Once you capture the enemy's position, you should hold on to it. This time Roshakov had to do the opposite, even if he was a little reluctant to give up.
The troops were actively cleaning the battlefield, and many soldiers started to retreat after carrying the captured ammunition boxes. Just as everyone was searching for the loot in full swing, a whistling sound suddenly came from the sky.
"It's an enemy artillery! Take cover!" Roshakov shouted loudly, then aimed at a hole and jumped over it like a reflex, and quickly huddled up.
The firepower density of the German artillery bombardment was four times weaker than that of Doronin! Why? Because Muller only had four field guns left in the best condition. The worst thing was the reserve of artillery shells. He only had 200 left.
A 75mm high-explosive bomb was fired.
The symbolic significance of the German artillery counterattack was greater than the actual significance. Muller fired twenty rounds of artillery shells in protest, ultimately killing and wounding more than thirty Soviet troops.
Roshakov was so frightened that the shelling was like a blow to the Soviet army. The soldiers no longer hesitated and hurriedly retreated.
The perspective shifts to the German army.
As a large number of figures suddenly appeared, the officers and soldiers of the Muller Regiment couldn't help but become nervous. The machine gunners among them even planned to open fire directly. Fortunately, some officers saw the figures clearly through binoculars. They were all wearing German standard helmets.
——They are the officers and soldiers of the retired police regiment!
Many German soldiers despised this group of Eastern volunteers. Today, seeing them collapse and abandon their positions at the first touch, their contempt reached the extreme.
Muller himself was naturally extremely disappointed with these friendly forces. He no longer wanted to count on these guys, but rather put his hope in the armored troops that were galloping in for reinforcements.
Because he was too disappointed, Mueller apparently lost his temper.
The head of the police group is also German, and Muller boasts that he can still scold him a few times.
"Kushain, your troops are a bunch of cowards. They could only defend their positions for more than ten minutes, but then they collapsed. You really embarrass the Third Reich."
"Okay, I accept your criticism. I think I do think highly of this group of Eastern volunteers. They are pretty good at encircling and suppressing ordinary gangsters, but they are really a group of idiots when it comes to engaging in positional warfare."
The head of the police regiment could understand the anger of the friendly forces, and he also introduced the situation on the front line.
That was a battle that made Muller astonished. He said with some trembling: "The Russians actually charged at the risk of their own artillery fire? When they approached your bombed position, the bombing had just ended. If so, your sudden collapse would have
There are some reasons."
"No. I have no intention of excusing this group of Eastern volunteers. Their fighting will is indeed terrible. Let's face reality. More than half of my people have withdrawn to you. If the enemy continues to attack, I will help you defend.
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Mueller glared at him and laughed.
"What? You don't trust me?"
"Of course not!" Mueller clasped his hands behind his back, looking heroic in life: "Soon, the Waffen SS will send some tanks, including a thickened armored Panzer IV. As soon as they arrive, I will organize troops
We're attacking, let's help you regain the lost position."
"This is a good thing. The Russians must have occupied our position."
"It's good that you know, so you lead your people to participate in the operation and tell the group of Belarusian volunteers under your command that this is an opportunity to verify their loyalty. If the position cannot be recaptured, their families and themselves will definitely
They will be sanctioned. I think they are considering their own future and will not be cowardly again."
The straight-line distance is more than ten kilometers, but it actually takes more than twenty kilometers to travel. It took more than forty minutes for the twenty tanks and armored vehicles from Loev's side to support Muller to arrive successfully. They were already moving very fast, Mueller
Le was very satisfied with this, but the commander of the reinforcements was a little annoyed at his delay.
The deputy captain of the armored squadron still thought highly of himself, but this time he could no longer underestimate the enemy. When he arrived at Muller's position, the first thing he said after seeing Muller himself was to ask where the Soviet troops were and when they would attack.
Muller was intent on taking advantage of the victory and pursuing the Soviet army while their foothold was still unstable.
A surprise military meeting was immediately convened, which was actually the mobilization of the German army before the counterattack.
"This is the situation. The Russians have occupied the position of our police regiment, are already looting the loot, and are holding on. This time, we will use the tank troops as the vanguard, organize the troops to take it down in one go, and annihilate the enemy as much as possible...
"Mueller concluded this way. He believed that a brave breakthrough could complete a big victory.
Other officers, because of the joining of tanks, everyone regained their confidence.
The German counterattack begins!
This time, ten tanks led by an enhanced armored Panzer IV became the vanguard, followed by reinforcements of half-track armored vehicles and all the armored vehicles of the Muller Regiment. The German army assembled up to thirty armored vehicles!
The charge of armored vehicles was also accompanied by the cover of a battalion of officers and soldiers. Muller dispatched an elite infantry battalion under his command to cooperate with the company-sized Waffen-SS soldiers who followed the tanks.
As for the officers and soldiers of the police regiment, who would believe that they would be particularly brave? All the officers and soldiers of the police regiment who had withdrawn were placed at the end of the attacking team, and the ones with real combat effectiveness were the thirty vehicles dispatched by the German army.
Armored vehicles and nearly 800 German soldiers.
The distance between Mueller's position and the lost position of the police group was only three kilometers. If it were not blocked by some woods, through high-power telescopes, one could even see clearly the reality of the position in the distance.
All in all, the German counterattack began at 4:30 in the afternoon.
The first was a bombardment by the German 75mm field artillery. Although there were not many artillery shells, at least proper artillery preparations were made. The attacking troops also followed the example of the Soviet army and launched a sudden advance when the artillery preparations were underway. At one time, there were as many as two thousand
The people launched a frontal offensive, and the thirty armored vehicles further demonstrated the mighty military power of the German soldiers!
The soldiers were mentally prepared for a tough fight, but when they passed through the damn woods, they saw the abandoned position of the police regiment not far away. The sight was shocking.
Where are the people? Where are the Russian figures?
The position was empty, the tank troops did not encounter any obstruction, and they did not even hear any gunshots.
Since there was no obstruction, each tank crew boldly continued to advance. Considering the risk of being ambushed, the infantry who were originally hiding behind the tanks to avoid possible machine gun fire dispersed to form a skirmish line.
The German army advanced step by step without encountering any obstruction. Some soldiers even claimed that the Russians had escaped.
The soldier's suspicion was quickly verified, the position was indeed empty!
The mission of the attacking troops was to seize the lost position. Having achieved their warrior goal, they stopped attacking and immediately stood firm at the originally lost position.
The armored troops used advanced vehicle-mounted radios to directly communicate with the first command vehicle at Muller's position three kilometers away.
The deputy captain of the armored squadron directly and proudly stated: "We have occupied the position, but we have not found any enemies. Our army regained the position without any resistance. The Russians should have escaped."
Mueller was immediately confused. Countless conjectures suddenly appeared in his mind. What on earth was the enemy doing? Who could know?
As the commander of the current battlefield, Muller had to make a compromise decision, that is, order the offensive troops to defend the position of the police regiment in preparation for the Russian counterattack.