Chapter 531 Something is wrong (for Xu Feng 10/10)
Under the earth-shattering 'boom', it seemed to be an extremely loud explosion.
It was a destroyer owned by the John family. It was unfortunately hit by a German mine about 1,000 meters away from Omaha Beach.
Don't look at things like mines. They are so big, thick, and inconspicuous that they don't stand out at all.
There is no way to take the initiative to attack, you can only sit back and wait for the enemy to hit you.
However, this kind of weapon has not changed much after hundreds of years, and it is still an indispensable tool for the navies of various countries.
Being able to do this, mines naturally have many merits.
Therefore, when a mine with the explosive power of 800 kilograms of TNT successfully exploded on impact.
In an instant, the entire hull of the John destroyer, which had a displacement of at least 1,500 tons, felt as if a giant had kicked it hard from the bottom of the ship.
In an instant, like a toy, it jumped out of the water and lifted Laogao upwards.
When it fell, you could see that not only was there an astonishingly large hole in the area where the explosion occurred, but many of the crew members on the ship were thrown out at once.
Even the keel, the strongest and most important part of the ship, was obviously twisted and severely broken when it fell.
Even though the depth of the water was not too deep when the fleet reached its current position, this ship quickly sank.
In the end, only an old-fashioned sailor's lookout remained, still above the water.
However, the lookout who was originally on top with a telescope had already been thrown away by the huge movement, and he didn't know where he was.
It can be said that the power of old-fashioned equipment such as mines was clearly revealed in front of everyone at this moment.
But even so, the Allied escort fleet still did not stop and continued to approach Omaha Beach.
It must have been that facing the Omaha Beach battlefield, after fighting for so long, not only did they not make any progress, but they suffered heavy casualties, Eisenhower became anxious and issued a serious death order to the fleet.
In the end, this scene will appear.
As for the Allied forces, they clearly gathered 13,700 aircraft for this operation, including 4,900 bombers. Why didn't they use air strikes to blow up these mines in advance?
There are also numerous barbed wire fences and bunkers on the beach.
In fact, regarding this point, long before Hu Biao and the others arrived here, there was already a large-scale Allied bomber group that visited Omaha Beach in advance.
And in one fell swoop, 13,000 tons of bombs were dropped.
On the Eastern battlefield, such a bombing could be described as devastating.
However, regarding the results of such a large-scale bombing, a certain senior Allied general gave a specific evaluation: except for waking up the German soldiers guarding here in advance, it did not play any real role.
God knows what happened, after such an alarming number of bombs fell, not many bombs successfully landed on the beach and surrounding sea areas using this method.
The defenses built by the German soldiers were basically unscathed.
In the end, we can only rely on a group of hard-working infantrymen to bear it silently with their own flesh and blood.
After some sailing, dozens of warships from the escort fleet finally came to a stop more than 700 meters away from the beach, where they would run aground any closer.
Then, at this much closer distance, hundreds of large-caliber emblems in total began to fire again on Omaha Beach.
Sure enough, after approaching and firing, the effect of the fleet's bombardment suddenly improved a lot.
Facing the German gun firepower that was obviously suppressed in an instant, a large number of junior officers among the soldiers led the soldiers to rush towards the beach at such a time.
In such a group of people, they naturally include Hu Biao and all the official members of the Zhongzhou team.
After nearly three hours of soaking in the sea, I finally made it to Omaha Beach, which was full of craters, flesh and blood, and corpses, and stepped on the sand.
Hu Biao and others could feel that their boots were filled with seawater. Every time they took a step forward, water was dripping out. The sticky, wet, and cold feeling could be said to be terrible.
At this moment, they began to envy the white elephant with its big bare feet.
After stepping on the beach with bare feet, for the first time, the White Elephant can reach a level similar to AT in terms of flexibility.
As for the eight rookies this time, Hu Biao asked them to think of a way to stay behind with an excuse, such as pretending to be wounded.
In short, don't die unjustly when you don't understand anything; keep yourself useful and die at the critical moment.
Regarding this point, that is, how to make excuses, these 8 rookies can do it quite easily.
On such a hellish battlefield, their bodies were already covered in the blood of others and their own, and they looked very bad at first sight.
There was even a lump hanging on the fat chicken's shoulder.
Yes, you read that right, it’s just a pile of Xiang that exudes a strong smell.
What! In the current fierce battle, it is naturally impossible for any soldier brother with a strong heart to find a place to excrete such a thing.
But in such fierce battles, some magical things can often be discovered.
The specific source of this flying mass was a soldier who was blown to pieces by the power of the defenders' artillery.
One of the intestines, after flying a long distance, finally landed on De Luo's helmet, and the Xiang wrapped in it was thrown onto the fat chicken.
It was a double shot, causing the two rookies to suffer such a mental attack.
Based on the above, every rookie seems to be in quite bad condition now, and they belong to the kind of wounded who do not need to continue fighting and can be treated by medical soldiers.
The premise is that Lianhei’s traditional Chinese medicine doctor and orthopedic surgeon started to rush in with Hu Biao.
There are very few medical soldiers left in the soldiers. If they can still take care of them now...
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"What the hell! Why do I always feel like something is wrong, but I can't remember what it is."
After a series of embarrassing rolls and a bullet-proof bullet-proof insert on the left chest, Hu Biao finally successfully dodged a series of MG34 machine gun bullets.
In the following time, while hiding behind a rock, he leaned out to fight back at Hu Biao, while muttering to himself about how the battle ended up like this.
The specific situation should be like this.
With the help of the cover of large-caliber naval guns, the soldiers who successfully rushed to the beach immediately rushed in towards the three-dimensional fortifications built up and down the cliff.
A large number of them fought their way through the narrow passages.
Another small group of people launched the ejectable hook rope and planned to climb directly up the steep rock wall more than 30 meters high to launch an attack faster.
Because as long as you climb these steep cliffs, the attack will be much easier with the cooperation of front and back.
Therefore, Hu Biao and the others were also preparing to use ropes to climb to the cliff and start fighting.
After all, with their strong arm strength, they can successfully climb the cliff in less time; the probability of success is not much higher than that of ordinary soldiers.
In fact, it was the same. With the help of his strong arm strength, Hu Biao took the lead and climbed up the cliff.
As a result, when he stood firm, he found a fat German soldier, operating an MG34 machine gun and shooting at him wildly.
In an instant, Hu Biao was shot several times in the chest, although he did not die directly because of the bulletproof board.
But it was only when he stood firm that he inevitably took a step back and fell down the cliff.
During the fall, Hu Biao relied on inserting the ejected bone blade into the cliff to slow down the momentum of his fall, and was not injured in the end.
But an inexplicable thought that something was wrong arose in my heart uncontrollably.