The Third Reich in Desperation

In the Spanish Civil War, there was a T3 tank company in the armored division commanded by Rommel.Although in actual combat, the maneuverability of the T3 tank on better roads is much worse than that of the No. [-] tank with the largest number in the German armored division, its wider tracks and larger road wheels allow him The maneuverability on soft ground far exceeds that of the Panzer II, making it stable in most situations.

Today, however, production of the regular Panzer II tanks has ceased entirely.Instead, the German army began to use its chassis to modify the production of the Wasp self-propelled howitzer.This self-propelled artillery equipped with a 105mm howitzer provided the German army with highly mobile artillery support.

In addition, Krupp also produced a small number of tanks with only one MG33 machine gun on the turret, but with compressed combustion gas boxes on both sides, and a small fire-breathing turret on the front of each fender.This "fire-breathing tank" will be distributed as a precious special vehicle in the future to each armored army to form a fire-breathing tank battalion directly under it for special operations.

After that, there is the No. [-] tank that has been completely discontinued.All the production lines of the original No. [-] tanks are now changed to only produce the No. [-] assault guns with simple structure, good mobility, certain protection, low body, not easy to be hit, and low cost. Enemy tanks, bunkers, machine gun emplacements and anti-tank guns.

Now, in a leading reconnaissance platoon of the 25st Armored Division of the SS, the 3-year-old Wittmann commanded neither the Panzer II nor the Panzer III, but the T[-] tank named the Panzer IV. .

As a non-commissioned officer, he was fortunate to be the commander of this T3 tank.In his car crew, the other three crew members are not as old as him.

"Lucas! Drive slowly, don't throw the No. 111 tank too far, otherwise our No. 112 tank will be fighting alone." Wittman shouted to his 23-year-old driver Lucas with a smile.

Lucas's original ideal was to be a racing driver, but unfortunately his family had no money for him to race.When he heard that the SS recruited armored soldiers who were less than a six-foot-tall, he, who was 1.5 meters tall, simply signed up and came to drive a tank.

But Lucas has a bad habit. He always likes to drive the tank to the front of the scouting platoon. He just can't bear to see other tanks surpassing his own tank. This kind of problem is also a rare hobby on the battlefield. .Fortunately, Wittmann accepted, otherwise Lucas, the "racing tank driver", might not have the courage to take it.

"Wittmann, don't expect Lucas to drive slowly. It's not a day or two for him to rush to see God, aren't we all used to it?"

The one who was talking was the gunner Leo. This guy was originally a gambler. He was not ordinary courageous, and he didn't care much about Lucas's habit of dying.In his eyes, there is not much difference between gambling money and gambling life.Speaking of it, he even prefers the thrill of gambling with his life.

He was once owed a lot of debt by the Jewish usury, but he was lucky enough to meet the SS who sent people to arrest the traitorous Childe family members and threw his creditors into prison.Perhaps out of a sense of gratitude, Leo, who somehow didn’t have to repay the debt, went to sign up for the SS the next day, and was assigned to the armored unit because of his short height.

"Wait for a while! I can't help but want to go out to pee now, let's stop the tank for a while." The loader Leicht said with cold sweat on his forehead: "I have endured it for a long time, and I can't hold it anymore!"

Leichter, whose full name is Heinz William Leicht, is Guderian's nephew.But he is only 23 years old now, and his grades in school are also a mess.

Although his uncle Guderian is a popular man around Reinhardt, Guderian is not going to open the back door for him, but throws him to the base of the SS armored unit to hone it first, and if he performs well, he will be transferred Come to your side and help.

But after all, Leicht has some skills, and even before the war, he got a case of the newly developed Fanta soft carbonated drink from the Rein Group, which he drank almost every day.

Although Fanta is a new type of fruit-flavored soda made from other raw materials due to the gradual shortage of syrup by the Coca-Cola branch of the Rhein Group.However, because of its refreshing taste and preliminary interviews, it has become a novelty in the eyes of all walks of life in Germany.

It was this kind of good stuff, Leicht drank two bottles along the way, which caused him to burst out with a strong desire to drain halfway.

"Lechter!" As the commander of the tank, Wittmann reminded seriously: "Although we didn't meet many Polish soldiers along the way, we are investigating at the forefront of the army after all, and there are many Polish soldiers shooting black guns outside the tank. Possibly. If you value your life, you'd better stay in the tank."

"But..." Leicht said anxiously, "I feel like my lower body is about to explode!"

"Lechter, you are now at the forefront of the war!" Wittmann yelled solemnly: "If you don't want your head to blow up later, stay in the tank."

"But..." Leicht wanted to struggle with a cry.

"However, there is a solution." Wittmann waved his hand and interrupted Leichter: "As far as I know, the maximum capacity of a human bladder is about 500 milliliters!"

Leicht was sweating coldly, and nodded intently.His brain is blank now, and he has gradually begun to lose the ability to think. He can only rely on Wittmann to point out a way out.

Wittmann squinted his eyes and continued, "The soda bottles you emptied just now each have a capacity of 550 milliliters, that is to say..."

In war, there are always times when soldiers have to ignore the so-called civilized etiquette for the safety of their lives, such as the current Leicht.No one would blame him, but it was inevitable that people would laugh at him for a long time.

Two minutes later, a drink bottle was thrown from the top of tank 2, and then there was a burst of heart-piercing laughter from tank 111......

