The atmosphere in the carriage was solemn and depressing, and moving forward could mean death, and no one wanted to talk more.

After about five minutes or so, Corporal Ziegler stopped and reported to Hewitt, "There's a situation ahead!" ”

Hewitt leaned out of the car and looked forward with an infrared telescope: the wreckage of a wrecked German tank crossed the road bridge in front of him, blocking the passage of a Russian siege convoy. Dozens of tons of metal scrap metal to move or knock it out of the way seems unlikely. The Russian commander concentrated three anti-tank and two "SS6" tanks at the bridgehead to fire a salvo. Because of the cover of night, the Russians did not detect the approach of the German army.

The Germans had only one tank, and the enemy's strength was several times greater than his, and besides, there was no way for this enemy to get around, and he had to fight his way...... Sitting back in the car, Hewitt gathered his thoughts, and he knew that everyone had to be clear about their battle ideas.

Hewitt spoke: "Everyone, pay attention, the front may be a forward force of the Russians attacking the city...... There is no choice, we must destroy them! ”

It was still quiet in the carriage, but in the eyes of the soldiers, Hewitt could not see flinch and fear, only fortitude and unyielding, and Poposky's words may represent the hearts of the crew members: "Sir, give the order, how to fight?" ”

"I ask for the first grenade to be used, to kill and wound those anti-tank gunners; The second, the third, with armor-piercing shells, targeted: two 'SS6' tanks. The action must be fast! Permit! Vicious! ．．．．．． Then, with lightning speed, we rushed over and knocked over or crushed those anti-tank guns...... What's the problem? ”

The post of "Captain of the 1st SS Commando Brigade" was not earned by bragging. Hewitt's professional explanation won the respect of the soldiers, and the crew members replied neatly: "No problem, sir!" ”

Everyone is a veteran. The price of losing Zhilu Road is that his car is destroyed and people die.

While speaking, there was a loud "boom", and the wreckage of the German tank on the bridge had been blown apart and wiped out. "Oh~~~~ Ulla!" The Russians are cheering that the road is dredged.

"Prepare for battle!"

The German gunners calmly adjusted the elevation angle of the muzzles, and only firing the first shot did not fire the first shot until the figure of the Russians behind the three anti-tank guns placed side by side was precisely locked into the sight.

Probably because the distance was too close, "bang-" the muzzle of the gun flashed. The grenade has already blossomed in the enemy crowd and blown up!

"Armor-piercing shells! Rapid-fire! Sergeant Popolsky commanded.

The steaming shells fell out with smoke with a "clang", and the German shooters were quickly reloading......

The fire from the muzzle of the gun revealed the position of the Germans. The next thing is to compete with who moves faster, and whoever fires first will have a chance to live, and both Russian "SS6s" are rotating their turrets.

The tank shook again, and the Germans seized the opportunity to fire a second armor-piercing projectile. The turret of one "SS6" was overturned.

"Rush up! Rush over! Poposky didn't finish speaking. The body retreated for a moment, and then roared and rushed up, this car group has been working together for a long time, and the cooperation is very tacit.

There was a flash of fire in front, and the shells fired by the "SS6" tank fell right behind the Germans. And the German loaders and gunners have already completed the procedure for the next launch, stopping, firing, and the action is done in one go. The rest of the "SS6" was lifeless and bombed into a pile of scrap metal!

"Forward!" Hewitt said that now was not the time to celebrate.

The tank must have been in top gear and rushed forward at high speed from the anti-tank gun position. The Russians, who were startled by the sudden blow, had just returned to their gun positions and had to flee in all directions again, and those who were slow or unresponsive died tragically under the tracks of the Germans.

With a bang, the hard body of the "Leopard VII" knocked over two anti-tank guns, and the other damaged anti-tank gun was ruthlessly crushed! But there was an anti-tank gun that was overturned on its side, with a long barrel that was delaying the advance of the "Leopard VII."

