Tanks are tanks after all, and they are born to be used for attack.
During the day, because there were too many things to scruple, Manstein could not let go of his hands and feet, and could only barely defend. At night, Manstein, who let go of his hands and feet, instantly taught the Nazi stormtroopers why tanks were called the king of land warfare.
Without driving lights, approaching the encirclement at low speed, and then suddenly firing at full force, accelerating the impact of the defense line, this hand can only be regarded as half of the army of the stormtrooper was caught off guard, and was instantly torn open by Manstein, and then flew away.
But even in a sneak attack, Manstein lost five tanks and all the infantry, which was a shame for Manstein.
The only 9 remaining tanks were galloping on the road to the airfield, and all the members were silent at the moment, they lost all 120 logistics troops and 44 armored corps, and more than 200 people were left here at the moment only 36 people.
"I will make the Nazis pay!" Manstein broke the silence.
"Sir! When will we counterattack Munich? A car commander asked in a deep voice.
"When we gather reinforcements. If there are no reinforcements at the airfield or all the reinforcements have died, then we will immediately storm Hitler's headquarters! "Manstein has made up his mind to avenge his brother today, even if he tries to expose himself.
After passing through the woods on the outskirts of the airport, the gate appeared in front of Manstein and the others, accompanied by scattered corpses, both in brown clothes and in Wehrmacht uniforms.
Manstein thought to himself that General Leon had not lied to me, and indeed he sent troops to Munich.
The tank continued to drive more and more corpses, but when it reached the runway, there was only blood and no corpses.
"Bang!" A gunshot appeared in everyone's ears, and the armored soldier who was so frightened that he almost pulled the trigger in his hand.
"Hey! Don't shoot! I am Manstein, the commander of the 1st Panzer Regiment of the Wehrmacht! Manstein shouted forward with his head bared out of his turret.
"Major Manstein?!" The response was full of surprise, and then a Wehrmacht soldier appeared in the tank headlights.
"Yes, I'm Manstein! I just rushed out of the encirclement! Manstein climbed off the tank and said to the soldiers.
"Oh! God forbid! You guys rushed out. Our commander is also worried that you have all died. The soldier regretted it as soon as he finished speaking, which was a bit unlucky, and he scratched his head embarrassedly and added, "Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to curse you." "
"It's okay, I understand, surrounded by more than a dozen times the strength, ordinary people really can't run out. But who are we? German Panzers! Is there anything in this world that we can't get to? "Seeing friendly forces makes Manstein happy," he joked.
"I'll take you to our commander, he has some mobility problems." The soldier smiled and said to Manstein, and then led the group of armored soldiers who climbed out of the car to the camp hidden in the dark.
The commander-in-chief of the Airborne Forces, also a major, was lying on a makeshift bed made by the soldiers because he had been shot in the leg.
"Major Manstein, hello, I'm Major Carter of the First Division of the Wehrmacht." Carter struggled to sit up.
Manstein hurried forward to stop Carter and said, "Major Carter, you should recuperate and don't move." "
Ka T nodded, lay back on the bed, and said with a smile: "The fight was so intense, you haven't eaten a hot bite, right?" I'll ask the soldiers to cook you something to eat." "
Manstein was a little embarrassed and said, "It's so troublesome, forget it." But the other commanders obviously couldn't stand this temptation, and persuaded: "Commander, it's okay, right?" It's all friendly troops, this has been fighting for so long, I ate some compressed biscuits, I'm really hungry. "
"Then it will trouble you." Manstein nodded in agreement, then thought of the strange scene he saw when he just came, and asked, "By the way, when I came just now, I saw that the runway was full of blood but no corpses, you specially cleaned it up?" "
Katt nodded and said, "Yes, how do you land when the runway is full of corpses?" "
"Airplane landing?" Manstein was a little puzzled.
"Well, tomorrow General Lyon will come with follow-up troops and supplies, otherwise why would we grab the airfield." Carter wondered how the General could not inform his henchmen that he was coming to the battlefield.
"Eh, our long-wave radio is broken, and it has been out of contact with the combat department for a long time." Manstein felt a little worried, "The general is coming over in person?" It's too dangerous.
"It's okay, the general with 400 follow-up troops, just by virtue of the rabble of the stormtroopers, there is no need to worry at all." Carter waved his hand and signaled that there was no problem, "Major Manstein, go to the rest meeting, you haven't rested for a long time, right?" "
Carter didn't say that it was okay, as soon as he said Manstein, he felt a surge of sleepiness hit, and the continuous high-intensity battle had already consumed Manstein's physical strength, and all the way he relied on mental strength to support here, he squinted his eyes and said: "Indeed, then I will go to the rest meeting, call me tomorrow morning, I have to get up early to meet the general." Then he walked to the resting place under the guidance of the soldiers on the side.
The next day.
Manstein slept in a daze, felt someone next to him looking at him, opened his eyes slightly, was startled by the person in front of him, suddenly fell asleep, and quickly got up and saluted: "Hello!" General Lyon, and Miss Sophia. "
Standing by Manstein's bed were Leon and Sophia. Seeing that Manstein was awake, Leon smiled and said, "Awake?" How did you sleep last night? "
Manstein said embarrassedly: "Slept well, when did you come, General?" "
"Hehe, not long after I came, I didn't wake you up when I saw you sleeping." Leon said, "How? What are the casualties of your troops? "
Manstein lowered his head sadly when he heard this, and said: "There were originally 204 people, but after breaking out last night, there were only 36 people left. The rest were all armored soldiers, and the logistics infantry died.
"Hmm." Leon nodded solemnly, "Both of your troops suffered heavy casualties, Carter's troops lost 377 killed, 56 were seriously wounded, and only 167 were left with combat effectiveness." I will make Hitler pay! "
"General, when to attack Munich, I ask to join the war!" Manstein looked up at Leon.
"When the planes have enough soldiers, we will attack. You don't have to go to war, and Carter and they all have a good rest. You've done well enough, leave the rest to someone else. Leon patted Manstein on the shoulder, stood up, and led Sophia towards the door.
"General!" Manstein shouted. Leon stopped, but Manstein couldn't speak again.
"What's there to say, don't you understand my temper?" Leon laughed.
"I ask if you can replace all the tanks with guns? If we had been equipped with artillery, we would have avoided such large casualties. Manstein said.
"The hull of tank No. 1 is too small, although there is room for a 20mm gun, but it cannot carry too many shells." Leon said slowly, Manstein was a little disappointed, but Leon continued, "So Porsche, MAN, Mercedes-Benz, BMW began the development of the new tank as early as the first tank was equipped, three months ago the prototype car was built, named the second tank, it is equipped with a 20mm rapid-fire gun. I'm sure you'll be able to receive the first tanks when you get back. Oh yes, the rebuilt armored regiment will be full,In total, 100 new tank number two will be equipped. "
Manstein's eyes widened in disbelief when he heard this. Their own armored regiment is full! That's 100 new tanks! And their own panzer regiments are full, and Guderian and Rommel's will definitely be full, so that Germany has more than 300 tanks!
"Haha, such a little tank is not enough, in the future our armored torrent will wipe out everything!" Leon seemed to understand the disbelief in Manstein's eyes, and walked out of Manstein's room with Sophia with a smile.