The overwhelming soil accumulated a thick layer on Mueller's back. He crawled out of the soil like a mole, continuing to cover his ears and endure the falling soil.
The position of the German army was covered by a group of woods, which naturally became the target of the Soviet army's concentrated fire. According to the reconnaissance, the Soviet army also determined that this was where the few German artillery units were located.
The battle situation returned to the bombardment of 75mm artillery shells, the barrage extended, and the main target of the attack had been set in the woods.
German army horses and a small amount of logistics materials were tied up in the forest (most of them were placed in deep pits dug by surprise on the position). A large number of trees and all the horses were destroyed in the shelling, and the shells also forced the German artillery to abandon their own
Position. The German artillery was damaged one after another by shells, especially the damaged barrel, which made it dangerous to explode when fired. The ammunition did not explode and did not cause greater harm.
The bombardment lasted for forty minutes in total. Even if the soldiers poured water on the barrels to dissipate heat, the barrels of the Soviet artillery were so hot that they could roast meat.
Finally, the planned shells were fired, and there was no problem with any of them. Doronin breathed a sigh of relief.
The battlefield returned to calm, except for the thick smoke billowing from the German positions. The land seemed to have been burned by fire, and the whole area was smoking. Especially in the woods, the trees were mainly flammable pine trees. The rosin was burning desperately.
It exuded thick green smoke and such acrid smoke that Soviet troops two kilometers away could smell it.
Rosakov couldn't help but cough while he was in a prone state.
He spat again and complained deeply: "It's actually the smell of burning pine trees. Our attack was so violent that it actually choked ourselves."
Lavrenti came over and said: "Old man, I think it's time to take action. I'm worried that there are still some fish that have slipped through the net. Let's attack with infantry before the few enemies who are still alive have not recovered."
"Okay! Let's act according to the battle plan now. Messenger!"
Two soldiers with green grass on their heads hurried over and half-knelt beside the regimental leader.
"Go and notify the Romanians and start taking action immediately. Then notify the second battalion commander and wait until the Romanians have walked 500 meters before they take action. Go quickly!"
It was precisely because of the battle on the left bank of the Dnieper River that the Soviet army, with a total strength of more than 10,000 people, charged in an all-out manner. Although they won the battle in one fell swoop, their casualties were too serious. Therefore, the Soviet army could also fight in the battle of Homnich regardless of priority.
An all-out charge, considering the possible large casualties, the troops first sent out small units to conduct a tentative attack.
This is how Yang Mingzhi gave the order to the frontline troops. The defenders of Homnich had a high probability of fighting an unknown number of German reinforcements. It would be too bad for them to suffer a large number of casualties.
In a corner of the battlefield, the Romanians had just obtained ammunition.
Each man had a Mauser 98K and only twenty rounds of ammunition. Burimayu couldn't express his pain, so he could only numbly order his men to stand up from their hiding places.
He ordered the troops to assemble, took a deep breath, and said: "Brothers, form a skirmish line and let's go. May God bless us!"
These poor and weak Romanian soldiers crossed themselves on their chests one after another and stepped onto the battlefield resolutely.
Currently, there are a total of 105 Romanians, including Brimayo. They line up in a wide skirmish line of two hundred meters and are walking vigilantly towards the smoking battlefield.
Thousands of Soviet soldiers watched the movements of this group of people intently. It would soon be clear whether the German army was really bombed and incapable of fighting.
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Thousands of German officers and soldiers still survived the bombardment. They survived thanks to Muller's death order to dig deep pits.
Many people dug the pits to a depth of two and a half meters. In order to save their lives, they continued to dig downwards at the risk of digging deep trenches. The hard-working soldiers survived as a result. As long as they were not in the explosive range, their lives could be saved. Especially in rocket attacks.
After it ended, the Soviet artillery fire actually became much sparser.
After all, there are only five German-made 75mm Krupp guns with sufficient shells. To be honest, the killing effect of these shells on trenches is very bad. The Soviet shelling inflicted heavy damage on the puppet troops, and only more than 500 people survived in the end.
He is alive entirely because he took the risk to leave his position, was lucky enough to escape the shock wave on the ground and the dense shrapnel, and jumped into the German trench.
When the dust settled, German soldiers crawled out of the soil one after another. Their positions were severely damaged. In the woods behind them, almost all the pine trees collapsed, and horses and some supplies were also destroyed.
The Soviet army's offensive routine was to charge the infantry after the artillery bombardment. The officers and soldiers of the 805th Division's Muller Regiment were fairly competent, but the remnant soldiers of the 634th Division's Griffin Regiment responded very quickly.
The one who responded most quickly was undoubtedly the last few troops of the SS59 regiment who were reinforcing this place.
The Soviet rocket launchers inflicted heavy damage on German armored vehicles. One bomb even hit the roof of a Panzer III tank, completely blowing it up. Almost all tanks and armored vehicles suffered varying degrees of damage, including a total of five half-track armored vehicles.
and six tanks were completely destroyed or lost their combat capabilities. The remaining tanks were stunned to death because the members inside were shocked to death. Before the tank crew regained consciousness, they were nothing more than lumps of scrap metal.
When the Soviet scouts opened up, smoke was rising from the German armored vehicles in the distance. Even Roshakov believed that the German heavy weapons had been destroyed.
As everyone knows, heavy weapons are temporarily unavailable, and a large number of German soldiers are in the devastated position, removing debris and setting up their firearms.
Muller was groggy and even had some tinnitus. One side of his binoculars was damaged by the shock, so he used the other side to observe.
He suddenly saw the enemy coming.
"What must come must come, gentlemen, bring the Russians closer and repel them in one fell swoop!"
The German messengers passed along the communication trenches to the commander's orders, and the lower-level soldiers deliberately released the water. This made the advancing Brimayo feel more and more that the Germans might have been killed and knocked unconscious by the bombing and lost their ability to fight.
The Romanians gradually came to the so-called puppet army's position. They saw corpses all over the ground and a large number of bomb craters. The corpses were in pieces and scattered everywhere. It was impossible to estimate how many people the puppet soldiers had died. Seeing all this,
Burimayo and his people suddenly felt lucky.
"The Germans should be like this too!" Brimayu turned his head slightly and saw that the Soviet army had also sent troops.
The German commander Muller on the other side of the battlefield was happy for his correct decision. Of course he could use the machine gunners to defeat the exposed enemy No. 100. These people were obviously the vanguard, and the large Russian troops were still behind.
In Muller's field of vision, the Soviet army probably dispatched a battalion of troops, and a tank accompanied the attack. He could tell that it was the Soviet army's BT fast tank, and this vehicle had also appeared in previous battles.
The position now occupied by the Soviet army was the original position of the police regiment. Although the German army once regained it, considering that it was not suitable for defense, the position of the police regiment was moved to the rear, which was very close to the German position. The German army reduced its strength and the Soviet army decisively occupied it.
, so there was only a short distance of three kilometers between the positions of the Soviet and German armies.
Seeing the attacking Soviet army getting closer and closer, Muller estimated that the significance of an infantry battalion dispatched by the Soviet army was also as a vanguard. They must be driven back quickly. Only in this way can the Soviet army not launch a full-scale attack today.
. He was fantasizing like this, watching the Soviet army getting closer and closer, and finally reached the best position.