The Third Reich in Desperation

Third Reich Episode 344

Before leaving, Garibaldi specially sent two soldiers to be responsible for the safety of the two. On the road in the direction of Cedles, Carter and the two officers walked last, and the two Italian soldiers in front helped them "Open the way", the three of Carter are now preparing to go to the temporary headquarters of the frontline reconnaissance company to discuss the battle plan.

Not long after arriving at the headquarters, the two Italian officers and Captain Carter formulated a reconnaissance plan to Sedles.

It has to be said that the two major officers sent by Garibaldi are very capable, and the three of them worked together to easily solve many tactical problems.

Soon, the Italian reconnaissance company followed the plan and quietly approached Sedles by night.

But what Carter didn't expect was that the Italian reconnaissance company easily entered the city of Sedles. After entering the city for the first few hundred meters, there were no accidents, neither civilians nor enemies. , the journey was very calm and safe, as if this was an empty city.

"What's going on? Is the British army all asleep?" Captain Carter muttered in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it easily, for fear of alarming the British in the city. It was surprisingly quiet here, even The sound of breathing was also clearly heard, and the premonition told Carter that things were not that simple.

When they entered the core area of ​​the city along the winding path between the buildings, they suddenly heard a short and rapid burst of machine gun fire.

This machine gun is firing long bursts, and it sounds like a British machine gun.

"Asshole! We were discovered after being so careful!" Captain Carter no longer had to hold back his voice and complained.

As he expected, things are indeed not that simple. It seems that the British army should have prepared in advance here.

Captain Carter immediately ordered the troops to stop, quickly dispersed, and each looked for a bunker.

Most of the soldiers of the Italian reconnaissance company hid in a two-story building about 100 meters ahead, while Carter and the two Italian majors bent down and hid in the corner of a nearby bombed building. He began to poke his head out in the direction of the sound of machine guns.

Later, Carter and the others saw a British armored vehicle shooting at a two-story building about 100 meters ahead to the right. The sound of machine gun fire on the armored vehicle was regular, and the bullets hit the building with gravel splashing.But no one in that building fought back, as if no one had ever fought in that building.

"What's going on? Didn't our soldiers hide in that house? Why didn't they fight back?" Captain Carter asked anxiously.

"Who knows? This is your pawn." A major replied.

But the armored vehicles of the British army could not be seen at all from where Carter and the others were standing, only the sound of machine guns on the armored vehicles could be heard.

From what it sounds like, the armored vehicle appears to be parked behind a corner.

However, Carter soon saw a dozen or so British infantry soldiers approaching the building under the cover of armored vehicles, bending over along the corner of the wall.

The two officers who worked with Carter began to get nervous. Their task was to cooperate with Carter to successfully complete the investigation mission, and of course to protect the safety of the troops.

If this continues, all Italian soldiers will be killed, and the reconnaissance mission will fail.

Not only the two majors, but Carter himself was also very nervous.Obviously, if the British army occupied the two-story building, then all the soldiers in his company would be finished.

Therefore, their top priority is to kill the British armored vehicles.

The three of them understood that they had to change places, because in this position, anti-tank grenades could not reach the British armored vehicles at all.And there's no better place around here for them to hide.

Now, if Carter and the others wanted to rush out without any cover, they would definitely be treated as live targets by the British and wiped out.

Just when Carter and the others were feeling desperate, about 30 meters ahead on the left, an unremarkable hut caught their attention.

Flames suddenly appeared from the two windows of the hut, and it was obvious that this was a machine gun and two submachine guns firing, and the shooting direction was the building where most of the Italian reconnaissance troops were located.

Although most of the soldiers who escaped did not fight back because they were afraid of death, two officers under Carter finally mustered up their courage and tried to lie on the window and fight back in the direction of the British army.

Since the British army used armored vehicles and surrounding preset obstacles as cover, the counterattack of the two Italian officers seemed meaningless.

After seeing this situation, most of the Italian soldiers didn't even dare to fight back after the gunfire. They didn't even care where they were shooting at themselves, they just kept looking for the doors and windows around them, and quickly got in.

