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Chapter 9 Tank Showdown
"rush!"

The machine gun bunker was cleared, and Wu Qianli finally got the explosive package in the racecourse.

But at this moment, an enemy M26 Pershing heavy tank rumbled into action.

The M26 Pershing tank was developed and manufactured to counter the Tiger tank and was originally defined as a heavy tank.

Although the performance is better than the German Leopard tank, it cannot keep up with the Tiger heavy tank.

Therefore, it was redefined as a medium tank after World War II.

But even so, in the eyes of volunteers without anti-tank weapons, this Pershing tank is a lump of rampant iron bumps, crushing it recklessly, quite presumptuously.

No guns, no cannons, the enemy made them for us.

Our side does not have anti-tank guns, but the enemy does.

Instructor Mei Sheng captured the recoilless gun mounted on this vehicle after killing the enemy gunner.

Gao Fei also had the same idea as Mei Sheng.

When the machine gun bunker was blown up, he took the opportunity to come to the rear of the recoilless gun, but he didn't know how to load it with a shell.

Mei Sheng said, "I'll teach you."

"The M20 is equipped with armor-piercing, anti-personnel, smoke and shrapnel rounds.

What you hold in your hand is an armor-piercing round, 75 mm caliber.

An obvious feature of the ammunition is that there are grooves on the belt, which need to be aligned with the rifling in the barrel when loading. "

While talking, Mei Sheng took the shells and loaded them quickly.

The Pershing tank in the distance was moving rumblingly, and the wooden house in front of it was like nothing, and it was directly crushed by it.

The wooden house, including the outer earth wall, was completely knocked down.

After the Pershing tank knocked down the wooden house, it rolled over towards Wu Wanli who ran out.

"Yu Congrong, take someone to blow up the communication tower."

Wu Qianli was concerned about his younger brother's safety, threw the explosive package to Yu Congrong, and rushed towards Wu Wanli.

The two fell to the ground, and the Pershing tank rumbled non-stop, "pressing" over them.

Mei Sheng operated the cannon, took aim with the scope on it, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Boom~"

The shell flew out and hit the Pershing tank accurately.

Of course, the enemies in the tank also quickly discovered Mei Sheng's position, and immediately turned the muzzle on the turret.

Just as Mei Sheng loaded the second shell into the recoilless gun, he saw the muzzle of the black hole in the distance already aimed at him.

A shell flew straight at it.

Mei Sheng reacted extremely quickly, hugged Gao Fei who was next to him, and the two of them rolled down the hillside behind them together.

"Boom~"

The shell hit the recoilless gun accurately and was blown up together with the vehicle.

The vehicle tumbled over their heads and landed at the foot of the mountain where it exploded and burst into flames.

The two of them slid to the bottom of the mountain and stopped in front of the burning vehicle.

The trouser legs caught fire at the same time, rolling and flapping.

Gao Fei didn't wear leggings, quickly took off his pants to put out the fire, and then went to help Mei Sheng.

Fortunately, the fire was extinguished in time, and Mei Sheng's legs were burned by the fire, but it was not too serious.

"Instructor, although leggings are good, once chemical fuel or gasoline is attached, it is difficult to take off the pants in a short time."

"That's really a problem."

After Gao Fei's reminder, he discovered the disadvantages of leggings, and decided to report it when he had the opportunity.

"Walk."

The two of them had no time to rest. After putting out the fire, they continued to rush to the battlefield.

Of course, Wu Qianli and Wu Wanli were not run over by the tank, but waded through the bottom of the tank.

After the recoilless gun was dealt with, the Pershing tank became even more rampant. It reversed at a high speed and continued to drive towards the position of Wu Qianli and Wu Wanli, trying to completely crush them to death under the tank!

"Company commander, go on."

Yu Congrong threw the explosive package back.

Wu Qianli took it, fired it, and stuffed it under the Pershing tank in one breath.

With a bang, the tank was completely stopped by the bombing.

Holding a submachine gun, Wu Qianli took the opportunity to get under the tank, passed through the blasted escape door, and kept shooting inside.

"Da da da, da da da."

The driver and loader in the tank were all killed.

The driver opened the top cover and was beaten to death by Yu Congrong as soon as he showed his head.

The fierce battle came to an end.

At this time, the friendly troops in charge of attacking the hill came to report: "Company Commander Wu, there are two tanks and a dozen infantry coming from the southwest."

"okay, I get it."

Wu Qianli glanced at Yu Congrong, "Yu Congrong, once captured a tank in the Battle of Lunan, do you remember how to drive it?"

"Of course I remember, as familiar as driving!"

Yu Congrong immediately got into the cab of the Pershing tank.

