The saying goes, “Once unfamiliar, twice familiar.”

In the shock of Ler and Eugen, he used urban CQB tactics to bypass and capture the tank.

When Ler asked if he could operate the turret.

Gu Ji didn’t refuse.

After the last round of learning by stealth, he was already very familiar with the operation of the turret, and as this round of tank battle was within a hundred meters, he almost didn’t need to consider the trajectory drop issue.

The reason he took over Eugen’s job was simple: to earn merits!

The more merits he earned now, the more command rights he could strive for in solving the disaster incident later.

With guidance from the veteran gunner, Ler.

Gu Ji successfully took down two Sherman tanks, rescuing Luca, and did it much faster than before.

Faced with Luca’s inquiry, he still used the same excuse.

The situation was urgent, and Luca dared not delay.

Yet, even though they moved ahead of time, Gu Ji and his team still could not avoid that group of Roman Empire traitors. At the city outskirts and mountain forest entrance, they were caught up by their motorcycle troops, naturally bringing along a Hawk Army fighter aircraft.

He initially planned to keep two Tiger Tanks, enough to comfortably handle a 200-man light-armed unit.

Unexpectedly, after all the effort, only one was left.

Even more critical was that due to the pursuit by the Hawk Army fighter, those ambushing Fog Army soldiers in the woods prematurely enveloped them.

“Sir, what should we do now?”

It was the driver under Luca speaking.

Because the scene had changed, this time at least Luca escaped with the driver and the gunner.

Luca frowned deeply, sinking into thought.

The main issue is that they are now left with just one Tiger Tank and seven soldiers, yet the enemy has a near 200-man unit with two armored cars.

Plus, a Hawk Army fighter is circling overhead; as soon as the tank drives into open ground, it will surely face an attack. Yet, they have no weapon to address this critical point.

Just as everyone was at a loss, Gu Ji suddenly spoke up.

“Commander Luca, when I marched for support from Rutana Volcano, I learned that our base has an anti-air bunker at the mountain’s foot, equipped with anti-air machine guns and a He-111 medium bomber, which can help us escape!”

“A bomber?”

Luca’s eyes lit up but quickly dimmed.

“But we don’t have a pilot here, how do we…”

“I once learned a bit of piloting from a fellow countryman, but I’m not very proficient.”

Gu Ji couldn’t outright say there was a pilot “waiting” for them in the forest, so he had to come up with something.

The gunner beside him raised an eyebrow immediately.

“Not very proficient? What if we crash halfway?”

“Do you think we have a better escape plan now? If we want to live, we have to gamble…”

“Bazooka—!!”

Just as Gu Ji was rebutting the other, Ler suddenly shouted from inside the cockpit.

Bang!

Luckily, the cockpit had already been replaced by Luca’s ace driver, narrowly avoiding a direct hit but scattering the surrounding dirt.

The southern outer island backs onto the Mediterranean Sea, so it was already damp.

Now in summer, the soil was covered with a layer of rotting leaves and vines, and after the soil loosened, the Tiger Tank was instantly bogged down in the mud.

Buzz~ Buzz~

The driver slammed the accelerator twice, shouting desperately:

“Sir, the tank’s weight is too much, it’s stuck in the mud!”

“There are too many people inside; someone come down with me to find a way to hold off the enemy!”

Leaving those words, Gu Ji pushed the command hatch open and grabbed an M1 as he jumped out.

Given the Tiger’s poor maneuverability, complex manufacturing process, high failure rate, and tendency to get bogged down were already well known; its 56-ton weight was already prone to getting stuck in the soil, let alone with seven people crammed inside.

Despite this, no one dared suggest “getting off to lighten the load.”

They not only had to face the fighter in the sky but also the ground troops’ hail of bullets; staying inside the tank was the safest, and getting out would drastically drop survival chances.

The gunner watched Gu Ji’s retreating back and couldn’t help but grin:

“I’m starting to like this guy, let’s do it, bring out the spirit of our Hans!”

Bang—!

With the Tiger Tank’s cannon fire, Gu Ji rolled over and darted into a shrub, accompanied by Ler, who came out to “face death.”

“Buddy, you’ve saved me so many times, I can’t let you die before me, hahaha…”

Ler laughed heartily, raising his MP40 to spray bullets toward the Fog Army.

Gu Ji exchanged a smile with him.

Even so, two extra automatic weapons could barely impede the advancing 200-man armored unit.

As the enemy closed in, the Tiger Tank barely extricated itself from the quagmire.

Ler shook his head self-derisively.

“Buddy, looks like we might really buy it here…”

“Not necessarily.”

Gu Ji squinted his eyes, stealthily pulling out the Poison Needle Trap from his backpack.

This time, instead of throwing it, he pressed the activation switch and placed it vertically on an olive tree’s bark.

This way, it became a directional attack within a 190-degree range.

The effect was comparable to that of a Claymore Mine.

“Maximize suppressive fire with the machine cannon, Commander Ler, provide alternating cover retreat to the rear of the tank!”

With one last shout, Gu Ji abruptly rose and started to retreat.

The two had cooperated many times.

Both were already in tune; as the Fog Army soldiers approached the Poison Needle Trap’s infrared sensing range, boom!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The forest echoed with a series of explosive popping sounds, and due to the wide swath of directional attacks, this time more Fog Army soldiers were hit by the poison needle mine, no fewer than a dozen!

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