Chapter 408: Attack
"Phew!" Qin Chuan pulled the trigger.
The bullet swept past a few weeds in front of the muzzle, causing a ripple before flying into the chest of an American soldier who had just jumped out of a crater.
A bloody arrow rushed out, and due to inertia, he fell to the ground with a thud and never got up again.
The choice of this target was not for any reason, because he had a rifle in his hand, an M1 Garand rifle with a sniper scope...... Enemy snipers are always the top priority.
This shot brought the suspended battle back to a climax, and the German soldiers hiding in the hilltop position immediately fired their weapons in their hands, and bullets and shells rained down on the American troops:
The machine gun bullets brought up a bunch of mud on the ground and went straight for several American machine gunners, and with a scream, the three American machine gunners who were gathered in a pile fell to the ground screaming...... These U.S. machine gunners made the mistake that they should not mount their machine guns on a protruding mound, which would have given the machine guns a better range of fire (the machine guns could be mounted high enough to avoid their comrades in front of them), but at the same time they would have made themselves "stand out from the crowd" as obvious targets.
A few 50MM mortar shells smashed into the back of a rock, and in an instant, a bunch of American soldiers were blown into the sky.
These American soldiers made the mistake that they should not have thought that it was safe behind the stone, because although the bullet could not penetrate the stone, it was the favorite target of the mortar gunners, and sometimes the mortarsmen had even done a test shot to mark the elements behind the stones.
The right thing to do should be...... Find a place like everyone else, take out a sapper shovel and dig a pit to hide yourself.
A volley of grenades was thrown, and several American soldiers who rushed ahead were immediately blown up to a blur of flesh and blood.
The courage of this part of the American soldiers is commendable, and there are not many people in the American army who dare to charge, but it does not mean that they can do so...... The first 50 meters of the line is the red line of enemy grenades, and if there is no coordination of comrades or a group charge, the few people who rush into this area are basically looking for death, because they will be hit by almost all enemy equipment such as rifles, machine guns, submachine guns, grenades and even pistols.
Qin Chuan shot bullets to kill his opponent while observing the reaction of these American soldiers on the battlefield...... At this time, he was already a little numb to the enemies who fell under his hands, although they were also lives, although they also had no grudges against themselves, although they were still painful and desperate at the moment they fell, but in Qin Chuan's eyes, it was just one less threat, and at the same time, his sniper count had added another amount.
Judging from this battle, Qin Chuan can roughly estimate the level of combat effectiveness of the army in front of him.
Then Qin Chuan came to the conclusion that they were better than the British...... This was not only because of the more veterans of the British army, but also because the British rifles had a longer range.
And the American army in front of them, in the absence of artillery, tanks, and even ammunition is not very sufficient, they have no advantage at all.
Sure enough, after a while, there were only screams left in front of the position, and a few American soldiers could be faintly heard calling for reinforcements on walkie-talkies...... The surviving U.S. troops hid in their own individual bunkers and could not move, neither up nor down.
The right choice is to stay where they are and wait patiently, so that they can climb back the way they came when it gets dark, and no one can help them.
But the recruits obviously did not have the patience, and fear made them anxious to leave the place, so they tried to crawl back through the recess...... However, the Germans were on a high ground, and the firepower was carefully arranged, and there were basically no dead ends, so with a few "bang" gunshots, the American soldiers were killed on the ground one after another.
Then, the surviving American soldiers could not bear it any longer, and they jumped out of hiding places with a shout and ran for their lives, but this still did not help, and after a "bang" burst of gunshots, those American soldiers fell down one by one like targets.
"God!" It was only then that Major General Allen realized how stupid he was to use a company to occupy the high ground, and this company was completely annihilated by the enemy in just a few minutes.
"General!" The staff officer shouted: "What should we do? There are a lot of wounded on the high ground! ”
"What else can I do?!" Alan said angrily: "Shall we send another company up to die?" ”
Major General Allen really can't do anything about this, and in fact no one can do anything about this situation, because more troops up means more casualties.
However, at this moment, the shouts of the horns were heard from the German heights: "Come up and bring your wounded back, Yankees, as long as you don't have weapons, we won't shoot!" ”
Major General Allen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and the first thing that came to his mind was whether this would be a trap for the Germans.
"General!" Otto looked at Major General Allen.
After thinking about it, Major General Allen nodded and said, "Send the ambulance team up, without weapons!" ”
The Americans still had a bit of an adventurous spirit, and although they were so nervous that their feet were trembling, they still carried stretchers up one by one, and carried the wounded back and forth, and when they were done, they simply carried the corpses down.
"Why let them carry the wounded and corpses?" Kuhn couldn't help but ask.
There was no such mercy on the battlefields of North Africa, where they often used wounded enemies to lure them to their aid, and then killed them one by one in front of their positions.
"They're recruits!" Qin Chuan replied: "The tragic condition of those recruits and corpses will give them a warning!" ”
Sure enough, after that, the US military did not dare to attack again.
Major General Allen's report to Patton was: "The enemy has at least one regiment in front of us, they occupy dangerous terrain, and we need tanks, as well as reinforcements from artillery and aircraft, if we rush up like this...... That's tantamount to suicide! ”
These words of Allen annoyed Barton: "You know what? The 3rd Infantry Division was also blocked by the enemy, but they were still advancing, and by now they had taken two enemy lines, and so did the British! ”
"We are facing a different enemy!" Major General Allen said.
"Oh, really?" Patton replied, "And you only sent one company to attack, and then decided that you could not conquer this high ground?" ”
Major General Allen was speechless.
After thinking about it, Major General Allen replied: "I'll organize another attack in the evening, General!" ”
In fact, Major General Allen was right, the defensive line on both flanks was a planned retreat of the German army, and the 1st Infantry Division of the US Army in the middle was not allowed to take a step back.