The artillery bombardment launched by the German 634th Division made the German soldiers south of Loev extremely proud.
Thick black smoke rose from the forest in the distance. The explosion ignited the pine trees, and the pine resin burned to create an unusually thick smoke. At first glance, it looked like a forest fire.
"Now, you Russians can finally shut up!"
Blücher put down his telescope and estimated that all the Soviet troops had been killed. Indeed, after the bombardment ended, the battlefield suddenly fell silent, and the Soviet troops who had just launched the bombardment disappeared.
Was the enemy really killed? This requires some investigation.
Blücher ordered an assault team to move forward to test the situation. These more than fifty armed SS soldiers acted as scouts.
They formed a skirmish line and advanced cautiously. Behind them were two thousand soldiers, a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, and a fire support system composed of more than a dozen 80mm mortars.
At the same time, the officers and soldiers of Tokov Company, who had recovered slightly, decided to resolutely carry out the battalion commander's order - to delay the enemy for the evacuation of the large force.
Tokov did not know what the losses of the large troops were in the enemy artillery bombardment just now. He only knew that soldiers must obey orders. Besides, the enemy who held Loev back was originally executing the orders of the headquarters. If he could continue
The enemy's heavy casualties are worth it even if all the officers and soldiers of the company die for the country.
Seeing the skirmish line of the enemy's top soldiers slowly approaching, Tokov ordered: "Everyone stay calm, prepare grenades, and move the enemy closer before attacking."
The two messengers quickly spread the order throughout the entire front, and all the soldiers resolutely prepared their grenades.
Why use grenades? Because five of the ten recoilless rifles were damaged in the shelling, and the ammunition box of one exploded. In the end, only two guns could still fire normally, and only a total of ten shells were left.
As a last resort, Tokov had to resort to the grenade tactics he learned from the commander.
Since ancient times, combat soldiers have never been tired of deception. The soldiers of Tokov Company pretended to be dead, but in fact they prepared grenades behind various bunkers.
German soldiers were mentally prepared for the dangers ahead.
They advanced little by little, and all their actions were monitored by Tokov, who was observing secretly. His soldiers also held on to the grenade tabs, waiting for the company commander's orders.
Seeing the enemies arriving at a distance of only thirty meters, Tokov used the sound of gunshots as a signal, and the more than 60 people who survived threw deadly grenades modified from cans.
Suddenly, Blücher saw a series of explosions in the distance through the telescope, and he was so shocked that he almost fell down.
"What the hell? What's going on? The Russians haven't been killed yet?"
The Soviet army was indeed not killed and could still put up effective resistance. Sixty grenades were thrown out, and the exploding shrapnel formed a dense barrage. Even if the German scouts stood scattered, they were still killed by a large number of small shrapnel.
After all, it is a hand grenade modified from a special can. The large amount of metal fragments inside make it difficult to kill people. It is perfectly fine to make people bleed from the explosion to death.
The entire assault team was instantly incapacitated by the explosion of grenades and the subsequent machine gun fire. Those who survived lay on the ground and howled like pigs.
The last two recoilless gun groups took the lead in launching a long-distance counterattack, and two more shells hit the main German army's current position.
The German army immediately launched a counterattack, with tanks, guns, and mortars firing one after another, and dozens of general-purpose machine guns creating green lasers.
A head-on firefight between the Soviet and German armies occurred again, but this time the Soviet army's firepower was much weaker.
Blücher was not at all in the mood to pay attention to the fact that the Soviet firepower was severely weakened. Instead, he used the radio to question Hendryson: "Your second round of shelling was too ineffective. You did not hit the position at all. I ask you to expand
The third round of bombing starts now."
Hendrickson became angry when he heard this. He asked: "Are you ordering me?"
"I'm just giving you an order! Even if your troops belong to Army Group B, you are still the Third Reich Corps loyal to the Führer, and our armed SS are the Führer's closest servants. Besides, I am the frontline commander of this battle.
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Not to mention Blücher, Hendryson almost forgot that he was still the commander. Unfortunately, he really had reason to reject him at the moment.
"Our artillery reserves are no longer sufficient. There are also a large number of Soviet military activities in our south. Our department must leave some ammunition." As he said, Hendryson also sarcastically said: "Could it be that the armed SS who are loyal to the Führer have lost their courage?
, your attack must rely on the artillery bombardment of our National Defense Forces? So for annihilating the enemy, is it my artillery bombardment or your cleaning up?"
Blücher's eyes turned red when he heard this. He had fully understood what the friendly forces meant. He bared his teeth and replied: "I already understand. I will attack with all my strength next! Loev is defended by you anyway, and I don't care about the city now."
, I want to go south to completely destroy those Russians. As for Loev’s follow-up, it is all your responsibility. Including the battalion you crossed the river yesterday, it is now under my command, and I will go south to attack now!"
"You! You are so reckless?!"
It is the bounden duty of soldiers to obey orders. If the frontline troops all have their own opinions and come to overcome their superiors, the course of the war will instantly escape the control of the command headquarters.
The SS59 regiment, which was supposed to move west, suddenly focused on annihilating the Soviet troops south of Loev. Blücher had already thought of a reason to report to his superiors. He would report that his own troops had successfully blocked the Soviet siege force.
After the friendly artillery bombardment ended, they pursued the victory, which delayed the mission of marching westward to reinforce the 805th Division's Muller Regiment.
Of course, this is not the fact of the battle at all. Blücher would not say that he went south because of the ridicule of his friendly troops.
Half an hour after the 634th Division's artillery bombardment ended, the German army began its real southward attack.
This time, Blücher's troops were fully mobilized. He commanded a battalion of the 634th Division, with a combat strength of nearly 3,000 people. With the support of dozens of armored vehicles and tanks, the army marched toward the southern forest in a mighty manner.
Go.
Tokov watched all this calmly. Of course he wanted to fight for a while longer, but the German mortars and tank guns took the lead in attacking.
Especially for the two recoilless guns, because the powder packs were made of black powder, the flying shells left an obvious trace. The gun positions became the target of public criticism, and all the soldiers of the two artillery groups were killed.
Tokov's troops suffered further casualties. The firepower of the company's officers and soldiers was weakened due to the loss of heavy weapons. After a fierce battle, only 40% of the survivors survived.
Is the whole army really going to be annihilated? Hold on here like nails. It's a matter of time before the whole army is annihilated. Tokov doesn't even believe that he can hold on for another five minutes, because the black German army is rushing with a large number of tanks.
coming.
Tokov made a difficult decision. After all, it had been more than half an hour since the bombing, and the large troops should have run far away. He knew how fast his comrades were running, and it was very easy to run five kilometers in half an hour while traveling through the forest with light equipment.
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The telegraph machine and signal corps were shattered into pieces in the bombing, and contact with the main force was lost. The only heavy weapons Tokov had on hand were general-purpose machine guns and grenades.
"Brothers! We have basically completed the mission. Now throw away the extra weight and retreat! Find the battalion commander and tell him that the enemy is launching a general attack!"