Chapter 49: Rescue, Rescue!

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  Just as I was about to reorganize the troops and continue advancing, the commander of the S1 Infantry Regiment spoke urgently over the radio: "Captain Konti, get me Captain Konti!"

  "It's me, I'm Kan-ti!"

  "Captain Conti, I want you to stop advancing immediately, leave a portion of your troops to establish a defensive line on the spot, and then rush to City Hall quickly. Roberts' A Company is surrounded by Germans! You have to get him out for me!"

  "Understood, sir! I'll rush to the city hall immediately to rescue A company!" After putting down the walkie-talkie, I left Lin Berna behind to establish a defensive line to prevent the German counterattack. The rest of the troops and I rushed towards the direction of the city hall.

  "I knew it! A is all talk and no action! And now we're even surrounded by the Germans!" Luca said, puffing out his chest.

  "Cut the crap! Hurry up!"

  Lieutenant Colonel Roberts roughly told me in the infantry radio that he was lured by a small German force to the square of the town hall, where Germans were ambushing through sewers. While Lieutenant Colonel Roberts was entangled with the German army in the building in front, two Sherman tanks were successively destroyed by hidden anti-tank guns. Seeing it wasn't going well, Lieutenant Colonel Roberts immediately wanted to retreat, but at this time, a large number of Germans appeared from behind and cut off Lieutenant Colonel Roberts' contact with the outside world without mercy. The entire A Company of Lieutenant Colonel Roberts was surrounded, and after several charges by Lieutenant Colonel Roberts, they failed to break through the desperate counterattack by the Germans. Having no choice, they established a defensive line on the spot and waited for support!

  However, the situation was extremely bad, and the Germans sent a Wirbelwind self-propelled anti-aircraft gun to take out Roberts. The Wirbelwind self-propelled anti-aircraft gun was proposed by an ordinary officer of the German SS, based on the chassis of the Panzer IV tank, and is also the prototype of later self-propelled anti-aircraft guns in various countries. The Wirbelwind self-propelled anti-aircraft gun was equipped with the German army in 1944, with a total number of less than fifty vehicles. This 25-ton behemoth had an armor thickness of up to 80mm at its thickest point, and was equipped with a 37mm rapid-fire cannon with 1000 rounds of ammunition, as well as a 7.92mm MG34 machine gun. Although the Wirbelwind self-propelled anti-aircraft gun did not have the powerful firepower of a tank, its rate of fire of nearly 100 rounds per minute was sufficient to make up for the lack of single-shot firepower, and it was not intended to counter tanks and heavy armor, but rather air and infantry threats. Moreover, the Wirbelwind self-propelled anti-aircraft gun also had respectable armor and penetration power against enemy light armored vehicles, making its firepower quite terrifying. In the Battle of Cherbourg, the Allies encountered a German weapon that was even more powerful than a tank for the first time.

  The heavy casualties under Lieutenant Roberts were also largely caused by this guy. The ordinary cover could not withstand the 37mm shells of the self-propelled gun, with great penetration power, enough to shoot through American soldiers hiding behind walls. Even if it didn't hit the vital parts, as long as one shell hit the body, amputation was necessary. Roberts' heavy machine guns had no chance to set up and suppress the German soldiers' attack.

  The German Ostwind self-propelled anti-aircraft gun did not get close to Roberts, lest it be hit by Roberts' anti-tank rockets. Instead, it stayed far away under the protection of the German army and served as a high-speed suppressive cannon, firing shell after shell directly at Roberts, leaving him with no place to hide.

  "Ah~" A US soldier hiding behind a wall was hit by an East Wind self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, the ten-centimeter-thick solid brick wall was blasted with a hole, and the bullet passed through the soldier's body, but due to the shell being blunted by the bricks, after piercing the soldier's body, it left a fist-sized blood hole, let out a miserable cry, fell to the ground, mouth foaming with blood, convulsing non-stop.

  "Damn it, I need artillery support! I need artillery support!"

  Roberts' troops were being squeezed by the Germans, and although Roberts also fought back desperately, facing attacks from all directions, Roberts could only rely on a few solid buildings to hold on. However, if the rescue was late, it was not impossible for Roberts to be completely wiped out.

  "Charge! Charge!" My troops and Roberts' were only a couple of blocks apart. Though it was hotly contested on that side, I had no idea Roberts' situation was as bad as it was - far worse than the outcome I had anticipated!

  The Germans surrounded the outer defense line of Roberts' troops, and I resisted desperately. In a building that was half-destroyed by artillery fire, there was an MG42 heavy machine gun forming a strong firepower point, desperately blocking me. Without saying a word, I let the Sherman Crocodile flamethrower tank charge forward!

  A German anti-tank crew with a Panzerfaust rocket propelled grenade launcher suddenly emerged from the corner of a house on the other side of the Sherman tank, ready to open fire.

