Chapter 666

Among the ruins, a German gunner with his G43 semi-automatic rifle aimed at an American soldier who was bending over to hide under a low wall. Obviously, the other side didn't find that he had been aimed, and his action was still very light and slow.

"Bang! Bang Without hesitation, the bullet flew over a short distance and penetrated the chest of the other soldier. The German soldiers saw that the other side had been shot, and without any hesitation, they immediately crawled away without any sense of procrastination. Soon he was shot out of white smoke by American bullets in his position just now, as if he was venting the resentment of the other side.

An American M4 Sherman tank is advancing slowly. The American soldiers who originally followed the tank had long been separated by German snipers and mg42 machine guns. With the sound of gunfire and flying bullets, two German soldiers bent over to support their helmets, crossed the street from the rear of the tank and ran to the other side of the building.

And there, another simple position is being set up. A German machine gunner is taking the bullet chain from his neck and inserting it into the mg42 machine gun in front of him. Not far from him, a rifleman was loading the ammunition compartment of his G43 automatic rifle.

Two German soldiers crossing the street jumped into a smoking crater. A man picked up the walkie talkie inside and began to remind his comrades: "a new American tank is going to sector 6. There is no infantry cover. Over!" Around him, the soldiers who were in charge of covering him had swept down an American soldier with a gun with mp-44.

On the other side of the building, a second shooter had already put the rocket into the tail of the iron fist rocket launcher. Then he knocked on the helmet of the shooter who aimed at the target in front of him, and loudly reminded his comrades: "load up! It's time to fire

The shooter in front of him had caught his target with a sight and got the news of the completion of the loading. He pulled his trigger only two seconds later. The tail of the iron fist rocket launcher spewed out a wave of air, and a rocket spewed out from the rocket barrel, dragging a long tail flame and rushing to the tail of the American tank.

"Boom!" With a loud noise, the tail of the U.S. tank began to catch fire, and the smoke began to spray out violently. The originally slow tank gradually slowed down and finally became motionless.

The cabin door of the tank was lifted from inside. The captain of the American tank just showed his head when he was shot in the neck by a nearby German sniper. The driver who jumped out of the tank on the other side was screened by an mp-44 assault rifle lying in ambush before he ran a few steps. As for the loader, the gunner and the radio operator, the burning gasoline was left in the tank forever before they got out of the tank.

In Patton's front-line temporary command, his staff are reporting to him the losses on the front-line. It is obvious that the combat effectiveness of the German Paratroopers is stronger than estimated, and more than a little stronger. After five hours of hard fighting, Barton's troops not only failed to complete the plan of dividing and encircling the German army, but also failed to complete half of the original plan.

The independent armored brigade and the supplementary reinforcement paid a total of 1100 casualties to the infantry of this brigade, and they have not yet been able to seize a block from the German army. After all, the German Paratroopers are street fighting professionals who come all the way through the ruins and debris, while the American soldiers have been fighting in the desert, and they have not experienced such bloody street fighting up to now.

In their view, the German is a group of cunning mice, they squat in the rubble, for a small corner can fight with their Americans for a whole hour. Bullets came from all directions, making it impossible for people to avoid them. One by one, Americans were filled into these neighborhoods. As a result, one by one, they disappeared from the military statistics.

"We have lost 77 tanks. If we include more armored vehicles, we have fired 900 shells. We can't find more than two-story buildings here, but we still can't force the German army to give up resistance." The staff officer said dejectedly. He knows what kind of situation it is now. Once Rommel behind him has dealt with all kinds of troubles and caught up with them, everything will be over.

"How's the detour going? The 8th armored division attacked the city center from several directions at the same time. Is there no reason to be pushed back? " Barton was also shocked by the terrible toughness of the German Paratroopers. He had never seen such a tenacious army. Even in the ruins, even without any reinforcements, they still insisted on their position.

