Arc of Gunfire

The armored impact of the 40th Tank Army was completely different from the impact of the First Mobile Group Army.

The First Mobile Army was highly integrated and had a large number of half-tracks, so the infantry could keep up with the oncoming armor. The tank company of the First Mobile Group is also equipped with a mechanized infantry platoon, using the M3 Grant Lee tank as an infantry fighting vehicle.

The 40th Tank Army does not have these. Especially half-track vehicles, which Ant does not produce, and relies entirely on blood transfusions from the United States. The amount of blood transfusions is only so much, and no one except the First Mobile Group can get much.

As for Grant Lee tanks, the 40th Army did not even have one.

Therefore, the accompanying infantry of the 40th Tank Army can only be hung on tanks and become "armored cavalry".

This is actually very dangerous, because Proson is a veteran, and they know that the infantry must first intercept the accompanying infantry when attacking a tank. The infantry hanging on the tank will become the target of the machine gun.

The only bunker the infantry can rely on is the T34 turret, but the T34 of the 40th Tank Army is the "original version" with a small turret, so it cannot provide much cover at all.

Proson's machine gun swept over, and the first wave of casualties appeared immediately. The person who was shot fell straight out of the tank, and even pulled his companions down with him.

The original version of the T34 had poor vision. The commander, who was also a part-time gunner, could not see where the machine gun was during the bumps, so he just let Proson's remaining machine gun firepower harvest several rounds of infantry.

When the T34 finally found the firepower point and stopped to take aim, the experienced Prossen machine gunner had already moved his position - a wave of barrels were also changed during the position shifting process, so that no time was wasted in highlighting one.

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Sergeant Hooker, the Prosen machine gunner, advanced with the machine gun with the barrel replaced, and his deputy gunner followed behind with ammunition on his back.

There was a tripod on the second firing position. Sergeant Hook put down the machine gun and checked the tripod first, then cursed: "Damn artillery preparation, this tripod can't be used, the handwheel is stuck, and the range cannot be adjusted. We just set it up and fight." "

The deputy gunner was a new recruit and asked: "Is this okay? The scale on the machine gun itself is--"

"Don't worry about it. The enemy is right in front of you. Just rely on experience and tracer bullets to calibrate your fire." Sergeant Hook pushed away the tripod, placed the machine gun's bipod on the leaked sandbag, opened the pressure plate, and "installed it." bomb!"

The deputy gunner loaded the bullet chain, and as soon as he adjusted it, Sergeant Hook lowered the bullet pressing plate, pulled the bolt to load the gun, and started shooting.

Without the stability of a tripod, the machine gun shook violently.

The sergeant didn't adjust the scale at all, and relied purely on experience to hit a tank with the first shot.

Because it was too far away, the effect of the attack could not be seen at all. All that was known was that the anti-aircraft machine gun on the top of the tank immediately fired back in this direction.

The deputy shooter simply shrank his neck, but Sergeant Hook remained unmoved and continued to fire a long burst. The tank's anti-aircraft machine gun immediately misfired.

The sergeant continued to fire, and dutiful suppression accompanied the infantry.

The deputy gunner was a little worried: "Why didn't the anti-tank gun fire? It was all the sound of enemy tanks! Not a single tank stopped!"

The sergeant patted his helmet: "Stop talking nonsense and change the barrel!"

The deputy shooter quickly got up, followed the usual training steps to open the barrel latch, pulled out the hot barrel and threw it on the ground——

At this time, the sergeant said: "The anti-tank gun position is probably under the enemy's special attention. Do you know how many sentries were touched last night? I guess they have all been recruited."

Deputy shooter: "Huh?"

"Don't stop moving your hands, keep changing the barrel!"

The deputy shooter hurriedly completed the final steps and lay down again to hold up the ammunition chain.

The sergeant fired again.

Suddenly, an Ant tank stopped, and a plume of black smoke came out of the rear of the vehicle.

But it didn't appear that any anti-tank fire hit it.

The tank members all got out of the tank and rushed towards the Prosen position with Bobosha in hand.

The sergeant immediately turned his gun to greet them.

After a long burst of fire, at least three people were shot and fell.

At this moment, the deputy shooter suddenly saw an Ant tank that was already very close and stopped, and the turret began to rotate this way.

He yelled, "We've been spotted! Over there!"

"Let's go!" The sergeant picked up the machine gun and rushed into the traffic trench.

The deputy shooter hurriedly picked up the ammunition box and tried to follow the sergeant. At this time, a shell fell, and the impact was like a heavy punch hitting the deputy shooter's back, making him fall forward.

He felt like his head was buzzing and swollen to the point of exploding.

Everything around him seemed to have turned into chaos, and he was about to sink into the ocean of chaos.

Suddenly, the sergeant's voice appeared: "Are you okay?"

With the sound, everything around him became realistic again, and then the deputy shooter saw the sergeant's face and his extended hand.

"Get up, kid! You didn't even bleed, so you must be fine! Get up!"

The deputy took the sergeant's calloused hand.

The next moment, his body was dragged up by the sergeant.

"Let's go to the next position, the enemy will fire back up!"

The sergeant turned and ran away. The deputy shooter stumbled to follow. A few seconds later, there was a second explosion behind him.

The storm swept past the helmets, but the shock wave never reached the two people in the traffic trench.

Just after running a few steps, the sergeant's curse came from the front: "Fuck, the communication trench is about to be blown up by enemy artillery fire. We are about to get out of the communication trench. Follow me, lower your body, and run!"

After speaking, the sergeant rushed out of the traffic trench.

The deputy gunner then realized that the communication trench in front had been completely blocked by mud, and he had no choice but to go out.

He took a deep breath and jumped out of the communication trench.

The sergeant's back was in front, passing through the grass that was blown to the ground by the artillery fire.

The deputy gunner ran, not daring to look to the right - the roar of the ANT tank came from the right.

Suddenly, the sergeant in front lay down, and the deputy gunner also lay down hurriedly.

The next moment, the road wheels of the tank broke into the field of vision, and a T34 rushed past not far in front of the sergeant.

A figure wearing a Proson helmet suddenly stood up in the grass, and with a wave of his hand, a mallet-like thing fell parabola towards the tank -

It was a cluster grenade!

The grenade fell on the back of the tank and exploded immediately.

The tank stopped, and flames jumped from the engine cover.

The cover on the turret was opened, and the Ante tanker stretched out his submachine gun and fired a round at the surroundings before leaning out-

A Proson soldier rushed forward and stabbed the tanker's chest with the tactical knife in his hand.

The Ante man stared at the Proson soldier with wide eyes, and his body slowly slid into the tank.

The Proson soldier stood on the tank body and took out a grenade-

The machine gun fire came from the right side of the deputy gunner's field of vision. The Proson soldier fell backwards with the grenade that had not been pulled, and disappeared in the bushes.

He turned his head and saw another Ante tank using a coaxial machine gun to cover his companions.

At the same time, there were still infantrymen who had not been shot down on the backs of the two Ante tanks. Now these infantrymen were jumping off the car one by one, firing everywhere with submachine guns.

The Ante people may not have good tactical qualities, but they are really brave. Even the elite infantry of Proson can rarely beat the Ante people in hand-to-hand combat.

The assistant gunner yelled, "What should we do?"

The next moment, he saw the sergeant in front of him stand up, holding an MG34 machine gun, and firing at the Ants.