Chapter 30: The Gap

Two "Pershing." and three "Sherman" tanks slowly turned out of the foot of the hill with a bunch of infantry, led by two "Shermans" who had been converted into forklifts. Don't look at "Sherman." This tank seems to be an old-fashioned weapon, but in the operations of the American army in this era. It's everywhere. Building bridges, paving roads, filling pits, and transporting" can really be called a kind of all-purpose tank.

Looking at the infantry of the puppet army, with frightened faces clinging to the tanks and advancing cautiously, I think they are really pitiful. In peacetime, it is necessary to let the US military seize the merits, and at this time, even if it is such a thankless task as rescuing US officers and soldiers, we must let them do it. They have witnessed us using high-altitude machine guns to frantically *** the American troops in those camps, and the smell of blood and screams are still there. At this time, let them jump into such a pit with such firepower, and they are not afraid of that.

The Yankees are generous this back, and the tanks assigned to the puppet army are "Pershing" and "Sherman." "But then again, if it's with "Xia Fei." In the case of a light tank, a couple of mortar shells might be able to reimburse them.

But even "Pershing." and the "Sherman" tank, which is used here at most to play cover and give those puppet troops a reassurance. Because I know "Pershing." The maximum 'shooting' range of the tank is only 20 degrees, and at such a distance, because the elevation angle is too large, it is above the mouth. … The tank guns couldn't hit us at all, and the machine gunners hiding in the tank compartment couldn't take aim, let alone poke their heads out and 'shoot' at us."

So this bunch of tanks has a good weapon, but at this time it is a moving shield, and it is not a threat to us at all.

But at the same time, I also know that the purpose of this tank force is not to attack us. Rather, it was to support the besieged troops.

It was not the first time that American troops had been divided and surrounded by volunteers, and their usual tactic of rescuing besieged troops was to go to the trapped troops and send a tank unit to strengthen their defenses.

Just like this tank unit in front of you. Its role is to bring sufficient *** and supplies to the besieged American army, and to build a steel defense line for them to consolidate their defense. Once they hold out until dawn, they can cover the encircled troops with planes, tanks, artillery, etc.

Airplanes, tanks, and artillery are the usual three-plate axes used by the US military. But not to mention, it is difficult for the Volunteer Army to effectively deal with the tanks of the US army because of its backward equipment, so in the previous campaign. Often surrounded in formation, the US army cannot be annihilated by a regiment or even a division.

Now we are facing a situation that seems to be the same. If we let this tank unit join up with the encircled US troops, we are afraid that our anti-aircraft 'fire' machine guns will lose their threat to the US troops, and then the besieged troops will soon become a new force, and we will face the situation of being attacked on both sides. As long as they hold out until dawn. It's going to be reactive and proactive very quickly."

But!

Having experienced every battle of the Korean War, how could I not know the rescue methods commonly used by the US military?

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In some respects, the US military pursues the scientific 'nature' of tactics too much, and after researching scientific methods, these same "scientific methods" are generally used in every battle. Just like this time, I expected such a rescue method.

In the past, the equipment of the Volunteer Army might have been helpless against them, but now we have the anti-tank weapons of the American Army.

"Recoilless gun".

As soon as I gave the order, several fighters came up with four recoilless guns. The barrels of the one with one of the three were more than three meters. It can only be carried by four or five people, and it is equipped with a gun carriage weighing more than 100 pounds; The small ones are more than a meter long. It looks like it's just a few dozen pounds, and one person carries it up.

The warriors thought they had never touched this thing before, and they assembled the large recoilless gun as fast as they could. The barrel is powerful! Although the volunteers have never used recoilless guns, they still know this truth. But when I loaded the bullet and looked down, I found the problem, this, the big guy stood on the gun mount, and the 'shooting' range up was at least 50 or 60 degrees, but the 'shooting' range was only a dozen degrees down. No matter how much the fighters tossed, the muzzle of the cannon could not be aligned with the slowly moving tank at the foot of the mountain.

I don't have any experience, and although I have a weapon, I can't use it.

Seeing those tanks getting closer and closer, I couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and waved my big hand at the soldiers, and with a roar, a mortar shell smashed down hard. A cloud of gunsmoke passed through. The puppet army that followed behind the tank fell a lot of ***, a lot of dead and wounded, bleeding and crying out in tears. But those tanks were not affected in the slightest. He continued to drive on his own.

The anti-aircraft machine guns also rang out, but the effect was not ideal, and some of the puppet troops could be knocked out without concealment, but most of the bullets hit the armor of the tank, making a "ding clang." The sound like a gong was striking, and it was nice to shoot the tank Mars, but it didn't hit anyone.

