The 126th Heights of Matru Fortress, located 15 kilometers north of Matru Harbor.

This is a five or six kilometers long hilly belt. The 7th Brigade of the 4th Division of the 1st Army of the Huben Expeditionary Force was responsible for guarding this hilly belt.

In the large area around the Martru Harbor, dozens of such winding hilly landforms are scattered, with an average height of about 100 meters of sea waves. The terrain is not dangerous, nor is it easy to defend and difficult to attack.

But what I want to say is that compared with the endless desert area in the south, this place is undoubtedly the best area for defense and building solid fortifications.

Although they are not dangerous, they can connect points into surfaces to form defensive fortresses that support each other, effectively blocking the advancement of the German mechanized troops and becoming a solid peripheral barrier for the Port of Matru.

Therefore, a long time ago, the British Allied Forces began to build infrastructure projects with great strength and built countless permanent fortifications around the Port of Matru.

Now the 1st Army of the Hu Ben Expeditionary Force has led its troops to this defensive belt with a radius of hundreds of square kilometers, and has divided its troops into garrisons in various high and low hilly belts with the British and American Allies.

On the 126th Highland, Nie Qingshi, the commander of the 7th Brigade of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, was holding a telescope and lying on the bunker observation hole to observe the enemy situation in front of him.

Through the telescope, he could clearly see the German tank armored troops rolling in the distance, and also see the German and Italian infantry following behind the armored troops.

In addition, Nie Qingshi could also see shells that were constantly exploded on the ground and mines that exploded from time to time, causing continuous casualties to the advancing enemy tanks, armor and infantry!

Before this, their anti-aircraft artillery troops intercepted and shelled the whistling enemy aircraft group, and thus suffered large-scale air force bombing.

Fortunately, thanks to the heroic combat of the Allied Air Force, these enemy bombers could only come and go in a hurry, and could not accurately bomb the Allied defensive positions around the Martru Harbor.

"I passed my order, and the artillery troops were aimed at it and fought hard, and the rest of the troops were ready for battle! This was the first battle after our brigade entered Africa. No matter what, I must fight beautifully!"

The enemy was coming in full force and concentrated a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, which was much more cruel than the Japanese troops that had been facing the enemy before.

But Nie Qingshi was not panicked at all. In this continuous hilly area, his troops had dozens of 88mm anti-aircraft guns, hundreds of field guns, as well as a large number of war defense guns, anti-tank rocket launchers and other heavy firepower, and had enough anti-tank capabilities. They were not afraid of these iron guys at all.

What's more, there are extremely powerful tank armored troops and air force behind the position. Once the war is intensified, they can come to rescue at any time.

"yes!"

"clear!"

"receive!"

"Haha, it's our turn after waiting for most of the day!"

"Support soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while. Brothers, you must kill them today!"

"Well, I'll see if these German guys are as powerful as the legendary ones!"

"People are in positions, and people are in positions!"

After receiving the order, commanders at all levels were full of fighting spirit. Not only were they not scared by the enemy coming in a fierce manner, but they were all ready to go, wishing that these enemies would go faster and enter the effective range as soon as possible.

"Switch armor-piercing bullets quickly!"

Anti-aircraft gunner Yin Xiang first blasted a howitzer at a German tank No. 4. After a blast, he saw that the shell hit exactly which tank and exploded a ball of flames soaring into the sky.

The powerful power generated by the explosion caused the tank's steel body to suddenly shake, and the killing radius formed by a large number of fragments and super-pressure shock waves instantly killed several enemy troops around.

But before Yin Xiang could have time to cheer, he found that the tank was starting to move forward again and was adjusting the barrel to aim at him.

"Good!"

The filling hand quickly took out a 7.3 kg pzgr.40 armor-piercing shell from the shell box, stuffed it into the gun barrel and quickly filled it.

Much of the success of the 88mm cannon against a tank is attributed to its performance as an anti-aircraft cannon.

The designers of Krupp Company foresaw that as bombers flew faster and higher, anti-aircraft artillery must fire up continuous shells to have a chance to hit the target.

So, they equipped "88" with a spring device, which will open the bulge and eject the barrel when the cannon generates recoil, and then load new shells. The loader just needs to place the shells on the loading rack.

This automatic gun mount is very useful when the barrel needs to be raised in the air, but when the shell needs to be fired horizontally, this gun mount has its disadvantage.

Without this automatic gun mount, excellent artillery fires faster.

"I won't die for me!"

After Yin Xiang quickly calibrated the gun barrel, he suddenly pulled the gun rope without saying a word.

Bang, after a shocking explosion, the armor-piercing bomb rushed out of the barrel at an initial speed of 930 meters per second and suddenly rushed towards the No. 4 tank 7 kilometers away.

The maximum range of 88mm air defense is 10,350 meters, and the maximum range to ground is as high as 14,813 meters. Using pzgr.40 armor-piercing missiles can penetrate 110 mm of armor within 2,000 meters, and within 100 meters, it can penetrate 170 mm of armor.

However, it is obvious that compared with tanks with strong mobility, it is impossible to hit the 88mm anti-aircraft gun when it is close. It can only start to beat it up after entering the effective range!

Although the armor-breaking effect will be greatly reduced, it is much better than dying before you succeed in your master. What's more, as long as you are strong, it can also cause great damage to it, and even enter the soul with one shot.

Even if it is a tiger tank with thick skin and flesh, it will be dead and disabled if it is hit by a few more shots.

Bang!

A moment later, the pzgr.40 armor-piercing projectile that Yin Xiang blasted was hit hard on the front armor of the No. 4 tank, and it actually made a big hole.

Immediately afterwards, Yin Xiang saw through the gun glass that the No. 4 tank that he had hit twice in a row began to emit smoke and he was completely unable to walk.

Obviously, this armor-piercing bomb made a contribution and directly destroyed a No. 4 tank.

As the most successful artillery system used in World War II, the 88mm anti-aircraft gun shot down at least 6,400 British and American Allied Forces aircraft and destroyed at least 27,000 aircraft from other countries. It can also be used as anti-tank guns. None of the main tanks of the British and American Allied Forces are its opponents!

You can confront the sky above, the ground below, and the air in the middle. I have to say that the 88mm anti-aircraft cannon is indeed stronger!

"Hehe, I finally got my first kill! Keep loading armor-piercing bullets, goddamn, there are so many more, why do you have to kill today!"

Yin Xiang scratched his head with satisfaction, then quickly shook the barrel and aimed at another Italian tank that was moving rapidly.

Bang bang bang bang!

At the same time, the constantly advancing enemy tank groups were also firing wildly, and outputting wildly at the Chinese Tiger Artillery positions on the distant hillside.

Before the close combat began, the fierce artillery battle was in full swing.
Chapter completed!