artillery arc

Chapter 472: Komanda and Rokossov Meet
Finney Valley Bridge, 0200 hours.

The offensive launched from the south bank finally stopped.

The doctor trotted over to Jonard's bunker again and whispered, "I can't see anything from the battalion headquarters building. I don't know what the situation is like for the Barras on the other side. I suggest turning on the searchlight."

Jonard was shocked: "Is there still electricity here now?"

Doctor: "Of course, we just turned off all the lights. Turn on the searchlight. We should be able to see the enemy's situation clearly the moment we turn on the light."

Jonard thought for a moment and shook his head. "No, it's useless to read it. I don't know why these Barras soldiers, who were described by MI6 as 'lacking the will to fight', would attack like this after suffering such casualties, and I don't want to know.

"If we turn on the lights and see that the other side has a full complement of personnel, it's hard to say whether we can maintain our morale here."

At this time, Lieutenant Keyes ran over and said to Jonard, "The anti-aircraft guns still have 25 shells left, and we can still repel one wave of attacks. We have killed at least 800 enemies. Every time the enemy charges, we kill a noble officer leading the team. It has happened seventeen times, seventeen times! If the enemy is a division, we have already killed all the military chiefs above the regiment level!

"Is this the Barras army?"

"Yes." Jonard looked at the other side. "There is only one explanation. The people on the other side are so bloodthirsty that they have lost their minds and don't know how to be afraid anymore."

The doctor said in a detached tone: "This is the worst case scenario for us. After the machine guns are used up, we still have grenades. What if we run out of grenades?"

Jonard: "Collect the grenades from the enemy. I've asked Tommy and Jerry to collect them."

As soon as he finished speaking, two Komandas ran back, each dragging a bag, and squatted in front of Jonard: "Boss, we have a lot of grenades, enough for us to throw for a while, but there is not a single automatic weapon. What's even more outrageous is that some of these Barras people only have five bullets in their weapons!"

Jonard: "No wonder no one shot me when I was blocking the bridge alone just now."

Doctor: "It seems that the officers sold their equipment. It is very difficult for such an army to charge us. If they had not been hit in the head, they would have been defeated long ago. Now they want to avenge their brothers who died at the muzzles of our guns."

As soon as he finished speaking, Komanda, who was monitoring the other side, shouted: "Enemy! The enemy is crossing the bridge!"

Jonard said to the two men searching the body, "Quick! Take the grenade to the bombardier!"

"Okay!" The two men crouched down and rushed towards the bunker where the bomber was hiding.

At this time, the machine gun opened fire, but it fired very sparingly, basically waiting for every thin-shell shell to explode and confirming the damage before firing the second one.

However, the enemy was not completely helpless. Jonard clearly heard the Baras people on the bridge shouting something, so he turned around and asked the doctor: "What is he shouting?"

"Screaming 'The enemy is out of ammunition, we need to avenge our dead brothers' is the worst possible scenario you could describe."

Jonard shook his head and shouted to the bombardier hiding on the other side of the bridge: "Prepare to throw the grenade!"

"Ready!" the bombardier replied.

As they were talking, the machine gun firing stopped, and Lieutenant Keyes cursed from the direction of the gun position: "Why is there another problem at this time! Who boasted that the Proson equipment is highly reliable?"

It seemed that the last 25 rounds of thin-shell bullets were not fired successfully.

The moment the machine guns ceased firing, the Barras people shouted and rushed along the bridge.

The grenadier took action. The first grenade landed accurately at the front of the Baras team and exploded as soon as it hit the ground, instantly knocking down the Sergeant Baras who was leading the charge, and also knocking down three or four people in the process.

The bombardier continued to throw the bomb, and there should be someone responsible for helping him pull out the safety pin of the grenade.

There were regular explosions on the bridge, and the enemy was blocked by the grenade fire from two people.

After the initial panic, the enemy steadied their position and began firing at the bombardier's bunker on the bridge.

After all, the throwing distance of a grenade is not as long as that of a gun, and the two sides were in a stalemate.

Immediately afterwards, Balas came up with a new idea and rushed over here in groups of two.

Jonard cursed him as an idiot, raised the captured Lee Enfield, shot one down with one shot, then skillfully pulled the bolt and pulled the trigger to knock down another.

However, the Lee Enfields they picked up did not have much ammunition, and Jonard had to change one after every five shots. After the Baras people had lost more than a hundred lives in this way, Jonard had no bullets left!
At the same time, the Baras people on the bridge had run out of bullets, and the whole scene suddenly became quiet!
Then the enemy sent another two-man team, this time two big and strong men who looked very good at fighting.

Jonard pulled out the scimitar that had seven or eight notches on it and stood at the end of the bridge.

Doctor: "Shit, it's the 20th century now? Why don't I feel like it?"

Jonard: "When the battle gets intense, let alone knives, teeth and nails are also weapons."

