The moment he jumped out of the car, Qin Chuan was shocked by the scene in front of him: dozens of tanks had been dispersed and lined up in a rough line, pushing forward in a mighty manner, and a cloud of smoke and exhaust gas was raised from behind.

The sound of crawlers rolling, the roar of engines, the sound of gunfire coming and going... coupled with the smell of gunpowder and blood in the air, Qin Chuan felt insignificant and helpless at the first time.

I feel small because I am just a small part of all this power, even dispensable.

I feel helpless because life and death are not controlled by human power. No matter how good you are or how unwilling you are, you only need a bullet or a small shrapnel to get out forever.

"Come on!" Kuhn shouted at the soldiers: "Use tanks as cover and follow the tanks!"

The veterans actually didn't need command at all. They hid in the tank and advanced with the tank at the first time.

The recruits stumbled forward under the command of the squad leader... They always had problems of one kind or another, and they didn't know if they were nervous or because of something else.

But this seems not surprising. Qin Chuan almost got scared and couldn't move when he remembered the first time he faced this scene.

At this time, the speed of the tanks had slowed down, which made the soldiers easily catch up with them and hide behind them... This would make people feel a little safe, because at least the tank was behind the blind spots of bullets and shells, but Qin Chuan also knew that it was not necessarily safe to do so, because if this "cover" was penetrated by armor-piercing bombs and exploded, it would be a huge explosive pack for the infantry behind it.

However, this is the case with the war. Regardless of whether Qin Chuan wants it or not, he can only follow behind the tank tremblingly.

Occasionally, tanks will stop and aim forward and fire... This is one of the reasons why tanks slow down. They must stop to fire, otherwise there will be no accuracy at all.

There is only the exception of "Matilda" in this regard (the American "Sheerman" tank can also be shot while marching, but it has not appeared in Africa at this time so it will not be discussed).

The "Matilda" tank has many load-bearing wheels (there are ten small-diameter load-bearing wheels on each side), and the speed of the vehicle itself is slow, so the tank is relatively stable during the journey, and the gunner can barely aim and shoot... But this is just to gain a chance to use shells to try their luck. Moreover, at the speed of "Matilda", marching shooting can't play any role... Even if the enemy tank stops and fires, it is faster than it.

Qin Chuan took this time to look at the opposite side. The British army 600 meters away had fifty tanks lined up in a row and slowly approached the German army, and their formation was more neat than that of the German army, which gave the British army the lead.

Fortunately for Qin Chuan, the infantry following the British tanks were obviously much less than the Germans... Qin Chuan thought that a considerable number of their cars were destroyed by German tanks on the road, which can be seen from the smoke and fire behind their tanks.

"Crash!" A strange sound came from the front, and a stream of air rolled up the dust around the tank and floated around.

At first, Qin Chuan didn't know what was going on, but then he realized that it was the enemy's armor-piercing projectile that hit the tank armor and bounced off.

Thinking of this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but think in his heart, what would happen if this shell was not bounced away but penetrated the tank?

Qin Chuan soon realized that with a crisp sound... the sound was like a small iron hammer knocking on the egg shell, but it was louder. Then a tank on the left vibrated for a moment and stopped moving again... I could not see any problems when I looked from the side. When I passed the tank position, I saw a circular bullet hole shot into the corner in front of me. I sighed that my calf was so thick, and the bullet hole was still smoking.

Qin Chuan didn't know whether the tank crew inside was alive or dead, he only knew that no one crawled out of it.

Compared with the "No. 3" tanks that the German army invested in North Africa, the British "Crusader" tanks have more advantages.

In terms of protection performance, the front armor of the "No. 3" tank is 47MM, while the front armor of the "Crusader" tank is 49MM.

The "No. 3" tank is equipped with 37MM caliber anti-tank guns, while the "Crusader" is equipped with 2-pound, or 40MM caliber anti-tank guns.

(Note: Generally speaking, tank guns are modified from anti-tank guns. For example, the "No. 3" tank gun is a modified from PAK36 anti-tank gun, while the "Crusader" tank gun is a modified from 2-pound anti-tank gun)

In other words, the "Crusader" has better firepower and protection than the "Number III". Although it is only a few millimeters, it determines whether the target can be penetrated or penetrated by the target on the battlefield. Once it is penetrated... it means that the tank becomes a pile of scrap iron.

Actually, this is not the most important thing.

More importantly, the British army was more prepared. After all, they knew early in the morning that they were facing German tanks, so they deployed the tanks in combat formation and arranged anti-tank guns and howitzers, but the German army rushed to fight because of Colonel Albridge's carelessness.

Although the quality and reaction of the German army made up for this shortcoming to some extent, the result of hasty response was that the formation of the German army was not fully developed.

For example, the terrain of the British army was obviously selected. They arranged anti-tank guns on the two wings of the tank formation and a relatively high hill in the middle. The British army even had some time to build simple positions for their anti-tank guns with sandbags.

From this we can also see that the British armored unit is well-trained, otherwise it would be impossible to choose and build a good position so quickly when the two armies approach each other quickly.

After all, this is the 7th British Armored Division known as the "Desert Rat"... This division defeated 230,000 Italian troops a few months ago and chased 1,300 kilometers in the desert.

In contrast, the German army's anti-tank guns were temporarily arranged after jumping out of the car, and many of them were blocked by cars and tanks behind the tanks and could not play a role.

As a result, one after another, German tanks were destroyed and "paralyzed" in the desert. In the blink of an eye, more than ten vehicles were lost, and several even caught fire because of the engine being hit and then exploded with debris...

Qin Chuan couldn't help but get anxious. He knew that in this case, the tanks were the only pillars of infantry. If all the tanks were killed, the infantry would be slaughtered by tanks.

But the enemy tanks were placed in front of him... The sniper rifle in his hand basically couldn't play a role. If it could work, it would be to occasionally shoot a few infantrymen who poked their heads out from behind the tank.

"Clam!" Another tank was destroyed with a crisp sound.
Chapter completed!