"Anti-tank bazooka!!" The driver, Corporal Ziegler, was sharp-eyed, he screamed in horror and began to scramble to reverse. Apparently Russian infantry came up with anti-tank bazookas.

"Machine guns! Machine gun fire! ”

"Da Da Da

Because the Russian infantry was in the dead end of machine-gun fire, strafing was useless. Hewitt said to Sergeant Poposky: "You, get out of the road! Take out the Russian infantry with machine guns! ”

"But......" Poporsky hesitated.

"Execute the order! If you don't take out the enemy's demolition team, you will definitely be ruined! ”

Popolsky no longer hesitated, and "sneered" to push away the turret and poke out of the car with a light machine gun, and heard a "da-da-da" point shot, the enemy was not dead, Sergeant Poposky died first!

Hewitt saw four or five enemies carrying anti-tank bazookas.

"Light machine guns again! The enemy's demolition team must be killed!! ”

The mechanic and mechanic wanted to go up with another MG machine gun, but the corpse of the commander who died just now blocked the turret, and the machine gun in his hand must have been stuck horizontally outside the turret, and the corpse could not be dragged in.

"Push the corpse out of the way!" Hewitt commanded.

The mechanics pushed the corpse of the sacrificial commander out of the car, and after emptying the turret, Hewitt himself poked out of the car with a machine gun.

"Da Da" There was another burst of gunfire, and the Russians around the tank had been knocked out by the machine guns.

Hewitt heard the sound and saw that it was Sergeant Hesky who was in the repair car behind him. Hewitt gave Hesky a thumbs up.

"Da Da Da, Da ......" A rain of bullets swept over, and the tank's armor rattled. Hewitt flattened his machine gun and fired a long burst at the fire snake spray, and the enemy's fire came to an abrupt halt.

After retreating a certain distance, the tank lunged forward, and the wreckage of the anti-tank gun that had blocked the tank's movement was finally knocked away and overturned into the river.

In the darkness, there is no reality. And the lack of heavy weapons, the Russians did not dare to come closer.

"Keep going!"

Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, the Germans avoided the enemy and went straight to Settlement A, where the Black Jazz Platoon was sheltering.

"It's here!" Corporal Ziegler had been to this small settlement. "The black one up ahead,...... Is it a section of low earth wall in a settlement? ．．．．．．”

"What a pathetic! The war destroyed everything! The electromechanical officer sighed.

"Rush over!" Everyone was thrilled to make it!

Ziegler was in full gear and increased his horsepower, the tanks raced past like wild horses out of the country, and Hesky's repair car was speeding behind the German army, and Hewitt felt that the German army was as wild as the cowboy in the American West movie.

"Oh my God! What kind of low earth wall is that? Rather, a Russian armored vehicle hidden behind the sand! ”

It was too late to brake, and the two cars collided, and Hewitt was shaken to the point of Venus. All the organs and lungs were displaced, and the hapless Russian armored car was knocked over like an empty cardboard box, rolled over a few times, and then overturned. I didn't see anyone come out. Further on, the Germans finally saw the low earthen wall in Corporal Ziegler's impression, but the wall had been destroyed by artillery fire to the point that only a trace remained!

"Da-da-da, da-da-da......" Another Russian opened fire on the Germans. But only a few submachine guns. The German tank machine guns knocked down all the Russians who did not know whether they were alive or dead.

The Germans stormed small settlements. "Sir, I see our tanks!" Sergeant Hesky reports to Hewitt. Following his fingers, through the faint light of the fire in the distance, he could faintly see the wounded tank parked in the rubble.

"Sergeant Hesky, can you go and see if those tanks can be repaired? We must return while it is dark. At dawn the Russians will blow us to smithereens. ”

Sergeant Hesky climbed onto the nearest King Tiger and exclaimed in surprise, "Huh~~~~ where are the people?" ”

It was only then that Hewitt noticed the deathly silence of the entire population, with the occasional stray bullet or two flying by. Not a single one.

"Sir, these tanks seem to have been abandoned!"

