Chapter 28: Countdown

After two consecutive days, the 756th Tank Battalion came to the seaside city of Kutangs.

Settled here, the entire coastal city of Normandy, except for Calais, which was heavily defended by the German army, was liberated.

The transfer of Allied logistics to these coastal cities would also ease the logistical pressure on the next operations.

"Lieutenant Colonel, the crossing into Kutangs is now heavily guarded by the Germans, and we need your tank battalion to help us open up this situation."

"No problem" Henry looked at the map, this intersection was the last line of defense into the city.

On both sides of the intersection were German defensive positions, and I don't know how many anti-tank weapons were hidden in the dense woods.

"Captain Feldman, Captain Will, Captain Miller ready to fight"

"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel"

Boarding his own Storm Battalion to command the tanks, the first seven tanks lined up in turn, pressing into the German positions, followed by armored vehicles and American infantry.

"Armored vehicles towing howitzers are a little slower, keep a distance of 300 meters, let the infantry follow the second row of tanks, if you don't want to get out of the car and escort the tanks yourself"

"1500 meters, close the hatch" tank entered the range of howitzers, the German howitzers kept smashing down, and the entire battlefield was covered with gunsmoke and dust, but unfortunately the tanks of this era only had a direct firing distance of 800 meters.

"Distance 1300 meters"

"The armored vehicle unloaded the howitzer, 100 meters in front of the German position, and carried out the extension of artillery fire ~ to clear the German anti-tank mines"

"Distance 1000 meters"

"Prepare for battle, reload!" Henry entered the enclosed tank, feeling like he was almost unable to breathe, and the smell of gasoline made Henry lose his sense of smell.

"Get into range and shoot freely!"

"There are 300 meters left to enter the German positions" The front row of tanks provided information to Henry about the engagement.

"The armored car is moving forward, in front of the German position, providing machine-gun cover, so that the infantry can follow quickly, are they still going to let us help him clean up the battlefield?"

Before entering the position, Henry did not bother to stay in the tank, setting up machine guns to strafe around, and sometimes clearing the German soldiers rushing around the other tanks.

As long as you don't get targeted by bazookas and anti-tank grenades, the whole battle is a one-sided slaughter, but there are undead people on the battlefield.

After a 5-hour battle, 8 tanks were lost, mainly because the bazooka is an anti-tank weapon that is too easy to imitate, and it has been on the battlefield for more than 3 years, and basically every country is equipped with it now.

In August 1944, with the liberation of Paris, the Allies slowed down their offensive due to internal disagreements, and Bradley Sr.'s plan for a quick offensive was frustrated.

In December 1944, the German Führer attempted to appoint the conservative and cautious Rundstead as field marshal to make the elder Bradley relax his vigilance so that he could launch a counteroffensive in the Ardennes.

As a result, because of Henry's reminder, the intelligence department also obtained accurate information, thinking that this was Hitler's last madness, and laid out a heavy pocket in advance, and surrounded the German 6th SS Army Group in one fell swoop, tearing open the last line of defense to attack Germany.

In April 1945, there was only one month left until the end of World War II in May.

"Lieutenant Colonel Henry, this is a combat mission issued from above, tomorrow afternoon to the town in front to defend against the counterattack of the German army."

"Shit, we just finished the battle, and we haven't had time to rest yet~ That bastard's order" Henry said angrily, it's the last month, is it necessary to be in such a hurry?

"General Bradley's order to keep the Allied warehouses until the end of the battle"

"Well, let's go garrison, the Germans don't have much strength anyway"

"Captain Miller, how many tanks are there in the camp now?"

"9 tanks, just returned in fury"

"You can treat the wounded right here, the war is almost over, Captain Miller, we can go home, so you don't have to rush to join me here."

"Yes, sir"

Henry walked out of the tent, and the whole camp was littered with wounded and dragged corpses, which was the station of three battalions, and the battle was fought to the end, and the attrition was getting worse.

"Where's Captain Will?" Henry stops a passing tankman.

"Lieutenant Colonel, Captain Will is seriously injured and is now resuscitating"

"Call Sergeant Don Collier"

"Yes, sir"

Henry walked over to the Fury Tank and waited, there were only three people here except for one Don who was not here.

"And what about the other person?"

"Lieutenant Colonel, already sacrificed" The driver, Teneri, looked at the others, and no one answered, so he could only stand up and answer.

"It's a pity" that there are still so many tanks, but this co-pilot is still gone, and he is destined to have this catastrophe.

"Your tank just came back, has it been overhauled?"

"Lieutenant Colonel, that's not within our reach"

"I'll take a look at it for you, bring the tools, and then all the tanks will be stationed in the town in front, and the others will go and prepare ammunition, there's no time to chat and drink coffee here"

Henry picked up his tools and started to overhaul the tank, and looked up to see that they hadn't moved, hey! That has the reason that you are busy and others are resting next to you, or you are lazy in front of me.

"Lieutenant Colonel Henry" Don Collier came over and reported.

"Captain Will is injured, there is no problem for you to command the tank" Henry overhauled the entire tank, and the problem was solved.

"No one else?"

"There's one, a recruit who just graduated from an armored school, do you think I'll give it to him with confidence?" Henry threw away his tools and beckoned to the recruit carrying a large bag.

"Recruit, go to the kitchen to get two buckets of hot water, clean up the inside of this tank, and take a basin for me to wash my hands by the way" Henry doesn't care if he is a plot character or not, he still has to be called.

"Yes, sir"

"I need to think about it for so long, and I'm still not confident in myself, so I decided like this, I just want to be lazy."

Henry looked at Don as if he had just cried, and he didn't ink much with him, it was difficult to live on the battlefield, where was there time to worry about others.

When Henry's battalion command tank was blown up, although he could rescue them, it was not worth it, otherwise he would have been hiding for so long in vain.

"We're going to garrison Allied supplies, maybe our last mission, this is the mission document, now it's up to you to be in charge, it's up to you to inform"

Henry took the basin that the recruits had handed him, washed the mud off his hands, poured water and wiped his hands.

"Wipe the tank clean, and then go to Captain Mi Lei, anyway, you can do whatever he tells you to do, go ahead"

Henry is lying flat now, just wants to play soy sauce, and after staying on the battlefield for a long time, he feels more and more bored.

"After collecting it for three years, there are only 1,200 hardeners, and it costs 500 to strengthen a piece of equipment, and other metal materials are needed, it seems that you can only get the vibranium first, and upgrade the equipment to a higher level, and the hardener and Ulu metal can only be collected later."