Chapter 100: Playing CQB in World War II
Gu Ji said the information he had just seen on the military card.
"29th Panzer Division...... You came from Mount Rutana? β
The middle-aged soldier had short brown hair, a beard, and a crumpled and dusty military uniform.
In the equipment system of the Hans Army, only officers above the rank of deputy squad leader are eligible to be equipped with MP40 submachine guns.
Without waiting for Gu Ji to answer, the young soldier on the side spoke:
"Sir, now the Fog Eagle coalition army is like a crazy woman who has eaten gunpowder, the Roman army is guarding us again, the battle has long been disrupted, I also saw the people of the 1st Airborne Division when retreating from the East Coast Highway just now!"
The young soldier wore a gray-green 40-type steel helmet on his head, and his facial features looked very immature, estimated to be seventeen or eighteen years old, and his face was full of excitement, as if he had not yet recovered from the excitement of killing the enemy just now.
Gu Ji glanced down at the corpses of the enemy soldiers.
It is indeed a member of the Eagle Country.
That is, he is currently on the Western Front.
During World War II, the Eastern and Western Fronts were divided by Hans, and in layman's terms, the Eastern Front was east of Berlin, mainly against the Soviet Union, while the Western Front was against France and the Foghawk Alliance.
The so-called "no war on the Western Front, real men on the Eastern Front".
The brutality of the Eastern Theater can be described as "purgatory on earth", with soldiers surviving an average of 24 hours, 400 people dying every hour, and the largest tank battle in human history broke out on the Eastern Front.
Under that kind of overwhelming artillery attack, no matter what CQC or CQB you are, you won't be able to survive for half a second.
On the Western Front, the battle with the Foghawk coalition was already in its late stages.
Volcanoes, coastal roads, Roman armies.
The combination of these three labels made Gu Ji's mind gradually recall an important Allied counteroffensive battle on the Western Front: the Battle of the Nannan Outer Islands!
The war, which took place in July 1943 and was one of the largest landings of World War II, ended with the Allied defeat of the Axis, the forced retreat of the Hans, and the withdrawal of the Roman state from World War II.
For Gu Ji.
This piece of information is particularly important.
First, he was able to judge the form of the current battlefield based on it;
Second, lock the type of cause of the accident disaster at the level.
That's right.
He saw from the military plaque that the hometown of "Hermann" was Ludwigshafen.
In the "Emergency Handling of Accidents and Disasters" that Gu Ji studied before, there are some important disaster cases in history, among which there is the explosion of the Hans BASF factory.
The plant has had a number of accidents in its history.
The most famous of these was the explosion in Auburg in September 1921, which killed 500 people and injured about 2,000, and the shock wave was so strong that even the Muheni seismograph, 300 kilometres away, recorded the tremors.
Ludwigshafen is the location of BASF's plant headquarters.
If he remembers correctly, in July 1948 there was also a serious explosion at the Ludwigshafen production site.
But now it's 1943, a difference of five years.
Just as Gu Ji was thinking carefully, the middle-aged soldier suddenly spoke.
"Where is the commander of your unit now?"
He didn't speak.
Following his line of sight, the middle-aged soldier saw the ruins and shell craters outside the mouth of the alley, and understood everything in his heart.
"My name is Lehr, and I'm a tank gun commander in the 15th Panzer Division, and this is Eugen, my loader, so you can follow us for the time being."
"Yes, sir!"
Gu Ji immediately got up and pretended to be respectful and saluted.
He himself is from the police academy, although his movements are not standard, but his momentum is not lost to the soldiers.
Lehr nodded in satisfaction, then grimly said.
"Unfortunately, our tanks have been bombarded by Eagle rockets, the commander and driver have died, and the radioman has just been shot dead by the enemy, so we have to find a way to make peace with the big troops, Herman, do you have any good ideas?"
Don't look at the tank gun commander as a commander, but he is only responsible for attacking, how to act, or listen to the orders of the commander, that is, the commander of the tank.
