After the German army occupied the town, they found that there were no defenses on the north and east sides. If the Soviet army launched a counterattack from these two directions, it would be impossible to resist it. Therefore, Captain Becker issued an order to the commander of the fifth company, asking him to command the manpower.
Build fortifications in both directions.
According to the fifth company commander's idea, the best way is to dig trenches. His soldiers can hide in the trenches and shoot at the attacking Soviet troops. However, since it is the season when the ice and snow melt, the trenches have just been dug less than a foot deep.
It was filled with melted snow water. Seeing that it was impossible to dig a trench, the fifth company commander had no choice but to change his mind and let the soldiers pile up sandbags fortifications.
Stacking sandbag fortifications is naturally much faster than digging trenches. In less than an hour, the German soldiers piled up a sandbag defense line 200 meters long and more than one meter high. Seeing the formed defenses, the fifth company commander suddenly felt more relieved.
, according to his idea, as long as his soldiers hide behind these sandbag fortifications, the attacking Russians will never even think of rushing over.
But not long after, the fifth company commander discovered that he was wrong, and he was very wrong. After the Russian attack started thousands of meters away, the infantry were not lined up in skirmish formations with guns in hand as in the past.
They strode to their own position to die. Instead, a group of tanks lined up and rumbled towards their own position.
Seeing that the tank was getting closer and closer to him, the fifth company commander couldn't help but panic. He waved his pistol and shouted: "Machine gun, machine gun fire, you must block the Russian tank."
Upon hearing the company commander's order, the two latest MG42 machine guns on the position began to fire wildly at the approaching tank. The bullets hit the front armor plate of the tank like hail, making the armor jingle. But there was no trace of it.
It did not affect the forward speed of the tank.
A German machine gunner who was shooting thought with great fear: As soon as the Russian tank stops, I will immediately drop the machine gun and run away. Otherwise, I will definitely be blown to pieces.
Then before the advancing tank stopped, the scream of artillery shells piercing the air came from the air. The machine gunner stopped shooting and looked at the sky in shock, wondering where this strange sound came from. He only saw a black figure.
Point, it flew towards where he was, getting bigger and bigger. When he saw clearly that what was flying over was a cannonball, the cannonball had already landed five or six meters in front of him and exploded.
With a loud noise that could shatter the eardrums, the smoke cleared, and there was a huge crater in front of the fortification. A gap was opened in the continuous sandbag fortification, and the shooting machine gunner, as well as the deputy shooter and ammunition hand disappeared.
There was no trace, only some machine gun parts still smoking in the distance.
The Germans didn't understand that the Russian tanks did not stop, but where did the shells come from? Could it be a Russian tank that could fire while moving? When thinking of this, all the German officers and soldiers were frightened to death.
. Seeing the Russian tanks getting closer and closer to them, the soldiers knew that they could not stop them with a layer of sandbag fortifications, so they left their combat posts one after another, bent over and ran towards the center of the town.
A soldier came to the fifth company commander and shouted to him: "Mr. Lieutenant, everyone is fleeing towards the town. Can you retreat too?"
"Bastard!" The German lieutenant stepped forward and gave the soldier a slap in the face, yelling loudly: "The order given to us by the battalion commander is to hold on to the position. It's better for you. The enemy started to turn around and run away before they could get in front of them. Let everyone
Everyone return to their fighting posts, or I will shoot them."
The soldier stood there in a daze for a while, not knowing whether he should follow his companions and flee toward the town, or whether he should follow the company commander's order and return to his combat post to continue fighting.
Fortunately, the Soviet tanks quickly helped him make his decision. A T-34 tank rushing at the front easily collapsed the German sandbag fortifications, crushing the German soldiers hiding behind the fortifications.
Meat Sauce. When the hesitant soldier saw his comrades killed under the tracks of Soviet tanks, he dared not return to his combat post. He turned around in a hurry and ran away towards the town.
When the fifth company commander saw his soldiers abandoning their positions and fleeing towards the town, he was so angry that he waved his pistol and shouted loudly. He even grabbed the collars of the soldiers passing by and ordered them in a stern tone to go back and continue fighting. But
The other party ignored him at all, pushed him away, and ran away towards the town without looking back.
Just when the fifth company commander raised his pistol, aimed at a fleeing soldier and was about to shoot, the machine gun on the Soviet tank opened fire. A series of bullets hit the fifth company commander in the chest and abdomen, and he threw away the pistol in his hand.
, covered the wound, turned around twice, staggered forward one step, and then fell softly to the ground.
The shell that destroyed the German machine gun's firepower point was caused by a 122mm self-propelled artillery parked a few hundred meters away. The gunner saw the German machine gun in the distance firing continuously at the advancing tank. He was angry and aimed there and fired.
But he never dreamed that just such a shot would disrupt the German army. Before the tanks could break through the sandbag fortifications, the enemies had begun to flee one after another.
The Soviet infantry was more than 300 meters behind the tanks. Seeing that the tanks in front had broken through the German sandbag fortifications and were rushing towards the town, their morale was suddenly boosted. They first changed from brisk walking to trotting, and soon again
The jog turned into a sprint. Within twenty meters, hundreds of soldiers carrying weapons rushed through the sandbag fortifications that had been smashed to pieces by the tanks, and bravely rushed towards the town.
Sokov originally thought there would be a fierce battle outside the town, but now he saw that breaking through the enemy's position was like a child's play, and he couldn't help being shocked. After a long time, he picked up the phone and called the second battalion commander Guoli.
Ya said: "Comrade Captain, your vanguard has rushed into the town. I now order you to lead the remaining troops to charge immediately, and we must retake the town as soon as possible."
"Don't worry, comrade division commander." When Golia saw his troops rushing through the sandbag fortifications and rushing towards the town, he couldn't hold it any longer. When he was about to lead the charge himself, he received Sokov's call.
After giving the order, it was like trying to sleep but someone gave him a pillow. He even expressed his position and said: "I will lead the troops and rush up immediately."
Sokov answered the call from Shamrih Battalion again, and said to Shamrih who answered the phone: "Comrade Navy Captain, the vanguard of the Goliath Battalion has rushed into the town, your battalion cannot fall behind?"
Shamrih saw the performance of the Goliath Battalion, but because their battalion's offensive starting position was farther than the Goliath Battalion. As a result, when the friendly forces started to attack, there were still one-third of the soldiers in their battalion.
He failed to enter the position. When he heard Sokov say this, he immediately blushed and raised his voice to express his position to Sokov: "Comrade division commander, please rest assured that our battalion will never lose to the Goliya battalion."
,please take a look at our next performance.”
As soon as Shamrih put down the phone, he shouted to the officers: "Get ready to attack. All commanders and soldiers, including me, must be at the front of the team. Anyone who dares to cower will be treated as a deserter."
This chapter has been completed!