stonecrandall Chapter 662
Chapter 662
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: 0.071s Scan: 0.062sJust as the British army was hastily preparing to move the artillery to the rear of Hill 337 to bombard the German sneak attack troops, the German tank troops had already begun to turn and rushed to the rear of Hill 337!
The rear of Hill 337 was much flatter than the front. The German tanks rushed up the mountain quickly, firing while attacking, and shot many British firepower points along the way into the sky.
As the most famous ace tanker in the history of the German army, although Karl Jules’ current record is far less than the 300 tanks and artillery in history, from the Battle of Poland to the Battle of Gaul, Karl Jules participated in dozens of battles and has achieved an outstanding record of destroying 12 Polish and French tanks and 22 artillery pieces!
This achievement is one of the best in the entire Third Reich!
Considering that he is only 21 years old this year, his future is promising!
After the Gallic Campaign, Mainz specially awarded him and dozens of other tankers and pilots who performed well in the battle. Karljus received a first-class Iron Cross!
During the entire Gallic Campaign, less than 100 people received this medal, and most of them were front-line officers and important staff members in the German General Staff who participated in planning the Gallic Campaign. It was extremely rare for Karljus to receive this honor as a tank sergeant!
Precisely because of the extraordinary significance of this medal, Karljus cherished it very much. No matter where he went, he always wore it on his chest!
This is a symbol of honor, an affirmation of his past achievements, and an expectation for his future. He still remembered what the Führer said to him when he gave him the medal, patting him on the shoulder: Work hard, young man, I am optimistic that you will become the best tanker in the empire!
Karljus was excited when he thought of the Führer’s ardent expectations and encouragement for him!
In order not to disappoint the Führer’s expectations, he always reminded himself to make himself stronger. Only by becoming stronger can he constantly break through his limits!
It is precisely because of Karl Juss’s excellent skills and brilliant record that his tank was used as the No. 1 tank during this raid and took on the important task of opening the way!
Da Da Da!
A British soldier in a machine gun bunker saw the German tanks rushing over at high speed. In a panic, he did not even think about whether their machine guns could penetrate the German armor, and fired directly at the German tank group! It is impolite to come without reciprocity. When the British machine gunners fired at the Germans, the Germans also discovered them and fired at them!
Boom!
The No. 2 tank behind Karl Juss fired a tank gun at the machine gun position. This tank used 88mm high-explosive shells, the purpose of which was to kill unarmored or low-armored soft targets like soldiers!
The power of the 88mm high-explosive shells is very huge. A distance of less than 500 meters is a very easy shooting distance for the German gunners, especially since the opponent is still a fixed target. Naturally, they did not miss and hit the enemy with one shot!
With a loud bang, several British soldiers on Karl Jus were blown up into the sky, and the machine gun firepower point also went silent!
It was not much different from what they expected. The British army might not have anticipated that the German army would launch a surprise attack from the rear, or it might be because there was not enough time, so there was no time to reinforce the position.
Therefore, the German army encountered basically these semi-open fortifications along the way. There were no strong permanent fortifications, and it was difficult for the British army without fixed fortifications to fight!
Karl Jus himself also fired in succession, knocking out several exposed British firepower points.
Boom!
At this moment, a shell hit the No. 3 tank on the side and rear, and the No. 3 tank immediately caught fire and stopped moving immediately!
“”The enemy’s anti-tank gun!”
Karl Juss shouted, concentrating his attention!
He did not see the location of the enemy’s anti-tank gun, but there were no other enemies around. If it were not for the anti-tank gun, the Type 3 tank would not have been destroyed!
“We found the enemy’s bunker and saw the cannon!”
“Wait, is this really an anti-tank gun? Why is the barrel so long?”
Karlus’ partner, the observer in the tank, Kosch, quickly found the bunker about 1,200 meters to his left.
This bunker was close to the top of Hill 337, far from the foot of the mountain where they were now, but the German formation was quite dense, so as long as the British artillery aimed in the right direction, it would be easy to hit them!
The enemy’s anti-tank gun was in an excellent position, and they could completely block their way by shooting from a high position, so no matter what, they had to kill this anti-tank gun, and they had to do it quickly, otherwise, once the enemy destroyed all the tanks in front of them, then their destroyed tanks would become roadblocks, blocking the way of dozens of tanks behind them!
“This doesn’t seem to be an anti-tank gun, it looks more like an anti-aircraft gun?”
The tank driver muttered quietly while driving attentively.
He was not very sure in his heart, after all, he had never seen such a large-caliber anti-aircraft gun.
Most of the main anti-aircraft guns in the German army were 40mm and 57mm anti-aircraft guns, and some were 88mm anti-aircraft guns, but the 88mm anti-aircraft guns were too heavy and the caliber was too large, so they were overpowered. The German air force was currently in a comprehensive leading state, and there was basically no great air defense pressure on the homeland, so their anti-aircraft guns were prepared for the field army.
What the field troops needed was more flexible anti-aircraft guns that could be deployed and operated quickly, so the 4mm and 57mm anti-aircraft guns with small caliber, light weight, low logistical supply pressure, and fast firing rate became the mainstream. Although the 88mm anti-aircraft guns were also produced, most of them were not used as anti-aircraft guns, but as anti-tank guns.
At this time, the enemy’s artillery that appeared in front of them, looking from a distance, found that the caliber of the opponent was actually larger than that of their largest 88mm anti-aircraft gun. The caliber is even larger, which surprised the German army.
What on earth is this?
Anti-tank guns don’t look like this!
If it’s an anti-aircraft gun, the caliber is too big, right?
The German army’s confusion is justified, because the artillery equipped by the British army is a large-caliber anti-aircraft gun that they hastily began to develop and finalize in 1927. It is also the most famous artillery equipped by the British army during World War II-Vickers 94-meter anti-aircraft gun!
Like its German counterparts, this anti-aircraft gun can not only be used to shoot down planes, but also to fight tanks, and is even more powerful than professional anti-tank guns!
Karl Juss was very lucky. After this artillery was finalized last year, only the first batch was produced in time, with a number of less than 200 guns. Most of them were equipped to the air defense forces of the Fog City to protect the safety of the capital.
A small number of them were equipped to the British army in the south, but the German army actually encountered one on this nameless high ground!
However, Karl Juss would never think that this was his luck, because this anti-aircraft gun posed a huge threat to their entire army!
“We must destroy it!”_