"So what? Do you want to show that you've been beaten? stupid!" asked one of the infantrymen with a grin.

Wren didn't say anything in the face of the infantry's ridicule, he just smiled helplessly, the slight freckles on his face moved with his smile, and then he climbed back to his tank under the gaze of these SS infantrymen, and then got into his captain's position: "Bowman!

When Wren returned to the village, they saw another SS infantry cleaning the battlefield, and on the ground lay the bodies of three SS soldiers, their faces covered with white cloths, one of whom had been stained red with blood.

Captain Carter's Tank 111 had been towed out of a nearby ditch and was connected to Marcus's Tank 112 with a steel cable. Apparently tank No. 112, which had rushed back to the village, pulled him up, after all, the ditch was not deep, so there was no need for a professional trailer. Captain Carter was also relieved, because after all, the trailer was only available in the battalion headquarters, and it could be said that it would be a shame to use that thing.

Carter and Marcus were working on a map, and the markings on the map indicated that the road extended to the forested side in the distance, connecting to another small village, and beyond that village, a town was a short distance to the east. They were deliberating whether to assemble a tank company and attack the next village.

The 114 and 115 tanks, which were responsible for covering part of the soldiers of the 5th Panzergrenadier Regiment attacking in the wilderness and protecting the flanks of the village, had now rushed back and the tanks were parked outside the village. Of the 5 tanks of the 2nd tank platoon, 1 tank numbered 124 is being repaired, and the remaining 4 tanks are on standby on the other side of the village.

And at the entrance of their village, there is also a No. 3 assault gun belonging to the divisional artillery battalion, this assault gun was ordered to cover the attacking troops in this direction, and now the village has been taken, so this assault gun is also waiting for orders, and the crew members are lying in the car and basking in the sun.

"Hey, Wren, I heard you destroyed a Polish tank?" Captain Carter smiled, pointed to his tank, and continued to laugh at himself, "I didn't seem to have much luck on my first battlefield! ”

Wren turned around and let Bruce and the others rest in the car, walked over by himself, and replied shyly while scratching the back of his head: "I didn't destroy that tank, my shell missed, the tracks of that tank broke by itself, and the people on the car abandoned the car and fled." His shy little face was slightly red, which made the shallow freckles on his face even more obvious.

"But it's still your record. Carter smiled and pointed to Wren's tank, "It needs to have a little more markings on the barrel." ”

Then he did not continue to talk about it, but asked, "I am going to continue the attack, through this woods, and then take this village! Do you think there is a problem with taking this town before four o'clock this afternoon?"

"Do you have infantry with us, I'm afraid something will go wrong if the tank goes it alone!" Marcus frowned and thought for a moment before speaking.

Wren stared at the map for a long time before he spoke: "I don't think there should be a problem, the Poles' defenses are not very strong, I think they are trying to gather their troops in the direction of the town, if we rush over, we can just stop them from doing so." ”

"Will we meet the enemy's main force, what will happen if they counterattack or if we fail to attack?" asked Carter, glancing at Wren.

"If we set out at once, and if we were lucky enough not to meet resistance in the next village, we might be in town by two o'clock in the afternoon, and nine tanks should be able to take out the Polish defenders there. Wren said as he measured the map with the palm of his hand.

The mechanics of tank No. 111 came over, a young-looking recruit. Seeing him approaching, Captain Carter immediately asked, "What did Ensign Polk say?"

"Second Lieutenant Polk said he felt we should attack. The mechanic replied.

"Then let's go back to our respective cars!" Carter waved his hand and ordered, "The tanks of the 1st platoon will search forward and attack, and the 2nd platoon will follow to cover." Check the fuel!Start the engine!Keep the radio on!"

"The last one simply doesn't work. Wren smiled back as he walked to his chariot. It drew laughter from everyone. Then, in the midst of the roar, the tank began to move again, and Wren leaned against his hatch and shouted to the assault gun crew not far away, "Hey, we're going to the next village to see if there are any prisoners!"

The commander of the assault gun vehicle, who was gesturing with a company commander of the grenadiers, raised his head to look at Rennes, then showed a mouthful of his yellow teeth, pointed to the tank not far away, and said to the grenadier company commander next to him: "Send a few armored vehicles, follow them, and we will set off together." ”

The grenadier company commander nodded, and immediately gathered up: "Jackie, you guys take the people into the car! Let's go to the next village to have a look! The people who are left behind hand over half of the ammunition and pack their bags! Be fast! We'll leave in one minute!"

