The reason why the PIAT infantry anti-tank projectile is called the "English crossbow" is that it needs to pull the main spring to put it in a waiting state for each launch... The pulling force of the main spring is very large, reaching 900 Newtons.

To complete this action, you must use both hands and feet:

The first is a standing position, standing with your feet on the shoulder support at the bottom, then holding hands together and lifting them up.

The second type is lying position, holding the handle in your hand and stomping down on your shoulder support.

No matter which method it is, it is very similar to the ancient crossbows with strong pulling force, so it was nicknamed "English crossbow".

Needless to mention its disadvantages, the launch process is very troublesome, and the strength of 900 cattle requires considerable physical strength. If the soldiers are tired after a hard battle or hungry due to lack of supplies, they are afraid that they will not be able to pull the "bow crossbow" at all.

In fact, it is not only for waiting to be hit, but it is very laborious to pull the trigger... It designed a huge trigger so that people can pull it with two fingers, but even this is not an easy task.

Its biggest advantage is that it freed the British army from the era when anti-tank grenades or explosive packs could only blow up enemy tanks at close range.

But soon Qin Chuan and others learned that this "English crossbow" had other advantages...

The tank drove into Alexandria in the gray sky. Qin Chuan found that this was not a good time for attack, because the buildings and land inside were almost the same as the sky, and were gray and white everywhere.

There was silence around. Perhaps the people had heard the news that the German army was about to attack, so they hid in the room and did not come out to move.

But Qin Chuan knew that the people hiding in the room were not necessarily the people.

The tank rumbles forward, and the tracks roll on the streets paved with stones, making some metal knocks from time to time. When turning, the rotation of the tracks and the weight of the tank will grind some pits on the ground. The sharp and harsh sound can be heard several miles away.

The soldiers followed nervously behind the tank and pointed the rifles and machine guns at the buildings on both sides.

A bullet may be fired or a grenade suddenly thrown out from a window or door, especially upstairs.

But the German army could not stop this from happening. Alexandria was too big and had a population of millions. The 21st Armored Division could not drive everyone out of the house like before, or search and occupy every room.

At the same time, the German army had no time to do this, because it was already light at this time and the British reconnaissance planes were already hovering in the air... If the German army was still outside the city, they would probably be bombed by the British army at this time.

Of course, the British army did not carry out the bombing because they were worried about Egyptian people or houses... When the British and American troops returned to France, they did not consider the safety of the French people who were also white, and of course they would not take the lives and property of the colonized Egyptian people to heart.

The reason they did not bomb was that the German army could easily hide it before the bombing came, which would make the bombing poor. More importantly, the New Zealand Division's troops were also in this city, and bombing would inevitably lead to accidental injuries.

The tank turned a corner along the street again. Qin Chuan caught a window open in the gap when the tank was sideways, so he immediately shouted: "Stop, it's dangerous!"

But it was too late. Just a sound of machine bracketing sound, and a "boom" sound came from the front of the tank and then stopped moving... The projectile fired by the "English Crossbow" uses hollow charging technology, and the high-speed metal jet formed can penetrate 75MM thick armor, while the "No. 3" armor is only 47MM.

Since the metal jet is liquid, it will splash inside the tank compartment after it penetrates the armor, so most of the tank crew inside cannot avoid being hit... If you die on the spot by being hit, you will be lucky. Otherwise, you will feel the pain of high-temperature jet passing through your body and roasting the surrounding muscle tissue, which will be burnt.

The gunshots quickly rang out, and German soldiers raised their guns and leaned out from behind the wreckage of the tank to shoot in front.

Qin Chuan did not do this, and pointed his rifle at both sides of the street... At this time, the most dangerous thing was obviously not in front but on both sides. At least there were tank wreckage in front for cover, but there was nothing on both sides.

Sure enough, the next second, the windows on both sides of the street suddenly opened with a "whistle" sound... Qin Chuan aimed at one of them and pulled the trigger without thinking.

With a "bang", a blood light rushed out of the darkness of the window, and the bullet obviously hit the target.

Then Qin Chuan pulled the bolt as fast as possible and pointed the muzzle at another window again... One muzzle was extending from another window, and it was the Thomson submachine gun.

In this case, the submachine gun with a terrifying 100 round capacity is obviously more lethal than the machine gun. If it is fired, I am afraid that the infantry platoon where Qin Chuan is located will instantly become a pile of corpses.

Of course, Qin Chuan did not let it do what it wanted. After a gunshot, the submachine gun fell off the window. Then, a New Zealand soldier with his neck covered his neck slowly appeared at the window, and his body slowly lost its strength to hang upside down on the window ling. Red blood flowed down the white wall.

At this time, the German soldiers suddenly realized something, so they turned their guns and aimed at both sides.

This also completely broke the ambush of the New Zealand Army, because there were not many windows and doors... This is one of the reasons why New Zealand soldiers were unable to arrange large numbers of personnel.

With preparation, German soldiers easily blocked these windows with firepower…except for grenades.

The New Zealand soldiers seemed to realize this, and then several grenades were thrown down one after another.

Werner was waiting for this moment. He grabbed the submachine gun and "expanded" twice, skillfully knocking the two grenades to the other side of the tank...

This is Werner's hobby, and many people are incredible about this, because it is a grenade, and you will be killed by accident.

But Werner's answer was: "If you treat it as a baseball, then it's baseball!"

This is the truth. Werner is a professional baseball player. The speed of the grenade throws is much slower than the speed of the baseball pitcher. The possibility of Werner making mistakes is actually very small, so just relax your mindset... it is actually a baseball thrown by a bad bowler.

However, there was only one Werner in the army, and there was also a grenade because it was too far away to catch up.

The grenade fell into the crowd, and more than a dozen people were within its range of killing.
Chapter completed!