Chapter 21: The Final Battle IV

Chen Dao stuck behind the building, quietly poked his head out, and saw about a platoon of infantry on both sides of the street to the north.

Chen Dao waved his hand and said, "Let's go up and follow the infantry in front." ”

Five gunners pushed the artillery and carried the ammunition box out of the corner, following behind the infantry, and Chen Dao followed behind with the ammunition box.

The six men had barely walked forward for more than fifty meters when they heard the sound of machine gun and rifle fire from the street in front of them, and the occasional explosion of grenades.

Waving his hand to signal the gunners to stop, Chen Dao put down the ammunition box, took off the submachine gun straddling his back and ran forward, the street appeared a slight arc more than fifty meters in front, Chen Dao ran to the building around the corner, where two infantry were hiding.

Chen Dao pulled over an infantry member hiding here and asked, "What's the situation ahead?" ”

The infantryman glanced at Chen Dao's epaulettes and said, "Major, there is a crossroads ahead, where the Poles have set up barricades, and there are machine guns on the building next to it. ”

Chen Dao let go of the infantryman and pasted it around the corner, an infantry was probing to check the battle situation in front of him, Chen Dao was standing on his right and was about to probe, the infantry retracted violently and dragged Chen Dao back to the wall.

A string of machine-gun bullets flew and hit the ground more than a meter in front of the two men, kicking up a cloud of dust. After the dust cleared, Chen Dao saw an extra row of bullet holes on the ground.

Chen Dao touched his chest and whispered thank you to the soldier, then beckoned to the artillery crew and motioned for them to come to his side.

Chen Dao carried the submachine gun behind his back and pulled out a plastic bottle and a round mirror half the size of a palm from the backpack in his left hip.

"Give me your bayonet." Chen Dao said to the infantry who had just saved his life.

Although the infantryman didn't understand what Chen Dao was going to do, he still chose to obey.

Chen Dao took the bayonet, unscrewed the lid of the plastic bottle, applied the super glue inside to the blade next to the tip of the bayonet, and then glued the round mirror to it, and after pressing the round mirror a few times to confirm that it was firm, Chen Dao put away the glue.

Switching positions with the infantryman, Chen Dao stretched out his bayonet in his right hand, and after turning a few angles, the battle situation at the intersection in front of him was unobstructed.

On the side of the intersection facing Chen Dao, the Polish army pulled up two barbed wire fences and blocked the way of the German advance.

At least four machine guns were firing from the buildings in the northeast and northwest corners of the barbed wire crossing, and the German infantry could only hide in houses on both sides of the street, where seven or eight German corpses lay among the rubble.

Behind Chen Dao, the two infantrymen glanced at each other, and the admiration in their eyes was exposed.

Chen Dao called the commander of the infantry artillery to his side, let him understand the battle situation in front of him from the mirror, and then retreated.

The gunner and another gunner pushed the infantry gun around the corner, using the building as cover to expose only the muzzle and half of the gun's shield, and quickly aimed at a machine gun and fired two shots in succession, and after two roars, the machine gun was dumbfounded.

"Dangdang・・・・・・" A string of bullets hit the cannon shield, splashing countless fires.

Chen Dao was frightened when he saw the gunner cowering behind the cannon shield, and then pressed his body lower.

Under the strafing fire of the Polish machine guns, the gunners quickly adjusted the parameters and aimed at the machine gun that was firing at them, and after one shot, the machine gun was also scrapped.

After firing a few more shots in this corner and killing a few riflemen who were shooting out of the windows, almost all the windows of the building in the northeast corner of the intersection were baptized by shells, and no Polish troops dared to approach again, and the firepower suddenly weakened.

"There's a machine gun on that building to the northwest, you guys move around and kill them." Chen Dao shouted.

Two gunners, dragging infantry guns, cautiously retreated through the street, looking for a suitable angle to shoot at the enemy troops on the building in the northwest corner of the crossroads.

