Chapter IV Anti-aircraft guns

THIS EQUIPMENT WAS THE 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN, WHICH ROMMEL INADVERTENTLY USED TO FIGHT TANKS IN THE AFRICAN THEATER, SO IT BECAME A KIND OF LEGEND.

It's just that Qin Chuan believes that Rommel still has time to use it at this time, otherwise the German army would not be so passive.

IT DIDN'T TAKE MUCH EFFORT FOR QIN CHUAN TO FIND THE 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN...... It's a big 2.4-meter-tall guy that isn't difficult to find at all.

Without saying a word, Qin Chuan went straight to the anti-aircraft artillery and shouted to the German artillery guarding the side: "Why don't we use it!" ”

"What?" The artilleryman looked at Qin Chuan with some confusion: "But it's used for air defense!" ”

Hearing this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but feel helpless, the German army's answer turned out to be the same as the legendary British army's statement...... There is a story about the 88 anti-aircraft gun: a British captain wanted to see what kind of artillery the Germans used to destroy the "Matilda" tank after being captured, so the Germans brought him to the 88 anti-aircraft gun. Seeing this, the British captain couldn't help but say angrily: "This is so unfair, how can you use airplane artillery to hit tanks?" ”

"Whatever it's used for!" Qin Chuan shouted: "The enemy's tanks are coming up, don't fire a few more shells...... It will never have a chance to fire again! ”

The German artilleryman was stunned when he heard this, and then nodded and replied: "That's right, we should try!" ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand to a few artillerymen around him, and several people turned the 88 anti-aircraft gun and set it up, and then loaded the shells to adjust the Zhu Yuan, and it was ready in a few minutes.

"Release", the anti-aircraft gun let out an angry roar, and a British tank was instantly blown into a ball of fireball, and the gunners couldn't help but let out a burst of cheers.

At the same time, they did not stop, because the British tanks were only 700 meters away from them.

The artillerymen were apparently well-trained, and they skillfully loaded, aimed, and then "boomed" again, destroying a tank again without incident.

One after the other, six tanks were destroyed in the blink of an eye, and only three shells missed.

One of the reasons why the gunners were so accurate was that the Matilda tank had a maximum speed of only 24 kilometers per hour.

At this time, the British tanks were aiming at the infantry behind them on the one hand, and on the other hand, so the speed was maintained at about 7 kilometers per hour.

This speed is similar to that of an adult on foot, and in order to provide cover for the infantry behind them, they cannot change their course and attitude at will, which makes it easy for German gunners to grasp its trajectory and aim.

Immediately afterwards the artillerymen destroyed two more tanks, and the British panicked.

In fact, the British army still had a chance to win, more than 40 tanks, more than 30 after more than 10 were destroyed.

If they continued to advance in spite of artillery fire, they would soon be able to rush into the German group, and the German 88 anti-aircraft guns would hardly be of any use at that time.

But the will to fight of the British forces determined that they could not be desperate.

The British infantry were the first to retreat, and I don't know if anyone gave the order, but the infantry suddenly dropped their tanks and retreated back into the hills like a tide.

As soon as the tank units saw that the infantry had retreated, and of course they could not attack alone, they also turned around and fled.

It's just that the tank attack is easy to escape, but it is very difficult, because a U-turn means that the weak rear armor will be exposed to the enemy, and the German artillery seized this opportunity to bombard the rear again, and bombarded more than a dozen tanks into the sky, and some tanks and even the entire turret were lifted and fell to the ground.

"Well done!" Rommel, who was watching the battle from heaven, couldn't help but exclaim excitedly: "Fight beautifully, they really surprised me, this is our heroic Germanic soldiers, aren't they?" ”

The sky gradually darkened, and the troops hurriedly packed up the battlefield and camped on the spot, and Qin Chuan finally ushered in a chance to rest.

Dinner was a loaf of bread and a small piece of sausage.

Although he was hungry, Qin Chuan couldn't eat anything, especially that sausage, when he saw that little red or smelled a little meat, he would always think of the bloody scene on the battlefield and the painful eyes of his comrades before they died.

"Drag the oil bottle!" Da Xiong finished eating the food in a few bites, he drank a few sips of water, and shouted at Qin Chuan: "Get me a pack of cigarettes!" ”

Qin Chuan didn't think much about it, got up and walked in the direction of the supply box, but was quickly stopped by the baker.

"Why don't you take it yourself? Grose! The baker said.

"Uh......" Da Xiong was a little stunned, this kind of thing had always been done by Qin Chuan before, and no one including the baker had ever objected.

"I want to ......" Seeing that the crowd was silent, the baker continued, "You may not know what Frick did today!" ”

"What did he do?" Big Bear said, "Did you pee your pants?" ”

The German soldiers couldn't help but heckle:

"I saw him run away!"

"Yes, he fled the battlefield!"

……

"No!" The baker interrupted the crowd: "He did not run away, in fact, he saved our lives, one could even say the lives of all of us!" ”

"This ...... No way! Big Bear looked incredulous.

The baker raised his head towards Qin Chuan: "Flick, let's talk about it, where did you go after you left the battlefield?" ”

"I'm not going anywhere!" Qin Chuan said: "I just let them set up anti-aircraft guns and shoot!" ”

The scene was silent for a moment.

The baker nodded at Qin Chuan, motioned for Qin Chuan to sit down, and then said to the others, "Now, you know why we won today!" So, I want you to be respectful of Frick, you know? ”

"Yes, Sergeant!" The soldiers replied one after another.

"Well done!" A soldier handed Qin Chuan a kettle and said, "Sorry, we don't know this!" ”

"No, it's okay!" Qin Chuan was a little ashamed, because they were not wrong, Qin Chuan was indeed running away at that time instead of commanding the anti-aircraft artillery battle.

"Hey, I said......" Big Bear held up the kettle and said, "To our class's 'Drag Oil Bottle', he has become a big hero!" ”

"To the 'Drag Oil Bottle'!" The crowd raised the kettle and took a few sips of it as wine.

"So......" Big Bear continued, "since 'Drag Oil Bottle' is already a hero, shouldn't we call him 'Drag Oil Bottle'?" ”

"I say......" another soldier suggested, "how about calling it 'anti-aircraft guns'?" ”

"That's a good name!" Big Bear nodded and smiled, and then raised the kettle again: "Salute the 'anti-aircraft gun'!" ”

"To the 'anti-aircraft guns'!"

……

Qin Chuan almost squirted out of his mouth when he heard this nickname, but the Germans ...... They certainly don't know what the nickname means.

"Good job!" The baker patted Qin Chuan's shoulder and said, "From today onwards, they will treat you as their own!" ”

The battlefield is a realistic place, and it only respects the strong.

Qin Chuan didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing, because he wasn't sure if he would be able to maintain the status of this powerhouse.