Chapter 103 Playing CQB in World War II
Gu Ji said the information he just saw on the military badge.
"29th Armored Division...are you coming from Mount Rutana?"
The middle-aged soldier had short brown hair, a beard, and wore a wrinkled and dusty military uniform. Although he looked carefree, he was actually a serious sergeant.
In the equipment system of the Hans Army, only officers above the deputy squad leader are eligible to be equipped with MP40 submachine guns.
Before Gu Ji could answer, the young soldier on the side said:
"Sir, now the Foggy Eagle coalition is like a crazy woman who has eaten gunpowder, and the Roman army is on guard against us. The battle has been disrupted a long time ago. I even saw people from the 1st Airborne Division when they retreated from the East Coast Highway just now! "
The young soldier wore a gray-green Type 40 steel helmet on his head, and his facial features looked very childish. He was probably around seventeen or eighteen years old. His face was filled with excitement, as if he had not yet recovered from the excitement of killing the enemy just now.
Gu Ji lowered his head and glanced at the enemy corpses.
He is indeed from the Eagle Country.
In other words, he is currently on the Western Front battlefield.
The Eastern and Western Front battlefields during World War II were divided by Hans. To put it simply, the Eastern Front battlefield was east of Berlin, mainly against the Soviet Union, while the Western Front refers to the fight against France and the Foggy Eagle Allied Forces.
As the saying goes, "There is no war on the Western Front, but there are real men on the Eastern Front."
The brutality of the Eastern Front theater can be described as "purgatory on earth". The average survival time of soldiers is generally 24 hours, and 400 people die every hour. The largest tank battle in human history broke out on the Eastern Front. .
Under that kind of overwhelming artillery attack, no matter what CQC or CQB you have, you can't survive for half a second.
On the Western Front battlefield, the battle with the Foggy Eagle Alliance was already at an advanced stage.
Volcanoes, coastal roads, Roman armies.
The combination of these three labels gradually reminded Gu Ji of an important Allied counterattack on the Western Front: the Battle of the South-South Outer Islands!
This war took place in July 1943. It was one of the largest landing operations in World War II. The final result was that the Allies defeated the Axis, the Hans Army was forced to retreat in failure, and the Roman state withdrew from World War II.
For Gu Ji.
This piece of information is particularly important.
First, he can judge the shape of the current battlefield based on it;
Second, lock down the type of cause of the checkpoint accident disaster.
That's right.
He saw from the military badge that "Hermann's" hometown was Ludwigshafen.
In the "Emergency Response to Accidents and Disasters" that Gu Ji had studied before, there were some important disaster cases in history, including the explosion at the Hans BASF factory.
The plant has had many accidents in its history.
The most famous of these was the Auborg explosion in September 1921, which killed 500 people and injured about 2,000 people. The strong shock wave even recorded vibrations with the Munich seismograph 300 kilometers away.
Ludwigshafen is the location of BASF's factory headquarters.
If he remembered correctly, a relatively serious explosion also occurred at the Ludwigshafen production base in July 1948.
But now it is 1943, a time difference of five years.
Just as Gu Ji was thinking about it carefully, the middle-aged soldier suddenly spoke.
"Where is the commander of your unit now?"
He didn't speak.
Following his line of sight, the middle-aged soldier saw the ruins and shell craters outside the alley entrance, and understood everything in his heart.
"My name is Leer, and I am a tank gunner in the 15th Armored Division. This is Eugen, my loader. You can follow us for the time being."
"Yes, sir!"
Gu Ji immediately stood up and saluted, pretending to be respectful.
He is from the police academy. Although his movements are not standard, his momentum is not inferior to that of a soldier.
Leer nodded with satisfaction, then said with a serious expression.
"Unfortunately, our tank was bombed by Eagle Army rocket launchers. The commander and driver were both dead. The radio operator was also shot dead by the enemy just now. We have to find a way to make peace with the large army. Herman, you have Any good ideas?"
