Otto? Kali Woods was cleaning his battle position when the gunner suddenly jumped in and said to Otto and the driver who was reading a book in the driver's seat: "I heard that Army Group A in the center is beginning to retreat. ”

"Don't talk nonsense." The driver said in a disapproving tone, "Army Group A is all veterans transferred from the Western Front, and it is not the same as the troops composed of us guys who have just come out of the supplementary battalion. ”

"Really, I listened to the company commanders. Saying that what is it that has given up the first line and shrunk the line of defense or something, although it seems complicated to say, isn't this just a retreat? ”

"It's two different things......"

"What's the matter, retreating is retreating, I'm not mistaken......" the gunner interrupted the pilot's slow words.

At this time, Otto couldn't help but interject: "There is no contradiction between the words of the two of you, I think the troops did retreat, so Kosher (gunner) is right, and Link (driver) means that Army Group A is still continuing to fight the Russians, which is also true, because the retreat is to get a better defensive position." ”

Kosher looked at Otto and pouted disapprugingly: "Where did you hear this from?" ”

"I didn't listen, I just came out to play a round. However, Mr. Lin Youde likes to play with retreat as advance, and tactical retreat in exchange for better defensive conditions occupies a very large proportion of his defense doctrine. My dad always told me that Mr. Lin was different from those who thought that only by attacking could he win, and that he preferred ......"

"Oh yes, it's dad again." Kosher stretched out his hand and poked Otto's cheeks, "Can you not leave Daddy without saying a word, come, I'll see if your beard grows." ”

"Don't poke me in the face."

"Oh, the little man is upset, hahahaha."

The gunner poked Otto a few more times, then muttered "It's suffocating here", and then climbed out of the tank.

After the gunner left, the driver, Link, said: "He has no ill will. It's just that he's rude, and he always doesn't know how to take a sense of proportion. ”

"I know." When Otto first arrived, Kosher taught him a lot about the vehicle, and he took care of him when he was not used to the off-road maneuvering of the vehicle. Overall, Kosher is a good guy, but not very likable.

Otto continued to wash his position, wiping his position with a rag soaked in hot water.

Suddenly, Otto heard the radio go off. However, he could only hear the sound of speech coming from the headset hanging on the inside of the commander's tower, but he couldn't hear what the guy over there was saying.

Otto glanced at the driver, then stood up and picked up the headphones. As soon as he put the headphones on his ears, he heard a rapid call from the headphones: "Judy Judy, this is the watchman." ”

Mutual Aid is the universal call sign for direct contact between the reconnaissance aircraft unit and the ground forces, and Judy is the call sign of Otto's armored brigade.

Otto subconsciously wanted to answer, but an unfamiliar voice came over the radio: "This is Judy, please speak." ”

"I see a convoy of tanks moving in your direction, probably Russian, over."

"Got it." The voice in response sounded quite calm, but Otto, who was listening, was already nervous for a moment.

Link looked at Otto curiously: "What's the matter, his face suddenly became stern." ”

"Enemy tank units are moving towards us......"

As soon as Otto finished speaking, he heard the sound of someone climbing the chariot, he hurriedly took off his headset and slid back to his position, just as Kosher jumped into the chariot, followed by the sergeant and the front-seat machine gunner.

"The enemy is coming to our side." The sergeant's voice was very stern, "The order from the brigade headquarters has not yet come down, but the company headquarters has already heard the conversation between the brigade headquarters and the reconnaissance aircraft. It's estimated that the fight is going to start. ”

"It's not easy, it's been a few days, and it's finally time for a fight." Kosher looked excited, "I'm tired of hitting the target, I wish I could have some real guys." ”

"When the time comes, don't be scared and cry when you see the Russian tank. Otto, check the ammunition. ”

Otto had been waiting for this password for a long time, so he immediately reported loudly: "Armor-piercing shells 31, grenades 33, smoke bombs 4!" ”

"The host is good!" Without waiting for the sergeant to ask a question, Link reported loudly, "The oil pressure is normal, it can be started." ”

"Start the host."

Link pressed the ignition button, and the chariot's heart let out a roar, followed by a pleasant tremor down Otto's ass.

"The cylinder temperature rises normally!" Link went on to report, "The revs are normal. ”

"Good, standby." The sergeant paused, then spoke into the microphone, "Ishmael, Roger." ”

Otto could guess that the company commander was just doing a company-wide radio confirmation, which was to ensure that the radios of every vehicle in the company were working properly. Ishmael is estimated to be the new radio call sign assigned to Otto's vehicle.

Otto took a deep breath and waited for the company's radio confirmation to give the order to attack.

It was a long time, and when Otto's patience was almost exhausted, he heard the sergeant say from the inside, "Go to Link, follow the company commander's car." We are the second car, forward! ”

The chariot immediately moved, and the familiar shaking made Otto feel a little relieved.

