Natasha and her ten soldiers belonged directly to Balzen. It was very unfortunate that the position of these young soldiers happened to be within the fire coverage of the enemy's artillery.
Does the enemy have artillery? The Soviet army didn't really think about it at first. Firstly, these soldiers were indeed not afraid of death, but secondly, their own artillery firepower was enough to flatten Loev!
Therefore, Balzen's decision to move the front forward to the edge of the forest was also approved by Yang Mingzhi. At such a distance, the range of the 50 mm small mortars equipped by the German platoons could not reach the Soviet positions. If the Germans had high-level
The artillery must also be pulled out, but doing so would expose themselves, and the consequence would be to be destroyed first.
Even Yang Mingzhi forgot that these German troops might have more advanced mortars, because his thoughts were entirely on this encirclement and reinforcement operation.
The mortar shells falling from the sky are very powerful, with a radius of 20 meters. The shock wave can blow people away. The radius is 50 meters, and the shrapnel can even penetrate the bodies of two people.
Some cannonballs were blocked by branches and exploded in mid-air.
In terms of maximizing the killing performance, nothing can be better than the aerial explosion of artillery shells, which is like the shrapnel shells widely used in World War I. The condescending fragmentation damage caused even Soviet soldiers hiding in the trenches to be hit by fragmentation.
Drochenko and Talakova, two fourteen-year-old girls, formed a sniper team and were comrades lying in the same foxhole.
Some artillery shells exploded around them, and the air waves caused by the powerful shock wave had blown away some comrades. They also saw that many comrades were already running towards the rear.
"Akisha! Let's run now, we will be blown up if we continue like this!" Drochenko, just like what she said yesterday, was not afraid of the artillery fire around her.
However, Talakova huddled up and showed no intention of moving.
"Qiu Sha, what are you doing? We must retreat!"
Talakova screamed at the top of her lungs: "No, we'd better huddle in the foxhole! Don't run away, it's too dangerous!"
"Bah! My comrades are all retreating. We will be killed if we stay here any longer! I can't ignore your life and retreat by myself."
Therefore, Drodchenko didn't waste any time, grabbed Talakova's slender arm and joined the retreating army.
In fact, when the infantrymen in position are hit by artillery fire, all they can do is probably pray that the artillery shells will not blow them up. However, artillery shells do not have long eyes, and large-caliber artillery shells can even blow up two meters of soil, not to mention the soldiers.
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The artillery path this time was quite special because it was covered by a large number of pine trees, and the dense tree trunks had blocked a lot of shrapnel.
Then why continue to lie down in the position? It is better to use the super mobility of the troops and escape outside the enemy artillery coverage area in one minute. Besides, in terms of firepower density, the enemy artillery is really not that good.
As the old saying goes, cannonballs don't have eyes.
Two girls were running toward the rear with rifles in their arms. A mortar shell passed through a gap in the branches and exploded just ten meters away from them.
The powerful air wave blew the two slender girls away. They were so unlucky.
The unlucky Drodchenko hit a big tree and was hit hard on the back. After falling down, his whole body wilted. Fortunately, his consciousness did not disappear.
Even more unlucky was Talakova. She was dragged away by Drodchenko, but without thinking, she almost lost her life.
Even if she is still alive now, she is no longer the intact girl she was before!
The shock wave tore off one of her arms, her left arm was blown away, and a piece of shrapnel penetrated her leg. She fell heavily to the ground, and after more than ten seconds of being in a daze, the severe pain stimulated her to struggle wildly.
And all this was seen by Drochenko, who was in pain.
"Akisha! Akisha!"
Drodchenko could no longer shout loudly, and her own situation was equally dangerous. There were shells exploding around them, and unlucky soldiers were injured or killed as a result.
However, there were only a few casualties after all. After the enemy artillery bombardment, a large part of the soldiers quickly ran away with their equipment. Veterans like Natasha moved very quickly in tactical evasion. There were even some veterans who practiced
It was Earth Escape, and the artillery holes they dug tenaciously perfectly avoided enemy artillery fire.
The German artillery fire lasted for seven minutes in total, firing a total of one hundred shells. However, the 80mm mortar shells were very powerful, and the front position of Balzen's reconnaissance battalion was already covered with large and small craters.
Seeing that the enemy's artillery fire was over, Balzen immediately ordered: "Everyone return to the front line of the position and fight back!"
Without Balzen's order, the siege troops from the other three directions began to counterattack with artillery fire. However, the Soviet artillery shells penetrated into the city of Loev, and the German puppet troops quickly burrowed into the cellars like moles.
Natasha didn't know what happened to the young soldier under her command after the shelling. Everyone's sniper positions were scattered. Whose area was always safe and which area was within the shelling range were all chosen by them.
, whether you escape or get injured depends on your luck.
Most of the Soviet troops were able to run away in just three minutes when bombarded by enemy artillery. Especially the recoilless rifles, which were directly carried and fired. Since the ammunition was packed separately, the soldiers only followed with wooden boxes full of projectiles.
escape.
Therefore, the German artillery fire did not cause the Soviet frontline ammunition to explode, nor did it kill many people.
But the casualties were real, and the enemy's counterattack was like an uppercut, hitting Balzen hard in the face.
His face was sore from the beating that a stormy counterattack began. He really needed to vent his firepower, because this round of shelling by the Germans was probably the artillery preparation for their breakout.
The vast number of soldiers returned to their fighting posts, and all the wounded they found were pulled together, no matter whether they were dead or alive.
The casualties of her comrades touched Natasha's heart. Many veterans with experience in annihilating enemies died suddenly in sudden shelling. This situation has become a common phenomenon on the battlefield!
She had received medical training, and had even been an unreliable surgeon, with the ability to operate to remove shrapnel. Seeing the wailing wounded, she was not only shaken.
"Natasha! Move quickly, the enemy may break out, you have to kill a few more, don't wait any longer!" Igor urged loudly.
"Okay...ok!"
Suddenly, there was a special wailing sound in her ears. It was definitely not a man's wailing sound. Men cannot make those delicate sounds.
It's a woman!
This thought came to her mind, and she knew that she shouldn't be on the front line of the shells.
"Igor!"
"Oh! Come with me quickly and don't waste time."
"I can't go any further!"
"What?" Igor also stopped and turned his head suddenly, "You..."
"Someone is injured! It's my man or a woman. Come with me quickly. The artillery fire on the front line is enough to suppress the enemy. I think I should save people now!"
"A woman is injured? What the hell!" Igor understood the situation instantly. He stamped his feet fiercely, then carried a huge anti-tank gun, followed Natasha, and ran towards the place where the wailing came from.