Chapter 41: Air Raids
Compared with the two "T-34" tanks in front of you, the situation of the "KV-1" tanks of the "521" crew is much better.
Sun Hui settled down, first went to Sergeant Ansakov's "061" tank to visit, checked the radio inside, and found that it was the same model as the "KV-1" tank "71-TK-3", he tried to debug it, it should be able to use normally, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice.
Then Sun Hui went to Sergeant Yurkin's "075" tank, and the radio station in it was also "71-TK-3", which was also easy to use, but these two tanks did not have mechanical and electrical personnel, and no one would use them. Sun Hui thought about it, if the two tanks were to add mechanical and electrical crews, the three tanks would be able to communicate through the radio, and they could work together.
After coming out of the "075" tank, Sun Hui told the two commanders his thoughts, and they both agreed, and decided to report to their superiors and request that they be arranged as soon as possible. Sun Hui then helped them check the damaged suspension system, and with his knowledge of history, he instructed the workers to solve their troubles, and made his image taller among these people.
After chatting with the Soviet tankers for a while, Sun Hui and Wang Linlin were about to return to their tanks when a roar suddenly sounded in the sky overhead.
"Air strike!" Someone shouted hoarsely, "Look! There are more than thirty bombers! ”
"Hide! Lads! Sergeant Ansakov looked up at the sky and said, "We'll be enough to see in a minute." ”
"Lookout post stays!" In the distance, a Soviet officer shouted and looked around to see where he could hide. "They'll come back ......"
"The heavy machine gun should be towed!" Another Soviet captain shouted, "Drag it here......"
"Steel Helmet!" Sergeant Yurkin reminded loudly, "Put on your steel helmets!" Little girl, ...... quickly," he said, throwing a steel helmet at Sun Hui and Wang Linlin.
The screams of the first bombs that flew down became more and more intense, drowning out the voices of the people. There was a loud "boom" nearby, and rubble, rubble, and sand fell, and a wave of heat rose from the ground, and dust from the bricks flew everywhere. Sun Hui put on a steel helmet, pulled Wang Linlin and quickly rushed to the root of the wall and sat down. The soldiers ran deeper into the church, and Ansakov, after a turn, got into the narrow alcove, leaned against Sun Hui, and hurriedly put a small German steel helmet on his head.
Everything around was booming and shaking.
"Hide!" Ansakov shouted to one of the captains who was still lying in the doorway, "Hide up, do you hear me?" ……”
A suffocating wave of air rushed into his open mouth. Ansakov coughed uncomfortably, rubbing his eyes that were fascinated by the dust. The sound of the explosion shook the earth, and even the thick walls of the church trembled.
"Captain! …… Captain, get hidden! Are you dying? ……”
"Heavy machine guns! ......," shouted the captain with difficulty, "they left the heavy machine guns behind!" It's not like that! ……”
He bent over and ran out of the church in the face of the bombardment. Sun Hui wanted to shout, but the violently stinking hot air wave choked him and couldn't breathe. He endured suffocation, and looked up carefully.
The captain bent his waist and ran through the roar of bombs and the billowing smoke of gunpowder. He crouched in the crater, hid for a while, and then ran out. Sun Hui saw how he ran to the overturned heavy machine gun, how he dragged it down, into the crater, but at this moment, a bomb suddenly exploded nearby. Sun Hui hurriedly squatted down, and when the shrapnel had passed, he looked there again, but he couldn't distinguish anything in the smoke-foggy, dusty curtain.
"It's all blindfolded!" Ansakov shouted, and Sun Hui guessed the content of his words not so much as hearing it, "These bastards! Shot there! So many dense bullet holes! ……”
A new round of bombs whistled overhead, and with a loud bang, shook the majestic walls of the church. Sun Hui hugged Wang Linlin violently, lay on the floor, he covered his ears with his hands, curled up, and the long whistling and rumbling sound hit his shoulders heavily, and Ansakov next to him couldn't stop trembling.
I don't know how long it took, but suddenly, the surroundings were quiet, but the nasty sound was still echoing in my ears, and it lasted for a long time. The engines of the low-hovering bombers were still roaring dullly, but neither the explosions nor the screams of the heart-rending bombs could be heard. Sun Hui straightened the steel helmet that had slid to his forehead and looked at it carefully.
The sun peeked through the billowing smoke and flying dust like a blood-red speck. Other than that, Sun Hui didn't see anything, not even the shadows of a few nearby buildings. Ansakov huddled beside him.
"Isn't it all blown up?" He muttered to himself.
"It's impossible to blow it all up." Wang Linlin got up from Sun Hui's arms and shook her head vigorously, trying to get rid of the ringing in her ears, she heard Ansakov's words and replied, "Actually, the bombing has been going on for a long time, do you know?" ”
"It's really a long time," Ansakov said, "and the bombing is always a long time." Look, little girl! ”
In the thick curtain of smoke and dust appeared, the figure of the captain: he dragged a heavy machine gun. Behind him was a warrior, dragging a magazine with a cartridge as he ran.
"Are you alright? Captain? Ansakov asked as the captain panted and pulled the machine gun into the church.
"We're all right," said the captain, puffing the dust off his body, "but a fool was killed." Is it possible to shoot at enemy planes so recklessly when they are bombing indiscriminately? ……”
"He's an excellent machine gunner." The soldier who had brought the bullet belt sighed.
"Comrade Captain!" Someone shouted from inside the church, "There are people here!" ”
Several warriors walked towards them, as well as three women. One of the young women, wearing only a white close-fitting vest stained with brick ash, Ansakov frowned and immediately looked away.
"Who are they? Where did it come from? The captain asked.
"We're locals, locals," said the older one, nodding hurriedly, "and we're here as soon as the gun goes off." She saw Wang Linlin, and then kept gesturing in Russian, but Sun Hui couldn't understand what he was saying at all.
"They said a lot of people were killed there, many of them were old people, women and children." The soldier said, glancing at Wang Linlin beside Sun Hui, "There are Orientals like her, should we go over and have a look?" ”