Trabi carefully removed the glass from the window with a dagger. He didn't dare to open the window directly, because it was open outward. Pushing open windows is now easy to spot by enemies. But he couldn't shè through the window glass. The optical flatness of the window glass is very average. After the light passes through the glass, it will be significantly distorted due to the folding shè. This causes the target to appear to be a lot different from where it actually is. In addition, the bullet will also be disturbed when it passes through the glass, and now those Americans are at a distance of 800 meters, which is too far, and the bullet will be affected by the temperature, air pressure, wind, humidity, and even the rotation of the earth when flying over this distance.

Carefully removing the glass, Trabi moved a large table to the window, so that he could have a lean back on when holding the gun. Although Trabi's hand is very steady, the shè hit the target at such a distance, the breath, and the pulse will affect the shè hit jīng degree. Breathing can stop temporarily, but the pulse is uncontrollable. It would be much better to have a backing on such a long-range target.

The Yankees were always on the move, which kept Trabi out of a chance to hit. You must know that although the muzzle velocity of the Mauser 98K bullet is only 755 meters per second, plus the deceleration during flight after the bullet is discharged, it takes about two seconds to hit the target at that distance. During this time, any movement of a target in motion can make the bullet unhit. And Trabi hadn't been able to tell which of them was the highest-ranking officer. So he could only wait patiently.

However, as an old sniper, the last thing Trabi lacked was patience, and in the Eastern Front, in order to ambush a target, he could even lie in the snow for six or seven hours.

……

It was General Collins and Ron, as well as a number of other officers and technicians, who appeared near the collapsed gantry crane. They came together to see how Cherbourg was in condition. In order to ensure the safety of these personnel, the US military took control of the commanding heights within 400 meters in the vicinity. Moreover, all the officers did not wear ranks, and the soldiers were given an order: when talking to the officers, they were not allowed to salute.

"Ron, look at it like this, it's completely destroyed." General Collins said to Ron, pointing to the steel frame that had fallen to the ground twisted like a twisted gantry crane.

"Well, but, I think, it shouldn't be difficult to install a new gantry crane, right?" After Ron finished speaking, he added, "Of course, I don't know anything about this. That's a matter of asking our professionals. ”

Collins turned to look at a somewhat bowed technician in his fifties, "Mr. Joy, you're an expert in this area, or can you tell me?" ”

"Oh, General Ron is right, just the gantry crane, that's definitely not a problem. Whether it is our United States or the United Kingdom, there are a large number of ready-made gantry cranes, which can be quickly solved by dismantling one in any port, loading it on the ship, transporting it over, and reinstalling it. Well, this gantry crane is still made in the UK. The same model is easy to find in the UK. The British are still strong in these areas! ”

Hearing Joey's praise for the British's port machine manufacturing, Ron couldn't help but think of the plane he was in. At that time, China's port machinery had occupied nearly 80% of the world's port machinery market, and at that time, the de-industrialized British Empire had degenerated to the point of building aircraft carriers in its own home, but even a larger gantry crane could not be produced by itself, and it had to be imported from China. Of course, what is more interesting is that when US President Ao Guanhai made an impassioned speech on "revitalizing the American manufacturing industry" at a certain port in the United States, a gust of wind blew away the star-striped flag covered by the large gantry crane behind him, so the four big words "Zhenhua Port Machinery" on the gantry crane were exposed. As a result, the speech promoting "Reviving the U.S. Manufacturing Industry" became an advertisement for "Zhenhua Port Machinery". This is really who in the world does not share with each other.

"The real trouble is in these places!" Joey reached out and pointed to the dock and dock ahead. "You see, the docks, even the reinforced concrete walls on both sides have been blasted, and they can't be repaired in a few months. Of course, that's not the worst of all. Anyway, it's a big deal, we don't repair the ship here. But if you look at the harbor channel, the masts of the sunken ships are still exposed on the sea. ”

Ron and Collins looked into the distance. In the distance, something loomed over the sea.

"Give me the binoculars!" Collins said. So his lieutenant gave him a telescope. Collins held up his binoculars and looked out to sea.

