The driver did not dare to neglect and quickly started the tank and drove in the direction of the Soviet pursuit.
According to the driver's guess, the Russians would soon find out that something was wrong with their tank, and immediately mobilized anti-tank weapons to destroy themselves. But when he cautiously drove the tank into the pursuing Soviet team, the other party did not
Noticing something strange about him, some people even shouted in front of the tank and kept gesturing to him, telling him to drive the tank slower and not to disrupt the infantry's attacking formation.
"You have all seen it," Huber, the commander of the tank, said with a sneer: "Under the cover of night, the Russians did not discover our true identity at all and thought it was their own tank. Now it is in front of us.
There are two choices, and I give you the right to choose."
Hearing what Huber said, everyone except the driver focused their eyes on him, wanting to hear what he wanted to say.
Seeing that everyone was silent and just staring at her, Huber expressed what she was thinking: "The first option is that we maintain the current speed, mix in the middle of the Russians, and retreat towards the designated position; the second option
Choose, we fulfill our military duties and attack the Russians, but the result of doing so may be that our entire army is annihilated in a short period of time. It is up to you to choose where to go!"
After Huber finished speaking, he looked at the crowd and asked: "Tell me your choice, run away among the Russians like a coward, or die fighting like a warrior."
"Mr. Captain," as soon as Huber finished speaking, the gunner expressed his position: "I will listen to you in everything. I will do whatever you say."
Seeing that the gunner was willing to advance and retreat with her, Huber nodded and asked the loader: "What about you?"
"Since both you and the gunner are willing to fight bravely against the Russians, how can I, as your assistant, lag behind?" the loader said without hesitation: "I am willing to fulfill my military duties, even if I lose my life.
No matter what."
"Very good, very good." Huber said "very good" twice, then looked at the radio operator and machine gunner and asked: "Tell me, what is your choice?"
"I, I..." the radio operator stuttered for a while, and finally made a decisive decision: "I am willing to fight and die like a brave man."
"Very good," everyone's reply made Huber very satisfied. He asked the driver who was driving the tank: "You are the only one left, driver, tell us, what is your choice?"
"Since we are a crew, we are a whole." The driver said without looking back: "Of course I want to die like you, like a warrior."
"Now that everyone's opinions have been unified, let's launch an attack on the Russians."
"Mr. Captain, there are Russians everywhere outside." The gunner reminded Huber: "Where should we attack?"
"Look where the Russian command center is and we attack there." Huber said: "As long as the Russian command center is defeated, their troops will fall into chaos because they lose unified command. In this way
, the chance of our troops escaping from danger will be higher."
After a period of observation, the pilot pointed to a command cabin two to three hundred meters away and said to Huber: "Mr. Captain, look quickly. There is a command cabin on the roadside in front, and there are people standing guard outside.
Soldiers, this should be the Russian headquarters, let’s attack there.”
Huber visually measured the distance and felt that with the strength of his crew, he could completely destroy the command cabin, so he decisively issued an order: "Get to your positions, start loading, and prepare to destroy the Russian command cabin ahead."
The first artillery shell was fired, but because it was too dark, Huber made a slight deviation when aiming. As a result, the shell did not hit the target, but landed more than 20 meters away from the command cabin and exploded.
As soon as the tank fired like this, its target was immediately exposed. Huber soon heard the Russians outside shouting and screaming, as if saying that a German tank was found here, and he immediately mobilized anti-tank guns to destroy it.
It. But Huber could not care about this. Since his target has been exposed, all he can do is to fight quickly and destroy the Russian command cabin as soon as possible, thus making this unit leaderless because it has lost its unity.
command and fell into chaos.
When the second round of artillery was ejected from the chamber, everyone in the car felt the body of the car shake violently. According to experience, it was hit by an anti-tank weapon. Fortunately, I was lucky. Only the body of the car was hit, but the shell did not
Effectively penetrates tank armor.
Huber asked loudly: "Is anyone injured?"