Chen Dao looked at the cautious gunners, and did not complain that they were afraid of death, but complained in his heart that if there was a tank or assault gun, it could shoot at the machine guns of the Polish army, so why was it so troublesome.

Without waiting for the two gunners to find a good position to shoot, the fire of the two Polish machine guns on the northwest corner of the building disappeared one after another, and the German infantry did not sit idly by, but occupied the houses in the southwest and southeast corners of the crossroads, and used the machine guns and submachine guns in their hands to fire at the Polish troops on the opposite side of the street and suppress the fire of the Polish troops in the opposite building.

The gunners of the infantry guns took the opportunity to quickly adjust their positions and threw a shell at every window where the figure was shaking, and the Polish fire on the building became weaker and weaker, and the infantry took the opportunity to rush out of the occupied houses and across the street into the building.

"You wait here, let's go see what's going on." After Chen Dao finished speaking, he waved to the two infantrymen, and the three of them rushed forward on the left side of the street.

After approaching the barbed wire, Chen Dao found that there was an opening on the left side of the first barbed wire fence and on the right side of the second barbed wire, which should have been reserved for passage by the Polish army.

In the building occupied by the Polish army on the opposite side of the crossroads, the battle was nearing its end, and there were already Polish prisoners being escorted out of the building downstairs.

Chen Dao and two infantrymen covered the infantry artillery around the barbed wire fence and continued to advance with the other infantry.

After following the infantry a few streets forward, participating in two skirmishes, and taking out another machine gun, a herald rushed out from the intersection to the left of the infantry artillery group, grabbed one of the infantrymen and asked, "Who was firing just now?" ”

The infantry raised his hand and pointed in the direction where Chen Dao and the others were, and after a glance, the herald found the location of Chen Dao and the others.

Running to Chen Dao's side, the herald said, "Major, we need artillery support, please follow me." ”

Without saying a word, Chen Dao picked up the ammunition box and waved his hand to the members of the artillery crew, and everyone followed the herald to move their positions.

After turning three intersections, Chen Dao and the others came to an army captain.

The captain was stunned when he saw Chen Dao, and he didn't understand why an Air Force major would appear here.

"What's the matter, Captain?" Chen Dao asked as he put down the ammunition box in his hand.

"Follow me." The captain didn't talk nonsense either, and led Chen Dao to the corner of the street.

"Major, do you see the dark red six-story building in front of you?" The captain asked.

Chen Dao looked and saw that there was a dark red building more than 300 meters away from the right side of the street in front, with a flat grass under the building and a fence outside the grass.

"See, it seems to be a school." Chen Dao said.

"That building is surrounded by playgrounds and open fields, there are no obstacles that can cover our attack, the Poles in the building have strong firepower, if we attack us, our losses will be great, I need you to take your men around to the west of the building, there are also our men there, they will tell you what to do."

"Okay." Chen Dao nodded, and then beckoned the crew of the artillery crew to push the infantry cannon to the west of the building.

As soon as Chen Dao turned to a street directly west of the building with the ammunition box on his shoulder, he saw two 37-mm anti-aircraft artillery crews hiding on the right side of the street, and they were firing at the building.

Seeing Chen Dao and others appear, an army corporal wearing glasses greeted him.

"Major, I need your support. Seeing that the building didn't have it, we are now tasked with demolishing it. ”

Chen Dao didn't speak, just looked at the corporal who was waiting for him.

The corporal continued: "This building is an old brick building, not very strong, you and those two 37 anti-aircraft guns to tear down the load-bearing wall on the first floor, and then ・・・・・・"

Chen Dao didn't listen to the words of the glasses corporal to understand what he meant, as soon as the load-bearing wall was destroyed, the Polish army inside would be buried alive by the collapsed building, and he couldn't help but say that the heart of the glasses was really more poisonous, but the bandit liked it.