Even though the tank gunner is a commander, he is only responsible for attacking. How to act depends on the orders of the tank commander, the tank commander.
So Leer's mind is actually blank right now.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been chased and beaten by the Eagle Army soldiers just now.
"Sir, my suggestion is to march northwest. As Eugen said, the Foggy Eagle coalition attacked from the east coastline. We should temporarily avoid the main enemy force."
Now that the battlefield situation has been determined, it is impossible for Gu Ji to go against the trend.
At present, the Hans army and the Roman army could not hold out for much longer. If he continued to charge forward, he would die.
What's more, the stated goal of the game is for him to go to Ludwigshafen instead of fighting with the Allies.
"Okay, just do as you say."
It seemed that because Gu Ji's command just now turned out well, Leer didn't have any objection.
Gu Ji immediately squatted down and picked up the submachine gun next to the Eagle Army's body.
The M1 submachine gun is the famous "Chicago Typewriter", which is a simplified version of the Thompson submachine gun series. It removes the classic round drum and uses a 30-round straight magazine, which reduces the rate of fire but also reduces the weight.
It is a very good close fire weapon.
Seeing him skillfully inspecting the barrel of the gun and groping for the magazine on the body of the Eagle Army, Eugen couldn't help but ask:
"You want to pick up the Eagle Army's weapons?"
"What, you want to use it?"
"How could I take something from the Shameless Eagle Army? The rifle produced by Hans Will is the best weapon in the world!"
Eugen immediately raised his Mauser rifle, held his head high, and was very proud.
Gu Ji couldn't help but type the word "6" in his heart.
In his eyes, it would be useless if he had better firepower. In close combat, bolt-action rifles are not on the same level as fully automatic weapons.
Leer didn't say anything when he saw this scene. Instead, he looked at Eugen happily.
In the process of "licking the bag", through the half-broken glass on the wall, Gu Ji finally saw "himself", a tall, fair-skinned white man with sunken cheeks, a hooked nose, and deep and hollow facial features, somewhat like Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders.
But he knew very well that this kind of look was the numbness that comes from being used to seeing war.
"Sir, let's go!"
Soon, Gu Ji hung the two magazines he found on his body and held an M1 submachine gun.
As for the Mauser 98K rifle, he did not throw it away, but carried it on his back.
Leer nodded and asked Eugen to follow him, while he served as the tail of the team.
Gu Ji didn't have a map of the outer islands of Nannan in his mind, but he still relied on the knowledge of SERE survival training and judged the general direction from the sun in the sky, which was mostly obscured by gunpowder smoke.
Because the outer islands of Nannan are islands and mountainous terrain.
The farther you go into the island, the higher the terrain becomes. A large number of Italian-style white buildings and bluestone brick roads are built along the slopes, making it look like a domestic mountain city.
Make your way through the white ruins to the main road.
The artillery fire and gunfire became more intense, and as far as the eye could see, the brick road rolled over by heavy tanks was littered with corpses, including Hans Army, Roman Army, Fog Eagle Alliance Army, and even civilians.
Most of them were blown to pieces by machine gun and tank fire, and their deaths were extremely miserable. Blood and green brains seeped into the ground, dyeing the brown land colorfully.
In the face of heavy firepower, no matter how powerful an individual soldier is, he is nothing more than a thin wisp of paper.
When several disheveled Italian civilians saw Gu Ji and others, they hurriedly hid in the cracks of the ruins. In the darkness, only a pair of clear and innocent eyes emerged to look at them secretly.
Gu Ji has experienced all kinds of blood since the first level of Ryder Airport, but this is the first time he has witnessed the cruelty of a large battlefield with his own eyes.
"Rumble..."
Just as the three of them were marching against the wall.
Suddenly, there was a violent vibration at the intersection square ahead.
Gu Ji quickly reached back and hid at the edge of the wall full of bullet holes.
"It's an Eagle Sherman tank!"
Behind him, Eugen gritted his teeth.