Wu Qianli also got in, but another person also followed.

"Who let you in?" Wu Qianli asked Gao Fei.

"The tank needs five people to operate it. I can't do anything else. I can load the ammunition."

At that time, the T-34, Pershing, and Sherman were operated by five people, namely the commander, gunner, loader, driver, and co-pilot (co-pilot).

And now the tank has an automatic filling machine, only 3 people, the commander, the gunner and the driver.

Although the automatic filling machine was invented after World War II, its reliability was too poor, so the four-man tank was still the mainstream for a long time.

The activity space in the tank is very limited, and everyone's operating space is almost the same as the space of a desk when we were in school.

There may be slightly more space for the loader, as he needs to stand up to load the shell.

The shells were very heavy. Seeing Gao Fei struggling to carry them, Yu Congrong persuaded: "Company commander, give him a chance, who is not a recruit? I remember when we drove the tank for the first time, we took the division commander's car to the ground. Knocked over."

"it is good."

Wu Qianli nodded, took an armor-piercing bullet, opened the breech breech, stuffed it into the barrel, and then closed the breech breech.

The movement is like flowing water, without the slightest pause.

"Have you learned it?" Wu Qianli asked.

Goofy blinked, then nodded.

"Try?"

Wu Qianli ejected the cannonball and asked Gao Fei to try it himself.

Gao Fei has a good memory and learns everything, but his movements are much slower.

Yu Congrong saw that Gao Fei successfully reloaded the bomb for the first time, and couldn't help but praise: "Amazing, Gao Fei."

But Wu Qianli said: "Don't be proud, practice more in the future, the movements will be faster."

"Yes."

There is not much time for live teaching, as the enemy tanks have already arrived.

This time, the enemy sent two M4 Sherman tanks.

M4 Sherman, also known as Xie Mantou, is equipped with an M1A1 76mm tank gun on the turret.

The Pershing tank captured by Wu Qianli was equipped with an M3A1 90mm tank gun.

In terms of caliber, Pershing is obviously much stronger than Xie Mantou.

As for armor protection, Pershing's frontal steel shield is 114mm, while Xie Mantou's armor is only 63mm, and Pershing also has an advantage.

Although it was necessary to fight two with one, Wu Qianli and the others were not afraid at all.

And the enemy is in the open, and our side is in the dark, so it is easy to fight.

Yu Congrong drove a Pershing tank and hid it in the ruins.

Seeing the enemy's Xie Mantou approaching slowly, Wu Qianli turned the cannon's head and fired the first shot without any precautions.

"boom!"

The shell flew out and hit accurately.

The enemy's Xie Mantou was killed by a single shot before he realized what was going on.

The other Xie Mantou reacted very quickly. After knowing that someone on our side would control the tank, it immediately drove the Xie Mantou back, trying to find an opportunity to fight back.

Yu Congrong also drove the Pershing tank back.

"stop!"

Wu Qianli saw through the periscope that the Pershing tank had retreated to the edge of the hillside, with a relatively steep slope behind it, and immediately called to stop.

At this moment, the enemy's Xie Mantou fired a shot.

boom!
Instead of hitting the tank, the shell hit the dirt under the tracks.

The tracks sagged, the body lost its balance, and began to slide down the slope.

"Hurry up!" Wu Qianli shouted anxiously.

Gao Fei nervously grasped everything that could stabilize his body with both hands.

Because the slope is relatively steep, the brakes can't be stopped, and it slips and slides again and again, and it can't stop at all.

It slid to a relatively flat place before it could barely stop.

At this time, Wu Qianli found that the enemy's Xie Mantou was chasing down from the top of the mountain.

"Load the shells, hurry up!" Wu Qianli ordered.

It may be that critical moments can stimulate people's potential. This time, Gao Fei's movements are very fast when reloading.

In a few seconds, the shells were loaded.

"Ah~!"

Wu Qianli immediately turned the cannon to aim.

"Boom~!"

"Boom~!"

The tanks of both sides fired a shot at each other within a distance of less than 30 meters.

The two shells "passed shoulders" past each other in the air.

The enemy's Xie Mantou was hit by a cannonball.

The opponent's shells changed their direction because they were interfered by our shells, and hit the nearby hillside.

Even though he knew the ending earlier, Gao Fei was still sweating nervously all over his body. In addition, the tank was extremely hot and stuffy. In this tank duel, his cotton-padded clothes were soaked with sweat.

Yu Congrong patted him on the shoulder: "Good job, next time I will teach you how to drive a tank."

Gao Fei took a breath, and climbed out of the chariot with lingering fear.

(End of this chapter)