Chapter 44: The French Guerrillas
The next morning, I got out of bed and rubbed my hair, which had been a mess of the night. I went outside after putting on my shirt roughly, and when I brushed my teeth in the mirror, I noticed that there was more black under my eyes, I spit out the toothpaste, and dragged the water with my hands to wash my face fiercely, but this could not make some of the black disappear half a point.
"There's a mission today, Trowde, cheer up, what's the matter with your can't wake up, hurry up and show your fighting spirit!" I kept saying these words to myself, and the strong psychological suggestion made me feel a little more energetic.
"But I'm still sleepy."
I led all my commanders to inquire about today's mission, and there would have been no need for such a big battle. But in my current state, if there is a complicated task, it is very possible to miss some of it, or even forget some of it.
In this way, we gathered in a circle and listened to the local supreme commander to assign tasks.
He was also a little surprised to see so many of us coming, but he clapped his hands as if he realized something, and said to us, "You don't have to make such a fuss, this task is not too difficult. ”
He clearly misunderstood the true meaning of our collective action, but it was good to let him be so wrong, and it was a lucky thing to be able to save face in such a situation.
I saw that he was still standing like this, and he didn't explain the exact location to us with a map as usual. Even if it's defense, such a big city, is it just to show us one direction? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but ask him: "So where is our combat position this time?" There are no maps here, and although I've spent some days in your field hospital, I still don't know the terrain. ”
He let out an "ah", then shook his hand again and again and said to us: "You really don't need a map this time, you just have to be responsible for guarding the plant and waiting for the rabbits, they will fight by themselves, but they are all small attacks, and they have been like this for the past few days." ”
Alicia cupped her chin with her right index finger and said, "In other words, is this a defensive battle?" ”
"No, it's good to leave the defense to my people, and you are only responsible for pursuit." I wouldn't have been able to accept his way of asking and replying to each other in normal times, but now that my head is running at a plummeting speed, I can put up with it.
Alicia continued to ask him, "What is the configuration of the target that we need to pursue, there are French troops nearby, and they can't come up with anything to disturb." ”
He finally said the most important part: "It is the French tank force, the number is not very large, but due to the limited anti-tank equipment of our superiors, the 88 guns that the superiors said to be transferred have not been in place, and every time they attack, we almost have to transfer the anti-tank guns, and a few times we almost let them succeed.
"Is there a mistake, French armored guerrillas?" Hans shouted directly in fear that the people around him would not hear him.
Alicia asked a sharp question in a low voice, "Is the guerrilla formation still those D1s, D2s, B1s or something?" ”
He was a little embarrassed and said: "That's right, that's right, it's those cars, in addition to some Soma and other tanks, the number is not very certain." ”
"Ah???h A group of us stared at each other, and the meaning was self-evident.
"Whew~" I gave a big hache.
Yorkson glanced back at me and said, "You kid didn't sleep well yesterday?" I remember you were like that last time, and it seemed like even Hatcher lasted the same number of seconds. ”
"Didn't sleep well? Hehe. After listening to what he said, I smiled bitterly twice: "Yesterday almost became a nightmare in some way." ”
"Nightmare? It's a spring dream. Roy laughed at me: "I heard that after the new captain arrived yesterday, he kept looking for you without resting, and in the end, that guy Hans didn't say anything when he ran back, who knows what happened to you two." ”
"Then you're thinking too much." Thinking back to yesterday's situation, my head still hurts, and in the end, something like that happened, I am afraid that I will be court-martialed. But, what's going on with that feeling, I didn't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time last night, so I lost sleep all night. Forget it, it's useless to think about that now, let's quickly think about the next battle plan.
As he drove the car, Yorkson said to himself: "I think that with the speed of those bulky French tanks, if they can fight guerrillas, our tanks can penetrate the entire western desert at will." ”
Seeing him like this, I couldn't help but pour cold water on him: "Whew~ You better stop, if you can't penetrate those iron shells later, we have to rely on you to go around." ”
Unexpectedly, there was a brainless hammer next to me who hammered me, and then patted the barrel of the cannon and said to me: "With our KwK40L/43 times the main gun, it is no problem to hit those French chickens." ”
Stein also followed Natle and said: "Trode, I think it's about the same, the average AP shell, as long as the angle of incidence is not particularly biased, should be fine." However, there is still a little problem with the penetration depth of those two assault guns, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to penetrate them. ”
Hearing this, the corners of my mouth raised, I had already thought about this, and said vigorously to them word by word: "Wear deep and low?" That's for me, too! Just spray the head of that Gallic chicken with HE and show me what they can do to fight back! ”
Roy also began to analyze the battlefield situation: "Now that we have expanded to 7 vehicles, I think the average sneak attack force is at our level at most. ”
"I don't think so." Yorkson immediately disagreed: "It is not impossible that these French can fight guerrillas in such slow cars." ”
"Haha, haha!" We all laughed out loud. At this point, my sleepiness subsided somewhat.
"The French are here again, east of the city!" The herald ran towards me as he shouted at us out of breath.
As soon as I was notified, I had already given the order: "Here we are!" The whole team went out of the city from the southeast, aiming at the flanks of the French partisans, and the speed was to be fast. ”