The night was already deep, but the peace of the night had not yet arrived. High-speed updates // On the contrary, in what is now France, there is a hustle and bustle everywhere. The offensive of the American Seventh Army did not end with the arrival of night, and in order to take advantage of the confusion after the German line was broken through to gain more results, the Seventh Army was attacking overnight. General Collins divided his assault force into several batches and threw them into the attack in a roller according to the time. Although the American armored forces were not as accustomed to cutting into the enemy's back as the Germans or the Soviets were in the same way during the attack. However, under the condition that the enemy's armored forces no longer took the initiative to enter the battle, and even avoided engaging the US armored forces as much as possible, the US army's progress was still very fast.

Sergeant Bill crouched in a makeshift trench, a makeshift anti-tank support point that was left to infantry after the armored forces began to withdraw from the battlefield. Infantry alone could not stop the enemy's breakthrough, and the task of the German infantry was only to delay the enemy's attack and buy time for the attack that was being prepared.

Speaking of which, Bill is really no novice to dealing with enemy armored forces. In fact, since the First Battle of Kursk, the anti-tank pressure of the German infantry has been increasing day by day in the face of the growing Soviet armored forces. As a result, the anti-tank armament of the German infantry units, as well as the related training, were also unprecedentedly strengthened. In terms of infantry anti-tank capabilities alone, the anti-tank capabilities of the German infantry were among the best in any country at the time.

On the mound of dirt piled up in front of the trench, four "Iron Fist" rockets were placed. This was the most common anti-tank weapon used by the German infantry. Bill liked this weapon very much, although it was a bit shoddy compared to the "tank killer" or the "bazooka" of the American army, and the "iron fist" shè was too short compared to them. With a distance of only 50 meters, the user will have to take a greater risk when attacking the enemy than if using a "tank killer" or "bazooka". But its excellent coed-in xìng and great power make up for it.

Indeed, the "Tank Killer" bazooka also has enormous power, like an iron fist, it is enough to destroy any kind of Allied tank, even an iron turtle like the IS-2M. But isn't a "tank killer" like an "iron fist?" "Iron Fist" is so light that one person can run around with several of them. The "Bazooka" is much lighter than the "tank killer", one person can carry it and run, plus one is rocketed, and the anti-tank team of two people is also quite flexible. But the power of this thing is no match for the "Iron Fist". Especially now that it's night, the main flaw of the "Iron Fist" - the shè is too short is no longer a big problem. This gave Bill more confidence in carrying out anti-tank missions.

Soon, the sound of engines of tanks and various vehicles sounded in front of the position. Compared with the T-34 tank of the Russians, the M4 tank of the US army is much quieter when driving because it uses a gasoline engine and uses rubber tracks. But no matter how small the noise is, it is also a tank, and it is impossible to really get close to the target silently. So Bill still found them from afar.

Due to the problem of sight at night, the tank was almost blind at night. So in a night attack, the tanks did not rush to the front, but followed the infantry. Relying on the advantage of being in a relatively low position and using the sky as a background, Bill could vaguely see that in front of the tanks, there was about a platoon of infantry spreading out in a skirmish formation, approaching all the way. And in the rear of the tank, there were some vehicles. It can be seen that the Americans are careful. They always waited for the infantry to advance some distance first, and when they were sure it was safe, the tanks followed for a while. Then the infantrymen again advanced again under the direct protection of tank guns.

"The enemy was found, 5 tanks, at least one company of infantry." Bill lowered his voice and communicated with German soldiers at other locations at the support point via a wired telephone.

This is a typical anti-tank support point. On the front of the support point there was a zigzag trench, where several MG-42 machine guns for suppressing infantry were arranged. A little further back were two artillery bunkers, where the Germans deployed two anti-tank guns. One of them, a PAK-40 anti-tank gun, was deployed a little to the right of the front; The other was a smaller PAK-38 anti-tank gun, which was placed in a rather left-sided position. Both guns were buried in the ground, leaving only the barrels exposed. However, the muzzle flame during night shè fire was very easy to expose the target, so in order to cover these guns. A number of explosive points filled with gunpowder were also set up on the German positions, which would be detonated during artillery fire to create an effect similar to the muzzle flame of artillery guns in order to confuse the enemy.

The tanks of the US army have de facto entered the effective shè course of the PAK-40 anti-tank gun. But the other PAK-38 anti-tank gun had a caliber of only 50 mm, which could not penetrate the front of the M4 tank at the current distance. So the Germans put it in a more convenient place, and it would hit the side armor of the American army when the American tanks attacked to the right.

