Chapter 9: Hand Grenades Blast Tanks

  Gao Quan was discovered by the devils! In fact, this is very normal. The devil's tank isn't blind, and on the battlefield, if a single enemy soldier approaches it with a body full of hand grenades, they must be up to no good! After discovering Gao Quan, the devil's tank immediately increased its vigilance and frequently attacked him with the automatic weapons carried on the tank.

  At this time, the advantages of Gao Quan are revealed. He dodges and weaves, makes a quick cat leap to the left, then rapidly crawls forward for a segment. When he encounters an area without obstacles that can be used as cover, he throws out a hand grenade, using the smoke from the explosion as cover, and advances quickly.

  Hand grenade by hand grenade was thrown out, with a piece of smoke, Gao Quan circled an arc from the side, quickly approaching the enemy tank.

  Although his left shoulder was injured, affecting the performance of tactical movements, Gao Quan was still more agile and nimble than most people in the 29th Army. As for the Japanese tanks during World War II, although Gao Quan had not studied them specifically, there is a Buddhist saying: "One method is understood, all methods are understood." He had studied many other types of tanks. Tanks are all similar, with a main gun, a coaxial machine gun and an anti-aircraft machine gun on top. Later developments even included some tanks carrying miniature missiles.

  The tank's all-steel armor is a veritable iron fortress, and there are only two ways to conquer it from the outside. One is to break its tracks. Countless literary and cinematic works have described how to blow up a tank's tracks, but let's not discuss the feasibility of this method for now. For tanks, there is another much simpler and safer way: hitting their fuel tank. As a diesel-powered vehicle, a tank naturally has a fuel tank, which is its most critical component. If the tracks are blown off, it only loses mobility, and in some cases, the large guns on top of the tank can still be used as a fixed artillery platform. But if the fuel tank is damaged, then it's truly game over.

  Gao Quan continuously threw hand grenades all the way, and the hand grenades he carried on his body were almost gone. After throwing so many, Gao Quan had already fully mastered this wooden-handled long-handle grenade.

  The Japanese tanks were rumbling forward, getting closer and closer to Gaoquan. When the distance was about right, Gaoquan pulled out a hand grenade, pulled the fuse, paused for a few seconds, and then threw it out.

  "Boom!" A loud noise, the hand grenade exploded just as it was about to hit the tank, and the explosion occurred near the tank's fuel tank. The advancing tank suddenly stopped, and the driver inside the tank was also startled by the blast, which caused a considerable shock to the crew members inside the tank, making these proud Japanese tankers feel a sense of danger.

  Gao Quan was now completely sure of the location of the tank's fuel tank, and he pulled out his last hand grenade, pulled the fuse, and silently counted down the seconds. The top of the tank moved slightly, a small door opened, and a head wearing a leather hat poked out from inside. It turned out that the crew members inside the tank were still shaken by the previous explosion, and they found the viewing window on top of the tank to be limited in its field of vision, so they stuck their heads out to take a look with their own eyes.

  The tankman suddenly turned his head and discovered Gaoquan, this Chinese soldier didn't show any signs of panic at all, but instead smiled maliciously at him. The Japanese tankman shouted loudly, calling out to his companions, quickly turning around, using the machine gun on the tank to take down this bold Chinese soldier.

  Gao Quan raised his hand, and the smoking grenade flew in an arc towards the tank under the astonished gaze of the tank commander. However, its destination was not the top hatch where the tank commander was located, but rather the track on the side of the tank slightly further back. The tank commander's astonished gaze suddenly turned to horror, and just as he opened his mouth to say something, the grenade had already reached a certain position on the tank.

  "Boom—Bang!" Two loud explosions, the tank's turret shook violently, tilted to one side, and the entire body was quickly surrounded by a bewitching flame.

  The hatch on top of the tank opened again, and there were also faint flames coming out. A tanker with a fire on his body quickly crawled out, but before his body had fully left the exit, "bang!" A gunshot rang out, and he fell to the side of the hatch, the flames on his body burning more and more fiercely. The first person to rush out of the tank was shot dead by Gaoquan at the exit, also blocking the escape route, and even if others wanted to escape, it was too late. Gaoquan held a southern pistol in his left hand, with another one inserted in his waist, all spoils from last night's battle, after observing the tank for a while, confirming that no one else came out, Gaoquan swiftly fled into the distance.

  The devils did not give up the attack after being blown up in the tank. The defeated devils reorganized their formation and quickly launched the next round of attack.

  Gao Quan was hiding behind a large rock, quietly observing the devils lining up to attack. "Boom!" A loud noise came from 20 meters away, and an old locust tree that two people could hug together was hit by a shell that came from who-knows-where, splitting it into two segments. Gao Quan took a deep breath, earlier he had thought of climbing the tree to observe the enemy situation, fortunately just as he was about to act, a group of devils rushed past, stopping him from having this dangerous idea, and he hid behind the rock instead, otherwise, our protagonist, Squad Leader Gao Quan would have already sacrificed himself for the country.

  Gao Quan should have been grateful to the Japanese soldiers who just passed by, after all, without their unintentional help, there would be no Gao Quan today. However, Comrade Gao Quan didn't even glance at where the Japanese were charging towards, and instead crouched down and slipped away in the direction the enemy had come from.

  The increasingly loud cannon fire caught Gaoquan's attention. Such a close cannon fire meant that he was now within arm's length of the enemy's artillery position! In the Anti-Japanese War, the enemy's cannons had caused great trouble for the Chinese army, and Gaoquan was beginning to experience it firsthand - the enemy's cannons were not only of good quality and powerful, but also numerous, far surpassing those of the Chinese military. If Gaoquan could determine the location of the enemy's artillery position, it would have a decisive impact on the outcome of the battle.

  At this moment, Gao Quan forgot that he had already completed the task of destroying the devils' tanks. Now he needs to go back and report, and can't even bother to observe the number of devils participating in the attack. What's on his mind now is to find out the specific location of the devils' artillery positions.

  In the woods, there was a clearing where the enemy's heavy artillery position was located. Gao Quan followed the sound of the guns and approached the edge of the position. After his initial excitement passed, he calmed down and listened carefully, quickly distinguishing the number of enemy cannons in this artillery position. There were absolutely not many large-caliber guns here, probably fewer than ten. Based on his research on the enemy's combat troops, these cannons were definitely not all the artillery of this enemy assault unit, which means that this was just a sub-position of the enemy artillery position.

  It's not that bad, but it's not as exciting as the beginning. Gao Quan climbed up a tree and looked inside through the gaps between the branches.