Man in World War II: The Fall of an Empire!

Chapter 65 Barbarossa, heavy artillery clears minefields

Stolb, a once peaceful and peaceful town, has now become a tense military fortress.

Outside the town, the Soviet army had dug two trenches, a large number of barbed wire fences, and minefields.

Anti-tank guns hidden under trees and bushes were also on standby, ready to fire.

The Maxim heavy machine guns are also ready to attack, ready to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy at any time.

Soldiers in the trenches were praying, asking God to give them the strength to fight off the enemy.

Now that we hit here, we belong to the Soviet Union.

Every soldier is already in the state of protecting his home and country.

Although we don't want to fight in Poland, the fighting will of the soldiers in the Soviet Union has recovered a little.

After all, no matter how cowardly someone is, someone will always stand up when the country is in danger.

However, those who stand up are often the traffickers and lackeys who slaughter pigs and dogs.

Because their land has been here for generations.

However, rich people can run away with their families in any country they want to seek refuge in. After the country is stabilized, they will come back to make money and exploit the people who protect their country.

About five kilometers away from Stolb, William signaled the convoy to stop.

Scouts were sent to conduct reconnaissance of the front.

After all, we are now deep inside the Soviet Union.

This is not an outing in Germany, so you have to be careful everywhere.

The wheat is growing beautifully on both sides of the road, and the harvest season will soon come.

However, when the war comes, the wheat is likely to rot in the ground.

The three Humvees broke away from the team and headed forward.

The vehicle stopped behind a small slope, and several soldiers wearing ghillie suits got down and began to spread out to investigate.

Everyone has three 10 minutes to move, and everyone must come here to meet up after 10 minutes, unless there are special circumstances.

All the scouts moved quickly.

He was walking through the bushes with a telescope hanging around his neck, an MD40 automatic pistol on his waist, and an MK40 submachine gun on his back.

The butt of the gun uses a metal bracket that can be folded, so it is very small on the back and will not be easily discovered and expose itself.

There was a magazine bag hanging on his chest, which contained five 32-round magazines.

In addition, there is a box of 50 bullets in the box hanging on the back of the waist.

There is also a scabbard under the arm, which contains a dagger that can be drawn out at any time to kill.

There was also a bayonet hanging on his waist.

When fighting each other at close range, having an extra sharp blade will give you a greater advantage.

These are all arrangements taken into account for the scouts in front of them.

There were two smoke bombs in the hanging cowhide bag.

These are all products currently manufactured by Raytheon Group and are used in combined combat camps.

All military expenses of the combined combat battalion are fully discounted. As for the weapons and equipment to be equipped, it is William himself who has the final say.

There was no way that the higher-ups had already said hello, and no one could control him. The only one who could give orders was the headquarters.

The headquarters are all talented people, and a simple investigation will reveal who William is.

But this is what impressed the people at the headquarters the most, because William has never used his status to exchange for high-ranking officials and generous salaries.

You can find it just by looking through William's resume.

From entering boot camp to applying for military school, there was no help from a mustache every step of the way.

In addition, he participated in the Battle of Waves and made many military exploits. He also participated in the battles in Belgium and the French Campaign, all of which were outstanding achievements.

None of this can be faked, so many people are watching, and they don’t know why his identity should be faked.

The combined combat battalion he built by himself killed a Soviet tank brigade, although the tank brigade lost a lot of tanks.

But there were more than 4000 people there, plus [-] or [-] tanks and armored vehicles.

These are all seen by the headquarters.

Therefore, this nephew with a mustache is also regarded as a very good seedling for cultivation.

After scouting the town, the scout took a quick look at the surrounding environment and then chose to go back.

After everyone gathered the intelligence from their respective investigations, they had a rough idea of ​​the situation on the periphery of the Soviet army. "go back"

Rhine, the new platoon leader of the reconnaissance platoon, greeted everyone.

Rhine graduated from a serious military academy and started fighting with William after the Battle of Waves.

On weekdays, he acts as a deputy platoon and follows the front-line troops in combat.

After Muller was injured, he became a regular and replaced Muller.

Promotions in the Combined Combat Battalion won't come quickly because their boss won't be on a rocket anymore for promotion.

So they can only compress it.

But their experience is top-notch no matter which team they go to.

After boarding the car, Rhine looked at the large army in the distance and made a gesture.

The vehicle stopped directly on the side of the road, then jumped out of the car and came to William.

"Report, the reconnaissance platoon has completed its investigation. Here is the summary of intelligence."

Rhine handed the compiled information to William.

A map of the small town of Stolb taken from a high altitude. The marks on it describe the situation in great detail.

Detected machine gun positions, including anti-tank gun positions.

These were discovered, and some of them were suspicious targets that the Reconnaissance Platoon made suspicious speculations about.

When professionals do professional things, the results will be doubled.

This is also the top priority that William has always emphasized as a scout.

It would be much easier to have such a detailed report, just start working and be done.

"The minefields here on the Rhine need to be cleared. Send someone to act as an artillery observer."

William looked at Rhine and said.

"Well, this matter is very important, I can just go there."

After speaking, Rhine climbed into the Hummer and patted the door.

Then he looked at William, raised his hand, saluted, and then went straight to the target area.

"This is the reconnaissance platoon. Please reply when you receive it."

As the voice from the radio came, the artillerymen immediately responded to Rhine.

"This is an artillery position. Lieutenant Rhine, please tell me the target coordinates."

"****:****"

As Rhine reported the target coordinates, a cannonball flew quickly.

boom!
A huge explosion from the 150mm heavy infantry gun exploded in the front.

"Correction target, ****:****"

After the corrected target was recalibrated, a 150mm infantry cannon sprayed out.

boom!
The huge explosion shook the earth and directly detonated more than ten landmines.

"Target cleared, retarget new target ****: ****"

Lieutenant Rhine held the telescope in his left hand and the intercom microphone in his right hand.

Calibrate the coordinates while observing.

As a reconnaissance platoon leader, if you can't even do this, then you're doing nothing.

Another 150mm infantry gun flew towards the new target area.

The minefield was cleared again.

The minefield was only that large in total, and after being plowed several times by the heavy infantry artillery, there wasn't much left.

Before the attack, the combined combat battalion will use mortars to clear it again.

In William's eyes, if you can use artillery and bullets, you will never use people to fill holes.

As long as there are people there, there is endless hope.

But without people, it would be nonsense. As the saying goes, a good general is hard to find but easy to get with a thousand troops.

why?
A mob of thousands is not as useful as a hundred veterans. This is the value of veterans.

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