The decisive battle against the Third Reich
Chapter 41 Artillery Battle
The position was in chaos in an instant, with bombs and shrapnel everywhere, like a pot of boiling porridge.
This was the first air raid Qin Chuan encountered, and the fear of air raids left a shadow in his heart.
This was not only because the aerial bombs were much larger than artillery shells, and the vibrations when they hit the ground and exploded were like earthquakes, but also because they made a special and extremely terrifying whistling sound when they were dropped in the air... This whistling sound was like a countdown, from far to near, from dull to loud, and then "boom"... A large number of soldiers were lifted high into the air.
Qin Chuan felt like he was in the raging waves of the ocean, with lightning and thunder in the sky, and the sea was surging. Every huge wave that came could tear Qin Chuan to pieces. At this time, Qin Chuan realized how fragile the sense of security he got from his comrades was... No one could help him, and of course he could not help anyone. All Qin Chuan could do was to lie on the ground tightly, letting the sand waves around him come one after another, but he did not dare to act rashly.
Qin Chuan even had the urge to run away, because he couldn't help thinking that there might be a bomb falling on his head... But in the end he held back, because he knew that the result of running away would be disappearing from this world.
Finally, the explosion gradually weakened.
Qin Chuan found that he was almost buried by the sand raised by the bomb... In fact, many people were indeed buried. They were either stunned or injured by the bomb, buried in the sand and unable to climb out. At the same time, their comrades didn't find them for a while, so they lay in the sand forever.
Fortunately, Qin Chuan was still conscious. He used his hands and feet to crawl out of the sand and took a look... Everything around him was unrecognizable: the place where the house should have been turned into rubble, the place where the trench should have been turned into flat land, and the place where the flat land should have been turned into overlapping large pits.
"Beep beep..." Qin Chuan heard a sharp whistle, and someone shouted in a hoarse voice: "Get ready for battle, the British tanks are coming!" Qin Chuan shook off the sand on his helmet and looked into the distance. Sure enough, he saw British tanks approaching from the front. There were at least hundreds of them, followed by groups of British soldiers holding "Enfield" rifles. They were not fast, perhaps because they were worried about anti-tank mines, or because they wanted the infantry behind them to catch up, but they had the momentum to destroy any obstacles in front of them. Looking at this scene, Qin Chuan couldn't help but feel a little scared. He felt that in front of these tanks, the German soldiers, including himself, were like mantises in "mantis arms blocking cars". Qin Chuan didn't think there was any point in blocking them. This idea made Qin Chuan want to run away, but he finally held back... At this time, Qin Chuan was already a squad leader with ten soldiers under him. They were all staring at him. If he ran away in the face of the battle, he would probably end up like Borg. Qin Chuan hoped that his superiors would give him an order to retreat, but he was disappointed. They never received this order.
"Are they crazy?" Qin Chuan felt a little incredible: "What can we use to stop these tanks?!"
In Qin Chuan's questioning eyes, the whistling sound of artillery shells suddenly sounded.
The sound of artillery came from the direction of the German army. The artillery shells passed the position of Qin Chuan and others and hit the tank group fiercely. Then a group of radiating sand and soil exploded. Of course, there were also British soldiers among them, and the British tank team also became chaotic.
Seeing this, Qin Chuan understood that the German army used artillery to stop the enemy tanks from advancing.
This is a very smart approach. The German army occupied the city of Tenggertenger. There are many buildings in the city. These buildings are a good place to hide artillery... Otherwise, deploying artillery positions in the desert is like lice on a bald head for the enemy's aircraft group. It is easy to be discovered and eliminated.
But now, the German artillery survived the fierce bombing of the British army.
Not only that, because the German artillery was scattered and hidden in the building complex, while the British artillery was deployed outside the city, one was in the open and the other in the dark... This is also the reason why the British artillery has not fired until now.
Soon, the British artillery began to fight back. They wanted to suppress the German artillery fire to cover the tank troops' attack, so the two sides launched a fierce artillery battle over the positions.
The German artillery was well prepared for this. In fact, the artillery attack on the tanks was only part of the German artillery. The other part of the artillery was ready for battle and was waiting for the British to fire.
As soon as the British opened fire, the position of its artillery position was exposed, so the German artillery shells poured towards the British artillery position like raindrops.
Then, the artillery shells fired from the British direction became fewer and fewer, while the German artillery fire became more and more fierce.
If there were not some British fighters and bombers in the air that dived down to attack the exposed German artillery, the British would have been repelled at this time.
The British tanks slowly approached the German positions under the German artillery fire.
The German officer shouted: "Fire!"
The gunshots rang out instantly, and German soldiers emerged from the sand pile one by one, raised their weapons and shot at the enemy.
There was also an advantage to the British bombing of the positions... The trenches were blown away, and the German soldiers were randomly distributed in the sand of the positions, with no regular positions to be found. Even the sand and smoke raised by the bombs provided these soldiers with good camouflage, making it difficult for the German soldiers to be discovered even in the daytime.
And this is very important for the German army that lacks anti-tank weapons... The lack of anti-tank weapons means that the tank must be blown up at close range. To blow up the tank at close range, you must be able to get close to the tank, and the camouflage of sand and soil is given. The opportunity for German soldiers to get close to the tank... I am afraid that this is something that the British army did not expect.
A German soldier lay motionless in the sand, even if a tank rumbled past him and even several British soldiers stepped on his body... The British soldiers thought it was a corpse, so Its existence is almost ignored.
He is waiting for an opportunity.
Finally, the opportunity came... A tank was driving towards his position, and its tracks set off streams of sand rolling toward him like water brought by a waterwheel.
He clearly realized that the tracks of the tank would run over him, and he even thought that his identity card would be crushed into pieces... This is the only thing that his comrades can identify him with, and it is also the proof that his family knows his whereabouts.
Therefore, he will be one of the missing persons on the battlefield.
However, he did not move or hesitate.
He silently calculated the speed of the tank, and when he saw that it was almost there, he fired the cluster grenade hidden in the sand.
The surrounding British soldiers discovered him, because a plume of green smoke suddenly ignited in the sand. The British soldiers shouted and raised their guns to shoot, but it was too late. The tank had already "rumbling" and rolled up, and then "boomed" A loud noise...
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