After landing, the Allied forces have been conquering cities and plundering territories all the way, and the offensive can be described as rapid and fierce.
The task force followed behind them, searching for weapons abandoned by the German army. This search mainly found heavy weapons. As for the weapons handed over by the surrendered German army, they can be directly handed over from the US military.
"Ping An, how do you say "maintenance" in German?"
Wang Huiqi, who was driving a jeep, asked Wu Ping An, who was flipping through a German dictionary beside him, about words from time to time. As a member of the search team, they had a hard requirement, which was to memorize 10 German words every day.
"Wait, let me see..."
Before Wu Ping An turned to that page, Sun Yi, who was holding a machine gun in the back seat, immediately said.
"Wartung'...meaning repair, maintenance, and upkeep."
Then, he said several related sentences in succession, and Wang Huiqi and Wu Ping An were both surprised.
"Hey, Ayi, you learned German very quickly."
"I learned some when I was a kid..."
Sun Yi said.
"The priest in the town church was a German at the time. I learned some from him, but I haven't used it for many years and I almost forgot it... Stop the car, stop the car..."
At Sun Yi's shout, the jeep and the truck stopped. Sun Yi, who was standing on the jeep, picked up the telescope and looked towards the woods with a smile on his face.
"There is an artillery position, but no one is there."
Soon, the group came to the artillery position hidden in the woods. There were some bodies scattered around the craters near the position. The German troops guarding here had already retreated, leaving only six cannons.
"There are six Soviet-made M38 122mm howitzers, one of which has a destroyed barrel and one with a damaged recoil mechanism. They should all be towed back to the repair shop. Maybe a few more can be replaced..."
These damaged weapons will eventually be sent to the repair factory in Tunisia by ship. There are hundreds of German prisoners in the factory, who are logistics maintenance personnel. Their usual work is to repair and maintain tanks, cars and heavy weapons and equipment. Even the same factory was their former workplace. In order to support the operations of the North African Corps, the German army established a repair factory with complete facilities in Tunisia. It is obviously impossible to transport the repair and overhaul of heavy equipment such as tanks back to the mainland, so they were all carried out in Tunisia, so they built this factory. Although the Allies requisitioned it for a period of time after the German surrender, after the task force was established, they still handed over this factory with hundreds of mechanical equipment to Li Yian with a wave of their hands.
It has to be said that the rich are the rich. The factory worth millions was given away with a wave of his hand, but the factory was also seized.
Just as they were checking the weapons, suddenly, gunshots came from a distance.
The bullet hit Sun Yi's neck. The moment his neck was hit, he fell down, blood spurted out almost two feet high, and he twitched and died.
"Germans!"
Wang Huiqi stared at Sun Yi's body with wide eyes, trembling all over. At this time, the sound of counterattack sounded near him. The machine gunner on the jeep held the MG34 and fired in the direction of the gunshot. Dozens of figures could be vaguely seen there. The dense rain of bullets instantly knocked down four German soldiers.
Under the cover of the machine gunner, the other team members held their guns, looking for cover while shooting. The crisp and rapid gunshots of the M1 carbine rang out on the battlefield.
The Germans were also fighting back. They hid in the corners of the village and kept firing. With the fierce exchange of fire between the two sides, the air was filled with the red and green trajectory of tracer bullets.
Compared with the German army, the search team seemed to have better firepower. After all, they were using semi-automatic weapons. Just when they seemed to have the upper hand, a tank rushed through the shrub fence wall. The slowly moving muzzle made Wang Huiqi and his comrades stunned for a moment.
"Tank..."
Accompanied by the shouts of the comrades, the tank slowly moved the barrel and fired. Although the shells did not hit the jeep, the shock wave of the explosion overturned the jeep. Fortunately, the machine gunner on the car had moved his position.
"What should I do, what should I do..."
Just as Wang Huiqi was shouting nervously, he heard the shout of the team leader Li Changgeng.
"Iron Fist, Iron Fist is there, bring Iron Fist here quickly..."
Iron Fist is an anti-tank rocket launcher captured by the Allies from the Germans. Although it is powerful, its range is too short, so the Allies almost never use it. However, for the task force, it did not take the lead. In order to avoid encountering German tanks, each search team will be equipped with several Iron Fists.
"Captain, on the jeep..."
"Fuck..."
Li Changgeng cursed and rolled towards the overturned jeep. As soon as he rolled to the overturned jeep, he saw a wooden box that fell to the ground, which contained four Iron Fist 60.
A shell exploded not far from Li Changkang, and the blown-up mud and land fell around them.
Li Changgeng, holding the iron fist, stared at the tank and the infantry around the tank, frowning.
"Li Lei, Han Bing, you two take two Iron Fists from the left wing and follow up..."
Then, he took an Iron Fist himself and threw another to Li An, saying.
"Come on, follow me, the others try to suppress the infantry and cut them off from the tanks..."
After that, he put the carbine on his back, held the helmet with one hand, and ran to the flank with the Iron Fist 60 in the other hand. The German soldiers seemed to have discovered them, and the rain of bullets from submachine guns and machine guns immediately swept over. Li An, who was following behind him, was hit by bullets and fell down after running a few steps.
In the flying rain of bullets, Li Changgeng fell to the ground suddenly, turned his head to look at his comrades who were knocked down, and then looked at the enemy's tanks and infantry, and cursed fiercely.
"Damn it..."
Then he crawled forward in the bushes, as close to the tank as possible. Under the fire suppression of his comrades, the German infantry had shrunk behind the tank, trying to protect themselves with the tank. This also gave Li Changgeng the opportunity to fire, but the distance was too far.
Just then, a flame flashed on the left wing, and the other side opened fire first.
"The distance is too far..."
The rocket that missed the target landed directly in the field not far from the tank, only blowing up some weeds, and their attack also attracted the attention of the Germans. The German soldiers immediately shouted and suppressed the anti-tank soldiers with rifles and machine guns.
Seeing this, Li Changgeng crawled forward again, and at a distance of 40 to 50 meters from the tank, he raised the simple aiming caliper of the rocket launcher to aim at the tank, and then pressed the launch button.
"Puff..."
Accompanied by a ball of flame, the rocket flew out. At the moment it hit the front side of the tank, billowing black smoke came out of the tank cabin. A tank soldier with a burning body just climbed out of the tank and was knocked over by the bullet.
Hit!
Before he could cheer, bullets came from all directions...