"No, Mr. Captain." The other members of the crew replied in unison.
Huber used a periscope to observe the cabin in front of him and found that the second shell had missed again. Although many Russian soldiers were knocked down, the command cabin was still intact. The other party seemed to have discovered that the target of the German attack was
He quickly activated his cabin and left here. Seeing that the Russian command cabin was about to escape, Huber became anxious. He shouted to the loader: "Hurry up and load, don't let the Russians escape."
However, before the third round could be ejected, their tank was hit by an anti-tank weapon again, the turret was blown off, and all the crew members were knocked unconscious.
After an unknown amount of time, Huber woke up and found that the turret was gone. He and the other members of the crew seemed to be sitting in an open car, surrounded by nothing. Huber saw the Russians
He didn't notice himself and quickly saw the injuries of the crew members.
After some inspections, he suddenly felt more at ease. Every member of the crew was still alive, but they were knocked unconscious by the shelling they had just suffered. He shook the members awake next to each other, hoping to take advantage of his situation.
When ignored by the Russians, give them a thunderous blow.
But when everyone woke up, they discovered a serious problem. The turret was blown away, which meant that the tank's main gun and machine gun were gone. Now each member of the tank crew only has one equipped with two ammunition.
Clamped pistol.
"Mr. Captain," the pilot, whose forehead was still bleeding, asked Huber nervously: "What should we do next?"
"Can the tank keep moving?"
The driver replied in a panic: "I'm not sure about this. Only after restarting can we know whether the tank can continue to be used."
"Brothers," Huber said to everyone: "Now we are surrounded by Russians, and the tank has also suffered heavy damage. The only thing we are proud of is that five members of the crew are still alive, which means
With this, we can continue our offensive against the Russians."
But this time even the gunnery commander was a little discouraged. He said with a grimace: "Mr. Captain, now we only have five pistols and ten magazines left. Do you think we can still make waves among the Russians with our strength?"
?"
Seeing that the crew members became so downcast because of a small setback, Huber couldn't help but feel a little angry: "What's wrong with you? Could it be that a small setback destroyed your confidence?"
"Mr. Captain, what we are facing now is not just a small setback." The driver said with a wry smile: "Even the turret was blown away by the Russian artillery fire. What strength do we have to continue fighting the Russians?
?”
"Then what are you going to do?" Huber asked through gritted teeth, "Are you planning to surrender to the Russians?"
"It's not enough to surrender." The driver shook his head and said: "If we still want to continue attacking the Russians under the current circumstances, doesn't it mean that we will die in vain?"
"Yes, yes, Mr. Captain." The loader also added: "I think it is impossible to continue fighting, but if you don't want to be captured by the Russians, I have a good way."
"What a good idea." The loader pointed to the outside of the tank and said, "Look at how many Russian corpses are around the tank. I think we can take off their clothes, put on their clothes, and sneak out quietly.
"
Although the radio operator felt that stripping clothes from the dead was an immoral thing, he considered that if he wanted to survive, he would have to use Russian military uniforms to escape from this damn death zone. He was worried that Huber would not be able to survive.
Agreeing, he had to let people like him hold up pistols and fight against the Russian soldiers who were armed to the teeth. He carefully persuaded: "Mr. Captain, I think the loader is right. If you want to escape from the Russians smoothly,
In an encirclement, we can only take off the clothes from the dead Russians. We can use their clothes to dress up as Russians, follow these Russians and continue to move forward, and maybe we can successfully return to the rear of our army."
Huber is not a one-minded person. The main reason why he ordered the gunner to fire just now is because the Panzer IV tank is relatively late. The Soviet army, which lacks anti-tank weapons, has nothing to do with its own tanks. But it made him
What I didn't expect was that my tank fired three times. Not only did it miss the target, but the other party used anti-tank weapons to knock off the turret. At this moment, I asked my crew members to hold a few pistols and fight with them.
The Russians who are equipped with rifles, submachine guns and machine guns outside are trying their best to let everyone die. He will not do such a stupid thing.