"Pershing. The tank has a thick boron induction even its weak rear armor, which is not something that a mortar can penetrate with non-armor-piercing shells, let alone machine-gun bullets. Someone said "Pershing." Tanks are one of the safest and most comfortable weapons on the Korean battlefield. I don't deny this, because this modern tank not only has a high level of safety and advanced weaponry, but even has a special heater for the crew to keep warm.

"You guys," I ordered, "Aim for the first tank, and give me a hard shot," I ordered the fighters with recoilless guns.

"Yes!" The fighters answered, and without saying a word, they aimed at the first "Sherman" tank and pulled the trigger, "tom," a few sounds, and three shells went out, "However, to my surprise, only one shell hit the front armor of that tank, and the result can be imagined, no different from mortar shells, it has no effect at all,,

And then there was "Tom Tom!" "A few times. The fighters, reloaded with the help of the deputy gunner, fired another round at the foot of the hill, this time it was even worse, not a single shell hit.

***！ Seeing this, I couldn't help but curse, then I knew that having a weapon does not necessarily mean victory, although the soldiers have fought many guns and many cannons, but this recoilless gun is the first time. It's also common sense to miss a hit. It seems that the first round of shells can hit one shot, so it is still a matter of luck.

What to do? If this allows the enemy tanks to rush in, it will not be a big loss!

I remember the tank hero Hu Lian in this battle. He began to carry the recoilless gun. He also missed several shots in a row, and later when he got closer to the enemy's tanks for more than 40 meters, he killed four enemy tanks in a row.

That's right! Although the fighters are now not accurate because of their lack of training. But if you get close to a distance of forty or fifty meters to fight a guy that big, then you can't escape!

"Li Guoqiang, you come to command the puppet infantry that repels the follow-up behind the tank!" Thinking of this, I quickly ordered: "Machine gun cover, a few of you come with me, and a few more with anti-tank grenades!" ”

"Yes!" Although these orders I gave in a hurry were a bit 'confused' and 'chaotic', the soldiers still understood what I meant. The six recoilless gunners and five fighters with anti-tank grenades soon followed me.

Recoilless gun plus anti-tank grenades. The fighters knew what I wanted to do, which was to rush down the hill to blow up the tank. But to their surprise. I took them not to run towards the tanks, but at the besieged group of American troops, so that after a long while, the high-altitude "shooting" machine guns on the position that were on the task of covering the position reacted, and the group of American troops in the center of the "tart barking" field 'fired' rows of bullets, so that they did not dare to act rashly.

After a long run with the soldiers on the mud-covered slope, they came to the road at the foot of the mountain, where there were anti-tank trenches that we had dug in front of the position, although the American troops had filled them in for the sake of 'communication'. But they didn't bulldoze the tall earthen embankment behind the anti-tank trench. This earthen embankment is also the point of the Golan trench, and the laziness and ignorance of the American troops undoubtedly give us an excellent anti-tank position.

"One cannon and three grenades go over there. The rest is here! "As soon as I reached the earthen embankment, I divided the soldiers into two parts, and divided the fire on both sides of the road.

Although my order sounds strange, I can still express my meaning clearly and succinctly, and there is no doubt that the soldiers will carry out the order.

Lying down behind the earthen embankment, it didn't take long to hear the "rumbling" of motors in front of us, and the headlights of the tank flashed very arrogantly above our heads. I'm not worried that the American tanks will find us, because the earthen embankment is at least a meter high. We plunged into the muddy water. The tankmen hiding in the tank compartment could not see us even if they had three heads and six eyes. I'm worried. But the besieged American army behind me,

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No doubt. They already know that we are lurking here waiting for the arrival of the tanks, and of course they will not be willing to let this tank force be easily resolved by us, for the simple reason that this tank force is likely to be their only way to survive, not to mention that we still have our backs in front of them.

So he was caught off guard and 'shot' a bullet from behind, hitting the muddy water in the puddle next to him. The 'chaos' sound did not hit us because it was pitch black on our side, and they only blindly 'shot' at the figures they had just seen, and because of the suppression of fire from the machine gun position. They had to 'shoot' very carefully, lest they be spotted by the high-occupiers and beat them into a sieve.

I hadn't used my own sniper rifle for a long time, so I took a few steps back, unhurriedly removed the fire cap from my back and loaded the rifle, and then mounted the sniper rifle on a rock in front of me.

I pinned the hat on my back instead of in my arms because I didn't want to be pushed by this long, stiff thing every time I was lying on the ground, because it was really hard to get along with my ribs.