"I'm Platoon Commander Vic." The platoon leader Vic's joking voice from the No. 112 tank came from Wittmann's earphones: "Did Tank No. 111 just throw a bottle of biological and chemical weapons out for me? Tell Leichter that the use of biological and chemical weapons is prohibited by international regulations! Hahahaha......"

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"Okay, that's the end of the joke." Vik arranged through the intercom: "Because the No. 113 tank broke down, our reconnaissance platoon now only has our two tanks 111 and 112. Everything must be careful!"

With only the 3mm machine gun equipped on the T12.7 tank, it is impossible to flatten a division of the Polish army.When he really encountered the main force of the Polish army, Vic could only take his incomplete scouting platoon and slip away.

"Number 112! There seem to be Polish cavalry ahead of you!" Wittmann suddenly shouted into the intercom: "It's in your direction at two o'clock! They don't look like a rout!"

"I saw it! Five Polish cavalry, it looks like it should be a reconnaissance squad!" Vik replied in the headset: "It is estimated that there is a large force of them around, otherwise the group of Poles who were frightened by us are Scouts will not be sent for no reason."

Although the German armored soldiers relied on tanks to suppress the Polish army all the way, there was no shortage of achievements in which a company of German troops chased a Polish regiment and fought more with fewer hits.However, to face an unknown number of Polish troops with two tanks is something only a madman can do!

"Lukas, adjust the direction! Leichter, check the shells! Leo, aim in the direction of those Polish cavalry!" Before the platoon leader gave the order, Wittmann made preparations for the battle on his own .

"Ok!"

"no problem!"

"Small idea!"

It just so happened that the four members of the 111 car group were the most courageous lunatics in the full armored division.Among them, Wittmann dreams of becoming the most successful tank commander in Germany, and strives for meritorious service all the time.

"Wittmann! Are you crazy? If a large force is dispatched face to face, we will become the first batch of captured German armored soldiers since the start of the war!" Vic was shocked by Wittmann's almost crazy battle plan.With two tanks, in the face of an imminent large-scale enemy force, their two T3 tanks should not be so bold no matter how self-sufficient they are.

"No. 112, come up to us! We should immediately drive to the small slope at four o'clock to seize the commanding heights, and then we can shoot down the enemy from above." Wittman seemed convinced that this was a rare opportunity to make meritorious deeds , He even took command of the No. 112 tank where the platoon leader was on his own initiative.

As Lucas drove the No. 111 tank to the small slope that Wittmann said, Vic reluctantly let his driver follow after hesitating for two seconds.

"If I survive, I will personally apply for the Medal of Bravery for your 111 crew. If I die, I will continue to curse you in hell!" Vic picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted.

"Get ready to apply for medals for us!" Wittman replied arrogantly.

At this moment, in Vic's earphones, the nonchalant voices of the 111 crew members echoed:

"There's nothing to be afraid of. In any case, it's better than losing and going bankrupt. It's better to die." This is the voice of the gambler Leo.

"Anyway, I lost my face just now. It would be a big loss if I don't get a medal this time." This was Leicht who had just been ridiculed and yelled.

"At worst, I'll hit it with a tank. Ours is a big T3 tank, not a flimsy thin-skinned tank like the No. [-] tank." Lucas, who is suitable for driving bumper cars, also clamored.

Vic laughed dryly in his No. 112 tank, and whispered to himself softly: "Crazy, they are all crazy. Next time, I won't partner with these crazy people again."

But in fact, Vick and Wittmann both understand that their situation is not too dangerous.After all, the Polish army dropped their helmets and armor all the way, and dropped all the artillery that could be dropped in order to escape.Without heavy weapons, bullets alone cannot penetrate the armor of T3 tanks.

"Wittmann! Did you see that! There were densely packed cavalry in that direction just now! They have at least one battalion..." Vic suddenly shouted nervously through the headset.

"Let your gunner aim in that direction, and the loader will load the grenade immediately!" Wittmann interrupted Vic loudly: "We are now waiting for No. 112 for ten seconds, and we will launch the grenade immediately after ten seconds!"

After all, Vic was also a second lieutenant officer, so he quickly understood what Wittmann meant.Ten seconds later, the No. 112 tank where Vic was located understood and fired a total of 111 grenades together with the No. 2 tank.

In an instant, two grenades that fell into the Polish cavalry phalanx exploded instantly, and a large number of fragments set off a bloody mist, turning the Polish cavalry phalanx who were about to counterattack on their backs, crying ghosts and howling.

Originally, he thought that the other party would fight with him in the traditional way, but he didn't expect that two terrifying grenades scattered to harvest life were fired from a distance.This is completely different from the war they know, and the enemy's tactics are completely inconsistent with the chivalry they have learned.

Only then did the Polish cavalry discover that the Germans had used the short ten years after their defeat to invent a brand new mode of warfare, a mode they were not familiar with at all!

Since they were the Polish 13th Cavalry Division who had just returned from the Eastern Front with light equipment, all artillery weapons were left to the defensive troops still fighting on the Eastern Front because of the inconvenience of carrying them.They thought that only by relying on the impact of their own cavalry charges, even the superficially powerful German army would not be a concern...

However, their concepts are wrong from beginning to end!They mistakenly took out the military concepts of 30 years ago to imagine the German army as the enemy, and formulated a response plan based on this.It was only when they confronted the Germans face to face that they realized how wrong they were.

Unfortunately, it's too late!

The bullets in their hands would never be able to penetrate even if they were shot against a German tank.Saber and spear?Then it's even less likely to be useful!