Chapter 53: Fireworks
"Ahh
Trode rubbed his nose, obviously it wasn't too cold tonight, why did he sneeze suddenly
After Vincent joined them, they rounded the outpost that had become a frightened bird, and thanks to Vincent's accurate prediction of the movements of the three D1s, they met no resistance as they turned off their lights.
The Troods were barely able to stay on track in the darkness of the night with a compass map, and if the map was accurate enough, they could reach one of the enemy's supply stations in fifteen minutes, which was one of the main objectives of their operation.
Soon after, they saw a little light, and after continuing for a kilometer, Trode got out of the car to observe the situation outside, followed by Vincent and Hans.
Vincent first looked at the telescope and returned it to Trode without saying a word.
Trood took the binoculars and scanned the whole place, and as he looked at it, he said, "If you look at it this way, it's still possible to get in from the side." ”
After saying that, he also handed the telescope to Hans, who looked at it for the longest time. After he also carefully understood the situation, the three of them squatted together.
Hans picked up a pointed stone and sketched a rough map of the supply depot on the ground. He pointed to the doorway on the map and said, "Two anti-tank guns, the threat is not great, and it is okay to fight hard." I don't believe the French are that rich, but it wouldn't be easy if they planted mines on both sides. ”
Opinions were divided, and they both looked at Vincent at the same time, who was rubbing his chin and pinching our ideas.
After pondering for about five seconds, he spoke, "I agree with Hans that this supply station is not a threat to us. On the contrary, we have already alarmed the forward positions, and it should not be long before there will be a lot of patrolling tanks, and now our most precious thing is time. ”
He clicked on the sketch on the ground and said, "If we are fast enough, we can control the main entrance area, and then we will run away after killing their ammunition depot, and as for the weapons depot, we won't even think about it with our level of destruction." ”
Trode asked Vincent, "So which one do you think is the arsenal, and can you tell from the location on this map?" ”
"It's too easy." Hans interjected very confidently, he pointed to a side building and said: "First of all, this is a barracks, although you can't see the structure of the first floor, but some of the lights on the second floor are on, some of the lights are off, and it is completely dark, which proves that he is an independent single room, not a large warehouse structure." ”
He moved his finger to another building: "The remaining two houses can be used for ammunition, but the location of this building is too close to the barracks. If I guess it's going to be a bit crowded if you want to store heavy weapons in there and haul them in trucks, whether you're in or out. ”
"So this warehouse is an ammunition depot?" Trode looked at his position on the map and said, "This position is a little difficult to hit, but after a few rounds of HE bounces, it should be no problem." ”
After thorough discussion, they decided to break through to the main gate as quickly as possible, in order to suppress the entire position, and as for the destruction of the latter step, it was necessary to see the extent of the enemy before drawing conclusions.
They were still moving forward with their lights turned off, all the tanks lined up side by side, and at a distance of less than 300m in Trood, they were spotted by searchlights, and the moment they were spotted, they had already fired back.
The two small-caliber anti-tank guns could not stop their advance in the slightest, let alone the machine guns that were doing useless work. The suppression at the door was extremely easy, and it was time for the enemy's armored forces to come out, but after waiting for a long time, only two D2 medium tanks attacked them from a distance by taking cover.
Trood thought about the possibility of an ambush in his head, but he felt that it would be quite unwise to ambush in such a short period of time, and by the side of the arsenal, so he thought that the enemy only had a small number of troops.
"All charge! Go up and kill those two D2s! After Trood's order, Vincent's crew, who was the first to rush out, took the lead and attacked the two D2s straight, and they immediately followed. Probably frightened, the two D2 medium tanks immediately retracted, but how could the French tanks reverse at a speed comparable to their forward speed.
At two corners, Vincent and Leona's IV destroyed the two D2s, clearing them of their only threat, so that they could be even more brazen in their next operation.
After destroying the enemy's two tanks, Trood immediately ordered the next move: "All aim at the ammunition depot on the left, HE shells fire freely!" ”
A salvo can increase the amount of damage to a target, but in the face of such a brick house, it would be a complete waste if two shells hit a wall at the same time.
Just as Nattle had finished firing the third shell and was about to fire the next, the ammunition depot exploded from the middle section with a small flare that was different from the light caused by the HE they fired. All kinds of chaotic sounds were mixed together, and although most of these munitions were explosive gunpowder or propelled gunpowder components, which were not as gorgeous as ordinary fireworks in terms of ornamentation, an explosion of this magnitude was shocking.
Such an explosion is estimated to be visible from several kilometers away, so it is presumable that the troops who rushed to the aid will immediately surround this place. But the depot was far less defended than they expected, which led them to determine the intensity of their troops, which was the main purpose of their trip.
The flames of the explosion ignited the barracks on the side, and it didn't take long for the second floor of the barracks to become a sea of fire. Although the soldiers had already come out of the barracks to meet the enemy, so they were lucky enough to avoid this disaster, but their luck ended there, Trood's machine guns all opened a ferocious strafing pattern, and set up a tight net of fire, so that those enemies who dared to approach were immediately lying on the ground the moment they rushed out of cover.
Trood glanced down at his watch, calculated that there was enough time, and asked his team to destroy the arsenal as best they could, although it couldn't destroy all of them like the ammunition depot, but it still caused a lot of damage. He estimated that the time was up, gave the order to retreat, and just like that, after more than ten minutes of party, they disappeared into the night again