Sherman is the nickname of the Eagle Country M4 medium tank. It was one of the most produced tanks in World War II. It is equipped with a 75mm gun. It has reliable performance, light weight, strong power, and high maneuverability in field terrain.
But in the blink of an eye, his eyes suddenly widened.
One, two, three...
Three Sherman tanks surrounded them in batches from the north and east of the intersection, accompanied by more than twenty Eagles, and their target was the Hans Army tanks heading west.
It was a Tiger heavy tank.
The Tiger tank weighs 56 tons, which is almost the same as two Sherman tanks, including armor and artillery power, and it also crushes the latter.
But don't forget, the enemy has three Shermans.
With the coordinated combat between tanks and infantry, it is enough to chase and fight this "Tiger King of World War II". Coupled with its speed being dragged down by its own weight, it cannot run away, and failure is only a matter of time.
"Sir, we should go up and help!"
Eugen said urgently.
But Leer didn't answer. The three of them couldn't even take down the twenty-odd Eagle Army, let alone the tank. The bullets hitting the armor were just tickling the opponent.
But as a commander, he couldn't order an escape.
Just when he was extremely entangled, Gu Ji picked up the telescope, observed the situation of the street heading north, and interjected.
"Sir, can you drive a tank?"
"of course."
Although Leer is a gunner, he has been in tanks all year round, so even a fool has learned it by ear, "Why do you ask this?"
"I found an abandoned Tiger tank just behind the northbound road."
Gu Ji put down the telescope in his hand and pointed forward.
Leer was slightly startled when he heard this.
He hurriedly picked up the binoculars and saw a Tiger tank lying on the roadside. "The tracks are intact and the turret is not seriously damaged. It should still be able to drive!"
The more he talked, the more excited he became, but as his eyes gradually narrowed.
The Eagle Army's Sherman tanks stood in front of them.
Eugen couldn't help but ask.
"But the tanks are behind the Eagle Army, how can we get past them?"
"Of course I bypassed it."
Gu Ji pointed to the location on the east side, "Currently, all the attention of the east and north Eagle Army is focused on the west side. We can take the opportunity to pass through the east side building and go around from behind them to the north side."
"What if we are discovered by the enemy and come back to attack us? Why not go west and join our troops?"
Leer expressed his worries.
This is the difference between the thinking of ordinary soldiers in World War II and special operations. They were always used to fighting frontal battlefields and rarely carried out side and rear attacks.
It's actually quite normal.
The concept of special operations had just emerged during World War II, and operational concepts such as decapitation operations were not very popular at that time.
"The enemy's main target is our Tiger tanks. If they merge from the front, they will only let the enemy fire and kill us. If they go around from the side, they won't have time to spend too much energy to deal with us."
"Even if the worst happens and there are tanks chasing us, it can be considered as sharing the pressure for our Tigers. In a one-on-two situation, maybe the situation of the battle will be reversed. If we defeat the Eagle Army, it will have the same effect. of!"
"aweason!"
Eugen excitedly grasped the Mauser rifle in his hand, "Sir, you are right, Brother Hermann, you have really rich combat experience."
"Time is running out, so hurry up and make sure to report more on the situation on the way. I will also give you instructions."
Seeing that the enemy tanks had gathered in the center of the intersection, Gu Ji picked up the M1 submachine gun in his hand and rushed out.
He helped Ler and Eugen not just because of his status as Hans Army.
More importantly, this intersection has been strangled by the Eagle Army. If he wants to continue escaping to the northwest, he can only take the west side of the Hans Army.
Even so, they will inevitably be bombarded by the Eagle Army.
Unless they just abandon Hans' army and run away.
But if you do this on the battlefield, you may be shot by your colleagues as a "traitor" before you even turn around and take a step!
boom--!
At this moment, the tank artillery battle between the two sides had begun. The Eagle Army's artillery shells grazed the target and hit the west wall, instantly blasting a large hole.
