Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Chapter 1009 Battle (2)

Before the dispatched liaison troops could send back any news, the German attack aircraft group had already flown over the US military positions and began to drop a large number of napalm bombs and high-explosive bombs.

The roaring napalm bombs hit the ground, rising into balls of hot flames, and the entire position was enveloped in a sea of ​​fire. The power of napalm has been proven time and time again on the battlefield, and the killing effect is amazing; and Germany is not short of oil, resulting in the proportion of napalm equipment being similar to that of ordinary bombs.

Just like North Charleston's riverside defense line, the underground fortifications of the U.S. military's coastal defense line were able to withstand napalm bombings, and there were even air tanks stored within the fortifications. But the conditions here are much simpler. Not to mention the air tanks, the anti-blast holes cannot even block direct hits from high-explosive bombs. Under the bombardment of these heavy bombs, the position was blown to pieces, and the anti-gun holes were extensively damaged. It could no longer provide effective defense for the soldiers inside. At this time, napalm bombs were dropped again, tearing apart the positions. Heart-wrenching screams came one after another, but they were all burning people running wildly.

100 attack aircraft dropped hundreds of tons of napalm bombs and high-explosive bombs and then flew away.

After receiving the statistical casualty report, the garrison commander's expression turned extremely ugly. The strength of their division was not fully established to begin with, and nearly one-third of the casualties were caused by this crazy bombing. How could they defend it? !

"Division Commander, many anti-tank weapons on the defense line have been destroyed." People can hide in the anti-tank caves, but those big things like anti-tank guns cannot be brought in, and they can only stay on the position. As a result, it was burned by high temperatures and the shock wave destroyed most of it.

"Damn it!" Just as the garrison commander cursed depressedly, the German armored troops rushed over with a rumble. When the leading tank was still more than 2,000 meters away from the position, flames flashed in the distant sky, and rows of rockets roared towards them! Dense rockets fell in groups, bombing along the front of the US military position. Almost all the few landmines on the front of the position were detonated!

Following these rockets were dozens of helicopters.

"Prepare the anti-tank gun!" On the position of a surviving anti-tank gun, the gunners were spotted by a German helicopter before they had time to reload their ammunition. Several rockets roared over, knocking out the anti-tank gun and several others. The gunners were all torn to pieces.

"Boom!" A hidden anti-aircraft machine gun suddenly opened fire on the helicopter. Because it had been hidden before, the helicopter did not expect that there would be a firepower point that could shoot into the air. Fortunately, this was an armed helicopter with protective armor on important parts. Even after taking a row of bullets on the fuselage, it did not crash and fled the battlefield dragging black smoke. Another helicopter saw the anti-aircraft machine gun and fired a burst of rockets, blowing it into pieces.

Such intensive firepower frightened some unsteady recruits. They turned around and wanted to escape, but before they could run a few steps, they were hit by stray bullets and fell to the ground.

"Idiot! If you run away at this time, you will only be beaten to death by the Germans!" a US military officer cursed. "Attention everyone, anyone who retreats without authorization will be regarded as a deserter, and anyone can execute him on the spot!"

This is the German armored unit that has moved 500 meters away.

"Thud! Thud!" An M1917 Browning heavy machine gun roared, and dense bullets hit the front armor of the leading German Panther tank, making a crisp clanging sound.

The M1917 Browning heavy machine gun is a 62 mm caliber water-cooled heavy machine gun developed by American firearms designer John Browning. It became the standard weapon of the US military in 1917 and was widely used in both world wars. This heavy machine gun has strong sustained firepower and excellent reliability. The U.S. military once used this gun to fire 39,500 rounds of ammunition continuously in combat, with only one malfunction. Therefore, although the gun is very bulky, difficult to carry, and requires preset fixed positions, which is not conducive to mobile combat, it is still loved by the army. Until World War II, it was still the main fire support weapon in the battle for the Pacific Islands, and was also used in local wars after World War II.

Unfortunately, the 62mm caliber does not pose any threat to the Panther tank at all. Even if its caliber is increased 10 times, it will not be able to penetrate the frontal armor of the Panther tank. As a result, this machine gun attracted the attention of the Panther tank. The Panther tank suddenly stopped, and the black muzzle instantly sprayed out dazzling sparks. The 88mm grenade flew out of the muzzle at a speed invisible to the naked eye and instantly hit the machine gun fire point.

After a violent explosion, the machine gun position was blown into a crater. Several American soldiers fell next to the crater in various postures, and the M1917 Browning heavy machine gun was blown into parts.

"Are there any anti-tank guns?!" A US company commander shouted loudly from a position.

A platoon leader hurried over and reported. "Company Commander, all the nearby anti-tank guns have been destroyed, only the bazooka is left!"

"Is that useless thing?!" I had heard before that the weapons department was developing a more powerful rocket launcher, but so far it has not been successfully developed. They are still equipped with M1 rocket launchers. "Didn't you see that all the German tanks are equipped with grille armor?!" There are no anti-tank guns, and anti-tank rocket launchers are useless. The anti-tank mines deployed in front of the position may have been destroyed by previous rocket attacks. Almost exhausted.

They could only watch helplessly as the German tanks approached them.

"..." After hesitating, the platoon leader gritted his teeth. "Company commander, let's organize a demolition team to blow up these tanks with explosives."

The company commander sighed and nodded. "This is the only way, let's go." He naturally knew that these demolition teams were death squads, and if they went there, they would basically have a narrow escape. But if there is no way to block the steel behemoths on the opposite side, when they arrive on the position, the entire defenders on the position will probably be slaughtered.

The platoon leader divided the remaining fifteen soldiers in his platoon into three groups, five soldiers in each group, four soldiers responsible for cover, and one soldier holding an explosive pack went out to blow up the tank.

As soon as the first group of demolition teams jumped out of the trench, they were enveloped in a dense firepower net from the opposite side. Several people fell down one after another before they could take a few steps.

Looking at the fallen soldiers, the platoon leader shouted with red eyes. "Second group on!"

The second group of five soldiers jumped out of the trench without hesitation. The three of them were instantly beaten into a sieve and fell down helplessly. The soldier holding the explosive pack was hit in the left leg by a large-caliber bullet and staggered down with a scream. But he gritted his teeth and dragged his broken leg forward bit by bit, dragging a long trail of blood behind him.

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