Chapter 185: War Escalation
With the rumbling of the engine, the attacker slowly revealed his body from the obstruction of the building.
"Tank!" Stallone said his enemy's identity in a trembling voice. At this moment, Hu Bin understood that the subsequent battle had completely escalated.
"Run quickly, we haven't completely escaped it." Hu Bin was also a little panicked. No one expected that a city where there were only a group of paratroopers stationed would appear in war weapons like tanks.
"I'm working hard." Stallone twisted the accelerator hard, trying to make the motorcycle under him run faster.
The M4 Sherman tank is the most classic main battle tank of the US military during World War II. Although it is not as famous as the Soviet T-34, it still plays an important role in the history of tanks. Now chasing Hu Bin and Stallone is a M4A3 tank. As a classic improved three-type M4, its original 75mm caliber artillery was replaced with a more advanced 76mm caliber, which greatly strengthens its offensiveness and effortlessly dealing with the armor of German No. 3 and No. 4 tanks. The M4 series tanks generally use a 500-horsepower gasoline engine. The powerful engine and low self-weight make its limit speed reach about 45 miles. This is also the reason why the motorcycle Hu Bin is riding has not completely gotten rid of it.
But the M4 is not without its shortcomings. Although the too high body and turret allow the tank to support infantry with a better field of vision, it makes it easy to be hit by the enemy's anti-tank firepower. The wide body does make the crew feel better, but its weak armor does not bring a high sense of security to the crew. The classic design of American tanks with thin skin and large fillings is fully reflected in it.
"Damn it, I would have left a rocket if I had known it." At this time, the steel plate of M4A3, which was only 50mm thick on average, became the source of Hu Bin's despair. All the weapons on him could not cause any effective damage to this iron monster. All he could do now was escape.
But the M4's mobility is much better than Hu Bin thought. Before the motorcycle could run far, Sherman had already adjusted the body of the car and aimed the main gun at the two.
"Leave it to me!" Stallone shouted and turned around, but saw the black muzzle at him, and couldn't help but shivered. He didn't think that the military uniform skill object that was said to be able to withstand three attacks of heat weapons every day included armor-piercing bombs.
"You can't hit me, you can't hit me..." The motorcycle swayed the body flexibly under Stallone's control. It moved forward in an S-shaped route. A shell rubbed the edge of the motorcycle and hit the street in front, causing Stallone and Hu Bin to sweat in a cold sweat. Stallone's prayer and emergency avoidance still played a role, so that the two were not directly hit by the shell, but the explosion of the shell still affected the motorcycle. The auxiliary seat where Hu Bin was located was pushed up by the shock wave. The motorcycle drove forward diagonally for a distance like an acrobatic, and it took a while before it resumed normal driving.
"Hahaha..." The two men who survived the disaster burst into laughter nervously. Hu Bin even responded to M4's submachine gun bullets provocatively, and then raised a middle finger behind them. They had taken advantage of this period of time to get a long distance away and were about to escape the pursuit.
The crew in the tank seemed to be angry by the actions of the two. The M4's engine roared again, and the speed of the tank increased a lot. It completely ignored the obstacles on the street and rushed towards the motorcycle. The car-mounted machine gun even fired a series of bullets. The two of them hurriedly bent over to avoid it.
After the "gudong" sound, the M4 was loading again. Stallone, who counted the time, hurriedly made another move to avoid left and right again, trying to affect his aiming, delaying the distance between the two more. But this time, the gunner in the tank fired in anger, without any hesitation.
The shell hit the rear less than half a meter away from the motorcycle, but it still failed to hit the motorcycle, but the luck of the two of them reached the end. The motorcycle was pushed up by the aftermath, and the rear wheel suddenly fell and made an ominous sound, then it left the axle and ran away naughtyly.
Stallone, who could not control the balance of the motorcycle, hit a car parked by the street. The driver Stallone immediately flew out and slid to the other side with his face against the roof of the car. Hu Bin was lucky, and at least he didn't use his face to brake urgently like Stallone. He followed the back seat and continued to drive forward for a distance, and finally landed with a street light.
The machine gun on the tank behind him fired again, and the flying bullets made the two roll and crawl to the back of the car before they could fully react from the accident. But the facts proved that it was so unwise to hide and seek in front of a tank. The M4, which had loaded the bullet again, came a precise thumping thump towards the motorcycle that crashed into the car, and killed two birds with one stone.
Seeing that the situation was wrong, Hu Bin and Stallone jumped away from the car used as a bunker in time, and then fell to the ground by violent explosions. Machine gun bullets attacked the two of them like shadows, causing the shields on their bodies to flash one after another. Hu Bin had to pull Stallone, who was seriously injured, to hide behind the hot wreckage again, but both of them knew that the next shell would sooner or later take their lives.
Hu Bin quickly flew through all his methods in his mind, but he did not find a way to get himself out of danger. He knew that he might escape with a more advanced protective suit, but Stallone would definitely die here. This conclusion made Hu Bin, who has always claimed to be the top senior number of space, feel a deep sense of powerlessness.
