Arc of Gunfire

Chapter 365: Never Give Up (Silver Extra 10/10)

Yegorov saw the square new tanks moving forward through the telescope.

"Tsk," he said in amazement, "The enemy's tank commander made the wrong decision. Although I am an infantry officer, I know he must be wrong."

The bishop who accompanied him also held a telescope beside him: "Maybe they saw where the vortex is?"

"How is it possible? It's so far away, and the smoke from the vortex is so big that even if you can see it, it will be blocked." Yegorov shook his head, "I roughly understand what he thinks. He thinks only his tanks can fight against the vortex, so he ordered to move forward."

After that, Yegorov turned to the Prosen tank group that was maneuvering to the flank and said, "That choice is the right one. Leave the vortex's firepower area and go around it. The vortex has no turrets and is not very effective against this kind of tactics."

The bishop: "And we have moved the anti-tank artillery group to the side."

Yegorov smiled: "Yes, that's it. We still have 30 T34W as a mobile force. I feel we can win."

At this time, the enemy's new tank opened fire.

Yegorov was shocked: "Did they really see the location of the vortex? We don't know the exact location of the vortex without the map!"

The next moment, the shells fell in front of the vortex position, exploded into a ball of white cotton, and quickly blocked the view.

Yegorov slapped his thigh: "I forgot they had this thing!"

The next moment, other enemy tanks also opened fire, and smoke bombs quickly covered the front of the vortex position.

Yegorov pursed his lips, thought for a few seconds, and then ordered: "Let the vortex move and retreat to the second preset position."

The military bishop: "The second position is used to meet the enemy leaving the city."

"The second position is on the high ground, and it can snipe a wave of enemies. It's good to retreat after being covered by smoke. Also, contact the 225th Division, the enemy tanks are coming to us, and ask them to attack from the rear."

The radioman immediately began to relay the order, and Yegorov continued to observe the enemy.

He discovered something: "The grass on the enemy's assault road is relatively high, maybe we can do something about it. Let the accompanying infantry of the Guards Tank Battalion get off the vehicle and hide in the grass behind the smoke."

Bishop: "Facing the steel behemoth with the flesh and blood requires great courage from the soldiers!"

"Don't worry, our soldiers lack cultural knowledge, but they do have courage." Yegorov said.

A few minutes later, the accompanying infantry of the tank battalion in the telescope got off the vehicle and dispersed into the green tent.

Yegorov also saw that some infantry wanted to drive the Willys Jeep into the grass, but the wheels were immediately entangled by the green grass - the grass was too high, only tracked vehicles could enter, and it was estimated that even the half-track M3 would not be easy to drive in this kind of grass.

But this kind of grass can hide infantry.

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Plossen's army.

Captain John was satisfied to see that the smoke bomb completely blocked the field of view of the enemy assault gun.

The cooperation of the No. 4 long-tube unit made the coverage of the smoke unprecedentedly expanded.

Captain John: "No matter how powerful the attack is, it's useless if it can't hit! Go full throttle and charge!"

At this time, his car had passed the No. 203 car, which was used as a calibration target. Captain John shouted to the commander of the No. 203 car: "Let's go! Attack together! Let's see the performance of the new assault gun of the Ant Army!"

The exhaust pipe behind the No. 203 car spewed thick smoke and caught up with No. 201.

All the new tanks that could still move advanced towards the enemy assault gun position. Captain John also reminded on the radio: "The assault gun's firing range is not good. We must maneuver as much as possible to force the enemy to turn the car body to aim at us!"

In fact, aiming an assault gun is far from as simple as in those games in later generations, mainly because the operator of the assault gun does not have the third-person perspective in the game, and only has the little information seen from the very narrow observation hole.

Even if the assault gun has a commander's tower and the commander has a better field of view, there is still a delay in his conveying the order to the driver.

So the assault gun is only suitable for occupying positions for long-range sniping. Once it enters a close combat within 500 meters, the disadvantage will be very large.

The Plosson Army was equipped with a large number of Type 3 assault guns and had rich experience in using them, so they were of course very clear about this.

No. 201 rushed into the smoke curtain wall they had laid out, and John ordered: "Load the smoke bombs, and immediately fire a new row of smoke after the smoke comes out. The enemy will definitely move their positions. Although we don't know where the enemy's new position is, it's always right to fire the smoke first!"

Everyone responded in unison: "Understood!"

No. 201 rushed out of the smoke first.

"Fire, quickly!"

The gunner fired, and the shells fell about 300 meters ahead, exploding a ball of white.

At the same time, the enemy's shells whizzed in and flew less than one meter from the side of No. 201!

Immediately afterwards, the enemy's artillery sounded - the shells were obviously much faster than the sound!

Captain John looked in the direction of the artillery sound, and only saw the smoke when the enemy fired, and couldn't see where the assault gun was at all.

But it was enough to know the enemy's approximate position.

"Turn the turret 35 degrees left! The enemy is on the hillside! Reload the smoke bomb!"

While giving the order, John turned on the radio so that all tanks could hear it and turn the turret in advance.

The enemy volley is coming!

It is obvious that the enemy who fired first had good skills and fast aiming, but unfortunately he fired too hastily - or it may be that he lacked experience in shooting at moving targets.