So Lehr's mind is actually blank now.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been chased and beaten by the Eagle Army soldiers just now.
"Sir, my suggestion is to march northwest, as Eugen said, the Mist Eagle coalition is attacking from the eastern coastline, and we should avoid the main enemy force for the time being."
Now that the battlefield situation has been determined, it is impossible for Gu Ji to go against the trend.
At present, the Hans army and the Roman army could not hold out for long, and if he continued to rush forward, he would be sent to death.
Not to mention the fact that the goal of the game was to get him to Ludwigshafen, not to fight the Allies.
"Okay, just do as you say."
It seems that because Gu Ji's command just now was good, Leer did not have any rebuttal.
Gu Ji immediately squatted down and picked up the submachine gun next to the corpse of the Eagle Army.
The M1 submachine gun, which is a simplified version of the famous "Chicago typewriter", that is, the Thompson submachine gun series, removes the classic round drum and uses a 30-round straight magazine, which reduces the rate of fire, but also reduces the weight.
It is an excellent close-range firepower weapon.
Seeing him expertly inspect the chamber of the gun and fumble for the magazine on the Eagle Army's corpse, Eugen couldn't help but ask:
"You're going to pick up the Eagle Army's weapons?"
"What, you want to use it?"
"How could I possibly take the stuff of the Shameless Eagle Army, the rifle produced by Hans Will is the best weapon in the world!"
Eugen immediately cocked up the Mauser rifle in his hand, held his head high, and was very proud.
Gu Ji couldn't help but type a "6" in his heart.
In his eyes, there is better firepower not to be taken for nothing, and in close combat, bolt-action rifles are not of an order of magnitude at all compared to fully automatic weapons.
Lehr didn't say anything when he saw this, but looked at Eugen happily.
In the process of "licking the bag", through the half-broken glass on the wall, Gu Ji finally saw "himself", a tall, fair-skinned, sunken white man, hooked nose, deep and hollow facial features, somewhat like Tommy Shelby in "Bloody Gangster".
But he knew very well that this kind of look was a sense of numbness that would only come when he was used to seeing war.
"Sir, let's go!"
Soon, Gu Ji hung the two magazines he found on his body, holding an M1 submachine gun.
As for the Mauser 98K rifle, he did not throw it away, but carried it behind his back.
Lehr nodded, letting Eugen follow him while he took the lead.
Gu Ji didn't have a map of the Nannan Outer Islands in his mind, but he still relied on the knowledge of SERE's survival training to judge the general direction from the sun, which was mostly obscured by gunsmoke in the sky.
Due to the mountainous terrain of the islands in the south and south.
The further you go to the island, the higher the terrain becomes, and a large number of Italian-style white buildings and bluestone brick roads are built along the slope, which looks like a mountain town in China.
Walk through the white ruins to the main road.
The artillery fire and gunfire intensified, and as far as the eye could see, the brick road run over by heavy tanks was littered with corpses, Hans, Romans, Foghawks, and even civilians.
Most of them were shattered by machine gun and tank fire, and their deaths were horrific, blood and green brains seeping into the ground, staining the brown ground with flowers.
In the face of heavy firepower, no matter how strong the individual ability is, it is just a wisp of thin paper.
Several unkempt Italian civilians saw Gu Ji and the others, and hurriedly hid in the cracks of the ruins, and in the darkness, only a pair of clear and innocent eyes appeared secretly looking.
Since the first pass of Ryder Airport, Gu Ji has experienced all kinds of blood, but this is the first time he has witnessed the cruelty of a large-scale battlefield.
"Boom ......"
Just as the three of them were walking against the wall.
Suddenly, there was a violent tremor at the intersection square ahead.
Gu Ji hurriedly reached back and hid on the edge of the wall full of bullet holes.
"It's the Eagle Army's Sherman tank!"
Eugen behind him gritted his teeth.
The Sherman, nicknamed the Eagle Nation M4 medium tank, was one of the most produced tanks of World War II, equipped with a 75mm gun, reliable performance, light weight, high power, and high mobility in field terrain.
