Italy has a somewhat similar definition of tanks to Japan, that is, their tanks must be lowered to a higher level.

In other words, heavy tanks can only be considered medium tanks, medium tanks can only be considered light tanks, and light tanks can only be considered light tanks.

For example, the main M14 tank of the Italian Tank Regiment is used as a medium tank in the Italian army, but its total weight is only 14 tons, while the US M3 Stuart tanks all have 12.7 tons.

In addition, the total weight of the p4o, which was regarded as a heavy tank by the Italian army, was 26 tons, while the total combat weight of the "Sheerman" tank was 33.65 tons.

The reason for this is that after Italy and Japan have relatively weak industrial foundations, it is difficult to produce motivations that match heavy tanks, so they can only define a set of their own "light, medium and heavy" tank standards.

But definition is defined, but it is not the same thing when it really fights.

On the surface, this tank battle is a medium tank vs. a medium tank, but in fact it is a duel between light tanks and medium tanks. Although the number of Italian tanks is the best...

Colonel Enzo had only this to comfort him, but soon he realized that even this was untenable, because with the roar of a motor, two teams of enemy tanks appeared one after another on both wings. What shocked him was that these tanks were also "Sheerman".

At that moment, Colonel Enzo only thought of one word in his mind: "It's over!"

The cannon sounded quickly, and the battle was one-sided from the beginning... The 47mm caliber artillery of an Italian tank hit the 76mm thick armor of "Sheerman", which was almost like itchy, while the 3m armor of the "Sheerman" can easily penetrate the Italian army's m14 tank.

What's more, the "Sheerman" tank also attacked from several sides to encircle the Italian tank group in the middle.

So in less than twenty minutes, there were Italian tanks everywhere on the battlefield. Some were lying quietly towards the sky like big beetles, while others rose with wisps of flames and balls of black smoke as the explosion of the fuel tank.

In sharp contrast, the Italian infantry that provided support to the tanks were not very casualties. They had already surrendered in a few minutes after the war started... Part of the reason why the tanks were so large was that they did not rush to raise their hands or stretch out their white flags in the tanks.

This made Zhang Chi feel a little bored. Although he had known for a long time that the Italian army was not capable of combat effectiveness, he did not expect that it would be so unbearable. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "defeating at one touch".

What Zhang Chi didn't know was that the Italian army was "defeated at once" in front of the New First Division could not be said to be that the Italian army was not capable of combat effectiveness. This was the difference between its transformation and Eastern culture... They thought that it would be meaningless to continue fighting, so they chose to surrender, and took it for granted.

This is the case when the Italian tank regiment faces the Expeditionary Force tank regiment.

Like the Japanese army, launching a "jade-breaking attack" or rushing towards enemy tanks with explosives and cluster grenades... This phenomenon is a rare heroic behavior in Western countries.

However, the failure of the Italian army was too fast, which made Zhang Chi feel like he had a punch to the empty space.

Zhang Chi thought to himself: No wonder with the combat effectiveness of the Commonwealth Army, he could defeat the Italian 10 Army with 40,000 troops and captured 130,000 Italian troops and destroyed and seized more than 400 tanks and more than 12oo guns. The Commonwealth Army only suffered less than 2oo people... This was the result of the British attack on Bedafum in the first battle.

The trouble that first appeared in front of Zhang Chi was to capture a large number of Italian soldiers. There were at least 3,000 people on the battlefield. What is incredible is that these Italian soldiers did not look depressed at all after their defeat. Many of them even shouted at the Chinese soldiers in Italian:

"Hey, are you Chinese?"

"I heard that you defeated the German Armored Division not long ago? Then we should lose in your hands!"

"Friends, do you have cigarettes? We haven't had a few sips in a long time, it would be better if there is wine!"

...

But then Abner told Zhang Chi that this was not a problem at all.

"General!" said Abner, "You don't have to worry about these Italian prisoners at all. You just need to send two armored vehicles to escort them, one leading the way in front of the team and the other staring behind the team, and they will honestly walk to where we want them to go!"

"Only two armored vehicles are needed?" Zhang Chi was a little unimaginable.

"Yes!" Abner nodded with certainty: "We have always done this, and there has never been any problem. Even... we just need to transport wire and wood, and then we can order them to build their own 'home' that will be held."

So this problem was solved smoothly.

Then Zhang Chi thought of a new question: "Damn it, let's hurry to Alexandria soon!"

"Why?" Abner asked.

"Because of this battle!" Zhang Chi said: "We may scare the Italians, they may run away in panic, do you understand?"

Abner suddenly realized.

The core of this battle is not to annihilate the Italian army or eliminate many people, but to "surround the points and attack aid."

But if the Italian army was frightened and evacuated from Alexandria urgently, then the "encirclement point to attack the aid" naturally could not be fought.

Zhang Chi made a quick decision and sent a fast force composed of half-tracked armored vehicles to penetrate west of Alexandria to cut off the Italian army's retreat... Because he was worried that the Italian army would organize a tank breakthrough, Zhang Chi immediately sent an anti-tank gun to follow closely, and the main force followed up as quickly as possible.

Zhang Chi guessed correctly, and Yijun did make plans to escape.

When Colonel Enzo saw his tanks being blown up one by one in front of "Sheerman", he immediately ordered the driver to turn around and escape, and reported the situation to the command center while running.

Litorio was shocked when he heard this. The armored troops equipped with "Sheerman" tanks headed towards Alexandria? And they had defeated their own tank regiment?! If they really hit Alexandria, they would not have any life!

So he ordered without thinking: "Retreat immediately!"

If the Italian army was well-trained and fast, they might be able to escape from the encirclement before the Central Team, but at this time the Italian army...most of them were scattered in Alexandria to collect food and property.
Chapter completed!