With a rumbling sound, the small armored unit of 7 tanks approached another smaller town outside the town, the sound of artillery rumbled in the distance, and the 12.7mm vehicle-mounted machine gun was fired not far away, the sound of gunfire was deafening, and the dead soldiers were covered with military uniforms and lined up next to the muddy road, waiting to be transported away.

Someone greeted him, the head of the battle, Tang. Collier asked aloud, "Company B?" ”

"Yes, sir!" The man replied, holding his steel helmet.

Lei Rui stood in the tank, revealing half of his body, looking around the town, not caring about the battle head Tang. Collier's conversation with this man, it seems, has been captured by B Company, but the fighting continues, and the Germans are not giving up resistance, but are trying to organize a counteroffensive.

Under the guidance of the comer, the tank stopped on the road outside the town. Collier went to see the commander of Company B, and the others were on standby, and the body of Sergeant Major 2nd Class Hawke, wrapped in a military uniform, was carried down by the crew, and placed with the fallen soldiers of Company B, waiting to be transported back together.

Saint Bode leaned on the 7.62mm general-purpose machine gun on the roof of the car and said to Lei Rui: "Hey! Thunder! Good job! It seems that Captain Miller is right, you are a good recruit. ”

"Thank you for the compliment! Sage! Lei Rui tilted his head and replied with a bit of banter.

Sage Bode then said, "The question you asked last night, I believe you will be able to do it one day!" This Sherman tank is equipped with this 76mm main gun, as well as the coaxial machine gun I have here, the co-pilot machine gun here, and the roof machine gun in Tang, all of which are point 30 general-purpose machine guns with an effective firing range of 1000 meters! In addition, there are 50 large-caliber machine guns on the roof, some with a range of 2000 meters, which are used by the vehicle-mounted infantry. ”

Lei Rui patted the cockpit canopy on the co-pilot's seat and said with some regret, "The field of view and firing range of this co-pilot machine gun are too small, and when the cockpit canopy is closed, it will be even smaller, and the point 50 large-caliber machine gun on the roof of the car is enjoyable to use!" ”

"Fack! Thunder! The pilot, Fat Gotrini, shouted dissatisfiedly, "You still think you are an infantryman!" You're a tankman now! No more infantry! ”

"Fat brother is right, Ray," said Sage Bode, "you are not an infantryman now! ”

"If you really fight against the Tiger tank, Don won't let you stand outside the tank, it's too dangerous!" Big Ass Grady also got involved and said.

"Falk oil! Big ass! "If you really encounter a Tiger tank, staying inside the tank is the same danger as being outside the tank!" What's the difference?! The 88 guns of the Tiger tank can shoot through the Sherman with one shot! Roast us into turkeys! ”

"Shut up!"

"Shut up! Fat brother! ”

Saint Bode and Big Ass Grady shouted at the same time to stop Fat Gothrini from saying such frustrating words.

Originally, this was a topic of discussion for Lei Rui, but now he couldn't interject at all, and as he advanced along the way, coupled with the ambush on the side of the road just now, he had realized that the idea he had last night, the idea of shooting the commander and gunner of a German tank with a machine gun, was a bit too taken for granted.

The main problem with the Point 30 (7.62mm) machine gun he operated was that the field of view was narrow, and the range of the machine gun was extremely limited, so it was impossible to do what he imagined. The co-pilot machine gun on the tank is mainly used to shoot at the infantry in front of the tank, to prevent the infantry with anti-tank weapons from lying in ambush and shooting at close range, and it also has a role, that is, it can guide the direction of the target for the commander and gunner through one tracer bullet in every 5 rounds, and play a role in guiding the shooting.

And on the battlefield, these old tankers, the most afraid is to meet the German Tiger tank, these Sherman tanks seem to be majestic, but against the Tiger tank, the most ideal tactic is to retreat immediately, and at the same time call the air force fire support, the most terrible tactic is to fight the Tiger tank hard, can only rely on more to fight less, rely on the tank to defeat it.

In the midst of everyone's discussion, the head of the war, Tang. Collier strode over.

He walks in an interesting way, swaggering, swaying from side to side, as if this is not a battlefield, but the backyard of his house. Before they could get closer, several commanders surrounded them. Lei Rui was not far away and could be heard discussing the assignment.

"On the way to town, a platoon of brothers was trapped in a sugar beet field here by German machine-gun positions," said the head of the battle, Don Brown. "We need to get them out and clear the way to the town, here, here, and here, there may be anti-tank guns, it's a complete line of defense, anti-tank guns, machine gun positions, perfectly arranged!" ”

"The infantry will move with us?" Commander Binkowski asked.

Tang Dynasty. Collier nodded, turned back to the infantry that was gathering over there, and said, "A platoon of infantry." After clearing the obstacles, Company B will meet us in this town and take this town, where we will spend the night tonight! ”

"What about that tank L12 that lacks a commander?" Someone asked.

This question, Don. Collier was also a little tricky. The death of Sergeant Major Hawke made the original head car lack a commander, and this vacancy was not like his furious tank because of the death of the co-pilot, and he asked for someone to meet Captain Miller by chance.

However, if you transfer someone from another car group, or find a replacement car commander from the original car group, it will not be suitable.

But to leave this tank here and not to participate in the battle would be a great waste of combat power.

Tang Dynasty. Collier scratched his head and asked, "Do you have any good plans?" ”

These experienced commanders, you look at me, I look at you, no one said anything, in fact, it is also because they don't have a good solution.

Tang Dynasty. Collier said helplessly: "Okay, the tank L12 moves with the fury and obeys my commands." I take the lead and the whole team follows me towards the goal! ”

The infantry had already formed a formation and scattered to climb onto the 7 tanks, Lei Rui turned his head to look at Fat Gotrini and asked, "Is this okay?" ”

Fat Gotrini replied disapprehantly: "Tanks and infantry move together, that's it, the infantry city is carried on tanks, not on foot, if you march like that, the speed is too slow, and it will cause the tank and the infantry to be disconnected." Trust me, you'll soon be surprised by this. ”

Of course, Lei Rui has never seen it before, but he is worried that if he suddenly encounters an enemy attack on the way, what can he do? The infantry didn't have time to jump off the tank, just like the ambush on the side of the road just now, an iron-fisted anti-tank rocket launcher could blow up a Sherman main battle tank, and if even the infantry crawling on the tank were burned to ashes, the loss would be too great.