The quadruple 20mm cannon was far less powerful than the 37mm gun, but its firepower density was much higher than that of the 37mm gun. Therefore, when the attack planes that have run out of rockets have to attack these targets with their cannons, it is inevitable that they will be hit twice.

Malone's P/A-38 aimed at a quadruple 20mm gun mounted on a Leopard chassis. The Leopard tank is really a rather strange thing, its 71 times caliber 75 mm gun barrel is too long, too difficult to manufacture, which leads to the production of the production is always not up. However, the chassis was much simpler to build, and as a result, the Germans found that they had built a much more Leopard chassis than the long-barreled 75 gun for the Leopard. The extra chassis was converted by the Germans into a variety of other weapons, such as the Gepard tank destroyer with a long-barreled 88 gun (this is the gun, but it is not much more difficult to manufacture than the Leopard's 71 gun 75). ), or a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun with a quadruple 20-mm high shè gun.

The two 20mm rifled guns on the P/A-38 surpassed the German quadruple 20mm anti-aircraft guns, but the German anti-aircraft guns were faster than the American P/A-38. In addition, the resistance to blows of the platform itself is not even more of a level. Of course, the shè hands of the German high shè guns were unprotected. If you can hit him, you can solve the problem. However, this target is too small, and it is better to fight directly with the anti-aircraft artillery outside. It was difficult to overwhelm the Germans' high guns with 20 guns alone. However, Malone still began to fire with his two 20 guns from a long distance, so that even if he missed, he could at least interfere with the opponent's shè shots.

Marlon shè's 20-mm shells hit the Leopard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, splashing strings of sparks, and the shells from the German self-propelled guns shè kept passing past his plane. Now that it has entered the 37mm run, Ma Long gently raised the nose of the machine, and the trajectory of the 37 gun was a little more curved than that of the 20 gun, and the nose had to be raised a little in order to hit the target.

Malone fired three 37-mm shells in succession. He saw at least two shots hit the target. The Leopard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun was immediately dumb. Marlon cracked his mouth, laughed, and gave himself a thumbs up in his heart.

But at this moment, suddenly a string of 20-mm shells came from the side. Malone heard an ominous "pop" sound, followed by a loud "bang", and Malone immediately felt a cold wind blowing into the cockpit.

The wind was rolling in from behind, and Malone knew that it was a shot in the back seat, so he hurriedly pulled up the fighter while struggling to pull up the fighter and shouted: "Tommy, it's okay!" ”

The machine gunner in the back seat did not answer. The plane, which had already had some problems with the engine on the side of Malone pulling up, broke away from the German anti-aircraft guns, then unbuckled his seat belt, then turned around and looked back. He saw that his backseat Heavy was covered in blood and had passed out.

This so-called blessing and misfortune are not a single line. At that moment, the engine on the left side of his P/A-38 began to rattle, and then the propeller on the left stopped spinning - the left engine was already reimbursed.

Theoretically, the P/A-38 attack aircraft could continue to fly with only one wing. But in fact, due to the fact that the P/A-38 was much heavier than the other prototype P-38 fighters. In addition, in the attack just now, other parts of Ma Long's P/A-38 attack aircraft were also damaged, and now the cāo control of the aircraft is also a little inflexible, and it is really not easy to fly back.

If it's on one side, it's not a big deal. Although Malone's P/A-38 attack plane was not in good condition, even if both engines were stopped, Malone, by gliding, could glide it to a safe area, and then parachute with the rear-seat machine gunner. What the? Airplanes, you say? That thing is purely a consumable, and if you fall, you will fall, and I really don't feel distressed.

But now, Malone can't find a random place to skydive, because his backseat heavy is unconscious - maybe dead, but it's also possible that he is not dead. Ma Long asked himself if he could do something to abandon his comrades casually. So now, no matter what, he has to fly back, and he has to fly back as soon as possible, and the sooner he returns, the more likely it is that Tommy will survive.

"Tommy was shot and unconscious, and I think he's still alive. My plane was injured, the left engine was damaged, and I'm going back! Malone shouted over the radio.

"Number 1, I'll escort you back!" Malone's wingman flew to his left rear to escort him.

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While the high guns and attack planes were fighting to the death, Wittmann's Tiger tank was also approaching the American position. Now three successive wide and deep anti-tank trenches appeared before his eyes. Wittmann was already well acquainted with such anti-tank fortifications. The real purpose of such fortifications was not really to rely on them to stop the enemy's tank forces, a bridge-building vehicle could help the tanks to cross such an obstacle. However, this trench will stall the attack, and the tank will be exposed to enemy long-range fire before the trench can be overcome. The explosion of the 155mm howitzer near the tank is not enough to threaten the tank, but if it is directly hit by this thing, although most of the time it will not be directly and completely destroyed, it is estimated that it will also lose its combat effectiveness.

