Chapter 85
At the end of September 1944, the Germans completely gave up Cherbourg in the south of Normandy and Calais in the north. They retreated to the Belgian line in the north and organized a line of defense in the Somme and Amiens. The central line was established with Rouen as the core, ready to turn Paris into a sea of fire at any time; the south gave up the peninsula and retreated to the Agentang line to defend. At the same time, the arrangements for the mobilization of troops were stepped up, and one domestically reorganized division after another was dispatched to the German-France border to enrich the defense line.
The strategic posture of the Germans was already in a mess. They were once again trapped in the nightmare of fighting on both sides. The Soviet Red Army in the east launched a powerful and powerful offensive. The first and second offensives Favnier had participated, but the fifth offensive now made the front of the German Central Army Group shaking, with heavy losses from each unit. A large number of troops were annihilated in an organization and were about to be expelled from Belarus and Lithuania. Fortunately, the Germans have barely maintained the front line and have not been expelled from Belarus and Lithuania, which is much better than in real history. However, the Soviet Red Army's next stronger offensive is imminent, and it is completely unsure whether it can be defended this time. Favnier received the 503rd Battalion in October and was invested in the Belarusian front line.
The order followed him, and the tanks that were improved to the e50ausfb type. All the first batch of e50s and the second batch of e50s were uniformly improved to the ausfb type. The 88mml71 gun was removed and the 105mml52 gun was installed. The transmission mechanism and suspension mechanism were improved so that the road speed was increased to 55km, the off-road speed was increased to 38km, the trip did not change to 150km, the body of the vehicle became 48 tons of external armor plates, and the side track armor was all changed to fixed, and the code name was still "lynx". Some mysterious big guys were also loaded on heavy trains and rushed to the Soviet Union and Belarus frontline in the day and night. Today, the sky above Germany is no longer a safe place......
Before leaving France, Favnier gave the Allies an unforgettable lesson. "Albert Road Massacre" is the name of the Allies, and "Albert Road Hunting Battle" is the name of the German team.
On September 28, the 1st Infantry Division, as the main force, attacked the German defense line in northern France, attempting to cut off the German retreat to Belgium, and sealed the German army on the front line of Calais and Piccadi to annihilate it in the future. The No. 223 e50b "lynx" of Favnier happened to be modified and rebuilt with another "Tiger Hunter" assault gun and a "Sursuer" assault gun were defended on the German positions outside Albert City. The tiger hunter and the hunter were all familiar with Favnier. The tiger hunter gunner was the big boy Dorn.
Sergeant Berger - Thanks to the huge and spacious combat room of the tiger hunting, it is equipped with the newly developed automatic loading system. It uses the original turret rotating motor to lift the warhead and medicine bag, and sends the two into the barrel. The whole process only requires a little force to fix the grab hook and press the button. The fire rate of the tiger hunting becomes quite fast. The leader of the hunter is also an old friend, Lieutenant O'Brien. The current hunter is already ineffective, and many have been sent to be converted into large rocket launchers.
On the morning of the day, they received intelligence that the American convoy seemed to appear on the Abel Highway. Favnier decided to drive a tank to reconnaissance and teach the Americans a lesson if possible, while tiger hunters and hunters were dispatched together.
At noon, the three of them arrived 4 kilometers from the Abel Highway. Hunter found a lowland and began to disguise himself with shrubs. The hunters drove closer to the highway and hid. Only the "Lynx" of Favnier drove directly to the highway. He did not see any trace of the American along the way. It seemed that it was just a wrong information. "Let's wait for an hour before going back." Favnier thought that he gave the order to park and standby to the two marches, and drove the car to a place not far from the highway and began to disguise. The three cars formed an unequal triangle, and pointed the spearhead and waited quietly at the highway.
It was almost an hour before the Allied planes came and went in the sky, and they did not find the three German tanks. Favnier and others did not see any trace of the Americans' ground troops. However, if they were flying frequently on Allied planes today, it would be difficult for them to leave for a while, so they decided to wait until it was darker before going back. After contacting the troops by radio, their superiors approved their actions.
