Chapter 255: The British Army's Last Stand! (The third update!)

"Marshal Rommel, is there any equipment that can be used to fill the soil?" a staff officer asked in confusion.

This question immediately stumped everyone.

Some people even said it with disdain.

"If it was possible to fill the soil, I would have led my men to fight over there long ago. Why would we need to discuss this here?"

His words were recognized by many people.

"It would be great if tanks could bulldoze." The staff officer who had spoken earlier said another sentence, which instantly silenced the entire command center.

If Cun Yun was born here, he would definitely say, isn’t this just a bulldozer?

In fact, Rommel was not surprised that the British Army was able to dig anti-tank trenches, because as the war progressed, troops from various countries were learning and growing in the war.

Except for being confused at first, I eventually accepted it.

The emergence of new tactics is always accompanied by the emergence of new equipment.

For example, the tank bulldozer proposed by the staff officer in front of us.

"Or, we can give it a very nice name, called bulldozer." Perhaps it was a flash of inspiration, and the German staff thought it was worth a try.

He decisively picked up a pen and paper and started drawing, and soon a strangely shaped pattern appeared.

The hull is tank-style, but it has no turret.

In front of the car body is a large shovel.

Yes, a big shovel.

Looking at the strange-shaped pattern in front of them, the German officers looked at each other in confusion.

This thing is called a bulldozer?
However, it does seem to be quite vivid.

"Marshal Rommel, you see it can push the soil into the anti-tank trenches." The German staff officer said and gestured.

After he made this gesture, everyone immediately understood.

Using a bulldozer to describe it is indeed very vivid.

"We can completely modify those light tanks and put them into use." The German staff officer spoke again.

Who knows, someone countered.

"No, the power of light tanks is definitely not enough. I think we should try with those bulky heavy tanks."

It has to be said that the military literacy of this group of German officers is still very high. In addition, they have in-depth research on equipment.

I can only say that the foundation laid by Sickert is really good.

If it weren't for the foundation laid by Seeckt, the German army might not be so strong today.

There is strength in numbers, and soon everyone contributed their ideas and perfected the bulldozer.

Of course, what they made can only be described as a simplified version of a bulldozer.

But at least it's enough.

"How did you come up with this idea?" Rommel asked the officer in front of him in confusion.

"I saw it in a magazine. It said that Americans used this thing during the great infrastructure construction era more than a decade ago. I didn't expect that I could use it now." The German staff officer said with a look of nostalgia.

"I don't know when we will be able to have our own bulldozer."

Rommel ignored his subordinates' memories and looked at the drawings in his hands.

"Then let's have someone produce a batch and see how it works." Rommel thought for a long time and finally decided to give it a try.

If it doesn't work, think of another way.

Fortunately, with the current industrial strength of the German army, it is very easy to modify more than a dozen tanks.

The main thing is a shovel, and this problem is not difficult for them. They just weld a few pieces of broken tank steel plates, and then a simple version of the bulldozer is completed.

The only trouble is that welding takes time.

But for the German tank soldiers, this is not a problem.

Soon, when more than a dozen modified bulldozers appeared on the battlefield, the British troops were dumbfounded.

"What is this?" Many British soldiers looked at each other in confusion.

Because they had never seen this thing before. Why would such an ugly thing appear on the battlefield?
You know, the German army's aesthetic taste has always been absolutely online.

The results of it?
Such ugly things appeared on the battlefield. Is this still the German army?
What on earth did the rigorous and stubborn German army go through to accept such an ugly thing?

More importantly, this steel monster looks very familiar and is suspected to be their tank body.

Could it be that they used their tanks and modified them with some new weapons?
Because there is no hydraulic cylinder, there is no extension and retraction.

After all, they have limited resources, and it is not easy to make a simple bulldozer.

As the tank started, the shovel in front slowly pushed forward the sand that had already been piled in front of them.

It was quite spectacular to see more than ten bulldozers moving forward at the same time.

Looking at the accumulated sand slowly being pushed towards the anti-tank trench in front, a burst of cheerful voices came from the German troops in the rear.

