Chapter Twenty-Four: A Fight to the Death
At the time of the massive explosion at the artillery position, the tanks of the German 2nd Panzer Division were already on their way to the front.
They stopped at a distance of 1200 meters from the positions of the British and began the first long-range bombardment. Having learned the lessons of the past, the German Panzer Division did not resort to the usual ground-crushing charge tactics, but first used heavy fire to clear the area before launching a full-scale attack.
Sixty tanks fired shells whining with flames, razing building after building. They don't let go of any buildings that are outside the surface.
Arnhem Cathedral, an adventurer is firing fire after shot with a sniper rifle. When a tank shifted its muzzle to this side, the adventurer just smiled contemptuously. The cathedral has been bombarded by tanks many times in the past few days, but it has always stood.
So he just habitually pouted.
The next moment, however, he saw at least four tanks aimed at him at the same time.
His face changed slightly: "Mom!"
Without hesitation, the adventurer ran towards the big hole next to him, trying to jump directly out of the cathedral, with his adventurer's physique, falling from this height might hurt a little, but he would definitely not die. But as soon as he jumped out of the hole in the church, he saw a cannonball already flying towards him.
"No!" the adventurer let out a final scream of misery, which exploded into powder.
Arnhem Cathedral collapsed in an instant, turning it into ruins.
The roar of bombers also began to sound in the sky.
Twenty-five Stuka bombers, in groups of five, formed a squadron of five in the air, forming a medium-sized flying column, heading for the town.
"Be careful, it's Stuka! kill them!" Flood howled at the top of his throat.
Twelve adventurers raised their guns into the sky at the same time and shot at the sky.
King Kong shouted: "Shoot!"
The adventurer who could thunder from the sky slashed his gun horizontally, rushed out of the trench, and pointed his hands towards the sky.
A large area of thunderclouds suddenly appeared in the sky, and twenty-five Stuka bombers could not dodge it, and at least a dozen of them burrowed into the thunderclouds. Under the violent thunder and lightning in the clouds, the Stuka bombers burst into flames and fell to the ground upside down, and only a few escaped from the thunderclouds.
"Haha, eight! Lao Tzu killed eight at once!" the adventurer exclaimed excitedly. This thunder fell from the sky, and it was powerful, but it also consumed a lot of his spirit at once, and he didn't have enough time to recover.
But in the next moment, King Kong shouted, "Be careful!"
The adventurer was stunned, and when he looked up, he saw a huge bomb falling from the sky, slamming it on the top of his head......
Seventeen Stuka bombers, after dodging the thunderclouds, reformed and dived towards the ground. The bombs fell from the belly of the plane one after another like an old hen, and exploded on the ground one after another, and the huge air wave blew up a large cloud of dust and mist, forming a wall of smoke.
An incendiary bomb landed near the concentration of adventurers, and everyone was so frightened that they dodged, and a huge wave of fire rushed in an instant.
The two adventurers were unable to dodge and were engulfed in flames, letting out a miserable wail.
"Hurry back, hurry back!" King Kong called out loudly.
In just a few minutes, the artillery fire of the Germans had already swept away the first line of positions, and the entire front was reduced to rubble.
The bombers in the sky were still dive-bombing, and they were looking for heavy firepower from the British.
Several tanks and artillery pieces captured by the 2nd Airborne Battalion became their key targets. The bombs that fell in the cluster turned several heavy fire points into a sea of fire in an instant.
The second line of defense is also being rapidly torn apart.
"Retreat to the third line!" Frost shouted.
The German offensive was fierce, and the British Red Devils' army was already at an absolute disadvantage in terms of ammunition, physical strength, morale, equipment and numbers after many days of fighting.
The only thing they can do now is to trade space for time, but the time that can be exchanged for this space is really limited.
On the distant position, a figure was running towards this side with a cat's waist, and from time to time the cannonballs exploded in the figure's run, pushing the man into the air and then falling to the ground. The man rolled and continued to run in this direction.
It's gentleness.
"Come over here!" shouted the flood.
A Stuka roared in the sky, dropping three bombshells in a row, one of which was falling on the gentle head.
King Kong rushed out of the trench with a fierce tiger leap, and pointed his hands at the falling cannonball.
The shell stopped in the air and didn't fall again.
King Kong's body was as if it had been hit by something, and a large amount of blood spilled from his mouth, ears, and nose. His eyes widened wildly: "Quick!"
Gentle and lightning rushed towards this side, and when he rushed to King Kong's side, he carried him and threw himself into the trench, and the two of them fell heavily into the trench. Behind him there was a loud bang, and the uncontrollable bomb hit the ground.
", you ...... It's heavy. King Kong rolled his eyes and called.
Gently fluttering a smile, a trace of emotion appeared on the gray fluttering little face: "Thank you, big man, I forgot that you still have this hand." ”
"It's a pity that I don't have enough energy, if I have enough energy, I can control one plane to hit another. It's a pity...... I've got to get some rest. King Kong replied coughing up blood. He wasn't hit by a bomb, but he was hurt by the attrition caused by his overuse of his abilities.
