The sound of "clang~" was a huge metal collision dozens of meters away, which woke Hu Biao up from his doze.
In the previous time, this guy wasted a lot of saliva, and he had initially arranged all the things for the rookies.
Then, for the rest of the time, he stood up and slept like a big animal; he began to fall asleep in the landing craft that was constantly rising and falling violently, like a large shaker.
There are also many veterans of the team who are in the same situation.
These guys are used to trying their best to reserve as much physical energy and energy in their bodies as they face the battle that will take place in a few hours.
Therefore, whether he is a veteran in the team or not can be easily distinguished from just such a detail.
Of course, even if all the old birds fell asleep, they could not enter a deep sleep under the current circumstances; when his ears suddenly heard the loud sound at the beginning not far away,
of impact.
And after the impact, there were a large number of soldiers in the aftermath, and exclamations in various accents rang out one after another.
After Hu Biao came to his senses at that time, he thought a battle had begun and immediately cheered up.
However, when he pushed aside the people around him, jumped up, and clung to the side rail of the landing craft, he realized that things were not what he thought.
Looking towards the direction of the bow of the ship, they still could not see the legendary Omaha Beach in the distance.
The crashing sounds and exclamations that came were simply because the two landing craft directly collided with each other due to the negligence of the pilots in the poor sea environment.
Then, under the combined effect of this fierce impact and the not-so-gentle waves, these two factors came together.
The two landing craft collided with each other. After a huge hole was broken in the hull, the hull immediately capsized and filled with water.
Dozens of these unlucky soldiers fell into the cold waters of the English Channel.
Because after preparing to land, they still had to fight a fierce battle with the German soldiers. These people were carrying heavy weapons and ammunition.
Even in order to build the fortifications of the beachhead, many people did not forget to bring the 1.33 kilogram engineering shovel on their backpacks behind them.
Including weapons and ammunition, basically every soldier's load has reached the standard 33 kilograms.
So after falling into the water, except for a few lucky ones, they urgently grabbed the rescue items thrown from the surrounding landing craft before they sank.
For example, the soldiers around him threw some lifebuoys and ropes and other rescue items, so he was lucky enough to escape the disaster.
But there are only a few such lucky ones after all. After a larger number of soldiers fell into the water, their bodies quickly sank into the deep seawater like bricks.
During the entire sinking period, they were in great panic and instinctively screamed for help.
But the only result of doing so was that their mouths were filled with seawater in a faster time, which in turn accelerated their own death process.
Such a tragic scene is just the same thing to a group of veterans.
After sticking his head out to see the situation clearly, he muttered:
"Damn it! These soldiers are really unlucky. So many landing craft are fine, but they are the only ones who collided with each other. Brother Su doesn't like them very much."
After all the yelling, these guys learned each other's lessons.
First, I put down the heavy DIY shield in my hand and took off the thick bulletproof inserts on my body to avoid following in the footsteps of those soldiers.
Then, he continued to doze off, daze and smoke.
But for the rookies, such a tragic scene immediately cast a deep shadow in their hearts.
Just kidding! How many people in the modern plane have witnessed this kind of scene with their own eyes, where dozens of people disappear in one go.
With huge shock in his heart, the company commander, the village director, had a serious look on his face; he forcefully unbuttoned his shirt, which was already very damp on his chest.
He solemnly warned the eldest son of his family, King Kong:
"You must be smarter later and just follow me during the operation, otherwise you will die without knowing it."
After hearing this, King Kong also nodded extremely seriously.
As for the other rookies, although they had not had any similar exchanges with each other, the solemn look on their faces was very strong.
The ambition that had spread like weeds in their hearts just because of Hu Biao's introduction could be said to have quickly dissipated under such stimulation.
But not long after, they knew one thing:
Compared with the tragic scenes in real battles, such a collision during a voyage and the death of twenty or thirty people are not even appetizers...
When the sky was dimly lit, the Ohama Beach landing site finally appeared in front of the many hard-working infantrymen on the Allied side.
As described in the information, this is a beach with a length of about 6.4 kilometers.
The coastline is mostly composed of extremely steep cliffs more than 30 meters high, and there are only a few channels that can penetrate deep into the interior of the continent through these cliffs.
There is no doubt that Omaha Beach is a terrain that is very easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Hu Biao and the others actually knew more about the situation than the current Allied Forces Command. They learned this through emergency information review when they came over.
The information states that the troops guarding Omaha here.
They are not some ragtag troops at all, nor are they the old, weak, sick and disabled with no fighting ability.
It is one of the regiments of the 352nd Division, an elite force in the German Defense Forces. Not long ago, they had secretly taken over the defense line of this beach under the mobilization of the Desert Fox.
