Chapter 356: Derek's Battle

"Derek, you left and I right, go up!"

"I've waited too long for this moment!"

The two squads separated again, which was for a more efficient fight against the enemy. Just now, Trode and the others broke through the enemy's squad used for the rear guard, and below should be the tail of the enemy's large army, that is, the most vulnerable part. Inadvertently, they actually caught the enemy's vital parts, which made Trode and Derek quite excited, and the two teams immediately divided into left and right sides, ready to flank the enemy. However, something happened that they were far from expecting......

When they broke out of the jungle, they saw far more enemy troops than expected. And Tryna is not to blame for this situation, because the German positions in the center of the battlefield are now being attacked from all sides, and these enemies are also coming from different directions, and the number of enemies on Trode's side is really not much different from Tryna's estimate.

For the two German armored squads that drilled out from behind, although the Soviet side had sent interception troops, the vast majority of the troops were still quite shocked because they did not learn the news. And Derek's side, I have to say that he was really lucky today, not far from the place where he rushed out, there was a field artillery position of the enemy.

Such a big bargain, it is definitely impossible not to eat it first, he mobilized the squad to march towards those Soviet field guns at full speed, this scene reminded him of the baptism of shells near Tripoli in North Africa at that time, and he suddenly remembered a song in his heart, although it was a little inappropriate, but it also contained a mockery of the Soviet people in front of him:

"Over the hills, over the valleys,

We march on dusty paths,

Artillery ammunition wagons rumbled by. ”

Even Derek himself didn't notice that he was opening up the conversation as he was humming, which made the rest of his crew hear it too. This song was not popular among the German army, but it was a song that Derek often hummed. Although it is sometimes said that it does not match his identity, over time, his team members will also know this song......

"Over the hills, over the valleys,

We march on dusty paths,

Artillery ammunition wagons rumbled by.

The road winds, and they chanted:

Reverse the march, turn to the right,

Artillery ammunition wagons rumbled by.

Hi! Hi! In the field artillery corps,

Shouting your numbers and shouting hello,

for wherever you go.

Without exception, you will always know,

Artillery ammunition wagons rumbled by. ”

By the end of the day, the radio used to communicate tactics had completely echoed the song Edmund. Brigadier I. Gruber composed in 1907 and composed by composer John Philippe Sousa in 1918 for the instrumental piece "The-Field-Artillery-Song".

A tank squad, singing the song of field artillery, rushed to the enemy's field artillery position, this scene is so absurd that it is unimaginable, but it is the truth. Although the Soviets sent interception squads, they were compared to the distance from the positions of the field artillery. Apparently to Derek them closer.

"The first two HEs of all, with machine gun fire, are quick to solve!" Compared to Trode's style of conducting, Derek is more aggressive and clean-cut. Because their goal has always been their former German glory "Orden-der-Brüder-vom-Deutschen-Haus-St. Mariens-in-Jerusalem" (German Knights of St. Mary's in Jerusalem), or Teutonic-Knights for short!

There is also a small plot of Derek in it, and when it comes to his own yearning, Derek usually starts with the full name of "Knights of St. Mary's Hospitaller of Germany in Jerusalem". As for the well-known title of "Teutonic Knight", he seems a little lukewarm. This was because he was both enthusiastic about them, but at the same time hated their later reforms in infantry tactics. Although equipped with armor such as tower shields. And the defense has even reached the level of the Macedonian gun phalanx, and it is far superior in attack, but in the final analysis, they have really become infantry, which makes Derek love and hate, so he generally mentions the full name that symbolizes its early stage.

Like a long, stiff knight's gun, the 75mm German-made gun easily pierced through the enemy's defensive belt in front of the artillery position. Then, as if they had truly returned to the Middle Ages, they slaughtered the enemy's scattered infantry and dealt deadly damage to the enemy's siege weapons. Although tanks are still very risky to fight infantry at this distance, after all, some individual weapons can pose a lethal threat to hard tanks under certain circumstances. But don't worry about it now, because these scattered infantry are mostly artillerymen, and they don't even have the most basic self-defense pistols, let alone special weapons that can compete with tanks.

Although the steel artillery had some defensive power against artillery fire, these German tankmen belonged to the 47th Division. After all, they are considered elites, and they have their own method of destroying artillery in close combat - it is the easiest and fastest way to go around to the front or rear of the artillery and shoot directly at the connection between the barrel and the cannon body.

Perhaps completely enraged by Derek's quick and effective actions, the enemy's artillery commander actually ordered the artillerymen, after obtaining anti-tank weapons, to use the wreckage of the field guns as cover and pounce on Derek from all sides.

Of course, how ridiculous this operation is, there really doesn't need to be carefully studied, the only part of the wreckage of the field gun that can be used as cover is the baffle, but most of them have been beaten to tatters by Derek's fire, and it is really difficult to use it to completely defend against the dense machine gun fire of the tank. In this way, most of the artillerymen who had just escaped because the 470 squad had focused on the field guns once again and voluntarily returned to the range of tank fire, and they were greeted only by destruction...... (To be continued.) )