The night is already very deep, but the tranquility that belongs to the night has not come. On the contrary, in France now, there is noisy everywhere. The attack of the US Seventh Army did not end with the arrival of night. In order to take advantage of the German defense line to be breached

The chaos that followed yielded more results, and the Seventh Army was attacking overnight. General Collins divided his attacking troops into several batches, and put them into the attack like a roller according to time. Although the U.S. armored forces were attacking

Unlike the German or Soviet armies, which are accustomed to boldly cutting in behind the enemy. However, when the enemy's armored forces no longer actively engage in battle, and even try to avoid fighting with the US armored forces, the US military's

The progress is still very fast.

Sergeant Bill squatted in a temporarily dug trench, which was a temporary anti-tank support point. After the armored forces began to withdraw from the battlefield, the only defense was to rely on infantry. Infantry alone could not prevent the enemy from breaking through.

The task of the German infantry is only to delay the enemy's attack, thereby buying time for the attack being prepared.

Speaking of which, Bill is really not a novice in dealing with enemy armored forces. In fact, since the Battle of Kursk, facing the growing Soviet armored forces, the anti-tank pressure on the German infantry has increased day by day.

.As a result, the anti-tank weaponry and related training of the German infantry units have been unprecedentedly strengthened. In terms of infantry anti-tank capabilities alone, the anti-tank capabilities of the German infantry were considered top-notch among all countries at the time.

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On the mound in front of the trench, there were four "Iron Fist" rockets. This is the most commonly used anti-tank weapon by German infantry. Bill likes this weapon very much, although this kind of thing is compared to "tank killer".

Or the US military's "Bazooka" is a bit shoddy, and compared with them, the range of the "Iron Fist" is too short. The range of only 50 meters makes the user take more risks when attacking the enemy than

Using "Tank Killer" or "Bazooka" is bigger. But its excellent traveling ability and huge power make up for this shortcoming.

Indeed, the "Tank Killer" rocket launcher also has great power. Like the Iron Fist, it is enough to destroy any kind of Allied tank, even an iron turtle like the IS-2m. But the "Tank Killer" is not as light as the "Iron Fist".

One person can carry several of them around. The "Bazooka" is much lighter than the "Tank Killer", and one person can carry it and run with it, plus a rocket-propelled one, forming an anti-tank team of two.

It is also quite flexible. But the power of this thing cannot be compared to the "Iron Fist". Especially now that it is night, the main flaw of the "Iron Fist" - the short range is no longer a big problem. This makes Bill want to perform anti-tank

I feel more confident about my mission.

Soon, the sound of the engines of tanks and various vehicles could be heard in front of the position. Compared with the Russian T-34 tank, the US military's M4 tank uses a gasoline engine and uses rubber tracks, so it makes less noise when driving.

Much smaller. But no matter how small the noise was, it was still a tank, and it was impossible to really get close to the target silently. So Bill still found them from a long way away.

Due to the problem of sight at night, tanks are almost blind at night. Therefore, during night attacks, tanks do not rush at the front, but follow the infantry. The tank is relatively low and can take advantage of the sky as a background.

, Bill vaguely saw that in front of the tanks, there was about a platoon of infantry spread out in skirmish formation, approaching all the way. And behind the tanks, there were some vehicles. It was obvious that the Americans were very

Be careful. They always wait for the infantry to advance a certain distance first. After determining that it is relatively safe, the tanks will follow up. Then the infantry will advance again under the direct protection of the tank guns.

"We found the enemy, five tanks, and at least one company of infantry." Bill lowered his voice and communicated with German soldiers in other positions of the support point through wired telephones.

This is a typical anti-tank support point. There is a zigzag trench on the front of the support point, where several mg-42 machine guns for suppressing infantry are placed. Slightly behind are two artillery bunkers, which the Germans

Where are two anti-tank guns deployed. One of them is a pak-40 anti-tank gun, which is deployed a little to the right of the front; the other is a smaller pak-38 anti-tank gun, which is placed on

The two guns were buried in the ground, with only the barrels exposed. However, the muzzle flash during night shooting could easily expose the target, so in order to cover these guns, the Germans

Some explosive points containing gunpowder are also set up on the position, which will be detonated when the artillery fires to create an effect similar to the muzzle flash of artillery to confuse the enemy.

The US tanks have actually entered the effective range of the pak-40 anti-tank gun. However, the caliber of the other pak-38 anti-tank gun is only 50 mm, and it cannot penetrate the front of the m4 tank at the current distance.

