Six Hundred and Forty-Four Machine Gun Emplacements Moving Forward

In a trench, two German soldiers are opening their cans with an opener. After the capture of Tobruk and the massacre of German paratroopers on the island of Crete, the supplies of the African Legion became unimpeded. Get a lot of luxuries that you never thought of before.

The enemy they are in is the abandoned trench of the British. There used to be 110 British soldiers stationed here, but now the Germans have occupied it, and an 88mm cannon has been re-arranged not far away to guard against the British. Counterattack, and the main task of this machine gun team is to protect the flanks of the 88mm cannon.

A mg42 general-purpose machine gun is erected on a new tripod, and the ammunition belt hangs down on one side of the machine gun. In this state, the "Acado Saw" can be used as a heavy machine gun temporarily, and can also be used as an anti-aircraft weapon at a certain angle. .

The two German soldiers were old fried dough sticks on the North African battlefield. One of them carefully opened his can of treasure, while the other poured warm water into the fried noodles and stirred them evenly. This miraculous way of making fried noodles is said to have come from the far east. The taste is not very good, but it is easy to carry. On the front line, you can use all kinds of things to pack fried powdered food, and once you have no way to stop to prepare food, it can solve all the problems that bother you: you can eat without heating, and you can grab a piece at any time Use it to satisfy your hunger, and when you lie down extremely fast, it also has a certain buffer function!

In the heat of North Africa, if you don't want to eat cold food, it is very simple to find a way to make the food warm. Just put the food or jug ​​on a rock in the sun and wait for a while to get warm water or food.

"Haven't we already conquered the British mainland? Why do they lose their homes and still fight us in such a ghostly place?" The younger soldier mixed up his fried noodles, and took the piece that the veteran handed him The canned meat with fat was thrown into the mushy fried noodles, and he licked his fingers with his tongue and complained.

The veteran took the fried noodles handed to him by his companion, and also poured the canned food mixed with meat and beans into his lunch box, stirred it a few times with a folding spoon, and then said indifferently: "British people can't see We Germans, so we have to fight a war, and one of the two countries must fall before it is over."

"Boom!" Before taking a bite of food, the 88mm anti-aircraft cannon not far away let out a deafening roar. The German soldiers were disheartened.

"The British army has counterattacked!" On one side of the trench, a German signal soldier leaned on his helmet and bent over the machine gun position with a rifle in his hand, reminding his companions loudly: "There are armored vehicles covering, ready to fight!"

"The bastard Brits! Don't they even have a good meal?" Picking up a chunk of lunch with a spoon,

Stuffing it whole into his mouth, the veteran put down his lunch box, and stuck his head out of the trench reinforced with wooden planks and sandbags. Not far from the opposite side, a large black mass of British soldiers was slowly approaching. German positions.

"Good guy! It looks like there are three to five hundred people, a battalion of infantry, and armored vehicles, this is trying to fight us!" The veteran leaned his shoulder on the butt of the machine gun, pulled the bolt with his hand, slightly Tilting his head a little, he put his eyes behind the scope.

This set of actions took only a short time. On the German artillery position, the second shell had already flew out of the slender barrel of the 88mm cannon with a howl. The terrifying rate of fire and the crushing penetration are the two treasures of the German 88mm cannon becoming the nemesis of armored forces. In the sparsely populated desert, the Germans with this cannon are more backward than the opponents. British soldiers were much luckier.

"Boom!" As the opponent continued to approach, a German soldier pulled his trigger on a position in the distance. The first thing to fire was a Mauser 98k rifle. Undoubtedly, this weapon has a certain range. The advantages.

"Open the ammunition box under your feet, and prepare the belt first!" The veteran told the young man beside him: "The enemy is still about 900 meters away!"

The slightly younger deputy shooter bent down, opened the tin box, pulled out the neatly stacked ammunition chains inside, and put them in the most convenient position. Then he silently took off the grenade on his body and placed it next to the belt.

"Machine gun! Fire!" Not far away, the platoon leader of the infantry platoon shouted the order to attack. Because of the speed, the ammunition chain hanging on the gun next to it jumped up and down with the huge attraction, and the shell casings on the other side fell like raindrops on the veteran's feet.

