Chapter 504 Minced Meat

Ilyich got up: "Thank you, you saved me."

"I saved you because if you fell down, this position would collapse. No one would be able to survive by then!" Stepan picked up Ilyich's pistol and handed it to him. "You should go to the machine guns and see why they misfired. I'll organize the bombardiers to blow up the tanks!"

"Okay." Ilyich did not refute, but passed Stepan directly and ran along the trench towards the silent machine gun fire point.

Stepan leaned against the trench wall and looked at the approaching Prosen tank.

At this time, a nurse walked along the trench, checking the breathing of the people who fell in the trench.

"There's no one alive here!" Stepan shouted, "Go back to the aid station quickly, this place will be full of dead people soon, nurse!"

The nurse glanced at Stepan, directly pulled the soldier's arm on the ground, put it on her shoulders, then took a deep breath, and put the soldier on her back with one force.

Stepan recognized that this was a technique taught by field ambulance teams. Even one person could carry a person who was much heavier than himself.

Stepan watched as the nurse disappeared at the end of the trench carrying the man, who was slightly larger than him.

"Be good," he muttered.

At this moment, the firepower point that had just been silenced opened fire again, and Stepan also remembered that he was still on the battlefield and had important things to do.

He took out the issued incendiary bombs and lay down on the edge of the trench, waiting for Proson's tank to approach.

As an experienced veteran, Stepan knows that the closer you are to a tank, the larger the blind area of ​​the tank's field of vision. Therefore, the closer you are to the tank, the safer it is. If you are farther away, you may be hit by the hull machine gun and coaxial machine gun. Go and see the King of Hell.

Of course, approaching an enemy tank requires tremendous courage, something that most recruits cannot do.

The trenches exist for this purpose. As long as you lie down in the trench and lower your head, the tank will come to you on its own.

Stepan listened to the sound of the tank's engine and counted one, two, three silently. Then he stood up suddenly and saw the tank just a few meters away from him, with the turret facing the other side of the body.

The perfect angle for a sneak attack!

Stepan pulled the match rope of the incendiary bomb, let the rope spit out red sparks like fireworks, and then threw it with all his strength.

The incendiary bomb drew a perfect arc in the air and landed accurately on the tank engine radiator cover.

Flames immediately covered the entire engine radiator.

The commander first opened the hatch and leaned out, holding a submachine gun to look for the person who threw the incendiary bomb. As a result, Stepan opened fire first, and the bullet hit the turret and made a BIUBIU sound.

The commander maintained the posture of holding the submachine gun, fell backward, and stopped moving.

Then the hatches of the tank were opened, and the tank crew got out and ran back.

Stepan held his submachine gun and shot them all down with smooth and precise short bursts.

At this time, the bombardier in a nearby trench threw an incendiary bomb, but it was thrown crookedly and only ignited half of the track of the tank.

Upon seeing this, the bombardier immediately rushed onto the tank, preparing to lift the turret cover and throw the grenade into the vehicle.

Stepan shouted: "Don't! The enemies will cover each other!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the following half-track opened fire, with machine guns hitting around the turret. Ant's bombardier fell backwards, clutching his chest.

Stepan cursed, picked up a new incendiary bomb, and ran along the trench in that direction.

By the time he arrived at his position, Prosen's tank had already crossed the trench - the body of the Ant bombardier who had just been killed was still hanging on the tank.

Stepan immediately pulled the fuse, and with a hook, the incendiary bomb landed on the tank's engine radiator cover like a basketball shooting through the basket.

Flames immediately covered the radiator grille.

However, the tank was not immediately set on fire. The tank driver did not even know that the grille was set on fire and continued to drive the tank forward!

Stepan cursed, picked up the cluster grenade on the ground, pulled the tab, and threw it onto the burning engine radiator grille.

A puff of black smoke exploded behind the tank, and the advancing tank stopped.

Stepan was ready with his submachine gun. As soon as the hatch cover opened, he opened fire and killed the commander who had just poked his head out.

But this did not stop other tank crews from escaping from the tank. Stepan opened fire while shouting: "Aren't you singing military songs? There are only loyal tanks. Will you be given a steel grave? Where are the tanks now? What can you do?" Keep escaping from the grave?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his Bobosha got stuck. He didn't care about clearing the obstacle, threw away the Bobosha, picked up a handful of Bobosha and continued to fire.

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On Ilyich's side, he ran to the machine gun position and found that all the machine gunners had been killed.

"Sukabu!" Ilyich broke his command for the second time today. He pushed the machine gunner's body away while scolding him, and then tried hard to recall the content of the machine gun operation training.

As the chaplain of the regiment, he is the person with the highest level of education in the regiment. According to the new military regulations, people with high levels of education in the army should master the skills necessary for all combat positions in order to quickly replace the fallen soldiers.

