Chapter 712 Australian Troops
Australia is a magical land. This continent is probably the only continent without disputes except the Antarctic continent.
However, Australia was not immune to a world war. Even if there was no war in Australia, they still sent troops to participate in operations on other continents.
After all, Australia is a British colony.
In 1931, Australia gained internal affairs and diplomatic independence and autonomy, becoming an independent country within the Commonwealth.
In later history, in 1986, the Queen of England signed the "Relations with Australia" Act in Australia. The Supreme Court of Australia enjoyed the final authority and terminated the power of the British Parliament and the government over the Australian states. British law is no longer valid for Australia.
But even so, Australia's federal parliament is the legislative body, which is composed of the Queen of England, the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Queen of England is the head of state of Australia. The Governor is the representative of the Queen of England.
Now, the British mainland is resisting, and due to their limited military strength, they have also begun to mobilize troops in other colonies.
Now, two Australian infantry divisions have advanced to North Africa, and in Tobrug, there is the Australian 9th Infantry Division.
On the earth slope, a platoon of soldiers from the 2nd Battalion of the 9th Infantry Division was lying quietly there.
The weather in the desert is changing rapidly, it is very hot during the day, and at night, it is extremely cold, so these soldiers are wearing Australian wool clothes.
At the same time, they also used wool pullover hats, scarves and sleeveless leather vests. Some people wore leather vests inside the outer coat, and more on the outer surface.
On the corner of their collars, Australian "Sunrise" badges were sewn with dark metal materials, and military rank badges were on the right arm of the top.
Their legs wore fabric ankle protection and Australian tea-brown boots.
Most people hold 0.303-inch caliber Smle MK iii rifles, which were made in the Lisgo factory in Australia. They also carry 17-inch bayonets on them. The Australian troops are very good at using bayonets and are proud of this.
And now, watching the tank troops on the opposite side move towards them, their hearts are complicated.
Among them, one of them was holding a M1928a1 Thompson submachine gun. No need to look at the rank, just look at his weapons, you will know that he is the commander of this unit, Lieutenant Pedro.
Holding a 50-round drum-loaded submachine gun, Lieutenant Pedro was in a conflict.
The one coming from the opposite side was the tank troops! And the one on our side was all infantry!
How to deal with the tanks that came? Do you need to retreat? No, of course not! This is your own position. If you withdraw from the battle before you even fight, it is simply a shame for your own side!
During World War II, the combat effectiveness of the Australian army was definitely obvious to all. Even the brutal island soldiers were afraid of fighting against the Australian army. In New Guinea, Australia was completely afraid of the island army, and less than five percent of the island soldiers survived.
"They don't have many tanks. And, behind them, there are no infantry!" Beside him, machine gunner Gus Longhurst said: "We can wait until their tanks move and use our sticky bullets to deal with them!"
As a machine gunner, Longhurst is a tall soldier. The Vike machine gun with a tripod next to him is 42 kilograms, but he often lifts it up in one go.
Now, he keenly discovered the disadvantages of the opponent's tank, without the cover of infantry, and at the same time, he did not notice that his side was hiding here. Since that is the case, he could still take action!
In Longhurst's eyes, there were not many tanks on the other side. In fact, a German armored battalion had almost hundreds of tanks! Although some of the tanks were not included in the organization because they had just arrived, there were still more than fifty tanks rushing over.
And here, there is only one platoon of Australian infantry, just over thirty people. Even so, they want to kill the German tanks!
This is definitely a brave man!
"Okay, then we will use sticky bombs!" Lieutenant Pedro made up his mind.
When they were distributed to them, they still despised them. They had not clinged to others, but they were a complete suicide weapon. But now, they could only deal with the other party's tanks!
While speaking, the German tanks were already rumbling up. In the wilderness, the tanks rushed rapidly. When they flew over a small earth slope, the tanks even flew directly from the earth slope, and the tracks were suspended in the air, and then they fell down again!
Without pause, keep moving forward, it can be seen how excellent the performance of this tank is!
Australian soldiers hid behind the hillside and watched the tanks arrive quickly. Everyone felt their scalp numb, but no one was afraid.
"Buzz, buzz." The tracks of a tank were crushed, and it happened to be the hiding place of a soldier!
The others all raised their hearts to their throats. When the tank started to move and left, they did not see the bright red blood on the ground, only the yellow of the old Australian coarse cloth, and they turned around.
When the tank comes, it will be fine when it gets between the two tracks!
This is common sense, but few people dare to do this. When the steel monster comes, many people will start to collapse!
One after another, finally, when the tanks roared and started, the counterattack of the Australian soldiers began like this!
Longhurst suddenly jumped out of his hiding place and chased the German tank in front of him!
Run, run, speed up! His two thick and powerful thighs moved quickly, and his body ran very fast, and the wind was whistling in his ears!
While running, he prepared his sticky and sticky bullet. He threw out his sticky and sticky bullet just 10 meters away from the tank in front.
This kind of anti-tank grenade has many limitations to use, but now Longhurst can be used easily!
Finally, this No. 74 anti-tank grenade hit the rear of the tank accurately, and then stuck!
After throwing it out, Longhurst did not see his own results, so he had to run back quickly!
His assistant, Private Selmish, was watching the tank he had hit.
I saw the tank continue to move for more than ten meters, and a loud bang came!
Accurate hit! Anti-tank grenade, accurate explosion!
The German tanks were invincible across the European continent, and now, in the vast North Africa, the Black Panther 3 tanks were attacked from behind!
Chapter completed!