  "Quick, get rid of him!" Jimmy, who was following behind the tank, immediately discovered the German who had turned out and with his Thompson submachine gun, instantly forced the German anti-tank hand to retreat again.

  "Watch out around you, beware of anti-tank guns!" Jimmy shouted loudly.

  The alligator tank discovered the appearance of anti-tank soldiers and suddenly became cautious, no longer rushing forward. It almost took a step and sprayed a huge flame towards the suspicious buildings around it, leaving behind a trail of smoke and flames wherever it went, turning everything into a sea of fire.

  I followed the crocodile tank from behind, step by step advancing forward. Today I finally witnessed its power. This nearly three-meter-high thing is indeed not a vain reputation. Apart from being feared by enemy tanks and anti-tank guns, this thing is simply inhumane for urban warfare.

  In urban warfare, the soldiers of both sides are basically unable to exceed a distance of two hundred meters, and they all choose to hide in buildings and shelters for mutual shooting. For tanks, although their penetration is very strong, as long as the soldiers know how to hide, their point attack can hardly hit you. The Crocodile type special tank does not have such shortcomings at all.

  The alligator tank's frontal attack, the flames ejected can reach as far as 100 meters away. Even if it doesn't hit directly, just a few meters away and you can feel your hair being scorched. For enemies hiding in cover, it can simply ignore them and turn them into ashes with a single blast of fire. Although anti-tank troops pose a threat to it, it doesn't get close enough for them to hide their bodies. If the anti-tank troops are too far away, not only is accuracy a problem, but also due to the special conditions required to launch the rocket, being overly exposed will definitely make you the first target to be taken out by the enemy soldiers.

  "It seems that this thing is almost invincible as long as it doesn't care about the destruction it causes!" I took a glance around at the surroundings, which were engulfed in thick flames.

  "But this treasure is good, it's just that if it walks through the city once, the city will be gone!"

  I nodded and said: "It's just that in a war like World War II, you won't see it appear on the battlefield again!"

  Lucas just looked at me weirdly, I don't know why he said that, although he didn't say anything, but from the look in his eyes, I knew what he was thinking.

  "Keep a good distance between troops and watch out for surroundings!"

  Rat-a-tat-tat, from the street on my left, a German BMW R75 three-wheeled motorcycle suddenly sped out, the machine gunner in the sidecar swept us with a burst of fire and then sped away at over 90 kilometers per hour before we could return fire.

  "For Pete's sake! Is anyone hurt?"

  "No officials!"

  "That's great, that motorcycle will definitely come again! Give me a chance to take him down!"

  "Sir, it's coming again!"

  "Stop wasting words and open fire, counterattack!"

  The German three-wheeled off-road motorcycles, which only use speed and firepower to sweep us away with a run-and-gun tactic, make me very angry. Because the Germans don't stop at all, it's hard for us to hit such fast-moving targets. So they have a kind of fearless attitude, and their frequency of appearance is getting more and more frequent.

  At this time, I couldn't help but think of my David, who had been injured and hadn't participated in the battle to capture Serburg. As for my D company, there were also some soldiers with excellent marksmanship, but when it came to moving targets, their performance was immediately exposed as being far inferior to that of top-notch snipers. Countless bullets only hit the Germans' buttocks, leaving behind a cloud of dust.

  Although the Germans tried to stop me in various ways, my troops broke through one intersection after another due to the terrain and the ineffectiveness of heavy armor, and I could see Roberts' troops desperately counterattacking against the Germans.

  Roberts had also spotted my advance party, which was gradually closing in on him, and he urgently reminded me over the walkie-talkie.

  "Captain Konti, this is Roberts. I have you in sight! I am concealed within the grey building ahead of me at ten o'clock with an anti-tank gun and at three o'clock to my position are new German tanks, be careful of them!"

  "Captain Roberts, I have received, I have received! My men are approaching you, do not fire, do not fire!"

  "Captain Conti, you men be careful! I'll take care of the reception!" Captain Roberts stood up and loudly told the American soldiers who were already battered by the Germans and still struggling: "Brothers, cheer up! Our reinforcements have arrived!"

  My arrival finally allowed the soldiers of S1 Team A, who had been in a desperate situation, to breathe a sigh of relief. Although danger still lurked and they were still pinned down by German artillery fire in their last few strongholds, at least the encircling German troops had now been lifted.

  "Look, Captain! That artificial forest to the left of City Hall is indeed a good place for an ambush with anti-tank guns. If it weren't for Lieutenant Roberts' earlier mishap, we would have fallen for it too!" Jones said, pointing at the small patch of artificial forest in the three o'clock direction.

  "We must take him down!" In a place almost surrounded by buildings, it was impossible to deploy all the troops. With just a few machine guns hiding in cover, without tank support, I would have a hard time getting through. I gritted my teeth and said, "Mortar! First, flatten that place for me!"