Under the coordination of Corporal Glasses, the 75-mm infantry guns commanded by Chen Dao and the two 37 anti-aircraft guns opened fire together, and bombarded the brick walls on the first floor of the teaching building, which were destroyed by more than 20 shells, and the west side of the building collapsed, revealing several corpses in the mountains of masonry and rubble.

Under the command of Corporal Glasses, the three guns changed positions and continued to bombard, and after more than 20 shells, the west-central part of the building collapsed.

"Corporal, what did you do before?" Chen Dao handed a cigarette to the glasses corporal.

"Construction Engineer." The glasses corporal said as he took a cigarette.

Chen Dao took out a lighter and lit a cigarette for the glasses corporal, and the two stood by the wall, smoking cigarettes while watching the artillerymen's performance.

When the middle of the building was also bombed, the remnants of the Polish troops in the building finally could not stand the brutal fighting of the German army, and stretched out a white flag from a window on the east side of the building and waved it back and forth, and then more than a dozen Polish soldiers walked out of the building with their hands raised・・・・・・

"Thank you, corporal, for following you and I'll learn another trick." Chen Dao patted the corporal on the shoulder and said.

"I just want my comrades to die a few less." The glasses corporal smiled.

Chen Dao suddenly noticed two German soldiers walking out of the room on the left side of the street, and saw the Mauser 98K rifle with a scope in the hands of these two German soldiers, Chen Dao's vision instantly froze.

Chen Daoyang raised his chin and motioned to the corporal glasses to pay attention to the two snipers.

"There were seven or eight snipers in the vicinity who were operating with us, and it was much safer for us to have them." Corporal Glasses said with a smile.

"I'm also very secure." Chen Dao said.

The school was occupied, and the task of the 3 artillery groups was completed, and the infantry moved their positions. Chen Dao picked up the ammunition box and followed behind the gunners.

Two snipers with rifles joined the march as they continued their march through the school playground towards the city centre to the north.

Walking to the end of a street again, Chen Dao suddenly heard a fierce machine gun sound from the other side of the corner, followed by the shouts of German soldiers.

Chen Dao cautiously stretched out the mirror glued to the bayonet, and found that the infantry walking in front were gone, and there were four corpses lying on the ground on the left side of the street, one of which had a sniper rifle thrown next to it.

There is a small square more than 100 meters in front of the road, and in the center of the square stands an earthy yellow five-story building, and on the flagpole in front of the building, a red and white Polish flag is flying high, and many windows of the building flicker from time to time when Polish soldiers open fire.

"Don't come here." A voice shouted, Chen Dao looked fixedly, it turned out to be the sniper, he was not dead, but was wounded in the abdomen, and red blood flowed out of his abdomen, staining the ground red.

"There are snipers on the opposite building, don't come here." The German sniper, lying on his back, said.

"Where's your companion?" Chen Dao shouted.

"I don't know, I should have gone to trouble that sniper." The German sniper gasped.

Chen Dao felt the weakness of the sniper, and said in his heart that he couldn't watch him die.

Chen Dao looked at the house next to the German sniper, the two-story building had been blown off the roof by the German shelling, and the rest remained

Parts also collapsed a quarter, and rubble and shards of glass littered the ground.

Chen Dao put away his bayonet and motioned for the German gunners behind him to hide, then took a few steps back, moved his ankles and knees, took a few deep breaths, and then rushed out, rushing through the street in the blink of an eye, stepping over the German sniper, and hiding in the dilapidated building.

In a window on the fourth floor of the municipal building in Kutno, which faced the intersection where Chen Dao was, Polish Private Piszczek pointed his sniper rifle at the opposite street.

Aiming the crosshair at the wounded German sniper, Piszczek did not shoot, hoping that someone would come to the rescue of the wounded German, so that he could add another victory.

The target finally appeared, but flashed through his scope and hid in the house to the right hand of the wounded German sniper, a sneer flashed at the corner of Piszczek's mouth, and he aimed his crosshair at the wounded German sniper, patiently waiting for the target to reappear.

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