The only Type 1124 inland river gunboat, it arrived at the right location at the critical time.
It was such a coincidence! When the German army began to break out from the railway bridge in an organized and planned way, the Soviet army's heavy firepower was on the river. Its two 76mm tank guns and four Maxim machine guns began to attack the west side of the bridge crazily.
The enemy launched fire suppression.
"Oops! Why do the Russians still have gunboats like this!" The German battalion commander gritted his teeth angrily, "Machine gunner, shoot at the enemy ship!"
MG34 and ZB26 poured firepower on the gunboat. Seeing this, the helmsman quickly fled to the engine room, and the ship also moved forward slowly, maintaining a dynamic balance with the water flow.
The gunboat's armor is immune to ordinary bullets, and 7.92mm heavy machine gun bullets cannot penetrate its shell at all.
The appearance and attack of the gunboats really saved the Soviet army from planting bombs.
The Soviet platoon leader, who was in the front row and was responsible for the most difficult blocking task, immediately ordered the troops to move back. After seeing that the four rocket shells were finally placed, all the soldiers on the bridge rushed eastward, except for one half-kneeling soldier, who was not afraid of danger.
at every turn.
This soldier was only a hundred meters away from the four rockets. He carried the RPG and shouted loudly: "You all run back, I'm about to shoot!"
With an urging, the soldiers ran faster. Instead of running, they ran for their lives!
Even the soldier carrying the RPG knew that he was risking his life. Didn’t he know the effective killing distance of the catfish rocket? One hundred meters away was already the limit of the safe zone, and the shock wave would not kill him, but due to the explosion
And the flying debris could easily kill him.
The platoon leader who had just withdrawn knew what this man was going to do. At the last moment, he asked loudly: "Dear Davarich, do you know that at such a close distance, you will be affected and die?"
"I know! But it's worth sacrificing one of me to prevent the enemy from crossing the bridge!"
"Okay! Comrade, what's your name!?"
"Alexander Alexandrovich Alexandrov!"
"Okay! I remember your name! You are a hero!"
For the sake of honor, for his compatriots, and for victory, he was willing to be this glorious sacrifice.
Seeing his comrades retreating to safe areas, the soldier pulled the trigger.
The RPG missile stuck its tail and drove the entire missile body to rotate to achieve a gyroscopic effect. Alexandrov's bombardment level was quite high. He knew that he would definitely hit with one shot, and he also knew what to do after launching.
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This is not an act of holding a pack of explosives and dying with the enemy. Alexandrov instantly fell to the ground. The moment he touched the ground, there was a violent tremor in the ground and a deafening explosion! He held his hands on the ground, and his spiritual drive was somewhat different from the target.
Because of the gap, his internal organs did not suffer fatal tremors during the explosion, but the muscles all over his body were still shaken loose, and his mental consciousness suddenly disappeared. The soldier fainted...
The explosion occurred in full view of the Soviet army!
The four rocket shells exploded almost at the same time. The powerful force tore the railway bridge apart and collapsed five piers! Under the powerful force, the bridge was suddenly broken into three sections, and serious cracks appeared on the unbroken bridge deck.
The entire bridge is finished!
A large number of bricks, cement blocks and metal fragments fell into the Dnieper River like hailstones, hitting nearby people, friend and foe alike.
The stones gave the ambushing Soviet troops a slap in the face, and some people were even injured by stones.
Reichev looked left and right, then raised his binoculars to look at the situation on the bridge. The second company had already begun to retreat, but a few people still rushed back.
The retreating Soviet soldiers tried their best to pull back their own casualties. Their casualties in this battle were minimal, with only two people killed on the spot and seven injured.
Is the RPG player who risked his life by shooting dead? He was too close to the explosion!
Then the smoke cleared, and some paratroopers saw the man lying down calmly, as if he was simply crawling.
The platoon leader led the men back and checked briefly. He found that the soldier had no obvious injuries. He pinched his neck again and found that there were veins.
"You are so lucky. Now you can't die! Brothers, pull this guy back."
Reichev's troops were able to retreat completely, and he had to admit that the gunboat arrived just in time. Even if the current enemy learned that they could not cross the bridge and had to start shrinking and retreating, the gunboat's bombardment did not stop.
It is like a floating fortress. The enemy can't do anything about it. If they attack rashly, they will be bombarded to pieces by the gunboat's firepower.
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The mood of the German soldiers was relatively good, but the puppet soldiers almost suffered a mental breakdown. They suffered more than thirty casualties. Thanks to the Soviet firepower, they could not even pull the wounded back.
The Soviet army's devastating shelling failed to break the spirit of the German battalion commander, because he could still lead the soldiers to escape from the bridge, but now the final escape route has been interrupted.
We can't break through the encirclement head-on! If he did, all the officers and soldiers would be exposed to a one-kilometer-long open area and be killed by enemy artillery fire.
In order to avoid the Soviet firepower, the German and puppet troops retreated into the city along the streets leading directly to the bridge.
Everyone was panting, and everyone's eyes were filled with confusion.
What to do next? Fight? Surrender?
The deputy battalion commander planned to listen to the battalion commander's decision, but he never thought that the battalion commander finally suffered a mental breakdown.
I saw that he actually had the muzzle of the Ruger pistol in his mouth!
"No! Stop it!"
Snapped!
With just one sound, a man covered in dust fell down.
The vast number of German and puppet troops were stunned. The death of the German battalion commander simply announced to all personnel with practical actions that it would be better to give up resistance.
The puppet army was the first to become restless, and some people actually decided to throw down their weapons and surrender, and called on their compatriots.
However, after a burst of gunfire, this person also fell in a pool of blood.
A puppet army officer bared his teeth and shouted, "Idiots! Do any of you want to follow these idiots? Surrender? Do you think that if you surrender, the Stalinists will bypass your life? Bah! All those who surrender will be killed.
Brutal killing. Besides, some of you have family members in the city. If you surrender, what will happen to your women? Are you going to watch them being insulted by the Stalinists?"
These words were very impactful, and the puppet troops who had been demoralized actually cheered up.
The deputy battalion commander of the German army was also surprised. He knew that these Belarusians were serving the German army in order to resist Stalin's tyranny. The so-called "service" is actually the rhetoric above. In fact, they are the best allies of the local garrison. Regarding the Qing Dynasty,
The guerrillas worked very hard.
Taking this opportunity, the deputy battalion commander shouted loudly in public: "The battalion commander is dead, and now I will take over the battalion commander's work! The breakout operation completely failed. We were indeed surrounded by the Russians. We can only rely on the city to defend! We can't
When fighting out of the city, all members will rely on street defense. As long as the enemy dares to attack, we will destroy them at the intersection! We must delay the enemy before reinforcements arrive. Now, everyone takes action immediately! "