On the Balas side, before the two men arrived, two more people were sent out. They stayed within the power range of a grenade and advanced in groups of two.

Jonard made some sword moves in front of him with his scimitar, then switched from his left hand to his right hand, looking like "come on".

It was 30 on the morning of the 0215th, 15 minutes before the reinforcement time promised by Rokossov.

However, Jonard thought that it would be fast if the reinforcements arrived before four o'clock, after all, the United Kingdom Army had never acted on time. He was ready to defend his position with cold weapons.

However, the enemies came in groups of two, which made things easier for him. It was not difficult to fight two enemies.

Just as Jonard was thinking this, Lieutenant Keyes stood beside Jonard holding a Lee Enfield with a bayonet attached, staring at the enemy with a firm gaze.

After assuming a fighting stance, Lieutenant Keyes whispered, "I still have eight rounds in my pistol. What do you say?"

Jonard: "Hold on, the enemy doesn't look like he has received much training in hand-to-hand combat."

As he spoke, Martin stood on the other side of Jonard with an engineer shovel in his hand, and continued to clap his palms with the engineer shovel.

The two strong Balas men walking in the front were stunned, stopped temporarily, and looked back, which meant they were waiting for the group behind to come up and form a team of three.

At this moment, a line of tracer bullets flew from a long distance and landed around the three men. One of them was immediately hit by the bullet, which hit his shoulder but went through his lower back and hit the bridge.

As the first man fell, the other two were also shot and knelt on the bridge, staring with wide eyes at the direction where the bullets came from.

The rain of tracer bullets moved along the bridge, knocking down the Barras soldiers one by one even though they were far away!
"Reinforcements are coming!" the doctor shouted.

Jonard: "Arrived early?"

He simply lay down to prevent accidental injuries from his own fire, and turned his head away at the same time.

The tracer bullets flew over everyone's heads in a parabola like a giant child's urine.

At the same time, the roar of the engine came from the road.

There is also the clicking sound made by the gearbox engaging, it's a tank!

The next moment, the tank appeared. The huge vehicle rushed towards the bridge head at a speed of at least 40 kilometers per hour. The dust raised behind it was almost as high as a three-story building!
A shooter stood on the tank's hood, operating the machine gun on the turret and firing continuously.

The machine gunner actually has blonde hair! And judging by her figure, she's a girl!

Jonard couldn't see other details clearly, he only knew that there were many people sitting on the tank and a red flag was flying on the tank's radio antenna!
It’s that red flag!
Jonard had seen the red flag in the Times; it was Rokossov's symbol!
Jonard squinted his eyes and looked closely at the figure next to the gunner who was firing. Yes, it was the figure who was sticking his head out of the turret to observe.

In the fire from the machine guns, he seemed to vaguely see the red collar badge on the figure. If he remembered correctly, that was the red collar badge that only General Ant had!

Did Rokossov really come in person to save us?

At this time, the man on the turret shouted, and the tank fired. The shell flew over Jonard's head and landed on the south bank.

The explosion lit up the entire south bank.

The second tank also opened fire, and the south bank lit up again.

At this time, the machine gun on the roof of the leading tank had obviously run out of bullets. The gunner shouted while reloading: "Don't lie on the road! General Rokossov has decided to rush directly across the bridge! Get up quickly!"

Jonard got up quickly, pulled up the slow-moving Martin, and ran to the side with Lieutenant Keyes, hiding behind the sandbag breastwork.

The tank drove to the bridgehead, and Jonard clearly saw the tactical number 422 on the vehicle - the tactical number of Rokossov's special vehicle! He really came to rescue in person!
At this time, the tank stopped and the infantrymen sitting on the vehicle jumped down one after another - the infantrymen were all dressed in black clothes with large lapels, and the stripes of sailor shirts could be seen at the collars.

The infantry immediately fired at the enemy troops still on the bridge, suppressing the Baras with the fierce firepower of the PPSh.

At the same time, the man on the tank turret lowered his head and asked something in Ant language.

The machine gunner lady translated: "The general asks you, is everything okay?"

Jonard: "Not bad! Tell the general that you arrived just in time!"

After the blond machine gunner finished translating, the general nodded, saluted Jonard, and then slashed his saluting hand downwards, shouting in Ant language: "Forward!"

Jonard actually understood!

The tank roared and moved forward with unparalleled force, its tracks crushing the steel helmets of the Baras people standing in front of it.

A wounded Baras man among the pile of corpses immediately stopped pretending to be dead, climbed up and tried to escape to the other side, but the tank's machine gun opened fire, leaving three or four blood marks on his body.

The tank gun's coaxial machine gun also opened fire, sweeping towards the opposite side.

The blond machine gunner also finished reloading his bullets and resumed firing.

Tank No. 422 was like a mountain, spewing three tongues of fire as it rolled towards the bridge.

Faced with this indomitable monster that could not be stopped by human power, the morale of the Barras people finally collapsed.

(End of this chapter)