Chapter 64

  Fawley's brain was on fire as he tried to get rid of the "latrine head" that had flipped his tank. He used the terrain to quickly approach the KV-2 tank, but the KV-2's turret rotation speed was not fast enough to keep up with Fawley's rapid advance. The coaxial machine gun and hull machine gun were unable to fire at Fawley as he closed in alone. He successfully approached within 20 meters of the KV-2 tank, but his comrades, especially the infantry and anti-tank gunners, continued to fire at the KV-2, with bullets and shell fragments pinning Fawley down, making him dare not lift his head. Other German tanks had dispersed and were firing at the lone KV-2 from two directions, and even a No. 4 E tank led some infantry in driving away the Soviet infantry who were hiding behind the KV-2.

  Fafnir crawled cautiously towards the KV-2 with two M24 hand grenades, and the greatest threat to him was still the firepower of his own friendly forces. At this moment, there were no other miscellaneous thoughts in his mind, only one thought "closer! closer!" Finally, his companions saw Fafnir's figure, the anti-tank gun stopped firing, and the other infantrymen quickly approached the KV-2 to try to cover Fafnir.

  Finally, he waited for an opportunity. Kv2's 152 artillery had just fired a shell, and Favniel jumped up, pulled the hand grenade pin, using his physical limit ability since coming to this world, and climbed onto the Kv2 from the side in one go. One foot was pressed against the coaxial machine gun barrel, and the whole person hung on the 152 artillery barrel. One hand stuffed an M24 hand grenade into the barrel and patted it once, sending the grenade deep into the chamber. Then, with a tiger's jump, he jumped to the side of the Kv2 and rolled into a shell hole. A loud explosion sounded, and the 152 artillery exploded... ...Then Favniel climbed onto the high gun tower, trying to open the hatch but failed. At this time, German infantry rushed up, and someone used an engineer's shovel to pry open the hatch on the rear of the Kv2 turret and threw a hand grenade inside. Then they dragged out one by one, either unconscious or injured Soviet tank soldiers.

  "Damn it!!! What are you, Hercules or Siegfried?! Do you still remember the reminders in the manual?! You...!!!" After scolding for half an hour, he finally stopped and then praised the grenadiers and dug at him..."Want to switch to being a grenadier? It's promising."

  "Damn it, for God's sake, get out! Don't touch my men!!" Captain Lian yelled at the approaching grenade-throwing officer.

  Fawcett's bravery earned him a result - his No. 4 was overturned by a 152mm howitzer and after inspection by the repair unit, it was considered that the main structure had been damaged and major repairs were meaningless, so it could only be scrapped. However, the KV-2 he captured was completely usable except for some damage to the internal turret and the need to replace the gun.

  Then, after following the motorized infantry for a week, he finally received a temporary allocation of vehicles at the train station - that KV-2. A 150L17 howitzer was installed, and an enormous iron cross emblem was painted on it to avoid friendly fire. Fawcett took his crew, plus an additional loader, and grumbled all the way back with this old clunker. Although slow, a sense of security emerged in the hearts of Fawcett's crew members... Later, he was separated from the company.

  The troops completed the Minsk offensive in July and then turned south towards Kiev.

  All the way, Fawcett drove slowly, accompanied by a No. 3 assault gun, and the car was led by a Prussian, Julian von Ecket Oberleutnant, who came from a typical old German military family and was a serious and serious person. They drove on and off, suddenly hearing a burst of gunfire, and then two armored vehicles and a group of infantry turned their heads towards where the sound of the gunshots came from.

  As they turned a small hill, Favner and his companions encountered a group of sentries wearing SS insignia who tried to stop their advance, but the sound of gunfire in the distance made the German soldiers nervous, so they pushed aside several SS men and continued on. Along the way, Favner's mind had already basically determined what kind of scene he would see soon - he still remembered the book he read before, the special action squad organized by the SS... He didn't want to verify it with his own eyes, but Julian von Eckett was a responsible German soldier, and he insisted on going to check.

  Beyond a small grove of trees, they saw an extremely cruel and hellish scene...

  This was a quarry, where crowds of men, women and children were forced to undress, then driven into the pit in groups, and then shot dead by SS soldiers with machine guns. When Favniel arrived, the underground pits were almost filled with corpses, and thousands of innocent civilians were being held nearby waiting for execution. Favniel had seen dead people before, he had seen more than this number of dead people in the ancient times, but that was a battlefield where both sides died fighting, there was a tragic and heroic meaning to it, not like this - a simple slaughter of innocent civilians. So even with Favniel's former reputation as "Cruel Bird", seeing this scene left him speechless, the ordinary German soldiers were already stunned, and Eckett was also staring blankly at all this.

  Egbert's face quickly flushed with extreme indignation, and he jumped down from the war chariot to try to stop all this. Favniel also jumped down from the war chariot and grabbed him. A military officer walked over, looking at his epaulets was a second lieutenant of the assault team, equivalent to a lieutenant. The lieutenant looked handsome with a smile on his face but there was no emotion in his eyes, seeing him made Favniel think of reptilian eyes - equally emotionless pupils. The officer came before them: "I am Andre Andrist, Second Lieutenant of the SS Assault Team. I'm here on a mission. You leave immediately!"

  Fafnir remained silent, and Ekkeri angrily shook off Fafnir's hand: "What are you doing!!"

  Andrei sneered at the soldiers of the national defense in front of him and only said one sentence: "They are Jews."

  In the vehicle of Favni and Ekert, a communication soldier stuck his head out and said that the superior required them to leave immediately and not interfere with the actions of the SS. Ekert did not say a word, but turned his head to look at the slaughterhouse as if he wanted to engrave this scene in his mind, then got on the No. 3 assault gun and drove away. Favni also commanded the infantry and his own tanks to retreat back to the small forest, turning around and leaving, along the way he saw Ekert's iron-green expression but did not say a word. This small combat group soon caught up with the main force and headed towards Romny.