But in the blink of an eye, his eyes widened instantly.
One, two, three......
Three Sherman tanks came up from the north and east sides of the crossroads in groups, surrounded by more than two dozen Eagle Army, and their target was the Hans tanks in the west.
It was a Tiger heavy tank.
The Tiger tank weighs 56 tons, which is almost equal to two Sherman tanks, and both armor and artillery power also crush the latter.
But don't forget, the enemy has three Shermans.
Under the play of the coordinated operation of the infantry tank, it is enough to chase and fight this "World War II Tiger King", coupled with the speed at which it is dragged down by its own weight, it can't run away, and it is only a matter of time before it fails.
"Sir, we should go up and help!"
Eugen said urgently.
But Leer didn't answer, just with the three of them, even the two dozen Eagle Army couldn't take it, let alone the tank, and the bullet hit the armor, just to tickle the other party.
But as a commander, he can't give the order to escape.
Just when he was entangled, Gu Ji picked up the binoculars, observed the situation of the northbound streets, and interjected.
"Sir, do you know how to drive a tank?"
"Absolutely."
Although Lehr is a gunner, he stays in the tank all year round, and even a fool has learned it, "Why do you ask this?" β
"I found an abandoned Tiger tank, just behind the northbound road."
Gu Ji put down the binoculars in his hand and pointed ahead.
When Leer heard this, he was slightly stunned.
Hurriedly picked up the binoculars, and really saw a Tiger tank lying on the side of the road, "The tracks are intact, the damage to the battery is not serious, it should still be able to drive!" β
The more he talked, the more excited he became, but as his gaze gradually narrowed.
The Eagle Army's Sherman tank stood in the way.
Eugen couldn't help but ask.
"But the tank is behind the Eagle Army, how can we get there?"
"Bypass, of course."
Gu Ji pointed to the location on the east side, "At present, the attention of the Eagle Army on the east side and the north side is all focused on the west side, we can take the opportunity to pass through the location of the buildings on the east side and go around from behind them to the north side." β
"What if we are discovered by the enemy and turn around and fight back, why don't we go west and join our personnel?"
Lehr voiced his deep concern.
This is the difference between the thinking of ordinary soldiers in World War II and special operations, who are always accustomed to fighting on the frontal battlefield and rarely attack from the flanks and rear.
Actually, it's also normal.
The concept of special operations was just emerging in World War II, when operational concepts such as decapitation operations were not very popular.
"The main target of the enemy is our Tiger tanks, and converging from the front will only allow the enemy to open fire at the same time, and they will easily end us with their hands, and from the side, they will not have time to spend too much energy against us."
"Even if there is a worst-case scenario, there are tanks chasing us, then it can be regarded as sharing the pressure for our tiger, in the case of one or two, maybe the tide of the battle will be reversed, and the role of winning the Eagle Army will be the same!"
"That's great!"
Eugen excitedly clutched the Mauser rifle in his hand, "Sir, you're right, Brother Herman, you really have a lot of combat experience. β
"Time is running out, then hurry up, you must report more on the way, and I will also give you instructions."
Seeing that the enemy's tanks had gathered in the center of the crossroads, Gu Ji picked up the M1 submachine gun in his hand and rushed out.
He helped Lehr and Eugen not just because of his Hans status.
What's more, this intersection has been strangled by the Eagle Army, and if he wants to continue to flee to the northwest, he can only take the west side of the Hans Army.
Even so, it is inevitable to be bombarded by the Eagle Army.
Unless you just abandon the Hans army and run away.
But if you do this on the battlefield, I'm afraid that before you can turn around and take a step, you should be shot by your accomplices as a "traitor"!
Boom ββ!
At this moment, the tank artillery battle between the two sides had begun, and the artillery shells of the Eagle Army grazed the target and hit the wall on the west side, instantly blowing out a large hole.
Not to be outdone, a cannonball hit the white flowerbed fountain in the center of the crossroads, shattering a whole half of the flowerbed stones, and the white stones splashed all over the sky, like hail.
