Chapter 250: Wielding the Scythe (5)
While Carrasco and his comrades were sitting together on a fragrant beer goulash, the soldiers of the SS Panzergrenadier Division "Berlissingen", just a few kilometers away from them, were also eating a hot meal.
However, compared to the Belgian cuisine, the Germans were much better, their staple food was baked potatoes, the main dish was stewed potatoes, and the soup was wild vegetable soup.
However, the Germans were satisfied with this "hearty" meal, because this meal was the first hot meal they had eaten from the beginning of the attack, and they had previously eaten compressed dry food and the like.
"Eat fast! An order came from above, 15 minutes later, to attack the Belgian line in front! Just as everyone was eating their meals, Gro's voice came over.
"My God!" Hans had just received his portion of the food, and before he could move a mouthful, he heard the news.
"Oh my God, hurry up and eat yours." Gro sat down next to Hans, picked up a piece of baked potato, took two bites, and said vaguely.
"Squad leader, what is our specific task?" Hoffman asked, holding his G41-SG and taking a sip of bitter wild vegetable soup.
Gro struggled to swallow the potato in his mouth and replied: "Take a small village in front and cover the more than forty tanks next door to smoothly bypass the Belgian army's defense line from the flank." ”
"Bypass?" Fogel pouted, then stole a piece of baked potato from Hans, "The first time I heard that those armored soldiers still circled, didn't they all rush forward in one go?" ”
“&*&… (Nima)! Hans was quickly stuffing a potato into his mouth, when he suddenly saw Fogel take a piece of his baked potato while he was not paying attention, which immediately forced him to make a move to pounce on the hungry wolf, and rushed up to tear it with Fogel.
Well, it's actually more like a vicious dog guarding food.
"Ugh." Looking at the two people who were together, Gro shook his head helplessly, and then said to the others, "Because the Army Aviation reconnaissance plane reported that the Belgians dug two long, wide and deep anti-tank trenches in front of their positions, and our tanks could not pass. ”
"If the tank can't get by, then we can't get through it either." Hoffman wondered, "As far as I know, our infantry fighting vehicles don't seem to be longer than tanks, right?" ”
"That's why the top of the city also supported us with a few No. 1 sapper bridge-building tanks." Groh shrugged his shoulders and said, "You know, that thing was designed and built in the twenties to serve Tank One, and the bridge they built would probably be crushed even if Tank Two drove up, let alone General Rommel's Tanks Three and Four......
"Okay." Hoffman raised his forehead, "And how many Belgians are there in front of us?" ”
"Not much." Gro took a bite of the potato and said indifferently, "It's just a reinforced battalion, about 800 people." ”
"Poof!" Hoffman was so startled that he almost vomited the wild vegetable soup he had drunk earlier, "About 800 people...... Not much? ”
"Is it much?" Hans snatched back his potatoes.
"It's not a lot to put in the wild...... "Hoffman was helpless, "but they hid behind two anti-tank trenches!" Even though we have bridge-building tanks, it takes time to build bridges, right? I don't think their anti-tank guns will miss or penetrate our stopped infantry fighting vehicles......"
"Perhaps."
"Boom! Rumble! While everyone was chatting, explosions were heard from the Belgian positions in the distance.
"The DA3/155 type (DA is an abbreviation for the German Die artillerie, 3 stands for modification from the chassis of tank No. 3, 155 stands for 155mm) 155mm self-propelled guns at the division headquarters?" Hoffman immediately recognized the sound of the 155mm shell exploding, "It looks like the division headquarters values the land in front of us." ”
"It's not just the division headquarters that values ......," Gro added faintly.
"What......" Hoffman was stunned when he heard this, and was about to ask Groh why he said that, but was interrupted by a distant roar of engines.
Hearing the familiar roar of the engine, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked in the direction from which the sound came, but only faintly saw some small dots.
"Guys! It's over for a wonderful lunch! Gaither glanced at his watch, "But don't think about the Belgian guy on the other side!" Get in! Let's teach the Belgians on the other side not to dig holes! ”
"Burissingen!" The crowd roared, quickly packed up their equipment and boarded the infantry fighting vehicle.
The army aviation flight formation in the distance also showed its own hideous face at the same time.
That's a huge fleet of 12 ME109s, 2 heavy transport aircraft, and a full 37 ju-87s!
"God!" Nick, who was in charge of controlling the 30mm gun, stared blankly at the huge fleet and muttered.
"What are those two planes?" Hans poked his head out, looked at the two huge planes, and asked suspiciously.
"Those two planes...... Transport? Fogel stuck his head out of the car door as well.
"Guys, bus 1711 is about to depart!" The infantry fighting vehicle painted with the four numbers "1711" spewed out a cloud of gray smoke under the control of Karl, and roared, "For the safety of you and others, please take your weapons when getting on and off the car, close the armored door and hold the 30mm gun on the way, the end of this journey is the hometown of the Belgians, thank you for your cooperation." ”
"Haha!" Everyone in the car was amused by the driver's "friendly reminder".
"Well, whatever it is." Gro retracted and closed the heavy armored door on his side, patted Carl on the shoulder, and smiled, "Let's go!" Let's go and see the Belgians on a plane! ”
At the same time, Belgian positions.
The deafening sound of artillery explosions gradually faded away, and a figure began to appear on the empty position.
"Carrasco! Carrasco! Maeterlinck patted Carrasco, who was shivering and sluggish, without the fighting spirit he had before the German bombardment, and shouted, "Bastard! Carrasco! ”
"In ...... In! Carrasco was filmed with a spirit, "squad leader ......"
"German shelling stopped! We've got to get out! Maeterlinck said as he pulled Carrasco and took the lead in crawling out of the bomb hole.
"No...... Don't ......" Carrasco shrank back in fright when he heard that he was going out.
"A burst of shelling scared you off?" Maeterlinck stopped and turned his head and said angrily, "It's really a recruit who is afraid of artillery!" As soon as I heard the cannon fired, I was scared like a puppy with its tail shrunk! Manla! Push him out for me! ”
"Okay!" A Belgian soldier behind Carrasco answered, then rudely gave Carrasco a kick in the ass and pushed him out.
"Listen! Carrasco, I don't care what you've done before, what awards you've received! But here you have to listen to me! Maeterlinck "educated" Carrasco as he climbed, "Besides, this kind of shelling poses no threat to us, do you think that the anti-artillery holes we have worked so hard to dig are used as decorations?" ”
With that last word, Maeterlinck also crawled out of the bomb hole.
However, the scene outside was completely different from what he had said earlier.