Then the panzers struck.
The merciless German tanks and the waves of Wehrmacht soldiers that sheltered behind them pummelled the MEF lines on the left and right flanks. For a horrifying period, it looked like the German pincer movement could wrest control of the eastern entrance from the Allies. Such an action held the potential of leaving thousands of British and French troops isolated, cut off from reinforcements, and surrounded. Dread hung as heavy in the New Berlin air as the raw and pungent smell of death.
The quick deployment of every single anti-tank weapon they could find, steal, or pilfer saved the day. While most of the MEF armour had been destroyed in orbit, they held a numerical advantage on the Nazi forces within New Berlin. The MEF also held one ace up their sleeve that McC
