Chapter 72 The German's Engineering

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  At the starting point, whether it's evaluation votes, recommendation votes or rewards, they are all the only pain that authors do not want to mention in their hearts. Only when the night is deep and quiet, standing in front of the window, silently sighing at the stars in the sky without sorrow, persevere, work hard!

  I remember in the last life during military exercises, countless main battle tanks were like a steel torrent, firing at fixed imaginary targets while advancing forward, and every time a target was hit, it would inevitably bring a burst of cheers. Recalling that scene is really exciting.

  But now, the Sherman tanks are scattered and firing while charging towards the German positions, but there is no longer that exciting and stimulating feeling. As another Sherman tank was destroyed, my anxiety grew even more intense!

  "Hit it, hit it! Mortar! Mortar! German anti-tank gun, target XX I'm going to die from this explosion!"

  The entire trench system of the Germans was very well constructed. The German army provided detailed designs for trenches and obstacles for troops, many design standards were based on experience in World War I. Although there may not always be enough time and materials in actual combat, the actual construction of the fortifications was still influenced by standard designs.

  Most German defensive positions were dug in as deeply as possible and lowered to reduce the profile, both for concealment and to reduce the target. Some works without embrasures were flush with the ground surface. However, when encountering high groundwater levels, swamps, and rocky surfaces, fortifications could only be built entirely above ground. For this reason, German engineers built the top of their fortifications to withstand heavy artillery bombardments during construction, although a thicker roof would make the outline of the fortification more conspicuous.

  Although most German field fortifications were constructed mainly of logs, the walls inside ordinary trenches and machine gun pillboxes were often made of wood, bundles of sticks, woven branches, stones and sandbags to prevent collapse from Allied artillery fire.

  For example, the German anti-tank guns in positional warfare were not always set up and fired directly! The Germans hid their anti-tank guns in trenches dug out, with the barrels almost level with the ground, only exposing the muzzle to attack the enemy's heavy weapons, resulting in the enemy's flat fire being unable to hit this defense mode that was level with the ground, and could only be solved by relying on curved fire or air bombing!

  But the bombardment of my artillery has not yet begun! The German mortars, however, began to lay down a blocking barrage on the infantry closely following behind my tanks, with the intention of separating my two arms!

  Boom! Boom! Boom! The German mortar was hidden in a specially designed trench for mortars, constantly creating bloodshed for me. From time to time, several soldiers were blown into the sky, and the wounded increased by more than a dozen!

  "Grandma's!" Witnessing this scene, I have no way out! The only hope is that after the tank troops broke through the German surface position, they covered the infantry and rushed into the German trenches to engage in close combat. At that time, my casualties were at most equal to those of the Germans, not like now, just being beaten without being able to fight back!

  "Everyone charge! Charge into the German positions! They are few in number, hurry!"

  American soldiers who were attacking and charging forward, originally stunned by the German mortar fire, suddenly heard my roar, with a burst of energy, disregarding the German machine gun fire, gritted their teeth and followed behind the tank in a frantic charge forward.

  This urged the soldiers to charge forward regardless of death, which was also an unavoidable thing. I couldn't let my subordinates completely stop and shoot at the Germans hiding in the bunker with only half their heads exposed, allowing the Germans to hunt down my exposed soldiers one by one. That way, I wouldn't have to wait for the American military tribunal to try me, it's better to just kill myself directly!

  A charge by a regiment made the entire battlefield look like a vast expanse, my soldiers followed the path cleared by tanks under the leadership of each squad leader, and were less than 20 meters away from the German position. The hand grenades on both sides could already reach each other completely, and it was easy to throw them into the German trenches! Suddenly, the Germans defending the first line felt a huge increase in pressure!

  As I watched the troops quickly enter the final stage of close combat, my heart finally put down half of it, and I couldn't help but nod. I muttered to myself: "Unexpectedly, coming to Europe, I finally saw the German fortifications! Look at this trench, which is less than half a meter wide and nearly two meters deep. Tanks can pass directly over our heads, as long as people in the trenches just crouch down a bit, there's no problem at all! Even artillery can only widen and deepen the trench at most, let alone that there are anti-artillery caves dug in the walls of the trenches. No wonder so many Germans survived under such intense bombardment!"

  I recall the trenches dug in some movies and TV shows, it sent shivers down my spine. I thought to myself, if the Germans had dug according to that method, wouldn't I have been spared a lot of trouble? Why bother with such laborious methods when half an hour of artillery fire would guarantee no one survives on the battlefield? Although Americans also have their own standards for digging trenches, I think it's absolutely beneficial to learn from the German experience.

