Chapter 590 How Long Can They Hold On (2) [Chapter Two in One]
"Boom~" After the sound of the gun, a pile of machine gun parts flew up like tatters.
Those were 8 tanks that were slowly advancing by the German side. After they drove all the way to a position about 300 meters away from the position, they actually stopped directly and used them as fixed forts and machine gun fortresses.
One of the Panther tanks, after turning the turret, fired a 75mm anti-personnel grenade towards the position.
At a distance of 300 meters, in direct fire, the accuracy of the tank gun is quite good.
Suddenly, a Vickers heavy machine gun that had been evading artillery fire but had no time to be brought into the air raid shelter due to the hasty evacuation of the defenders appeared.
He was immediately wiped out by this shell.
It was not destroyed by the previous saturation bombardment, but under the Leopard tank's gunfire, it was directly blown into parts all over the sky, flying around.
One of them, which should be a small part on the gun, happened to land on Hu Biao's helmet after flying more than ten meters.
The crisp sound of 'ding dong~' made Hu Biao wake up at once.
Looking back at the German stick troops in front of the position, Hu Biao yelled and asked:
"Zhuye, how long will it take for the Allied air support to arrive?"
Regarding the matter of calling for air support, when the shelling started, before Hu Biao hid in the air-raid shelter, he asked Zhuye to start...
Facing Hu Biao's inquiry, Zhuye told a piece of news that made people laugh or cry:
"Although after receiving our request for help, the nearest field airport has already dispatched aircraft for support.
But they explained that all the other fighter jets on hand had joined the support of the British 30th Army, and they could only send out two slightly inferior Hurricane fighter jets. They would have at least half an hour to reach the sky above the position."
What the hell! The model that was supported was actually a Hurricane fighter. Forget it.
It actually takes half an hour to arrive, and by then this battle will be basically over, and it won't be of much use.
Therefore, such a result represented that this time the Allied air support, Hu Biao knew, would not be of much use and could only rely on themselves.
"Brothers, stop thinking about air support and call me." Hu Biao shouted at his own personnel.
Under such an order, White Elephant, Original Sin, and some veterans of the paratroopers took the lead in starting to roar with the machine guns in their hands.
They opened fire on the German soldiers who were pressing towards the position under the cover of tank guns and vehicle-mounted machine guns.
Thanks to the Central Continent team's previous efforts to eat and occupy, as well as the captures made during the battle, their machine gun firepower is still sufficient on the position.
M2 heavy machine gun, Vickers heavy machine gun, ZB60 heavy machine gun, MG42 general machine gun, Bren and M1918A2 light machine gun, etc.
These dazzling machine gun models total more than 30.
After Hu Biao's order, they all opened fire, and the dense bullets could be said to be raining down. In the blink of an eye, they knocked down more than thirty German soldiers who rushed to the front.
Among them, Bai Xiang and Yuan Sin each operate a ZB60 heavy machine gun that is the most brutal.
In their conscious approach, after sweeping a string of bullets with precise placement, they directly cut several German soldiers into two pieces.
For a moment, these unlucky ones were not dead yet, so when they saw their lower bodies soaked in blood while struggling, they collapsed on the spot.
That kind of shrill scream made the scalps of the surviving German soldiers around him numb.
Even the pace of charging is not as determined as before...
Unfortunately, such a good start to the battle did not last even 20 seconds, and the situation on the defender's side began to take a turn for the worse.
Those were the two dazzling targets of White Elephant and Original Sin, and they were quickly noticed by the German tank crews who regarded them as fixed forts and machine gun fortresses.
As the turret rotated, the two of them were locked by at least two tanks one after another.
Fortunately, these two guys have participated in too many battles, and more importantly, they have died many times, so they have an outrageous amount of combat experience.
To put it bluntly, you can feel the danger around you just by smelling the smell in the air.
Now, even when they were firing, they were paying more than half of their attention to observing other situations on the battlefield.
Therefore, when the tanks and guns aimed at them had just stopped while rotating, they grabbed the assistant shooters who were serving as soldiers beside them and jumped to the side.
When they fell to the ground and used their bent arms to protect their heads.
Several shells hit their machine gun positions respectively. Although these machine gun positions were carefully constructed and protected by breastworks, bulletproof shields and other protective measures.
However, the sand and sand brought up by the explosion shock wave still caused severe pain all over the two people's bodies. Fortunately, their lives were okay.
Unfortunately, when Original Sin looked up, his face was covered with blood stains from the ground when he lay down.
The bigger problem is that when he looked at the machine gun position where he was before, the ZB60 heavy machine gun that was disassembled from the armored vehicle fell to the ground. At the same time, the two-shot frame was now twisted.
Such a powerful heavy machine gun looks useless.
As a last resort, Yuan Sin could only pull out a grease gun costing 9 yuan from a pit not far away where ammunition and weapons were stored, and started firing at the German sticks outside the position.
