Chapter 713： Behind the attack

When the explosion sounded from behind, the crew members of the Panther 3 tank were taken aback. What happened?

Then, a puff of black smoke came in from behind. Needless to say, you can know that it was a sneak attack from behind!

Needless to say, the captain pushed open the top turret lid and took out a fire extinguisher. At this time, smoke and dust was already rolling behind.

In later generations, tanks have a complete fire suppression and explosion suppression system. If there is a spark, the fire suppression system will work immediately. But now, it is far from meeting this requirement and it can only be a spare fire extinguisher.

The only advantage is that the current tanks use diesel oil, which is not easy to burn. If it is gasoline, it will be troublesome.

After all, even if there is armor on the back of the tank, it must have heat dissipation shutters. Otherwise, if the engine is sealed inside, it will definitely overheat. And the current Panther 3 has been improved specifically for the desert. The area of ​​the heat dissipation window It’s bigger, if you throw a Molotov cocktail, it’s easy to ignite the rear.

There is no time to wait, he must act fast!

After pushing it away, the fire extinguisher in his hand sprayed out white foam, covering the back. It seemed that it did not look like a Molotov cocktail. This flame was extinguished within two seconds.

"Da da da." Almost at the same time, behind, the sound of a machine gun suddenly sounded!

Longhurst had returned to his machine gun. He quickly picked up his machine gun and fired at the tank here!

Fire! The dense bullets fired at the tank commander. In an instant, there were a few holes in his body, and he fell weakly on the turret. He did not close his eyes to death, but looked here.

The fire extinguisher was dropped aside.

Not only was Langhurst alone. Just now, a dozen brave soldiers threw their sticky bombs at the German tanks and successfully hit three tanks, but they were all slightly injured. , No tank was destroyed, even if it could not walk!

Their actions aroused the anger of the German soldiers.

Behind one's side, a small unit appeared. This small unit was actually firing at them with light weapons, and even caused the death of one of their captains!

It was too late to turn around. Just after discovering that there was an enemy behind him, Karl Maus shouted on the radio: "Reverse, push back, and the turret turned!"

The hydraulically driven turret turned quickly and pointed to the back. At the same time, the tanker stopped advancing and put in reverse gear.

Inside the tank, a famous tank soldier, filled with outrage, dared to carry out a sneak attack behind him!

"Boom!" The tank whose captain has just died has opened fire! Just after discovering that the captain was killed in battle, the gunner steered the turret, and the loader quickly loaded a grenade. The loader was well-trained, and within five seconds, they opened fire!

While the tank on this side opened fire, Longhurst carried his machine gun and moved quickly towards the bunker beside him.

You know, this is not a light machine gun with a bipod, but a heavy machine gun with a tripod! With a weight of 42 kg, it is difficult for ordinary people to move quickly!

Almost after hiding in the bunker next to him, a violent explosion echoed right beside him. There was already a big hole in the machine gun position just now. The German reaction was really fast!

Longhurst shouted loudly: "Platoon leader, take someone to retreat, I will cover!"

If the sticky bombs could blow up even a tank, they would not give up the attack. But now, they don’t have any weapons to take advantage of them. Even the sneak attack did not destroy the opponent, and normal confrontation is even more impossible !

We can only retreat, but someone must stay!

Langhurst's meaning is obvious. He uses his machine gun to attract the attention of the Germans, so that the rest can escape calmly!

However, platoon leader Pedro did not intend to escape, can he escape?

The weeds here are less than half a meter high and are sparsely sparse. They can stay in the natural bunker here, and they can hold on for a while. If they run out, they will reach the open ground and they are definitely the live targets of tanks.

Since I had already planned to fight, it would be impossible to go back alive! Such a war is the real soldier!

"Attract the German tank firepower, we grenades!" Pedro shouted.

Sticky bullets are not good, and Molotov cocktails have not had time to do it. After all, their combat target is the Italians. They deal with ordinary Italian soldiers. As long as the Vickers machine gun on this side fires, the opponent will fall down, or even surrender.

But now, the Germans are here, so don’t be afraid, the Germans must pay the price!

Pedro yelled, putting the grenades he was carrying together, and then tied them up, and Langhurst knew it, and continued to carry his machine gun, and stepped back a few meters, looking at the opponent’s tank, it looked like It was like he was retreating.

"Da da da da da." Langhurst ran backwards, turned his head and opened fire with a machine gun, attracting the attention of the German tanks. Sure enough, the German tanks were fooled!

They stopped using tank guns. Because of the angle, their tank guns were powerless. They could only use the tank's machine gun to shoot at Longhurst.

Longhurst turned back and shot as he ran, the tank here was chasing backwards.

"Boom!" Just then, under the car body, an explosion of the same scale came.

Hearing this sound, the driver knew it was bad in an instant! He pulled the lever on one side and stepped on the accelerator!

This requires outstanding judgment and keen operation!

The explosion happened on the right side! Then there was a clattering noise, indicating that the track on the right had been blown off! The driver pushes the lever on the left side to the end, so that the driving wheel on the right side will stop rotating, and the left side will rotate at full power!

From the outside, that is the body of the tank is rotating unilaterally!

After the Tiger tank, the German tank will have the center steering capability, using the outstanding hydraulic torque converter to achieve the function, and now, the Panther 3 tank can only be turned unilaterally.

This is enough!

An Australian soldier, just now, crawled forward holding a bundle of grenades.

His own machine gun has already attracted the opponent's firepower, so he successfully came to the side of the opponent's tank. Since the tank was advancing backwards, no one noticed him!

Throw the grenade into the path of the opponent's track, pull the rope, and when the track is crushed, it just explodes!

He was so happy that he blew up the track and the other party couldn't move! But then, his joy became terrible.

The opponent's car turned over!

He squatted two steps quickly, but it was still useless. The track of the tank just rolled over!

He uses both hands and feet, and the opponent can only rotate unilaterally, so the scope of action is limited!

Just as he crawled forward quickly, he felt a severe pain in one of his legs!

That intact track was crushed on his leg, and in an instant, half of his thigh became muddy!