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With the fighting qualities of these people, taking advantage of the terrain of Omaha Beach, and the Atlantic fortifications built in the early stage.
Even though the so-called Atlantic fortifications are still not completely completed, relying on the partially completed fortifications, the German 352nd Division still possesses amazing combat effectiveness.
The moment the mighty Allied maritime forces arrived at the target sea area, a fierce battle immediately broke out.
First of all, the escort fleet set off with a large number of landing craft. The combined number of large-caliber naval guns on their ships was astonishing, and they were the first to enter the battle.
They faced the position of Omaha Beach one after another, swung their huge hulls horizontally one by one, and raised their thick gun barrels one by one.
They began to fire wildly at the coastline with shells from large-caliber naval guns.
Often with every salvo, due to the huge recoil, these heavy steel lumps will instantly move a long distance in the direction.
So much so that for the first time in their lives, the Central Continent team saw the artillery salvo of the Grand Fleet. The bumpkins in this group were a bit dumbfounded.
It is a pity that the Allied fleet was afraid of the large number of mines that the Germans had laid in advance in the waters in front of Omaha Beach.
More importantly, during the previous observation after the Air Force reconnaissance plane flew over, a large number of 155 mm caliber coastal defense guns were found on the position.
I am a little worried that if I get too close, I will be hit by the power of the coastal defense artillery, causing serious damage.
For a moment, I simply didn't dare to fire too close to the beach.
This resulted in such artillery support, which looked like a scene of earth-shattering and frightening, but was actually not very effective in terms of effect.
The fleet's artillery fire was an order to start war for the Allied landing troops.
Amid the roaring artillery fire, the orders were transmitted through the headsets of walkie-talkies, or with flags and tin whistles; under the fire support of the convoy fleet, numerous landing craft rushed towards the beach like ants.
passed.
With these landing craft, they are getting closer and closer to the beach.
At first, there was no response to the Allied naval gun bombardment, and there seemed to be no defenders on the Omaha Beach defense line.
Without any warning, countless firepower points of varying severity were resurrected.
An astonishing amount of machine gun firepower shrouded the landing craft one after another, and the artillery of large and small calibers set off huge water columns in the sea.
All situations represent that a hellish battle has officially begun.
It was also at this moment that Hu Biao yelled:
"Prepare for battle! All frontline personnel, quickly put on bulletproof inserts, raise your shields, and prepare to block bullets. At the same time, let our distinguished Commander Decker of D Company know that these turtle shells are very useful.
And a company commander who doesn't have such a tortoise shell, it's best not to die so easily.
The people in the back row picked up their weapons and prepared to disembark one by one in order. Remember to move faster when the time comes; we are all old people, so don't wait and force me to kick your butts."
At such a sentence, after the old birds thought of something, they immediately burst into uniform laughter.
Such a relaxed and outing-like mentality actually succeeded in alleviating the tension in the hearts of all the rookies.
Under Hu Biao's order, they all took off the Garand semi-automatic rifle from behind, and prepared to follow the previous arrangements to keep up with those veterans who were said to be more kind-hearted.
It can even be said that the rookies are still looking forward to the next battle.
I plan to show off well in my team's debut.
For example: King Kong glanced at the position in front of him with hidden eyes. After picking up the rifle, the old man was a little eager to try it, but there was no trace of nervousness on his face.
Silently in my heart, I said something like cheering myself up:
"Come on Yang Tian, you can't embarrass yourself in front of the old man, otherwise you will definitely be scolded by him when you go back.
That’s right! You’ll have to keep an eye on him later, and pull him in at the critical moment; it’s true, he’s already so old, but he’s still so competitive.”
At the same time, the company commander was thinking:
"What a great opportunity! Whenever I talked about beating monkeys when I was a kid, that kid was so cute. I don't know when it started, but this guy just changed. He always thought I was bragging?
Now it's okay, I have to let him know that his awesomeness is not for bragging, that trains are not pushed, and that he is still a little green when it comes to fighting.
That's right! This kid has been irritable since he was little, so you have to watch him later."
In this way, under the various concerns of the rookies,
The landing craft they were on suddenly stopped suddenly.
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When the landing craft suddenly stopped, when Hu Biao and others looked back, they could see a pilot sticking his head out and shouting at them at the top of his lungs:
"Guys, there are a lot of German sticks in front of us who have made their horses with triangular steel in advance. In order not to be punctured on the bottom of the boat, we can only send you here.
Go fight and may Brother Su bless you."
After hearing this, Husky sighed:
"Hey! Who said that soldiers these days are more discriminatory? It seems that they are only in a few cases. I didn't see that there are still such kind of good comrades among them.
You see, people are blessing us."
After he finished speaking, this guy said another sentence: "Brothers, it's time to show you the professional performance of a serious PLA landing force soldier in landing operations."