The tank did not rush to fire, but kept suppressing the two of them with machine guns. Hu Bin knew very well that the crew wanted to save shells, but this contemptuous behavior was even more uncomfortable than directly bombarding him.
"I can't do it anymore, you can run away!" Stallone covered his thigh that was injured by a machine gun. The numberer's physique made the wound not bleeding much, but it seriously affected his ability to move. The word "can't escape" is his current portrayal.
"Damn, I owe you a life. Now is the time to return it, I'll fight!" Hu Bin suddenly rushed out of the wreckage of the car. He used his pistol to shoot at the tanks that were coming from afar, trying to attract his attention.
The tank's muzzle was indeed tilted towards Hu Bin. Unexpectedly, someone else dared to run out of the M4. Finally, he was tired of the game of cat playing rats and decided to use the main gun to solve the battle.
(The explosion sounded loudly, Hu Bin fell to the ground with blood and died. The whole book was over! How could it be?)
The explosion sounded loudly, and a shell was hit on the side of the M4. The warhead penetrated the armor and exploded directly inside the tank, causing the shells in the ammunition rack to explode. The crew members were blown into pieces of flesh and blood without even making a scream. The tank's turret was carried into three meters high by the shock wave.
With a bang, the twisted turret of M4 fell to the ground, awakening Hu Bin and Stallone who were waiting to die with their eyes closed. However, the sudden situation reversed caused the two to fall into confusion again.
A German No. 4 tank rushed out of the street on the side. The commander on the car was observing whether the M4 had crew members survived. When Pu saw Stallone and Hu Bin in a daze, he was also stunned. Hu Bin looked at the commander who was rushing out a submachine gun. He was wondering if there were enemies there, but he saw that the guy aimed the submachine gun directly at him.
"Tututututututu..."
"Damn, my own people, I'm your own people, I've hit my own people!"
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Hu Bin was bandaged by the medical soldier without tears. Despite the protection of protective suits, he was still driven by the rash chariot leader six or seven holes. If it weren't for the tenacious vitality of the numberer, he would have to hang it in the hands of a friendly army. Lying beside him was Stallone who was gloating. After showing his proof, the two brothers in distress were taken to a safe place in the rear. They also knew the development of the battle situation here.
On the eastern coastal defense line, the German army was completely defeated. Several armies on the defensive positions were directly surrounded and annihilated by the Allies at any cost. While stabilizing the beachhead position, the Allies did not seem to ease their momentum. Then they asked the armored troops who had just landed to support all key traffic points near the coast at full speed. The small town where Hu Bin is located is a very important one. If Hu Bin contacted the German command before launching a disguised infiltration operation, he would know this news, but there are often not so many ifs in the world. This small negligence almost killed Hu Bin and Stallone.
The Allies came in full force and completely occupied the traffic point of the small town. The subsequent support was still rushing here. However, the German army, which had completely eased from the early defeat, was not a vegetarian. After learning that the battle situation was urgent, the German command transferred the armored division that he had left before and reinforced two fully organized infantry regiments to assist in the battle, intending to regain the small town with this powerful force.
The command center's handling of Hu Bin has also come out. Since the two units of the recruit company and the semi-mechanized battalion have been crippled, the command center directly revoked their numbers. As the one who took over the command of the troops in the face of danger, Hu Bin, who took over the rank of lieutenant, became a lonely man. He also joined Stallone and other surviving soldiers and was incorporated into the armored division where he is now located as logistics. Therefore, Lieutenant Hu Bin has now become a glorious armored division... the second logistics commander.
Hu Bin thought of transferring himself to two infantry regiments, and with his military rank, he could at least get a company-level force. But after experiencing the destruction of armored forces, Hu Bin would rather stay in a more secure armored division than go to the two infantry regiments that were rarely seen even in bazooka.
The addition of war machinery such as tanks, aircraft, cannons and other war machines has further escalated the war, replacing the small fight between infantry and armored vehicles. The space's previous arrangement of numberers can no longer keep up with the pace of battle. What the numberers need is not just weapons targeting soldiers, but anti-armor power has become something they urgently need.
Just as Hu Bin was lying on the bed to recuperate, the space made a significant adjustment to the situation.
"Please note that the secondary occupation selection system has been opened. Please make the second occupation selection as soon as possible. The weapon and equipment redemption system has been opened. Please consult the nearest supply point for details. Warning, the difficulty of killing designated targets has been increased, please pay attention to the numberer."
If the space does not sound, it will be awesome. Two permissions were directly opened to the numberers. Although the weapon and equipment redemption system cannot be opened anytime and anywhere like the contractor, it can be guessed that anti-armor weapons must exist in weapon redemption, which narrowed the gap in weapons and equipment a lot. The choice of a secondary profession is undoubtedly a measure for the space to strengthen the numberer's combat effectiveness again, and there is no specific situation. Hu Bin is not able to draw a conclusion.
