Chapter 1361 Blocking the Second Round of German Attacks
Many Soviet soldiers were lying in ambush under the fallen tree trunks. They suddenly jumped out and opened fire on the exposed German troops.
Machine guns were spitting out tongues of flame, and the green tracer bullets proved that they were German-made machine guns. Now they became the force that slaughtered the Germans. Because the Soviet counterattack was too sudden, the more than 500 German soldiers who were exposed were nowhere to be found.
Escape, dozens of people died in an instant.
Others lay on the ground and shot, or fled behind armored vehicles and assault guns.
It must be said that the German counterattack was very fast, especially the assault gun, which suddenly opened fire straight ahead and blew away a Soviet machine gun position.
Countless bullets focused on this Santuzi. Its sloping armor bounced these bullets very well. Even the Soviet 57mm anti-tank shells often bounced out. It often takes some effort to deal with such a low armored vehicle.
Special skills, such as an excellent anti-tank gun team, will specialize in hitting the road wheels of tanks and assault guns.
The officers and soldiers of the specially trained 17th Guerrilla Brigade are not so thoughtful. Since they have powerful rockets at hand, when should they wait longer?
This Santuzi fired a total of three rounds, each of which killed or wounded Soviet soldiers.
But when the inner loader loaded the fourth round, World War II was over for the entire crew.
A Catfish rocket aimed at it and flew straight towards it. The distance between them was only three hundred meters, and the air waves caused by the violent explosion were felt by the launch team.
The effect of the explosion was astonishing. It was more powerful than at least four 105mm howitzers. The smoke and dust raised by the explosion were even more astonishing. The shock wave caused knocked down all people within a radius of 100 meters, and all German soldiers within a radius of 10 meters from the center of the blast.
They were all dead, even in fragments, falling from the sky along with a large amount of debris and soil.
It can be said that the Soviet army retaliates in kind. The Catfish rocket launcher fired three rounds, and the recoilless rifle and RPG fired fifty rounds. The Soviet army used fierce artillery fire to teach the German army a lesson. The exchange of fire lasted for ten minutes, and the German army could not stand it anymore.
The German army inspected the operation. They suffered heavy losses and the battalion commander had to order a retreat.
In this way, the German army suffered nearly 300 casualties, only more than 200 escaped, and three armored vehicles were lost. The sudden huge losses made the regiment leader Schlosser very angry. He directly grasped the Luger pistol and
On the forehead of the battalion commander who retreated without authorization.
"Damn trash! Who asked you to withdraw? The soldiers of the Third Reich should move forward bravely. You have brought shame to the empire."
The battalion commander felt justified and said angrily: "Commander, can't you see the rising smoke? We were shelled by the Russians. Look at my men, half of them are dead! The battle has only begun now.
In twenty minutes, I will lose half of my army, and in another twenty minutes, my entire army will be annihilated!"
At the same time, the division commander who was observing closely from the rear realized that there was a problem at the front, and asked about the situation of the battle through the radio.
Schlosser had no choice but to temporarily put aside the urge to kill people and report the battle situation to the division commander.
"We encountered stubborn resistance from the Soviet army, and the artillery did not destroy them."
"What? The enemy is actually still alive? Schlosser, you are on the front line, you have to continue the attack and press the entire group!"
"As you command!"
To be honest, Schlosser himself was very unconvinced. Now that the division commander had given the order, the entire regiment should attack and sweep across the forest in one go.
So four infantry battalions launched operations at the same time. The four battalions were four squares. They were arranged in a horizontal formation, and each battalion formed a fighter group with a company as a unit. The German army was like a comb, starting the second round of attack.
After repelling the first round of German attacks, the officers and soldiers of the guerrilla brigade were complacent. Reichev was not happy, and his mood did not even fluctuate, because he knew that the Germans would come back again.
As expected, the German army began to attack again at 7:50 in the morning. This time their offensive front exceeded three kilometers!
This is a very large area, and fortunately the Soviet army still has sufficient reserve forces.
After discovering a large-scale German attack, Miroshniko asked Medvedev's regiment, the second regiment of the independent regiment closest to him, for help. Medvedev immediately sent two battalions to move north, thus effectively reinforcing the guerrilla brigade.
The focus of Schlosser's attack was still on the highway. He personally rode in a half-track armored vehicle and reorganized the armored vehicles brought by the entire regiment to form an assault force. So, fifteen armored vehicles with machine guns mounted on top began
charge.
"Haha, the blitzkrieg you are so proud of will not work here, messenger! Order each recoilless gun team to focus on attacking armored vehicles!"
On the three-kilometer-long front, the Soviet army had 30 recoilless guns and 50 RPG launchers. And because the troops were armed for assault, there were gaps in the reserve firearms, even rifles with worn rifling.
Also put into use, not to mention a large inventory of anti-tank guns.
There are not many anti-tank guns and few bullets, but they are a powerful weapon against lightly armored targets!
The German army organized a new armored vehicle assault force, with more than 300 infantrymen behind the vehicle. They ran wildly with the vehicle in order to break through as quickly as possible.
The battle broke out as German soldiers appeared within the range of Soviet artillery!
The Germans' tactics were absolutely correct when they hit the armored vehicle, but they were targeting the wrong person.
Miroshniko was desperate. He ordered the rocket launcher team to destroy all the rockets in reserve. Two catfish rocket launchers were aimed at the armored vehicle at the head. Two white dragons emerged from the woods, followed by a shocking explosion.
The armored vehicle was directly blown into powder, and the fragments spread to the three vehicles behind it. The smoke and dust raised further blocked the German attack from the rear.
Two rounds had just been fired, followed immediately by two more rounds. Anyway, the Germans were there, so the Soviet rocket launcher team did not take more aim and continued to pour firepower towards the smoke. The Soviet machine gunners also provided effective recoilless rifles.
Fire suppression, under the attack of various firepower, only five of Zhutu's armored vehicles made tactical evasion, which was actually a retreat.
"My God! They are all a bunch of lunatics!" Schlosser, the leader of the group, fled in shock.
I have to say that this regiment leader was really lucky. He originally wanted to act in person to show the bravery of the Third Reich's communists, and personally led the armored vehicles to advance. He realized that he almost died, and the Soviet army's firepower was completely beyond the range.
He imagined that the explosions just now were like the bombardment of his own large-caliber artillery. No! The intensity of the explosions was simply like an aerial bomb!
The regiment leader withdrew, but his men continued to fight on a three-kilometer wide front. The Soviet and German armies shot at each other in the forest, and sometimes shelled.
The German army used 82mm mortars for bombardment and small 50mm mortars for bombing. In the forest, these two high-elevation angle weapons were very ineffective. Some shells actually hit tree branches and exploded directly!
The weapons of the Soviet army are more reliable. The widely equipped RPG can shoot at low elevation angles, and its power cannot be underestimated. Moreover, the Soviet army has dug many foxholes after all. In areas not bombarded by heavy artillery, the Soviet army built
The simple machine gun fortress has now become the focus of defense!
The fighting has been going on since eight o'clock in the morning, and the war front has been stalemate.
The German division commander was very troubled. He called to inquire about the situation on the front line. Schlosser claimed that the troops were still fighting hard.
Schlosser reported the serious losses suffered by his armored vehicles, and he was so strong that he asked to continue fighting.
Undoubtedly, the division commander Hendryson could only temporarily agree to his subordinates' request. He ordered: "You should maintain the current offensive. I don't ask you to break through, as long as you persist until ten o'clock. At ten o'clock, I will order your troops to retreat."