Chapter 3: Attack on Sherman

"All tanks stop!"

It may be that the front line is not very far away, and Qi Lin felt that the tank had only been moving for a long time, and the 'Fury' at the beginning stopped.

At this point, the convoy stopped on a dirt road between two rows of hedgerows, crossed the bush on the right, crossed a vegetable patch, and then crossed a wall of bushes, and it would be within the range of enemy fire.

Qi Lin held up the telescope hanging from his chest and looked there, but could see nothing but woods, bushes, and billowing smoke.

However, Qi Lin knew that in that woods, there were at least two anti-tank guns waiting for them to come into range, and if there was a change in position due to his arrival, it was likely that other heavy anti-tank weapons would appear.

In addition, a platoon of American soldiers was also trapped in the clearing, and it was heard that it seemed that there were heavy losses, and even two half-tracks and a tank (possibly an armored vehicle).

"Alright, let's go down!"

didn't have time to think about Qi Lin, Tang quickly gave the order.

"Leave someone for me, and the others will get out of the car and follow!"

Qi Lin puffed up and turned back to the infantry on his tank and said.

"Well, you all hear you! Get out of the car, get out of the car, hurry up, hurry up! The murderous veteran nodded, then yelled at his teammates.

With Tang's words on the radio, the other infantry hurriedly jumped out of the car, checked their weapons, and then quickly adjusted their positions and followed the car under the leadership of the commander and some veterans.

Affected by this series of pre-war atmosphere, Qi Lin's nerves were tense and excited.

Is there anything more exciting for a man than commanding a tank, rushing into battle, and crushing the enemy with artillery fire and machine guns?

Hurriedly let his crew close the other hatches and retract into the car, while he himself grabbed the walkie-talkie in one hand, and then shrank his body slightly into the control tower.

"All tanks, go, make a sharp turn to the right!"

At the sound of an order, the Shermans began to turn, crushing the man-tall bush with the roar of their engines.

"Keep up with the rage!"

"Hurry up, keep up, keep up!"

"Keep your distance and don't bump into each other!"

"Sharp to the right, keep up!"

"Guys keep up!"

"Stay in formation!"

Hurried commands sounded on the radio, and Qi Lin's mental state also entered an unprecedented euphoria.

But if there is one word to describe their current situation, it can only be walking on thin ice.

In the open vegetable field, the tall body of the Sherman tank was almost like a target, and in order to protect the infantry following behind, the tank had to be reduced to a minimum, which made the danger of being destroyed even greater.

"Lin, pay attention to the row of trees ahead! Binkosky, watch that high ground! ”

The experienced Tang also knew that his situation was very bad, and hurriedly pointed out two places that could be done.

"L1-2 (L1-5) Roger, understood!" The two replied.

Although Qi Lin knew that the opposite side would not fire artillery yet, because there was still a bush in front of him blocking the two sides, he still hurriedly asked the gunner to aim the barrel at the forest in front of him, which was about 600 meters away, and at the same time reminded the veteran who was under the body to control the machine gun.

As Qi Lin had expected, the convoy was not attacked, and soon came to the second row of hedgerows, where it ran over with all its might.

Corpses everywhere were visible, as if they had just been slaughtered.

Burning half-tracks and scrapped tanks lay in the open space in front of them like abandoned rags, and two equally burning corpses lay next to an armored vehicle that had been blown upside down.

The American soldiers who were suppressed by the opposite side before and did not dare to look up looked back at the beautiful bodies of these five Sherman tanks, and an expression as if they had been reborn instantly appeared on their faces.

"Look at the ground!"

Tang's voice reminding came from the radio, and Qi Lin knew that it was reminding his inexperienced self. Hurriedly lowered the speed of the car, carefully looked at the front of the car, fortunately there was no tragedy of running over his own people.

"Get up, come here!"

"Keep up and stay in formation!"

"Lower your posture!"

The infantry behind the car kept beckoning their teammates who were lying on the ground, and more and more soldiers got up from the ground and joined the team behind the tank, and the cheers of the rescue came and went.

Even Qi Lin, an outsider, felt unusually inspiring when he heard it.

However, Qi Lin also knew that the danger had not yet passed, on the contrary, the enemy's counterattack would come soon, so he did not dare to relax at all.

"L1-3, turn right! Turn right! There's someone ahead of you! ”

Don's anxious voice suddenly came over the radio, and Qi Lin turned his head to look, and found several GIs lying in front of Davis's 'Old Phyllis', which had just raised some speed.

