Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Chapter 174: Battle of Poland (37)

In the same building that was bombed beyond recognition, several sacks were piled on the window sill of one of the houses, and a machine gun was set up. Several Polish soldiers stood behind machine guns, staring nervously at the intersection in the distance. The sound of gunfire in the distance was dense. It seemed far away at first, but gradually it was getting closer.

"Which one of you has water?" The mobile phone gunman held the machine gun and licked his dry lips and asked. All the water plants and water stations in Warsaw have been destroyed by German bombers, and the city's water supply has been paralyzed for a long time. Although the Vistula River runs through the city, going there to fetch water involves considerable risks. During the day, there were German planes circling in the sky, and at night the Germans would fire artillery bombardments on the river banks from time to time. If you were not careful, you would lose your life.

In addition to water, food is also in short supply. Supplies have been cut off long ago, and only the accumulated ammunition is still somewhat guaranteed.

The others shook their heads helplessly. At this moment, two Stukas passed overhead and dropped bombs not far away. There were fewer and fewer places in Warsaw worthy of air strikes, so in the past few days, even German aircraft are less common.

"Germans!!" The Polish soldier who had been staring out the window exclaimed, and everyone immediately picked up their weapons and took up their positions. The machine gunner didn't care about looking for water and tightened his grip on the machine gun in his hand.

I saw a strange-looking armored vehicle slowly appearing at the intersection. "Damn it, it's a German anti-aircraft gun!" They had heard of how powerful this guy was, and its terrifying rate of fire. Once targeted by it, almost no one could survive. Following the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun was a group of German soldiers.

Normally, they would have had no choice but to evacuate, but today they had an extra magic weapon, an M35 anti-tank rifle. The warhead of this anti-tank rifle is made of soft lead wrapped around a tungsten bullet core, with a white copper jacket on the outside, and a bullet belt protruding from the center of the warhead. When the warhead moves forward in the barrel, the rifling of the barrel squeezes the ammunition belt, forming a higher chamber pressure, making the warhead's muzzle velocity close to 1542m/s, which is quite powerful. It can destroy all light armored vehicles at a distance of 400 meters, penetrate 15 mm of armor at a distance of 300 meters, and the armor penetration thickness at a distance of 100 meters is as high as 33 mm.

However, the M35, which was supposed to be a German tank killer, actually failed to play its due role. Investigating the reason, the Polish high command's excessive secrecy is the main culprit. It can be known from its serial number that the M35 was successfully developed as early as 1935. It is estimated that by the beginning of the war, the Polish army had issued about 6,500 such rifles.

But it's just "distribution".

The Polish General Staff classified the gun as super secret at the time and kept it sealed in a wooden box. To deceive others, the words "Surveillance equipment, strictly prohibited to open" were printed on the outside of the box. Even the sniper shooters in the Polish army do not know the existence of the M35.

As the clouds of war approached, the Polish General Staff was forced to unseal the box and actually equip the M35 to the troops. But even at this time, not all soldiers have the opportunity to see its true appearance: the headquarters stipulates that no other soldier except the shooter is allowed to approach the M35; the shooter is also not allowed to touch the M35 without the order of a superior officer. Marksman training must be conducted in secret venues, and their weapons must be kept strictly confidential.

Obviously, until the war started, Polish snipers were not able to fully grasp the performance of the M35. Some troops had not even opened the packaging box. The Germans took advantage of this. They moved out boxes of brand-new M35s from the occupied warehouse, directly changed the name - Pz B35 (P), and issued them to German soldiers for use. It is said that because too many were seized, the German army could not digest them all, so they distributed 800 of them and sold them to Italy, which used them until the end of World War II.

The Polish high command destroyed the design drawings and data at the beginning of the war. The Allies could only sigh in despair when faced with this advanced infantry anti-tank weapon. As a result, the M35 became a "non-renewable weapon."

At this time, the anti-tank shooter had already set up his M35 and aimed at the approaching self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. Although he didn't know the thickness of the armor of the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, for the sake of safety, he planned to place it about a hundred meters away.

250 meters, 200 meters, 150 meters...

The German soldiers were shooting tentatively at the windows of suspicious buildings around them. Although several wooden boards were nailed on the windows of this room, and there were no clues from the outside, everyone was waiting with fearlessness. As soon as the anti-tank rifle opened fire, they would be hit with firepower and followed behind. of German troops.

But they don't know that they are already being targeted by the God of Death.

On a church bell tower more than 600 meters away from them, the muzzle of a dark gun tied with a piece of camouflage cloth was pointed at the window of the room where the Polish soldiers were ambushing.

He aimed the 6x scope on his 98k at the target, carefully adjusted the focus, and put the black crosshair in the scope right on the head of the Polish soldier holding an M35 anti-tank rifle. If it hadn't been for the barrel of a gun sticking out of the window, he wouldn't have noticed that there was an enemy hiding in the room.

"God, I sincerely trust you, please don't let me be shamed, don't let my enemies sing a song of victory over me." He muttered softly, and pulled the trigger suddenly.

boom! The familiar voice rang in his ears, and he felt the butt of the gun pressed back heavily against his shoulder.

Seeing the anti-tank rifleman falling straight back, everyone in the room was shocked and immediately thought of another terrifying existence of the German army, the sniper!

"Quickly retreat!" Seeing the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun not far away quickly turning its muzzle, the machine gunner roared, ran out of the house and ran downstairs. Everyone followed and ran downstairs, only to hear a crackling sound above their heads. The room they had just been in must have been shot out of range and turned into a hornet's nest.

Everyone didn't care much and went straight to the basement, opened a heavy sewer cover and jumped in.

Walking in the damp sewers, everyone felt a little depressed when they thought about how they fled in panic without even killing a single German soldier, and also lost a valuable anti-tank rifleman and an anti-tank rifle.

After walking for a while, boom! With a loud sound, something fell in front of them, startling them. "what?"

boom! !

As soon as the flashlight in the Polish soldier's hand shone on the cylindrical object that rolled to their feet, the object suddenly burst out with light like the sun and instantly illuminated the entire sewer.

"Ahhhh!!"

"Eyes! My eyes!!"

The material of flash bombs is Mg, which is metallic magnesium. Anyone who has studied junior high school chemistry courses knows that metallic magnesium emits strong light when it burns, causing temporary visual impairment.

Preventing flash bombs is easier said than done. The easy part is that as long as you close your eyes and turn your head away from looking before the explosion, there is absolutely no problem. Moreover, the human body has a stress response and will automatically close its eyes when encountering strong light. Therefore, the damage to the human eye caused by flash bombs is very low. Generally, it will not cause permanent blindness. At most, it will only cause temporary blindness for about five minutes. The hard part is you don't know when the enemy is going to throw it.

On the battlefield, these five minutes are enough to kill someone dozens of times.

The Polish soldiers covering their eyes and screaming did not notice the footsteps approaching them, and then their hands were tied behind their backs.

The Polish soldiers who were injured by sniper Michel yesterday were arrested for interrogation. The German army learned that they had penetrated through the sewers under the ground. Of course, the German army would not let go of this underground battlefield and immediately sent people to sneak into the sewers to prevent enemy infiltration and also conduct reverse infiltration.

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