I asked you to escape, but you became a soldier in World War II

Chapter 33: Bloody Battle at Hill 137.2 (Part )

The next morning, December 12th,
When Lin Chen and others woke up from their sleep, they were exhausted.

The severe cold at night woke everyone up several times, but some of them were fine after a short sleep.

Occasionally, bursts of crying sounds could be heard from the battlefield. Lin Chen and the others understood that someone had probably frozen to death at night.

Sleeping in the trenches in such terrible weather would make soldiers with weak health very likely to get sick or even freeze to death.

The cruel war has made everyone's minds numb and they are no longer surprised by death.

Several people took out a few small potatoes from their arms. The potatoes that were kept warm tasted good, and they chewed them voraciously under the envious eyes of others.

Whether there will be breakfast is still a question, but a more realistic situation makes Lin Chen feel a little uneasy.

Because the tank regiment seemed to be about to set off.

"Comrade Taishi, are these tanks going to leave?"

"Well, they are also helpless. They received an order from the mechanized army to reinforce another gap torn open by the German army." Sergeant Gudnov had a helpless expression on his face.

"If they leave now, the German army will definitely find out, and then they will inevitably launch a crazy attack on the heights. Our anti-tank weapons are insufficient, and it will be difficult to stop the German army." Lin Chen felt very troubled. Do you want to withdraw? You could have left last night. Now it's dawn and there's such a big momentum. The German army on the opposite side are not stupid, right?

"There's nothing we can do. Military orders are as strong as mountains. Soldiers must obey orders as their first duty. Go and get ready." Sergeant Gudnov had a much better impression of Lin Chen because of yesterday's battle. "Take care. I hope you can survive!"

Lin Chen knew that without tank support and lack of anti-tank weapons, he could only use human lives to block the German tanks, which was extremely difficult.

The casualties are bound to be heavy, but that's war!
Since Lin Chen was a sniper, the four of them were placed at the back of the position. There was a small river on the right.

In his opinion, this position might not be the area that the German artillery focused on, but it would definitely not be easy, because next to them were the few anti-tank artillery positions of the Soviet army, and there were also several heavy mortars.

After the German army discovered through reconnaissance that the Soviet tanks on the high ground had been transferred away, they immediately and decisively chose this place as a breakthrough point.

The overwhelming heavy artillery firepower suddenly plunged the position into a situation of ice and fire.

A considerable number of Soviet soldiers were torn to pieces by the artillery fire, with their limbs and flesh scattered all over the ground. The surviving soldiers lay dead in the trenches, waiting for the enemy's artillery fire to extend.

Sure enough, when the artillery fire extended backwards,

Part of the 57th Armored Corps, consisting of about 500 men and four tanks, rushed towards the heights.

The smoke on the battlefield had not yet dissipated and everyone held their breath. The most important thing in this kind of blocking battle was to obey orders and follow commands.

When the German tanks rushed to within a hundred meters of the front line, the Soviet commander shouted "Attack!"

Four anti-tank guns opened fire first, but unfortunately the gunners' skills were not very good and not a single shot hit the target.

Hey!
Lin Chen cursed unconsciously. With such a good opportunity, if he missed the first shot, how could he shoot the next one? However, he really blamed the gunner wrongly on this point.

Since these gunners were temporary, they had no training and the anti-tank guns had an average hit rate. It was normal for them to miss the target, but it was impossible for them to hit the target on the first try.

Seeing that the anti-tank guns had failed to achieve their goal, the Soviet mortars and light and heavy machine guns began to roar. However, except for the mortars, which could not pose a threat to the German infantry, the bullets hitting the tank armor in front of them only made a "ding-dong" sound and sparked some sparks.

The anti-tank rifles in the second-line positions also opened fire. Perhaps because they were nervous, their few large-caliber anti-tank rifles were actually aimed at the body of the Type 3 tank. Although the German tanks used vertical armor, it was definitely not something that could be penetrated by this kind of firepower at this distance.

Lin Chen became anxious when he saw that the German tanks had not been destroyed yet.

"Hit the tank's tracks, not the body!"

Of course, his roar could not reach the artillery position.

The German tanks advanced and fired at the same time, and the gap in the gunners was revealed at this time. With just one round of salvo, the two Soviet anti-tank guns were knocked out, and the gun crew members died in a very tragic way.

The gunners of the other anti-tank guns began to tremble unconsciously. This is war, it's either you die or I die!
Lin Chen was extremely angry. He put down his sniper rifle, quickly crawled to a nearby anti-tank gun whose gunner had been killed, and kicked the ammunition handler who was dawdling behind him.
"Reload quickly!"

Then he aimed at the enemy tank that was in the front at the fastest speed.
Seeing how skillfully he operated the operation, the other personnel naturally had no choice but to obey this "gunner" who came from nowhere.

"put!"

He roared very loudly. Wasn't the Soviet soldier behind him the Hunt who had crawled over with him?
His face was red from the cold, but he still pulled the gun cord with all his might.

The huge recoil and noise made everyone deaf, but at this moment no one covered their ears, and everyone stared at the tank in front.

"Boom!" Fortunately, the shell hit its left front track.

The tracks fell off with a bang.

Having lost the kinetic energy of one side of the track, the tank began to spin in place.

When the driver and passengers inside saw that the situation was not good, they immediately opened the hatch and tried to escape.

The mortarmen behind the Soviet army naturally would not miss such a good opportunity. They fired a few mortars accurately and sent these unlucky guys back home.

"Well done!"

“Great fight!”

Chekov and others saw Lin Chen's performance through the telescope and immediately smiled.

Influenced by Lin Chen's achievements, several other anti-tank guns finally hit an enemy tank.

Having lost the cover of the two tanks, some of the German skirmishers were directly exposed to the crossfire of the Soviet light and heavy machine guns. After a large number of them were knocked down like wheat being cut, they had no choice but to retreat in panic.

The German army's first offensive was finally repelled!
Looking at the corpses and smoking wreckage all over the hillside, everyone felt like they had survived a disaster.

"Comrade Captain, the enemy's second wave of offensive will arrive soon. We must change our tactics. We won't be able to last more than a few rounds if we keep fighting like this." Taking advantage of a gap on the battlefield, Lin Chen quickly made suggestions to Chekov.

"Do you have any good ideas?" Chekov now trusts Lin Chen very much. Are you kidding me? With such a master around, why don't you make good use of him?
"Comrade Captain, we must use our limited anti-tank guns in a unified way and fire them at close range! This 45mm anti-tank gun cannot penetrate their frontal armor at a distance. Only by firing at close range can we effectively increase our hit rate. And we must focus on attacking the weak spots of the enemy tanks. Our shells do not have strong armor-piercing capabilities, so we will be at a disadvantage in a head-on confrontation."

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