In addition to anti-tank guns, the most important anti-tank means is the "iron fist". About 10 anti-tank shèmen with "iron fists" lay in ambush in foxholes a little farther out of the jagged trenches of the trenches. In a sense, these soldiers, like the "Iron Fist" bazookas, are all xìng at one time.

In addition, in the bunker a little further away, there were four mortars.

U.S. forces are approaching. Bill stuck his Mauser 98k out of the trench and did his best to aim at a looming target.

At this time, the sound of cannon fire was heard from behind Bill. The first to fire were the mortars. The flares they share illuminated some distance in front of the support point. Taking this opportunity, Bill clearly saw that there were more enemy troops in front of them than he had just seen. He didn't have time to think twice before he fired a shot at an American soldier. Bill didn't have time to take a closer look, he quickly shrank his head into the trench, then pulled the bolt to load the next bullet, and then carefully showed his head again and struck it.

At this time, the PAK-40 anti-tank gun also began to shère. Its first blow was quite accurate, and the shot hit an M4 tank directly. The tank was in flames and looked like it had been destroyed. The MG-42 machine guns also began to fire heavily at the American soldiers who were illuminated by the flares. Several American soldiers who were a little slower to react and were unable to lie down in time or find a hiding spot were knocked to the ground.

But the Americans were quick to react. And it's very special, completely beyond the expectations of the Germans. When Bill stuck his head out of the trench for the third time to search for his target, he found that it was snow-white and he couldn't see anything!

Behind the first few tanks, there were two searchlight trucks, and they quickly turned on the searchlights, and the strong lights suddenly illuminated the German position. Under the interference of the lights, the figure of the American infantry completely disappeared from the eyes of the German soldiers. Many German soldiers' eyes were suddenly illuminated by such a light, and even experienced a brief period of blindness. The German army, which was still attacking accurately, immediately fell into a predicament.

"Damn it! Knock out those two lights! Second Lieutenant Shane, the commander of the German support points, shouted.

The PAK-40 anti-tank gun fired several shots at those two lights, but none of them hit.

"What are you guys doing!" Second Lieutenant Shane shouted at Sergeant Luthor, the commander of the guns, "Why haven't you hit yet?" ”

"The light is too dazzling, we can't complete the jīng exact ranging!" Luthor explained.

At this time, another voice sounded. This is an indistinguishable machine-gun sound similar to that of the "Hitler chainsaw" MG-42. However, the gunfire was much lower than that of MG-42. Bill, who had just adjusted his eyes, was about to straighten up and shoot when he saw a puff of smoke rise from the earthen breastwork in front of the trench, and several soldiers hiding behind the breastwork were knocked to the ground.

"This must be a large-caliber machine gun!" Bill understood that due to the hastily construction, the thickness of these breastworks was not enough, and it was no problem to block the 7.62mm of American or British 7.7mm rifle rounds, but the breastwork was too thin for the armor-piercing shells of large-caliber machine guns.

The fire was fired on an M16 anti-aircraft combat vehicle, a 4-pack high shè machine gun mounted on top of a half-track vehicle. 4 .50 machine guns opened fire in unison, and the stormy fire immediately suppressed the German soldiers who were still in the trenches. At the same time, the remaining M4 tanks also began to fire fiercely at the German support points.

The PAK-38 anti-tank gun, deployed a little to the side, was not affected by the searchlight. So the cannon began to fire at the two lights. But now they're still a little further away from the searchlight. So the first shot didn't hit. But perhaps the attention of the U.S. military was attracted to the other side, and this cannon did not seem to cause the U.S. military to feel good. So the PAK-38 seized the time and fired a few more shots at the two searchlights. The guns still failed to hit the searchlight, but they did accidentally hit the M16 air defense tank. The PAK-38 as an anti-tank gun has long been inpowerful in 44 years, but the so-called "insufficient power" refers to the lack of power when fighting tanks. It is still quite powerful to use it for itself to hit lightly armored targets such as a half-track. The M16 anti-aircraft tank immediately burst into flames.

This result also allowed the Americans to discover this goal. The two searchlights went out at once. But the extinguishing of the searchlights was not a good thing for the Germans. It takes a long time for the human eye to adapt to the changes in light. When facing the bright light of the searchlight just now, the Germans' eyes finally adjusted to the working state of the strong light, but the searchlight was turned off, which made all the Germans suddenly become pitch black in front of their eyes. Americans, with their backs to the bright light, are much less affected. They took advantage of the opportunity to rush up......

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