War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 520 Battle Damage
Amidst the artillery fire and the screams mixed with it, the battle line was pushed forward little by little by Soviet Red Army tanks, armored vehicles and even overhead fighter jets. It was difficult to approach Tomarovka in the distance, and was finally killed by the German army. Blocked into a stalemate.

At this time, nearly half an hour has passed since Wei Ran and others joined the battlefield, but on the cruel battlefield, this short period of time is extremely long for everyone, and even the setting sun has turned The body has shrunk below the horizon, leaving only a small piece of red head, which provides the only illumination for the fighting primates on the ground.

At the front line of the battlefield, Vajim manipulated the T-34 tank to a sudden stop, and headed to the back of the observation hole of the machine gun. Wei Ran nervously looked at the No. [-] Assault, which was only a hundred meters away, and was struggling to turn its body by the muddy pond. At the same time, he squeezed the trigger firmly, covering the observation window on the other side's roof with a barrage of machine gun bullets.

"boom!"

In the tremor of the tank, Roman, with a cigarette in his mouth, stepped on the pedal and fired a shell.

I don't know if it was a coincidence or just bad luck, but this shell did not hit the fragile side armor of the No. 3 assault gun. Instead, it survived because the opponent turned and hit the thick and hard artillery shield!

"Armor-piercing bullet!" Roman yelled while stepping on Vajim's back quickly, and Agafon beside him had already stuffed an armor-piercing bullet into the barrel.

"Oh!"

Vajim drove the tank into the side of the No. 3 assault gun that was stuck in the mud, forcibly preventing it from continuing to turn the body.

At the same time, Agafon also quickly turned the turret at Roman's request, aiming the barrel at the No. [-] tank that was turning the turret towards them not far away!
"boom!"

In the tremor of the tank below him, Roman's second shell hit the No. 4 tank first, but almost at the same time, the shell fired by the tank they hit also hit the edge of their turret.

Amid the intense hum that spread from the turret to the entire tank, the shell that Agafon had just picked up hit the floor with a "clang", and he fell to the ground immediately after.At the same time, Wei Ran involuntarily let out an unconscious scream while covering his head with severe tinnitus amidst the loud noise.

"Agafon!" Captain Roman shouted loudly.

Agafon sat up unsteadily, and reached for the cannonball at his feet.However, before he could touch the shell, another German Panzer III hit the rear of their tank fiercely, and then fired a shell towards the rear of the turret.

Under the violent vibration, Ajiafeng fell to the floor again, but this time, he couldn't get up again.

"Bang!"

Vajim directly pushed open the bulletproof armor hatch of the driver's seat, and jumped out with the submachine gun at hand.

Seeing this, Roman also pulled out his pistol, and took out a German grenade that Wei Ran and Ajiafeng seized in the village from the canvas pocket beside him, pushed the hatch above his head, and shouted "Ula" jumped out.

When the warm wind blows in from the open cockpit hatch, and then blows out from the turret hatch with the choking smoke from the tank, Wei Ran also bends down with difficulty and opens the escape hatch. Into the foul-smelling mud.

Stretching out his hand to pick his ear, Wei Ran glanced at the dark red blood on his finger, and immediately took out the Bobosa submachine gun in the metal book.

With a "click" on the top of the bullet, he crawled on his stomach, and crawled along the mud under the tank chassis to the rear of the vehicle in a daze.

When he stood up, he saw at a glance that Vajim, who was at the front of the car, had jumped onto the turret of the No. [-] assault gun. At this time, he was stuffing the barrel of the Bobosha submachine gun in his hand and pulling the trigger frantically. .

Roman, who was closest to him, jumped onto the retreating Panzer III, grabbed the opponent's turret and moved to the rear of the vehicle, and pulled off the firing wire of the grenade with his teeth, ready to stuff it into the gap behind the turret.

But the German tank crew in the No. [-] tank also did not sit still. At this time, the hatch on the rapidly rotating turret had been opened a little, and a hand with a gun was stretched out!

"Da da da!"

Wei Ran immediately raised his gun and pulled the trigger, suppressing the slightly opened hatch with bursts of fire.Accurately hit the outstretched arm.

But at the same time, Roman, who had just stuck the grenade into the gap, was also swept off by the slender barrel of the Panzer III and fell into the muddy pond, causing a large splash of water!
"boom!"

The grenade placed by Roman finally exploded, but in addition to making thick smoke from the engine grill of the Panzer III, its turret that looked like a shrunken brain was still turning!Even the car body began to turn, obviously preparing to use the heading machine gun to deal with Wei Ran and Vajim who was still firing from the assault gun!

"Fuck you uncle!"

Wei Ran uttered a national curse, stumbled and ran over, jumped onto the tank before its heading machine gun fired, stabbed the submachine gun into the hatch before it had time to close, and pulled the trigger again!
"boom!"

After all, the No. 34 tank fired the last shell in a hurry, but the shell just hit the track on the side of the T-[-] tank that Wei Ran and others were riding on, and then completely died down.