The sound of a bolt pulling rang out from the surrounding pile of rubble. "Hands up! You're surrounded! ”

Hearing the familiar German, Hewitt happily replied loudly, "Don't shoot!" Is Captain Keller the end? I'm the battalion commander! ”

"Ahh It's the battalion commander! Come out, brethren! Squadron Leader Keller Mo of the First Class Commando exclaimed in surprise, "As I said, the battalion commander will not give up on us. ”

The fighters of the Black Jazz platoon ran out of the lurking rubble, everyone happily hugged each other, and the Germans finally met up in the small settlement. Not in the mood to celebrate, Hewitt asked the crew to divide some of the food, ammunition and petrol among the Black Jazz platoon's tanks.

"We don't have much time! Sergeant Hesky, repair the tank immediately, we're going to be back in an hour! "The repair car came in handy this time, but after some hard work, Sergeant Hesky reported to Hewitt that at least 2 tank kings were impossible to repair in a short time, and Hewitt had to reluctantly make the decision to blow them up when he was evacuated.

When the platoon commander of the "Black Jazz" saw Hewitt, the 25-year-old man was in tears, and the battle was so fierce, that Hewitt realized that the tank that was destroyed on the bridge was his tank. The real name of the platoon commander of "Black Jazz" is Karl. Rank 2nd Class Commando Squadron Leader. Only 12 soldiers survived the "Black Jazz" platoon, and half of them, including the deputy platoon commander, the leader of the 1st class commando team of Carmen, had been wounded.

Suddenly, five red flares flew into the air, and the Russians' night bomber swarmed down on the indomitable city of Robinster, and the city was drowning in flames and smoke as the landslide cracked in heavy artillery. Speeding brigades of Russian armored tank units and assault infantry armed with various weapons passed by the small settlement, and rushed towards Robinsterl without hesitation. This should be the 3rd Army of Lieutenant General Loborodov of the 43rd Army of Russia.

Despite repeated artillery demining, the Russians were never able to accurately determine the extent of the minefield due to the interference of the German sniper units guarding the minefield, so the effect of the shelling was not ideal. Soon the Germans could hear the sound of explosions in the minefield. I don't know if the Russian sappers are clearing mines or if the Russians are stepping on mines, but with such a large-scale group charge, it is probably unrealistic in terms of technique and time to calmly clear mines. Lieutenant General Loborodov's assault in such a way as to disregard losses seems to be determined to win. Want to get Robinsterer in one night.

Hewitt made contact with the battalion commander in the city via radio, and unfortunately ten minutes earlier, the deputy battalion commander, Captain Bartels, had been killed by Russian fire. He was succeeded by Captain Law, the Director of Discipline. Hewitt knew that Captain Dows was only a political officer with no actual combat experience, and Hewitt asked Rouse to tell the 1st Motorized Rifle Company not to give up an inch of land, and to rely on strong fortifications to resolutely resist the enemy's attack. The Germans were to organize troops outside the city to join forces with the 1st Company and attack from behind the enemy, flanking them from the front and rear. Disrupted the enemy's offensive deployment.

In view of the fact that the appearance of the tank was relatively easy to identify, the Germans used the necessary camouflage of the tank. Hewitt explained the operations and precautions to the commanders.

In view of the enemy's outnumbered Hewitt and night fighting, some of the tanks' communication equipment was damaged. Therefore, it is of course best to be able to maintain formation during the battle, and in case of being scattered or losing contact, each car just needs to keep a good direction and rush back to Robinsterle to reassemble.

The small but very capable German convoy was ready to go, and Hewitt looked at the time. It's 3:32 a.m. Can't delay any longer! The Germans had to act immediately. “

Sortie! Three Destroyer 3 and Hewitt's Leopard VII drove out of Settlement A and followed the assaulting Russians towards the minefield, and two irreparable Destroyer 3 vehicles were blown up at the same time.

The "Destroyer 3" is too slow! Shortly after the departure, in the darkness and confusion, Hewitt soon lost contact with the chariots of the Captain of the First Commando Squadron of the Keller Finale, the Captain of the Second Commando Team of Black Jazz, and the Captain of Carmen's Squad, and had to fight separately, but believed that the goal of the German army should be the same: to attack and advance! Return!