It was the same peculiar sound, and it still didn't sound good, like sawing wood or tearing linen. But for German soldiers, this is the most beautiful melody, and this is the most joyful and beautiful note. Because every time I heard this sound, a torrent of scorching steel would fly towards the enemy's position, beating densely like hail so that the opponent couldn't lift his head.

For German soldiers, this weapon was God's whip, the devil's sickle, and the Führer's gift. There is no machine gun comparable to the mg42 machine gun. This weapon can be said to be one of the most perfect machine gun designs. You must know that after 80 years, the Germans are still using similar machine guns, and the original mg42 is still in Africa. Shine brilliantly on the front line.

The densely packed bullets formed a rain of bullets, sweeping towards the British soldiers on the opposite side. The tracer bullets accurately indicated the ballistic trajectory and the position of the target. The veteran moved his shoulder slightly sideways, and the barrage from the machine gun formed a fan shape, sending more British soldiers into the air. down.

Soon someone fell down in the British offensive formation on the opposite side, and the British began to fire at the German position. The bullets hit the sand beside the trench, splashing a cloud of white smoke. However, this piece of white smoke seems to be a little far away from the position of the German machine gun position, a distance of more than ten meters. At this moment, the 88mm cannon fired again.

With a howling sound, the shell hit a British armored vehicle in the distance in one fell swoop, and the huge impact deformed the front face of the armored vehicle. The armored car immediately exploded and burned, and the people inside didn't even have a chance to escape from the car. The power of the explosion didn't seem small, and it could be clearly seen even from the German positions hundreds of meters away.

"Oh!" There was cheering in the German position. Obviously, the huge explosion was helpful to improve the morale of Germany, and the wonderful performance of the 88mm cannon was enough to deter the opponent, making this attack anticlimactic. But obviously the Germans were destined to be disappointed this time, because after one of the British armored vehicles was destroyed, the British did not back down, but launched an attack even more fiercely.

"Medical soldier! Someone was shot!" As time went by, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, and casualties began to appear on the German positions. The poor German soldier who was hit first was hit in the face , was directly pierced through the head, and there was no need for further rescue. The second soldier who was hit was not so straightforward. He was hit in the shoulder and let out a heart-piercing scream.

His companion was helping him to call the medical soldiers for help. Two medical soldiers with white and red crosses tied on their arms were holding their helmets and carrying the medical kit and hurried to the accident site. They passed by this machine gun position. It happened that a medical soldier was killed. A stray bullet hit, and the deputy shooter who was helping to load the machine gun ammunition was so frightened that he almost lost the ammunition belt in his hand.

However, the medic who was shot was obviously lucky. The bullet pierced through his sleeve, leaving two holes, but it didn't hit his arm in the sleeve, nor did it hurt other parts.

"God bless!" He smiled, and then continued to run forward holding his helmet, leaving the stunned deputy shooter there not knowing what to say.

"This is a common thing, don't pay too much attention to it." While continuing to pull the trigger, the veteran fired bullets at the enemy in the distance, while reminding his assistant loudly: "Don't be stupid, take a new bullet. Come on! The machine gun is a bit overheated, where is the new barrel?"

Before his voice had passed, a shell landed not far away. It was a British howitzer firing. Obviously, the British had been preparing for this attack for a long time, and they even managed to get support artillery.

"It's a large-caliber howitzer, pay attention to concealment." The platoon leader loudly reminded his soldiers to pay attention to their own safety. When the smoke of explosions rose from the German position, a German Leopard was behind the position. The Japanese tank is moving forward slowly, and there are more and more German tanks following this tank.

"The attack begins!" A tank commander put down the binoculars in his hand, leaned on the throat communicator and loudly issued an attack order: "Break through the frontal defense line of the British army, and then expand the breakthrough to the two wings! Speed ​​up!"

Just after lunch, the elite German tank troops appeared in front of the Allied positions. They quickly repelled a British infantry counterattack, and then took advantage of the situation to attack the British positions. The battle became more tragic.

In the evening, next to the wreckage of a burning German Panther tank, two German machine gunners set up their new machine gun positions. Beside them was still the 88mm anti-aircraft cannon—they fought against the enemy in the afternoon battle. It advanced a distance of 3 kilometers, but the German army paid a heavy price for the destruction of 21 tanks.