Hu Bin, who was still recovering from the injury, did not rush to go to the supply point to check the newly added weapons and equipment. After all, he was on the position of the Second Logistics Chief of the Armored Division. The Logistics Department of the Armored Division was no different from his own backyard. After taking the lead in opening the secondary career selection interface, Hu Bin was really surprised by the above content.
"It seems that the space is about to start to take real action." Hu Bin murmured as he looked through the introductions of each second profession.
Compared with the few infantry unit profession template options when choosing one profession, the secondary profession selection is much richer. Among them, there are not only the original profession enhanced versions such as elite assault soldiers, elite firepower soldiers, battlefield doctors, etc., but also the addition of special professions such as crew, pilots, gunners.
However, the employment conditions for special professions have requirements for the first profession. For example, the gunner must be a firepower player, and the crew does not restrict any profession. The employment conditions for pilots are very strict. They actually need snipers who are special professions as the front position. Various other professions such as minesweepers, bomber crew members, anti-tank rocket soldiers also require some conditions to complete the employment. Fortunately, these employment conditions are much simpler than the first inauguration that had to go through a trial before.
Hu Bin drooled as he looked at the pilot's inaugural conditions, but he hadn't even seen the shadow of the airport now, and he was not allowed to find places where he could take up his job in time. Snipers themselves are special professions and there are no advanced professions to choose from.
Hu Bin is now working in the Armored Division. He is fed up with running away with two legs and doesn't want to continue to be an infantryman and cannon fodder, so he simply chose a crew member with no occupation restrictions as his second profession. Hu Bin, who thought that the choice was completed, then received a prompt from the space. The crew member career needs to be made to make a specific branch selection. Hu Bin looked at several branches under the crew member career with indifferent attitude and suddenly became energetic.
The loader, gunner, communication soldier, driver, and the commander who suddenly appeared. Hu Bin was sure that he had only seen the first four branches just now, and the last commander branch was displayed after a while. After carefully reading the branch instructions, Hu Bin understood the particularity of the commander branch, which was a branch that could only be taken to the vocational profession of a certain military rank. The rank of Lieutenant Hu Bin obviously met this standard.
"It's it." Hu Bin finally chose the captain as his second profession, and the relevant knowledge of the profession was directly injected into his mind after he finished choosing. Hu Bin checked the knowledge that was extra in his mind, thinking that such a technique could cultivate a group of professionals, but this knowledge was not practical experience after all, just like Hu Bin. Even if he mastered all the knowledge that the captain should master, he was not considered a qualified captain.
I originally thought that Space had already given the numberer enough surprises in the secondary profession. But Hu Bin still underestimated the importance of Space to this mercenary mission.
I couldn't help but go to the logistics department of the Armored Division to check if there was any motorcycle exchange. I came to Hu Bin with a look of a ghost and pulled Hu Bin to the supply point without saying a word. The exchanged items given in the supply point made Hu Bin, who was used to the big scene, gasp.
"Is the space going to expand the scale of the battle?" Hu Bin looked at the items on the redemption list and involuntarily said this conclusion, but Stallone, who was obviously immersed in extreme excitement, did not pay attention to what he said.
In addition to the original bullet grenade food kit and tool kit, tactical weapons such as mortars and anti-tank rocket launchers are also added to the list. Of course, the prices of these weapons still make the numberers urge to jump off the building. But these can no longer attract the attention of the numberers. Space has made some major measures for the secondary profession this time, that is, to open the redemption of war machinery.
The emergence of anti-tank artillery and anti-infantry artillery has diversified the methods of infantry combat, making positional warfare more complex and dangerous. The emergence of special weapons of the two air cannons and air cannons also means that the numberers will face threats from the air. Although the redemption options of the three fighter jets make the numberers almost crazy, the astronomical redemption prices and the pilot's strict employment conditions doom these redemption options to draw a big pie.
The highlight is undoubtedly the exchange of various vehicles, trucks, armored vehicles, armed motorcycles, command vehicles, and tanks.
"Tiger heavy tanks, exchange price of 500,000 space gold coins." The clear price of the space scared all numberers. Those without numbers will pay a price of 500,000 gold coins for a tank that is destined to be unable to bring out this world. In contrast, an armored vehicle that only sells 500,000 gold coins and an armed motorcycle with 20,000 gold coins are more suitable for the consumption capacity of numberers.
The Tiger tank at the top of the vehicle redemption table is undoubtedly huge for Hu Bin, who is the profession of the vehicle captain, but Hu Bin can only sigh at the price. Many numberers complain that the space is too harsh in pricing of exchange items, but Hu Bin knows that the price paid by the space for these exchange items is definitely beyond the imagination of the numberers. Perhaps the exchange amount paid by the numberers is not even a fraction of these things. The high exchange price is just a means to avoid the numberer's run.
"Stillon, don't redeem your motorcycle first, I think we have a better choice."
Chapter completed!