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Chapter 22: A Hard Day and Night (Part 1)

Lin Neng looked at the front line from a building with an unrecognizable and intact body, and saw that the fierce battle at the Modson Chemical Factory was still ongoing. The Soviet tanks attacking the defending positions were simply stupid beetles who only knew how to fill their stomachs but did not know how to live or die. Their companions were everywhere, and they were still advancing forward one after another. Lin Neng divided his elite troops into six commandos, each with about 40 people, and his combat effectiveness was roughly equivalent to a platoon of the regular army. One of the commandos had joined the ranks of defending the Modson Chemical Factory.

Faced with stubborn enemy defense, the Soviet army's offensive methods were "exciting". Tanks and infantry were already advancing, and the fierce shelling was not over. Infantry artillery fired from the front of the position at a faster rate of fire. Large-caliber anti-tank guns also found their place again on reinforced concrete targets. Three groups of attack aircraft always swept down through the smoke and clouds. The machine guns used to deal with tanks were fired and defended by the strange sound of the clatter.

The fortifications where the army was located. The group of rushing tanks continued to fire short-stop after approaching the factory. The high-explosive bombs and armor-piercing bombs shot from the long-barrel artillery continued to ravage the holey exterior walls of the factory buildings. The fire-breathing tanks often rushed forward, spraying flames from the buildings that the insurrectionists held 20 to 30 meters away. The rolling smoke and gun smoke and dust generated by the fire whip were mixed together, covering up the sunlight, making the entire battlefield full of suffocating atmosphere...

"Sir, the soldiers of the 9th and 16th Garrison Battalions were all injured and killed, and the personnel losses of the 2nd Commando were over half!" The subordinate officer who assisted in the command reported with a serious expression.

Through observation of the battlefield, Lin En was mentally prepared for such casualties. He admired the sacrifice spirit shown by the soldiers, especially ordinary uprisingers, and at the same time he had to cruelly send more soldiers to the battlefield like a meat grinder. As the saying goes, a general became famous for eternity. Whenever he thought of so many vivid lives laid behind his achievements, Lin En would always feel infinite sadness. But he would never give up easily.

Before ordering the increase of troops, Lin Neng looked at the watch with a heavy expression. Before noon arrived, the rebels had to hold on to the Soviet army for at least half a day. As long as they stayed until dark, the defense pressure would be reduced accordingly. After this night, the comprehensive action of the Imperial Base Camp would restrain the Soviet troops deployed in Germany and even Central Europe. At that time, what they would want to extinguish was not just the fire of the uprising in Stuttgart, but the national war with wars everywhere and turbulent fires!

Four years of sleeping on firewood and four years of sharpening swords. The last moment is coming. Even if you are hurt all over and cannot bear the fatigue, how can you fall down before the finish line?

Lynn gritted his teeth and squeezed out the battle order from the cracks of his teeth: "Let the 20th Battalion go on! Let the No. 2 tank team come forward to support!"

Due to the dual limitations of strategy and tactics, Lynn's troops failed to bring the mountain assault vehicles that performed well in the previous stage when they switched to Germany. At this time, the two tank groups of the commando used a captured t34/85 each. They had ammunition and oil and were in good combat condition. The only less ideal was the combat members - the soldiers who joined the Imperial Guards in the early days became a multi-ethnic elite in the long and monotonous military training. Find out how to drive from Lynn's commando.

It is not difficult for people who are tank-playing, and the original mountain assault vehicles also have rich experience in combating armored vehicles. However, they are not familiar with Soviet weapons. Not to mention that they cannot reach the technical and tactical level of excellent tank teams, even ordinary Soviet tank teams are not as good as those. In this case, they have to face hundreds of enemy tanks on the battlefield, and it is difficult not to be submerged in the torrent of steel wheel tracks, let alone to use continuous victory to boost the morale of the officers and soldiers?

When receiving the combat command, five members of the Commando No. 2 tank group and their "Red Puppet" were on standby in an alley in the southern part of the city. Under the cover of the rumbling cannons, the roar of the tank starting was not swaying. In the hands of the strange driver, the ferocious steel beast obediently drove out of the alley and turned at the intersection according to the guidance of the traffic commander. In order to avoid the uninformed uprisingers thinking that the Soviet tanks were attacking the back, the commando hung an iron cross battle flag of the Liberty Empire in front and behind the bodies of the vehicles. The wounded numbers who had retreated from the front line and the soldiers who were rushing to the battlefield were attracted by them. Someone shouted "Germany will win", and the people around them shouted together.

Since the rebels had already set up barricades on the main roads, the tank could not reach the battlefield directly. A mere T-34 loaded with sandbags and camouflage nets could not resist the enemy's armor cluster. Its mission was like a sniper on the battlefield, looking for a suitable location to continuously fire "cold cannons". The traffic commanders who received the command guided the lonely tank along the way to turn left and right in the ruins-filled city area. Sometimes in order to avoid the bombing and strafing of Soviet fighter jets, it had to drill through narrow alleys and broken buildings. When it arrived at the scheduled sniper position, the sandbags and canvas covered on the tank were damaged, and the armor plates that were blackened by explosives and even twisted were even more shocking.

