Chapter 418 Suppression

But this time, the US military was obviously going to be disappointed again.

While the artillery was still roaring, Qin Chuan led the soldiers out of the high ground and climbed up to the top of the mountain along the communication trench... In fact, the communication trench no longer existed. If it weren't for the fact that there was still a mountain top, Qin Chuan and others really couldn't believe that this was the Enna Highland where they had stayed.

As soon as the soldiers climbed up to the top of the mountain, a burst of bullets came from the opposite side.

That was the anti-aircraft machine gun that the Americans set up on the opposite high ground... Although it was more than 100 meters lower than the Enna Highland, it could still barely see this side and suppress the firepower with anti-aircraft machine guns.

Then several mortar shells exploded near the soldiers, which were also mortar shells fired from the opposite high ground.

This might be a good tactic, using anti-aircraft machine guns and mortars to suppress the German army, while the US army quickly jumped to the top of the mountain under their cover... Once the US army rushed to the top of the mountain, after a row of grenades, the US army would surge up like a tide and then skewer the German army on the bayonet.

But the US military overlooked one point, Enna is always higher than the US military's high ground.

Since it is higher than the US military, it means that there are always places where the US military can be seen from Enna Highland, but the US military cannot see or can only see a small part of it.

So, this is when the sniper comes into play.

Qin Chuan winked at Kuhn, and Kuhn understood and ran away with Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan ran along the ridge for a while, then found a position and squatted down with his gun in hand ready to shoot.

"Bang!" A gunshot sounded, and Kuhn fired at the other end.

Kuhn fired randomly in order to attract the attention of the US military. He ran away immediately after firing this shot.

The US military, who had little combat experience, was fooled. The anti-aircraft machine gun immediately fired rows of bullets at Kuhn's original position, and mortar shells followed one after another.

However, at this moment, Qin Chuan showed up with his gun and pulled the trigger almost at the same time as the crosshairs locked on a US soldier.

With a "bang", the sound of the machine gun stopped abruptly, and the American soldier fell to the ground with his back leaning back.

Another American machine gunner was not slow either, and immediately turned the gun head to aim at Qin Chuan, but just as he was about to pull the trigger, there was a "bang" from the other end... Kuhn's bullet knocked the machine gunner to the ground.

Then there was another "bang", and this time it was Qin Chuan's turn.

Qin Chuan and Kuhn fired one shot after another, and soon suppressed several machine guns and mortars on the high ground of the US Army... This actually requires a lot of coordination, because the K98K is a bolt-action rifle with a slow firing rate, and there are many targets on the opposite high ground. Sometimes no matter how fast the hands are, they cannot kill the targets in time.

At this time, the two people must cooperate to kill those targets that pose a threat in time.

This seems simple, but as long as there is a bad coordination, such as two people aiming at the same target and firing, the result may cause the sniper to be suppressed by the enemy or even injured or killed.

However, this scene did not happen. The cover firepower of the US military on the high ground was quickly suppressed by the sniper rifles of Qin Chuan and Kuhn and could not move... This is also one of the reasons why the armies of various countries are vigorously developing snipers at this time. It is just a rifle and a few bullets. Such a low cost can play an effect that mortars, machine guns, etc. cannot achieve in the hands of well-trained snipers.

The US military rushed to the middle of the mountain and saw that their cover units were suppressed. They knew that if they continued to dawdle like this, their own scene would soon appear again: the Germans shot rows of bullets at them from a high position, and they didn't even see the shadow of the enemy.

So with the officer's loud shout, the US military shouted and rushed to the top of the mountain with bayonets... They obviously planned to rush into the German position for close combat before the German army was ready for defense.

Although the US military is not good at close combat, they are of course more willing to choose hand-to-hand combat in such a situation where the number of people is disproportionate and they are always in unfavorable terrain.

However, this is just their wishful thinking.

With a whistle, the German soldiers ignited the grenades they had prepared long ago and threw them to the other side... The characteristic of the ridgeline of the top of the mountain is that this side is the reverse slope and the other side is the positive slope, which means that when the soldiers threw the grenades out, they all threw them in front of the American soldiers charging on the positive slope, and the German soldiers didn't even have to show their heads.

Then, there was a loud bang and screams from the American soldiers on the positive slope.

Soon there were whistles again, and grenades were thrown up from the other side of the top of the mountain... The US military also wanted to use the same method to throw grenades to counter the Germans, but soon found that this didn't work.

First of all, the US military didn't know the position and situation of the Germans on the other slope, so throwing grenades basically had to rely on blindness.

Secondly, the US military was in a low position and the Germans were in a high position, which meant that the Germans could throw grenades at the feet of the US military, but the US military might not be able to throw grenades at the position of the Germans.

Thirdly, more importantly, the US military used egg-shaped grenades.

Of course, the egg-shaped grenade has many advantages, such as small size, light weight, easy to carry, etc., but it also has disadvantages... the throwing distance is not as good as the wooden handle grenade.

However, this disadvantage is not the point here. The point is that the egg-shaped grenade will roll back.

You must know that the US military is below the slope at this time, and the grenade is delayed to explode. If it fails to pass the slope... it will roll back to its own camp and explode.

The American troops were all new recruits, so they certainly didn't dare to take the risk, so they could only be bombed by the Germans with grenades.

Not long after, the American troops could only leave a pile of corpses and retreat under the cover of mortars.

"Damn it!" Major General Allen cursed angrily: "Can't the Germans be killed? Did they come out of the ground?!"

"They came out of the ground!" A voice sounded behind Major General Allen.

Major General Allen looked back and saw that it was General Patton. He hurriedly went up to shake hands with General Patton.

"General, you shouldn't come here!" Major General Allen said.

"Where else can I go?" Patton replied: "Stay with those British idiots?"

Patton raised his telescope and looked at Enna Heights.

In fact, what Major General Allen said was right. The US military system does not allow army commanders like General Patton to go to the front line. They should stay in the command center to coordinate the operations of the entire army, rear supplies, and contact with superiors.

But it was clear that General Patton did not take these systems seriously.