The bolt clicked pleasantly, a golden shell was ejected from the chamber, and the shiny metal tumbled and fell onto the granite pavement, bouncing twice and rolling into the drain next to the road.

"Reload! Cover me! "William. Sergeant Major Nishizawa shouted at the top of his lungs, and he turned and retreated into the corner.

Nishizawa sat on the sidewalk with his back against the wall, holding a 98K rifle in one hand and pulling a five-shot bridge clip from the leather bullet pouch of an infantryman lying on the side of the wall with the other. The boy was in a bad condition, he had been shot twice near his right shoulder socket, probably in the lung, but he was still alive.

The paramedics had bandaged the wounded and injected morphine, the new hemostatic powder was very effective, the bleeding from the external wound had stopped, but the internal bleeding was completely unmanageable under the current conditions. The paramedics performed an emergency chest puncture on the wounded according to the method in the latest field first aid manual, which relieved the wounded person's traumatic pneumothorax.

At the moment, he can only do this at most, and the rest of the emergency work must be carried out in a professional field hospital. The paramedic told Nishizawa that if the wounded soldier could be sent to the military hospital in time, he should be able to survive, and he would have lived for a long time.

The machine gunner lying on the opposite corner of the street fired two long bursts in succession, and the non-scatterable chain on the side of the MG34 machine gun's ram had hung to the ground, and a bright field of bullet casings was scattered on the sidewalk. The machine gunners temporarily suppressed the enemy's fire, but the German soldiers knew that this situation could not last long. In the previous exchanges, the machine gunner had knocked out four or fifty rounds of drums, and now used the ammunition carried by the secondary shooter. With the terrible rate of fire of the MG34 machine gun, this drum did not last long.

"Platoon commander, I'll rush over with two comrades." It was Corporal Fletcher who spoke, the squad leader of the second squad, a brave soldier and a staunch Nazi party member.

"We need heavy firepower, otherwise it will be difficult to break through that barricade. The 50mm mortar can't gnaw at that turtle shell at all, those guys are very accurate in marksmanship, we can't attack blindly. Nishizawa said with a frown. He pressed the five rounds into the magazine with all his might, then pulled out the bridge clip and tossed the thin piece of metal aside.

"We still need to replenish ammunition, when will reinforcements arrive?"

Corporal Kundel, the squad leader of the first squad, lay flat on the ground and fired a short shot at the barricades in the distance. Then he straightened up and replaced his MP40 submachine gun with a new magazine.

Immediately, a bullet hit the spot where he was lying. The brass armor made a clear white mark on the granite block, and the ricocheting flew up from the ground across the side street, shattering the window pane of a butcher's shop directly opposite, and a bullet hole appeared in the forehead of the smiling pig on the window billboard.

"Good marksmanship, probably a sniper, let the machine gunner go back." Kundel looked at the bullet marks on the ground behind him, and he raised his hand to push the brim of his steel helmet up, spitting to the side.

Nishizawa raised his arm and made an urgent back-off tactical sign to the machine gun crew on the opposite corner. Seeing this, the co-shooter quickly grabbed the Heavy by the harness and dragged the Heavy and the MG34 back to the corner of the street. Sure enough, the next second. A bullet hit the place where the Heavy had been lying just now.

"It's even more troublesome now, and it's going to be a long time before the support we need arrives." Nishizawa placed his rifle against the wall, then picked up his MP40 from the side, opened the chamber to look at it, and then pressed the magazine button to pull out the empty magazine.

"It's already on the way, two blocks from us." The communications soldier replied loudly with his headphones covered.

He was carrying the latest tactical radio issued by the German army, which was actually the German version of the Galvin's CSR300 radio, which three years later registered a new trademark for radio equipment, which was later known as Motorola.

However, at this time, CSR300 is still only a development plan in the United States, and even the drawings have not yet been made, and the first batch of products will not be finalized and produced until 43 years, so this excellent walkie-talkie has become an original product of Telefunken, and the Germans not only gave it a FuG300 German equipment number, but also registered a patent in the United States, if Motorola is not careful, there will be a lawsuit to fight at that time.

German electronics experts are not weaker than the United States, they just lack guidance, Telefunken experts according to the Führer's sketch to improve, all using German radio components, although compared with similar products in the United States is a little cumbersome, the shape is also full of Germanic iron style from beginning to end, but the specific performance is not much different from the original, and there are some unique characteristics of the German army.