The Tiger Type of Hans Army was not to be outdone. A shell hit the white flower bed fountain in the center of the intersection, blowing up half of the flower bed stone wall to pieces. White stones flew into the sky like hail.
"Quick, keep up and march close to the wall!"
Gu Ji took the opportunity to cross the main road and quickly walked through the ruins of the bombed building. "Pay attention to the Eagle Army soldiers on the right!"
He shouted, immediately waking up Eugen who was following behind him.
Seeing someone looking over, he hurriedly shouted:
"Herman, we've been discovered!"
boom!
As soon as he finished speaking, a rifle bullet hit the ground where Gu Ji was advancing.
Without saying anything, Gu Ji raised his gun and swept over.
Suddenly, a dense burst of fire instantly killed a soldier behind the tank.
"Next time there is a situation, please report more accurately. How many targets are there and where they are!"
"Yes Yes!"
Eugen didn't expect Gu Ji's marksmanship to be so good, so he didn't react for a while.
Seeing this, Leer turned around and fired twice.
"On the rear left, behind the tank, two Eagle soldiers are chasing us!"
"Don't be wary, lure them away from the army!"
Gu Ji glanced at an alley with his peripheral vision, stopped suddenly, and fired while firing, reminding: "Pay attention to the alley behind me and retreat from there!"
"Kill the target on the left!"
While speaking, he once again killed one person with an M1 submachine gun.
Eugen looked on completely dumbfounded.
He didn't understand why this soldier, who was a few years older than him, reacted so quickly. He could observe the surrounding environment while running, and his marksmanship was surprisingly good. He could kill the enemy as soon as he walked by.
"There's Hans' army behind us!"
"Hurry up! There's Hans' army!"
…
Seeing his companion being killed, the remaining Eagle Army soldier immediately stopped chasing and hid behind the black street light pole nearby.
"The enemy is requesting support. Pay attention to reloading and prepare to retreat!"
Gu Ji shouted as he removed the magazine and stuffed it into his belt pocket, then took out a new magazine and replaced it.
Only then did the two of them realize that a lot of ammunition had been fired just now, and they hurriedly changed them together.
"Let's go! Follow us, No. 2! Sir, guard the rear!"
Click, after pulling the bolt and loading the gun, Gu Ji glanced sideways at the position of the Eagle Army soldiers, and took advantage of the window of enemy firepower to rush towards the alley on the opposite side of the road.
Seeing him directly exposed in front of the Eagle Army tank troops.
Eugen's adrenaline surged, he let out an "ouch" and plucked up the courage to follow.
Leer is a veteran after all. Although he is a little nervous, his movements are calm.
He did not forget to obey Gu Ji's instructions and turned around to scan the Eagle Army that was about to support him.
In fact, all the main forces of the Eagle Army were attracted by the Tiger tanks on the west side, and very few of them could actually come to support them.
In this way, all three people entered the alley without any danger.
"The left and right windows are safe! Pay attention to the pursuers from behind!"
Gu Ji's pupils had already narrowed into a thin slit at this moment, like a leopard in hunting mode. The muzzle of his gun quickly swept past the window, and then continued to run forward.
Arrive at the corner.
"Same old, three, two, one!"
Since the pronunciation of numbers in Chinese is not similar to that of Xiawen, no special changes are needed. After shouting the last word, Gu Ji suddenly arched his back and squatted down. Eugen behind him immediately followed, stood up straight, and pointed his gun into the distance. .
"Safety!"
Leer, who was at the end of the team, suddenly spoke.
"Herman, there's something moving behind!"
"Scatter against the wall and prepare to engage the enemy!"
Gu Ji immediately stopped walking, turned around and pressed against the wall from the left, moving little by little to the edge of the corner with crab steps.
Leer and Eugen were against the right wall.
"Fire!"
The next moment, when a figure appeared in his sight, Gu Ji roared loudly, but before he shouted, he had already pulled the trigger of the M1 submachine gun in his hand.
Da da da……
Da da!
Facing the fire from two submachine guns, the three pursuing Eagles were knocked to the ground before they could even fire a shot.
