Chapter 42 Honor

The armor beneath the tank was the weakest part. Although the cluster grenade had a weak explosive force, it could still penetrate it, so the tank quickly stopped and black smoke rose. Of course, the German soldier who blew up the tank also disappeared.

A German soldier rushed towards the tank group with an anti-tank grenade. He was very agile. On the way, he sometimes hid in the crater and sometimes suddenly rushed out like a rabbit.

The British infantry soon noticed him, so rows of bullets quickly shot at him so that he couldn't raise his head.

But the German soldier knew how to deal with this situation. He calmly pulled out the grenade from his belt, lit it, threw it out, and then rushed up with the smoke produced by the grenade explosion.

However, he was still shot and fell down. A touch of bright red floated in the smoke and dust, and there was no reaction for a long time.

But just when everyone thought he had died, suddenly an anti-tank grenade flew into the air in a graceful arc, with its tail fins spread out, and flew towards a tank like a dandelion... "Boom", the tank immediately turned into a ball of fire.

Several German soldiers pushed the tank guns and hid on the flanks... This was their helplessness. The PAK36 anti-tank could not penetrate the front of the enemy tank, so they could only attack from the side.

Anti-tank guns can indeed do this, which can be seen from the shells fired by the anti-tank that made one tank after another unable to move.

But while it destroyed the target, it also exposed itself. The British tanks and infantry soon made the anti-tank guns the focus of attack... Dense bullets flew towards the anti-tank guns, hitting the shields and making a "clang clang" metal collision sound. What's more terrifying is that several tanks stopped and slowly adjusted the main guns to aim at the position of the anti-tank guns.

At this time, the anti-tank gunners should evacuate the gun positions, because they have done enough, and the rest is no longer under their control.

But they didn't do that. They stayed at their posts, aiming at a tank, firing, aiming at another tank, and firing...

Finally, after a few shots, the anti-tank gun flew up in the sound of the gunfire, and then fell to the ground and became a pile of scrap metal, and the gunner fell bloody in the nearby sand, motionless.

Qin Chuan was shocked by the scene in front of him, not only because of the cruelty of the war, but also because of the spirit shown by the German soldiers.

What made these soldiers fight the enemy without fear of sacrifice?

Defending the country?

Of course not, they are now on the land of Libya.

Resisting aggression?

Not at all, the German army is the one invading other countries.

But even so, the fighting will and courage shown by the German soldiers are still much stronger than those of other countries.

Qin Chuan felt vaguely that these soldiers were probably not for any benefit, they were just for the duty of a soldier or the glory of a soldier. Just like they couldn't tolerate Berg's betrayal before.

Thinking of this, Qin Chuan silently raised the rifle in his hand and pulled the trigger...

The battle soon entered a white-hot stage.

The British army had a clear advantage in equipment, but the German army cleverly used the terrain and the cover of smoke to approach the British tanks and blow them up one by one... Soon, the battlefield was full of the wreckage of British tanks. Some of them were abandoned by the British because their tracks were blown off, some were blown up by anti-tank grenades and burned with black smoke, and some were blown into pieces because of the secondary explosion, and the turrets and other parts were scattered all over the ground.

If the battle continues like this, the outcome is likely to be that the German army forces the British army to retreat with heavy casualties.

But the situation has changed...

When the enemy and us were fighting hard, a group of British fighters and bombers appeared in the sky.

It is well known that air power is very important in desert warfare because the troops have almost nowhere to hide in the desert, and everything on the ground, including tanks, will become targets of air power.

At this time, the German army had just entered North Africa, and their air force had not even arrived... This was one of the reasons why Hitler strongly opposed Rommel's attack on Egypt.

As a result, the balance of victory soon tilted towards the British army. British fighters and bombers swooped down from the sky and bombed indiscriminately... Their targets included German artillery and soldiers.

When firing shells, German artillery would emit a ball of flame and smoke, so it was not difficult to find it even if it was hiding in a building complex.

So the bomber immediately swooped down and dropped several aerial bombs.

When the German soldiers blocked the British army, they would form a line of defense. Although most of them were mixed with the sand, the British pilots could still judge the position of the line of defense from the light emitted from the muzzle.

So the fighters whizzed over the line of defense and fired rows of dense rain of bullets.

"Retreat!" At this time, Qin Chuan heard a long-lost order: "Retreat to the city!"

After the order, the German army was very conscious and retreated in companies and platoons to cover each other.

At this time, Qin Chuan found Alfredo hiding behind a broken wall. He was holding a pistol in his hand. Qin Chuan didn't see whether it was the one with bullets or the one without bullets. Qin Chuan only knew that Alfredo was scared and a little nervous. Because when Qin Chuan called him, he pointed the pistol at Qin Chuan like a conditioned reflex.

"We have to retreat, Alfredo!" Qin Chuan repeated his words loudly: "Retreat to the city!"

It took Alfredo a long while to react, and then he shouted in panic: "No, I won't go! I don't want to go on!"

"Ignore him, Sergeant!" Viper Kuhn shouted at Qin Chuan from a few meters away: "Just let him stay here, he will hurt us!"

Qin Chuan ignored Kuhn's order, he dragged Alfredo and ran into the city. Keller followed, dragging Alfredo's other side without saying a word, Werner followed the three of them with a submachine gun to cover, fighting and retreating, and finally retreated into the city before the British tanks drove up.

After running into the city, Qin Chuan threw Alfredo heavily to the ground, and then leaned against the wall and panted... Alfredo's weight was really choking, which might be related to the Italians' love of food.

But before Qin Chuan and others could catch their breath, the British tanks "rumbled" into the city.

Then there were bursts of "boom" from artillery fire, and tanks fired wildly at the buildings in the city, causing flying sand and rocks to appear everywhere. Some tanks even pushed straight towards the buildings... Then there was a dull sound of collapse, and the flimsy houses of the Libyan people were pushed down like toys, and tanks emerged from the collapsed ruins like steel monsters.