Chapter 14: The Battle of the Town (3)
Licorice held a rifle and half-knelt behind the broken wall on the second floor of a half-collapsed abandoned small building, using a quadruple scope to find his target in the enemy's approaching troops, looking at the slowly moving French tanks, Licorice felt a headache, more than a dozen tanks, three of which were B1 heavy tanks that had been seen before, and the 37mm anti-tank guns used by the Germans now had nothing to do with him. Finally, Licorice found what he wanted, a B1 tank driving in front turned out to be open to the hatch on the turret, and an officer emerged from the tank, revealing his upper body outside, this officer was observing the ruined town ahead, while directing his men.
"At least a company commander, and a company commander of an armored company." Licorice thought silently in her heart. Eight hundred meters, this distance The other party still doesn't think that anyone in the German army can shoot at this distance, seven hundred meters, "No, I can't wait any longer, although with super high perception ability, I can surpass those veterans in the shooting level, but most of those veterans can also hit the target at four hundred meters, and there are still a large number of elites in the army, their sniper level far exceeds mine, it is impossible for the French army not to have information in this regard, no matter how bold this commander is, six hundred meters is the limit of his daring to show his head." "Licorice decided to take the risk of shooting at a distance of 700 to 600 meters at a target that was moving at a speed of 8 kilometers per hour, fortunately in order to allow the infantry to catch up, the tank reduced its driving speed, otherwise the maximum travel speed of the B1 tank can be 28 kilometers per hour, and the normal off-road driving speed can also be about 15 kilometers per hour, at that speed, the amount of advance needs to be calculated is more, but now the tank is driving towards licorice at a very small angle, and the difficulty is greatly reduced.
Licorice aimed at the officer, waiting for the opportunity to shoot, the road was bumpy, the simple suspension device of the B1 tank could not make the tank drive smoothly at all, the officer stood in the captain's position with the tank continued to bump, as the tank's inducing wheel crossed a small mound with the track, the track in front of the tank was temporarily suspended, "~~~~~bang" at this moment Licorice shot decisively, the muzzle spewed flames, and the bullet instantly flew out of the chamber, although there was no sonic boom cloud, but the bullet flew towards the target at a speed that broke through the sound barrier, a second later, The officer whose upper body was exposed to the tank burst out of his chest with a bloody flower, and then the sound of gunfire reached his ears, and he was full of spirit, ready to lead his subordinates to take this bridgehead of Sedang and break the myth that the Germans could not be defeated, gradually lost consciousness, fell on the hatch, and was completely cold.
At the same time, Licorice also checked the main god's prompt: "Ding~~" kills the target and gets 20 bonus points. It turns out that even an officer only has 20 points, so the reward points given by the main god are calculated according to the strength of the target? If you don't want to hear it, the main god's prompt will not sound, in that case, the main god apostle needs to open the panel to check it himself, and the one he wants to hear will sound, which is also to avoid distracting the apostle because of the appearance of the prompt sound.
"Well done! Linus, you're going to be a new star in the Empire! Sergeant Anton Neumann excitedly complimented.
"I don't think we can run for our lives soon, and the new star of the empire will be cool before then!" Licorice got up and dropped a sentence and quickly jumped out of the back window to escape, Sergeant Anton Neumann was not stupid, he was ready to retreat when the officer fell.
The French soldiers in the distance heard the gunfire and looked at the commander who fell motionless on the tank, completely stunned, but in an instant, the deputy commander took over the command, the tank turret rotated, loaded with high-explosive shells, aimed at all the places at the entrance of the town that looked stupid, and began the shelling of "boom~~boom~~".
Licorice jumped out of the window and fell to the ground with a "pop~~", and he didn't have time to stand firm and quickly continued to run to the rear position, the small building behind him had collapsed in a series of explosions, smoke and debris everywhere, and even a lot of stones fell on Licorice's body, which provoked Licorice to cry out in pain.
"Quick! Prepare to meet the enemy, machine gunner prepare, get close and fight again! Vincent stood in the position, watched Licorice fleeing for his life, and gave orders to the soldiers.
"What about those tanks? We can't penetrate them at this distance! The adjutant asked.
"Then let them drive into the town, let the anti-tank fire in the rear retreat a little first, and then open fire when they are closer!" Vincent decided to lure the opposing tanks into the town and then attack them, and now those tanks B1 tanks were supporting the infantry with their main guns five hundred meters outside the town, and the German 37mm anti-tank guns had no way to take them, and because of these tanks, it was impossible for the infantry to hold the first line of defense, because they would only be killed in vain, and they could only wait for them to enter the town, when the chaotic town was full of opportunities to destroy them at close range.
In the rear, the entrance to the town was covered in artillery fire and gunsmoke, as well as the dust splashed by the collapsing buildings, Licorice endured the pain from his body and quickly ran to the second line of defense of the company, without the advantage of firepower, they had to abandon the plan to stop the French army before they entered the town, turned around and ran into a hut next to the street entrance, street fighting is good, there are bunkers and commanding heights everywhere.
"You're here, the exchange of fire in front of you is so fierce, I thought you wouldn't be able to come back." Daniel said jokingly.
"There is no fierce firefight, we are completely pressed and beaten!" Licorice said after taking a breath.
"Hey! This kid shot the heart of the commander on the other side, and now those French troops are venting their anger! Sergeant Anton Neumann continued.