In the dark, the Germans were getting closer and closer to the Russians, and they could already clearly hear the roar of the Russian V62 tank motor. Soon, rows of armored vehicles and tanks appeared in front of the eyes of the Germans. Russian infantry ran through the undulating wilderness

There was even a Russian soldier who stupidly ran up to Hewitt's tank and made a "V" gesture, shouting excitedly in Russian.

The only thing stopping the Russians from advancing was the explosion of mines. In the distance, Robinstere City seemed to have no living creatures left under the bombardment of artillery and planes.

The German gunner, who had framed a tank with a garbled slogan written in paint on its body, had repeatedly whispered to Hewitt about the timing of the fire. Hewitt was silent, as Hewitt preferred to fire at the same time as the 1st Company had fired after passing through the minefield.

But after less than half an hour of walking in the minefield, someone finally couldn't help but fire the first shot, and an armored vehicle full of Russian infantry was blown to pieces, and the corpse was thrown high. Hewitt's gunners also couldn't wait to fire armor-piercing shells, and the Stalin in front of them instantly burst into flames and was burned into a large fireball.

Under the light of the fire, the "Leopard VII" tank was exposed, and all kinds of bullets were fired at the Germans, who also fired machine guns in all directions. The only thing that allowed the Germans to survive was the hard armor and excellent speed of the "Leopard VII."

"Sail into the darkness! Don't be in love! ”

The "Leopard VII" was inserted diagonally into the darkness to keep away from the fire, and the Russian infantry were so startled by the German desperate rush that they scattered and took refuge.

At the very moment when the agile "Leopard VII" almost hid in the darkness, an armor-piercing projectile "bang" hit the German tank from the side rear. The tank was in darkness due to a short circuit circuit, the billowing smoke was unbearable, and the temperature of the tank was rising.

"Abandon the car! Abandon the car! Hewitt decisively ordered Hewitt's crew. In a panic, Hewitt also wanted to grab the light machine gun next to him, but he only caught a piece of cloth or something, commanding the map? There was not much to care about, the tank would explode at any moment, Hewitt quickly climbed out of the car, jumped out of the tank, and rolled on the spot.

With a loud "boom", Hewitt's lovely "Leopard VII" vehicle was blown into a mess of metal shards due to ammunition explosion in a moment, and the only thing to be thankful for was that Hewitt's crew only had an electromechanical crew that did not escape from the metal grave.

"What?" Only then did Hewitt notice that what he was holding was a Nazi flag, not a map at all! It's really laughable.

Someone threw Hewitt to the ground from behind, and he was helping Hewitt put out the fire on his clothes. Hewitt turned around and saw that it was the damned gunner who didn't fire ahead of time as ordered. Hewitt grinded his teeth with hatred, and he hated to pull out his pistol and kill him on the spot. But looking at his innocent expression, especially the Iron Cross of the Second Class hanging on his chest, Hewitt's anger was half extinguished, and he hatefully took the party flag into his arms and asked him: "You...... What is your name? ”

"Corporal Steiner, Chief, Chief......"

"How did you get your medal?" Hewitt asked angrily.

"My crew destroyed twelve enemy tanks......"

"Twelve?" Hewitt nodded, thinking to himself, you didn't fucking do well tonight, almost a shell destroyed a tank, no wonder Captain Rouse would arrange for you to be his own gunner.

"It's just, you just fired rashly, you just fucking like a novice!"

"There are too many enemies, too close, and I'm afraid that if they find out first, we may not have a chance to fire......"

Corporal Ziegler approached with a submachine gun that he had picked up from nowhere, "Sir, what are we going to do?" ”

I didn't want to argue with the corporal about the timing of the fire, it didn't make any sense anymore.

Hewitt looked around alarmedly, then pulled out the pistol at his waist, "Let's move on!" (To be continued......)