"How is Shen Yi?" Hong Lang asked urgently: "I see that he blew up the artillery position, did he come out?"
A trace of heartache flashed in Gentle's eyes, and he shook his head: "He didn't plan to come out at all." ”
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The muzzle of the spirit musket was pointed at the head of the SS major general, and the vampire touch was on the major general's neck.
Outside the tent was a hellish scene filled with gunsmoke and flames, and dozens of SS soldiers pointed their guns at Shen Yi in the smoke.
Their expressions were solemn, but there was no panic in their eyes that the commander was being held hostage by the enemy.
The rumbling explosion is like the background music for this moment of extreme tension, and surprisingly, it does not feel heavy or solemn, on the contrary, it is a little funny and ridiculous.
Because neither Shen Yi nor the major general officer who was kidnapped had the slightest nervousness on their faces.
"You...... He's a great soldier. The SS major general suddenly said, "How on earth did you get into my position and do all this?
"Should you be more concerned about your own life?" Shen Yi said with a smile.
The major general replied coldly: "I don't think so, maybe you don't know who the SS is." Do you think you'll be able to get out if you kidnap me? These are not peaceful times. This is war, everyone must have the consciousness of sacrifice for the country, and the SS is the most loyal to the Führer. If there is anything else in this world that makes us feel terrified, it is not death, but the inability to fulfill the sacred mission entrusted to us by the Führer. ”
Shen Yi narrowed his eyes slightly.
He remembered some legends about the SS.
A well-known war correspondent in the United States once said that the strongest, most courageous, and most trustworthy army in human history should be the first to be the SS in World War II.
Regardless of the distinction between good and evil political positions and beliefs, the members of the SS under the command of Hit/Teller during World War II were notoriously fanatical, daring to sacrifice their lives for their country, fighting bravely and fearlessly, and were known as the most feared professional soldiers.
Marshal Zhukov of the Soviet Union once said that once the commander of his unit and the formed units to which he belonged heard that there were SS troops in the German positions in the front, basically everyone wrote a suicide note, and everyone became extremely solemn, and even deserted. In his memoirs he wrote: "...... Those SS dogs were real soldiers, and Eisenhower and I were fucking amateur doll troops, and from the bottom of my heart, they were rivals I respected. ”
When Hit/Teller committed suicide, there were more than 63,000 SS soldiers who followed the Führer's suicide in just one month, and more than 70,000 people were killed by hiding in the corner and refusing to surrender. "It's still widely circulated.
Although the SS later became the target of negative criticism in World War II for its many notorious war crimes, especially in the Holocaust, the SS was in fact divided into two groups: the SS covert units and the Waffen-SS. The main executors of the massacre were the secret squads, and the Waffen-SS was the terrible army that roamed the battlefield and made the enemy smell and discolor. And although they participated in massacres, they were much less, but they were also SS soldiers, and it was not unjust to carry some black pots for the secret operations team.
The real soldier Zhukov is talking about is the Waffen-SS, which is the unit that Shen Yi has encountered now.
Shen Yi couldn't know what kind of combat power they had, but what kind of loyalty and spirit they didn't fear of death they had, Shen Yi immediately understood in the next moment.
For the SS Major General had already shouted in the next moment: "Our glory is called loyalty! For the Führer, everyone obeys the order and prepares to open the ......."
All the SS soldiers were ready to shoot the bullets from their guns at the same time.
"Wait!" Shen Yi shouted.
The SS major general let out a cold and arrogant laugh: "Put down the gun, I can spare you from death, but you can't get more." ”
"I think it's better for me to trade my own way for a chance to live. Shen Yi replied with a smile.
He did not believe the Major General's words.
The SS was known for its bravery and skill, but it was also known for its ruthlessness.
An SS major general was abducted by a British paratrooper, which is definitely not a good thing to hear, and there is an eighty percent chance that after Shen Yi released the major general, he was killed on the spot.
But he was sure to keep that possibility to a minimum.
"Don't you want to know how I got in? It's a shame I can't perform anymore, but I might be able to see something else. Shen Yi said as he took off his Kevlar body armor.
Throwing the body armor on the ground, he took out the small pistol and said to the major general, "Look clearly." ”
He raised his pistol and aimed it at the body armor on the ground, and fired three shots in quick succession.
His movements were slow, but clear, and did not give the SS soldiers any chance of misunderstanding.
The Major General's gaze straightened.
The Kevlar body armor had three small holes under the pistol fire, but the bullet was still clearly stuck in the body armor and did not penetrate the ground.
"I think you know what that means, right?" Shen Yi smiled heartily.
"It's an amazing invention that I've never seen before. The Major General said in a dry tone.
"That's right. Shen Yi moved the muzzle of the gun away from the major general's head.
He casually took out a bottle of intermediate recovery potion and threw it to the major general: "Drink this, and your injuries will be healed." ”
Then he threw the gun into the medal, and Shen Yi's gun disappeared, which made the other party even more stunned.
Shen Yi slowly raised his hands: "I surrender!"