"That's a great achievement, you should be promoted later!" Daniel stood at the window and congratulated as he stared at the entrance to the town, everyone was very nervous now, and it was necessary to properly ease the tense nerves.
"I just saw that they have a lot of tanks, where are our tanks and anti-tank guns?" Licorice asked uneasily.
"Just now the company commander ordered the tanks to stand by in the rear, and the anti-tank guns were all moved back, ready to block the French vanguard here, retreat some distance and put those B1 tanks closer before fighting, and the battalion commander agreed." Daniel said.
"That's a smart choice." Licorice said in agreement, and at the same time complained in his heart about the German Army's armament department, the 37mm anti-tank gun is useless at all, what else can you do except fight those Renault light tanks? It's a joke about the lives of front-line soldiers. Before the words fell, the sound of artillery on the opposite side stopped, and Licorice knew that the bloody and brutal street fighting was about to begin.
"Buzz~~~~Buzz~~~" In the roar of the engine, the French infantry accompanied the tank into the town of Stoney, the distance between the two sides was only two hundred meters, and the fierce exchange of fire began.
"Bang~~" Licorice shot the French infantry who was following a Renault tank, the soldier fell to the ground, and the other soldiers around instinctively fell to the ground when they saw this, and then slowly crawled to find cover on both sides of the road, and some wittily ran directly behind the tank to hide, the commander of the Renault tank was quickly looking for the surrounding German troops through the observation hole, and soon he found the house where at least five people were firing, and directed the gunners to aim here.
"Run, it's not safe here!" Licorice's face changed suddenly when he saw the moving turret of the Renault tank, because he was speaking so fast that his voice was distorted.
"It's too late! Lie down! Sergeant Anton Neumann shouted.
"Boom~~~" A high-explosive bomb hit this place accurately, and the shrapnel flew away with the violent explosion.
"Buzz~~~Buzz~~~~" With a strong tinnitus, the whole world seemed to be spinning, and Licorice got up from the ground with a blank face.
"Hurry up, they're overpowering us with machine guns, and the next shell will be fired soon!" Daniel, who had just been a little far away from the place of the explosion and was not harmed, ran over to pick up Licorice and said in an anxious tone.
"Oh! God, Sergeant Anton was shot! Medic! Medic! One of the lucky soldiers in the room saw Sergeant Anton Neumann lying on the ground and did not move, and quickly went over to check on him, this hapless sergeant was not as lucky as before, he was directly hit in the back by several fragments, and passed out, and the blood was flowing.
"Run fast with him on your back, there are no medics here!" Hearing this, Daniel ran over and carried Sergeant Anton Neumann behind him and hurried outside, "Suddenly~~~Suddenly~~Suddenly~" The machine gun rang out continuously, and the stronghold was completely suppressed by the machine guns of the enemy tanks, and a bullet passed through the wall and grazed the legs of licorice and shot on the ground in front of him, making a shallow crater and splashing a cloud of dust.
Licorice immediately sped up in fright, ran out of the house, ran to another hut at the back of the street, leaning against the wall still frightened, wheezing violently, if he was hit by a bullet in the leg just now, then he could only wait in the house to die, especially when he just ran out, the room had been bombed by the tank, although Licorice despised death in his heart, because there was nothing to lose, but when death is really so close to you, the instinct of life will make you feel the fear of death clearly.
"What about Sergeant Anton Neumann, he's bleeding a lot now!" Daniel asked, after examining Sergeant Anton Neumann's injuries.
Licorice quietly stuck out his head to look at the battle outside, the Renault tank that had just suppressed them had been destroyed, and the German armored troops had come to the front line.
"The French tanks outside are temporarily suppressed, you hurry up and get a first-aid kit to treat him, but quickly, they will be pushing in again." Licorice picked up the rifle and said, at this moment, he saw a French soldier quietly touching it, without hesitation, raising the gun, aiming, shooting, in one go, the unlucky French infantry fell directly to the ground.
"Boom~~~" A No. 2 tank that came to support was accurately hit by a B1 heavy tank that was moving slowly behind and exploded into a ball of fire.
"I think it's time for us to run, and there's another tank on the other side, it's a B1........" Licorice said in a very helpless tone. If it was Renault, it could still count on the tanks behind to support, but the armor of the B1 was really incomprehensible for the current German army.
"Retreat!" The commander's voice sounded outside, and it seemed that he was ready to abandon this layer of defense and retreat to the area behind where there was anti-tank fire.
"Quick, carry him on your back, let's go." Licorice took the lead and ran out, followed by Daniel, who had just run out of the street when he saw a medic with a first aid kit.
"Hey! Medic! Come here, there are wounded here! Licorice quickly shouted for medical support.
"Quick! Put him flat here. The medics heard Licorice's cry and ran quickly, then commanded Daniel to place Sergeant Anton Neumann on a platform, examined it, and said:
"Congratulations, he's still alive, and the injuries aren't very serious, but the shrapnel is a little difficult to deal with, I can only stop the bleeding and send him to the field hospital in the rear, but the guy who treated his injuries should really go back to the boot camp and start learning again! It's terrible! The medic said in a disgusted tone.
"You can't blame me for that! Time was too rushed! Who knows if that tank will come over. Seeing Licorice looking at him with a strange gaze, Daniel said loudly with a red face.
After delivering the wounded Sergeant Anton Neumann to the medics, knowing that he was fine, Licorice took up his arms and returned to the front line, which was not far away, that is, more than 100 meters.