"Quick, keep up, stick to the wall!"
Gu Ji took the opportunity to cross the main road and walk briskly through the ruins of the bombed buildings, "Pay attention to the Eagle Army soldiers on the right!" β
He shouted, waking up Eugen who was following him.
Seeing someone looking over, he hurriedly shouted:
"Herman, we've been discovered!"
Bang!
As soon as the words fell, a rifle bullet hit the ground where Gu Ji was advancing.
Without saying a word, Gu Ji raised his gun and swept over.
Suddenly, a dense burst of fire killed a soldier in the rear of the tank in an instant.
"Next time there is a situation, we have to report the accuracy, how many people are targeted, what position!"
"Yes, yes!"
Eugen didn't expect Gu Ji's marksmanship to be so good, and he didn't react for a while.
Seeing this, Lehr also turned around and swept two shots.
"Behind the left, behind the tank, two Eagle Army soldiers are chasing after you!"
"Don't fall in love with the war, lead them away from the troops!"
Gu Ji swept through an alley with his residual light, stopped suddenly, and reminded while firing his gun: "Pay attention to the alley in my right rear, retreat from there!" β
"Kill the target on the left!"
As he spoke, he shot and killed one man with his M1 assault gun again.
Eugen was completely dumbfounded from the sidelines.
He couldn't understand why this soldier, who was not a few years older than him, reacted so quickly, could not only observe his surroundings while running, but also had surprisingly good marksmanship, and could kill the enemy with a single walk.
"There's Hans behind you!"
"Hurry! There's the Hans Army! β
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Seeing that his companion was killed, the remaining Eagle Army soldiers immediately stopped the pursuit and hid behind the black lamppost next to him.
"The enemy is asking for reinforcements, watch out for reloads, and prepare to retreat!"
Gu Ji shouted, while removing the magazine and stuffing it into his belt pocket, and took out a new magazine and replaced it.
Only then did the two realize that they had just fired a lot of ammunition, and hurriedly changed them together.
"Let's go! Position 2 to keep up! Commander on alert rear! β
After clicking and pulling the bolt to load, Gu glanced at the position of the Eagle Army soldiers, and took advantage of the gap in enemy fire to rush to the alley on the opposite side of the road.
Seeing that he was so directly exposed in front of the Eagle Army tank unit.
Eugene's adrenaline soared, and he let out a "whoop", and dared to follow.
Lehr is a veteran after all, and although he is slightly nervous, he is better at moving calmly.
He didn't forget to obey Gu Ji's instructions, and turned back to sweep the Eagle Army that was about to support.
In fact, the main forces of the Eagle Army were all attracted by the Tiger tanks on the west side, and there were very few who could really rush to support.
In this way, the three of them all entered the alley without danger.
"The left and right windows are safe! Watch out for the pursuers in the rear! β
Gu Ji's pupils had already narrowed into a thin slit at this moment, like a leopard in a hunting state, the muzzle of the gun quickly swept through the window, and then continued to run forward.
Arrive at the corner location.
"The same old way, three, two, one!"
Since Hansian is not as similar to the pronunciation of Xia Wen's numbers, there is no need to change it specially, and after shouting the last one, Gu Ji suddenly arched his back and squatted, while Eugen behind him immediately followed, standing up straight, and aiming his gun at the distance.
"Safety!"
Lehr, who was at the end of the line, suddenly spoke.
"Herman, there's movement behind you!"
"Scatter against the wall, ready to engage the enemy!"
Gu Ji immediately stopped, turned around and stuck to the wall from the left side, and the crab step moved to the edge of the corner of the wall little by little.
Lehr and Eugen are attached to the right wall.
"Fire!"
The next moment, just waiting for the figure to appear in his sight, Gu Ji roared violently, but the M1 submachine gun in his hand had already pulled the trigger before shouting.
Da Da Da ......
Dada!