Under such circumstances, the front landing ladder was quickly lowered, which meant that it was time for them to disembark.
The husky, who was shouting to show off, also held up a shield and squeezed into the first row.
Then, at the moment when the ladder was lowered, no one had time to clearly see the specific situation in front of them.
A fierce machine gun fire was directed at the cabin.
Even though there was no surprise at all, they formed a DIY shield like a shield wall in their hands, and successfully blocked the 7.92mm caliber sub-bullets from the German gunmen.
But after that kind of bullet hit the shield, the strong impact shook the whole body of the person holding the shield.
As well as the "ding-dong-dang-dang-dang~" sound like a heavy rainstorm, the metal collision sound of bullets hitting the shield still made everyone's atmosphere tense.
Perhaps it was because the model of the general-purpose machine gun was an MG34 or an MG42. Before calling the target here, it had already fired a bullet chain.
In other words, it is time to replace the red barrel.
In short, about three to five seconds later, Husky took so many bullets from the shield in his hand that his hands were sore and numb for a while.
This machine gun, which could be said to have completely blocked the Central Continent team on its own, finally stalled briefly.
Knowing that this fighter plane was extremely valuable, Husky did not wait for the commander behind him, Hu Biao, to issue an order.
He decisively threw away the heavy shield in his hand, which was actually almost out of reach, and picked up an M1 carbine slung behind his back.
(The ZB383 submachine gun in his hand was lost after the Central Continent team failed to clean up the battlefield after the battle.
There are many similar situations, so don’t always ask why you don’t use the previous weapons?)
He stepped decisively on the lowered ladder and jumped into the sea in a few steps.
Then, something happened that made him almost want to imitate an ostrich and bury his head in the sand.
Because with a huge splash of water, he found that after his whole body stood up straight, the cold sea water still reached his chest.
It was just a little short of drowning up to his neck.
In fact, the landing craft they were on could actually continue to move forward 20 meters, and only then there was a triangular steel barrier like the pilot said.
At that position, a landing craft hit a large tank that was faster because it was equipped with it.
Not only the hard-working infantrymen above were in bad luck, they were thrown down a lot.
More importantly, the Sherman DD amphibious tank above, which the soldiers could use amphibiously, inevitably plunged into the water in a sudden slide.
And when it entered the water, it went in from the opposite side.
With the waist-deep water there, no one knows whether the hapless crew members inside could have survived.
Therefore, it was only because the pilot of the landing craft was afraid of capsizing that he stopped the landing craft at its current position in advance.
What kind of good people? Bless them, they don’t exist at all.
In great annoyance, Husky planned to turn around and fire a hail of bullets to beat the grandson into a hornet's nest; but after giving an order, he had to give up.
The driver was lucky, because Hu Biao, who was in the right state, knew that now was not the time to delay.
He shouted loudly: "Keep jumping down. According to the original plan, we form a group of three and form a battle formation to advance slowly. What are you afraid of? You are not Guo Xiaosi. This water will not drown you.",
Under such an order, everyone in the team jumped into the still cold water of the English Channel in June one by one.
They formed a triangular formation with a bloodline warrior holding a shield as the arrow and two team members holding guns behind him.
I started to struggle in the chest-high water, and pushed forward one by one...
"My Taiyang system, this bastard who gave birth to a son doesn't have anything like that~"
When I jumped into the sea, I felt the gout in my leg. Under the stimulation of the cold sea water, the pain seemed to be even more severe.
With his large intestine in his mouth, he immediately cursed harshly.
So what! Preferential treatment for rookies and injured players, such a fine tradition inherited from the PLA, is actually still possessed by the Zhongzhou team.
It's a pity that no matter how preferential treatment it is, it can only give to the big intestine.
Specifically, when he was on the landing craft, he could sit down; but now when the battle begins, he can follow the team in the safe position at the end.
It is simply impossible for him to stay at the dock on the other side without coming over.
Without even thinking about it, the system will erase him.
Therefore, Dachang could only use his rifle to support his body with difficulty, and followed the two people in front of Zhuye and Mang to advance slowly.
Of course, as long as he keeps up at this time, Hu Biao will not be difficult for him to fight.
It is precisely this way that when the team successfully advances to the area where the horses are blocked and the others gradually begin to fight back, the large intestine hiding behind the area where the horses are blocked can have more free time to observe the battlefield.
Because I saw an unforgettable scene, a landing craft following behind rushed up and lowered the eye-catching landing ladder.
Among the dozens of soldiers, not a single one was able to break out.
Because at this moment, they were already pressed one by one, and they all fell into the narrow cabin.
The collected blood flowed out of the cabin like a stream, turning the surrounding seawater into blood red in the blink of an eye.