For example, the shell is stronger than the American product, and the solid-eyed German Ordnance Bureau believes that the front-line combatants must be equipped with something strong enough, so the steel plate is used, which can withstand the fire of pistol bullets at close range, which almost means that it can carry the grenade, and it may feel a little bulky on soldiers from other countries, but for the fierce Germanic barbarians, this is not a problem at all.

This kind of radio ...... More precisely, walkie-talkies, if the conditions are good, can make smooth voice calls with the same series of products within a range of 5 kilometers, and at the same time, with the electric key, it can also use Morse code to communicate remotely with higher-level units. Applicable to the front-line command of battalions and companies, with this kind of communication equipment, the German army's troop movement will become more flexible and changeable, and the troops' ability to respond to emergencies will be strengthened.

At the same time, there is also the famous SCR536, that is, the handheld walkie-talkie that has almost become the trademark of the American soldier in the movie, but it is called FuG500 in Germany, because this thing has begun to be produced in the United States, Telefunken has made a German strengthened version, changed to a more rough shape, can be equipped with an optional extended antenna and throat microphone, overall half a kilogram heavier than the Americans, but it has one more function that can be used for hand-to-hand combat, German soldiers are generally very satisfied.

According to the normal procedure, Nishizawa's mechanized infantry platoon should be assigned a 500-type hand-held walkie-talkie, but due to their special task, as a scheduled close-range street combat unit, the Nishizawa platoon is in a complex combat environment, surrounded by many obstacles and interferences, and the communication environment is harsh, so the superiors assigned them a more powerful 300-type walkie-talkie.

Mechanized infantry and panzergrenadiers may seem like the same class, but they are actually very different. Mechanized infantry are not limited to armoured vehicles, although they are mobile in vehicles, and usually they travel in ordinary transport trucks, while panzergrenadiers mostly travel in half-track armored personnel carriers.

This involves their different modes of operation, mechanized infantry also call them motorized infantry, they are still simple infantry in essence, just rely on mechanized carriers to move, after arriving at the battlefield they still have to get out of the car and enter the battle on foot. And Panzergrenadiers are completely different, both on the march and in combat, in order to be able to keep up with armored units with strong cross-country capabilities, they must stay on armored vehicles all the time.

As an auxiliary to the armoured units, the grenadiers maneuver in close proximity to the armoured units, and usually in battle they also use small arms in their respective armoured vehicles to shoot outwards, and do not get out of the vehicle unless necessary.

Therefore, when it was necessary to clear the remnants of the enemy forces in the city and engage in close-quarters combat on the streets, it was no surprise that this task was put on the head of the mechanized infantry.

Nishizawa's mechanized infantry battalion did not participate in last night's raid, and they formed an encirclement around Folkestone as a flank covering force, and the battle was going well, and by the time the first dawn reached the roof of a farmhouse on the outskirts of Folkestone, the gunfire that had raged all night had gradually stopped, and the organized resistance of the British infantry division had stopped.

The British army had lost its organization, the scattered soldiers had fled all over the mountains, and the German Panzer Training Battalion led the Panzergrenadiers in the direction of Dover, driving the remnants of the British Army towards the established territory, leaving the finishing touches to the German mechanized infantry battalions on the flanks.

The German infantry was divided into platoon groups, and then according to the map of the city obtained by the intelligence department, the area to be swept was divided into more than 30 pieces. The final occupation was carried out in accordance with the latest urban combat manual of the German High Command.

The German Army is actually no stranger to street fighting, and has also tried new street fighting tactics in France, but the French resistance ** is not strong, so it did not cause too much trouble to the Germans. According to the command command, Nishizawa's platoon was assigned to two theaters of operations, and his platoon was to search every building in these two neighborhoods to find the remaining enemies that were hidden, and to capture or destroy them.

Originally, the Germans thought that the British army had already broken and fled, that there would not be many British forces left in the city, and that they were unlikely to be resisted, and that they might just need to show their faces in the streets, and the other side would simply hang the flag and surrender, as they had encountered in the Low Countries. The result was contrary to the Germans' expectations, and as soon as Nishizawa entered the city, they were immediately met with fierce resistance.

The 5th and 6th Infantry Divisions left far more troops in the city than the Germans had imagined, and these soldiers were originally tasked with clearing the wreckage area, collecting the remaining supplies and ammunition, and searching for and rescuing survivors. Because of the late work, many squad platoons did not return to the barracks to rest, but directly stayed at the ruin site, and found some remaining buildings nearby to rest overnight.

When the Germans launched a surprise attack at night, these troops were confused, and because they did not know what was happening, and the communication with their superiors was cut off, they did not dare to move blindly at night, so they chose to stand by on the spot, so they stayed with the German infantry after daybreak. (To be continued......)