Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

"boom!"

The armor-piercing projectiles fired from the 75mm kwk40 L/48 tank gun hit the M4 Sherman tank 200 meters away at a speed invisible to the naked eye, and hit its front armor hard. The metal jet produced by the explosion of the conical charge inside the armor-piercing projectile caused the armor at the impact point to flow around like ice blown by hot air, and a small hole was easily blown out in an instant. The metal jet, which had not yet exhausted its power, along with the metal droplets brought out by it, swept across the inside of the tank like hot bullets and hit the shells behind it. The flames caused by the explosion rushed straight into the sky from the open hatch cover, like an oil well on fire.

The original M4 Sherman tank was nicknamed the "Lonson Lighter".

As a medium tank, the Sherman tank has moderate firepower and basically sufficient armor. As for why there is the title "Lonson Lighter"? This is because on the European battlefield, the Sherman tank, as a medium tank, often faces not the No. 3, No. 4 or Panther tanks, which are also medium tanks, but heavy tanks such as "Tiger" and "King Tiger". ; As a result, the Sherman's "shield" was weak compared to the Tiger tank's "spear", resulting in it being easily destroyed by the Tiger tank. The Sherman tank is not as easy to "take off your hat" as its "comrade" T-34 tank. Therefore, American soldiers often see Sherman tanks as burning wreckage, and over time they feel that Sherman is a flammable and unsafe tank. It happened that Ronson lighters were in full swing at that time, and the catchy slogan was "Lonson, the best lighter in the world." U.S. soldiers always loved nicknames, so they gave Sherman the nickname "Lonson Lighter." nickname.

"Enemy attack!" Before the remaining tanks could react, shells fired from the bushes on both sides of the road instantly destroyed all nine remaining tanks.

"These guys should be going to reinforce the H-03-4 defense line. Why are there only these tanks?" This is the area marked as Highway 13 on the map. A company of German tanks and a company of infantry are ambushing the road. The bushes on both sides are responsible for blocking US troops who may pass through to reinforce the H-03-4 defense line.

Less than an hour after the ambush was set up, a company of US tanks was harvested.

"Maybe they were worried that the large force would arouse the idea of ​​our air force and be bombed, so they left separately. But these guys are such novices that they didn't even send scouts to explore the road in front." The top of the tank was covered with a camouflage net. , but did not send out scouts to explore the road, which is really a typical case of not caring about the end.

"These guys haven't fought in a war for more than 20 years, how can they not be rookies?" If the expeditionary force sent out could come back, they might be able to lead these newcomers and teach them combat experience; it's a pity that hundreds of thousands of the expeditionary force were killed by their own allies. They were slaughtered and the rest were imprisoned in German prisoner-of-war camps. "Clean up these wreckage, maybe there will be another batch of prey."

Several Jackal tanks rumbled out of the bushes and used brute force to push the piles of wreckage in the middle of the road into the bushes on the side; the infantry camouflaged them and sneaked into the bushes again and continued to wait.

At the same moment, in the Columbia headquarters, Commander Williams asked anxiously. "Where are the reinforcements?!" The same question has been repeated countless times. "Which team is closest to the H-03-4 defense line now?"

Correspondent reports. "It's Tank Company B, still fifty kilometers away from the H-03-4 defense line."

"Fifty kilometers?" Commander Williams thought for a moment and then ordered. "Order them to march thirty kilometers away from the H-03-4 defense line, hide on the spot and wait for the follow-up troops." There are only 12 tanks in a tank company. Even if they rush to the H-03-4 defense line, it will not help. They can only wait until All the follow-up troops arrived and launched the attack together. "Order other teams to move forward faster."

He had to be impatient. The straight-line distance between the state capital of Columbia and the H-03-4 defense line was less than 200 kilometers. If the German armored troops came straight here, it might not even take four hours. Therefore, it is necessary to drive the leading troops of the German army into the sea as much as possible before they land. "Ask Washington again if troops from other lines of defense can be mobilized for reinforcements." Now it has been determined that the German landing point is section H-03-4 or section H-03-5. At this time, troops from other lines of defense continue to guard them. The defense line is meaningless, and the main thing is to quickly mobilize to block the large German army.

In the Washington operations command room, a telegram requesting instructions was received from the Colombian headquarters, but no decision was made immediately.

"I'm afraid the Germans have already set up their fast dock at the H-03-4 defense line, and their transport ships will be able to unload their cargo by tomorrow morning at the latest."

Vice President Truman asked. "Can a bomber force be sent in to destroy their docks?"

Commander Arnold sighed. It stands to reason that the German dock projects should be destroyed in time, but the problem is that sending bomber troops during the day is equivalent to letting them die in vain. As for night, let’s not say that our bomber force has no experience in night bombing. Even if it does, the German night fighters are quite powerful, which is a dead end.

Vice President Truman said anxiously. "But we can't just watch the Germans land like this, right?"

MacArthur couldn't help but sigh. "It would be great if we had artillery with a range of more than 100 kilometers." I don't know how the German V3 cannon can hit the shells 150 kilometers away. If we have artillery with this range, we can bomb from a safe distance. German beachhead.

Unfortunately, none of the artillery currently in service in the US military has a range of more than 30 kilometers. But if these cannons were deployed less than thirty kilometers away from the H-03-4 defense line, they would probably be completely destroyed by German bombers before they could fire a few rounds. "Maybe we should mobilize troops from other states to stop the Germans from landing." South Carolina is bordered by North Carolina to the north and northeast, and Georgia to the southwest. He had the same idea as Commander Williams. It was now almost certain that the German landing points were H-03-4 and H-03-5. Troops from these two states had to be mobilized quickly to reinforce South Carolina.

General Handy shook his head. "The possibility that the Germans will open landing sites in other areas cannot be ruled out yet."

The maximum span from east to west in the United States is 5,200 kilometers. If it were them, they would not fight all the way from the east coast to the west coast. It would be better to find a new landing point directly on the west coast; similarly, the H- The 03-4 defense line is more than 1,500 kilometers away from the northernmost coastal city. It seems more appropriate to open a new landing site.

Therefore, they did not dare to rashly mobilize defense forces from other states to come for support. What if the Germans took advantage of it? !

After thinking for a long time, General Handy ordered. "Transfer the reserve teams from North Carolina and Georgia." But this is not realistic. The reserve teams in North Carolina and Georgia are both located more than 300 kilometers away from the H-03-4 defense line. Although the U.S. military has a high degree of mechanization and most of its troops can be transported by trucks, in order to avoid being discovered by the German Air Force, they cannot march on a large scale during the day. They must either march in small groups in batches or wait until night to march. . These reserve teams would not be able to catch up in less than two days.

"At least we have to get them to the state border. If we can't stop the Germans from landing, we have to trap them in South Carolina." In just a few hours, they were forced to repeatedly lower their bottom line. From vowing never to let the Germans set foot on the mainland to trapping the Germans in South Carolina, the situation has taken a turn for the worse, and everyone is even in a trance, wondering if they are in a dream.

(Sorry, today’s chapter)