After bleeding all over his face, the one-eyed dragon's face was covered in scars, almost like an evil ghost.
(Correction, I wrote before that the British Army's Sten submachine gun did not have a slowdown mechanism, but Jason himself proved with a video that it really does have a slowdown mechanism)
While firing, he shouted in his mouth:
"Hu Biao, you little bastard, hurry up and think of a way. You must knock out those German tanks, otherwise there will be no way to continue this battle~"
"Shut up, I know." Hu Biao, who got up from the ground, replied like this.
The reason that made him roll around on the ground in a panic just now was not that the tank with the German stick was looking for his firepower point carrying the M1918A2.
Instead, an MG34 general-purpose machine gun mounted on a Panzer IV tank greeted Hu Biao.
Under the shooting, Hu Biao felt extremely aggrieved.
Hu Biao's counterattack hit the tank shell with a clanking sound in the sky. On the contrary, he did not dare to resist the opponent's strafing fire and could only dodge in embarrassment.
Such a result immediately made Hu Biao feel deeply depressed, and his temper also skyrocketed...
I don’t know what kind of idea the tank commander on the German side had in mind, but he actually didn’t use a tank to lead the way into the position.
Then follow the infantry to rush in and tear apart the defense line.
But this tactic happened to hit the Central Continent team's biggest sore spot: their long-range anti-armor firepower was not serious enough.
Speaking of anti-armor weapons, there are actually quite a few prepared on the battlefield.
These include 4 bazooka rocket launchers, 1 M18 recoilless rifle, 3 Iron Fist 30 rockets, and 2 PIAT anti-tank grenade launchers.
But among so many weapons, only the M18 recoilless rifle with the longest range can attack Leopard and Panzer IV tanks at a distance of more than 300 meters.
But in previous battles, the Zhongzhou team had practical experience.
Only by firing from the side and rear can the shells of the M18 recoilless rifle penetrate the armor of these German main tanks; greeting them from the front is just a sound.
After replacing it with the bazooka and iron fist rocket launcher, the power is much stronger, but it is impossible to reach such a long distance.
As for the British Army's PIAT anti-tank grenade launcher, I'd rather forget about it. The range is not very far, the operation is extremely complicated, and the accuracy is not very good.
In Hu Biao's mind, they were just mediocre anti-armor weapons.
Facing the current 8 German tanks that were used as fixed turrets and machine gun fortresses, Hu Biao knew that he had to use the bottom-line method.
Only by letting them take the initiative to come over can it be possible to destroy it; otherwise, it would be too dangerous to let several of my anti-tank groups take the initiative to attack from such a long distance.
The success rate is also too low.
For this reason, after turning his head, he shouted loudly with an expectant tone:
"Lao Shi, knock out those Leopard tanks for me. Whether we can hold the position this time depends entirely on your performance; you all use the same type of artillery, so let's not be timid.
Also, don’t worry, all of us will give priority to cooperating with you.”
While Hu Biao was shouting, not far from him, the AT, which had just been given an STG44 assault rifle and replaced with a new magazine, jumped out of the trench.
Holding the STG44 assault rifle in his hand, he continued to shoot.
Using precise marksmanship, he rushed a man 50 meters away from the position on his legs. He was wielding an M24 long-handled grenade stick, and his chest was covered in blood.
Then, the grenade that slipped from his hand exploded, affecting the three comrades following him.
However, the STG44 assault rifle in the AT's hand had not run out of bullets. A vehicle-mounted MG34 machine gun fired at them again, forcing the white-collar worker to retreat into the trench again.
I plan to move to a new position and continue firing.
Next to him, a soldier was holding a Garand semi-automatic rifle and firing, but he was far less capable of the amazing response capabilities of an AT.
A 7.92mm bullet directly penetrated the unlucky man's neck.
In an instant, a large amount of blood spurted out from the external artery in his neck; it felt as if someone was holding a pump and pumping air into his blood vessels crazily.
The AT, which had just squatted down and had no time to change its position, poured blood beads on its head.
"Damn it! This soldier ate garlic this morning, and the smell is quite strong." After instinctively licking the blood beads that splashed on his lips, AT muttered.
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After Hu Biao shouted and was called out, a rather bitter smile suddenly appeared on Shi Polu's mouth, because at this moment, he felt huge pressure on his shoulders.
By the way! The Zhongzhou team actually has a long-range anti-tank firepower.
It was a Pak40 anti-tank gun captured from the German army. It was considered the strongest anti-armor force in their hands.
This Pak40 anti-tank gun has been carefully hidden in their position, in a carefully constructed gun emplacement.
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Even the gun barrels were camouflaged with branches, because the Germans had not used tanks to attack before, and the artillery bombing had not been affected.
Even now it has not been used and has not been exposed.
It can be said that in the hands of the Zhongzhou Team, there is a killer weapon in anti-armor.
There is one thing that needs to be explained.
