Chapter 130 Bloody Graduation Exam (End)
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There was a loud "boom" sound, and the pungent smell of gunpowder came from the turret, followed by Reinhardt's shout.
"Target 11 is destroyed, the next target."
After hearing this, Lieutenant Bault made a fork on the target marked with eleven on the French position defense map, and then said, "Our goal No. 12 is..."
Bault's voice came to an abrupt end, and he looked up at the sky, his eyes showing a nervous look.
An explosion sounded behind him, and the broken branches and leaves flew in the explosion, and gray-white smoke filled the trees.
Bault glanced back and was stunned for a few seconds before immediately retracting his body into the turret, then closed the hatch cover of the turret with a "bang".
"It's the French mortar, we're found, Rudolph, back up quickly," shouted Bault.
Before Bault finished speaking, a series of explosions came into the tank.
The tank was silent and silent. The five people led by Bault listened quietly to the explosion outside the car, praying in their hearts that they would never be hit directly.
An extremely violent explosion sounded on Bault's left hand, followed by a tingling metal collision. Bault knew that the landing point of the shell was particularly close to him, and it could be said that it was only separated by a layer of steel plate.
Accompanied by countless explosions, Bault's tank No. 042 slowly retreated deep into the woods.
That's great. The load-bearing wheel was not blown up. Bault breathed a sigh of relief.
After exiting nearly fifty meters, Bault asked Rudolph to stop reversing, and the five people hid in the tank and continued to listen to the explosion outside.
"Graduate No. 1, are you okay?" A familiar voice came from the radio.
"Peace is fine," replied Bault.
"You have been in a location for too long and it is easy to be discovered by the French. You can consider changing the location."
"Thank you for your reminder, I will consider it," said Bault.
In the two-story building in the southwest corner of Roeville, Captain DuPont clearly saw in his telescope that the coordinates he emitted were covered with fierce artillery fire.
After Captain DuPont escaped from the back door of the Wrangler Inn, he directly found Major Robert, the supreme commander of the French army in Roeye Town.
Major Robert had been alarmed by the artillery attacks suffered by the French army in the town. After hearing Captain DuPont describe the incident in detail, he could not help but get angry and immediately ordered Captain DuPont to mobilize artillery to eliminate the arrogant German gunners.
Captain DuPont used the houses in Roeville as cover and secretly mobilized eight Bronde 81mm mortars.
After arranging the gunners of eight mortars to be on standby, he ran to the southwest corner of Roe Town to become an artillery observer.
Captain DuPont was an experienced veteran and soon judged the approximate direction of Bault based on the landing point of the shells at the door of the Wrangler Inn.
Captain DuPont searched the direction he decided for a while and then locked the target on the earth slope where Bault was. Then it took less than two minutes to lock the position where Bault was. After all, smoke ejected from the muzzle retractor when the No. 4 G tank fired, it was too conspicuous.
After locking Bault's position, Captain DuPont ordered the mortar to open fire.
The shelling lasted for about three minutes and stopped. Captain DuPont looked at the woods covered with smoke. He thought that under the bombardment of mortars of this density, all the German gunners hiding there would definitely go to see God. Even if they could survive by chance, they would definitely run away in panic and dare not stay there again.
In the Wrangler Inn, Michel looked straight at the blood gushing out of Garcia's belly like a fountain. No matter how he pressed it with white gauze, the bright red blood rushed down Garcia's belly, slid down from Garcia's right rib to the ground, forming a small "lake" on the ground.
"George, he is dead. The German shrapnel pierced his spleen and stomach. Not to mention our current medical level, even if we were sent to a large hospital in Paris, there was no way." A captain military doctor said, stroking Michelle's shoulder.
"Damn the Germans, they should be hanged one by one, no, they should be bombarded into pieces by shells." Michelle cursed gritting his teeth.
"You are right, it's all the fault of the Germans. Captain DuPont has mobilized artillery to fight back, and those Germans must have been killed."
Michel stared at Garcia's body and said with a dull eyes: "Even if they were blown to death, John would not survive."
The military doctor was silent for a while and said, "Let's move the corpse away. After all, this is a canteen. It's not good if the corpse is left here for a long time."
Michel nodded heavily. Seeing this, the military doctor called several soldiers to help. The people worked together to lift Garcia's heavy body and walked outside the hotel.
For safety reasons, they walked through the back door of the hotel this time.
Seeing Michel and others carrying the body, the French soldiers entering and leaving the back door of the hotel, making way one after another, Michel and others carried Garcia's body out of the hotel without any obstacles.
