Chapter 69 Cruise

Another advantage of the "Valentin" tank is that it has a shorter body than the "Matilda" tank. The short body means that the area to be bombed is small. In addition, it is dark at this time, so the anti-tank It was difficult for the gunner to aim and accurately shoot its hull.

"Retreat!" Looking at the approaching tanks, Bazel could only give the order to retreat.

Of course, during the retreat, the German soldiers neatly laid mines on the road to block enemy tanks.

Ten minutes later the soldiers retreated to the second line of defense, or it could also be said to be the last line of defense, because...

"We have no way out!" Bazel said nervously: "There is a warehouse behind us. If we retreat any further, we will hand over the warehouse to them!"

After a pause, Bazel ordered the baker: "Otto, go and prepare to blow up the warehouse..."

"But Captain!" The baker was reluctant.

"Go quickly!" Bazel ordered.

"Yes!" the baker responded.

"Captain!" Qin Chuan interrupted: "Maybe we don't need to blow up the warehouse, we can blow up the entrance to the warehouse, so that the British can't capture the warehouse or blow them up for the time being!"

The warehouse is an underground warehouse. The entrance is a slope from the underground to the ground. If the entrance is blown up, a large amount of sand and concrete will block the warehouse entrance.

"But so what?" Bazel replied: "They will eventually take the warehouse back!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Chuan knew that even Bazel thought they were dead.

But Qin Chuan was unwilling.

However, Qin Chuan felt angry again: So what if he doesn't give in? Dozens of British tanks and armored vehicles were advancing towards the German army, and the German army had almost no equipment to fight them.

If nothing else goes wrong, the tanks temporarily blocked by the mines will drive over in ten minutes and run them all under their tracks, or beat them to pieces with machine guns.

Qin Chuan couldn't help but flash in his mind the scene of a tank running over a human body, bringing up a piece of flesh and blood and rags, and the track running over the bones, making a crisp sound like dry wood breaking... This made Qin Chuan feel that his bones were itching.

There was an explosion in the darkness ahead. Needless to say, it was the British army using grenades to clear the road of mines for tanks... Theoretically, tanks can roll over infantry mines, but in actual combat, few people take such risks. The reason is that tank tracks are relatively fragile. They may fall off or break due to long-distance marches. If they are hit by landmines again... it means that they are likely to withdraw from the battlefield.

Then the sound of tracks and explosions came from the left and right wings. It was obvious that the British army was divided into three parts and surrounded the German army.

Werner smiled bitterly and said: "They are going to drive us into the sea!"

"That's better than dying of thirst in the desert!" Bowen replied.

Qin Chuan couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, and then said: "Why were we driven into the sea?"

Werner looked at Qin Chuan doubtfully: "Otherwise, where else can we go?"

"Cruise ship!" Qin Chuan said, "We can defend on the cruise ship!"

Hearing this, the soldiers couldn't help but be stunned.

"Well done, Frick!" Bazel was the first to react. He praised Qin Chuan and then immediately issued a series of orders:

"Cancel the order to blow up the warehouse and change it to blowing up the entrance!"

This order was given to the baker. Before, he thought there was no hope of keeping it, so he decided to blow up the warehouse. Now that he had hope...of course he chose to blow up the entrance. After all, who would give up easily if there was hope of survival?

"Keep laying mine!"

This order was to stall enemy tanks and buy time for troop transfers.

"Get the crew on board!"

The crew of the cruise ship are being held in a private house near the warehouse, which comes in handy now.

"All personnel evacuate to the cruise ship and prepare for battle!"

The soldiers certainly knew the meaning of this order. It was not only "withdraw" but also "prepare for battle."

That means the soldiers must carry enough ammunition to the cruise ship.

At this time, Qin Chuan felt a little regretful... He had so much free time while guarding the warehouse, why didn't he know how to carry ammunition to the cruise ship?

But then again, at that time we didn’t even know that the enemy would attack the port.

But this didn't seem to be a problem, because the German army had already prepared ammunition. Several cars filled with ammunition parked outside the warehouse early in the morning to prepare for supplies. The soldiers drove the cars to the cruise ship, and then one by one they were like Carrying ammunition back and forth on the cruise ship like a superman... This may be the potential that explodes before the threat of death. The soldiers know very well that their survival depends on these ammunition.

While the ammunition was being transported, the warehouse entrances were blown up one after another, and then the crew was rushed onto the cruise ship and quickly put into position.

Ammunition is still being moved, and no one knows how much will be enough. The soldiers can only move as many boxes as possible, and then another box...

Until a "Valentin" tank rumbled at the other end of the pier, and then a "boom" blew up a car... Fortunately, it was a car that had been emptied of ammunition, otherwise it would not have happened. Knowing how much damage it would cause, it even caused a chain explosion.

But even so, the car was overturned completely by the impact of the shell, and flames broke out on its back.

The baker at the end quickly untied the rope and jumped on board. Bazelle shouted: "Let's sail!"

With a long whistle, the cruise ship slowly moved.

Major William, the captain of the British commando team, who appeared from behind the tank, was stunned by the scene: "Damn it! Cruise ship?"

"Let them escape!" The deputy captain interrupted angrily: "These cowards!"

But the situation soon exceeded the deputy captain's expectations. A large number of bullets suddenly poured out from the cruise ship, forcing Major William and others to hide behind the tanks again.

"Fire!" Major William shouted at the tanks: "Sink it!"

Several tanks adjusted their muzzles and fired at the cruise ship.

But this obviously did not work, because the tank had a limited elevation angle, and the muzzle could only be aimed at the middle of the cruise ship's hull when it was raised to the highest position, and could not pose a threat to the German troops hiding in the upper part.

On the other hand, the cruise ship's hull was huge, and the shells hitting above the waterline would basically have no effect on the cruise ship... So if you want to realize Major William's order to "sink it", it's just a fool's dream.

At this time, a burst of gunfire was heard from the cruise ship... The Germans fought back. They moved the mortars onto the cruise ship and set them up on the top floor, which was undoubtedly a perfect mortar position.

The shells whistled and hit the British soldiers behind the tanks, causing them to scream.