This 75mm anti-tank gun belongs to the same series as the Pak42 anti-tank gun on the turret of the Panther and later-model Panzer IV tanks in front of the current position.
If the two sides really want to fight, it will be regarded as a beating between the elder brother and the younger brother.
As for the Central Continent Team, the specific operator of the most powerful anti-tank gun in its hands fell on Shi Polu, a member of the team who had used "Basic Artillery Specialization"...
He held his breath and ignored the sounds of gunfire, shouts of death, and screams that reached his ears from the position.
Shi Polu, who had no distracting thoughts, kept shaking the rotating handle through the observation port of the hidden gun position, adjusting the direction of the muzzle.
After a while of busy work, he finally locked onto the first target, a Panther tank about 310 meters away.
After covering his ears, Shi Polu waved his hand and shouted: "Fire~"
Seeing the waving arm, the big fool whose ears had already been plugged with plugs, pulled the gun rope hard with both hands, and fired out one of the capped armor-piercing rounds that had been loaded.
Then, they were surprised to see that this shell hit the left side armor of the Panther tank.
Without any surprise, the shell directly penetrated the side armor of the Panther tank and penetrated into the body of the tank.
Perhaps due to the angle, such a shot did not hit the ammunition compartment inside the Panther tank, thus detonating the thing into a huge fireball.
But they no longer have to worry about the threat of this Panther tank.
Because the moment the shell hit the tank, the ferocious metal jet generated had already smashed the entire 5-man crew of the Panther tank into a sieve in an instant.
At the same time, because of this huge movement, other tanks on the battlefield were finally mobilized.
They no longer dared to stay in place arrogantly, turning their muzzles to strike the ground with direct fire, and using machine guns to suppress them crazily.
Suddenly a burst of black smoke rose from behind the buttocks, and then they began to move one by one.
Five of the Panzer IV tanks rushed directly towards the position.
The remaining two Panther tanks turned their turrets over while moving, intending to kill this deeply hidden anti-tank gun.
“Beautiful~”
Faced with such a victory, the big fool couldn't help but shout out this sentence.
However, Shi Polu, who was the greatest contributor to this victory, suppressed his excitement and shouted: "Keep loading, fast, fast, fast~"
The main reason is that he knows that the Pak40 anti-tank gun, which weighs 1.42 tons, is too heavy.
It is simply impossible to move immediately after firing one or two shots; then it is only a matter of time before being destroyed by German tanks after being exposed.
The only suspense is how many guns they can fire and how many German tanks they can destroy before the gun emplacement bunker is destroyed.
Under Shi Polu's urging, the shirtless Ashtray hugged a new capped armor-piercing bullet and quickly loaded it into the gun barrel.
Shi Polu turned the high and low, left and right rotating handles, and for a moment he felt like Hot Wheels.
Unexpectedly, at the 5 o'clock position, a Leopard tank adjusted its turret and locked onto the opponent in advance before firing a shell at them.
"Fire~" Shi Polu yelled out such a sentence again.
It was only when Da Huo pulled the gun rope that the capped armor-piercing bullet flew out and hit the turret on the front of the Panther tank.
In fact, the moment the cannonball flew out, Shi Polu had a vague idea that something was wrong.
This thing is completely a sixth sense. I can't explain the principle, but it is often surprisingly accurate.
Sure enough, Shi Polu's intuition was right. After being more than 300 meters away, the capped armor-piercing projectile fired by the Pak40 anti-tank gun.
The kinetic energy it carries cannot penetrate the 100 mm thick sloped armor of the Panther tank's turret.
In the end, the warhead of the armor-piercing bullet got stuck on the thick turret in an extremely dangerous way, and a part of it remained outside.
At the same time, another Leopard tank opened fire after adjusting. The moment before the muzzle flashed, Shi Polu and others suddenly lay down behind the gun mantlet.
Then, I felt a strong wind blowing and dense gravel hitting my body with severe pain.
Shi Polu found that they were blocking the cannon, and the protective wall made of soil and sandbags was completely gone.
But fortunately, their Pak40 anti-tank gun, although the mantlet was hit with holes in the back, was generally fine and could continue to fire.
"Come again, keep loading~" Shi Polu shouted again without any hesitation.
Even though he knew very well that if they didn't run away now, they and this Pak40 anti-tank gun, which had basically no protection, would be left alone.
Soon, they will be reduced to a pile of dregs.
The problem is that Shi Polu understands better that the remaining seven German tanks are still an irresistible and powerful force for the position defended by the team.
"This is not a war for white-skinned men. This is for our own family in the modern dimension, so this mission must be completed."
With such a knowledge and belief, Shi Polu completely gave up.
While slightly adjusting the muzzle, an ashtray with tiny wounds on his bare arms was pushed up with a cannonball in his arms.
Ten seconds later, the frontal armor of another Leopard tank was penetrated, causing a violent explosion. At the same time, this gun emplacement was also flooded by fire...