Chapter 512： "Abandoned" tank (1/2)

”We can only fight to the death.” Herbart said: ”Use our sacrifices to create time for the main force to retreat.”

There is no choice.

They couldn't withdraw because their tanks were too slow. Instead of being killed when they were retreating, it would be better to fight and die on the battlefield dignifiedly, so that death would be meaningful.

”Brigade commander, there is nothing we can do.” On his side, Deputy Brigade Commander Charles said to him: ”Basically, we have no weapons in our hands that can attack the Germans.”

Their tank, with only a 12.7 mm machine gun, was a ticklish facing the German tank.

Only the Matilda 2 tank has a 40mm tank gun. Unfortunately, this type of tank is equipped with units directly under the division, and the number is scarce.

Moreover, the third armored brigade was defeated, which has shown that their 40mm tank guns could not kill the opposing Panther tank. Now they belong to the unit without any counterattack.

”No, we still have weapons.” Herbart said: ”We have anti-tank grenades, and we can also rush to make Molotov cocktails, all tanks that can be used to attack the Germans.”

If you want to anti-tank, naturally there are ways.

In Spain, in order to resist Franco's tank unit at the time, the international column was hand-made Molotov cocktail. This Molotov cocktail can still bring casualties to the enemy in close combat.

However, it was close combat. In street combat, there were still opportunities. Now, in the wild, it is at most a small village. Does one have this ability?

”Unless we pretend to surrender and then launch a suicide attack, but this is a shame for the soldiers.” Charles said.

As British soldiers, they are quite proud. They know the honor of their soldiers, and they really can't do the act of pretending to surrender.

Herbart shook his head: ”We don't surrender, just let the Germans relax, thinking that we are going to surrender, can't we?”

This is no alternative. As armored soldiers, they actually need to fight like infantrymen. This is an absolute sadness.

Either die in battle or surrender, they have no third way. In the practice of the British Empire, it is not a shame to surrender when there is no enemy, but to pretend to surrender is to break the convention.

Now Herbart insists on this.

The tracks of the Panther 3 tank are crushing the ground, and behind it, following the Stalker tank destroyer.

Meyer's armored company still rushed to the front. He looked at the opposite side through the tank's observation hole, somewhat puzzled.

Very strange.

From here, you can see the British tanks, scattered in all directions, distributed in the fields a few kilometers away. The tanks are a bit swaying and the turrets are facing in any direction.

No black smoke is seen, indicating that the opponent's engine has not started.

How is this going?

I've seen this before. It was the opponent's tank troops escaping. At the same time, their tanks ran out of fuel, and they couldn't drive the tank to evacuate, so they could only throw away the tank.

If it is a general armored force commander, that must be the case, but now, Meyer has doubts in his heart.

Why didn't they blow up these tanks?

On the battlefield, when the weapon cannot be taken away, it is normal to abandon the weapon, but generally speaking, the weapon will be blown up before leaving to prevent it from being acquired by the enemy.

This is almost the norm, unless it is too fast to blow up, then the opponent is too bad.

”The British have retreated, speed up the pursuit!” At this moment, the radio officer conveyed the command of the battalion commander.