At the end of September 1944, the Germans completely abandoned Cherbourg in the south of Normandy and Calais in the north. The north retreated to the Belgian line and organized a defense line along the Somme River and Amiens. A defense line was established in the center with Rouen as the core, ready to attack at any time.
Paris turned into a sea of fire; the south gave up the peninsula and concentrated its efforts on the front line defense of Agentan. At the same time, it stepped up the deployment of troops and dispatched one after another domestically reorganized divisions to the German-French border area to strengthen the defense line.
The Germans' strategic posture was in a mess, and they once again fell into the nightmare of a two-front war. To the east, the Soviet Red Army launched a magnificent and powerful offensive. Fafnir had participated in the first and second offensives.
But today's fifth offensive has caused the front line of the German Army Group Center to collapse. All units have suffered heavy losses, and a large number of organic units have been annihilated. They are about to be expelled from Belarus and Lithuania. Fortunately, the Germans are still reluctant to do so.
It has maintained the front line and has not been expelled from Belarus and Lithuania. It is much better than in real history. However, the next more powerful offensive of the Soviet Red Army is imminent. It is completely uncertain whether it can hold on this time. Fafnir is
In October, he received the order to reorganize the 503rd Battalion and deploy it to the Belarusian front line. At the same time, he was followed by tanks that were returned to the factory and improved to the e50ausfb type - all the surviving e50s after the first batch of production and the second batch.
The produced e50 was unified and improved into the ausfb type. The 88mml71 cannon was removed and replaced with a 105mml52 cannon. The transmission mechanism and suspension mechanism were improved so that the road speed increased to 55km, the off-road speed increased to 38km, the stroke remained unchanged to 150km, and the car body became
The 48 tons can be equipped with external armor plates, and all side track armors have been changed to fixed types. The codename is still "Lynx". There are also some mysterious big guys who have also been loaded onto heavy-duty trains and are driven out day and night in the face of Allied air raids.
Toward the front line of Soviet Belarus. The skies over Germany are no longer a safe place...
Fafnir gave the Allies an unforgettable lesson before leaving France. "The Massacre on the Albert Road" was the name of the Allies, and the "Hunting on the Albert Road" was the name of the German army.
On September 28, the U.S. 1st Infantry Division acted as the main force to attack the German defense line in northern France, trying to cut off the German army's retreat to Belgium, sealing the German army in Calais and Picardie and annihilating it in the future. Fafnier's No. 223
The e50b "Lynx" has just been modified, together with another "Hunter" assault gun and a "Stalker" assault gun, defending the German position outside the city of Albert. Both the "Hunter Tiger" and the "Stalker" have Fafni
An acquaintance of Er. The gunner of the Hunter Tiger is the big boy Staff Sergeant Dornberger - thanks to the Hunter Tiger's huge and spacious fighting room, which is equipped with a newly developed automatic loading system that uses the original turret rotation
The motor is used to lift the warhead and the charge pack, and send them into the gun barrel. The whole process only requires a little effort to fix the grapple and press the button. The Hunter Tiger's firing rate becomes quite fast. The Hunter's commander is also an experienced veteran.
My friend Lieutenant O'Brien, today's Stalkers are no longer powerful enough, and many of them have been sent to be converted into large rocket launchers.
That morning, they received intelligence that an American convoy seemed to appear on the Abel Highway. Fafnir decided to drive a tank to conduct reconnaissance, and if possible, teach the Americans a lesson. At the same time, there were hunting tigers and stalkers.
Move out.
At noon, the three vehicles arrived at 4 kilometers on the Abel Highway. The hunting tiger found a lowland and began to camouflage itself with bushes. The hunting tiger drove closer to the road and hid. Only Fafnir's
"Lynx" No. 223 drove directly to the highway. He saw no trace of the Americans along the way. It seemed that it was probably just a wrong intelligence. "Let's wait for an hour before going back." Fafnir thought, he
He gave the order to the two side cars to stop and stand by. He drove the car not far from the road and began to disguise himself. The three cars formed a scalene triangle, pointing at the road and waiting quietly.
It was almost an hour later. Allied planes were coming and going in the sky, but no trace of these three German tanks was found. Fafnir and the others also saw no trace of the Yankee ground troops, but now the Allied planes were flying in the sky.
After flying frequently, it was difficult for them to leave for a while, so they decided to wait until it got darker before going back. After communicating with the troops by radio, their superiors approved their action.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the sound of engines came from the distance of the highway. The people on the three tanks suddenly became energetic. Fafnir took advantage of the fact that there were no reconnaissance vehicles approaching and there were no Allied aircraft in the sky.
