Chapter 947: Chaos
The fourth watch may be after 12 o'clock, and the brothers who can't wait will watch it tomorrow and ask for a monthly pass!
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With a few screams, seven ME63s flew with a long trail towards the two tanks that had just climbed ashore...... The reason why seven ME63s were used to fight two tanks at a time when ME63s were in such a shortage was to ensure that these two tanks would be destroyed at the moment they came out of the water.
Otherwise, if you destroy them later, although they are also destroyed, you will not be able to block the landing point.
The ME63 managed to do this, two of which hit a tank at the same time, and the tank immediately stopped and emitted a plume of black smoke after two explosions. The other was hit by an ME63, and it continued to drive some distance before coming to a stop, as if something had gone wrong.
Originally, Qin Chuan was worried that this would make a gap in the landing site and allow other tanks to rush up, but then a dramatic scene happened...... The crew of the U.S. tank also thought that the gap that this would allow could be passed, so they slowly squeezed it up.
It turned out to be a little bit worse, the right track was on top of the track of the previous tank.
If it is in peacetime, this difficulty is nothing at all, you only need to increase the horsepower to push the tank in front of you...... The problem was that half of the tanks in the rear were still powerless in the water, and it only made the tanks in front of it shake a little when it did.
Then, more than 20 tanks that had already been launched scrambled to squeeze up.
This is no wonder that they were in such a hurry, although the German artillery was suppressed by the American troops, but the mortars scattered everywhere fired at this section of the river without a single shot.
To make matters worse, the tents of amphibious tanks are made of rubber, which can leak air and water if hit by shrapnel or bullets, and many amphibious tanks are supported by drains, which will inevitably sink to the bottom of the river if they do not get to shore in time.
As a result, such a crowd was crowded with one, and soon the landing site was crowded with a bunch of amphibious tanks. The amphibious tanks on the other side were unknowingly launched one after another and drove towards the opposite side, which caused traffic jams to become more and more serious.
"Concentrated mortar bombardment of the landing site!" Qin Chuan ordered.
More than 20 amphibious tanks were sunk by the waves of shells at the first time, and one of the shells also coincidentally hit the tanks in the tent, and the whole tank burst out with a fire and then sank to the bottom of the water.
Seeing this, the other amphibious tanks couldn't help but panic, some drove back to escape back to the opposite bank, and some continued to rush forward, and the middle of the river was in chaos for a while, and several amphibious tanks sank into the water because of collisions with other ships...... Amphibious tanks are notoriously poor in terms of sinking resistance, and it is best to be calm and calm, bullets, shells, and nothing to cross safely, otherwise it is an adventure.
But then again, if it weren't for the ME63's ability to destroy tanks from a distance and block the landing site, they would have landed one after another and launched an attack on Charmer Island.
But the reality is ...... More than 30 amphibious tanks inexplicably sank into the water, and the chaos continues.
"Pause the offensive!" Patton gave the order at this critical juncture: "The 15th Infantry Regiment clears the tank wreckage and covers the amphibious tank landing!" ”
The 15th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that landed with amphibious landing vessels, which had originally followed the tanks but had to take on the task of clearing the way for the tanks.
The commander of the 15th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Torres, was a veteran of the German 21st Panzer Division in Africa, and he knew from the moment he knew that the "legendary sergeant" might be in the fortress of Metz, and that this battle would not be as simple as he thought.
One of his words to his subordinates was: "General Patton is optimistic because he has never fought against the 'Legendary Sergeant.' But I have, I know what kind of opponent he is. So, if you want to save your life, stay vigilant and awake enough, especially your head...... Because the 'legendary sergeant' is not fighting with a rifle in his hand, but with his head! ”
Colonel Torres was awake enough to know that this would continue if General Patton had ordered merely to remove the wreckage of the tank.
The reason is simple, when the amphibious tanks are on the landing site, the Germans' "controllable rockets" will come again and hit them, and then another confusion and losses will arise, and the cycle will repeat.
So Colonel Torres gave an order: "Line up two amphibious landing vehicles on each side of the landing site and set it on fire!" ”
"I'm sorry, Colonel!" When the staff officer heard this order, he couldn't help but be stunned: "Can you say it again?" ”
The staff officer thought that he had misheard, because amphibious landing ships were undoubtedly a valuable war resource for the US military...... The infantry divisions were even using condoms as pontoons, while Colonel Torres was going to set the amphibious landing ship on fire.
"You heard it right!" Colonel Torres yelled: "Go, set them on fire!" ”
As a result, soon several amphibious landing ships were on fire and emitting black smoke next to the landing site.
It was only after this that Colonel Torres ordered his men to clear the wrecker.
Colonel Torres did the right thing, because the flames and black smoke of the amphibious landing ship obscured the view of the ME63 controllers, and they didn't even know when the tank would land, so of course they couldn't hit the tank in time to block the landing site again.
As the tanks "climbed" one after another on the east bank of the Moselle River, General Patton excitedly yelled at the walkie-talkie: "Advance, until the island of Chambir is captured, it's time for them to pay!" ”
Looking at the "Sherman" tanks that landed and then put away their tents and marched towards Xiangbier Island, Eberhard said helplessly: "Lieutenant Colonel, we still have twenty-one ME63s left, do you want to ......?"
Qin Chuan shook his head and denied this suggestion.
Twenty-one ME63s, according to the normal hit rate, can only destroy 4 to 6 tanks, while the landing tanks are endless, to say the least, there are dozens, and destroying a few of them will not stop their advance.
"There's a river on Chamberie Island!" Eberhard said: "Hopefully they can hold the line with this river!" ”
But they all know it's just a self-soothing.
There was indeed a river on the island of Shanbier, and the baker and others had also built a line of defense along the riverbank
The problem is that the river is man-made, not only is it much narrower than the Moselle, but more importantly it has a gentle current, almost a calm surface...... This is obviously beneficial to these amphibious landing ships and amphibious landing tanks of the US military.
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