When the mixed force arrived at the next village, it was exactly as expected, and the Poles had dropped some barricades here, but had not sent any troops to defend it.

So the German grenadiers jumped out of the armored vehicles, set up a cordon around the village, locked some of the local residents who did not flee in a relatively large house, and covered the roof of the largest one with a bright German flag.

The rest of the people began to bury the pot in the cooking, they opened some cans, poured them into the lunch box and stirred, and added a lot of water to them, as if they wanted to drink a little broth.

The rest of the crew were also eating their canned food and brown bread, but Wren only distributed some compressed biscuits to Andre, which were extremely unpalatable, although they were hungry but really had no nutrition, these compressed biscuits had been hoarded for a long time, and they still smelled of bad oil.

"There's no way we're going to keep going with you! just maintaining the defensive line of these two villages has made my company very tight, and I can't muster more troops to follow you...... I've heard that you're going east, so be careful. During the meal, the grenadier company commander came over and discussed with Carter, who promised them to leave a tank to help them fortify their defenses.

"The assault artillery crew is preparing to search north, they are going to take an armored car, so our defense is weaker, I will wait for the infantry to rush over and take over the defense line before we advance. The grenadier company commander returned from the assault gun after a while, and continued to grind with Carter: "If you insist on attacking, then please leave another tank behind." ”

Carter thought about it, called the two platoon commanders to discuss it, and then used the binoculars to observe the surrounding terrain before finally agreeing to the grenadiers' request: "Okay! I'm going to take all the remaining seven tanks, we expect a large number of Polish defenders in the town, so we must concentrate our forces as much as possible." ”

The final result of the study was that the 121 tank No. 122 of the 2nd platoon remained and handed over to the command of the 2nd platoon commander, and the remaining 123 and 125 followed the large force to continue forward. And the weather was getting more and more favorable for them, the fog on the Polish border gradually dissipated, the visibility became higher, and the clear sky was cloudless, and the locust-like German bombers finally appeared in the eyes of the German soldiers.

This was undoubtedly good news, as the Air Force sortie represented a significant increase in pressure on the Polish ground forces, and according to the slight amount provided by the pamphlets distributed, the Luftwaffe had a much better ME-109 fighter than the Poles could do in the sky.

The constant sound of loud explosions in the distance also proved that the air force was destroying the opponent, and the constant black smoke rising from the horizon, as well as the occasional Stuka dive bomber flying overhead, confirmed that air supremacy was firmly in the hands of the Germans - at least one qiē information indicated that the German * team had gained the upper hand.

Despite the joy of the Air Force, the fighting on the ground continues. After crossing the woods, the map in Wren's hand showed that the road was open and open, and they thought they would not be in trouble, but they were blocked by a problem caused by their own people - a crossroads on the road they were advancing were destroyed by Stuka bombers, and a large crater ten meters in diameter completely rendered the road completely useless.

"Damn! Air Force ...... The idiots are still ...... Do you have a brain?" came the annoyed voice of a long row of headphones.

Carter's inquiry then came, "Can you get around?"

"It's troublesome! There are fields all around, so it's easy to sink into it and put out the fire. One driver looked at the terrain and replied, "However, I think I can give it a try." ”

Carter showed half of his body on the turret of his tank, and when he got the news, he nodded: "Go around twice and force your way through! Be careful! Don't fall in!"

All the tanks started again, cautiously driving towards the surrounding fields, the first tank went around on the left, and Marcus's tank No. 112 followed the first tank to the left, his idea was very simple, it would be easier to follow the ruts of the first tank.

Behind them, tank No. 125 waited a little impatiently, turned to the right, and suddenly drove into the field on the right.

At this time, the No. 114 tank in the first row followed the rut of the No. 112 tank and drove off the road, and at this time, there was a sudden loud noise from the No. 125 tank: "Boom!" followed by the No. 125 tank with a puff of smoke, the broken tank track slid down to the front of the tank with the rotating wheels, and the No. 114 car on one side suddenly drove into the mud next to it because of panic, struggled twice and turned off.