"Bang!"

Wei Ran lifted the hatch, changed the angle, aimed at the other crew members of the No. [-] tank, and pulled the trigger again, until the bullets in the entire drum were completely emptied, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Roman, are you okay?"

Wei Ran yelled at Roman who was sitting in the mud, but found that the other party just opened his mouth but didn't make any sound at all.

"Is this guy dumb?"

Wei Ran picked out his ears, only to belatedly realize that there seems to be something wrong with his ears.

Jumping off the tank, he pulled Roman up. The latter rubbed his back but didn't dare to stand up straight.He just widened his eyes and pointed at Vajim not far away while shouting something.

Looking at the opponent's finger, Wei Ran just saw that Vajim had thrown a smoking German wooden handle grenade into the hatch of the assault gun, and then jumped down in a hurry, holding his head Hide in the rear of the T-34.

Before he could react, Roman also grabbed his arm and threw himself back into the mud.

When the smelly muddy water was poured into Wei Ran's nostrils and even his mouth, his nearly malfunctioning ears also heard two deafening explosions.

Struggling to sit up again, Wei Ran found that Vajim was leaning against the rear of their T-34, hehehe silly Le, his face was full of stains, and his teeth yellowed by Mo He were particularly conspicuous Seeing Wei Ran looking over, he even gave a thumbs up.

Reaching out to pull Roman up again, the two returned to the side of the T-34 tank with their arms.Until this time, everyone had the mind to observe the surrounding situation.

In the fight just now, they took out a No. 4 tank in the distance, a No. [-] assault gun, and by the way, a No. [-] tank with a thin skin and a small gun.

But all this has a price. At this time, the front of the T-34 tank is against the right side of the No. [-] assault gun that was destroyed by the martyrdom explosion, and the rear of the car is against the No. [-] tank that crashed into them .

In addition, the shell fired by the No. [-] tank that they solved at the last moment also left a long bullet mark on their turret, which also made the sentence

"In order to recapture the Soviet Union" was crossed out the crucial place names.

And the No. [-] tank that was dealt with by Wei Ran also destroyed their road wheels and tracks with the last shot, and although the shell it fired after hitting the rear of the car for the first time did not penetrate the turret, it was good. Undead hit the engine during the bounce.

But compared to these, the loader Agafon, who was still in the tank at this time, was undoubtedly what they were most worried about.

The three people who looked like mud monkeys looked at each other, and Roman was the first to point to the stuck tank and say something.

Vajim also said something, got up and climbed into the tank to check the engine, shook his head helplessly, and walked straight to the driver's hatch.

The three of them got into the stalled tank one by one, Wei Ran helped the loader Agafon check it out, and then he sighed.

There were no visible wounds on his body, but his neck was bent at an angle that a normal person would never be able to do.

Shaking his head towards Roman and Vajim, Wei Ran helped Agafon, who was out of breath, adjust his position, and sat back in the seat belonging to the electromechanical operator in silence.

Roman winked at Vajim, and after the latter locked the cockpit cover, he also reached out to close and lock the hatch above his head.

Trapped in the dark cabin of the T-34 tank, Roman rubbed his back, wiped off the mud on his hands on the bulkhead, groped in the dark and found an iron box full of tobacco leaves, and skillfully rolled one Don't smoke.

With a soft sound of "Chi!", the tiny matchstick was ignited, and Roman held it to his mouth with his hands, and lit the cigarette he was holding amidst the sound of rumbling guns from outside.

After sucking hard twice, Roman lit a match again, and stuffed the cigarette into Agafon's mouth with the weak and short-lived burnt yellow flame.

After a while, the choking smoke gradually dissipated, and the match in Roman's hand was completely burned out, leaving only a few slender sparks that fell from his fingertips and were finally swallowed by the darkness.

"How are you doing?" Roman asked.

"I'm fine," Vajim was the first to respond.

"I can't seem to hear in one ear"

Wei Ran's voice also involuntarily increased, and he patted Bobosha who was hanging by his side and said, "The rest is fine. By the way, I just picked up a submachine gun, but it has no bullets."

"I have bullets here, a lot of them." Before Vajim finished speaking, he had already taken out a heavy drum from his feet and handed it to Wei Ran.

"Thank you"

Wei Ran took the drum and replaced it with the submachine gun, and at the same time did not forget to ask, "Roman, how about you? How is your situation?"

"Knocked in the back by that broken tank"

While speaking, Roman had re-rolled a Mohe cigarette, and then handed the tin box containing the shredded tobacco and cigarette paper to Vajim.

A moment later, the dim interior of the tank was lit up again by the faint light of matches, and the choking smoke pervading became more intense.

"I can't smoke this"

Wei Ran rejected the shredded tobacco box that Vajim handed over, and took out a box of captured German cigarettes from the bag next to him and stuffed it into his mouth.When the choking taste of nicotine passed through his mouth and entered his trachea, he also calmed down a little.

(End of this chapter)