One hundred and thirteen. Women's tank brigade
"Cole!" Steinman picked up his rifle and fired bullets at the American infantrymen who followed.
He was angry, he knew that he had once again broken his word, and all he could do now was to kill his brother as a sacrifice.
"Steinman! Don't be impulsive! "The rabbi and the others also cooperated with Steinman with heavy fire, and each of them knew what it was like to lose a brother, and they were like brothers, and every time they lost a German soldier, their hearts would drip blood, and their hearts would be twisted like knives, and now they wanted revenge, and they would sacrifice a good brother with a thousand corpses of their enemies, a patriot who had never changed his loyalty.
The heavy German fire completely suppressed the follow-up American infantry, and the American infantry could not hold out and could only temporarily withdraw from this street.
"Don't let one go!" Steinman picked up his rifle and chased after the retreating American infantry.
"Steinman! Come back! You are dead, what to do brothers!! ”
Steinman stopped where he was, he slowly turned his head and looked at the rabbi with an extremely hateful expression: "Rabbi! Are you afraid of death? ”
“...... Don't be afraid ......" Rabbi wondered why Steinman would ask this question, after all, Rabbi had lived and died on the battlefield for 2 years, and he was naturally not afraid of death.
"Damn it!" Steinman fired several shots into the sky, his anger and guilt in his heart. "Then we will fight this street fight with all our might, whether we lose or win...... We all have to fight for our homeland. Steinman grabbed his gun, reloaded a magazine, and turned, "Guys." We will abandon some unnecessary streets, retreat to the main positions, and we cannot afford to waste any more time. Let's go. ”
17:00, Teton North City
The Germans abandoned part of the previous street and retreated to a street with barricades and mined areas. Due to the wreckage of a group of destroyed American tanks in some of the previous streets, the follow-up of the American troops was extremely slow, and the tanks were almost pushing the wreckage forward, while the American infantry carefully scattered on both sides of the road or entered the houses on both sides. And this was undoubtedly precious time for the Germans to perfect the barricade fortifications.
"Steinman, according to intelligence, our reinforcements are coming!" Steinman crouched down next to a window, listening quietly to Bentonson's latest information. However, those who know him know that he is forcibly suppressing the pain of losing his brother in his heart.
"Rabbi, get ready, wait until the enemy has crossed the bend before firing." Steinman crouched by the window and watched the intersection ahead with a telescope.
"Understood." The rabbi replied. He said to the soldier on the side: "Prepare incendiary bombs." ”
A few Germans nodded. Scattered on the sides of the various windows. "Karl, is the anti-tank team ready?"
"It's over, just wait for them to bring the meat." Carl said humorously, crouching behind a window in the house opposite Steinman with a bazooka. Steinman nodded in satisfaction and walked back into the house.
"Steinman, we're too quiet here." Deske reported to Steinman with a headset on Samant Street. After a fierce battle, Samant Street had been quiet for nearly two hours at this time, which was extremely unusual on the battlefield. "Don't be careless." Steinman was silent after only three words.
"Listen! The enemy is coming! "The rabbi has pointed ears. First of all, the roar of tanks in the distance was heard, and all the surrounding German troops reflexively returned to their combat positions. Steinman, on the other hand, pulled out a detonator and crouched behind the window opening, thinking about something. "Everyone, pay attention, wait until they cross the bend before breaking their legs." Steinman calmly gave the order, and the rabbi took the machine gun to a short distance behind the window and set up the bipod. The German wheeled assault guns drove into a bunker dug in the street, revealing only one turret, and the muzzle was facing the bend, ready to bombard the American tanks passing by the bend.
A group of American tanks and two groups of infantry soon appeared in the German field, advancing forward in a standard infantry formation, slowly advancing, swaying to the corner, the tank paused, and then increased its horsepower and rushed towards the bend, which was rushed with the speed of a light tank.
As soon as the "dang-bang" tank rushed through the bend, it crashed headlong into the anti-tank obstacle placed by the Germans at the bend, immediately broke the track, and collapsed at the bend.
"Boom!" A single assault gun shell turned the tank into a fireball, blocking the entire American army.
"Fire." A faint sentence represents the beginning of a retaliatory massacre. Three rockets flew out of the window and hit the top armor of the tank, and the three US tanks exploded on the spot.
The experience accumulated by the German army in the course of carrying out its tasks in previous years played an extremely important role at this moment. The crossfire of the three machine guns of the rabbi and the others quickly blocked the movement of the infantry on both sides of the tank with a dense rain of bullets, and the German machine guns arranged in the central window of the building also suppressed the American infantry with ferocious fire, and the bullets hit the tank wreckage and produced ricochet, cutting some American infantry in half, and some American infantry who tried to enter the house were also knocked down by the Germans in time.
"Crossroads direction!" Karl saw the American infantry reinforcements in the direction of the intersection at a glance, and he quickly put down the bazooka, picked up the machine gun and fired warning fire in the direction of the intersection.
