Chapter 1009: Battle (2)

Before the liaison soldiers sent out sent back the news, the German attack aircraft group had already flown over the US positions and began to drop a large number of napalm bombs and high-explosive bombs.

The napalm bombs whizzed down and hit the ground, rising into balls of hot flames, and the positions were shrouded in a sea of ​​fire. The power of napalm bombs has been verified again and again on the battlefield, and the killing effect is amazing; and Germany is not short of oil, resulting in the equipment ratio of napalm bombs being similar to that of ordinary bombs.

Just like the riverside defense line in North Charleston, the underground fortifications of the US coastal defense line can withstand the bombing of napalm bombs, and even air tanks are stored in the fortifications. But the conditions here are much simpler. Not to mention air tanks, the anti-gun holes can't even withstand direct hits from high-explosive bombs. Under the bombardment of these heavy bombs, the positions were blown to pieces, and the anti-artillery holes were destroyed in large quantities. They could no longer provide effective defense for the soldiers inside. At this time, napalm bombs were thrown down, and heart-wrenching screams came one after another. They were all crazy and running firemen.

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

After receiving the statistical casualties report, the face of the defending division commander was extremely ugly. Their division's strength was not full, and this crazy bombing caused nearly one-third of casualties. How can they defend? !

"Division commander, many anti-tank weapons on the defense line have been destroyed." People can hide in anti-artillery holes, but those big things like anti-tank guns can't be brought in, so they can only stay on the position. As a result, they were burned by high temperature, and most of them were destroyed by the shock wave.

"Damn it!" Just as the defending division commander was cursing depressedly, the German armored forces rushed over with a rumble. When the front tank was more than 2,000 meters away from the position, flames flashed in the distant sky, and rows of rockets whizzed in! Dense rockets fell in groups, bombing along the front of the US military position, and almost all the mines on the front of the position were detonated!

And with these rockets came dozens of helicopters.

"Anti-tank guns ready!" On a surviving anti-tank gun position, the gunners had not had time to load ammunition before they were discovered by a German helicopter. Several rockets whizzed in, tearing the anti-tank gun and several gunners into pieces.

"Tu Tu Tu!" A hidden anti-aircraft machine gun suddenly fired at the helicopter. Because it had been hidden before, the helicopter did not expect that there would be a firepower point for anti-aircraft shooting here. Fortunately, this is an armed helicopter with protective armor on important parts. After a row of bullets on the fuselage, it did not crash and fled the battlefield with black smoke. Another helicopter saw the anti-aircraft machine gun and smashed it with a rocket, blowing it into pieces.

Such dense firepower frightened some weak-willed recruits and turned around to flee. However, 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 killed by the Germans!" an American officer scolded. "Everyone, pay attention. Anyone who retreats without permission will be regarded as a deserter and can be executed on the spot!"

The German armored forces have already driven 500 meters away.

"Tutu! Tutu!" An M1917 Browning heavy machine gun roared, and dense bullets hit the front armor of a German Panther tank in the lead, making a crisp sound of ding-dong.

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

Unfortunately, the 62mm caliber does not pose any threat to the Leopard tank at all. Even if its caliber is increased by 10 times, it is impossible to penetrate the front armor of the Leopard tank. As a result, this machine gun attracted the attention of the Leopard tank. The Leopard tank suddenly paused, and the black muzzle instantly ejected 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 beside the crater in different postures, and the M1917 Browning heavy machine gun was blown into pieces.

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

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

"What's the use of that broken thing?!" I heard before that the weapons department is developing a more powerful rocket launcher, but it has not been successfully developed so far, and they are still equipped with M1 rocket launchers. "Didn't you see that the German tanks are equipped with grille armor?!" Without anti-tank guns, anti-tank rocket launchers are useless, and the anti-tank mines deployed in front of the position may have been destroyed by the previous rocket attack.

They could only watch the German tanks approaching them.

"..." After hesitating for a moment, the platoon leader gritted his teeth. "Captain, let's organize a demolition team and use explosive packs to blow up these tanks."

The company commander sighed and nodded. "This is the only way, go." He naturally knew that these demolition teams were death squads, and this trip was basically a life-or-death struggle. But if they didn't find a way to stop the steel behemoths on the opposite side, when they arrived at the position, the defenders on the entire position would probably be slaughtered.

The platoon leader divided the remaining fifteen soldiers in his platoon into three groups, five soldiers in a group, four soldiers were responsible for cover, and one soldier went forward with explosive packs to blow up the tanks.

As soon as the first demolition team jumped out of the trench, they were covered by the dense firepower network from the opposite side. Several people fell down one after another before they could rush out a few steps.

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

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