"It's really a mast. And quite a few...... Joey, how much time will it take to clear those wrecks? ”

"General, not necessarily. Look at the exact number of German shipwrecks, the depth of the sunk, and what was in the ship, and how many mines they placed there, and the types of mines. Before sending divers for a detailed investigation, we ......"

……

Trabi saw that a soldier handed a telescope to another soldier, and the soldier held the telescope and began to look out to sea. The other person next to him was pointing with his finger up, as if to explain to the person holding the telescope.

"This man is probably a high-ranking officer!" Trabi immediately made such a judgment. At this time, General Collins was holding up his telescope and looking into the distance, and he didn't happen to move at all, except that it was too far away, which was really a good target.

Trabi observed the Star-Spangled Banner fluttering in the wind in the distance, then took a deep breath, pressed the right side of his face against the walnut butt of the Mauser 98K sniper rifle, took a closer look, and then pulled the bolt shè out a 796mm bullet.

……

General Collins lowered his binoculars and took another step forward.

"Mr. Joy, is there any way to clear mines quickly?" Collins said as he walked.

At this moment, the first bullet from Trabi Shè had already flown over, and because of General Collins' movement, the bullet failed to hit Collins, and it flew behind Collins and hit the ground, sending up a puff of dust.

"There are snipers!" Ron lunged over and knocked General Collins to the ground. At this time, the sound of the Mauser 98K sniper rifle came slowly.

"Damn it!" Seeing Collins take a step, Trabi knew that his shot must have missed. It's time for Trabi to be incredibly envious of the Yankees with M1 automatic rifles. If you have an M1 semi-automatic sniper rifle next to you, you can replenish your gun immediately. Now, however, he had to pull the bolt first.

When he pulled the bolt, his eyes left the scope, so when he put his eyes on the scope again, the target he had just looked at didn't know where it was. So he searched a little and fired a random shot at a guy. Trabi knew he had to move right away. After this shot, he didn't even look at the results of this shot, picked up his Mauser 98K sniper rifle, rushed out of the room, and ran down the stairs. Seconds later, he heard a continuous popping sound from the room where he had been hiding, mixed with the sound of glass and bricks shattering. He knew that it was the Americans sweeping the room where he had just stayed with an M-2 heavy machine gun.

……

Ron and Collins fall to the ground, and Collins immediately realizes that he has been targeted by German snipers. They each rolled half a circle to the left and right, then they got up, bent on their waists, and ran towards the nearest hidden spot to themselves.

Leaning on Ron's closest was an M8 Greyhound armored reconnaissance vehicle. The armor of this wheeled armored vehicle is very weak, and any anti-tank gun can easily penetrate it. Even the US military's own M2 heavy machine gun can penetrate it. However, its armor is more than enough to block rifle bullets. As long as you hide behind it, you will be absolutely safe.

"One more step!" Ron leapt forward and pounced on the side of the M8 with a near-three-step layup, where several soldiers were already hiding. At this moment, he felt a sudden pain in the knee joint of his left foot, and then he fell next to the M8 armored car. Several soldiers immediately pounced and dragged him behind the armored car.

……

"Ron, are you alright?" Inside an armored ambulance, General Collins said anxiously to Ron, who was lying on a stretcher.

"I don't know," Ron was a little worried, "I felt like I had been shot in the knee." Damn, this might affect the pilot! "Truth be told, Ron still has a lot of dreams that need to be in a plane to achieve.

"I've always had this dream:

I have a dream, I dream that one day, I can fly a P-81 fighter jet to the Ryukyu Islands to hunt turkeys;

I have a dream, I dream that one day, I can fly a B-29 bomber to the Seto Inland Sea to hunt for fish;

I have a dream, I dream that one day, I can fly a B-29 bomber to Tokyo and Osaka to be a glorious fireplanter;

I have a dream, I dream that one day, I can fly a B-29 bomber to the fields and spray defoliant tirelessly;

I have a dream, I dream that one day I can fly a B-29 bomber to the Rì Islands and grow mushrooms.

Until I got a shot in the knee......"

The knee injury was the hardest to heal, and Collins could only comfort him and say, "Don't worry, Ron, you're fine." I'll be back alive soon. ”