"How is it so fast?" Steinman had just dealt with this group of American troops, and another batch of reinforcements came from the direction of the crossroads, and Steinman pressed the headset: "Pay attention to the crossroads!" "With that, he shifted to the direction facing the intersection." Discover 15 tanks, almost three hundred infantry! ”
"Boom!" A U.S. tank was shot in the back and exploded, followed by another tank in the back of the temple that exploded.
“...... Hey, this is the Leopard IX., we're at the intersection now......" The staccato voice of the Leopard IX. just now came from the headset, and Steinman fired his rifle at the American infantry appearing in the direction of the crossroads: "We will support you!" You have to find cover and hold on! We'll be there! ”
Steinman turned and hurriedly ran into the room, pulling out a radio hand: "Heavy." According to the setting, Zhuyuan fires at the crossroads! ”
Then...... Rumble! Another Karl rocket hit an American tank driving into the street from the intersection, and the German machine-gun fire quickly shifted and began to strafe the American infantry at the intersection.
"Steinman! How did the enemy pour out so many people from the crossroads?! ”
The enemy came up with more than 600 infantry and more than 20 tanks, which is the strength of a reinforced battalion!
"Destroy them!" Steinman pulled out his rifle and shot at the American infantry at the intersection with the rabbi and the others. At this time...... several mortar shells fell from the sky and began to bombard the US troops on the open ground at the crossroads, the explosions sounded, and the violent shock wave mixed with many shrapnel strafed the US troops, and the falling shells were also constantly destroying the tanks that the US troops had already suffered serious losses, and the US troops on the open ground of the crossroads began to scatter and flee.
"Leopard IX. Style! Get closer to us! The enemy's fire is too fierce, we can't go down! Steinman saw that the U.S. troops were starting to break up and just wanted to go downstairs. Several bullets pierced through the wall and passed Steinman, who hurried back to the building and hid in the side of the window.
“...... Got it! "There was a woman's voice in Leopard IX., and the sound of an engine came from the crossroads. A "Leopard IX" tank rushed out of the rubble, constantly destroying the remnants of the American tanks with continuous artillery fire, and at the same time rammed into the American tanks at a relatively fast speed, knocking over several of them at once. and ran it over it, and crushed it into an iron patty. Along the way, the US tank shells continued to hit the back and side of the "Leopard IX.", but they could not penetrate it, and the "Leopard IX" broke through the layers of US troops with a swagger, and this undoubtedly added new combat power to the German army.
"Let's go! Go down! Steinman patted Rabbi on the shoulder and ran downstairs, then crouched on the side of the wreckage of an American tank on the side of the road: "Leopard IX., turn around!" Take the enemy head-on! Don't give your ass to the enemy! ”
Steinman covered the Leopard IX with his rifle at the American infantry in the rear, and the Leopard IX began to make a slow U-turn.
"Is Steinman here?" This is. A familiar voice came from Steinman's headset.
"Lisa?" This was actually Lisa of the German Women's Tank Brigade formed after the war, and Steinman met her shortly after the war. But I haven't seen her for a long time, and I'm a little unfamiliar with her voice.
"Yes, what's the battle going with you?"
"Oops, can you call for help?" Steinman knows that the German army is not enough to defend Terton City, and now the American troops at the crossroads are gathering more and more, which can pose a huge threat to the German army and the northern city at any time, and the American troops at the crossroads must be eliminated now, otherwise......
"We now have six planes to support you, which direction do we need to support now?" Lisa said patiently, because she also understood that these fighters were actually the best support the Germans could get on the battlefield.
"Support the intersection of the main road in the northern part of the city of Teton, where there are a lot of American troops."
"Understood! Wait five minutes! Steinman, I have one more thing to tell you: the city of Teton has been surrounded on two sides, and once the northern city you are defending is lost, there will only be one road left in the whole city to the outside world, National Highway 190, and I hope you will evacuate as soon as possible! ”
Lisa still has a deep affection for Steinman, and Steinman's seriousness makes Lisa surrender to him, and Lisa now wants to save the German army that is about to be surrounded.
"Well, I know, you don't have to worry." Steinman replied calmly.
"Understood, see you later." Steinman's face twitched, and he slowly lowered the hand holding the headset.
"Steinman, what are we going to do?" The rabbi who came down from the stairs looked at Steinman, who was a little dazed, and said, at this time, the "Leopard IX" had completed the U-turn and successfully faced the enemy head-on, at this time, a female soldier got out of the commander's control tower of the turret, jumped down, and then quickly ran to the wreckage of the tank where Steinman was.
"Are you a Leopard IX-style commander?" Steinman glanced at her, then unloaded an empty magazine.
"Well, yes, we are a tank crew group transferred from the German Tank Academy to study here." The girl-like female soldier introduced Steinman and took out a document of her own from her coat pocket and handed it to Steinman.
Steinman took the document and looked at it, the female tanker was named Manna, and he gave it back to her. Beginning with tactical gestures towards other German troops, this counterattack will be a gambling offensive. Engaging the enemy in an open area such as a crossroads requires courage and sufficient firepower. Otherwise, failure will be inevitable.
