and these machine guns are also light in weight, in short, they are much stronger than our Lewis machine guns and Vickers machine guns."
"In addition to machine guns, the submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles that the Germans equip in large quantities are equally terrifying. The firepower of the German company is two legs. In addition to machine guns, semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns can also be independent. When the Germans use grenades or After the light mortars killed our machine guns, we had already lost our offensive capabilities. Although the Lean rifles in our hands were stronger than the Mausers, we would still be beaten by semi-automatic rifles.” After the war, a The British company commander who participated in the war on the Western Front for one year commented on the light weapons of both sides after the war.
Under the tenacious blocking of the Germans, a large number of British infantry fell into fierce and bloody street fighting. The British reoccupied these places before dawn to avoid the bombing of the Luftwaffe. And there are also food and military supplies that the German army has no time to deal with. These things are also quite attractive to the British army. Sometimes the British army does not know whether the Germans have no time to deal with these supplies. Keeping these things to deliberately lure the British army?
But no matter what, more and more British troops began to gather at several key points of fierce battles. They surrounded these places, attacked with all the artillery they could bring up, and then charged with infantry over and over again. Every street, Fierce battles erupted in every house and even in every ruin. The numerous corpses that fell on the battlefield and the blood donations that had converged into streams turned this place into a hell. Flames and gunpowder smoke filled the battlefield, and the infantry on both sides There were many casualties in the fight again and again.
In the fierce battle, the British subconsciously ignored a question, that is, when the battle at the critical node was so fierce and the infantry on both sides were rapidly depleting, where was the German armored force? Those tanks that beat the British army to pieces in the first few hours didn't seem to show up in the battle? So now the question is, where are these tanks?
Even though the German armored forces are divided, in fact, the German army can now call on more armored forces than the British! As General Haig expected,
The Germans gave up some positions during the day at night, just to prevent the two sides from getting too close and being beaten up by the British army with artillery advantages. But now, when the German elite infantry unit has attracted the attention of the British, the main force of the German armored forces has gained time to assemble and prepare. With the troops withdrawn from the front line and reconnaissance, they have a general idea of the current situation of the British army. Understand, Marshal Haig miscalculated one thing, that is, the German counterattack may not be in the daytime! It can also be unfolded at night!
"The British thought as we expected. They wanted to use the old fortifications to survive the day, so they began to concentrate their forces on these places. In this way, the defense of the flanks is much worse. Our task now is to attack from both flanks." Outflank the past, surround all the British troops who launched the attack before dawn, and then cooperate with the main force to eat the opponent during the day. The task is very simple, kill all the British you see, and then form a blockade at dawn That's it!" Lieutenant General Hall briefly assigned tasks on the map, and then, without the knowledge of the British, under the guidance of more than 400 tanks and armored vehicles, at least 6 German divisions Rush into the depths of the British army from both sides in the dark! When the British were planning to use the night to fight back against the Germans, the Germans thought so too....
Under the deliberate concession of the Germans, the advance speed of the British is still very good. One night, they have penetrated 8 to 14 kilometers into the German positions, and when the front line is stretched, some artillery and logistics supply units with shorter ranges must also be sent to the German army. move forward. Marching in the dark is naturally very troublesome. Therefore, after the British confirmed that the rear was safe, they began to set up military posts and positions, and the light sources in these places guided the Germans' attack very well!
"The British are really cooperative." Looking at the wilderness full of lights in the distance, Lieutenant General Hall couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Then with a wave of his hand, the first wave of German counterattacks started!
When the wolf tanks and armored vehicles roared towards the British positions, a group of British did not expect that they would be immediately counterattacked by the Germans on the positions they had just occupied. They came too soon! It's also a coincidence that a large number of artillery have just moved to the position, and they were directly destroyed by the artillery or tracks of the tank before they were deployed. These huge steel behemoths easily knocked over tons of artillery, and machine guns and grenades quickly harvested the British However, under the impact of a cluster of tanks, infantry without anti-armor capabilities and artillery without infantry cover naturally cannot last long.
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