Michelle and others carried Garcia's body and turned a corner. Twelve 150mm howitzer shells fell into Roevil with a strong wind, and two of them happened to hit the roof of the Wrangler's Inn.
Amid the fire and smoke, the third floor of the Wrangler Inn disappeared, leaving only a pile of rubble.
The tragedy of the Wrangler Inn opened the prelude to the German revenge. 150mm shells fell into Roeh Town like raindrops, with countless mortar shells sandwiched in the middle.
The Shulin where Bault was hiding was only more than 300 meters away from the position of the 116th Infantry Regiment of the 42nd Infantry Division. Captain DuPont's shelling at Shulin immediately attracted the attention of the 116th Regiment.
The French unscrupulous attitude angered the infantrymen of the first battalion. After several radio waves flew out, the commander of the Forty-two Infantry Division immediately expressed that he could not tolerate the French's arrogance. He immediately ordered the division's artillery regiment to send a 150mm heavy artillery battalion to retaliate. Resolutely attack the French's arrogance.
After the twelve SFH18 150mm howitzers from the Heavy Artillery Battalion of the Artillery Regiment opened fire, the mortars in the first battalion of the 116th Regiment also joined the ranks of revenge.
Houses in the town of Roe were destroyed one after another, rubble and broken glass scattered, and the flat roads became potholes.
Looking at the town of Roewa, who had just brought tank No. 042 back to its original sniper position, Bault couldn't help but be stunned. Why did things turn out to be like this?
After hesitating for a while, Bault immediately decided to take advantage of the situation to continue shelling the French positions.
He took out the French position defense map he had drawn, found the target numbered 12, and was about to let Reinhardt continue to fire. A dense burst of fire and smoke suddenly broke out from the position of the 116th Regiment under the earth slope.
The French fought back! Bault immediately thought of where the shells came from.
Bault guessed right. Shortly after Roye Town was shot by 150mm howitzer, Major Robert, the highest commander of the French army in Roye Town, called to report the tragic situation of Roye Town to the 214th Infantry Regiment, and the 214th Infantry Regiment's regiment headquarters, and then reported it to the 72nd Infantry Division.
The commander of the French 72nd Infantry Division immediately ordered the division's light artillery regiment to counterattack. The French artillery showed excellent qualities. After receiving the order, the shells fired by thirty-six 75mm howitzers landed on the position of the 116th Regiment's first battalion in almost instant.
The counterattack of the French artillery was like adding fuel to the fire. Shortly after learning that the position of the 116th Regiment of the 116th Regiment was bombarded by the French army, thirty-six 105mm howitzers from the Artillery Regiment of the Forty-Second Infantry Division joined the ranks of shelling the French army in Ruye Town.
The French 72nd Infantry Division was also furious by the artillery of the German Forty-second Infantry Division, and was unwilling to be outdone. 12 105mm howitzers and 12 155mm howitzers were shells then fell below the earth slope where Bault was hiding.
At 3:50 p.m., the Forty-two Infantry Division sent their ultimate killer weapon against the tit-for-tat. The Stuka dive bomber, which came from the Third Air Force, brought a perfect end to the artillery battle...
At 7:40 p.m. on May 28, Chen Dao and Mandofir sat in the classroom with the door signs of the year, quietly listening to Lieutenant Bault talk about the exam.
"In the end, the Air Force's Stuka dive bomber solved the problem. After the Air Force bomber flew away, you retreated?" Chen Dao asked.
Bault stood on the podium and shook his head and said, "I did not evacuate immediately. After the Stuka dive bomber left, I contacted Major Wagner, the battalion commander of the 116th Regiment, the 116th Regiment. With our support, Major Wagner led his subordinates to take the opportunity to launch an attack and occupied the town of Roe."
Lieutenant Bault scratched his head again and said embarrassedly: "It was just that when we rushed into the town, the town of Roe almost disappeared."
Chen Dao raised his hand and slammed his palms a few times, then said: "It's normal. Of course, such a small town cannot withstand the destruction of that level of firepower."
Chen Dao turned his head and looked at Mandofir and asked, "What do you think of their performance?"
"Excellent assessment results, graduation is allowed." Mandofir said without hesitation.
"I think so too."
Chen Dao said as he walked up to the podium and said to the twenty tankers in the classroom: "Congratulations, you all passed the graduation exam and successfully obtained the driver's license for the No. 4 G tank. You can set off to your own troops tomorrow morning. As teachers, before you leave, I will give you the last advice, that is, you are absolutely not allowed to drive under the influence. If anyone dares to drive under the influence and I know, I will immediately revoke your driving license, so that you will never touch the tank again. Have you heard it clearly?"
Chapter completed!