After a series of shootings, the corpses of the Italian soldiers who hadn't escaped were lying on the ground in disorder, and among them, there were two wounded who were slightly able to move.

But the shooting of the British army failed to continue. After knocking down many Italian soldiers, the shooting stopped abruptly in the two windows where they deployed their firepower, and everything returned to calm.

In fact, they were taken over by Captain Carter and the two major officers.

When they opened fire, Carter found that it was an excellent position. Not only could he use the cover to shoot and kill the British army, but also the distance from the British armored vehicles was just enough for the grenade to hit.

Fortunately, among the more than 100 Italians, there were finally 3 brave officers, and only then did they barely win the half round.

Text Chapter 529 Desert Rat

After that, Carter walked out of the hut and squatted down to observe the surrounding situation.By chance, he found several Italian soldiers near the hut, moving towards his direction, and Carter wanted to call them to the hut to fight with them.

After all, having a few more soldiers join them is at least better than the current three, and it is also safer, although these soldiers probably have little combat effectiveness.

However, although the Italian soldiers of the reconnaissance company are also greedy for life and fear of death, at least in terms of training level, they still have an advantage over the entire Italian army.Otherwise, this soldier would not have been selected into the reconnaissance company.

The distance of 30 meters is very short, and it takes less than a few seconds to run over.As soon as the Italian soldiers ran to the backyard of this hut, they bumped into Captain Carter who quietly leaned out from the house to greet them.

The leader of these people was a sergeant. When he found someone a few meters ahead, the sergeant subconsciously raised the Carcano M1891 rifle in his hand and prepared to shoot.

Fortunately, Carter uttered in Italian in time: "My own people!"

As a result, the sergeant's finger that had already touched the trigger stopped, and no accidental injury was caused.

When he saw the captain's epaulettes on the shoulder of the visitor, he couldn't help but suppress his voice and said, "Commander, why are you here? Come with me, get out of here."

Obviously, there can only be one Italian captain officer who can appear in this area, and that is Carter, the commander of the reconnaissance company.Although the sergeant did not take a closer look at Captain Carter's appearance, he could still determine the identity of the other party.

Captain Carter and the two officers chose to follow the sergeant's advice because they were not sure about the fighting situation outside, and followed him to another two-story house.The staff sergeant was with a total of four soldiers, two of whom were a machine gun firing group, and the other two soldiers were armed with the same Carcano M1891 rifle as him.

Don't look at them carrying a machine gun, but this is a Beretta M1930 light machine gun!

A "machine gun" with a single-shot loading, only 20-round magazine capacity, and very low firepower persistence.

Therefore, this machine gun is actually unreliable.Even the entire investigation company is not very reliable...

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"What?!" In the headquarters, Garibalo looked at the staff officer who reported the battle in disbelief: "You told me that the reconnaissance company was ambushed and completely wiped out?!"

"Yes, General." The combat staff officer swallowed, lowered his head and said, "The British should have discovered our whereabouts a long time ago, otherwise they wouldn't have continued to ambush us for investigation."

The whereabouts were found?Garibaldi suddenly had an ominous premonition: "What's going on, tell me clearly!"

After receiving the order, the staff officer quickly explained: "According to the last telegram sent back by Captain Carter, they were caught in an ambush set by the British army in advance and fell into a trap."

A pre-set trap, doesn't that mean...

"Oops! Pass my order, the whole army..." Garibaldi's words were interrupted by the sound of shell explosions suddenly falling outside the headquarters.

That's right, since the British army has insight into the movements of the Italian army and has ambushed their reconnaissance company, there is no reason for the British army to let Garibaldi command the main force of the deep Italian army!

The overwhelming artillery shells fell into the formation of Garibaldi's troops. In the distance, a large number of Matilda tanks showed their edge in the dust...

The [-]th Armored Division of the British Army, known as the Desert Rats!

It was this division that defeated the Italian army under Garibaldi's command and lost the border stronghold Baldir, the famous fortress Tobruk, the important town of Benghazi, and the entire Libya.

Now, the British Seventh Armored Division, which is like a nightmare for the Yi army, is back again!