At around 2:40 pm, Hu Biao and his group officially arrived at the garrison of the 162nd Regiment of the Dahong 1st Division by bus No. 11.

Then, they were inquiring along the way.

I successfully found a group of tank soldiers who were working hard in a corner. These are the tank companies directly under the regiment headquarters that they need to cooperate with.

When Hu Biao saw these people, he could clearly see the person in the lead. He was a rank of lieutenant, in his 30s, and a handsome white blonde guy with a very handsome appearance.

There is no doubt that this is their commander in this mission, Lieutenant Don Collier of the Tank Company.

At this moment, he was carrying about twenty tank soldiers and was busy surrounding 5 M4 Sherman tanks.

What’s a bit amazing is that Xie Mantou, the main tank of the World War II period, is truly worthy of being said to have more than 50 types of improved models, variants, experimental models, etc.

After looking at it, among the only five tanks, Hu Biao and the others identified at least three models.

Two original models of M4 tanks, two M4A1s with slightly improved slightly, and one updated M4A2.

The way Lieutenant Don Collier and others strengthened them was to specifically use thick logs, sandbags, and even some small furniture.

They used tools such as wire ropes to fix them one by one on both sides of the tank, on the front of the car, making the originally chubby Sherman tank become more and more bloated.

After seeing such a scene, Hu Biao and others suddenly felt friendly.

Because of this approach, they did this a lot last time they were on the battlefield in Volgograd.

Although such an approach has caused a lot of mighty tanks to be bullied, it can play a considerable role in actual combat.

For example: First of all, if you encounter a bad road condition, when the tank's tracks are trapped.

As long as the logs are removed and tied and padded under the tracks, the tanks will have a very good self-rescue effect and can basically be opened by themselves.

This approach is not new at all. Even for a long time in the future, when Guo Jia's main battle tanks such as Europe and the United States gave up on this approach.

Whether it is the tank of the Maozi family or the tank of the Rabbit family, they all brought some logs in habit, which is considered to be a repertoire.

For reasons, the main battle tanks of Guo Jia, such as Europe and the United States, can escape from the mud without using this kind of rescue wood by relying on their own high horsepower.

As for the tanks of the Maozi and Rabbit family, because the engines of some models are less horsepower, they can only continue to use this method.

Secondly, after hanging these scattered things on both sides of the tank and on the front of the vehicle.

Although it is basically useless in the kinetic energy bombs fired by the defensive body-barrier artillery, it has quite good results for infantry and anti-tank weapons such as iron fist, anti-tank grenade.

The most important thing is that these things can reduce the generation of firepower jumps on the opponent's machine gun.

This approach is quite useful for the Zhongzhou team that needs to act as infantry to fight in the following time.

This shows one thing: this Lieutenant Don Collier is really an expert in tank combat.

After realizing this, Hu Biao and others' depressed mood immediately improved a lot.

After all, fighting with a sensible person is much easier than fighting with Lieutenant Dyke. It is also a very good news.

The only shame is that according to Hu Biao’s understanding.

During World War II, the soldiers should have 14 tanks in a regular tank company; as a result, there are only 5 tanks left in front of them.

I don’t know whether Lieutenant Don Collier, the tank company under his regiment, had all the other tanks damaged, or were only planning to dispatch some of them.

Considering the fierce battle situation during the landing war, it is obvious that the war is damaged is even more likely...

Thinking about it, since all of them are here, hurry up and help strengthen the tank defense. This is the right thing to do if you are good at the subsequent action process.

Hu Biao quickly stepped forward and saluted the lieutenant seriously.

He shouted loudly: "Report! Hu Biao, the second lieutenant of the 3rd platoon of the D Company of the 162nd Regiment of the First Infantry Division, was ordered to lead the entire platoon to report on time. 41 people should be there, but 41 people actually arrived."

After hearing this, Lieutenant Don Collier stopped his hand and looked at this side.

First of all, there is no dissatisfaction with the three-row platoon composed of all Chinese.

But after seeing Delo, who was carried by King Kong and Lao Hei on a stretcher, Don Collier immediately frowned.

Pointing to Delo, who was lying on the ground for a while, now he was like a wriggling caterpillar, said in his mouth:

"Hello, Lieutenant Hu!

There is a series of excellent performances in your Chinese 3rd platoon in the landing battle. I have heard of it more than once these days; so I feel very honored that you can participate in this action.

It’s just that this unlucky guy who was shot in the butt, he didn’t stay in the battlefield hospital, so why did he take him with him?"

After hearing this comment, Delo, who had been sleeping happily all the way because he didn't have to walk, suddenly became a little unwell.

