Arc of Gunfire

Finney Valley Bridge, 0200 hours.

The offensive from the south bank finally stopped.

The doctor trotted to Jonard's bunker again and whispered: "I can't see anything from the battalion building. I don't know what the situation of the Barras people on the other side is. I suggest turning on the searchlight."

Jonard was shocked: "Is there electricity here now?"

The doctor: "Of course there is, but we turned off all the lights. Turn on the searchlight, and you should be able to see the enemy's situation clearly the moment you turn on the light."

Jonard thought for a while and shook his head: "No, it's useless to see it. I don't know why these Barras soldiers who were "lacking the will to fight" in the MI6 report still attacked like this after suffering such casualties, and I don't want to know.

"If we turn on the lights and see that the opposite side is in good condition, it's hard to say whether we can maintain morale here. "

At this time, Lieutenant Keyes ran over and said to Jonard: "The anti-aircraft guns still have 25 shells left, and we can still repel a wave of attacks. We have killed at least 800 enemies. Every time the enemy charges, we have to kill a noble officer leading the team. It has happened seventeen times, seventeen times! If the enemy is a division, we have killed all the military officers above the regiment level!

"Is this the Barras army?"

"Yes." Jonard looked at the other side, "There is only one explanation, the other side is blood-thirsty, has lost reason, and doesn't know fear."

The doctor said in a detached tone: "It's the worst case for us. After the machine guns are fired, there are still grenades. What if the grenades are thrown?"

Jonard: "Collect the grenades on the enemy. I have asked Tommy and Jerry to collect them."

As soon as the voice fell, two Commanders ran back, each dragging a bag, and squatted in front of Jonard: "Boss, there are a lot of grenades, enough for us to throw for a while, but there is no automatic weapon. What's more outrageous is that these Ba Las, some of them only have five bullets in their weapons!"

Joanard: "No wonder no one shot at me when I was blocking the bridge alone just now."

Doctor: "It seems that the officers sold their equipment. It is very difficult for such an army to charge us. If they hadn't hit the head, they would have collapsed long ago. Now they want to avenge their brothers who died under our guns."

As soon as the voice fell, Komanda, who was monitoring the opposite side, shouted: "Enemy! The enemy is crossing the bridge!"

Joanard said to the two people who were searching for the body: "Quick! Take the grenade to the grenadier!"

"Okay!" The two crouched and rushed to the bunker where the grenadier was hiding.

At this time, the machine gun opened fire, but it was very restrained. Basically, it waited for each thin shell to explode and confirmed the damage before firing the second one.

However, the enemy was not completely weak. Jonard clearly heard the Baras people on the bridge shouting something, so he turned his head and asked the doctor: "What is he shouting?"

"'The enemy is out of ammunition and wants to avenge their dead brothers', which is the worst situation you said."

Joanard shook his head and shouted to the bombardier hiding on the other side of the bridge: "Get ready to throw grenades!"

"Ready!" The bombardier replied.

The machine gun firing stopped while he was talking, and Lieutenant Keyes' curse came from the direction of the gun position: "Why is there a problem at this time! Who brags that the Proson equipment is highly reliable?"

It seems that the last 25 thin-shell bullets were not fired smoothly.

The moment the machine gun stopped firing, the Baras people shouted and rushed along the bridge.

The bombardier took action, and the first grenade landed accurately at the front of the Baras team, and exploded accurately as it landed, immediately knocking down the Baras sergeant who led the charge, and also knocked down three or four people by the way.

The grenadier continued to throw the grenade. There should be someone responsible for helping him pull out the safety pin of the grenade.

There were regular explosions on the bridge. The enemy was blocked by the grenade fire from two people.

After the initial panic, the enemy stabilized their position and fired at the grenadier's bunker on the bridge.

After all, the distance of throwing grenades is not as good as that of grabbing, and the two sides were deadlocked.

Then, Barras came up with a new idea and rushed over here in groups of two.

Jonard cursed him as an idiot, raised the captured Lee Enfield, shot down one, and then skillfully pulled the bolt and pulled the trigger to shoot down another one.

However, there was not much ammunition for these Lee Enfields that were picked up. Jonard had to change one after firing five shots. After the Barras people gave away more than a hundred heads in this way, Jonard had no bullets!

At the same time, the Barras people on the bridge also used up their bullets, and the whole scene suddenly became quiet!

Then the enemy sent another two-man team, this time two big and strong men, who looked very good at fighting.

Jonard pulled out his machete, which had seven or eight notches, and stood at the bridgehead.

Doctor: "Damn, is it the 20th century now? Why don't I think it's like that?"

Jonard: "In a hurry on the battlefield, let alone knives, teeth and nails are also weapons."

On the Barras side, before the two men arrived, two more men were sent. They were stuck in the power range of a grenade, advancing in groups of two.