At 4 pm, the sound of the engine came from the distance of the highway. The people on the three tanks immediately raised their spirits. Fafnier took advantage of the opportunity of the reconnaissance vehicle being driven near and there were no Allied planes in the sky. He jumped out of the tank and climbed up a nearby slope and started watching with a telescope. About twenty American tanks and more than one hundred trucks were moving along the highway in a mighty manner. He quickly returned to the tank and asked the two assault guns to prepare. After his tank launched an assault, he opened fire, and gave priority to attacking the American open-circuit and falling-tailed tanks.
After another half an hour, the American vanguard finally drove within the visual distance. They were moving forward swaggeringly, looking at the mark on the body of the car, which should be the unit of the US First Infantry Division. Just a few days ago, the Germans broke through the front line of defense. It was the time to be proud.
The nearest Favnier is two kilometers away from the road, and it is a burnt and burnt wood. It is difficult to find e50 hiding among the woods in a row, and tiger hunters and hunters are farther away, and the Americans have not noticed them at all.
"Start! Start assault!" Favnier whispered orders! The sound of the Americans on the road covered the sound of the e50 starting engine, but the figure of the e50 could not be hidden. The Americans immediately discovered the German tank that started the attack. But at this moment, the hunting tiger started shooting just right, and the first shell hit the leading American m4 tank and destroyed it. The Americans' m26 hurriedly turned the turret to try to aim at the e50. At this time, the hunter also opened fire. The shells tore a truck to pieces, but after all, it was the American "Big Red Division". The soldiers did not panic, but launched a battle formation and started to counterattack. More than 20 American tanks did not have time to turn all around to attack Favnier who rushed over, located in Favnier's rushing forward.
The American m26 tank on the side that came, began to turn and shoot. Favnier was an old bird. He stopped and fired the American artillery fire at the air. At the same time, his short stop shot turned an m26 into scrap iron. The tiger hunting rate after loading the ammunition machine was loaded faster than Favnier's 105 guns. In just a few minutes, three American tanks turned into scrap iron. Favnier fully demonstrated his ace character and used his premonition to avoid American artillery shells. The counterattack was extremely sharp. Every shell must have American tanks suffered. The hunter focused on attacking the American trucks and infantry. Soon even the tiger hunting master drove closer to the highway to attack. In just thirty minutes, Favnier and his wing chariot retreated to avoid revenge from the Allied Air Force...
The Abel Highway turned into a hell of flames and flesh, with destroyed tanks and trucks scattered everywhere, and injured and undead American soldiers groaning among scrap iron. Everything was recorded by the camera of the American military reporter. Olsen was a military reporter. At the beginning of the battle, he jumped out of the car and started taking photos. The bold reporter even took photos with fearlessness even when Favnier's tank approached - his photos faithfully recorded three German murderers, less than 50 meters heading towards him, and the turret turned to the 90-degree shooting e50 tank, the turret 223 and the tiger skull pattern on the side of the turret were clearly visible; the tiger hunting on the side and the huge combat room was exposed from afar; the vague little chaser.
The battle was over, and the Americans lost 21 tanks and 45 trucks, and the reputation of "Skeleton Tiger" was also spread among the Americans. After the war, Favnier embarked on the road to Belarus, while Dornberger and O'Brien were still fighting on the French front. That is, 7 days later, during the battle in the Belgian border area, Dornberger's tiger hunting was turning all the Allied tanks away into scrap iron one by one. Allied tanks took advantage of their numerical advantage to suppress and surround other German tanks. An English firefly rushed to a place only 400 meters away from the tiger hunting. At this time, the tiger hunting exposed his side. The firefly's 17-pound cannon aimed at the side of the tiger hunting. Although the firefly was immediately beaten to scrap iron by the black panther that was pushed up, the 17-pound shell finally hit the target.
The tiger hunting was hit, the loader died on the spot, the commander and the gunner were injured and lost consciousness. Fortunately, the ammunition was not lured, and the driver immediately began to retreat. The black panther and other German tanks on one side also began to rescue the tiger hunting after repelling the Allied offensive. Dornberger was lucky enough to save his life, but he was seriously injured - a ball was cut off by shrapnel, and he fell into a coma and did not wake up until three days later. After three months of recovering from the injury, he retired and finally saved his life. He returned to his hometown to marry his childhood sweetheart lover.
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Chapter completed!