In fact, there is another reason for Heinz Blue Road:

His purpose was to lure the Chinese armored regiment out. If he defeated the British First Armored Regiment and fled in panic, it would undoubtedly make the Chinese Armored Regiment have no time to respond, so the German army would not be able to achieve its goal.

This made Heinz Landao try to control the attack speed of the German armored division. Otherwise, I would be afraid that the British First Armored Regiment would not have time to organize defense and be defeated in one encounter.

So the German armored troops set up a formation against the British armored regiment at a distance of 1,500 meters: tanks were in front as defense, and anti-aircraft guns were attacking one after another in the back...

Heinz Landao had fought with the British many times, so he knew that the British artillery fire had no choice but to the German tanks at this distance, while the anti-aircraft guns in the hands of the Germans could easily destroy British tanks one by one, and even the "Sheerman" tanks were no exception.

In fact, this is one of the reasons why Zhang Chi did not easily launch an attack on the German army. The German army used 88mm anti-aircraft guns as anti-tank guns, and their effective range was too long, 1,800 meters... As long as the German army had five such anti-aircraft guns, the armored troops would suffer heavy losses before they reached the range. Compared with the German anti-aircraft guns, neither the Chinese nor the British troops had anti-tank weapons that could match them.

So the British army quickly fell into a disadvantage, absolutely...

The "Grant" tank was originally designed to install only a 37mm anti-tank gun, but after the German army easily captured Poland and France... Among them, Poland, due to the lack of effective anti-tank guns, German tanks did not even need infantry cover to rush around. What Poland could do was to use cavalry and sabers to deal with German steel monsters, and the result was naturally conceivable.

As a result, the Americans suddenly woke up and found that the 37mm anti-tank gun originally designed by the "Grant" tank was not enough. If you want to change it to a 75mm tank gun, the turret space is not enough, and it is too late to redesign the turret, so another layer was added between the tank chassis and the turret to accommodate the 75mm anti-tank.

This makes "Grant" three floors in total, which makes it very tall and easy to go on the battlefield.

And because of the numerous weapons, a total of 7 people are required to operate... This is the tank with the largest number of crew members during the same period.

It is sometimes not a good thing to have more personnel and equipment. For example, modern tank crews are fewer and fewer. The standard is 4 people. After using an automatic loader, the loader can be saved by 3 people. Russian Armata tanks even use automatic turrets to operate by 2 people.

The reason is very simple. The tank can be said to be a whole. The more people operate, the harder it will be to coordinate. Too many crew members will occupy too much space, making the instruments, ammunition, etc. that the tank can carry are very limited.

What's worse is the "Grant" or the rivet structure. As long as you are hit and you don't break through, your rivets may be blown away... Many tank crew members died not under the enemy's shells but under the tank's rivets.

Therefore, the German artillery fire was basically used as a target to play with British tanks. In a blink of an eye, seven or eight tanks were destroyed, including two "Sheerman". Although the British army also fired artillery, the shells hit the German tank armor but basically did not move.

"General!" Zhang Chi soon received another call from Abner: "Montgomery requests you to rescue the First Armored Regiment!"

Abner changed his tone. Montgomery said to Abner not a "request" but a "order".

But Abner knew that the Chinese general did not take Montgomery seriously, and would not obey the so-called "order", so he changed the word.

But Zhang Chi still didn't take this trick. He replied: "Col. I said it. If we attack now, it will hit the Germans' wishes. It is very likely that even Mahelama will not be able to protect it!"

Zhang Chi's words were not a bluff, it was indeed one of the possibilities. After all, the German army had an armored division and had an anti-tank artifact... an 88mm anti-aircraft gun. This thing has the advantage of "I can fight you but you can't fight" against the Allied troops, so Zhang Chi was not completely making excuses.

"General!" Abna asked: "Perhaps we can find a way to rescue the first armor and save Maherama. Please, there are more than 2,800 people in the first armor, and each of them has a family!"

Zhang Chi didn't want to listen anymore, so he hung up the phone casually.

"Deputy Military Officer!" Staff Officer Liang advised: "I know you are still worried about the British in Myanmar, but... if we don't help us like this, it will only further deteriorate our relationship with the British army, which will not do us well!"

Zhang Chi was silent for a moment, then nodded.

Of course, Staff Liang's words are correct, especially the North African battlefield and even the entire European battlefield are led by the Allies led by the British army. If they break completely with the British army, then the Expeditionary Force will probably have many difficulties in the future... The Chinese team also needs many places where the British army needs, such as supplies and air support. Especially air support, the British can do whatever tricks they want during air support, which may cause huge casualties.

From this, Zhang Chi realized one more thing: as a commander, a commander who can determine the fate of the entire army cannot use personal likes and dislikes as the standard for decision-making. It should be considered based on reality and interests, just like only interests are discussed between countries.

At this time, it was obviously more in line with the interests of the Expeditionary Force to rescue the First Armored Regiment of the British Army.

So Zhang Chi immediately picked up the walkie-talkie, connected Abna and said, "Col. I need the British Armored Regiment to obey my command. Can I do it?"

"Of course!" Abner replied excitedly: "Thank you, General, I will contact the Armored Regiment immediately!"

It should be said that Abner is also a person who does not follow the regular route, at least among the British.

Because if according to common sense, if the Armored Regiment is to obey the command of the Chinese troops, what Abuna needs to do is contact Montgomery first, and Montgomery will order the Armored Regiment... Abuna has no command over the First Armored Regiment.

But Abner didn't do this because he knew it would take a lot of time, and even Montgomery would probably not agree.

So Abner was just stunned and contacted Yarlin, the commander of the First Armored Regiment.
Chapter completed!