Volume 2 The Second Battle Chapter 32: Battle of Hill 299 (VI)
The reason why I didn't shoot just now was because the distance between the flamethrowers was too far. From this point of view, the Americans are very smart. Even if I hit one of them, there is no way to cause a chain explosion of those gasoline tanks, which would alert them and make them prepared.
What's more important, of course, is "save yourself", which I have just adopted as my motto. Even if I hit a gasoline tank with this shot, my target will be exposed soon. Thinking about the machine guns and cannons on the tanks shooting at me, I won't do such a stupid thing as killing a few enemies and losing my own life!
So if you want to do it, you have to be more aggressive and make those tanks as well!
Hehe... If Hu Zi knew what I was planning, he would definitely glare at me with his tiger eyes: "Are you stupid? Using a rifle to fight a tank!"
If it was before, maybe there really was no way, but now...
Suddenly, an American soldier jumped out from behind the tank. I pulled the trigger without thinking. With a gunshot, the American soldier in my crosshairs was shot in the leg and fell to his knees. The jet shooter who was following behind him couldn't stop and was tripped by the American soldier. The gasoline tank on his back was completely exposed to my gun at that moment!
"Bang!" Another gunshot rang out, and a huge fireball exploded between the tanks. The flames even extended to the tanks next to them. The surrounding American soldiers, including the machine gunners on the tanks who were firing at the positions of the Volunteer Army, were all turned into firemen in an instant. They waved their hands and screamed and called for help between the tanks with their last bit of strength...
As soon as the other jet team ran out of the tank, they were shocked by this earth-shaking scene and stopped involuntarily, which gave me the time and opportunity to snipe them.
Perhaps because they had just run out, this team of American soldiers were standing very close to each other, and even from my high vantage point I couldn't see the army green gasoline tanks.
But I subconsciously moved my right hand slightly, adjusted the position of the rifle and aimed at one of the American soldiers, and then "bang!" With a shot, blood splattered. The bullet accurately passed through the American soldier's neck, and then miraculously hit the gasoline tank that he was blocking behind him. A ball of fire rose between the tanks again...
The only remaining jet team saw that the situation was not good, and retreated hurriedly behind the tank before I had a chance to deal with them.
At this time, something even more exciting happened to the volunteers. First, the "Sherman" tank was affected by the fire, and the engine was quickly ignited. Even amid the sound of gunfire, I could clearly hear a muffled sound, and then a big fire broke out at the rear of the "Sherman" with black smoke coming out.
Although the Sherman tank has superior performance, it has a fatal weakness: the engine is prone to fire and explosion. Because of this shortcoming, the "Sherman" tank is honored to be nicknamed "Ronson Lighter" by Americans. Because the most classic advertising slogan of "Ronson Lighter" is "It will light up as soon as you hit it, and it will light up every time you hit it!"
The reason why the engine of the "Sherman" tank was so easily ignited was entirely because it used a gasoline engine. Gasoline is volatile, and as long as the flame is close to the volatile gas, it will lead the fire to the source... Of course, the "Chaffee" tank, which also uses a gasoline engine, is no exception. Not long after, the two "Chaffee" tanks parked next to it also exploded...
The tank driver climbed out of the cabin in panic with flames on his face, but was soon killed by the volunteer soldiers' guns. The soldiers, who had suffered from the bullying of the Americans who hid in the tanks and fired guns and cannons, had long hated them, so they would not miss the opportunity for revenge.
Three of the four tanks had been destroyed, and the remaining one suddenly realized that it was no longer an impenetrable and unexplosive wall of steel. In shock, it started to move and ran away, exposing all the American troops hiding behind it.
" Sorry!"
I looked at the jet operator's astonished face, said sorry, gently pulled the trigger, and then watched his face engulfed by flames. I watched several American soldiers around him fall into the sea of fire. I could even see the pain and fear on their faces in the last moment before they disappeared in the flames.
This time the gasoline tank exploded almost right next to the rear of the tank. The flames not only ignited the tank's engine, but also poured into the tank through its open hatch. A series of muffled noises immediately came from inside the tank, and all the shells and bullets inside exploded in the tank's belly.
"Bang, bang..." There were several more gunshots, and I fired all the remaining four bullets in the magazine in one go. The four American soldiers who were screaming in the flames fell down. I really couldn't bear to see such a tragic scene, even though they were enemies.
In just a few minutes, the four tanks, including the flamethrower team, were all engulfed in flames. The U.S. troops instantly lost the fire cover of the tanks behind them. A considerable number of U.S. troops were stunned by the scene behind them, and they all looked back and forgot to shoot.
"Kill!" While the American troops were still in shock, the volunteers shouted, and rushed down the mountain with their bayonets raised without even throwing grenades.
The American troops, who seemed well-trained at first, collapsed in an instant, grabbing their weapons and running down the mountain with their wounded.
This is also the combat characteristic of the US military. When the situation is favorable, they can fight step by step according to their rules, relying on the modern weapons in their hands, just like in their usual training. However, once they lose their fire support or the situation is unfavorable, they flee even more embarrassedly than the puppet army.
Just like now, even if we deduct the casualties in the battle, they still have about 300 people, and the firepower they have is much stronger than that of the volunteers, but they are chased all over the mountains by more than 100 volunteers.
In fact, if they could organize effective resistance at that time, they could use the modern weapons in their hands to shoot and kill the more than 100 volunteer soldiers on the way to the charge.
But they just didn't have that kind of courage, the courage to fight the volunteers, the determination to die like the volunteers...
Maybe it’s because their lives are too affluent and they enjoy too much, or maybe it’s because their national policy has always been to respect human rights , which makes them care too much about their own lives and cherish their lives too much.
But think about it, this is understandable. If every volunteer soldier in the country had a very happy family, everyone could drink wine and listen to music after a sumptuous dinner, or have a party and pick up girls... then I think the volunteer soldiers would not be as hardworking as they are now, and would not be as brave in combat as they are now.
