After receiving the order from the capital, the garrison of the South London Army assembled twenty tanks and then organized an infantry regiment to counterattack Folkestone with great fanfare and launched a small-scale counterattack.
In the direction of their counterattack, the first one to appear was the German 21st Armored Regiment where Carlius belonged.
The British tank made the sound of its engine and rushed towards the north of Folkestone.
Perhaps influenced by the German army's previous massing tactics, this time, the British army did not use infantry and tanks to coordinate, but used all tanks to rush up together. It seemed that they wanted to fight the German tank troops to the death and have a tank battle.
Of course, Carlius and other German armored soldiers had to satisfy the British army's request for torture.
Although the tank they drove was also called the Panzer 3 tank, it was also a modified and upgraded version of the Panzer 3 tank that was the result of the efforts of German scientists.
These tanks have improved more than just their diving capabilities.
The quickly assembled No. 3 tanks followed a common tactic proposed by Guderian and formed a V-shaped formation in platoon units.
The characteristic of this formation is that it can form a narrow attack surface. Only 50 tanks are needed to form a powerful attack surface of one kilometer.
Facing the British army, the German armored forces were obviously more experienced and tactical.
The British army came with 20 "Churchill Infantry Tanks." The British Army's latest infantry tank, codenamed A20, currently only has about 74 units of the British Army, and most of them are concentrated in the hands of the London Garrison.
Compared with the Mathilde infantry tank used extensively by the British army in Africa, this tank, which the British called the "Churchill Infantry Tank", is relatively more advanced. At least in theory, when facing the German Panzer III tank, it will not
Will be held back in terms of weapon quality.
The cannon made a "boom" sound, and a shell hit the oncoming No. 3 tank lightly, but it ended up drifting to nowhere.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The British armored soldiers fired one after another after someone started to fire, obviously intending to compete for the upper hand.
A large wave of artillery shells flew towards the German No. 3 tank, but the Germans seemed to be waiting for something and did not fire back immediately.
In fact, these shells, which are not even ticklish, cannot cause any harm to the new No. 3 submersible tank when fired from a long distance.
After upgrading and transformation under the leadership of Anderson Heydrich, the new Type 3 submersible tank was modified not only with an additional layer of 20 mm armor, but also with sloped armor.
Originally, the dividing line between the German No. 3 tank and the No. 4 and No. 5 tanks was the use of sloped armor. The No. 3 tank with sloped armor is actually not much different from the T3 tank as the No. 4 tank. Even
It has a bit of majesty as the No. 5 Panther tank.
The British tank's shells did nothing except leave white dot-like marks on the No. 3 tank.
As the distance between the tanks on both sides became closer and closer, the German diving tanks finally opened fire.
Even though the new function of submersible tanks is diving, their combat capabilities are even more powerful than the previous versions of Type 3 M in history.
"Boom!" The first to open fire was Calius's crew.
The shells fired with extraordinary accuracy crossed the gap between the two sides in an instant and landed in the pile of three British Churchill infantry tanks.
Explosions continued, and the shells that did not hit at close range caused bombardment and shock. The shells that hit were fatal in one shot.
After a while, the British lost a lot of tanks, and among them, Carlius used 7 shells to destroy 3 British tanks, which was close to destroying one tank with 2 shells!
The ability of Caerius's crew to achieve such results was closely related to their firing timing and distance. On the other hand, it was also inseparable from the lengthened barrel of the submersible No. 3 tank.
Similar to the Type 3 J tank in history, what Calius and the others command is such a modified and relatively top-notch extended model of the Type 3 tank.
Under the attack of the top-equipped No. 3 tank, this small British armored force suffered a devastating blow at the beginning and quickly lost 8 Churchill infantry tanks.
In response, the British tank crews who followed behind were all frightened.
Originally, they took away nearly one-third of the London Defense Department's most advanced tanks, thinking they were powerful enough.
As a result, when they met the Germans, they discovered that the best tanks on their side couldn't beat the opponent's extensions modified from old tanks!
It's embarrassing on the one hand, but the key is that it's easy to lose your life!
However, out of fear, the British armored soldiers still had to rush forward.
After all, this was a play that Churchill asked them to perform. For the sake of realism and publicity effect, they allowed them to take away one-third of the total number of the most advanced Churchill infantry tanks.
Everything is for the sake of realism, and the National Guardsmen cannot be bothered by the bloodshed.
However, fear eventually trumped reason and swayed the actions of these British tank commanders.
After all, everyone is afraid of death. After the German tanks easily destroyed three Churchill infantry tanks, the remaining British tank commanders finally could no longer hold their nerves and did not move forward.
He rushed and immediately scattered towards both sides.
The German tank crew did not understand why the opponent suddenly changed, and for a while they were somewhat confused about the situation.
However, this does not prevent Caerius from collecting people.
He still calmly issued instructions to the gunners and drivers, aiming one shot after another, and then firing, destroying two escaping British tanks one after another and turning them into a pile of scrap metal.
Since the British tanks spread out to both sides, the large number of British tanks following behind were also exposed to the muzzle of the No. 3 tank. Calius didn't even need to worry about it, and could even shoot from a distance with confidence.
With only side armor and rear armor, no British tank could withstand Calyus's second shot.
At the rear, Colonel Hurd of the 21st Armored Regiment held a high-powered telescope and stared intently at the tank battlefield ahead. Watching the No. 3 tanks of Calyus's company destroying British tanks one after another, he even felt something was wrong.
Are the British fools, knowing that they are not their opponents and letting their tanks come and kill them?
He even began to suspect that this was actually a British conspiracy!
But the facts proved that he thought too much, but the 20 scattered tanks were indeed sent by Churchill to kill people. The purpose was just to express an attitude and then use them to make some fuss.
The British are no longer their opponents in terms of tactics. If they don't use some small means of political propaganda, they will really have nothing to do!
