Chapter 63: Mani's Road of Revenge

  ument.write(

  When death is dancing around you and blood is splashing before your eyes, you will never think of those crappy things again! —— Kangdi

  Just as Ropps was redeploying his offensive plan, I'm also having a headache. Although my troops didn't have an advantage before the arrival of the S1 team's Walker infantry company, and only had a few more tanks than the Germans, if the Germans were to fight to this point without retreating, but instead launched a desperate charge, then it's not certain that I could hold out. However, with these three tanks standing here, my heart feels a bit more at ease.

  "What's new with the Germans?" I asked John, who had narrowly escaped death once again.

  "Konti, they've stopped there as if waiting for us to pound him with cannons!" John wiped the sweat from his face.

  "I really didn't expect that Germans would still be able to defeat me in such a situation, I must say I admire them!" I said.

  John took a quick glance out of the bunker and hastily retreated, saying: "Kanti, let's use tanks to rush out. After all, he only has one, while we have three!"

  "No need, they are now more anxious than us, I reckon they will attack us at all costs now!"

  "Why? If they launch a forced attack, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties!"

  I smiled and said: "They have no way!"

  John shook his head and said disdainfully: "This commander is also an idiot, still wanting to launch a pointless attack in this situation!"

  "No, John! They have no choice now because they urgently need a victory to boost their morale. If they continue like this, their morale will collapse completely soon!"

  "I see! Oh, look, Conti! The German infantry is preparing to attack again!" John occasionally observed the Germans' movements and found that they were making some moves.

  "Get ready for battle!"

  "Get ready for battle!"

  "Sir, German tanks are coming! What should we do?" A soldier hiding behind a wall corner observed.

  "Bring him over!" I yelled at the crew of several Sherman tanks. "Get ready to ambush him!"

  The fourth tank of Major von Werder's staff moved forward half a meter, only to provide direct fire support for his infantry on the line, while Lieutenant Colonel Ropps' eastern self-propelled artillery did not dare to leave the protection of the infantry too far away, using rapid and accurate quick-firing guns to strike at the US military hiding behind cover.

  Ropp stood behind the Ostwind tank, holding an MP 40 machine pistol and loudly directing infantry to infiltrate the American positions by alternating cover.

  "McKay, the American has a machine gun over there in that building! Our tank can't get him, cover me while I go take care of him!" a rugged German soldier with one ear missing shouted to his comrade.

  "Leyren be careful, there's a Sherman tank guarding over there!"

  The German soldier named Laren sneered and said: "Don't worry, those American bastards can't kill me!"

  "Alright, ready! Charge!" Mackay didn't even finish shouting "charge" before he stuck his gun out from behind the wall corner and fired wildly.

  Lai Lun pulled out an M24 grenade at the same time as Mackay opened fire, and took advantage of the opportunity to throw it behind the US military's machine gun bunker! Boom! After a loud explosion, the US military's machine gun position was not destroyed, but instead retaliated against Lai Lun and his companion!

  "Damn it, didn't go in!" Laren cursed loudly, and it turned out that the grenade had hit the top of the machine gun bunker and bounced back.

  "Layren, don't move! Their machine guns have us pinned down!" Mackay grabbed Layren who was still trying to make a break for it.

  "The machine gun stopped! They're changing magazines!" Mackay suddenly heard the familiar sound of the American Browning machine gun stopping, and immediately crouched down and ran to the other side of the building ruins with his gun at the ready.

  "McKay, tank!" Laren also shifted his body to the side and carefully moved to the corner of the wall, quickly took a look outside and found that the muzzle of a Sherman tank behind the building was pointing at McKay. Laren loudly reminded McKay.

  Boom! Again, the sky was filled with mud and debris from the explosion, and another loud crash shook the ground! Mackay wasn't hit by the Sherman tank's blast, but he was struck on the back by a fist-sized piece of shrapnel kicked up by the shell, which left a big bruise!

  "Oh, damn it! It would be great if I had stuffed some padding on my back, that would have been much better!" Mackay muttered to himself, twisting his sorely bruised back. He raised his head and took a glance at Laren, who was continuously shouting at him, waving his hand to indicate he was fine.

  Laird gave McKay a thumbs up, meaning it was good, when two more German soldiers wanted to rush over the American blockade again, but were knocked down by the Browning machine gun! Those who didn't die were still on the ground, foaming at the mouth and convulsing non-stop, with the sparkle in their eyes rapidly fading away.

  Watching familiar comrades die in front of him, maimed and helpless, Mackay's heart felt as if it had been stabbed with a knife. He looked up at the American military bunker still firing its machine guns. From his waist, he tied all the hand grenades together, jumped up from the ground, didn't even bring a gun, and holding this simple cluster of hand grenades charged towards the machine gun position!

  Linn Berna, hiding behind the machine gun bunker, was startled by the German hand grenade just now. He watched as the German M24 hand grenade arced towards him, but fortunately it was thrown onto the building above the bunker and bounced back, only blowing up a piece of stone! Later, a German soldier who rushed out was overturned by the tank cannon, unexpectedly still holding a bundle of hand grenades and rushing towards himself, anxiously shouting:

  "Hurry up and kill him! Kill him!"