Jonard used the machete to make a knife flower in front of him, and then switched from his left hand to his right hand, with a "come on" look.

It was 0215 on the morning of the 30th, and there were still 15 minutes before the reinforcement time promised by Rokossov.

However, Jonard believed that it would be fast if the reinforcement arrived before four o'clock, after all, the actions of the United Kingdom Army had never been on time.

He was ready to defend his position with cold weapons.

However, the enemy came in groups of two, which made it easier for him. It was not difficult to fight two enemies.

Just as Jonard thought of this, Lieutenant Keyes stood beside Jonard with a bayonet-mounted Lee Enfield, staring at the enemy with a firm gaze.

After posing a desperate battle, Lieutenant Keyes whispered: "I still have eight bullets in my pistol, what do you say?"

Jonard: "Stay steady first, the enemy doesn't look like they have received much hand-to-hand combat training."

While talking, Martin also stood on the other side of Jonard with an engineer shovel, constantly patting his palm with the engineer shovel.

The two Balas strong men walking in the front were stunned, stopped temporarily, and looked back, which meant waiting for the group behind to come up to form a three-person team.

At this time, a line of tracer bullets flew from a long distance and landed around the three people. One of them was immediately hit by a bullet. The bullet hit his shoulder, but it came out from the lower back and hit the bridge.

As the first man fell, the other two were also hit. They knelt on the bridge, staring at the direction from which the bullets came.

The rain of tracer bullets moved along the bridge, knocking down the Barras soldiers who were far away one by one!

"Reinforcements are coming!" the doctor shouted.

Jonard: "They arrived early?"

He lay down directly to prevent accidental injuries from his own firepower, and turned his head at the same time.

The tracer bullets were like a giant child's urine, flying over the heads of the crowd in a parabola.

At the same time, the roar of the engine came from the road.

There was also the click of the gearbox, it was a tank!

The next moment, the figure of the tank appeared, and the behemoth rushed to the bridge head at a speed of at least 40 kilometers per hour, and the dust behind it was almost as high as three stories!

A shooter stood on the hood of the tank engine, operating the machine gun on the turret and firing continuously.

The machine gunner was actually blonde! Judging from her figure, she was still a girl!

Jonard could not see other details clearly, but he knew that there were many people sitting on the tank, and a red flag was flying on the tank's radio antenna!

It was that red flag!

Jonard had seen that red flag in the Times, it was Rokossov's symbol!

Jonard squinted his eyes and looked closely at the figure next to the gunner who was firing. Yes, it was the figure who stuck his head out of the turret to observe.

In the fire of the machine gun, he seemed to vaguely see the red collar badge of the figure. If I remember correctly, it was the red collar badge that only General Ant had!

Did Rokossov really come to save us in person?

At this time, the man on the turret shouted, the tank fired, and the shell flew over Jonard's head and landed on the south bank.

The explosion illuminated the entire south bank.

The second tank also fired, and the south bank lit up again.

At this time, the machine gun on the roof of the leading tank had obviously run out of bullets. The gunner shouted while changing the bullets: "Don't lie on the road! General Rokossov has decided to rush across the bridge directly! Get up!"

Joanard got up quickly, dragged the slow Martin, and ran to the side with Lieutenant Keyes, hiding behind the sandbag breastwork.

The tank drove to the bridge head, and Jonard clearly saw the tactical number 422 on the car - the tactical number of Rokossov's special car! He really came to rescue in person!

At this time, the tank stopped, and the infantrymen sitting on the car jumped down one after another - the infantrymen were all dressed in black clothes with large lapels, and the stripes of the sailor shirts were visible on the collar.

The infantrymen immediately fired at the enemy troops still on the bridge, suppressing the Balas people with the fierce firepower of the PPSh.

At the same time, the person on the tank turret lowered his head and asked something in Ant language.

The machine gunner translated: "The general asked you, is everything okay?"

Joanard: "It's okay! Tell the general that you came just in time!"

After the blond machine gunner finished translating, the general nodded, saluted Jonard, and then slashed his saluting hand downwards, shouting in Ant language: "Forward!"

Joanard actually understood!

The tank roared and moved forward with an invincible force, and the tracks crushed the steel helmets of the Baras people in front of it.

Among the corpses, the wounded Baras people immediately stopped pretending to be dead, climbed up and tried to escape to the other side, but the tank's body machine gun opened fire, leaving three or four blood marks on him.

The coaxial machine gun of the tank gun also opened fire, sweeping to the opposite side.

The blond machine gunner also finished loading bullets and resumed firing.

The No. 422 tank was like a mountain, spewing three tongues of fire while rolling over to the bridge.

Faced with this invincible monster that could not be stopped by human power, the morale of the Baras people finally collapsed.