Faced with the strafing fire of two submachine guns, the three eagles who were pursuing were knocked to the ground before they could even fire a shot.
Gu Ji raised his gun and puffed, two bursts of fire, habitually killing two of them.
"Let's go!"
Such a crisp and neat order that even Eugen and Lehr, who were teammates, could not react.
I finally took a detour from the alley to the main road on the north side.
Gu Ji secretly showed his head, the artillery fire in front of him was fierce, about 50 meters away from him, a Sherman tank, eight Eagle Army soldiers, as for the abandoned Hans Army Tiger tank, it was about ten meters in front of his right.
Other words.
He had to sneak up to only 40 meters with the enemy on his back and get into the tank with great difficulty.
This is difficult to complete, but all the way down, Leer and Eugen have already developed blind faith in Gu Ji's ability.
"Let's go now?"
"Wait."
Gu Ji picked up the binoculars and carefully observed the buildings on both sides of the main road, although there were only five floors, there were many window openings, which were not easy to find.
That's right.
He found that none of the eight Eagle Army infantry in this tank turned back to be vigilant, even if they didn't understand CQB in World War II, they didn't even have the most basic vigilance of soldiers.
And there is a commander's corpse at the mouth of the turret of the abandoned Tiger tank, and judging from the position of the body down, it is likely that he was killed from above.
"Found it, the third Heavy on the 5th floor on the right."
Gu Ji reversed according to the corpse and finally found the Eagle Army machine gunner hiding at the window.
Eugen's jaw dropped.
What's even more surprising is that Gu Ji opened the M1 submachine gun safe, let go of his hand and hung it on his chest, and with a flick of his right shoulder, the Mauser 98K slipped off his arm.
"As soon as the guns go off, the Eagle Army will definitely be alert, so as soon as I shoot, you two must immediately run to the tank and set up a gun for me, understand?"
"Understood."
Lehr tightened his grip on the MP40.
Gu Ji turned the safety of the Mauser rifle to the left side, the butt of the rifle was against the shoulder, and the right eye fell to the dim window target through the "V" shaped notched door, and the barley grain crosshair.
Although it is an aerial sight, the straight-line distance is not very far, about 55 meters.
Plus the bolt-action rifle has high accuracy.
He's still very confident.
"Hoo ......"
Taking a deep breath, Gu Ji gently pressed the plate machine, and at the moment the striker was ready to be fired, and then pressed down.
Bangββ!
The gunshot rang out, and a bloody arrow shot out of the window in an instant.
Lehr and Eugen rushed out of the alley at about the same time, and ran desperately towards the Tiger.
"There are gunshots in the rear!"
"Enemy attack!"
An Eagle soldier roared, saw two people running wildly on the road, and was just about to pick up his gun, bang, a bullet came over.
It's Gu Ji.
Eugen also heard the gunshots of his companions, and with the double blessing of danger and emotion, he went crazy and screamed desperately: "Ahhhhhh β
Finally ran to the Tiger tank.
Lehr hid in the back corner of the tank, raised the MP40 in his hand, and fired at the Eagle Army.
The two soldiers immediately retreated, intending to use the tank as cover.
But they seemed to have forgotten that on the west side of the crossroads, that is, in front of them, there was another Hans army armored team, and one person couldn't dodge, and a bloody hole was suddenly opened in his back.
Submachine guns have long been firmly attracted to Lehr.
Gu Ji hurriedly seized the opportunity and ran wildly towards his teammates.
At this time, he can't do anything, for the big road without any obstruction, a pause for a second is a chance for the enemy to aim, you can only trust your teammates.
"Whew!"
In the end, a bullet grazed the steel helmet on top of Gu Ji's head, and he could even clearly hear the sharp sound of the bullet spiraling and rolling air, as if someone had placed a Sky Monkey above his head.
Eugen turned around and shouted as he shot.
"Quick! Big Brother Herman! Fast! β
"I'll cover you, fast forward to the tank!"
Gu Ji rolled over, pounced on Eugen's side, picked up the M1 submachine gun on his chest, and took over the fire to strafe the Eagle Army.
