Chapter 265: Bazooka
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During the routine training the next day, Instructor Lange took something out of the wooden box and raised it in front of the soldiers, saying proudly: "Hey, look at this!" β
"What is it?"
"It looks like a cannon, but it's in your hand!"
"Is it the Iron Fist?"
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"You guessed it!" Instructor Lange replied: "But this is an improved version of the 'Iron Fist', guess its range......"
"Fifty meters!" The baker said, "Or sixty meters!" β
"Come on!" Yakop said: "It is impossible for such a small pipe to be 60 meters!" β
"I guess seventy meters!" Werner, who is observant, said: "The instructor's expression gave me the answer!" Did I guess right, instructor? β
"No, Sergeant!" Instructor Lange laughed, "But I think Second Lieutenant Flick should know the answer!" β
"What? This is the second lieutenant's idea again? The soldiers cast incredulous glances at Qin Chuan.
Werner looked at Qin Chuan's somewhat helpless expression, and said, "We should get used to all this, shouldn't we?" Ensigns always surprise us! β
"So ensign, how far can it hit?" The baker asked.
"I don't know!" Qin Chuan spread his hands: "I hope it can hit a hundred meters or two hundred meters, but who knows if they can make it!" β
"Yes, Ensign!" Instructor Lange said: "They made it, it can hit 160 meters, and there is room for improvement!" β
"Wow!" The German soldiers couldn't help but look at each other.
AFTER A WHILE, SOMEONE ASKED, "ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY METERS, SO DOES IT STILL HAVE A PENETRATION DEPTH OF 140MM?" β
The person who asked this was clearly worried about whether the new bazooka had sacrificed penetration depth in order to increase the range.
"Why don't you try it yourself?" As he spoke, Lange beckoned like a soldier.
The soldiers who had been grinding their fists for a long time rushed up, and you and I picked up the bazookas one by one.
Qin Chuan also picked up one, which looked similar to the modern one...... However, Qin Chuan can't be sure, because he has only seen the appearance of bazookas on TV and movies.
"Good guys!" Werner looked at the bazooka and said, "Ensign, compared to it, the 'Iron Fist' is like a toy, how did you come up with the idea of doing this?" β
"I just wanted it to be more like a gun!" Qin Chuan replied, then opened the safety and aimed at a steel plate a hundred meters away, and then pulled the trigger.
With a "chirp", as the rear rocket spewed out a long smoke, the warhead hit the target and exploded, and after the green smoke, several small holes appeared in the steel plate, and the German soldiers couldn't help but let out a cheer.
"Gentlemen!" "I have to remind you that in front of you is a 200mm steel plate!" β
The soldiers were stunned, and then let out another burst of cheers.
THEY ALL KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS, AND A RANGE OF 160 METERS PLUS A PENETRATION DEPTH OF 200MM IS ENOUGH TO DESTROY ANY OF THE ENEMY'S TANKS. Especially with a range of 160 meters, which allows them to completely get rid of the days when infantry blew up tanks at close range.
"Chirp!" There was another scream, and Alfredo's rocket hit the steel plate accurately.
"Great!" Alfredo said, "Now I really miss the battlefield!" β
Alfredo may have just said it casually, but what he said quickly became a reality.
The next morning, before dawn, there was a hurried whistle outside the barracks.
"Get up!" Outside the barracks, Bazel shouted: "Boys, the holiday is over, I hope you have not forgotten the skills of desert warfare!" β
Then the soldiers knew that they were going to be transferred back to the Alexandria Line.
"Here's the thing!" When the soldiers had assembled, Bazel said: "Last night at eight o'clock the enemy attacked our line...... The Alexander Line, the British lied to us, their focus has always been there, so we have to rush back now, is there any problem? β
"Captain!" Werner asked: "How much time do we have to prepare?" β
"No!" Bazel replied: "The military situation is urgent, you don't have time to prepare, board the plane now, right away!" β
"Yes, sir!" The German soldiers answered.
Qin Chuan patted Werner's shoulder and said, "She can understand!" β
Werner nodded wordlessly, the soldiers are like this, they never know where they will be in the next second, they have no right to decide.
Five minutes later, the soldiers boarded the Caproni transport plane, and due to the attrition on the battlefield before, one Caproni transport plane was enough to fit Qin Chuan's platoon...... Qin Chuan's platoon had only eleven people left in the previous battle, and only five people were replenished during this time, so there were only sixteen people.
This was not due to the shortage of troops, in fact the other units were replenished to a considerable extent, and the Afrika Korps was reinforced by a supplementary regiment from Germany.
However, it is difficult to replenish the First Rank Corps, because the First Tier Corps at this time is a special unit, and the soldiers must have both the military qualities of desert operations and airborne operations, otherwise they will only hinder the troops.
From this point of view, it is not a good thing for an army to learn too many skills.
The five new recruits who have been added to this new ...... They were not actually recruits, they were originally parachutes, but because they were wounded, they returned to Berlin, and after recovering from their injuries, they were sent to Crete and incorporated into the 1st Regiment.
"Did any of you fight on the Eastern Front?" The baker asked the five recruits amid the noise of the plane.
"Yes, sir!" One of the recruits replied: "I took part in the war against Grodno, and I was wounded there!" β
"What's your name, Sergeant?" The baker asked.
"Dominic, Sergeant!" The recruit replied.
"So, Sergeant Dominic!" The baker stood up and moved closer so that the other party would not struggle so much: "Tell me about the situation over there!" β
"What?" Dominic didn't understand what he meant.
"Eastern Front!" The baker said, "How are you doing?" β
"Our attack is going well, Sergeant!" Dominic replied with some pride: "The enemy is vulnerable, and in some places there are even riots, I mean...... Many of them welcome us! β
"Oh!" These words couldn't help but make the hearts of the German soldiers in the plane feel relieved, which can be said to be a good thing anyway.
Sergeant Dominic was right, the German offensive in the Soviet Union did go smoothly at first, with a 600-kilometer assault in 10 days, and 24 Soviet divisions were completely routed within two weeks, 20 of which lost more than half of their men and equipment.
However, Qin Chuan knew that this was just the early stage, and as time passed...... The Soviet war machine will soon recover and fight back against the Germans.