Li Qing thought for a while: "Tomorrow we need the cooperation of infantry. The No. 1 tank destroyer must at least be accompanied by infantry. It is obviously unrealistic to rely on us alone. As long as the infantry can temporarily suppress the enemy's firepower, we can Knock out the enemies one by one, as long as we can go deep into the canyon, establish a firm foothold and expand the depth, and if we fight steadily, it will only be a matter of time to occupy the canyon."
"Leave this matter to me to coordinate. The problem shouldn't be big. However, the risk is still very high. If you are not careful, there may be casualties! In that place, the scope of observation and action are very limited. If you encounter In the event of an emergency, no one can say what the battle situation will be like. I hope nothing happens." Randall was a little hesitant and resistant to entering the canyon.
Li Qing understood Randall's thoughts. The young soldiers in the team were still very valuable. It would be best if they could not take risks. However, there is really no better plan now. The terrain here is complex and there are not many favorable conditions: "This In this operation, we will carry more HE high-explosive bombs and try to carry out long-range strikes in wide areas. We should keep the distance between vehicles as large as possible and cover each other to prevent emergencies. This mission should not be a big problem, it is just a matter of time. .”
"Although this canyon has been surveyed several times by scouts and reconnaissance aircraft, there should still be a lot of enemy fire hidden in the dark and evading detection. I plan to go to the field with Captain Monkey to conduct an on-site reconnaissance tonight. We have night vision. The instrument should come in handy! Discovering one more enemy position can reduce the risk." Li Qing asked the monkey for his opinion with his eyes while speaking.
Monkey raised his hand in agreement: "I have no objection!" The night vision goggles are all useless, and the system is the two people's greatest confidence.
Seeing that the two of them had made up their mind, Randall had nothing to say: "Then, let's take this opportunity to let each vehicle crew make final preparations. Tomorrow will be a tough battle. I will talk to the commander of Company B later. Talk about cooperating with the infantry!"
Everyone worked until midnight to complete the preparations, add fuel and replace artillery shells and other supplies.
At 11:30 in the night, Monkey started the tank, and Model I and C drove out of the temporary camp and gradually disappeared into the dark night.
"Monkey, go as far away as possible. The sound of the tank engine can be heard eight hundred miles away. What's going on in the canyon is shown on the system map. Our main purpose this time is to see if there are any enemies hiding around. Don't Someone else will take advantage of you tomorrow!"
"Okay, I'm familiar with detours. By the way, this system is really good. You don't have to turn on the lights even if you drive late at night, hehe! I have to try it when I get back. Midnight Ghost..." The monkey mind started to wander.
"Woooc, look at the road. In this wilderness, do you see a ditch ahead? Ditch... ditch... ditch..."
"..."
The two of them worked until 3 o'clock in the morning, and finally circled the perimeter of the canyon. Fortunately, they did not find any enemies. Those who could run were probably far away, and they were about to return to the temporary camp.
The monkey yawned with his mouth wide open: "Uh... shall we go back now?"
"Forget it, just find a place to hang out for a while. There's no point in going back and waking them all up."
"Okay... As I get older, I can't stay up late anymore. I used to stay up late without sleeping without feeling sleepy, but now it's only 3 o'clock and I can't stand it anymore..."
The tank was driven into a small forest. After a while, the sound of two people snoring came from the tank.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, when the entire tank team was waiting at the entrance of the canyon, the soldier in charge of reconnaissance at the front came back and reported the investigation situation to Li Qing: "Sir, after our preliminary investigation, there are no obstacles or landmines at the entrance of the canyon."
"Just leave the door open like this?" Li Qing, who stretched out her upper body from the turret, touched her chin and seemed to be talking to herself.
"Maybe they just retreated and didn't have time to prepare these things?" Monkey was the first to make his judgment.
"No, judging from their retreat yesterday, the enemy has enough time to strengthen the defense in the canyon. It is still very simple to set up obstacles and lay out mines. How could they not do it? There must be something wrong!" Li Qing still felt something was wrong. .
"Is it because they don't hinder their own vehicles? After all, they have to go, so it makes sense!" Randall, who commanded the tank to stop on the right, also stuck his upper body out of the tank turret and said after hearing the words .
"I don't think so much anymore. Wouldn't it be better if there were no obstacles and mines? This will make it more convenient for us." Li Xiaolei said immediately. Although he always felt something was wrong in his heart, he couldn't think of what the problem was. Now that he was here, he wanted to go again. More is meaningless.
During breakfast, Li Qing called everyone together and introduced the distribution of enemies in the canyon in detail. Based on the original investigation, several new enemy hiding places were added, which made everyone admire them.
Li Qing knew that there was no point in further discussion, so he had to bite the bullet and have a look, and then issued an order: "Okay, it's useless to talk more. According to the previously discussed plan, Randall's command tank will stay where it is. This time I will We will operate together with three other destroyers. This operation will focus on safety and security. Please don’t rush in. Follow the command and make final preparations in 5 minutes!”
In this way, Type I and C took the lead, and the infantry detachment followed the tank team to cover them as they entered the canyon.
"All units will enter the canyon as planned. Please follow my instructions for specific matters later."
Accompanied by the roar of the tank engine, blue smoke spewed out from the exhaust pipe at the rear of the vehicle, and the tank team slowly advanced.
"Did you see the two protruding rocks at 8 o'clock? About 900 meters away, there is an enemy position in the middle. Use HE high-explosive bombs to kill them!" Just after turning a corner in the canyon, in front of us Suddenly enlightened, Li Qing then issued the order.
The three No. 1 tank destroyers had just turned out of a stone cliff, and then slowly adjusted the shooting direction on the spot. There was some vague restlessness on the enemy's position, and they may have discovered that the destroyer's muzzles seemed to be aimed at themselves.
Then the Maxim heavy machine gun on the enemy's position opened fire. Fortunately, the distance was still far, and the bullets were not powerful enough to penetrate the tank's front armor. The bullets hit the tank with a clanging sound. Li Qing held the vehicle-mounted MG34 machine gun. It suppressed the enemy's position, but the effect was not great because it was too far.
The accompanying infantrymen had already been looking for bunkers to hide when the Maxim heavy machine gun was firing. Not long after, an MG34 general-purpose machine gun was set up at the corner of the cliff and joined in the action of suppressing the enemy's firepower.