Flares were fired at enemy positions one after another. The pale light illuminated the enemy's position, and I could see that the enemy was both afraid and worried. It was because the bullets from the high-altitude 'fired' machine guns were constantly whirring above their heads. They are worried because the tank force in front of them, which has come to support them, is likely to be blocked by us.

The enemy is in the open and I am in the dark, and the distance is only more than 500 meters. And the enemy was still under the suppression of high-altitude 'fire' machine gun fire, so such a sniper was not difficult for me at all. All I had to do seemed to be to find out who was shooting at us and 'fire' the bullets out of the chamber.

"Grunt" was another round of bullets, and that's when I realized that the truth was not as easy as I thought. Because the front was pale under the light of the flares, I couldn't see the fire from the enemy's fire, and there was no way to determine the enemy's position.

The "Tart" was a denser mass of bullets, and I realized that it was more and more enemies joining the ranks of this "black gun", and as a scream came from the darkness, I knew that a soldier had been shot. I brought very few people. There were only a dozen people in total, and the loss of one fighter was almost a tenth for me.

In fact, I couldn't bring more people down, because there were only eighty people in the whole position. So I must not let these Yankees "shoot black guns" like this again.

"Grunt," grunted, "more and more bullets were being fired at us, but our high-firing machine gunners in the machine gun position were unaware. He can't be blamed for this, because the machine-gun position is at least a thousand meters away from the enemy, and at this distance even the person standing up is only the size of a grain of rice, let alone the enemy lying on the ground.

Seeing that our high-firing machine gunners did not notice, the enemy became more and more rampant, and more and more bullets flew in, and after a while, two miserable snorts came from his side. The tank's motors were getting louder and louder, and I realized that I was running out of time, because if we kept going on like this, we wouldn't be able to get up and 'shoot' or drop bombs when the tank arrived.

But I still didn't move, my eyes were staring at the enemy's position without blinking, I was waiting for an opportunity,,

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Finally, when one flare was just dimmed and the other had not yet been fired. The enemy's position was momentarily plunged into darkness, and the fire from the muzzle of the gun soon came into my sight.

"Bang bang bang" I fired eight rounds in the chamber in one go, in fact I only remembered seven points, and I fired eight rounds in order to get a new magazine for the rifle.

I don't know how many hits," but the gunfire on the other side fell silent for a moment. They may have been stunned by me alone, and they were well aware that there was a sniper on the other side. Under the guns of a sniper. Especially when the snipers are hiding in the shadows and they are in the light, the pressure on them is unparalleled. From this point of view, I think the hit rate just now is still very high.

There was a "boom", and at that moment the tanks appeared, and I looked back, and the tanks shook off the muddy water around them with their huge and bulky bodies. All the way to us. There was no puppet infantry next to them, and it was assumed that Li Guoqiang had successfully blocked them out.

"Prepare for battle!" My shouting was insignificant in the roar of the motor. But it was like a tacit understanding, even though the soldiers didn't hear my orders, maybe they just saw a little bit of what I was shouting and understood what I meant. The fighters who carried the guns immediately knelt and raised the thick barrels, and the ones with anti-tank grenades 'drawn' their grenades and prepared them.

The tank's headlights dangled right above our heads. The exhaust fumes from the engine surrounded us, making us clearly aware that this steel behemoth was right ahead,

Finally, a black, whirring behemoth emerged from the earthen embankment, and at that moment, the weapons in the hands of the warriors opened fire. There was a "boom", and a ball of fire rose up in front of us, followed by a few more explosions, and the behemoth struggled in front of us a few times before moving again.

This time, we are right at the bottom of the tank. Not to mention the "Sherman" tank, even the bottom armor of the "Pershing" tank was only a dozen millimeters thick. Such armor is even thinner than the 10,000-millimeter-thick armor of the "Xiafei" tank.

Immediately after that, another tank climbed up from the earthen embankment. Looking at its wide and thick tracks, I could easily tell that it was a Pershing, but with a few bangs, it still couldn't escape the bad luck of being blown up. Just as we were encouraged by the results we had achieved, something unexpected happened.

The American troops behind us desperately raised their guns and 'fired' at us, and the two fighters with recoilless guns screamed and fell into a pool of blood. And then there were a few more,

The fighters on the machine-gun position also let go of their bullets and 'fired' at them, but helplessly, the American troops also knew that this was the last critical moment. And did not give up resistance because of the suppression of the anti-aircraft 'fire' machine guns. One by one, the fighters who stood next to me. to the next. Soon I was the only one left.

And at this time, there was a gap in front of me, a gap that could only allow one tank to pass,