"How-how--" Six fighters appeared in the air, launched several missiles at the US troops at the crossroads, the missiles began to look for their own targets according to the data set by Lisa, the missiles continued to fall from the air and accurately hit the US troops on the ground, and the US tanks on the open ground, the command convoy and a large group of American infantry were also destroyed by the missiles one by one, and the tanks were hit vertically by the missiles in the turret and then the whole vehicle was detonated. The command vehicle of the US military was hit by several missiles at the same time, and the US infantry was also constantly hit by the missiles, blowing up a large area. The entire intersection was blown up in smoke.
"Let's go!" Steinman snapped his right hand, signaling the official start of the counterattack. The Rumble Leopard IX tank roared and began to move towards the crossroads, while the Germans split into two groups and scattered on the Leopard IX flanks to cover the flanks of the tanks. At the same time, it is supported by the Leopard IX. as a cover. Proceed quickly towards the intersection.
"Manna, high-explosive bombs ready!" Steinman pressed the headset as the Leopard IX's cannon began to rotate with the turret, aiming at the intersection that was about to turn.
"Rabbi, Karl, it's time for machine gun fire to cover the Leopard IX! The rest of us will work with me to find cover, and we'll hold on to the crossroads for a while. "Steinman knew in his heart that after seizing the crossroads. It is of great importance for the consolidation of the northern urban area, and it is located on the main road. At the junction of many main roads such as Sumant Street, and occupying the defense of the consolidated crossroads, it can completely choke the throat of the American army attacking the northern city, and this can also effectively support the British army's defense of the city, but now the situation of the British army's defense of the city in other directions is still unclear, and Steinman's current move can be said to be a desperate gamble.
"Contact!" As soon as the corner was turned, the German soldiers in the front row collided with the American infantry in the other corner, and the Germans reacted quickly to put the muzzle of the gun against the American infantry and then pulled the trigger to knock the American infantry away on the spot, while the American infantry who reacted behind were beaten into a sieve by the "Leopard IX" type parallel machine guns.
"Bang Dang" a rocket suddenly came from the front, hit the side skirts of the "Leopard IX.", and was detonated prematurely, but fortunately did not bring any substantial damage to the tank. More rockets, mixed with shells and gunshots, came from the direction of the rubble pile at the crossroads, all hitting the frontal armor of the "Leopard IX."
"The enemy is coming! Disperse! Steinman yelled and pushed Carl next to him, and began running around the intersection looking for concealment.
"Fire cover!" Multiple machine guns from Karl and Rabi began to rain down bullets on the American forces under cover from the Leopard Type IX and the surrounding ruins.
"Cover each other!" Steinman threw a fragmentation grenade at a pile of U.S. infantry in front of him, which immediately blew up a large area, while the Leopard IX bombarded the already dwindled U.S. infantry in front of it with high-explosive shells, while firing anti-infantry fragmentation grenades on both sides of the turret to cover the area of the U.S. infantry.
There was no suspense in the whole battle, and the American troops at the crossroads were quickly cleared. The Germans began to build fortifications to fortify the defenses of the crossroads. And at this time......
"Stanman, Stanman, Stanman, I'm Romeo, you guys immediately withdraw from the northern city, now the U.S. troops are advancing rapidly towards the northern city, and they are coming from three directions at the same time, you must withdraw!"
Romeo's voice came from Steinman's headset, and he was surprised to say something like this at such a time: "We just hit the crossroads and you made us retreat?!" My brothers are bleeding here, but the result is a retreat?! ”
Steinman couldn't control his anger and yelled into the headset, wondering why they had fought so hard here to get this result.
"The northern city has been surrounded on three sides, and our army has withdrawn from the city, so you should also withdraw quickly, and I wish you good luck."
Steinman was a little sluggish and put down his right hand pressing the headset.
“...... What's wrong, Steinman? Seeing that Steinman was a little unusual, the rabbi hurriedly asked.
"We must get out of the city immediately, the American army is coming and surround us on all sides, the British army of the dog!" As soon as Steinmann finished speaking, the surrounding German troops fell silent, and they all looked at him with a look of disbelief.
Indeed, no one expected that the final outcome would be like this, and the bloody German army was still betrayed by the allies, so that it was already surrounded on three sides.
"What?! How so! ”
"Steinman, let's get out."
"There is no hope, the British army has betrayed us, there is no need to hold on here." The rabbi and the surrounding German troops were in a lot of discussions, and they could not accept this result at all, and the Germans were always betrayed to varying degrees in the perennial mission, and this time, it was extremely serious.
Steinman...... Where are you now? We are now breaking through along Samant Street to the suburbs! "The Desk department also received news from Romeo, and the troops quickly retreated, but exchanged fire with the Americans during the breakout, and the troops began to zigzag and move in all directions, but they were not far from the suburbs.
"Stanman, we've reached the vicinity of the suburbs, why haven't you retreated!?" As soon as Steinman could reply, Bentonson's voice came from his headset, and he finally realized that at this time, he was the only one left in the northern city, and the defense was meaningless, and now, there was only a retreat.
Steinman suddenly realized that all of this seemed to be a hoax.
From the very beginning, the main road was attacked on all sides, and the main road was originally just a defensive street that was attacked by enemies! (To be continued......)