HBWnovel Chapter 1283 The Wall of Sighs!
Chapter 1283 The Wall of Sighs!
Soon, the driver returned to the tank, but he remained silent.
The captain realized something was wrong.
"What's wrong? What happened in the village?"
The driver was about to speak, but he choked up the next second.
“In the third year after we left, the Pope chose to build a steel plant here in order to fight against Latiface.
This is to be able to supply weapons and armor to the front line more quickly.
But the problem is that all the wood for the steel plant is cut from the mountains.
Without the forest, the village faces the invasion of sandstorms from the north every day.
In the sixth year, there was a severe drought. The thousand-year-old well in the village dried up. My two sisters starved to death. Your brother, squad leader, is also gone. Xile, your father went out to find water and was killed by a monster..."
At this point, the driver broke down.
The tank commander and gunner Schiller were both silent.
Xile cried quietly.
He is the only son in the family. What should his mother do now that his father is gone?
The tank commander angrily smashed the tank.
The driver calmed himself down and then spoke.
“My parents are still alive, but I only have one sister left.
Xile's mother did not remarry, but she lived a very difficult life.
Captain, your parents are still alive and you have a younger sister.
But everyone is pale and thin, malnourished, and they can't even run..."
When the driver said this, his eyes were filled with disappointment towards this country.
The conductor was a little angry when he heard this, but soon fell silent.
Because the villagers were unable to travel long distances, this was equivalent to a death signal.
A death signal for them...
Because they couldn't just watch their family members die, they had to buy time for the villagers.
As for how to buy time? Of course, they have to sacrifice their lives...
The commander was silent for a while, then gave the order.
"Start the tanks. Let us do the last thing for our families and compatriots. It is also the only meaningful thing we have done in these years!"
The driver started the tank without hesitation.
This M1 Abrams, which had been dormant here for more than two days, finally started up.
Abrams quickly came to the back of the hill and used the slope of the hill to find himself an excellent shooting cover.
The gunner aimed at the plain in the distance, where the Wehrmacht tanks were about to pass.
Originally, the 208 tank and two other infantry fighting vehicles had passed through here long ago, but on the way, they found an unconscious civilian from the Papal States on the side of the road.
This civilian was from a nearby village. As his family had no food, he couldn't bear to see his younger brothers and sisters snatch food, so he chose to run away from home so as not to burden his family.
But in fact, the family conditions did not get better after he left, but remained the same as before.
His parents knew that he left for the family, but in order to continue living, they still restricted his daily food.
But even so, they couldn't survive the winter.
They originally planned to wait for relief food to be distributed from above, but instead of the relief food, they got a group of bandit-like soldiers.
Because the commander of the Fourth Army Group chose to order the troops to disband on the spot, 15 soldiers became bandits, and they began to rob food.
Because Holdress didn't have any extra food for these people.
Not to mention the common people, even these miscellaneous soldiers cannot have enough food. If they cannot have enough food, then after they are disbanded, they will naturally let the soldiers rob food.
The people who were already living in difficult circumstances were now faced with even greater difficulties.
After rescuing the civilian, the crew of the 208 tank received an important piece of news, that is, the Fourth Army Group had been disbanded on the spot.
At most we encountered about 5 elite troops along the way, and it is possible that these 5 elite troops have been disbanded on the spot.
After learning the news, Guderian immediately ordered an all-out attack without any hesitation.
At the beginning, Guderian only sent troops to make a tentative attack. Generally, he would deploy a part of elite troops after the reconnaissance troops. With this small force spearhead insertion tactic, he gradually eroded the land of the Papal States.
But now that the Papal States’ army has been disbanded, what reason do they have to continue their slow pace of encroachment?
Gudry still had one thing in mind, which was that he wanted to find a nearby village to confirm whether the Papal Army had been disbanded on the spot.
The 208 tank crew was advancing slowly on the plain with two infantry fighting vehicles. They were unaware that an enemy tank was aiming at them.
Due to the orientation problem, the 2008 tank crew and two infantry fighting vehicles drove straight towards the Abrams.
Because the area where Abrams is located is the only mountainous area nearby, and it is also the most likely place for a village to exist.
Although the mountain is now bare, it does not affect the protection it provides to the villages in the valley.
The reconnaissance crew moved forward.
The members of the 208 crew were talking and laughing, but the next second, the 99A, which was moving forward, suddenly felt like it was hit by something and stopped suddenly.
The driver was still a little confused, but the captain reacted immediately.
"Enemy attack! Activate the active defense system! Send the two infantry fighting vehicles to disperse!"
After the commander gave the order, he immediately began to search for the enemy's position.
In the Abrams in the distance, gunner Schiller looked at the undamaged 99A in horror.
What's wrong with this tank? It can actually withstand a steel needle from them!
You know, at this distance, even the T72 that the Wehrmacht relied on couldn't withstand a single shot!
The commander immediately ordered the gunner to fire another shot and notified the driver to prepare to move position.
Because it seems that the opponent has not discovered your position yet, at this time you must learn to seize the opportunity and kill with one blow as much as possible.
The commander of the Type 99A was looking for the enemy's position, but instead of ordering the gunner to turn the turret, he ordered the gunner to point the turret forward.
Because the previous shot did not penetrate the armor of 99A, and the impact came from the front, the enemy most likely hit the front armor.
It is somewhat dangerous to turn the turret at this time, otherwise it might be blown up by the next shell, and then the manned space flight would be destroyed.
The two infantry fighting vehicles that were released quickly approached the mountains ahead like swimming dragons.
Because the commander had already told the two infantry fighting vehicles that the enemy's shells were most likely fired from this mountain.
The two infantry fighting vehicles naturally attracted the attention of the Abrams commander.
But the commander knew that the Type 99A in front of them was their biggest concern.
Because there aren't many tanks left that can withstand their steel needles...
However, what shocked the Abrams commander was that the 99A actually started to reverse and reached a distance of meters.
What is this for? Is the tank gun still lethal at 2,000 meters?
What the tank commander didn't know was that what the 99A was most proud of was not the armor in its tower, but the fact that at a distance of two thousand meters, no tank could destroy it, but it could easily penetrate 1000 mm homogeneous steel armor.
This is 99A! The real Wall of Sighs!
(Good night??(?≧□≦?)??)