The staff knew that what they were fighting for now was who was more ruthless and not afraid of loss and sacrifice. He pointed to the map and said to Barton: "the 8th armored division is attacking here, here, here and here at the same time, but the battle is very sticky. I don't know if they can break through the German lines

Barton nodded, but he didn't go on talking. Just when he asked his staff about the progress of the battle, the American tanks encountered the most terrible scene when they began to attack. A advancing American tank was suddenly destroyed. Because of the occlusion of the line of sight, who could see where the attack came from.

The remaining U.S. tanks accelerated their attack on the German positions, covering the infantry and clearing the German troops in one trench after another. The battle went on to a white hot stage, and many positions even broke out a white-edged battle. The number of German losses also began to soar, and stutton received reports of more than 500 German losses. However, when American tanks found a German "tank" in front of them, this attack failed again. The terrified American soldiers threw away their armor and retreated to their starting position. The reports on the battlefield flew to Patton's headquarters like snow flakes. The contents were very similar, It's all said that Rommel's armored forces appeared in Damanhur“ This is bullshit! That's a small number of paratroopers in the German army! It's not Rommel's armor at all! Let these fools continue to attack! Taking Damanhur is victory After reading the report, Barton crumpled the telegraph paper in his hand. Although the attack started again after more than ten minutes under the artillery bombardment, the news that German armored vehicles appeared on the battlefield still hit the morale of the US * team, which was on the verge of collapse. Borol has moved his headquarters to the front of the 1st company's defense, less than 50 meters away from the most advanced trench. Only he, Donner and a walkie talkie liaison officer in the whole battalion have not joined in the battle. The rest of the troops, including cookers and medics, have begun to act as ordinary infantry and join in the increasingly brutal battle“ The U.S. Army is attacking With a shout, the battle began again. This time, there were not many American infantry, but there were 10 tanks. All of them had dignified expressions on their faces. It was obvious that this was a large-scale attack. We all had no idea whether we could stop this American attack“ Prepare to fight Borol took a look at the nervous Donner and picked up his rifle. At this time, the American tank had passed the first trench line in the front of the first company. The huge track ran over the bodies of several German defenders. Not far away, he could even feel a slight shaking“ Bang In the distance, a German sniper fired the first shot of the German Garrison's counterattack, and one of the other's soldiers fell down without even giving a scream. With this shot, more German positions opened fire, bringing down a small number of American soldiers to the ground. The U.S. tanks were not idle, and the course machine guns also spewed out flames. Soon some German soldiers were hit and fell into the foxhole. With the battle going on, the German defense position which was full of holes began to be full of holes. An American tank ran over borol. The huge track was less than one meter away from borol's helmet. But soon the Americans paid for their reckless advance. Two rockets flew out of the ruins on the side. One hit the track of an American tank and the other hit the side armor of another tank. The two American tanks soon stopped, and the crew in them jumped out and fled to the rear under the cover of other tanks“ Boom The U.S. tank driving in the front pressed an anti tank mine. The huge impact force made the nearby borol sway twice. The sand was lifted up and hit the people around like spray. The coaxial machine gun of the second U.S. tank opened fire. The bullet swept through the trench of borol and extended into the distance. A German machine gun position over there was instantly shot with a piece of white smoke. Looking at the situation in front of us, it was estimated that the machine gun could not be kept“ Boom The paratrooper chariot hidden in the corner finally opened fire. A 75mm armor piercing bullet directly penetrated the front armor of the M4 tank, just like a steel nail penetrated into the wall. The huge power made the American tank stop immediately, and the crew in it was estimated that they were all killed at the first time, because borol didn't see anyone escape. The appearance of paratroopers became the last straw to crush the US armored forces. This massive attack failed again. A complete M4 tank with broken tracks was left on the position, and another armor was punctured but not burnt and killed. In addition to the two tanks destroyed by the German infantry, the wreckage of four American tanks has been left here. If the wreckage left by the Americans earlier is included, there is almost one armored combat vehicle company - asking for a monthly ticket at the beginning of the month... Like professional habits