Their experiment was successful.

The British anti-tank trenches will no longer be an obstacle for them.

"Let people continue to pile up soil and try to fill up the anti-tank trench in front." Seeing that the modified bulldozer was indeed effective, Rommel was overjoyed and gave the order immediately.

"Yes."

More than a dozen bulldozers were lined up in a row, forming an attack surface of more than 50 meters.

This completely stunned the British troops on the opposite side.

Use anti-tank guns?

result!

One shot on the blade board.

The key problem is that there is still several meters thick sand in front of the blade.

There is no effect at all.

Even if it blasts through the sand and hits the thick shovel plate, it won't be able to penetrate it.

Because when modifying the weapon, the German army specifically took the British army's anti-tank capabilities into consideration.

Therefore, the scraper plate is thickened, and it would be difficult to penetrate the scraper plate head-on.

As for fighting other places?
I can’t hit it either.

Because the German army is not stupid and doesn't care about anything.

Their tank guns and artillery fired at their positions from time to time.

The only way is to send out bombers to bomb them from the air.

But the German fighter planes are watching us covetously.

For a moment, the British soldiers didn't know what to do.

They could only watch as the enemy's bulldozers continued to push the sand in front of the blade into the anti-tank trench.

I saw the sand and soil all falling into the anti-tank trench.

In this way, more than a dozen bulldozers repeated the same work, slowly pushing sand into the anti-tank trenches.

The anti-tank trenches also began to be filled up slowly.

This time the British army was completely panicked.

They tried many ways to blow up the bulldozer, but they were all repelled by the German army who were eyeing them covetously.

If we use artillery fire, we will be bombed by German fighter planes.

If armored units are deployed, then the German armored units will also open fire.

In this kind of long-range shooting, their armored troops were really no match for the German army.

Especially in terms of hit rate, the difference between the two sides is not just a little bit.

Not to mention, this is a desert area, and it is difficult to take advantage of the terrain.

Unlike other places, they could use dense forests and other places to launch a surprise attack on the German army.

Here, German fighter planes were always circling overhead, and as long as they ran away, they would be bombed by Stuka bombers. So, they could only watch the Germans use bulldozers to fill the trenches bit by bit.

The anti-tank trenches they dug with great effort were filled up by the German army in just two days, and the German army did not suffer any major casualties.

"The anti-tank trenches we dug have been filled up?" Montgomery was stunned when he received the battle report from the front line.

I finally came up with a way to deal with the German armored forces, but it wasn't long before the Germans cracked it?
He didn't sleep for several days in order to come up with this idea.

result?

How long did it take to resolve this?

Not only that!

The German army even used this thing to clear mines.

That's right!

It's mine clearance!

The British army took great pains to defend Port Said.

In addition to anti-tank trenches, there is also the laying of mines.

Anyway, the British army cannot counterattack for a while.

So in order to defend Port Said, Montgomery ordered people to lay mines and buried all the mines.

Then many German soldiers stepped on landmines.

Even some tanks had their armor blown off.

This made Rommel very annoyed, and he suddenly had an idea that since bulldozers can push soil, they can also clear mines.

So the bulldozer that had just stopped was deployed to the front line again.

Then a magical scene appeared. The heavy shovel blade directly crushed the mine.

Especially anti-personnel mines, which cannot leave any scratches on the shovel blade.

That is, an anti-tank mine, which can cause considerable damage.

But there were only some scratches, no damage at all.

Even if an accident occurs occasionally, only the tracks will be destroyed.

Having the tracks blown off is not a big deal, it can be easily repaired by the armored soldiers.

Not to mention the scraper plate, it is not a high-level technology in itself. At most you can just weld another one and it will be done.

When the bulldozers passed through the minefield, the British soldiers were completely stunned.

The defensive measures they had worked so hard to come up with were broken so easily?
The German army also took the opportunity to launch an offensive.

"Lieutenant General Montgomery, why don't we dig the trench deeper, directly to ten meters?" Lieutenant General Patton asked puzzledly.

Who knew that Montgomery looked at the other person with a mentally retarded look.