Eugen now took his words as if they were ancestral teachings.
Without saying a word, he stepped on the tracks of the tank and climbed into the battery.
"Ahh
"Ahh
The sudden two screams startled Gu for a while, there were other people in the tank?
The Eagle Army can't be so shady, right?
Will you still play this hand?
But in the next second, he found that he was thinking too much, with the rotation of the turret, he didn't know who pulled the machine gun, and a large number of bullets were swept over, almost crushing the Eagle Army who used semi-automatic weapons.
The soldiers, like straws, were swept into a sieve by the MG34 machine gun.
"Captain Lehr, get in quickly, the tank on the other side is going to turn around and attack us!"
Gu Ji saw the Sherman tank in front of him turn the battery, and hurriedly stepped on the track to drill into the battery.
A smell of sweat, urine, and oil.
Mixed with strong blood, it came to the nose.
In the narrow turret, Eugen was operating a machine gun, and beside him was a young Hans soldier, thin and thin, with thin skin and tender flesh, looking weak, holding a rifle, cowering in the corner.
Gu Ji hurriedly pointed his gun at him.
"Who are you?"
"Don't kill me! I'm not a deserter! β
The weak soldier was so frightened that he almost cried.
"My name is Apu and I'm a radioman in tank No. 15 of the 6th Panzer Division."
"Get out of the way."
At this time, Lehr also drilled in through the mouth of the turret, and entered the cockpit through the turret shaft, "The opposite side is already turning the turret, Eugen, ready to reload and fight!" β
Back in the tank, Lehr is like returning to his hometown.
The tone of speech is obviously confident, and it is much more relaxed.
"Sir, I'm loading, who's going to control the battery?"
"Herman, will you manipulate the turret?"
"I'll only use a machine gun."
Gu Ji did have a special driving mastery mark, but there were no extra slots to install, so his ability was limited to the little bit of ship control that remained in his memory.
"Eugen, you control the turret, Apu, you take care of the loading, I'll use the machine gun!"
"I, I ......"
"What am I, the face of the soldiers of Hans's will has been lost to you!"
Eugen roared angrily, decisively relinquished the machine gun seat, and sat down in the control of the battery.
Forced to helpless, Apu had to go to the magazine and pick up a cannonball the thickness of an adult's arm.
The caliber of the main gun of the Tiger tank is 88mm, and the shell is very heavy.
"Oh oh oh, be carefulββ!"
Just as Apu picked up the cannonball, Lehr's exclamation came from the wheelhouse.
The next moment, boomββ!
As soon as a cannon rang out, the entire tank instantly shook back, and the loud sound that echoed in the cabin seemed to be buckled in a big bell, and it was struck hard, buzzing and harsh!
The cannonball in Apu's hand accidentally fell on the iron plate.
"Quickly load the cannonball to fight back!"
Lehr shouted, and at the same time controlled the tank body to move slowly, trying to avoid the enemy's second attack.
Fortunately, the thickness of the frontal armor of the Tiger tank is as high as 102 mm, and the thickness of the gun shield armor in front of the turret is 135~150 mm, and the best nickel alloy steel armor is used, which can withstand most of the shells at normal engagement distances, especially from the front.
Gu Ji shook his head, quickly sat down in the machine gun position of the battery, held the thick gun target, and swept wildly at the two Eagle Army soldiers next to the Sherman tank.
Through the window, the enemy Sherman tanks were rapidly moving sideways, as if trying to bombard their armor from the side.
"It's coming again!"
He reminded loudly.
Apu, who finally relieved himself, hurriedly picked up the ammunition on the ground and loaded it into the barrel.
"Shell reloaded!"
"Great!"
Eugen, who was sitting next to Gu Ji, was full of excitement, and while turning the turret to aim, he said madly: "Next, let this group of shameless eagle soldiers see what the Tiger King of the Hans Will Empire is!" Yes! β
Boom ββ!
Boom ββ!
(End of chapter)