With the reinforcements of the reserve forces in place, the battle surrounding the Modson Chemical Factory became more and more intense. In order to cut off the connection between the factory and the surrounding defenders, the Soviet army wedged from the east and west sides of the factory with two armored assault groups with more than 30 tanks each. Soviet infantry also followed up with casualties. The only connection between the factory and the defenders' defense line was left was the hill in the north. Dozens of ordinary insurgents used moor bottles and bags to resist the Soviet attack. Some commandos in the factory brought anti-tank rocket launchers to join the defense war, and the situation there was still in danger.

During the movement, the members of the Commando No. 2 tank team knew that their existence was no secret to the enemy. After they arrived, they strengthened their combat camouflage with the help of the insurrectionists and used the cover of damaged buildings to fire the first shot at the Soviet tank. At a distance of about 600 meters, a qualified German gunner was able to use Tiger, Leopard, No. 4 tank gun or Flak88 and other standard artillery guns. However, the first round of shooting of the Commando No. 2 tank team failed to hit the target. Although the T-34, which participated in the left-wing assault, exposed the wide and eye-catching and weak defense to the opponent on this side, the armor-piercing projectile that deviated from the target would not cause any damage to it.

Before the disappointment took root, the members of the tank team quickly loaded the bullets, and the 75mm gun was operated on the mountain assault guns, and the Emperor **s were also wide open and adjusted the shooting. In the late stage of World War II, the Soviets began to upgrade and improve their extremely primitive tank viewing and aiming systems, but the war showdown between the Eastern and Western camps greatly delayed this process. The simple and vulgar optical sighting equipment allowed the Soviet army to continue to follow their tank tactics of rapid impact and close-range fighting, and suffered considerable losses while defeating the Western Allies.

The fine-tuning in place and the target was at low speed due to its tactical state, the second armor-piercing projectile of the commando tank team hit the Soviet tank with no violent explosion reaction or flame smoke. It was like a bison shot by poisonous arrows. It walked forward a few steps as if nothing had happened, and stopped suddenly. The sight was affected by the smoke from the battlefield and lacked the combat experience of dealing with tanks. The insurers who were watching around were still silent. Even the gunners in the tank were not so sure that they had successfully killed the target. The group of "bisons" did not pay much attention to their fallen companions. They continued to attack the defenders on the hills north of the factory area. However, the Soviet infantry responsible for covering the flanks of the tanks noticed something strange. While turning the machine guns and firing in the direction of the incoming shells, they notified their tank combatants in a primitive and effective way.

Another armor-piercing shell was filled into the barrel of the T-34 main gun. After slightly raising the muzzle, the gunner opened fire again at the target just now. The movement of the shell hitting the opposite tank body is still not proportional to the movement of the tank when it opened fire. However, this time, the commander of the insurer who was watching the battle observed the bullet hole in the target armor with a telescope. He climbed up the tank regardless of the danger, slapped the turret hatch and shouted: "It hits, it hits the target!"

This time, the members of the tank team gave the first cheer for victory - what complicated feelings would those once powerful German tank aces witnessed their younger generations performing like this?

Realizing that his flank was hit by the rare artillery fire of the defenders, several Soviet tanks on the left side of the queue quickly turned, and at such a distance, it was difficult to penetrate the thick frontal armor of the T-34 with the 85mm cannon of the t-34. With the successful experience just now, the commando No. 2 tank team opened fire continuously before the enemy tank organized a counterattack. The armor-piercing bomb hit a Soviet tank without turning, and a stream of not strong black smoke emerged from its engine bay, and the tank also stopped moving.

The counterattack artillery fire of Soviet tanks came almost with the victory cheers of the members of the Assault Team No. 2 tank team. The same shooting and aiming system and the accuracy of the shells made every member of the lonely tank raise his heart to his throat. The broken walls can only slightly affect the movement speed and trajectory of the armor-piercing bombs. The metal with huge kinetic energy is also fatal before the explosion and produces a fatal jet. The flying chips produced under their impact are as terrifying as bullets, and the thick tank armor sounds under the impact of various debris.

As soon as he suffered a counterattack, the members of the commando tank team still gritted their teeth and insisted on fighting. The next two shellings scored another hit. However, the enemy's artillery fire became more and more fierce and accurate. Additional defense methods such as sandbags had no effect in fighting direct artillery fire. The lonely tank shrouded in the barrage suddenly got shot. The trembling of the vehicle body made the driver start the tank and reverse it backwards. He stopped the car in a daze.

"Report the casualties!" the commando, who was the commander, shouted anxiously.

After a moment, every member reported himself "safety" with lingering fear.

"See if there is any loss in equipment!" the commander ordered in unstandard words.

"Architecture...normal, ammunition...normal."

"The power...is normal, the front machine gun... is damaged, the armor-piercing projectile passes across the machine gun position, and it's really lucky that no one is injured or killed."

"Well, the lucky red puppet, I hope it will maintain this good luck in the next battle." The captain said happily in pain, "Let's change the position and continue fighting. The soldiers on the front line urgently need our fire support."

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