"Don't be so nervous," the sergeant's voice continued through the guò line, "there is still time to get to the battlefield, and it doesn't necessarily lead us to run into the enemy, maybe the other troops will destroy the enemy before we see the enemy." ”

"That's terrible." Kosher seems to think so sincerely.

However, Kosher's worries were unfounded.

Only twenty minutes later, they met the Russian tank on a narrow road.

**

"Armor-piercing bullets!" Kosher shouted.

By this time, Otto had already drawn the armor-piercing round from the ammunition rack and turned around. As soon as the brass shells were withdrawn from the chamber, Otto was ready to reload the second round.

Otto patted Kosher on the waist when he was reloaded—it was too noisy to be heard, and physical contact worked at all times.

At the same time that Otto turned to pick up the shell again, the cannon fired, and the sound of the cannon almost penetrated Otto's headphones, and the shells that had withdrawn from the barrel fell directly on the floor of the fighting compartment, making a crisp sound.

Otto slipped the new shell into the still smoking chamber, and after making sure the chamber was locked, he patted Kosher on the waist again.

At this time, the sergeant's voice came from the headset: "Change the target, the tank we hit has not moved for a long time." ”

Otto looked up, and the sergeant was poking his head out of the hatch of the commander's conning tower, observing the battle with a telescope.

"The turret turns 27 degrees to the left, and a Russian tank is firing."

"I see it." Kosher's eyes were glued to the periscope for the gun commander, "It's indeed firing." ”

Then Kosher left the periscope and pressed his right eye to the gunner's scope, and as he alouded his estimate of the number of shots he had made, he quickly shook the turntable that adjusted the elevation angle of the gun.

"Come on baby, it's a fixed target, watch my first hit."

After stopping, Kosher cursed and pressed the launch button.

Otto felt the tremors visibly, and he clutched the cannonball in his hand, for fear that it would fly out of his hand due to the tremor of the car. At the same time as the shell was withdrawn from the chamber, the sergeant's voice came from the earphones: "Good, I see smoke and dust from the side of it, but I don't know if it's a vibrator or a breakdown." ”

"Then do it again!" By the time Kosher finished speaking, Otto had finished reloading.

"We only have 15 armor-piercing rounds left." He reported that while the gadget against his throat could send his words into the internal comms, he still raised his voice to the highest level.

Kosher fired again, and only after shooting did he respond loudly: "What the hell, damn it, we should bring a little more armor-piercing shells!" ”

"Supporting infantry operations is also an important task for us, and most of the time we are supporting infantry." The sergeant's voice sounded calm, "Don't worry, the remaining fifteen rounds of this encounter should be enough...... Damn it! ”

The sergeant's abrupt curse made Otto look up strangely, and he saw the sergeant pick up the radio microphone, put it to his lips and shout, "Maria! That enemy tank on your side is turning the turret! It's alive again! ”

Maria was the call sign for the company commander's car, and Otto's brigade was particularly fond of using female names as call signs.

Otto's heart rose to his throat, and he was the only one in the whole car who couldn't see the outside during the battle, and he could only rely on his imagination to construct the appearance of the battlefield-

The sergeant shouted: "Gunner, turn the turret right, let's give that guy a shot!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Kosher stepped forward on the pedal under his feet - Otto also learned to operate the turret, pressing the pedal forward would make the turret rotate clockwise, and pressing backward would rotate counterclockwise, and the harder he pedaled, the faster the speed, it would take 60 minutes to make a circle when he pedaled lightly, and it only took 42 seconds to complete a 360-degree rotation when he pressed hard.

This time, Kosher stepped straight to the bottom, and the turret spun rapidly. Then he jerked the pedal and stepped back slightly, moving the turret back a little.

Then Kosher began to turn the pitching disc -

"Damn," the sergeant's curse came from the headphones, "the enemy has opened fire!" Maria! Back! Maria! ”

"I'm aiming for that enemy!"

"Fire!"

Kosher pressed the button, and then he burst out laughing: "Hahahaha, the turrets are blown up!" ”

"But the captain's car is also on fire." The sergeant's voice was very stern, and he said to the radiophone, "This is Ishmael, the company commander is hanging, repeating, the company commander is hanging." ”

Otto's mood was a little complicated, and after finishing loading, he patted Kosher on the waist, then held the new shell in his arms, and got ready, before looking up at the sergeant. The sergeant held a telescope in one hand and a microphone in the other, and his expression was very stern.

After a moment the sergeant said, "Okay, a platoon of attention, now I'm the head, follow me." ”

Generally, the first platoon is directly led by the company commander, and the second platoon belongs to the deputy company commander, and now the company commander is hanging, and the deputy company commander takes over the command, and the first platoon belongs to the second car in the platoon.

"Link, let's go! We got close and beat them, and killed these mothers. ”