"There's a passage at three o'clock!" One of the infantrymen who stayed on the turret shouted.

Wittmann also noticed such a passage. In fact, all anti-tank trenches, in order to facilitate the movement of their own people, will have such a passage. However, Wittmann also knew that there must have been a lot of anti-tank fire in ambush near such a passage. The zigzag passage would have made it possible for the tank driving there to have to expose the weak sides. And at this time, those anti-tank guns that have been laid in ambush will take the opportunity to fire at the tank. Such a passage is a deadly trap for enemy tanks!

If, if there weren't so many American planes in the sky, if there were BF-109s and FW-190s flying above his head and even Stuka, Wittmann would certainly not have chosen that passage, he would have been constantly advancing and retreating in front of the anti-tank trenches, constantly firing at suspicious targets, suppressing the fire from the opposite side, covering the bridges erected by the bridge-building vehicles, or covering the infantry to make a passage through the trenches by blasting. But now Wittmann, as well as the rest of the German tanks, did not have time, because it was not their planes that were above their heads. Once they stay, they will be fatally hit at any time. Even, if the enemy had sent a group of heavy, oh, not heavy, even medium bombers, to carpet bomb at this time, the result of these tanks blocked in front of the trench would have been really unimaginable.

"Even if you know it's a trap, you can only rush in." In this case, Wittmann can only make such a decision. So Wittmann rushed to the passage first.

Nothing happened when crossing the first anti-tank trench, and the Americans did not fire even a single bullet. But Wittmann knows that the real danger lies ahead.

The causeway between the first section of the anti-tank trench and the second section of the anti-tank trench is very narrow, and at most two tanks can only be used in parallel, and the two tanks mentioned here refer to the M4 tank of the US army, and the big guy such as the Tiger tank of the German army. The passage across the second trench was more than 300 meters to the left, and the German tanks had to turn to the left and travel more than 300 meters along the causeway. On this stretch of the road, they had to expose their vulnerable sides to the muzzles of enemy anti-tank guns, which were traps specifically aimed at enemy tanks. The fact that the Americans had already prepared such a professional trap only shows one thing, that is, the German attack was completely expected by the enemy.

But Wittmann didn't have time to lament this now, because since his tank drove up the causeway, enemy blows would follow, and he had to raise his jǐngti.

The Tiger Tank rotated its turret 90 degrees to the left and aimed it at the earthen embankment opposite, and there was no doubt that the enemy must be hiding behind that earthen embankment. Wittmann also ventured his head out of the tank hatch and looked that way. At this time, relying only on the infantry on the tank to indicate the direction, the speed of reaction is definitely not enough.

At this time, a small spark suddenly flickered on the opposite side, and then a string of bullets came straight at him. It was an M-2 machine gun firing at them, apparently targeting the infantry who were staying in the turret.

The two older veterans, including the guy who had been sent to control the machine gun, jumped off the tank in an inconspicuous way with a movement that was too fast to see. And the half-grown kid named Chris, who was nervously looking around with an MP-40 submachine gun, did not react so well, and a 12,.7 mm caliber machine gun bullet hit him directly in the neck. The large-caliber machine-gun bullet shattered his cervical vertebrae, and Chris's head was thrown high by the impact of the bullet before slamming heavily on the earthen embankment. The half-grown child's eyes were wide open, and he seemed to be looking up at the sky, and then, the tracks of a tank that followed behind him pressed hard against his skull......

The M2 machine gun fired a shuttle of bullets and then vanished. Wittmann knew that behind that earthen embankment there must be another undulating road that would allow enemy tanks to jerk out of their turrets, fire a single shell, and then quickly disappear.

By this time, Wittmann's Tiger tank was already approaching the second passage, and at this time, Wittmann saw that on the top of the earthen embankment a little to the right, there seemed to be a head poking out.

"Turn the turret 25 degrees to the right, pay attention to the jǐng ring." Wittmann knew that the ideal situation for the enemy was to destroy his tanks first at the mouth of the passage, then the tanks at the tail of the causeway, and then the tanks in the middle would be trapped and destroyed one by one.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, a round turret suddenly emerged from under the earthen embankment, and the black hole hole was facing Weitmann's tank.

Almost simultaneously, two tanks fired at each other. Wittmann's luck was good, and the shell from the opposite tank hit the turret of the Tiger tank. The solid armor of the Tiger turret withstood the blow. Although the monster caused Wittman's mouth to hit the hatch, bleeding a little and his front teeth loose, the dreadnought tank was still fine.

However, the shot fired by Wittmann's Tiger accurately hit the turret of the tank about 400 meters away. Wittman saw that the entire turret of the tank flew out.

But at this moment, a voice that Wittmann least wanted to respond to came through the air: the roar of an airplane propeller.

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