Chapter 39 Life and Death

"Boom!" The grenade made a loud noise outside.

Of course, the grenade could not blow up the tank, but it could kill or injure the British infantry following the tank... This was also Qin Chuan's purpose.

Almost at the same time as the explosion, Qin Chuan jumped off the table and jumped to the window and raised his gun... At this time, the tank had already passed the window, so the infantry following behind it was completely exposed to Qin Chuan.

And these infantry were dizzy by the grenade Qin Chuan had just thrown, either lying on the ground or bleeding and unable to fight back.

"Bang!" Qin Chuan pulled the trigger.

Qin Chuan did not aim, the distance between the enemy and us was only a few meters, and the gray and black dust on the British soldiers' faces could even be seen clearly.

At this distance, it was almost impossible to miss, and the bullet hit a British soldier without any accident. The inertia of the bullet brought his body back, as if there was a rope dragging him from behind, and then he slowly fell down.

Qin Chuan saw the reluctance in the eyes of the British soldier... He held a Mills grenade in his hand and told Qin Chuan the answer. As long as Qin Chuan was a few seconds later, he would pull the safety pin of the grenade and throw it in through the window.

Obviously, if he succeeded, Qin Chuan would be the one who died.

But there is no if on the battlefield. A few seconds late is the difference between life and death.

"Bang!" Qin Chuan didn't dare to think too much. He pulled the bolt at the fastest speed and pulled the trigger again to knock down a British soldier.

At this time, Qin Chuan was a little nervous because he noticed that there were seven or eight British soldiers behind the tank. They had come back to their senses from the explosion of the grenade and noticed the window where Qin Chuan was.

Qin Chuan knew what this meant: he only had a K98K in his hand, while the British had the "Enfield" rifle with a much faster firing rate. Qin Chuan even found that one British soldier was holding a "Thomson" submachine gun.

(Note: The British army lost a large number of equipment during the Dunkirk evacuation, and the Sten submachine guns that they urgently developed had not yet been mass-produced. Most of the submachine guns equipped in the early stages of the North African War were "Thomson" submachine guns provided by the United States.)

It goes without saying what will happen next. The British army will block Qin Chuan's window with firepower, and then throw a few grenades in... Qin Chuan's life will end.

"Bang!" Qin Chuan gritted his teeth and fired another bullet.

This bullet first hit a British rifleman, and then hit the submachine gunner behind him.

Before, Qin Chuan had heard that secondary damage was more serious than primary damage, and Qin Chuan had always been skeptical about this until he saw the British submachine gunner in the back being knocked to the ground and killed on the spot as if he had suffered a heavy blow to his chest.

This is probably because the bullet was not enough to penetrate the second person, so all the kinetic energy was released in the body. But both the front and the back are dead, so what is the difference between the two ways of death?

However, Qin Chuan was too late to reload and fire... The disadvantage of the bolt-action rifle is that the firing rate is too slow. At this time, several British soldiers had raised their guns at Qin Chuan, and Qin Chuan didn't even have time to dodge... For the first time, Qin Chuan felt that death was so close to him. He seemed to see a bullet shot out of the gun barrel and punched a bloody hole in his head.

At this moment, with a burst of "da da da" gunshots, all the British soldiers screamed and fell down.

It was Werner and Keller. They leaned out from the other side of the street and knocked the British soldiers to the ground with MP40.

Qin Chuan was stunned for a few seconds, and then realized that the battle was not over yet, so he raised his gun again and pulled the trigger at the British soldiers in other directions.

As bullets were fired from the gun barrel, Qin Chuan found that he had been sweating all over his back without knowing when.

The British infantry was successfully blocked on the other side of the street by Qin Chuan and others, but the tanks were still driving forward without knowing anything... The tanks have poor external perception ability, especially when fighting, the commander dare not open the turret and stick his head out, he can only hide inside and use the periscope to observe, and their attention is almost entirely focused on the front, what happened behind can only be left to the infantry or God.

So, a German soldier came out of the building with an anti-tank grenade in his hand... It was a PWM impact-explosion anti-tank grenade, its appearance is similar to the flask commonly seen in chemistry class, the kind with a long bottle mouth, the semicircular wind cap on its head ensures the accuracy of the throwing direction, and there is an umbrella-shaped stabilizing tail on the handle to further ensure its stability during flight.

The German soldier swung the anti-tank grenade towards the tank... The anti-tank grenade opened its tail in the air, like a small umbrella, and then hit the back of the tank head-on steadily.

"Boom", after a violent explosion, the tank caught fire.

The Matilda uses a gasoline engine, and gasoline can be easily ignited. Soon, the ammunition in the tank exploded. After a loud bang, the entire turret was blown into the air and then fell heavily to the ground. The tank crew inside must have died, and no one could be seen.

The German soldiers cheered.

However, before they could breathe a sigh of relief, a "rumbling" sound of the engine came from the other end of the street again.

The soldiers looked at each other. They didn't understand why there were so many British tanks in this inconspicuous town. If the British had so many tanks, why did they deploy them in a city that was not suitable for tank warfare? !

This also made the German soldiers feel fortunate. Otherwise, if these tanks were lined up outside the city and supplemented by infantry firepower... it would cost a lot to capture it without 88 anti-aircraft guns.

Now it's another matter, because it is well known that tanks are not suitable for street fighting.

This is because the buildings in the city will block the tanks' line of sight, making it unable to play the advantage of long-range firepower, and it is also inconvenient to maneuver. On the other hand, it is because the infantry can approach the tanks from all directions with the cover of the buildings and destroy them.

So, one British tank after another was blown up by the Germans.

The British army soon found that they could not win, so they chose to surrender.

What surprised the Germans was that after counting, it was found that there were a total of 38 "Matilda" tanks in Tengerten, 20 of which were blown up by the Germans in the battle, and the other 18 all fell into the hands of the Germans and were well preserved.

In fact, the British army could choose to blow up these tanks and surrender at this time, but the British army did not do so because they were worried that the Germans would retaliate against them and kill them all.

But even this proved unable to save their lives.