The SS2 Panzer Division was covered by air force, but it was not a cover for a moment, while the Allies were bombing endlessly. German vehicles had to use maneuvers to avoid air strikes. During a march, the carburetor of the No. 424 Leopard Tank failed. In order to save time, the maintenance troops carried out maintenance on the spot and did not take any hidden measures.

Four Allied attack planes discovered the leopard sank on the ground, and violent strafing followed. The tank's radiator, water pipes and oil cooler were penetrated, and the engine ignited a fire. After the Allied planes flew away, the German tank soldiers immediately came out from under the tank to put out the fire. After the maintenance soldiers worked hard all night, the tank was finally repaired that afternoon. The Buckmann team drove the tank to chase the withdrawn company.

When Buckmann drove to the entrance of the village in the small town of Le Lore, a group of infantry and logistics personnel surrounded him like a life-saving straw and told a large number of American tanks to advance towards Libra along the highway! There is no doubt that the German army also retreated to Libra at this time. If the Allies were allowed to enter the city first, the consequences would be unimaginable, and the roar of Allied tanks would become louder and louder.

After Buckman gave the infantry to evacuate quickly, he went to the entrance of Lelore Village to set up an ambush, and decided to sacrifice individuals to exchange for the safety of the large army. Buckman drove the tank to the intersection of the access road between Libra and Saint-Lo State Highway and Lelore, and used the woods as a cover to park the tank on the trail about 100 meters behind the intersection. At this time, the Allied tank column rumbled along the highway.

"Prepare for battle! Allied tanks come from the left and kill the one that is at the forefront first!" With Buckman's order, the leopard-style 88mm armor-piercing projectile immediately broke out and penetrated Sherman's side armor. The Allied tanks immediately caught fire and exploded, and steel fragments were everywhere. Then the second one was also knocked to the ground, and the Allied forces were instinctively involved in the chaos. Buckman took advantage of the opportunity to destroy the other two Sherman blocked at the intersection. After seeing clearly, the Allied forces began to retreat instinctively, and even several tanks that rushed through the intersection retreated.

Leopard tanks took advantage of the chaos to rush onto the highway, and the precise 88mm tank gun destroyed the Allied half-track vehicles and jeeps along the way one by one. One shell hit the ammunition transport vehicle. The entire vehicle of ammunition was instantly detonated, and the highway suddenly became a fire scene.

Two Sherman drove off the road. From the field on the left, he detoured towards the Leopard tank, attempting to attack the weak side of the Leopard. Although Sherman's 75mm tank gun could not do anything to the Leopard's armor equivalent to 120mm, it was easy to penetrate the side armor that was only 57mm thick at such a distance.

The face-to-face tank battle began. The gunner Borgdolph quickly calmly turned the gun and destroyed one, and then destroyed another before the opponent entered the position. During this period, the Leopard was hit twice. Although it did not cause a penetration, the power bank burned again. However, the automatic fire extinguishing device acted in time to put out the fire.

Allied bombers appeared, and several near-lost bombs shocked the Leopard tanks violently. The shock wave pulled off some of the track plates hanging on the turret. The flying shrapnel made the tanks jingle, and the crew were also dizzy. Several Shermans took the opportunity to unfold the formation and encircle them. The Leopard was hit one round, one round hitting the body of the car, the other round broke the track, and the driving wheel was also broken.

Due to the failure of the ventilation system, the smoke emitted after firing cannot be extracted in time, and the car was filled with a large amount of toxic gas. The excellent combat literacy and superb technology of the German armored soldiers were reflected at this critical moment. The crew crew members used their time to repair the vehicle while continuing to fight. Two Sherman took the opportunity to attack the broken leopard style of the track, but were unexpectedly destroyed by an unmovable opponent.

The Buckman team used the woods as cover to fight and retreat. Although they were hit many times, they did not cause serious damage. After all, the three major performances of the Leopard were better than Sherman. After destroying the Allied tank closest to him, the No. 424 Leopard finally broke into contact with the Allied forces and drove to the safe village of Negve for repair.

Buckman's ambush successfully disrupted the Allied's plan to take over Ludence first, and bought valuable time for the successor Germans to arrive in Libra.

After Buckman retreated to the village, the Allied forces did not attack in time. Instead, they asked their superiors for instructions. After three hours, a German infantry battalion in the village had been built in a simple defensive position during this period, and two anti-tank guns were also deployed.

This is a seventy-five-mm-long anti-tank gun. The German army spent some time to protect these two anti-tank guns. They built a semicircular defense platform in front of the anti-tank guns, and used some blown armored vehicles to remove some steel plates and reinforce them on the anti-tank gun baffle. At the same time, they also had a repaired Leopard tank.

When the Allies continued their attack in the afternoon, one of the Allied tanks came in and one was wiped out. As soon as the infantry rushed, it was the continuous rain of bullets of mg42.

The Allied forces started to use their usual tricks again, calling for air force bombing, as if they would not fight without the support of the air force.

Allied air strikes were the main source of defense against German casualties, but the Luftwaffe was not a vegetarian, and would also detect Allied aircraft fleets from the radar. The Luftwaffe would react soon and the machines sent corresponding aircraft fleets to fight.

Generally speaking, when the Allies bombed for a while, German planes arrived. The Allies had to throw away bombs and strangle them with the German Air Force. These bombs could also be thrown on the Allied positions.

Just like this, a German infantry battalion, two anti-tank guns and a leopard tank blocked the 3rd Army for a full three days. More than 50,000 US troops attacked such a village, but they were only captured while fighting for consumption.

But Buckmann took a few wounded soldiers out of the village with only a few wounded soldiers. Three days, the precious three days, were delayed by the fear of death by the US military. It was so stupid.

Even if Eisenhower made a breakthrough in the three-way attack on Arden Forest at this time, because the wasted three days were destined to have little result.

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The 11th Armored Division Emblem (The title of "Devil's Battle Sword" must have come from this ghost wielding the Battle Sword!)

In the summer of 1941, the 11th Panzer Division was severely damaged by the Soviet army on the Soviet-German battlefield and was withdrawn to the town of Selicia in southern France for renovation and reconstruction. The rebuilt 11th Panzer Division had an armored regiment (i.e. the 15th Panzer Regiment, which had two "Leopard" medium tank battalions), two armored grenade regiments (i.e. the 110th and 111th Panzer Grenade regiments, each with 2 armored grenade battalions), one armored artillery regiment (3 artillery battalions, equipped with self-propelled artillery) and other combat support forces. There were 15 battalions, 13,726 people, about 100 tanks and self-propelled artillery, and were affiliated to the 19th Army of the German B Army Group. (To be continued)

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