Chapter 41 Artillery Battle

The position suddenly became a mess, with bombs and shrapnel everywhere, like a pot of boiling porridge.

This was the first air raid that Qinchuan encountered. Since then, the fear of air raids has left a shadow in his heart.

This is not only because the aerial bomb has a much larger charge than the artillery shell. When it hits the ground and explodes, the vibrations are like earthquakes. It is also because it emits a special and extremely terrifying roar when it is dropped and flying in the air. Sound... This whistle was like a countdown, from far to near, from dull to loud, and then with a "boom"... a large number of soldiers were lifted high into the air.

Qin Chuan felt like he was in the turbulent waves of the ocean, with lightning and thunder in the sky and rough waves on the sea. Every huge wave that came could tear Qin Chuan into pieces. Only then did Qin Chuan realize how fragile the sense of security he got from his comrades was... No one could help him, and of course he couldn't help anyone. All Qin Chuan could do was lie tightly on the ground and let everyone around him Another wave of sand came, but he didn't dare to act rashly.

Qin Chuan even had the urge to run out because he couldn't help but think that there might be a bomb falling above his head... But in the end he held back because he knew the consequences of running out. Just disappear from this world.

Finally, the explosion gradually weakened.

Qin Chuan found that he was almost buried in the sand raised by the bomb... In fact, many people were buried. They were either stunned by the bomb or injured, and were buried under the sand and unable to climb out. At the same time, his comrades They didn't notice it for a while, so they lay in the sand forever.

Fortunately, Qin Chuan was still conscious. He crawled out of the sand on his hands and knees and took a look... Everything around him was unrecognizable: the place where the house was supposed to be was turned into rubble, and the place where the trench was supposed to be was turned into flat ground. Where there should have been flat ground, there were large overlapping pits.

"Didi..." Qinchuan heard a sharp whistle, and someone shouted in a hoarse voice: "Get ready for battle, the British tanks are coming!"

Qin Chuan shook off the sand from his helmet and looked into the distance. Sure enough, he saw British tanks approaching from the front. There were at least hundreds of them, followed by groups of murderous tanks holding Enfield rifles. British soldier.

They are not fast, perhaps because they are worried about anti-tank mines, or because they want the infantry behind them to keep up, but they have the aura to destroy any obstacle in front of them.

Looking at this scene, Qin Chuan couldn't help but feel hairy in his heart. He felt that in front of these tanks, the German soldiers, including himself, were like mantises in the "mantis arm blocking the car". Qin Chuan did not think that blocking would have any meaning.

This thought made Qin Chuan have the idea of ​​​​running away for a while, but he finally resisted it... At this time, Qin Chuan was already a squad leader, with ten soldiers under his command. They were all staring at him, and he ran away in front of the battle. What happened? I'm afraid it will be like Berg.

Qin Chuan hoped that his superiors would issue an order to retreat, but he was disappointed. They never got the order.

"Are they crazy?" Qin Chuan felt a little unbelievable: "What can we do to stop these tanks?!"

In Qin Chuan's questioning eyes, the whistling sound of artillery shells suddenly sounded.

The sound of artillery came from the direction of the German army. The artillery shell passed over the position of Qin Chuan and others and hit the tank group hard, and then exploded into radiating clouds of sand. Of course, there were also British soldiers and British tanks in it. The team also became chaotic.

Seeing this Qinchuan, he understood that the German army used guns to block the advance of enemy tanks.

This is a very smart approach. The German army occupied the city of Tengeter. There are many buildings in the city. These buildings are good places to hide artillery... Otherwise, deploying artillery positions in the desert will be like They are lice on bald heads and are easy to spot and get rid of.

But now, the German artillery survived the fierce British bombing.

Not only that, because the German artillery is scattered and hidden in the building complex, but the British artillery is deployed outside the city, so one is in the light and the other is in the dark... This is also the reason why the British artillery has not fired until now.

Soon, the British artillery began to fight back. They wanted to suppress the German artillery fire to cover the tank attack. So the two sides started a fierce artillery battle over the position.

The German artillery had long been prepared for this. In fact, the artillery attack on the tanks was only one part of the German artillery. The other part of the artillery was ready for battle and was waiting for the British army to fire.

As soon as the British army opened fire, the location of its artillery positions was exposed, so the German artillery shells rained down on the British artillery positions like raindrops.

Then, fewer and fewer artillery shells were fired from the direction of the British army, while the German artillery fire became more and more fierce.

If it weren't for some British fighter planes and bombers swooping down to attack the exposed German artillery, the British army would have been repulsed at this time.

The British tank group slowly approached the German position under German artillery fire.

The German officer shouted: "Fire!"

Gunfire rang out instantly, and German soldiers emerged from the sand one by one, raised their weapons and shot at the enemy.

There is also an advantage to the position being bombed by the British army...the trenches were blown away, and the German soldiers were randomly distributed in the sand of the position, with no pattern in their positions. Even the sand and smoke raised by the bombs gave these soldiers a good camouflage. It made the German soldiers difficult to detect even in the daytime.

This is very important for the German army, which lacks anti-tank weapons... Lack of anti-tank weapons means that tanks must be blown up at close range, and to blow up tanks at close range, they must be able to get close to the tanks. The camouflage of sand gives German soldiers the opportunity to get close to the tanks... I'm afraid the British army didn't expect this.

A German soldier has been lying in the sand without moving, even if a tank "rumbles" past him or even a few British soldiers step on his body... The British army thought it was a corpse, so they almost ignored its existence.

He was waiting for an opportunity.

Finally, this opportunity came... A tank drove towards his position, and the tracks raised a stream of sand like water from a waterwheel rolling towards him.

He clearly realized that the tank's tracks would run over him, and he even thought that his identity card would be crushed... This was the only thing that his comrades could use to identify him, and it was also the proof that his family knew his whereabouts.

So, he would become one of the missing people on the battlefield.

However, he did not move, nor did he hesitate.

He silently calculated the speed of the tank, and when he saw that it was about time, he pulled the trigger and ignited the cluster grenade hidden in the sand.

The surrounding British soldiers found him because a puff of green smoke suddenly ignited in the sand. The British soldiers shouted and raised their guns to shoot, but it was too late. The tank had already "rumbled" and rolled over, followed by a loud "bang"...