My own war game

Chapter 51: The First Tank
In the sky of the Somme River, the sun had just jumped out of the water when a scream broke the brief tranquility of the manor.

"Oh my God! What is that!" Nurse Margaret said, pointing at two huge figures by the river.

With a dark grey exterior covered with rivets, a strange track design, and machine guns and artillery flashing with cold light, two British Mark IV tanks appeared on the river bank.

"It's too exaggerated to come up with such a thing!" Even He Chi was shocked. After all, he had only seen this thing in textbooks.

This tank was invented by the British and was first used on the Somme battlefield in 1916.

Although it had various shortcomings such as large blind spots in shooting, poor off-road capability, and high failure rate, this epoch-making weapon still brought a huge shock to the German army at the time.

Of course, because they were too bulky, some of them were inevitably captured by Germany in the subsequent wars. The things in front of us should be two of them.

这种菱形外貌的坦克同时配有两门75毫米的6磅火炮，两侧装配有三挺8毫米刘易斯机枪，虽然6公里/小时的移动速度可以称为龟速，但是其8米长的车身和28吨的战斗全重足以给面对没见过世面的士兵巨大的压迫感了。

"Damn it, how could the British let this thing fall into the hands of the Germans." Lieutenant Jason had been in the war longer and had finally seen this kind of big guy. He remained relatively calm, but Groot, who had been very brave before, showed deep fear in his eyes. He didn't understand how such a big thing could move.

Boom boom boom~~~
The two tanks started up slowly with black smoke coming out. The rumbling sound of the engines was heard and the tracks on both sides began to roll forward.

"Here it comes! Here it comes!" Camille pointed at the steel behemoth in front of her and shouted in horror. The others were not much better. Even the experienced Christine's legs began to tremble.

This is different from what I saw during the interview!

The only one who could still think was He Chi. He quickly recalled the literature he had read about the first generation of tanks.

"This thing has only been invented for less than two years, so it must have a lot of weaknesses. Think about it carefully, think about it carefully..."

"Slow action, high failure rate, 12mm armor can only withstand bullet attacks, so..."

Lieutenant Jason called another soldier and said, "Bring out the mortar and give it a taste!"

The 60mm mortar was now their only weapon that could threaten the enemy tanks.

But He Chi shook his head and said, "Although that thing is very slow, it is still moving. A 60mm shell can only damage it if it hits the top of the vehicle. It is too difficult to hit it with one shot."

"We have to give it a try. At worst we can just try a few more rounds." Lieutenant Jason had already set up the mortar.

The mortar was quickly set up behind a low wall. Lieutenant Jason and another soldier measured for a long time, took out a shell and put it into the barrel.

Boom! The mortar shell drew an arc and approached the two tanks.

boom! !

The shell landed 3 meters away from a tank, splashing up a cloud of gravel. If it was an advancing infantry column, this distance would have caused great damage to the enemy, but the two Mark IV tanks were not affected at all and continued to move forward.

"One more! Quick! One more!"

Another soldier hurriedly raised another shell and fired again, but still missed.

When they wanted to reload, the 75mm short gun on the front of one of the tanks slowly turned and aimed here.

"Run!" He Chi shouted, and several people quickly fled from the low wall.

boom! ! ! !

With a loud bang, the low wall disappeared without a trace, and the mortar was buried underneath. "It's over, it's completely over now." After losing their only "heavy" weapon, frustration spread among the men. Lieutenant Jason, who had seen the power of tanks, had completely given up.

"No one can defeat that thing, it's impossible." The Frenchman muttered to himself, and Margaret even started praying.

But He Chi had not given up hope. He was thinking hard, "No, even the main battle tanks of the 21st century are not invincible. It is not the first time that those Middle Eastern headscarf guys have fought tanks in slippers. There must be a way."

"Damn it, if I had known I would meet God today, I should have drunk all the whiskey yesterday! We can only wait for them to rush in and then fight hard." The second lieutenant cursed bitterly and picked up a submachine gun with one hand.

"Wait!" The lieutenant's words suddenly woke He Chi up. He grabbed the other's shoulder and asked, "What did you just say?!"

"I said we'll wait until they rush in and then fight hard."

"It's not this sentence, it's the previous sentence."

"Um, I think we should finish yesterday's whiskey..."

"It's him! Second Lieutenant, you are a genius!" He Chi shook the other's shoulder hard, making the Frenchman grimace in pain.

"Margaret, Camille, go over there and find some flour and sugar. Take as much as you can, and quickly!"

"Jason, there should be half a tank of gas in my previous motorcycle, bring it all over."

"Christine, tear the gauze into small, long strips, as many as possible."

He Chi immediately gave orders to everyone.

"He, are we going to make cake for our last meal?" Camille asked weakly while holding the flour.

"Cooking? Almost, but it's for the Germans across the street. I'll make a cocktail for them to try!" He Chi said something that no one could understand.

Although they didn't understand, He Chi's order was quickly executed. A bag of flour and a large bag of sugar were brought over. He Chi took out a bottle of whiskey and poured out some of the wine, then filled it with gasoline and sugar. He added a little bit of flour and shook it vigorously. Finally, he moistened the gauze with gasoline and tied it to the mouth of the bottle.

A simple Molotov cocktail, also known as a Molotov cocktail, was made.

The other people looked at each other. They didn’t know what He Chi was doing.
This is not surprising. The real Molotov cocktail was not invented by the Finnish militia until the Soviet-Finnish War 1918 years later. Even Christine, a reporter, had never seen it in . He Chi happened to have just learned the formula from the little witch Lola before entering the copy.

At this time, the tank that was rushing forward was less than 800 meters away from here, and the 8mm Lewis machine gun on the vehicle had aimed at this side and started firing.

"You wait here, I'll be back soon!" He Chi picked up four assembled glass bottles, bent down and rushed out through the cover. He kept shuttling through the ruins, and finally stopped in a blind spot of the tank's vision, lowered his head and waited for something.

The tanks were getting closer and closer.

500 meters!
300 meters!
100 meters!
50 meters! Now!

He Chi suddenly rushed out from the side of the tank, and two wine bottles with burning mouths flew out of his hands!

call! ! ! !

A huge fire broke out on the tank!

(End of this chapter)