Chapter 585: A Tank Killer Wandering the Battlefield
As soon as Qi Lin jumped into the trench, these gendarmes all looked at him with some unkind eyes, and Qi Lin noticed that in the corner of the trench, there were still many German soldiers who were tied up.
The bound men were all freshly caught deserters who would be thrown into the positions with the highest mortality rates during the end of the war, or would have launched a suicidal charge against the British.
"Damn it!" Qi Lin's heart was cold, he had just executed a group of soldiers who tried to defect for the Germans, and it seemed that he was going to be treated as a deserter by these gendarmes again......
According to the combat regulations of the German army at that time, only officers had the right to give orders to retreat, but Qi Lin's rank was only a non-commissioned officer - if the German second lieutenant who died before led them back, as long as they did not leave the battlefield, they could be regarded as "temporary retirement", but if Qi Lin ran back alone, he would inevitably be regarded as a "deserter" by the gendarmes.
But fortunately, Qi Lin's reaction was fast enough, and before those gendarmes could speak, he hurriedly said to them: "Are there any bullets left?" I'm running out of bullets! I took out a steel chariot! But two more are coming towards us! ”
"You...... You took out a steel chariot? The gendarmes were stunned for a moment, and then the expressions on their faces changed from unkind and hostile to suspicious and surprised, and one of the gendarmes with the rank of sergeant asked.
"Of course, did you see the motionless steel chariot a hundred meters ahead? That's what I just achieved! Qi Lin said, the gendarmerie sergeant immediately took out a trench periscope, looked at it for more than ten seconds before turning his head, swallowed a mouthful of saliva with a "grunt", and asked with some uncertainty: "Is that really what you killed?" You...... How did you get rid of that thing? ”
"Directly stuffed the grenade through the observation port of the combat vehicle, and by the way, there are also K-shaped shells, which can also penetrate the shell of that thing!"
"K-bomb?" The gendarmes were a little skeptical—after all, the first time tanks appeared on the battlefield, the shock was too great for those who had never seen such an apparatus of war.
While Qi Lin was talking to the gendarmes, the remaining two tanks had already pressed up, and several Germans in a trench suddenly jumped out with a shout and rushed towards the tank, but before they could get close to the tank within ten meters, they were swept to the ground by the heavy machine guns on the tank.
In addition to tanks, heavy machine guns are also one of the most terrible weapons on the battlefield of World War I, in the Battle of the Somme, the MG08 Maxim heavy machine gun once set a terrible record of killing 60,000 British soldiers in one day, although the British machine gun is slightly worse than the Germans, but it is more than enough to strafe the infantry.
The machine gun fire points on the German positions were all taken care of by the British artillery, and the cover of a large number of heavy machine guns was lost, and ordinary German soldiers were not opponents of the British army at all, large areas of positions were constantly lost, countless people died under machine guns and shells, and many people also chose to surrender.
"You're not a deserter, you're going to keep fighting, are you? Corporal? Tell me! The gendarmerie sergeant suddenly grabbed Qi Lin's shoulder, looked at him and asked.
"Yes, how ......"
"Very well, you are a hero, we all admire you, from now on, these people are under your command, and we must go back and tell the general the information, which is important! Also, all of this equipment is left to you! ”
After the gendarme sergeant finished speaking, he hurried away with his men, leaving only the bound deserters and Qi Lin to stay here.
"......" Qi Lin's heart instantly thousands of grass and mud horses galloped by, these gendarmes were actually more greedy for life and afraid of death than ordinary soldiers...... It's just that whoever made these guys special, plus the reason that the gendarmerie sergeant just said, even if it was discovered by other gendarmes, nothing would happen.
But that's fine, at least no one will be a stumbling block - how to say that, don't be afraid of god-like opponents, just afraid of pig-like teammates.
Qi Lin looked at the German soldiers who were tied, he couldn't count on these people, he only had one person, he dared to guarantee that these people would never obey his command, rather than untie them and make trouble for themselves, it was better to tie them up like this.
Qi Lin pressed the new five-round K-type ammunition into the magazine with a bridge clip, loaded the bolt, and then dragged through a wooden box left for him by the gendarmes.
Inside the box were sixteen M24 grenades and three smoke grenades.
The M24 grenade is the most famous wooden-handled grenade in history, developed in 1915, throughout the entire First World War and World War II, not only used by the Germans themselves, but also copied by many countries in the world, including more than 20 million M24 grenades or its imitations in the Chinese battlefield of World War II alone.
However, although the M24 grenade is powerful, it also has an obvious disadvantage, that is, it is large and heavy, an M24 grenade is a few times larger than a bottle of 500 ml of Coke, with Qi Lin's arm strength, it can only be thrown in a straight line more than 50 meters at most, although the parabola can be thrown farther, but if it is thrown, there is no way to let the grenade fall into the observation hole of the tank.
"You can only use the original plan......
Qi Lin first threw out a smoke, and then before the smoke could spread, he used the periscope's vision to lock on to a moving Mark I tank.
Hawkeye's locking ability will form a virtual trajectory between Qi Lin and the target, and this virtual trajectory can remain in Qi Lin's field of vision for a few seconds, even if Qi Lin's vision is blocked during this process, this trajectory will not disappear.
The gray-white smoke filled the air, and Qi Lin immediately stood up from the trench, raised the G98 rifle, aimed at the trajectory that had begun to gradually blur, and pulled the trigger-
"Phew!"
Pull the bolt, load, pull the trigger - in just three seconds, Qi Lin repeated this action five times.
Fortunately, the German G98 was well-made and of excellent quality at that time, and if it had been replaced by a Kar98K rifle produced at the end of World War II in the face of material shortages, I am afraid that it would have been stuck long ago.
After the five shots, Qi Lin immediately retracted into the trench, holding the G98 and starting to run along the trench, strictly following the rule of "one shot to change a place".
After running for dozens of meters in one go, Qi Lin threw out two smoke bombs again, and concocted the previous operation in the same way.
Of the ten K-round rounds, Qi Lin conservatively estimated that at least five of them pierced the armor of the Mark I. type, and as long as one bullet entered the car, the ricochet could severely damage at least one or two tank crews.
Soon, the second Mark I tank also stopped, lay there and did not move, and it did not take long for a German shell to hit the Mark I with unmistakable accuracy, directly blowing it into a pile of scrap metal.