Chapter 727 Wang Hao sighs
"General!" After withdrawing the troops, Heinz Landao called Rommel: "I disappoint you!"
"No!" Rommel replied: "It's so surprising that it's Chinese. In fact, I didn't expect this anti-tank trench to cause us so much trouble!"
After pausing, Rommel asked, "Did you find out what's going on? I mean, do you know how the Chinese destroyed our tanks?"
"Yes!" Heinz Lanz replied.
Before this, Heinz Blue Road spent some time learning about the battlefield from the surviving soldiers on the battlefield.
"They used the tank to expose the bottom armor and top armor when crossing the sand dunes!" Heinz Blue said: "I used the bazooka. The American bazooka in the hands of Chinese soldiers has a range of 100 meters, and the thickness of the armor piercing reaches a terrible 100mm. We do not have any tank's bottom armor and top armor that can withstand it!"
Rommel said "Oh", but in fact he had already guessed what was going on, but he just wanted to confirm it.
"Then..." Rommel continued: "Have you found a way to deal with it?"
"No, General!" Heinz Landao replied distressedly: "I have never seen such a fortification! I think if there is any solution, it is to blow it up with artillery fire, including the dunes, or push them away with bulldozers!"
“我们当然不能这么做!”隆美尔回答.
These ideas are very good, but unfortunately they are almost impossible to implement in reality, such as using artillery fire to blow it up... Not to mention that the German army did not have so many shells, the British artillery fire would also suppress the German artillery.
As for bulldozers, the African Legion does not have so many bulldozers. Even if there are, I am afraid that they will all be blown into scrap iron by enemy artillery fire before they can complete the mission.
“不过,有一点是清楚的!”隆美尔说:“我们必须尽快再次发起进攻!”
"Yes, General!" Heinz Lanz replied.
Needless to say, it is clear that the reason why the Chinese army was able to block the attack of the German Armored Division was because of that strange fortification, and another feature of fortifications was that it could be repaired.
In other words, if the German army launched an attack for too long, the damage to the enemy's fortifications by the last attack would be in vain. For example, a piece of anti-tank trench filled with heavy casualties is likely to be dug up by the Chinese army again.
In fact, the Chinese military did do this.
"But!" Heinz Landao replied: "Although it was just an anti-tank trench, it was like a wall of iron!"
Heinz Landao had never been so despaired. He had confidence in his army even when facing death, but now the situation is even more uncomfortable than killing him.
"Come on, Major General!" Rommel seemed to feel Heinz Landao's frustration and encouraged: "At least you have not suffered much loss in this battle, except for those three 'tigers'. And we also know what the problem is, so we can solve it, right?"
"Yes, General!" Heinz Lanz replied.
But even though he said this, he didn't believe in his heart that there would be any good solution.
Rommel hesitated for a moment and said, "Maybe it's because our speed is too slow!"
"What? It's too slow?" Heinz expressed confusion about Rommel's words.
“是的!”隆美尔解释道:“我们仅仅只是填了其中一段反坦克壕,于是在单位时间里就只能在这一小段范围内突击,而敌人却已经在另一头做好了准备.”
"Yes!" Heinz Lanz agreed.
"What if we could launch attacks at multiple places on the entire front at the same time?" Rommel asked. "And under the cover of artillery and fighter jets, as long as we can cross this terrible anti-tank trench, then nothing can resist us, right?"
"The question is...how can we launch attacks at multiple places at the same time?" Heinz Lan asked: "We don't have that many bulldozers, and even bridge tanks are not enough!"
"Maybe..." Rommel said: "We don't need these..."
Of course, Zhang Chi didn't know what Rommel and Heinz Landao were discussing. He was busy commanding the troops to repair fortifications as much as possible, especially those anti-tank trenches that were filled and collapsed by the German army.
The Chinese troops were busy step by step, but they were stunned by the British officers and the soldiers of the 1st South African Division guarding the second line.
Brigadier Jack could hardly believe his eyes. He even asked his staff officer: "I'm not dreaming, the Chinese blocked the German attack with just an anti-tank trench!"
"No, this is true!" The staff officer also had an incredible expression on his face: "They not only blocked the German attack, but also destroyed their "tiger" tanks... God, is that really a "tiger"?"
Jack and several British officers finally decided to verify it, so they rushed to the wreckage of the "Tiger" tank and looked left and right.
Finally, we came to the conclusion: it was really a "tiger" style.
In fact, there is no need to be such a problem. Currently, the German tanks only have the "Tiger" type equipped with 88mm tank guns. (Note: The Tiger King later also equipped with 88 tank guns)
"General!" Brigadier Jack couldn't help but sigh and said to Zhang Chi: "This is really amazing. You have repelled the German attack so easily. You must know that they have fully occupied the air and ground advantages!"
Zhang Chi thought this was nothing.
Because although Brigadier Jack was right, there was indeed a big gap in equipment between China and Germany, there was one thing that the German army did not have...that was knowledge.
The anti-tank trench built by Zhang Chi was a fortification that did not appear until 1973, or forty years later. At that time, even more modern and more advanced armored divisions in Syria could not cross it and could only "look at the trench and sigh", let alone the German army after the relatively weak engineering equipment during World War II.
However, the indifference of Zhang Chi and the Chinese officers and soldiers surprised Brigadier Jack even more, because they knew that only troops who often fought such wars would be so calm in the face of such a great victory.
Chapter completed!