"Retreat! Brothers, retreat! ”

In the ruined ruins, Lynn shouted to the soldiers beside him, not all of which belonged directly to his command, but his calmness, his composure and even his loud voice seemed to be a guide for these German soldiers to trust. At the moment of the strong enemy, from time to time there were shells whistling and falling, and the sound and even the light of the explosion were shocking, but they did not flee backwards in a swarm, but retreated alternately in an orderly manner, covering each other, especially the night soldiers who carried the square battery box, of course, shouldered the dangerous burden of breaking off.

The order in the predicament should be a sincere comfort for any commander, but for a long time, Lynn's most shouted "retreat" and "retreat" is probably "retreat". The same commander, who does not want to shout "attack", "forward" with high spirits?

With the movement of the infantry, the two "King Tiger" heavy tanks, which were as immobile as steel batteries under enemy fire, also reversed and retreated, and in the particularly noisy roar, the heavy steel tracks clanged, the bricks and gravel on the body also slid down, and the smoke and dust sprayed from the air vents made the scene look quite imposing. In order not to be killed by their opponents during the retreat, the German tankers kept the hull and turret as far forward as possible after the retreat from the ruins, and so they retreated for about twenty meters, and they fell into the dilapidated alley between the two main streets. The side-by-side battle column became a column in front of the other, but instead of a completely straight column, one in front was close to the left side of the alley and the other in the back was close to the right, and no matter which direction the enemy combat vehicles appeared, at least one could be sheltered by the terrain.

Following the "Tiger King" behind the palace, Lynn not only had to pay attention to the movement of the ruins in front of him, but also paid attention to the condition of the soldiers from time to time, but slightly ignored his feet, and the situation of mixing garlic occurred frequently. This alley can usually accommodate two cars to pass head-on, but thanks to the heavy bombardment of the Allied forces, the rubble and debris basically fill the steps between the sidewalk and the roadway, thus widening the traffic space of the street in disguise. There are still many three- and four-story buildings on both sides of the alley, which at first glance look baroque, but these buildings are all scorched black and bleak in color, and the window glass is not left, except for some high-temperature resistant metal window frames, the rest of the door openings and windows are only left with large holes of various shapes, and at night, it seems that all kinds of ghosts open their mouths to devour anyone who walks through the streets.

After the Germans retreated, the Soviet artillery fire did not last long to ravage the empty ruins, they obviously noticed the "disappearance" of the German blocking fire, and Lynn soon saw some cautious and agile figures in the infrared telescope sights - although they were beyond the effective range of the infrared night vision devices, the light provided by the criss-crossing artillery fire and the flares that pierced the night sky from a distance was sufficient for non-precise observation. As Lynn expected, not long after, a scream of "Boom" struck a building on the right side of the alley, and the light from the explosion instantly illuminated the figures of some German soldiers, and huge cement and stone blocks fell down with it, as if the area was being hit by the most violent earthquake.

"Stay out of the way!" Someone shouted in German to remind his companion that fortunately no soldiers were passing by - but not everyone had the life to survive this dangerous battlefield to the end, and in the short, sharp "boom" cry, powerful shells followed, and more buildings crumbled and shattered in this means of destruction that was more violent than an earthquake, and the large and small cement blocks and the polished natural stone used by the builders made the street seem to be hit by hail, and those who were hit were either painful or seriously injured. Some were even knocked unconscious. In this case, the sturdy bodies of the two Tiger Kings became the only shelter that the soldiers could rely on, but in the process of reversing, the tank driver without the guidance of the rearview mirror could not observe the situation behind him, and in an extremely harsh sound of metal twisting, the one on the left ran over an abandoned garbage truck, and then crashed into a fire hydrant that had no water pressure. And that's not all, when the enemy fired a high-explosive bomb before the car fell, the driver probably made a mistake because of nervousness, which caused the tank to deflect to the right in the process of continuing to retreat, and the butt crashed into the outer wall of the building, and the seemingly tall and thick wall was like a rotten dead tree trunk, and it fell down with one hit. The large pieces of cement that fell one after another smashed on the turret and the upper part of the "King Tiger" car, making people sweat. You must know that once this big thing with a complex power system is turned off, it is difficult for even experienced drivers to start it in a short time.

"Hey, Love, come to me!"

Seeing that his grizzled companion was almost plotted by his own "Tiger King", Lynn yelled loudly in a hurry.

Brück did not deliberately disappear at the critical moment, but was almost buried alive by the dust and debris kicked up by the Soviet artillery fire, and his right leg was also smashed by a cement block, and he was still limping when he walked.

After crashing through the wall, the back half of the King Tiger tank was inserted into the building, and it immediately stopped, and after a strange rumbling sound, it suddenly moved forward. Compared with driving an ordinary car, it is indeed much more laborious to control this sixty or seventy-ton behemoth. I saw it return to the alley, slowly moving and turning clockwise with difficulty, and then re-hooked back into reverse gear, driving a few meters, and the driver realized that the position was still not correct enough, so he had to turn a few degrees clockwise, so that he could smoothly retreat along the alley without changing direction.

Such a troublesome toss, Lynn was a little worried when he saw it, but this "Tiger King" except for some bricks and stones behind it, completely reversed along the road as smoothly as if nothing had happened, but another "Tiger King" who followed the rules inexplicably turned off the engine after two minutes. Listening to the rumbling sound, almost everyone thought that it would restart in the next second, but as time passed, the big guy seemed to have made up his mind to sleep here, and refused to leave even if the driver got out of the car and tossed.

"It's damning!"

He picked up his assault rifle and saw two or three blurry big black shadows appear in the ruins of the T-34 combat squad that they had previously blocked in the infrared telescope, and as for the number of Soviet soldiers who were difficult to accurately estimate, it seems that the first person to carry out combat reconnaissance has entered this street and alley -- they may have found this "Tiger King" parked in place. And there is absolutely no way to prevent them from reporting to the Soviet heavy tanks and even artillery units behind.

In the face of such unexpected situations that may arise at any time on the battlefield, every second of hesitation can lead to the tactical initiative changing hands. Do you want to give up your precious heavy equipment and street fighting weapons like this?

This is a question that Lynn can't decide, and he watches with great confusion as another "naughty but healthy" Tiger King retreats to the corner of the alley, calmly hiding his ass and most of his body between two collapsed buildings, which are literally the city's tailor-made battle bunkers for him!

With the battle range of the Tiger King, covering his companions is easy to capture. At this time, more than 20 German soldiers, including Lynn's men, had already retreated to the vicinity, plus those small teams and individuals who fought freely, and there were also forty or fifty people who could cooperate with the two "Tiger Kings" to block the Soviet army. Lynn is determined to fight.

"Everyone occupy the nearest firing position, listen to the sound of artillery and then fire!"

After indiscriminately issuing combat orders, Lynn named his subordinate soldiers separately, asked Tanze to bring a sniper rifle to find a remote and hidden position, not to shoot people but to spotlight them, and asked Techmel to find a submachine gun to provide him with melee cover; Brück, Brewer, and Noah, who wields an anti-tank bazooka, follow closely with his makeshift loader. Next, he walked straight through the streets, quickly and stealthily through the buildings on the right, and led this small group of elite fighters to the diagonal opposite the flame-out "Tiger King", and lurked and waited.

(To be continued)