  The German anti-tank guns, under the suppression of my mortar, finally fell silent, and the remaining Sherman tanks quickly broke through the German position, continuing to attack forward under my command.

  "Tank, keep moving forward! Don't stop! Brothers follow the tank and continue to attack forward, don't care about the Germans in the trenches! Follow me!"

  "John, Jones, Linburna! You lead men on and keep going forward, one stroke will split the Germans into four pieces for me!"

  "Sir! There's a German heavy machine gun over there!"

  "Don't mind him, your task is to keep pushing forward for me!"

  "Yes, sir!"

  "Sir, is that our second wave of reinforcements behind us?"

  "Yes, soldier! Now that we have caught the Germans off guard and severed their connections on both flanks, victory is within our grasp!"

  When the tank broke through the German defense line, my troops broke through the first layer of defense. The Germans began to retreat and intended to enter the second line of defense to block me. I suddenly realized that clearing the trenches one by one was not suitable for the Germans. The German commander must be commanding from behind, as soon as he saw a breakthrough, he immediately ordered others to retreat! Since then, I don't care about your trenches or not, continue to advance deeply into your rear, and divide you into several parts with one move, then come back to eat you up!

  Without waiting for orders from HQ, the higher-ups immediately ordered Lieutenant Walker, who was paired with me to fight, to launch a second wave of attack! The decision made by the high command coincided with mine, and Lieutenant Walker's second wave of attack immediately blocked the German army that had fallen behind me.

  The Germans did not surrender due to the situation, but instead, seeing no way out, they desperately charged at the American soldiers who were coming at them, launching a fierce hand-to-hand combat! These American soldiers, who had previously held the upper hand in close combat against Chinese soldiers on the Korean battlefield, found themselves evenly matched against the equally tall and strong Germans. For every German soldier who fell, an American would also die!

  A German soldier with a bandaged head, seeing several American soldiers jumping into the trench, was too late to fire his gun and immediately charged at the frontmost American soldier with his bayonet. With a "hiss", the sound of the bayonet entering the body did not deter the crazed German, who did not immediately pull out the bayonet but instead twisted the wrist holding the rifle and gave another vicious thrust into the abdomen of the stabbed American before pulling it back. Wanting to continue killing the enemy, he was shot dead on the ground by several other American soldiers in the back, and the already wounded German finally fell to the ground.

  His death did not appease the other American soldiers, who continued to stab him with several bayonets, creating large blood holes in his body, before rushing towards the other Germans who were still desperately resisting.

  "No prisoners! Take no prisoners!" Now all the Germans on the battlefield are fighting to the death, and if my soldiers show any mercy, they will be killed or wounded immediately. Therefore, before the battle is truly over, it's really unnecessary to think about taking German prisoners. Kill them all, whether American or German, as long as they're still holding guns, don't have any illusions!

  Before long, the last German defensive line was left in front of me. If it was breached, it would mean that the German coastal artillery positions had been lost. The question was whether the Germans, who were now in a desperate situation, could surrender.

  "The enemy has broken through my three defense lines, and is now attacking my last line of defense! My position can no longer hold out!" Colonel Rops shouted into the radio transmitter to report the final situation to the German military command.

  "Ropp! You must hold on for me! You must hold on no matter what! Even if it's the last man in your hands, you must hold on for me! Colonel Ropp, listen to me, my command center has left a bullet for you! If you come back, go to my combat room and take this bullet!" The voice from the receiver was the final order of General Schlieben, commander of the fortress.

  Rops Jr. slammed the phone to pieces with a "bang", Rops Jr. suddenly tore off the Iron Cross medal on his collar, and calmly said to the three people in the command room, a guard, a telephone soldier, and a low-ranking combat advisor who was temporarily called: "You all die in battle!"

  On the entire defensive position of Luo Pu Si Middle School, there are less than a dozen people still desperately resisting, and now only one MG42 heavy machine gun firepower point is still blocking the surface of the entire position. However, as the tank adjusted to this firepower point, it was blown dumb by the tank cannon several times! The intensity of the German resistance can be heard from the sparse gunfire!

  "Charge forward! Capture the German coastal artillery positions! Charge!" This was my final order for a charge.

  My troops and Lieutenant Walker's men converged on the German position, making a final charge. The massive crowd surged forward like a tide of water, and soon the Germans' cries of resistance were silenced!

  I finally let out a sigh of relief and said softly: "This battle... is over!"