"What the hell, how could we be defeated by a group of women!"
A wounded German soldier with only one breath left tried to crawl towards a carriage with two broken wheels. His actions did not attract the attention of the female Soviet soldiers.
Several wooden boxes fell down from the carriage with broken wheels, and the wooden lids of the boxes had been opened. There were three 75mm artillery shells inside. The number of artillery shells on the entire carriage was as many as 60.
The German soldier pulled out the wooden-handled grenade from his waist with his bloody hands. He held the drawstring in his mouth and pressed the warhead against the fuse of a shell. Without any hesitation, he used his last strength to
The rope was pulled...
During the brief three seconds of smoke, the explosion occurred!
The grenade was pressed against the howitzer, and the huge pressure at the moment of explosion directly activated the fuse. The shell exploded with only a delay of 0.05 seconds. Together with the other two shells in the box and the 60 shells in the carriage, a tragic event occurred
of explosion.
All this was not expected by the Soviet army.
The violent explosion brought about a powerful shock wave. The explosion yield exceeded 100 kilograms of TNT. Everything within a radius of 20 meters from the center of the explosion was blown to pieces. Personnel within a radius of 50 meters were knocked down by the shock wave. The explosion also caused dozens of injuries.
Thousands of shrapnel, even from a distance of 800 meters, were all crushed to death by the shrapnel.
The sudden explosion caused tragic casualties to the officers and soldiers of Joshua's regiment in an instant, because almost everyone in her regiment entered the German artillery position.
The brutal hand-to-hand combat had just ended. All the German soldiers who dared to fight with bayonets were killed, and the female soldiers also paid a huge price with hundreds of casualties. They had just started cleaning the battlefield, rescuing their own wounded, and stabbing the enemy to death when the explosion happened.
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Because most people were standing, the shock wave and vibration caused people within a radius of 200 meters to fall one after another, and then shrapnel flew everywhere!
This explosion caused hundreds of casualties in the female corps. Those who were close by were directly shattered by the shock wave, their internal organs were shattered, their clothes were shattered, and their orifices were bleeding. Many of those who were far away were pierced by shrapnel...
"Ah! What happened?!"
Joshua, who was dizzy from the shock, held up her helmet, raised her head staggeringly, and knelt on the grass. She was shocked to see thick black smoke rising from the ground not far away!
There was originally grass there, but due to a tragic explosion, a huge area turned black. There were also a large number of white objects scattered in it. What were those?
She tremblingly picked up the telescope and took a quick look. Those were actually people!
In battlefields bombarded by various artillery, a pile of corpses without clothes can always be found. Even if they are wearing neat military uniforms, the shock wave will still tear the cloth to pieces.
Nearly a hundred female soldiers ended their lives in this way, and the combat effectiveness of the entire first regiment of female soldiers almost collapsed.
After all, Joshua was a woman who had fought many big battles. Although her face was filled with tears, her reason told her that she must reorganize her team immediately. She struggled almost as hard as she could, running around everywhere, which made the soldiers whose legs were weak and at a loss what to do.
stand up.
Unfortunately, her efforts were in vain. They were women after all. They used bayonets to force the fleeing soldiers to stabilize their positions, but they were also under tremendous psychological pressure. The huge casualties caused by the bombing directly caused their psychological collapse.
War is actually like this! Death is actually so direct!
Only a small number of soldiers obeyed Joshua's order. After some hard work, she finally gathered 1,200 people. And these 1,200 people were the current combat troops of the First Regiment of the Women's Corps.
It was a heroic charge that ultimately resulted in victory at the tragic cost of half of the men being killed.
Of course, this victory cannot be measured by the number of enemies killed and the number of self-inflicted losses. At a huge cost, the two female regiments still captured the German artillery positions.
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The thick smoke rising from the battlefield was quickly seen by Hendryson, commander of the 634th Division.
His whole body was shaking nervously, and his whole face became distorted with anxiety and anger. He stamped his feet and yelled: "Damn it! That's where the artillery regiment is. Did the Russians attack there?"
The rising black smoke directly caused the 634th Division's headquarters to explode. The location of its headquarters is the division's logistics base, and the logistics base is actually next to the railway.
Originally, there would be a freight train arriving here from Chernihiv at around six o'clock in the afternoon on this day. The officers and soldiers of the 634th Division would need this batch of supplies for future operations. The train did not arrive, and Hendryson
We also learned the reason why they didn't arrive - the railway was blown up.
It would take ten hours to repair the railway, and he could endure this time. Of course, his good attitude was that his troops could defeat the Soviet attack.
The war situation was very unfriendly to the German army. Hendryson placed his hope on the artillery to blow up the attacking enemy, but he never expected that the artillery position would suddenly billow with smoke.
"Signal Corps? Go ask the artillery regiment about their situation! I want to talk to Hunter directly!"
"As you command!"
The nervous communications soldiers tried to establish contact, but no progress was made after several attempts.
"Report to the division commander, we are unable to contact them."
"What?! Damn it, has the artillery position fallen?!"
Chief of Staff Schmidt tried to remain calm. He told Hendryson: "If the artillery regiment collapses, the enemy may hit us, and our current position is already in danger."
"This...how is this possible!" Hendryson couldn't believe it. He complained loudly: "Are the two regiments in front of us not fighting the main force of the Soviet army? I can hear the fighting due south now. Our army
They are still fighting the main force of the Soviet army! How come they still have the troops to attack our artillery regiment? How many people do they have?!"
The division commander's sigh to the sky caused Schmidt to fall into a conflict. Yes, how many Soviet troops are there in the swamp? In other words, how many Russians did the so-called Soviet 63rd Army gather in the swamp in the past year?
While the headquarters was in chaos, a soldier hurriedly entered the command tent.
"Report to the division commander! The artillery regiment commander has led the artillery to withdraw. The regiment commander Hunter is shouting to see you."
Out of anger, Hendryson threw the pen angrily: "This Hunter actually has the nerve to see me! He lost the artillery position!"
In anger, Hendrickson pulled out his Ruger pistol and shook his head: "Gentlemen, come out with me!"
After a while, the artillery regiment leader led more than 600 people to escape to the German logistics center. They were all in ragged clothes and were severely frightened. Some of them even had their shirts missing from their faces. They were supposed to be brightly dressed and handsome German soldiers. At this moment,
He actually showed a rare sloppy look.
The officers and soldiers of the logistics regiment were also strongly shocked by this situation. For a moment, everyone was in danger, because the artillery regiment lost its position. Doesn't it mean that the Soviet army's next attack target is them?
The rear of the 634th Division was completely devastated by the sudden appearance of more than 600 people!