Therefore, the Germans placed it in a more convenient place. When the US tanks attacked to the right, they would shoot at the side armor of the US troops.

In addition to anti-tank guns, the most important anti-tank means is the "Iron Fist". About 10 anti-tank shooters carrying the "Iron Fist" ambush in the foxholes outside the jagged trenches. In a sense

, these soldiers, like the "Iron Fist" rocket launcher, are disposable.

In addition, there are four mortars in the bunker farther away.

The US military was gradually approaching. Bill stretched his Mauser 98k out of the trench and tried his best to aim at a vague target.

At this time, the sound of cannon fire came from behind Bill. The first ones to fire were the mortars. The flares they fired illuminated a distance in front of the support point. Taking this opportunity, Bill clearly saw,

There were more enemy troops in front of them than he had seen just now. Before he had time to think about it, he fired a shot at an American soldier. Bill had no time to look carefully to see if the shot hit. He quickly shrank his head.

Go to the trench, then pull the bolt, load the next bullet, and then carefully expose your head again to shoot.

At this time, the Pak-40 anti-tank gun also started shooting. Its first shot was quite accurate. This shot directly hit an M4 tank. The tank ignited flames and seemed to have

was destroyed. And those mg-42 machine guns began to fire violently at the American soldiers who were illuminated by the flares. Several American soldiers who reacted a little slowly and failed to lie down in time or find hiding spots were knocked down.

land.

However, the Americans' reaction was also very fast. And it was very special, completely beyond the Germans' expectations. When Bill put his head out of the trench to search for the target for the third time, he found that his eyes were completely white and he could not see anything.

Got it!

Behind the first few tanks, there were two searchlight vehicles. They quickly turned on the searchlights, and the strong light immediately illuminated the German position. Under the interference of the lights, the figures of the American infantry were completely different from those of the German soldiers.

The sight disappeared. Many German soldiers' eyes were suddenly illuminated by such a light, and they even suffered temporary blindness. The German soldiers who were still shooting accurately were immediately in trouble.

"Damn it! Knock out those two lights!" Lieutenant Shane, the commander of the German stronghold, shouted.

The Pak-40 anti-tank gun fired several rounds at the two lights, but failed to hit them.

"What are you doing!" Lieutenant Shane shouted to the gunner, Sergeant Luther, "Why haven't we hit yet?"

"The light is so dazzling that we can't complete accurate ranging!" Luther explained.

At this time, another sound rang out. It was an indistinguishable machine gun sound similar to the "Hitler's Chainsaw" mg-42. However, this gunshot was much deeper than the mg-42. Just now

After his eyes adjusted, Bill was about to stand up and shoot when he saw a burst of smoke rising from the earth parapet in front of the trench, and then several soldiers hiding behind the parapet were knocked to the ground.

"This must be a large-caliber machine gun!" Bill understood that due to the hasty construction, the thickness of these parapets was not enough. It would be no problem to block the Americans' 7.62mm or the British's 7.7mm rifle bullets, but in large

caliber machine gun armor-piercing bullets, this parapet is too thin.

The one who opened fire was an M16 anti-aircraft tanker, which was a four-unit anti-aircraft machine gun mounted on a half-track vehicle. The four .50 machine guns opened fire at the same time, and the stormy firepower immediately suppressed the German troops still in the trenches.

soldiers. At the same time, the remaining M4 tanks began to fire violently at the German support points.

The pak-38 anti-tank gun deployed on the side was not affected by the searchlight. So the gun began to fire at the two lights. However, they were still far away from the searchlight now, so the first shot failed.

Hit. But perhaps because the attention of the US military was attracted to the other side, this shot did not seem to arouse the alert of the US military. So the Pak-38 seized the time and fired several more shots at the two searchlights.

These shots still failed to hit the searchlight, but they accidentally hit the M16 anti-aircraft tank. As an anti-tank gun, the Pak-38 had already become insufficient in power in 1944, but the so-called "insufficient power" refers to

It is not powerful enough when fighting tanks. It is quite powerful when used to shoot lightly armored targets such as half-track vehicles. The M16 anti-aircraft tank immediately burst into flames.

This result also allowed the Americans to discover the target. The two searchlights were immediately extinguished. However, the extinguishing of the searchlights was not a good thing for the Germans. It takes a long time for human eyes to adapt to changes in light.

When they were directly facing the strong light of the searchlight just now, the Germans' eyes finally adjusted to the strong light working state, but the searchlight was turned off, which suddenly turned all the Germans into pitch black. And
Chapter completed!