  The M1919A6 Browning machine gun was aimed at McKay, and it was a fierce burst of fire. McKay looked helplessly at the more than ten holes that had appeared on his body, with blood gushing out like a fountain. McKay still wanted to try to throw the hand grenade in his hand, but all his strength seemed to be sucked out by the 7.62mm bullets, and he fell heavily to the ground, unable to get up again!

  The M1919A6 Browning machine gun has a theoretical firing rate of only 500 rounds per minute, which is absolutely inferior to the German MG42. Although it can also be used with a tripod for combat, the thickness of the barrel has been greatly reduced, making this machine gun prone to overheating when firing continuously at over 150 rounds per minute. After five minutes, the barrel starts to get hot, and after half an hour, the firing rate drops to only 60-70 rounds per minute, requiring a five-minute cooling period. Even replacing the barrel and bolt requires a five-minute wait! I jokingly refer to this machine gun as "the diva machine gun" because it tends to "go on strike" with even slight overuse.

  "Captain, the Germans are going to launch a fierce attack on us at all costs!" John said to me, his eyes fixed intently on where the Germans might emerge.

  "Hold off the German attack first! Tell the brothers to be ready for close combat at any time!"

  "Yes! Brothers prepare bayonets!"

  "Fix bayonets!"

  "Mortar! Don't stop, seal off that intersection! We just have to hold out until Lieutenant Walker's support arrives!"

  "Commander, I'm running out of shells!" The mortar squad leader shouted loudly from behind me.

  "Damn it, are all the logistics personnel dead? Why did you let me run out of ammo!"

  "Sir, we've used up too many shells! Logistics can't supply us temporarily!" The mortar squad leader said helplessly to me.

  "Oh! My god! It's absolutely wonderful! Tell the brothers, the logistics brothers swallowed our shells, we can't count on them!"

  The bombardment of the remote artillery made Colonel Ropps' overall defensive line precarious, and in order to make every step of the US military's advance pay a heavy price, German soldiers had to resist the US military's strong firepower at all costs, and all of this was to cover Colonel Ropps' flank safely!

  Lieutenant Colonel Ropps glared furiously at the soldiers who were unable to break through the road blocked by my machine guns and tanks. "Damn it, you American bastards! Don't be afraid, charge out for me! Can Feld still do it? Take out those three tanks stuck there!"

  "Captain Lope! Our position is no good now! We can only passively take a beating here, I suggest dividing out some people to attack from the right wing!"

  "Alright, I'll give you a row, go!"

  "Yes! Middle school!"

  "Mani, what are you doing here?" Colonel Rops saw the only soldier who retreated from the city hall battle hiding beside Private Third Class Leren and occasionally observing the movements of the US military!

  Mani's face was cold and expressionless as he turned his head to look at Lieutenant Colonel Rops, who had called out to him, saying in a chilly tone: "I'm going to take out that machine gun!"

  "Damn it! I don't want to send people to their deaths for nothing!"

  Rops didn't have the slightest chill in his heart towards Moni's cold-bloodedness. He had seen many soldiers like this on the cruel battlefield. Although such a soldier was a good fighter, very fierce, but usually wouldn't live for long. The reason was that being fearless of death made it easy to become the enemy's target, so they died quickly too! Being cold-blooded was a good thing, but once dead, there was no point in being cold-blooded anymore! As Rops had trained his soldiers: "I need you to have a cold heart, but I also need you to have a more flexible mind that knows how to use your cold heart to eliminate every enemy in front of you!"

  It's clear that Moni didn't heed Lieutenant Roperts' warning, and when the American machine gun's firing speed slowed down, he made a swift rolling motion, dodging to where Mackay had hidden earlier! Moni's actions immediately drew fire from the Sherman tank and the American machine guns, bullets seemed to be chasing after his butt, hitting the ground, like raindrops stirring up ripples on the water's surface.

  "Awesome!" Laren exclaimed involuntarily, but he didn't idle around either. As the US military's machine guns and tank fire pursued Mo Ni, he pulled out an M24 long-handled grenade and threw it over again!

  "Grenade! Grenade!" Lin Berna pushed the machine gunner's head down to the ground, preventing shrapnel from hitting him. Boom! The exploding grenade didn't harm anyone hiding behind cover, but the thick smoke that spread out blocked everyone inside.

  Mani was extremely satisfied with Laren's cover, this is the coordination that can only be achieved through fighting in war! Mani took advantage of the smoke and dust not having settled yet, stretched out his gun to aim at the dark spot inside the machine gun bunker! Without any hesitation, "bang!" one shot, then quickly retreated back.

  Lin Bona just wanted the machine gunner to return fire with the machine gun, but instead found that the machine gunner had opened his eyes wide, and his face was covered in blood and flesh after being hit by a rifle bullet!

  "Sniper! Watch out for the sniper! Tank! Tank! Take that guy down! He's a sniper!" John yelled loudly to the people around him.

  For a sniper, as the most feared soldier, once his gun is aimed at someone, that person's life can be said to have lost half of it, and you basically have no chance of escaping, only waiting for death!