In fact, it was not a tank, but two SdKfz 251 universal half-track vehicles, which could carry 12 infantry in a squad, which the Germans generally used to complete the tasks of pre-war reconnaissance, fire support and personnel transportation, and were an important support for the lightning tactics of the German armored forces!

Lei Rui was one step ahead of Leybin, and he heard the rumble of the SdKfz 251 universal half-track, and when Leybin shouted, he immediately put down the MG42 machine gun on his shoulder, threw himself into the weeds on the side of the road, and hid.

Through the sporadic grass dotted with golden rape flowers, only the German helmets in the SdKfz 251 universal half-track could be seen not far away.

Rumble!

There was a bang, smoke and flames rose into the air, one of the half-tracks was shot right by the M1A1 Bazooka, the engine rumbled like a monster stuck in the neck, and it could no longer make a sound, and the German soldiers above shouted and screamed, and before they could jump out of the car, the dense gunfire suddenly rang out, and they were screaming.

Another half-track immediately braked, steered, and was ready to use the MG42 machine gun equipped on it against the attackers, and Captain Miller immediately ordered: "Up!" Above! ”

Everyone immediately picked up their rifles, bent their waists in the grass, and rushed forward, and the German soldiers had already jumped off the half-track car and began to counterattack, and the gunfire rang out, and the battle was very fierce.

Rumble!

There was another explosion, the second half-track was also paralyzed by a bullet, and the team attacking the German army was also hiding in the grass, exchanging fire at close range, and the power of the M1A1 Bazooka rocket launcher was enough to kill this half-track without armor protection with one shot.

The German soldiers, who were scattered in formation, fired back fiercely, and did not notice the Miller squad approaching from behind them. Captain Miller took the lead in firing, the M1A1 Thomson submachine gun roared, the rain of bullets poured out, and the others also opened fire, and the sudden blow killed the German soldiers completely confused, and the German detachment, which had already taken the advantage, immediately collapsed, and fell down one after another, and after a while, it was slaughtered one-sidedly.

The merit value in front of Lei Rui's eyes jumped again, and the shooting action was very fast, and he suddenly got 2 merit points, and the total merit value jumped to 7!

"Safety!" Captain Miller shouted, holding a Thomson submachine gun, half-crouched on the ground.

"Safety!" In the grass opposite, someone responded in English, and then stood up three people, one of whom was carrying an M1A1 Bazooka, and it was apparently that he had fired two bullets in succession, hitting two half-tracks.

The three of them walked over, and the military uniforms on their bodies showed that they were the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division.

"Company C, 101st Battalion, 506th Regiment, 1st Division, Ryan," James. Ryan reported his name, "You guys are ...... Rangers? ”

"Ryan?!" Captain Miller looked strange and asked, "James. Pharasis. Ryan? ”

Ryan looked at Captain Miller and asked curiously, "Yes!" How would you know? ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, they all find it very interesting, for a few days, an elite team of 8 people, from Omaha Beach to the heart of the German army, is to find this James. Ryan, now, he appeared in front of everyone so suddenly.

Without further explanation, Captain Miller pointed to the two wrecked half-tracks and asked, "This is the German reconnaissance team, are they going to send troops to occupy this town of Rumler?" ”

"Yes!" Ryan replied, "The bridges over the Midritt River have been blown up by the Air Force, and there is another bridge here, which is the only way for the Germans to flank the Allied forces to capture the armored forces of Cherbourg, and the command has given us the order of the paratroopers to hold these two bridges!" ”

Captain Miller frowned slightly, he already had a bad premonition in his heart, but he didn't say anything, but asked Lei Rui and the others to go back and bring the MG42 machine gun and ammunition.

Ryan saw the MG42 machine gun carried by Lei Rui and the ammunition box on the shoulders of Leybin, showed an extremely happy expression, and asked Captain Miller: "Captain, are you reinforcements sent by the command?" ”

"I'm afraid not," said Captain Miller with a wry smile and shaking his head, "in fact, we have another mission on our part. ”

The other two soldiers collected a lot of 7.92mm bullets used in the MG42 machine gun, several complete drums, and bullet chains from the destroyed half-track, which were originally not needed, but now with the MG42 machine gun, they can come in handy.

This is the outskirts of Langham, less than 2 miles back to town, Ryan is the leader of this ambush team, and has two companions take over from Wade and Melly, carrying the ammunition boxes on their shoulders, and he turns to Lei Rui and offers to carry his MG42 machine gun.

Everyone can see that in this 7-person squad that suddenly appeared here, Wade is a military doctor, and he is the same size as Mei Li and Lei Rui, and he is not the type of tall and big man, and it must not be easy to carry such a heavy machine gun ammunition, so he took the initiative to replace the three of them to reduce their burden.

Lei Rui was not polite, and handed over the MG42 machine gun that he had been carrying all the way to Ryan, Ryan took it, his hands sank, "Oh", and said with a smile: "This is a heavy guy!" However, it is still much lighter than the point 30 machine gun! ”

The point 30 machine gun he mentioned is the Browning M1919A4 heavy machine gun commonly used by the US military, and the body of the gun alone weighs 14.1 kilograms, and with the gun carriage, the total weight reaches 20.46 kilograms!

Such a heavy machine gun makes everyone love and hate it, and when fighting, there are a little 30 machine guns behind as fire support, which is reassuring, but the bulky gun body and gun carriage make people hate. In contrast, the German MG42 machine gun is much easier to use, and it can even dismantle the heavy machine gun tripod and use it as a light machine gun to participate in the battle with the squad and provide strong fire support.

The group entered the town of Langlem, and in the middle of a central street that led to the Langlem Bridge across the Medriit River, the street was paved with bricks and rubble, and only a simple passage was cleared in the middle of the road. The buildings on both sides are in dilapidation and crumbling everywhere, leaving only the first to second floors facing the street to remain roughly contoured. The windows were black and bare, shaped like the eye sockets on a skull.

On the left and right, there is a narrower street, lined with ruins, and the direction of the group is a road, which runs along the Medrite River in the direction of Cherbourg.

As everyone walked, Ryan introduced the surrounding terrain to Captain Miller, as well as the current surrounding situation, and it could be seen that as a paratrooper of the 101st Airborne Division, Ryan, a private, knew that in terms of grasping the situation of the entire battlefield, Ryan, a private, knew that it was comparable to Captain Miller.