Germany: The Decisive Battle of the Third Reich

After the escape and the dust, Erwin and a group of German soldiers arrived in front of the hill after a while.

The speed of the tank's advance slowed down and the troops also stopped, Erwin peeked out and saw that a line of British tanks had appeared on the hill in front of them.

However, he was not frightened when he saw these tanks appear, he was used to understanding everything with the mindset of a peaceful society, so his first reaction was that they were just exchange vehicles, both sides honked their horns and then went their separate ways.

But soon he realized how wrong he was, this is a battlefield, and now there are enemy tanks in front of him, what is even worse is that there are many more enemy tanks than allied tanks.

Before Erwin could react, suddenly, the shots began to sound like thunder on a stormy night.

The whole world suddenly became a disaster, shrapnel flew around, and the sound of bullets hitting the tank's armor was clearly audible.

The baker shouted an order: "Rat, destroy the enemy and use the tank as cover".

But Erwin couldn't care less about all this, so he curled up his body as much as possible behind the tank, hoping that all this would pass quickly.

However, this is also unrealistic, because once the battle begins, it can only end with one side defeated.

As soon as a German soldier leaned out, he was hit in the face by a bullet and fell to the ground right in front of Erwin, the bullet passed under his nose, which caused his face to be disfigured and blood to gush out of him like a spring.

What was even more terrifying was that he did not die on the spot, he held his head with his hands and writhed in pain, he wanted to scream but couldn't, his feet moved and trembled desperately, his movements became weaker and weaker until they finally stopped.

Erwin opened his eyes in terror and couldn't help but scream, he didn't know why he was screaming, and he didn't know what he was screaming, he just wanted to release the fear in his heart as much as possible, otherwise, he would go crazy.

Then there was only a "boom" sound, and a wave of heat emerged from the tank, the tank he was hiding in was destroyed.

In fact, at this moment there were very few German tanks left, the main tank of the German army is the "Panzer III", and the tank of the British army is the "Matilda".

Although the gun of the "Panzer III" tank is thicker than that of the "Matilda" (at that time, the "Panzer III" was equipped with a 50 mm gun, while the "Matilda" still used a 40 mm gun), the 78 mm frontal armor of the "Matilda" is almost twice as thick as the 47 mm armor of the "Panzer III".

This caused an embarrassing phenomenon, the British tanks could easily penetrate the armor of the German tanks, but the German tanks found it difficult to do so from the front.

"Retreat". Suddenly, an almost heavenly voice reached Erwin's ears, who was so scared that he had forgotten to flee, but this voice reminded him, he quickly got up and fled in a hurry.

The baker shouted furiously behind him, which made him realize that he had done something wrong again, but he no longer cared.

For now he just hopes to get away from this hellish place quickly or hide behind someone else, he even felt the urge to tell everyone that this war has nothing to do with him and that this is not his world.

Erwin made a fatal mistake at this moment, because "retreat" does not mean escape.

Retreat is a fallback with mutual protection at different levels, otherwise, you will expose your back to the enemy and be massacred by the enemy, especially when the enemy possesses tanks, the machine guns and artillery of the tanks are enough to kill anyone trying to escape.

But Erwin was lucky, because the British tank was on the hill and when it drove down the hill to chase the Germans, there would be a large angle of depression and it would be unable to aim further, otherwise, Erwin would have been turned into a wasp's nest.

However, behind Erwin, the German army was not so lucky, covering the retreat of others caused them to lose the best time to retreat.

The British tanks drove down the hills one by one, and then without any surprise, they used artillery and machine guns to massacre the Germans.

"Damn it". Rommel, who was watching the battle from the sky, couldn't help but order loudly: "Bring the anti-tank guns!"

The pilot quickly relayed the request by radio, but soon received a frustrating response:

"General". The pilot said: "Our tankettes have already opened fire, but they cannot penetrate the enemy tanks, there is nothing we can do against them".

The 5th Light Armored Division is equipped with the PAK-36 anti-tank gun, the penetration depth of this anti-tank gun can barely reach 50 mm at a distance of 500 meters, so of course, it cannot penetrate the 78 mm armor of the British "Matilda" tank.

"It's over". Rommel whispered with a sigh, what had been worrying him finally happened.

If this continues, the German and Italian troops will not only be unable to pursue the British army, but will be defeated by the British army thousands of kilometers back to the starting point and even Tripoli could fall into British hands.

"Order them to hold on". Rommel ordered: "Fight the British no matter what"

"Yes". the pilot responded, but couldn't help but think: Wait? What is there to wait for? If they keep holding on in this situation, they will only be massacred by the enemy, and Erwin was precisely one of the people being hunted.

Erwin ran without stopping for a second, closely followed by the sound of British tank tracks, machine guns, and artillery, and from time to time a few artillery shells exploded nearby several times, the shock wave knocked him down.

The only thing that made Erwin feel fortunate was that the British "Matilda" tank was very slow, otherwise it would have already caught up with him and crushed him under its tracks.

"Stop them". Suddenly he heard the German officer shouting an order.

Erwin looked back and immediately felt a little ashamed of his behavior, his comrades were still fighting bravely on the battlefield.

Although they looked like a group of ants trying to stop an elephant, they still struggled to use everything they had, such as improvised explosives, they used bags and grenades to block the progress of the British tanks, and even managed to blow up two tanks.

But it is obvious that this still cannot change the outcome, the British tanks advanced slowly, like an indestructible wall, followed by groups of British troops with saucer-shaped helmets.

From time to time, they emerged from behind the tanks and pulled the trigger, the sounds of gunfire passed, and one after another German soldier fell into a pool of blood.

At this moment, Erwin felt that something was wrong, in history, the Afrika Korps marched to Egypt in the early days, how could the British army be left without the ability to fight now?

Moreover, if this situation continues, the German army will probably collapse.

Didn't the German army have the equipment to deal with the British Matilda tank? No, they do, but they might not even know it.