Chapter 586 On the Importance of Professional Snipers
(Many book friends commented in comments, saying that the team was not interested in fighting outside; okay! Speed up and finish this volume, and go back to fight the Japanese in the next volume, and then go to Goryeo to fight the Japanese soldiers.)
‘Grenade~’
Facing a group of German soldiers who had rushed outside the left position, about 40 meters away, there was now a fat chicken with the status of sergeant squad leader of D Company 3rd Platoon 2nd Division on his head.
He yelled something like this in front of his soldiers.
Then, he and the dozen or so soldiers around him picked up the M24 long-handled grenades that had been removed in advance and pulled out the fuse.
After directly pulling the fuse, he swung his arms and threw the grenades containing 100 grams of TNT out of the position one after another, hitting the German soldiers.
There was this scene of soldiers throwing M24 grenades with German sticks in their hands.
This was not just D Company, they had thrown away all the MK2 grenades they carried.
The M24 grenade is just a German stick, with a long handle. Although it is not very convenient to carry, it can be thrown far enough.
After training, a German stick veteran can throw it 50 meters or even further.
And in terms of accuracy, it is much better than the MK2 grenade of the soldiers...
So, after capturing a lot of these grenades in yesterday's battle, Hu Biao and the others took the MK2 grenades they carried and deployed them into simple landmines.
These M24 long-handled grenades were instead kept for combat use.
Following Sergeant Fat Chicken's command, a dozen smoking long-handled grenades flew a distance of 40 meters in the air and landed among the attacking German soldiers.
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In fact, by this time, the warring parties have already made the fuses of grenades extremely short based on actual combat experience.
It's hard to see a scene like the one in the movie, where after the smoking grenade lands, the opponent actually picks it up and throws it back again.
Therefore, in the face of the grenades falling from the head, the German soldiers took the initiative to dodge, but it was too late.
In the blink of an eye, even if the German soldiers were in the offensive formation and kept a sufficient distance from each other, the dense fragments and shock waves of the grenades were continuously exploded, knocking down twenty or thirty people.
The German troops immediately rushed towards this flanking position, and their numbers were suddenly greatly reduced.
Upon seeing this, the overjoyed Fat Chicken shouted again: "Grenade, continue~"; this was a decision to strike while the iron was hot and directly repel the attack on their flank position.
But when he threw an M24 grenade in his hand again, the scene that happened around him did not frighten the fat chicken to death.
Because when one of his soldiers was about to throw a grenade in his hand.
Suddenly, there was an extra bullet hole in the forehead, and a few drops of blood splashed onto the fat chicken's face; this kind of headshot damage was obviously the work of the sniper on the opposite side.
Suddenly, the soldier who was shot to death fell down with his head held high.
Forget about this unlucky guy being shot in the head, there is no way anyone can survive in a war.
But the key point is that the M24 long-handled grenade that is smoking in this guy's hand has no time to throw it out now.
Along with the soldier's body, they fell into the trench.
"What the hell! How did Fei Falcon and the others become snipers? Why didn't they find those German snipers and kill them?"
In Fatty's mouth, he couldn't help but curse like this.
The battle has reached this point, and he certainly knows why such a situation has occurred.
That's because after the team's only professional sniper, Warehouse Guan, died, the other temporary snipers such as Fei Falcon, Xi Ling, and Lang Qing who came over didn't have any problems with their marksmanship.
But having good marksmanship does not mean that you are an excellent and qualified sniper.
Not to mention professional snipers, in terms of the survivability of concealment on the battlefield, just in terms of the priority of target killing, it is quite possible to find out the opponent's snipers and kill them in advance.
As a result, after the Zhongzhou team's only professional sniper, Warehouse Guan, died early, Hu Biao and the others finally suffered a loss in this regard and paid an expensive tuition fee.
Facing the smoking grenade, while cursing in his mouth, the fat chicken also moved quickly.
According to his experience, the remaining time was enough for him to pick up the grenade and throw it out; he did not have to jump on it himself and suppressed the grenade with his body to prevent it from affecting other people in the trench.
In two steps, the fat chicken rushed over and quickly picked up the M24 grenade that was on the ground like a hot potato.
Thanks to Fat Chicken, who has been single for many years and has good hand speed, the entire set of movements only takes a little over a second, and the remaining time is enough for him to throw this thing out.
Unfortunately, at this critical moment, the sniper on the opposite side took action again; a 7.92mm bullet directly hit his right arm holding the grenade.
Under the severe pain, a scene occurred that scared the fat chicken to the point of peeing.
Because he could only watch helplessly as the M24 grenade that was about to explode slipped directly from his hand and fell between his legs.
There was not much time left, and it was too late for him to even pounce on him and suppress him.
Less than half a second later, the M24 long-handled grenade exploded.
As expected, the fat chicken, whose body was pierced by multiple shrapnel, died directly.
The problem is that at this moment, about five or six meters away, a machine gun group is firing with a captured MG42 general-purpose machine gun.
There is NEO, the main shooter, and a soldier who serves as the secondary shooter.
He was affected by the shrapnel that suddenly flew from his side, his head tilted and he fell down.
Thirty seconds later, the bent-over black Chinese medicine doctor gasped for breath and ran over from the several-shaped trench. Then he turned NEO over and took a look.
I knew that this three-dimensional designer from the modern plane was hopeless, and his death was so unjust.
As for the wounds on his body now, they are as dense as a sieve. You don't even have to look at them now to know that the thing is dead.
The only good thing is that Lang Qing finally noticed such a target.
After giving up the plan of killing a German sergeant, he shot and killed the German sniper who was disguised with branches and leaves...
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When the time reached early 5 o'clock in the afternoon, another battle ended; the German side retreated in embarrassment after leaving more than 60 corpses.
Then, Hu Biao's high-pitched curse words echoed back and forth on the battlefield.
In fact, in general, during the day on the 18th, the defensive battle here in D Company was relatively smooth and successful.
Up to now, they had repelled five attacks by the German infantry battalion. According to incomplete statistics, the enemy had left at least more than 320 corpses in the forward position of D Company.
Counting the members who were injured during the battle, this German battalion has basically lost its combat effectiveness.
After all, in Western battlefields, it is basically difficult to maintain morale and fighting courage after casualties exceed 80%; even the mustachioed SS troops cannot do it under normal circumstances.
In order to achieve such a result, the Zhongzhou team paid the price of killing 27 people and seriously injuring 16 people.
With such a battle loss ratio, it makes sense no matter where it is placed.
However, NEO and Fat Chicken in the team died in the battle, which still made Hu Biao feel huge heartache; mainly because today is the 18th, and there is still a week before the 25th.
If the battle losses continue at this rate, their few people will not be enough to consume.
Besides, in the future, more German troops with better equipment will arrive. In the battle, D Company will only have to fight harder and harder.
Suddenly, Fei Falcon, Xiling, and Lang Qing, who were part-time snipers today, received a series of cordial greetings from Hu Biao because they failed to kill the opponent's sniper in time.
And after knowing that it was their own fault that caused NEO, and the two Fat Chickens who died in the battle, the three Fei Falcons were extremely single and did not talk back.
Then, several unexpected situations made Hu Biao shut his mouth directly.
Cursing, cursing, the mad dog next to him suddenly pulled Hu Biao's arm and said: "Old Hu, stop cursing, there is a situation."
After hearing this, Hu Biao wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and looked towards the forward position.
I saw a German second lieutenant opposite, wearing a straight military uniform, holding a branch tied with a white handkerchief in his hand, walking over as proudly as if attending a banquet.