The decisive battle against the Third Reich

This difficult task was handed over to Qin Chuan.

This made Qin Chuan laugh and cry, because anyone can use a rifle to detonate a mine... It has nothing to do with shooting skills, because you don't know where the mine is, that is, people can only try their luck with bullets because they can't see the target.

But Qin Chuan still took on this task.

Qin Chuan found two assistants and asked them to stand in front of him on the left and right, and then put up a spread raincoat in front of them.

"Why do we do this?" Werner, who was holding a raincoat, asked in confusion.

"Because I don't want the British artillery observer to see the fire from my muzzle!" Qin Chuan replied.

Werner couldn't help but say "Oh" and suddenly realized.

The bullet will penetrate the raincoat, but it will only make a small hole in the raincoat, and the other parts of the raincoat will block the sparks from the muzzle.

"How did you come up with this method?" Werner asked.

Bazel replied: "This is also the reason why I let the sergeant perform this task instead of you!"

Qin Chuan originally thought it was a very simple thing... It seemed that all he had to do was to raise the gun and pull the trigger.

But when Qin Chuan raised his gun, he found that things didn't seem to be as he thought, because if the mine explosion point was too close, even if the British were fooled... the shells would still affect the hiding place of the German soldiers.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan took a kneeling position to shoot, which allowed him to better feel the horizontal line of the ground... He first kept the rifle level with the ground, then lowered the gun slightly, and then pulled the trigger with a "bang".

Nothing happened, the mine didn't explode, but Werner, who was holding a raincoat, and Ya and Keller were frightened and fell to the ground... This is a conditioned reflex, and soldiers can't help but do this action when they hear gunshots.

"You have to change this habit temporarily!" Qin Chuan said: "From now on, unless you hear a gunshot or an explosion, lying on the ground is a waste of time!"

"Okay!" Werner got up from the ground with a dusty face, and opened the raincoat in front of Qin Chuan again with Keller.

"Bang!" Another gunshot, still unsuccessful.

This time, the two people who pulled the raincoat were better. They did not lie down, but their feet still bent unconsciously.

"Bang!" Qin Chuan then fired the third bullet.

At this time, there was a "boom" and a landmine exploded at a position about 800 meters away.

The next second, the shells really came, mixed with flares, and the "boom" of light and fire was a piece of sound.

Of course, along with these explosions, there was also the "explosion" sound when the mines were detonated... Although the explosions were integrated and almost the same, there were still differences when carefully identified. The explosion of the shells was like thunder, and compared with it, the explosion of the mines was a bit like firecrackers.

When the artillery stopped, Werner laughed and said, "Sergeant, we succeeded. The British used artillery shells to clear the way for us!"

Bazel said, "I think our achievements just now are not just like this!"

"What?" Werner was a little confused.

"Listen!" Bazel said.

The soldiers quieted down, and then they heard a burst of screams and curses from the opposite side.

"What's going on?" Werner was a little confused.

"The British dropped the bomb on their own people!" Bazel replied: "The sergeant's shot just now must have detonated a mine close to the enemy's defense line, so..."

The soldiers couldn't help but laugh.

Suddenly, the soldiers' pessimism disappeared.

This is a very strange feeling. In fact, Qin Chuan's shot didn't play much of a practical role, because even if the British artillery bombarded, mines still had to be cleared... Many mines were still not detonated, especially anti-tank mines. Unless this thing is directly hit by a shell, it will not explode even if a person steps on it, and this is exactly the point of mine clearance.

However, it was Qin Chuan's shot that gave the German army the upper hand in some aspects, and the soldiers' mentality towards this battle was different.

Then, the soldiers used the same trick again, using rifles to detonate mines in other directions. The British army was much more careful this time. They fired flares to confirm that there was a distance from the British defense line before firing shells.

Qin Chuan and others took advantage of this opportunity to fish in troubled waters... They threw grenades forward to clear mines while the British army was firing in other directions, which was much faster than bayonet mines.

So, the minefield that originally took several hours and suffered heavy casualties to pass through was miraculously opened up in only half an hour and without much casualties.

Three red flares rose into the air, telling the follow-up troops, especially tanks, to launch an attack.

At the same time, the battle of the second infantry company on the front line also started.

There is an advantage to fighting like this... The British artillery cannot play a role because it is dark, the enemy and us are too close and may be intertwined because of attack and defense, and long-range artillery is likely to cause accidental injuries.

So the British artillery could only throw large numbers of shells at the German reinforcement line on the defense line, and the British army tried to use this wall of fire created by the shells to stop the German army from advancing.

However, this actually did not have much effect.

To be precise, the wall of fire did work, and any troops or tanks that came up would be blown to pieces.

The problem is that the German troops and tanks are not stupid enough to run into the wall of fire... they stand still when the British fire, and then move forward at full speed when the British stop firing.

It would be no problem if the British army had endless artillery shells. A wall of fire would always stand in front of them, and the Germans would not be able to attack it at any time.

However, this is a desert after all.

Although the British army had much more supplies than the German army, they had to be transported from India, Australia and other colonies through the Suez Canal. No matter what, they could not withstand the British army's continuous wall of fire.

So the artillery fire stopped again after a few minutes.

As a result, German tanks and troops surged up like a flood in the smoke, and the "rumbling" sound of tracks soon resounded throughout the battlefield.

"God!" Major John, the commander stationed at Rooisat Ridge, shouted: "How did these Germans do it? We laid mines in front of the defense line for several days, but they actually succeeded in just over an hour. Passed!”

"Major!" the staff officer reported in panic: "The German tanks are launching a fierce attack on our first line of defense!"

"Order them to hold on!" Major John ordered.