Chapter 1352 Continue to charge forward even if the casualties are heavy
When the Soviet army used Katyusha rocket launchers, they often fired more than a dozen or dozens of vehicles at the same time, causing the ground to shake and the mountains to fall into a sea of fire.
Especially for tanks and personnel in open areas, saturation bombing means that there are no shelters in the area, and all exposed people will die. Moreover, after a rocket is fired, there will definitely be no tanks that can be driven.
All major countries involved in the war were no strangers to rocket launchers, but the Soviet Union was the first to use them intensively and on a large scale.
Yang Mingzhi worked hard here to produce more than a hundred rockets in half a month. If the Katyusha rocket launch standards were followed, all the ammunition would only be fired by ten launch vehicles in one wave.
At least the accuracy and power of Catfish rockets are better than Katyusha rockets.
Because the data reported by the scouts were estimates, only a small part of the rockets flying over fell into the German formation.
If all the rockets fall into the German camp evenly, a saturation strike will basically be completed. No matter how the German soldiers hide, the powerful shock wave will tear people apart! Because within the five-meter radius of the blast core, the human body will be destroyed.
It is shattered. People within a radius of fifty meters can also be knocked down by the air waves and even fall into coma.
Many rockets fell into the north of the German army, which was the route they had just walked. In the end, only four bombs actually fell into the German camp, and that was at the end.
The explosion set off violent smoke and dust, and the air waves caused by the shock wave swept across the entire German camp. No matter how many people died, the shock wave alone would kill everyone standing. The ground was shaking, and all the tank soldiers experienced an unprecedented experience.
of bumps.
What's even crazier is that a Panzer IV tank responsible for the rearguard was actually hit by a rocket. It exploded directly, and the large amount of fragments produced caused tragic casualties. Although all the German soldiers following it were killed, the German soldiers
Therefore, one assault team, that is, one platoon, was lost in one fell swoop!
The explosion was so violent, because the soil raised by the explosion was also mixed with a large number of metal fragments and human limbs.
When the wreckage fell one after another, many shocked soldiers suddenly realized that it seemed to be raining. When they wiped the wet rainwater from their bodies, they discovered that it was not rain at all, but blood. "Blood rain" is no longer a description in literature, but
It really happened!
The earth-shaking bombardment came and went in a hurry. Thanks to the wide enough formation of the German army and the offset position of most of the rocket launchers, the German army was not wiped out.
Even so, the situation of the German army was still very bad.
Assault squadron leader Anikazi, who was in the command vehicle, suffered a head injury. He covered his bleeding head and opened the back door of the armored vehicle. What he saw was a disaster scene. He was still calm and immediately commanded the troops to start rescue and establish a defense line on the spot.
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Flesch, another squadron leader, was in good condition. He tried to contact all the crews through the on-board radio. After each vehicle reported its number, he was surprised to find that four of his tanks had lost contact!
The German army temporarily stopped on the battlefield, and they quickly counted the casualties. Many soldiers had no bones left. The German army could only count the number of survivors, as well as the wounded and corpses found. Finally, it was determined that in this attack, eight
Sixteen people were killed, six tanks were damaged, and four half-track armored vehicles were damaged.
Most tanks and armored vehicles have been damaged to varying degrees, and are not included in the statistics because they are not in the way. Even if they are classified as damaged, some vehicles can continue to be used after overhaul.
The German army usually does not abandon broken tanks, even if they are honeycombed by armor-piercing bombs. As long as the wreckage is pulled back, the Germans' superb industrial capabilities can often repair them.
But now, the German army has no ability at all, let alone delaying the next battle for a few broken tanks. Even if 86 people were killed and more than 40 wounded, the German army lost one person in one bombardment.
There are more than a hundred combat troops, but the military order cannot be shaken!
The news that the march had been attacked and suffered huge losses quickly reached the headquarters of the SS59 regiment, which was slowly marching behind. Captain Blücher became furious.
Because most of the dead were from France, there were suddenly over a hundred casualties, accounting for one-eighth of the task force's strength.
He regretted the death of his men in battle. In addition to lamenting that everyone's fate was different, he was also angry at the Soviet army.
Blücher made a judgment and issued an order: "The city of Loev must have done a good job in defense. Since they have used rocket launchers, they will most likely continue to attack! You must not wait any longer and rush towards Loev immediately.
, strive to quickly break through its defense line with tanks!"
The two assault squadron leaders on the front line believed that their superiors' decision was absolutely correct.
If we continue to linger here, who knows if the enemy's rocket launchers will come over. In the previous bombardment, many rocket launchers missed. Thinking about their next round of more precise bombardment? Thinking of this, Flesch and Anikaz shivered.
trembling.
The German army was delayed for half an hour. After reorganizing their troops, they continued to advance.
This advance force was split up again. Squadron leader Flesch personally organized an assault force consisting of ten tanks and ten half-track armored vehicles. The officers and soldiers called the next battle a "micro-blitz". Some who were not afraid of death
The soldiers were hanging on the tanks again, and the armored vehicles were overloaded again.
In this way, twenty armored vehicles and two hundred infantrymen formed the first wave of German military forces to attack Loev.
All vehicles also stepped up their accelerators and moved quickly along the riverside plain.
As they got closer to the city, they saw even more shocking scenes.
The not-very-wide plain was suddenly covered with large and small craters. The green grass disappeared and there were black marks everywhere. What was even more shocking were the wreckage of more than a dozen badly damaged tanks, scattered in a haphazard manner.
This situation caused the German officers and soldiers who had just escaped the rocket bombardment to take a breath of cold air. What else could they do? To take the lead in the operation, the price paid should be high. The officers and soldiers could only pray silently, hoping that they would be able to take the lead in the next battle.
During the battle, I was lucky enough to survive.
Because it is noon, the fog has long gone. The sky is cloudy at the moment, the clouds are like cotton, and the air is quite clear. To the east is the broad Dnieper River, and to the right is a large forest. What a beautiful river it is.
Beautiful scenery!
And a ruined city suddenly appeared in front of the attacking German officers and soldiers!
"Brothers, Loev is ahead. We charge with all our strength, everyone is ready for battle!" Squadron Leader Flesch put down the walkie-talkie and nervously ordered the tank driver to increase the accelerator.
All the infantry, whether attached to the tanks or in the compartments of the half-track armored vehicles, now broke away from the vehicles, hid behind the vehicles, and followed closely.
They were getting closer and closer to the outer buildings of the city, but the long-worried blockage never appeared.
Just five hundred meters away from the city, the squadron leader suddenly ordered the team to stop the assault.
He held the walkie-talkie and ordered: "Attention, all vehicles, make an emergency stop and conduct fire reconnaissance. Each vehicle fires once at the city, execute immediately!"