The worst thing happened was actually the officers and soldiers of the police regiment fighting in the west of Loev City. Nearly two thousand soldiers stayed in the trenches on the outskirts of the city. They were actually 200 meters away from the city's buildings. The killing method of cloud bombs was too special.
Even if it is five hundred meters away from the center of the explosion, the air waves set off can blow down a standing person. What's more, it is the ruins of a city attacked. The strong pressure destroyed the last ruins, rubble and other debris, leaving nothing but
The ground splashes in all directions.
A large number of rocks smashed into the foxholes, and the officers and soldiers of the police regiment in the trenches were like mortars that could not explode. Because of their extremely dense density, they still caused a large number of casualties to the puppet soldiers.
Even if they were wearing a German-made steel helmet, their arms and torso were unprotected. Many unlucky guys were even hit directly on the spine and vomited blood and died on the spot.
Those who were still alive huddled together, praying that rocks would not hit them.
There are so few people who are so lucky. There are nearly two thousand puppet soldiers. In this round of "gravel strikes", there were a thousand casualties. Injury basically means losing the ability to fight. In this way, the puppet soldiers can
The combat strength was reduced to the size of two infantry battalions.
Behind them is a spectacular smoke column that is three hundred meters high. Looking at the ruined city of Loev, no buildings can be seen. The smoke is not enough to completely cover the buildings.
They were completely destroyed! Loyev, this city has been blown to the ground!
When the dust of the crazy "gravel attack" settled down, the puppet army officers and soldiers who had been complaining for a long time finally relaxed their bodies.
The wounded were holding their broken arms and wailing about their legs, despite the blood flowing profusely, but no one came to rescue them. Because the field hospital was in the city of Loyev, and the city was filled with smoke, the wounded were finally dominated by despair.
Many puppet soldiers were killed in trenches and foxholes. Those who survived checked all the dead bodies to determine whether they were really dead or injured.
They actually don't care about anyone's life, not even their own.
The war did not end because Loev turned into purgatory, because the gunshots around him became more intensive.
So, the huge amount of gravel splashed really did not cause any damage to Balzen and Yevgeny?
The answer is of course!
The Soviet troops on the front line cheered when they saw the rising fireballs and the rising smoke. Then, under the command of the commander, they withdrew at full speed to reinforce Lavrenti, who was blocking the flank.
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Natasha held her sniper rifle, her mood was like that of boiling Loev, and it was impossible to calm down. She ran along the dirt road with the troops, and no one stayed in the position to cover the troops' retreat.
The Soviet army indeed left no one behind to cover it. This was completely unnecessary and even very dangerous.
The majority of soldiers' understanding of shark rocket launchers is limited to the horrific scenes on the battlefield after the annihilation of the Waffen SS in bait villages. Indeed, many enemies died of suffocation. The extent of the suffocation was unknown to the soldiers.
Always, it is a kind of "Sword of Damocles". If you are too close to the explosion range, you will definitely be suffocated to death.
Given this understanding, some Soviet soldiers did not retreat calmly at all. They were not afraid of death, but were too afraid of shark rocket launchers. What they feared was fear itself. Therefore, the soldiers retreated very simply, and no one thought about it.
It is possible for the enemy to catch up, and the enemy will definitely either be burned to death or die of suffocation.
Balzen even added fuel to the fire: "Comrades, please be diligent in your legs and feet, and throw away all the miscellaneous things immediately. We can only avoid suffocation by leaving here quickly!"
Natasha held the gun. She had rested for a while and her physical strength was quite good when she retreated. However, her entire right arm was numb. She knew that this was the result of shooting too many times in a short period of time, but in her heart
Li is also a little happy. In this battle alone, his kill record has increased by thirty. As long as it passes the verification, he will be one step closer to the honor of "the strongest sniper in the Soviet Union".
More than 500 Soviet troops who had withdrawn from the front line soon met the rocket launcher team in the rear.
Balzen made no secret of his excitement, "Brothers, do you know what you have done? You simply exploded the earth's crust. Loyev is like an active volcano, and all the enemies in the city are dead!"
The infantry battalion responsible for launching the rocket launcher had already seen the huge smoke rising with the naked eye and knew that it had succeeded. Since the commander of the reconnaissance battalion was beaming and dancing, this meant that it was a huge success.
As the deputy commander of the second regiment of the 284th Division, Yevgeny ordered his officers and soldiers: "Don't be too happy too early. Close the launcher immediately and prepare to retreat! Others, follow me!"
With a submachine gun in his arms, Yevgeny led his troops eastward into the forest and followed the sound of gunfire to find Lavrenti and the officers and soldiers of the two battalions who were still blocking the enemy.
After a fierce battle, the Soviet army had sacrificed more than 30 people and injured more than 50 people. Even so, Lavrenti and his troops did not retreat even half a step. After the initial stage of meeting, the Soviet and German armies fired wildly, and gradually became
The soldiers on both sides relied on big trees as bunkers. Many of them did not even expose their bodies. They only stretched out their guns and fired blindly at the approximate place.
The battle became non-aimed and purely fire suppression. Thanks to the high rate of fire of the MG34, the German army was still somewhat confident that it could take the initiative on the battlefield with its powerful firepower.
The German army also blocked several charges and retreated after leaving dozens of corpses behind. It was obvious that the Soviet army's firepower was not weak at all, especially since they were equipped with RPGs, which made the German army's attempt to advance extremely dangerous.
Captain Griffin was so angry that he already knew that something bad had happened to Loyev. There was huge smoke rising in the city, and he was afraid that the city had been captured by the Russians.
During the melee, Griffin tried to contact the division headquarters and finally received shocking news.
When Hendrickson received the message of fate from his subordinate Griffin, he first reacted with joy, and then asked about his subordinate's current situation.
"Division Commander! We are in a stalemate in a fierce battle with the Russians. Our ammunition consumption is very large. We need ammunition reinforcements from Loyev City. However, I saw thick smoke rising from the city. What happened there?"
Now, facing the fact that Lojev has become as miserable as hell, Hendryson no longer knows how to spell the word anger in German.
He was even somewhat relieved. Looking at the spectacular smoke rising from the west, he finally realized that Operation RUHE on the battlefield had failed.
Why the operation failed can only be studied later. The only thing Hendrickson can do now is to protect his men. After all, the 634th Division belongs to Army Group B.
Hendryson was very worried that the tragedy that happened to the Romanian 6th Division would happen to him, and because the troops of Army Group B, there was no case where an integrated division was defeated by the guerrillas. Legally, it belonged to Army Group A.
The 707th Division, the 715th Division, the 722nd Division and the 734th Division were all beaten badly by these "bandits" in the Pripet Swamp. He Hendryson had been severely criticized by his superiors. The Infantry Division
He couldn't afford to lose this man after being defeated by the guerrillas!