Chapter 40: Artillery Battle

The position was in chaos in an instant, with bombs everywhere and shrapnel everywhere, like a pot of boiling porridge.

This was the first air raid that Qin Chuan encountered, and the fear of air raids since then has left a shadow in his heart.

This is not only because the aerial bomb has a much larger charge than an artillery shell, and when it hits the ground and explodes, it produces a vibration like an earthquake, but also because it emits a special and extremely terrifying whistling sound when it is dropped in the air...... The whistling sound is like a kind of countdown to the second, from far to near, from dull to loud, and then "boom...... Large swaths of soldiers were lifted high into the air.

Qin Chuan felt like he was in the stormy waves of the ocean, the sky was lightning and thunder, the sea was turbulent, and every huge wave that hit could tear Qin Chuan to pieces. At this time, Qin Chuan realized how fragile the sense of security he got from his comrades-in-arms was...... No one can help him, of course he can't help anyone, all Qin Chuan can do is lie on the ground tightly, let the sand waves around him hit one after another, but he didn't dare to act rashly.

Even Qin Chuan had an urge to run out, because he couldn't help but think that maybe there was a bomb falling above his head...... But in the end, he held back, because he knew that the result of running out would be to disappear from this world.

Eventually, the sound of the explosion faded down.

Qin Chuan found that he had almost been buried in the sand kicked up by the bomb...... In fact, many people were buried, either stunned or injured by bombs, buried under the sand and unable to climb out, while their comrades did not notice it for a while, so they lay in the sand forever.

Fortunately, Qin Chuan was still conscious, and he crawled out of the sand with his hands and feet to take a look...... Everything around is gone: what should have been a house has become rubble, what should have been a trench has been leveled, and where it should have been flat has become a large pit overlapping each other.

"Didi ......" Qin Chuan heard a sharp whistle, and someone shouted in a hoarse voice: "Get ready for battle, the British tanks are coming!" ”

Qin Chuan shook off the sand on his helmet and looked into the distance, and sure enough, he saw that the British tanks were approaching from the front, at least hundreds of them, followed by groups of murderous British soldiers with "Enfield" rifles in their hands.

They weren't fast, perhaps fearing anti-tank mines, or to keep up with the infantry behind them, but they had the urge to destroy any obstacle that stood in their way.

Looking at this scene, Qin Chuan couldn't help but feel furious in his heart, he felt that in front of these tanks, the German soldiers, including himself, were like praying mantis in the "mantis arm blocking the car", Qin Chuan didn't think that there would be any point in blocking.

This thought made Qin Chuan have the idea of running away for a while, but in the end he held back...... At this time, Qin Chuan was already a squad leader, and there were ten soldiers under him, and they were all staring at him, and they ran away by themselves, and they were afraid that they would end up like Bolge.

Qin Chuan hoped that his superiors would give him the order to retreat, but the result disappointed him, and they never got this order.

"Are they crazy?" Qin Chuan felt a little incredulous: "What are we going to do to stop these tanks?!" ”

In Qin Chuan's questioning eyes, the whistling sound of the cannonball suddenly sounded.

The sound of artillery came from the direction of the German army, and the shells crossed the position of Qin Chuan and others and smashed into the tank group, and then burst into a cloud of radiant sand, of course, there were also British soldiers in it, and the British tank team also became chaotic.

Seeing this Qin Chuan, it was understood that it was artillery that the German army used to block the advance of enemy tanks.

It was a clever move, and the Germans occupied the city of Tenge, which had many buildings that were a good place to hide artillery...... Otherwise, the deployment of artillery positions in the desert is like lice on the bald head of the enemy group, which can be easily detected and eliminated.

But now the German artillery survived the heavy bombardment of the British.

Not only that, because the German artillery was scattered and hidden in the complex, while the British artillery was deployed outside the city, so one was in the light and the other in the dark...... This is also the reason why the British artillery has not opened fire until now.

Soon, the British artillery began to return fire, they wanted to suppress the German artillery fire to cover the attack of the tank troops, so you and I started a fierce artillery battle over the position.

The German artillery had been prepared for this for a long time, and in fact, artillery strikes on tanks were only one part of the German artillery, and the other part of the artillery was ready for battle and waited for the British to open fire.

As soon as the British opened fire, the position of their artillery positions was revealed, and the German shells rained down on the British artillery positions.

Then, fewer and fewer shells came from the direction of the British, while the German artillery fire became more and more intense.

If it weren't for the fact that some British fighters and bombers swooped down to attack the exposed German artillery, the British would have been repulsed at this time.

The British tank group slowly approached the German position under German artillery fire.

The German officer shouted: "Fire!" ”

Shots rang out in an instant, and one by one the German soldiers emerged from the sand and raised their weapons to shoot at the enemy.

There was also an advantage to the bombardment of the positions by the British...... The trenches were blown up, and the German soldiers were randomly distributed in the sand of the position, and the position was irregular, and even the sand and smoke from the bombs gave these soldiers a good camouflage, which made it difficult for the German soldiers to be spotted even during the day.

And this was important for the German army, which lacked anti-tank weapons...... The lack of anti-tank weapons meant that the tank had to be blown up at close range, and in order to blow up the tank at close range, it was necessary to be able to get close to the tank, and the camouflage of the sand gave the German soldiers the opportunity to get close to the tank...... I'm afraid this is something that the British army did not expect.

A German soldier remained motionless in the sand, even as tanks "rumbled" past him, and even a few British soldiers stepped on his body...... The British thought it was a corpse, so they almost ignored its existence.

He was waiting for an opportunity.

Finally, the opportunity came...... A tank was driving towards his position, and the tracks set off a stream of sand like a waterwheel rolling towards him.

He clearly knew that the tracks of the tank would run over him, and he even thought that his identity badge would be crushed...... This is the only thing that comrades-in-arms can identify themselves, and it is also the proof that their families know their whereabouts.

So, he will be one of the missing people on the battlefield.

However, he did not move and did not hesitate.

He silently calculated the speed of the tank, and when he saw that it was almost there, he violently ignited the cluster grenade hidden in the sand.

The surrounding British soldiers spotted him, because a cloud of green smoke suddenly lit in the sand, and the British soldiers shouted and raised their guns to shoot, but it was too late, the tank had already "rumbled" up, and then there was a loud "boom......