In this way, the German army's third round of attack was repelled almost entirely by the Soviet army's dozens of machine guns captured from the German army. Only ten minutes after the official battle between the two sides, the German army chose to retreat.
Balzen has determined that the enemy is retreating, and the combat plan has been temporarily changed. The next step will be the time for the two main regiments of the 284th Guards Division.
He immediately notified the troops ambushed in the forest, and received the decision that it was Lavrenty and Roshakov who refused to jump out of their positions and launch a charge.
"Why? Are you still waiting?"
Lavrenti refused: "It's not the right time now! This damn thick fog makes it impossible for us to even determine the enemy's position. Besides, they may also enter the forest."
Balzen thought for a moment, and this was true. When he was blocking the enemy, the majority of soldiers could only see the enemy's vague shadow. Presumably the enemy was also confused when attacking, so miraculously his own troops were not hit by the enemy's bullets.
They were shot and killed, but unfortunately only eight soldiers were shot and injured.
Lavrenti and Roshakov were not worried at all that the enemy would escape. As long as they stood firm, the enemy would continue to be strafed and bombarded when they entered the forest. The Soviet soldiers in the forest were in a tight formation to ensure that the enemy would not tear open their positions.
For both the German and Soviet troops, today's thick fog posed a huge obstacle to the battle, ultimately making it impossible for the Soviet troops to pursue their victory.
Could it be that the Soviet army's general offensive had to wait until the thick fog cleared?
Balzen can't wait any longer!
He finally explained his attitude to Lavrenty and Roshakov: "We have agreed that the time for the general attack is eight o'clock in the morning. We cannot delay the attack time just because the thick fog did not dissipate in time. Regardless of whether you support it or not, I will
Give the order to launch the Catfish rocket launcher at eight o'clock sharp."
This man is so stubborn! The army should obviously adjust its combat plan!
In this way, the Soviet army will launch a total of 20 Catfish rockets four to five kilometers in front of the position. The troops are already doing the final debugging work. After the four small launchers were assembled, different settings were set for each.
Launch angle.
The time is getting closer to eight o'clock in the morning, and the dense fog today, which is far thicker than the previous few days, is also showing signs of dissipating.
Balzen was standing at the artillery position, with four firing positions ready.
The time came as expected, and Balzen lowered his right arm to announce the start of the launch.
Four white dragons rose from the ground, with yellow tail flames and violent roars, and their missiles quickly disappeared into the mist.
"Keep launching! Hurry up!"
The soldiers did not dare to neglect, and soon, the new rocket was placed on the warm launcher. The trigger system was fixed, the soldiers pulled the rope bolt, and the second round of launch was quickly completed.
The Soviet army fired the planned twenty rockets in three minutes.
These twenty Catfish rockets, ignoring the interference of the fog, hit the preset position in a parabola with a low elevation angle. As for whether they could hit the retreating enemy, the Soviet army did not know.
At least some planning was done before the rocket was launched. Based on the previous reconnaissance report of the paratrooper brigade, the launch direction was corrected, and unique shooting angles were set for different launchers. In the end, the rocket will cover a relatively large area on the riverside plain.
In the area, relying on the damage of the shock wave, we will definitely be able to kill the exposed enemies within the range!
The rockets flew with a violent whistling sound, and they flew over the heads of the retreating German troops.
This was the first salvo fired by the Soviet army. The targets of the four rocket launchers coincidentally fell within the range of the German rear camp.
The German army built temporary fortifications on the river plain five kilometers away from the Soviet position. Most of the soldiers participated in the attack, with only more than a hundred soldiers left behind and more than 50 wounded who were still alive.
There is also a large amount of baggage here, such as a reserve of ammunition and a pile of baked black bread, a large number of carriages and sturdy military horses.
In fact, only one rocket hit the camp solidly, and that was enough!
The violent explosion brought a powerful shock wave, and living creatures with a radius of fifty meters from the center of the explosion were cut away by the shock wave like a knife. A large number of left-behind soldiers and horses died on the spot, and some had their internal organs damaged and were blown away by the storm.
The weight is on the ground.
Two more bombs landed in the swamp and mud, and one fell into a small forest. The shock wave also hit the German camp.
The bombardment of four bombs caused nearly a hundred casualties among the German camp defenders on the spot. Some people survived, but they were also shocked into coma.
Quetzal was shocked: "Damn it, my camp! That's the direction of the camp!"
He had no more time to panic, as the second round of Soviet bombardment followed.
The position of the new rocket attack gradually moved south. Faced with the sound of explosions getting closer and closer, the majority of German soldiers finally felt strong panic.
Furthermore, the explosion caused a violent high-temperature storm, which quickly began to clear the fog around the explosion center, so that the German soldiers could see the rising smoke and mushroom clouds!
Some German officers and soldiers who could run past were suddenly hit by rockets, and the shock wave swept through the crowd like grass. Dozens of people died of course, and nearly a hundred people were blown down by the storm.
The rocket attack came and went quickly. In terms of pure killing results, this attack was very different from what Balzen had hoped for.
Only more than 200 German and puppet troops suffered casualties in this bombardment, and the remaining 3,000 people could still continue to escape, but almost everyone was close to a mental breakdown.
No one knows whether the Soviet army can continue to carry out such an attack, but everyone knows that if they all rush into the forest, they can rely on forest vegetation to the maximum extent to offset the shock wave damage of the artillery bombardment.
Quetzal realized this and directed his men as much as possible.
"Everyone, let's head into the forest to avoid Russian shelling!"
His order was immediately responded to, and more and more people began to turn westward. However, Quetzal and the majority of soldiers believed that it was indeed safe. Thousands of Soviet troops were already here with machine guns and recoilless rifles.
Artillery position.
The Germans couldn't care less about anything, and they made a lot of noise while escaping for their lives.
After the large army entered the forest, Quetzal continued to order: "The whole army continues to advance. We will cross this forest and enter the absolute safety zone to reorganize."
The majority of the German and puppet soldiers were already exhausted, but now the desire to escape occupied their minds, and their legs, which had been filled with lead, became flexible again. They burst out with the most powerful motivation in their lives. Many people only care about
He ran wildly and even started to cough up blood. As long as he could survive, it would be worth it no matter how much he sacrificed.
Therefore, some soldiers simply abandoned their extra burdens, and many only carried a gun and dozens of bullets. They became pure light infantry.
The German army's retreat turned into a rout. In his desperation, Quetzal did not deploy any vanguard scouts. He knew almost nothing about this forest.