That's why Ilyich can operate an anti-tank gun.

But in the final analysis, an anti-tank gun is a rifle, which is relatively simple, and the machine gun Ilyich needs to recall.

"It should be like this." He began to check the gun according to his memory. "It should be fine... Then put the ammunition belt and load it..."

Ilyich grabbed the handle of the machine gun, completely forgetting to check the scale, and just opened fire.

The machine gun sprayed out flames and swept across the newly emboldened Proson soldiers. Although it did not hit anyone (because the scale was not adjusted), it still scared everyone to the ground.

Ilyich instinctively realized that the shot was too high, but he still did not adjust the scale and just lowered the muzzle of the gun.

He did not hold the ammunition belt with one hand, but grasped the handle of the machine gun with both hands and fired, letting the ammunition belt "twitch" freely.

It can only be said that fortunately, the Maxims distributed to the Provisional Infantry Division are all old things. The old design means that they are highly reliable, so there is no jamming.

After firing a cartridge belt, Ilyich shouted while changing the cartridge: "Bullet belt! Someone bring the bullet belt!"

"Priest! The enemy turret is turning towards you!" the observer shouted.

Only then did Ilyich realize that a No. 3 was turning its turret towards him.

He stopped reloading and ran away dragging the machine gun - Maxim's machines all come with their own wheels and protective plates.

The high-explosive bombs arrived on the back foot. Fortunately, the Panzer III tank only had a 50mm gun, and the explosive power of the high-explosive bombs was about the same as a grenade. Ilyich just felt a push from behind, staggered a few times, and regained his balance.

The observer ran over and said, "Go to the second position. You should go to the second position in the first place!"

"Okay, where is the second position?" Ilyich said as he took off his helmet and poured out the sand inside.

"follow me!"

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Corporal Maria of the field medical team had already brought back four male soldiers who were much stronger than him.

She placed the fifth male soldier at the door of the medical bunker and shouted to the doctor: "This one should have been shot in the abdomen! I gave emergency treatment!"

The doctor who was sorting the wounded came over and touched the wounded man's nose: "He is dead."

Corporal Maria looked surprised: "He was still alive when I carried him on my back!"

The doctor pulled the dead man up, glanced behind him, and then said to Maria: "When you carried him over, he was hit by a shrapnel in his back. It's not your fault, it's his bad luck."

Maria's loss was visible to the naked eye. At this time, the wounded man next to her said: "This is Karloff. If he knew that he blocked shrapnel for you before he died, he would be happy."

Maria didn't speak. The doctor was checking other wounded people. At this time, a whole team of female nurses were carrying the wounded to the bunker.

The bunker was filled with wounded people waiting to be sorted, and the air was full of blood and stench.

The flies seemed to have found a cellar where carrion accumulated, buzzing happily and flying around in the bunker like an annoying swarm of Stukas.

Maria looked at the dead wounded, suddenly raised her hand and wiped her eyes hard, put on her boat hat, turned around and rushed out of the bunker.

She moved along the trench, constantly checking on the wounded who had fallen to the ground.

At this time, she heard the sound of the tank's engine.

When he turned around, Proson's tank had just crossed the trench, and its tracks were turning not far from Maria's head, like the chain of a chainsaw.

Maria squatted down and took a deep breath.

- I should find a Molotov cocktail! I can destroy this tank too!

With this in mind, she lowered her head to look for incendiary bombs, but found that the tank had no intention of crossing the trench.

The next moment, mud was sprinkled on Maria's head.

She looked up in surprise, and more dirt fell down and rushed into her nose and mouth.

She hurriedly backed away with her hands and feet, and finally left the range of the crumbling soil.

She wiped her face with her sleeve several times before opening her eyes again. Then she saw the enemy tanks constantly "twitching their butts" in the trenches.

The enemy plans to use the weight of the tracks and the tank itself to "smooth" the trenches! In this way, the Ant soldiers in the trenches will be buried and suffocated to death!

Maria lowered her head to look for incendiary bombs or grenades, but found nothing. She could only pick up rocks and desperately throw them at the Prosen tank that was wiping the trench——

The moment the stone hit the tank turret, the tank exploded!

Maria was stunned.

Immediately afterwards, a green tank with a completely different painting from the Prosen tank appeared!

Maria didn't recognize the model of the tank, but she knew that Proson's tank was either gray or camouflage, and would not have such a green paint.

She heard the other warriors cheering.

"Hahaha!"

"Our tanks are coming!"

"KV, you are well on your way!"

The green tanks opened fire, mowing down all the Proson troops who followed the tanks.

Suddenly someone tapped Maria on the shoulder: “Nurse, are you okay?”

Maria turned her head and saw a rough and steady face, but she couldn't remember the man's name.

"If nothing happens, move quickly! Come with me and pull out the buried people! There should be still people alive!"