He jumped out of the tank and climbed up a nearby hillside to use a telescope to watch - about twenty American tanks and more than a hundred trucks were marching along the road. He quickly returned to the tank and asked for two
The assault gun was ready, waiting for his tanks to launch an assault and then opened fire, giving priority to the American tanks that were opening the way and falling behind.
After another half an hour, the American vanguard finally drove within visual distance. They moved forward in a swaggering manner. Judging from the markings on the vehicles, they should be the troops of the US 1st Infantry Division. They had just broken through the Germans a few days ago.
It is the time when the front line of defense is full of ambition.
The nearest Fafnir is still two kilometers away from the road, and it is a burnt grove. It is difficult to find the e50 hiding among the scattered logs, while the hunting tiger and stalker
They were even further away, and the Americans didn't notice them at all.
"Start! Start the assault!" Fafnir whispered the order! The sound of the American engine on the road covered up the sound of the e50's starting engine, but there was no way to hide the e50's figure - the Americans discovered it immediately
The German tank started the attack. But at this moment, the Jagdtiger started shooting at the right time. The first shell hit the leading American M4 tank and destroyed it. The American M26 hurriedly turned the turret and tried to aim at the E50.
At this time, the stalkers also opened fire, and the shells tore a truck into pieces, but after all, it was the American "Big Red Division". The soldiers did not panic, but formed a fighting formation and began to fight back. More than 20 American vehicles
The tanks did not have time to turn around and attack the charging Fafnir. The American M26 tank on the side where Fafnir was charging first started to turn and fire. Fafnir was an old bird, and he made an emergency stop and knocked out the American artillery fire.
, and at the same time, his short-stop shooting turned an M26 into scrap metal. After being equipped with a loader, the Jagdtiger fired faster than Fafnir's 105 gun, killing three American tanks in just a few minutes.
Turned into scrap metal, Fafnir gave full play to his ace qualities, using his premonition ability to avoid American artillery shells, and the counterattack was extremely sharp. Every artillery shell was bound to cause damage to American tanks. Hunting
The attackers concentrated on attacking the American trucks and infantry, and soon even the Jaegers approached the road to attack. After just thirty minutes, Fafnir and his companions retreated, in order to avoid the Allied Air Force
Revenge......
The Abel Highway turned into a hell of fire and flesh, with destroyed tanks and trucks scattered everywhere, and injured but not dead American soldiers groaning among the scrap metal. All of this was recorded by the cameras of American military reporters. Orr
Sen is a reporter accompanying the army. When the battle started, he jumped out of the car as soon as possible and started taking photos. This brave reporter even took pictures desperately when Fafnir's tanks were approaching - in his photos
Three German killers were faithfully recorded. The E50 tank was facing him less than 50 meters away, and the turret was turned 90 degrees to shoot. The number 223 and the tiger skull pattern on the side of the turret were clearly visible; the side and the huge fighting room were exposed far away.
Hunting tiger; vague little stalker.
The battle was over, and the Americans lost 21 tanks and 45 trucks. The reputation of the "Skeleton Tiger" was also spread among the Americans. After the war, Fafnir set foot on the road to Belarus, and Dornberger
and O'Brien were still fighting on the French front. That is, seven days later, during the battle on the Belgian border, Dornberger's Jagdtiger was turning all the Allied tanks in the distance into scrap metal one by one.
, the Allied tanks took advantage of their numbers to suppress and surround other German tanks. A British Firefly rushed to a place only 400 meters away from the Jaeger. At this time, the Jaeger exposed his side, and the Firefly's 17-pound
The cannon aimed at the side of the hunting tiger and fired a shot. Although the Firefly was immediately turned into scrap by the Panther who came up, the 17-pound shell finally hit the target.
The Jagdtiger was hit, and the loader died on the spot. The commander and gunner were both injured and unconscious. Fortunately, the ammunition was not detonated. The driver immediately began to retreat. The Panthers and other German tanks on one side were repelling the Allied forces.
After the army's offensive, they also began to rescue the hunting tigers. Dornberger was lucky to save his life, but he was seriously injured - one of his balls was cut off by shrapnel, and he fell into a coma until three days later.
He just woke up. It took him three months to recover from his injuries and he retired from the army. He finally saved his life and returned to his hometown to marry his childhood sweetheart.