What's the point of this?
Both sides can just play the bulldozer game, there is no point in fighting a war.

"The German army uses mechanical bulldozers, which are much faster than our manual digging. There is no point in digging like this. We originally thought that we could delay the German army for a while, but now it seems that there is no hope." Montgomery naturally could not damage the other party's face.

After all, the British Empire still has to rely on the assistance of the US military.

"Lieutenant General Montgomery, the Germans flattened our trenches in half a day. Now their armored forces are launching an attack. The situation is very serious." Lieutenant General Patton said.

Hearing this, Montgomery was too lazy to pay attention to the other party. Didn't he know?

"Let's send out our armored forces. We must stop the German offensive and we must not lose our position. We have nowhere to retreat."

We must not lose Port Said. If we lose it, we will be doomed.

"Yes."

The British army also knows that they can retire, but if they retire again, they will really be jumping into the Mediterranean and feeding the sharks.

Therefore, the British troops who were eligible for retirement burst out with powerful fighting power and began to fight with the German armored forces.

For a while, the battle was very fierce.

They all had the idea of ​​defeating.

So the fighting between the two sides was very fierce.

The fight was inseparable.

"We can't keep fighting like this. The losses are just too great."

In just a short while, more than ten German tanks had been destroyed, and more than thirty British tanks had been destroyed.

Even so, the British army still did not retreat.

It was obvious that the British army had decided to fight to the death.

If I’m going to die today, I might as well fight the Germans.

In desperation, the fighting power exploded, and even Rommel couldn't help but frown.

"Retreat?" the subordinate asked in confusion.

"Wait a little longer." Rommel took a deep breath and rejected his subordinates' advice.

He would definitely not have done this in the past.

But just as Montgomery considered, the position of Port Said is too important. If it is not taken in one go, it will lead to a situation of mutual consumption, and the casualties will be far greater than now.

"Tell the 15th Armored Division to stop pursuing the British and rush to Port Said immediately. The 21st Armored Division alone is not enough." Finally, when the casualties reached 30 tanks, Rommel was the first to collapse. He felt that there was no need to fight on.

The British army fought desperately because they had no way to retreat.

He could have thought of another way.

When the British troops saw the German army retreating, they cheered.

For them, it would be a great honor to be able to repel the German army.

Montgomery smiled when he received the news.

Although their own casualties were far greater than those of the German army, at least they managed to repel the German army.

"How many tanks can be mobilized?" Montgomery asked after taking a deep breath.

"Less than fifty. If the Germans continue to attack, I'm afraid our armored forces will be exhausted." The adjutant's words made Montgomery feel depressed.

"When will the British Indian Army's 15th Corps arrive?"

"Maybe on the way." The adjutant knew what Montgomery meant. The key issue was that India was in an extremely corrupt state right now.

Admiral Wavell complained more than once that the 15th Army should be returned immediately.

You should know that the Japanese army swept all the British and Indian troops in India.

It’s because Tianzhu is too big, otherwise it would have been taken over by the Japanese army long ago.

In fact, Kawabe Masazo had already become impatient.

"Baga, India is so huge, even bigger than China. We have been advancing rapidly along the way and have captured at least one-tenth of the territory. It will take at least half a year to take over all of it." Hebian Zhengsan looked at the map, speechless.

When I looked at the map, I didn't think it was that big. It was not until we actually started attacking India that I realized it was really big.

And as they continued to advance, the British and Indian troops finally reacted and began to mobilize troops to block their offensive.

Fortunately, the combat effectiveness of these British and Indian troops was not very good.

Being chased and beaten by the Japanese army!
The only ones who suffered huge losses were the indigenous people who followed the Japanese army.

From the original 30,000 people, it is now only more than 10,000 people.

The loss can be said to be huge.

Of course, the effect is huge.

That is, these natives have been reborn, and their combat effectiveness is several levels higher than before.

At least when facing the British and Indian army, we were able to fight back.

This is already very difficult, as I couldn’t even stand in the queue properly before.

I have to say that war is indeed a very challenging thing.

　It’s the third update, a little late, sorry!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)