That was when facing such doubts, Hu Biao's lies came out:

"Oh! This unlucky guy is the strongest sniper in our 3rd row; although he can only lie down during the operation, he can shoot even when he is lying down, right?

I believe that his marksmanship will definitely be useful in this operation."

Looking at Hu Biao's serious expression, Lieutenant Don Collier hesitated for a while and decided not to worry about this anymore.

After nodding, he said, "Okay! Anyway, according to the plan, you will have some vehicles as transportation; then let's look forward to the excellent performance of this sniper gentleman."

Under such questions and answers, the rookie Delo even felt that he was completely alone.

Damn! Because his only killing result was achieved only by giving the result of being shot in the butt; at the critical moment, he could have excellent performance in yarn.

Not to mention the bragging Delo, a group of people were panicked in the following time.

After the friendly attitude shown by Lieutenant Don Collier, Hu Biao had already led the Zhongzhou team and began to help.

Among them, Yang Dongli and others were particularly enthusiastic, and they pestered the tank soldiers and kept asking this and that.

The main reason is that these Zhongzhou teams have the best tank teams. In fact, one of them is counted as one, and no tanks like Sherman have been driven.

So, these people were very interested in finding out the differences in the structure, driving and operation of these Uncle Sam's tanks.

Because they were thinking about it, maybe at any time they would need to fight with tanks like "Xie Mantou".

*******

With a 'Ah~' sound, Hu Biao, who was sitting in a famous Willis Jeep, yawned heavily in his mouth.

In order to refresh himself, he breathed in his mouth and stuffed two quick 'Obi' chewing gum.

Under the stimulation of chewing on the mint component in the chewing gum, Hu Biao couldn't help but feel excited and began to lift a M1918A2 light machine gun in his hand, vigilantly observing the dark night on both sides of the dirt road.

When you are ready, you will open the fire directly if there is any slightest movement.

By the way! After reporting to Lieutenant Don Collier, the group prepared overnight.

Not only did the five Sherman tanks be strengthened, the oil and ammunition were supplemented; the Zhongzhou team also got some good things in the regiment headquarters.

These include an M1 type 81mm mortar, two M18 type 57mm recoil-free cannons, four Bazukka bazooka launchers, and an M2 flamethrower.

There is also a considerable number of ammunition and grenades, which have made everyone armed to their teeth.

Finally, it was around 3 a.m. the next day, and the group finally set off quietly in the dark night tonight.

The size and formation of the entire operation team were led by 5 Shermans in the front.

At the rear, it consists of three rows of a Willis Jeep and two CCKW medium-sized trucks produced by General Motors.

In the night, after this small team drove out of the regiment headquarters, they immediately began to march southwest along a dirt road full of ruts.

The reason why it is not like the ones performed in many movies is that the members of the Zhongzhou team sat directly on the tank.

Instead, he drove the car and followed the tank.

That's because the infantry sat on the tank. If they were attacked by anti-tank fire during the process, they often suffered heavy casualties. The Zhongzhou team was still very clear about the ups and downs.

Of course, the scenes of infantry and tanks in the movie are not entirely the plot that the screenwriters think of.

However, this method is more often seen in the Russian families who have some serious shortages in mechanical transportation.

In order to keep up with the rapid assault tanks, the Russian soldiers had to hang up the tanks.

Therefore, in modern planes, there is another related joke: World War II German stick tank protection depends on steel plates, Uncle Sam's tank protection depends on sandbags, and Russian tank protection depends on human plug-ins.

In this way, as a generous soldier, Hu Biao and the others would certainly not sit on the tank stupidly.

In order to avoid getting a fist on the way, a large number of people were knocked down on the spot.

Besides! The Russian soldiers of the Maozi family habitually sit on the tank and follow them forward, and they also have their own routines and tips.

For example, on the shell of a tank, there were many handles welded to allow the Russian infantry to catch them.

At the Derzhinsky Tractor Factory, Hu Biao could see many Russian workers doing this on the shell of the T-34 tank with an electric welding machine in his hands.

Otherwise, believe it or not, in the speeding of the tank, the miserable infantry above will be thrown off by accident, and then a huge tragedy will happen.

As for Lieutenant Don Collier, their mission this time is actually very simple:

According to aerial reconnaissance, in a certain area more than 100 kilometers away, a considerable German stick armored force may be hiding and lurking in it.

If it is true, when the Allies attack Cherbourg, an important port city in the future, once this German stick unit emerges from the flank, it will cause huge losses to the offensive forces.

However, because the terrain of the area is relatively complex and there are a large number of woods.

After conducting many low-altitude reconnaissances, it is still impossible to confirm whether there is really a German-slut armored force in this area.

At the same time, after some intelligence personnel set off, no news was received back.

In view of this, there was an armed investigation operation by Don Collier and others.
To be continued...