"Okay." He nodded and agreed with his subordinates' opinions: "When everyone goes out, in addition to taking off the Russians' clothes, we also need to collect their weapons. With enough powerful weapons, even if we are discovered by the Russians
, and also have enough strength to stand out from their encirclement."
Fortunately, the Soviet army had moved forward at this moment, and no one discovered that all the crew members in the tank with the turret removed were still alive, and they even climbed out of the tank and stripped them from the dead Soviet soldiers.
Take off your clothes, collect usable equipment, prepare to put on makeup, and continue to mix with the Soviet army, moving towards their retreat direction.
A few minutes later, the crew members all changed into Soviet military uniforms, carried Popov submachine guns, picked up Mosin Nagant rifles, and stood next to the tank waiting for Huber's next order.
Just when Huber was about to give the order, the driver suddenly said: "Mr. Captain, I just took a look and found that the tank's engine is still in good condition. In other words, we can use the tank to continue marching. Now, we are walking,
It’s better to continue moving forward in the tank, please give us the order.”
Huber originally wanted to give the order to abandon the tank, but when he heard the driver said that the tank could still drive, he suddenly had a new idea in his mind. He waved to everyone and ordered: "Everyone get back on the tank, and we will continue on our way in the tank."
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Just like that, the five tank soldiers got back into the tank and continued on their way in the tank without the turret. Except for the driver, everyone looked around with guns drawn, ready to attack if they found an enemy approaching.
Shoot without hesitation.
A dozen health workers who were treating the wounded heard the roar of a tank engine not far away, and they all stood up. What they saw clearly was a German tank without a turret. In the tank were five people wearing Soviet uniforms.
The men in uniform thought that the people coming were their own, so they waved to them desperately to signal the tanks not to come, because there were still many wounded people lying on the ground, and if they accidentally ran over them, their lives would be endangered.
But the next moment, there was a man in the tank shooting at them with a submachine gun. Several of the health workers who were caught off guard were knocked down immediately. The rest quickly fell down on the spot, cursing in their hearts that these tank soldiers were blind and actually shot at their own people.
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Although the health workers thought that the tank soldiers had made a mistake and shot at their own people, many of the wounded lying on the ground had some understanding and shouted loudly: "They are Germans, they are Germans in disguise."
"Yes." After shouting, he struggled to sit up, picked up the Bobosha submachine gun placed aside, and shot at the oncoming tank.
Regrettably, all the bullets he fired hit the tracks of the tank, splashing countless sparks, but did not cause any damage to the enemies in the car. And Huber saw a man sitting in the tank.
The wounded man on the ground actually fired at his own tank, and blood rushed to his head. He raised the rifle in his hand, aimed at the opponent and fired a shot, directly knocking down the wounded man.
A wounded man not far away saw that his comrade's shooting did not pose any threat to the German tank and instead sacrificed his life in vain. He quickly picked up a grenade, pulled the string and threw it towards the tank.
There was a loud "boom", and when the smoke cleared, the wounded saw that the German tank was still driving forward, with a figure hanging on the vehicle, who seemed to have been killed. The other German soldiers, except the driver,
In addition, the rest of the people were shooting wildly, seemingly preparing to eliminate all moving objects around them.
But their good luck soon came to an end. A T-34 tank drove out from nearby, slowly turned its turret, and aimed at the moving German tank. With a loud noise, the body of the T-34
There was a sudden shock, and a flame more than one meter long erupted from the muzzle. A shell flew out of the barrel and flew directly towards the German tank not far away.
The shell accurately hit the German tank. The next moment, the tank began to burst into flames. The remaining four people in the car were covered in fire, but none of them jumped out. The driver continued to control the tank and drove forward.
The three Germans kept shooting in all directions. After a few minutes, the tank first stopped, and then the shooting stopped. The people in the vehicle would rather be engulfed in flames than jump out of the vehicle to escape.
This chapter has been completed!