Now there is an angle of 35 degrees between the direction of travel of No. 201 and the enemy's shooting line. This is a moving target for the enemy!

John watched at least ten shells flying towards him from the turret.

Soon enough, his tank suddenly turned sharply to the right, and all the shells that had been fired missed the target, whizzing past the tall grass in front of the vehicle.

John laughed: "Well done Kyle (the driver)! Fooled them all!"

"It's not me!" Kyle yelled, "Our road wheels are screwed! It's slipping!"

No. 203 broke out of the smoke and fired as soon as the smoke came out - its gunner deliberately fired a little lower, so the shells landed between the enemy position and John Company.

Smoke immediately obscured the shot.

There were still shells coming through the smoke. Car No. 203 was hit in the front, slowed down and stopped right next to Car No. 201.

The commander of 203 turned around and looked at Captain John.

The next moment, the shell aimed at the No. 201 car came through the smoke - the enemy obviously adjusted the aiming point based on the last seen position.

No. 203's car company was hit by seven or eight shells, and fire erupted from the commander's hatch, turning the commander of No. 203 into a burning torch.

The scream almost tore John's eardrums.

The next moment, the 203's hull ammunition exploded, and all the openings in the turret were opened. The commander's body also flew into the sky, spinning in the air, and finally landed in front of car No. 201.

No. 203 turned directly into a fire.

John witnessed the whole process, but in his mind was still the last look back at the commander of 203.

Not a muscle twitched, so he didn't have any expression, he just looked at John.

At this moment, John knew that as long as he lived, he would never forget this face.

It will appear in all of his nightmares until he dies.

"Commander!" the gunner shouted, "Command us!"

John turned off the radio: "Turn the turret 50 degrees to the right, target Ant's T34, and destroy the enemy freely!"

Gunner: "I'm familiar with this!"

At this time, more No. 6 tanks rushed out of the smoke. Because of the 203 shot just now, these tanks were not sniped by the enemy.

John clocked in on the radio again: "I can't move forward. The deputy company commander will take over the command. The enemy is 35 degrees to the left of us, on the hillside."

Deputy Company Commander: "Understood. Each vehicle fires smoke grenades to the left to ensure cover and advance toward the enemy in a spiral!"

The remaining four new tanks just passed through the No. 201 vehicle.

At the same time, No. 201's main gun fired at the T34 group, immediately turning one T34 into a ball of fire.

Then the enemy also releases smoke!

John was shocked: "The Anters actually know where we fire from? Can they accurately block our vision?"

Gunner: "This is Rokossov's unit, the most elite unit in Ant's army. It is said that the exchange ratio between them and our armored units is very amazing. Each vehicle crew destroyed more than ten of our tanks."

John was speechless.

Pilot Kyle: "What's next?"

John: "Check how bad the condition of the road wheels is and whether there is any possibility of field repair."

"yes."

The driver immediately took off his headphones, climbed out of the tank, and landed on the side of the tank to check.

He immediately reported: "It's hopeless, four road wheels are broken."

As soon as he finished speaking, a big man named Ant suddenly jumped out of the grass and cut the driver's throat with a knife from behind.

John was shocked and looked down to find the MP40 issued to each tank. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw another Ant climb onto the tank from the other side——

He immediately shrank his head, closed the hatch of the tank, and locked it.

"Lock the hatch! The enemy infantry is right next to us!"

Then he desperately discovered that there was light shining in from the driver's seat. It was obvious that the driver had not closed the hatch when he got out.

The next moment, a grenade was thrown in.

The electromechanical man swooped down and landed on the grenade.

Then Ant's damn grenade was so powerful that it blew up the entire electromechanical crew, and the fragments flew against the bottom of the tank.

Most of the fragments were blocked by the bottom plate of the turret basket, but some rebounded fragments hit the gunner's feet, and he screamed.

John was done thinking.

Soon enough, the sound of Prossen machine gun came from outside the tank.

A large number of bullets hit the tank armor, making a crackling sound.

John and the loader looked at each other in confusion, while the gunner took out sulfa powder from the medical bag and sprinkled it on the wound, grinning.

John picked up the submachine gun assigned to the vehicle crew, carefully opened the hatch, and stuck his head out, only to see a half-track driving out of the smoke, with six Prosin soldiers scattered beside it.

"There are enemies in the grass!" John shouted.

The machine gunner on the half-track vehicle immediately started shooting at the grass. The bullets broke many grass stems and green juice flew everywhere.

Then, the front wheel of the half-track vehicle was caught in the grass and came to a stop.

The driver yelled: "Damn! The grass is too high! No way, the half-track vehicle can't move forward!"

A corporal climbed onto the tank and said to John: "Retreat, we don't know how many Ants are in the grass. Let's retreat, at least to a place where the grass is shorter!"

John originally wanted to say, "We can wait until the smoke clears and continue fighting," but the next moment he remembered the face of the No. 203 commander.

"Okay." He looked down at the car, "Can you leave?"

Gunner: "No problem, just a minor injury."

John nodded: "Okay, the combat mission of the No. 201 crew is over, abandon the car! The current mission is to try to get back!"