"Damn it, turn right, bastard!" Davis leaned over and hurriedly grabbed the walkie-talkie and yelled at his driver.

'Old Phyllis' turned hastily and drove past a GI in a dangerous way.

"You're blind!"

Qi Lin saw that they were all sweating for those soldiers, and Tang was even more angry and scolded.

Fortunately, there was no such thing after that, and the soldiers trapped on the ground gradually gathered behind the five Sherman tanks and began to slowly think about the German front pressing.

"Hisss hiss!"

Suddenly, a terrifying, half-tearing sackcloth sound came to mind from the German front, and a blue-green barrage instantly covered the body of the 'Fury', and several soldiers who followed it and didn't have time to cover themselves were instantly torn apart by the barrage and fell to the cold earth.

And the only thing that can make such a terrifying sound is the MG42 general-purpose machine gun known as the 'Hitler chainsaw' and the 'ripping machine'.

With a 7.92 mm caliber and a terrifying rate of fire from 1,200 to 1,500 rounds per minute, it became a nightmare for all Allied infantry.

However, this was not enough to penetrate the thick armor of the Sherman tank (relative to the power of the machine gun).

But Qi Lin still shrank his head, even though the machine gun was hitting 'Fury' instead of himself, but just listening to the tearing cloth-like gunfire made people shudder.

Just as he was about to let his gunner bombard him, he heard a "bang".

The Fury, which was shot in the face by a machine gun, sent a HE (high-explosive shell) directly, but unfortunately it missed anyone, but hit the ground in front of the foxhole, raising a cloud of smoke to block Qi Lin's vision.

"Bang~! Rumble! ”

Another shell flew out of the barrel of the Fury, this time hitting the foxhole with precision, and a broken body flew out of the smoke and fell into the open space four meters away.

"Ceasefire, targets destroyed!" Don's calm voice came over the radio.

Qi Lin pursed his lips, and then continued to focus on the woods, waiting for the anti-tank gun hidden in the woods to reveal itself.

"Chirp~!"

With a scream, a cannonball suddenly flew past Qi Lin and smashed into the ground in the distance.

Although it didn't hit him, it scared him out of the blue.

Because in the original plot, this cannonball was supposed to fly between Don's 'Fury' and Davis's 'Old Phyllis'.

In other words, the plot changed at this moment!

However, at the moment when the opponent opened fire, Qi Lin also caught the fire of the opponent's gun.

"Anti-tank gun, 11 o'clock, 630 yards (approximate distance)!"

Qi Lin hurriedly grabbed the walkie-talkie to notify the other four commanders, and at the same time asked the loader to reload a HE, and then gave the gunner an order to fire.

"Fire!"

"Bang~!"

Sherman's body slammed, and Qi Lin's pale fingers gripped the edge of the conning tower.

"Boom~!"

A cloud of dirt and fire exploded in the forest, but the location of the cannonball was not the same as Qi Lin thought, which undoubtedly made Qi Lin's already bloodless face even paler.

However, he also knows that reality is not a game, there is no indication of where the shells will land, and he will not aim where to shoot.

What's more, they are now on the move, and the tanks during World War II, including Sherman, do not have the ability to shoot on the move...... Look at the character, as well as the experience of the gunner!

Although Qi Lin's gunner was supposed to be a 'system' gunner, Qi Lin misestimated the position of the muzzle of the gun, and before the barrel could be completely turned, he gave the order to open the gun in advance.

The consequence was that the gunner faithfully carried out his orders and missed the shell......

Fortunately, Zilin still has teammates.

"Bang Bang~!"

The other four Shermans began to adjust their muzzles at the moment when Qi Lin gave them position, and after a round of shelling, a burst of fire flashed, and a loud explosion indicated that the cargo had unfortunately been detonated and fell to its knees.

"Ceasefire! The target is destroyed! ”

This guy who fired two shots in the original plot is now set on fire after only one shot, and then there is no chance to fire the cannon, which can be described as quite sad.

But Qi Lin didn't dare to relax, because he knew that there was at least one anti-tank gun in this forest, so he didn't dare to relax for a moment, and even raised the walkie-talkie.

However, it is definitely not possible to directly tell his teammates that there is an anti-tank gun opposite, not to mention that Qi Lin doesn't know where the specific location of that gun is, so he can only remind him in a slightly more euphemistic way.

"Be careful, the other side may still have anti-tank guns!"

As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, another cannonball flew from the forest with a screeching sound.

And this shot turned out to be aimed at Qi Lin's 'big name'.

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