Gu Ji raised his gun and fired two bursts, killing two of them as a habit.
"Walk!"
Even teammates Eugen and Leer couldn't react to such a crisp and clear order.
Finally, we took a detour from the alley to the main road on the north side.
Gu Ji secretly peeked his head out. The artillery fire was fierce in front of him. About 50 meters away from him, there was a Sherman tank and eight Eagle Army soldiers. As for the abandoned Hans Army Tiger tank, it was in front of him on the right. About ten meters.
That is to say.
He had to sneak up to a position of only 40 meters with the enemy on his back, and struggle to get into the tank.
This was difficult to accomplish, but all the way down, Ler and Eugen had already blindly believed in Gu Ji's ability.
"Shall we go there now?"
"Wait a minute."
Gu Ji picked up the binoculars and carefully observed the buildings on both sides of the main road. Although they were only five floors, they had many windows, making it difficult to find them.
That's right.
He found that not one of the eight Eagle Infantrymen in this tank turned around to be alert. Even if they didn't understand CQB in World War II, they wouldn't have lost the most basic vigilance of a soldier.
Moreover, there is a corpse of a commander at the turret mouth of an abandoned Tiger tank. Judging from the fallen position of the body, it is very likely that he was shot to death from above.
"Found it, the third machine gunner room on the 5th floor on the right."
Gu Ji finally found the Eagle Army machine gunner hiding at the window based on the direction of the body.
Eugen's jaw almost dropped with shock.
What was even more surprising was that Gu Ji opened the safety of the M1 submachine gun, let go and hung it on his chest. With a flick of his right shoulder, the Mauser 98K slipped from his arm.
"As soon as the gun fires, the Eagle Army will definitely be alert, so as soon as I fire, you two must immediately run to the tank to set up the gun for me, do you understand?"
"clear."
Leer tightened the MP40 in his hand.
Gu Ji flipped the safety of the Mauser rifle to the left, put the butt of the rifle on his shoulder, and with his right eye looked through the "V"-shaped notched rear sight and the barley-shaped front sight, and fell to the target in the dim window.
Although it is a machine sight, the straight-line distance is not very far, about 55 meters.
Coupled with the high accuracy of bolt-action rifles.
He is still very confident.
"call……"
Taking a deep breath, Gu Ji gently pressed the trigger. Now that the firing pin was ready to fire, he pressed harder.
boom--!
The gunshot rang out, and a bloody arrow shot out of the window instantly.
Ler and Eugen rushed out of the alley almost at the same time, running with all their might towards the Tiger.
"There's gunfire from behind!"
"Enemy attack!"
An Eagle Army soldier roared, and when he saw the two people running wildly on the road, he was about to pick up his gun, and bang, a bullet came.
It's Gu Ji.
Eugen also heard the gunshots from his companions to support him. Under the dual blessing of danger and emotion, he went crazy and screamed desperately: "Ahhhhhh!!"
Finally ran to the Tiger tank.
Leer hid in the back corner of the tank, raised the MP40 in his hand, and fired at the Eagle Army.
The two soldiers immediately retreated, hoping to use the tank as a cover.
But they seemed to have forgotten that there was another Hans Army armored team on the west side of the intersection, in front of them. One of them was unable to dodge, and a bloody hole was opened in his back.
The submachine gun has long been firmly attracted to Leer.
Gu Ji quickly seized the opportunity and ran towards his teammates.
He can't do anything at this time. For the unobstructed road, a second's pause is an opportunity for the enemy to take aim. You can only trust your teammates.
"call out!"
Finally, a bullet grazed the helmet on Gu Ji's head. He could even clearly hear the sharp sound of the bullet's spiraling airflow, as if someone had placed a flying monkey above his head.
Eugen fired and shouted over his shoulder.
"Quick! Brother Herman! Quick!"
"I'll cover you, get in the tank!"
Gu Ji rolled over and rushed to Eugen's side. He picked up the M1 submachine gun from his chest and took over the firepower to shoot at the Eagle Army.
Eugen now simply regards his words as ancestral precepts.
Without saying a word, he stepped on the tracks of the tank and climbed into the fort.
"ah!"
"ah!!"
Two sudden screams startled Gu Ji. Is there anyone else in the tank?
The Eagle Army wouldn't be so sinister, right?
Will you still play this trick?
But the next second, he realized that he was thinking too much. As the fort rotated, someone fired the machine gun and fired a large number of bullets, almost crushing the Eagles who used semi-automatic weapons.
The soldiers were like straw, being swept into a sieve by the MG34 machine gun.
"Sir Leer, hurry in, the tanks on the other side are going to turn around and attack us!"
When Gu Ji saw the Sherman tank in front of him turning around, he hurriedly stepped on the tracks and got into the fort.
It smells like sweat, urine, and engine oil.
Mixed with strong blood, it hits your nose.
In the narrow turret, Eugen was operating a machine gun, and beside him there was a young Hans Army soldier. He was thin, with thin skin and tender flesh. He looked frail and frail. He was holding a rifle and huddled in the corner. .
Gu Ji quickly pointed the gun at him.
"Who are you?"
"Don't kill me! I'm not a deserter!"
The frail soldier was so frightened that he almost cried.
"My name is Apu, and I am the radio operator of Tank No. 6 of the 15th Armored Division."
"Step aside."
At this time, Leer also got in from the mouth of the turret and entered the cockpit from the turret shaft. "The other side is already turning the turret. Eugen, prepare to load and fight!"
Back in the tank, Leer felt like he had returned to his hometown.
His tone of voice was obviously confident and much more relaxed.
"Sir, I'm loading, who will control the fort?"
"Herman, can you control the turret?"
"I only know how to use a machine gun."
Gu Ji does have a special driving proficiency mark, but there is no extra slot to install it, so his ability is limited to the little ship control that remains in his memory.
"Eugen, you control the turret, Apu, you are responsible for loading the ammunition, and I will use the machine gun!"
"me……"
"What am I, Hans Will Soldier, I've totally embarrassed you!"
Eugen roared angrily, decisively gave up his machine gun seat, and sat in the turret control position.
Forced to do nothing, Apu had no choice but to go to the magazine and pick up a cannonball as thick as an adult's arm.
The Tiger tank's main gun has a caliber of 88mm, and the shells are very heavy.
"Oh oh oh, be careful—!"
The moment Apu just picked up the cannonball, Leer's exclamation came from the cab.
The next moment, boom——!
With the sound of a cannon, the entire tank was instantly shaken backwards. The loud sound echoing in the cabin was as if a big bell had been struck hard by someone inside, and the buzzing was so harsh!
The cannonball in Apu's hand accidentally fell on the iron plate.
"Quick-loading shells counterattack!"
Leer shouted while controlling the tank body to move slowly, trying to avoid the enemy's second attack.
Fortunately, the thickness of the frontal armor of the Tiger tank is as high as 102 mm, and the armor of the mantlet directly in front of the turret is 135150 mm thick. It uses the best nickel alloy steel armor. Such thick armor can withstand most of the enemies at normal combat distances. Shells, especially those coming from the front.
Gu Ji shook his head, quickly sat at the machine gun position of the fort, holding a thick gun target, and scanned the two Eagle soldiers next to the Sherman tank wildly.
Through the window, the enemy Sherman tanks were moving sideways quickly, seeming to want to bombard their armor from the side.
"It's coming again!"
he reminded loudly.
Apu, who finally regained his composure, hurriedly picked up the ammunition on the ground and loaded it into the gun barrel.
"The shells are loaded!"
"marvelous!"
Eugen, who was sitting next to Gu Ji, was full of excitement. While turning the turret to take aim, he said crazily: "Next, let this group of shameless Eagle Army see what it means to be the Tiger King of the Empire of Hans' Will! Ah!"
boom--!
boom--!