The bullets came without warning, and Brimayo suddenly heard the sound of gunshots, and then the person who saw him fell to the ground.
Some people were shot and killed, and some simply lay down. In order to survive, Brimayu gnawed the ground with his mouth. If there was a crater next to him at this moment, he would not hesitate to get into it. Ruthless
The bullets were whizzing over his head. He narrowed his eyes and looked not far away with a difficult expression.
A large amount of fire suddenly appeared on the dark ground, and the German machine gunner exposed his position.
"Brothers! Are you all okay?!" he yelled.
"Still alive!"
"Captain, I'm fine!"
The soldiers around Brimayo reported that they were safe, which made him very happy, thinking that the situation of the troops was not bad. The real situation was completely different. The 105 Romanians who marched immediately suffered nearly 30 casualties.
.Some of the wounded had their last breath left, and soon died from excessive blood loss. There were even people who tried to pull the wounded away, but were accurately shot by the Germans.
In terms of pure positional warfare, if the offensive force wants to win, it must either carry out long-term artillery preparations or use a large number of armored vehicles to assist the infantry advance. A pure infantry charge can only be effective against weakly defended enemy positions.
The Romanians lying on the ground fought back with inferior weapons. Behind them, the probing Soviet troops were also killed by German firepower.
The German army displayed powerful firepower, which surprised all Soviet soldiers.
Roshakov was so shocked that he even took off his helmet and military cap, wiped the sweat on his head due to shock with his sleeves, then stood up holding on to the tree and cursed loudly.
However, no amount of abuse against the German army could eliminate the German army's blocking firepower.
On the front line, in the only Soviet tank, tank commander Chekov was also under tremendous pressure.
His tank was rattled by German bullets, and the front armor kept sparking. Even so, the tank fired while advancing, and some soldiers took the opportunity to hide behind the tank, using the tank as a shield and continued to advance.
The battle has begun, and retreating would be a disgrace. Besides, these Soviet soldiers had no intention of retreating unless they received specific orders.
The battalion correspondent who was advancing with the army kept his earphones in his ears at all times. He heard the regiment commander's roar: "Notify your battalion commander to continue the attack! Don't stop!"
Roshakov was commanding the battle from the rear. He was not simply watching the battle. Seeing that the troops were blocked, he gave the order to the artillery regiment commander Doronin to continue firing.
The new firing order really surprised Doronin. He asked on the intercom: "What? Still firing? Our artillery has just rested, and the barrel is still too hot."
"Idiot! Our troops are being slaughtered. Do you think they will die? Fire at me!"
"But……"
"Stop talking nonsense and fire immediately."
"But, how many are we going to fire? We only have four hundred rounds left!"
Four hundred rounds of 75mm artillery shells seem to be a huge number. They are used to attack a large German position, but they are really not many. Rosakov gritted his teeth: "Just fire ten rounds per gun, so you are satisfied!"
"Alright alright……"
Doronin didn't say anything, he ordered the five cannons to continue firing.
The Soviet soldiers on the front line, staring at the enemy's dense bullets and a small number of mortars, gradually joined forces with the Romanians who were suppressed and could not raise their heads. After merging together, they continued to advance despite a large number of casualties.
Suddenly, a sharp roar came from the sky, and the soldiers saw black flowers exploding from the enemy position in front of them.
The battalion commander was very excited: "Brothers, that's our artillery fire! Follow me, Ula!"
As a result, the five hundred people who were in a prostrate state stood up one after another, and they ran towards the place where the artillery fire was unleashed.
"How can you continue to defend?" Roshakov, holding a telescope, showed his ferocious teeth, and issued orders to various units, including the paratrooper brigade ambushed on the other side of the battlefield. After the so-called probing troops opened a breakthrough, everyone
The army swarmed forward and completely annihilated the enemy.
He thought very simply, but reality hit him ruthlessly.
The fighting Germans also showed a strong side. They withstood the Soviet artillery fire, ignored the overwhelming falling soil, ignored the scattered body parts of the dead, and aimed and fired one by one in a numb mind.
They did not leave their defensive positions, and even if their nearby comrades were killed, the shooting continued.
They knew very well that if the Soviet army broke through the defense line, their own side might be doomed. Their counterattack firepower was not reduced at all, which caused the Soviet army that suddenly launched the Ula Charge to suffer heavy casualties.
The bullets splashed a large amount of soil on the feet of the Soviet soldiers, and the bodies of the soldiers that were penetrated splattered a large amount of blood and flesh on the ground. The dense barrage fired by the German machine guns was like mowing grass, denying the Soviet army's breakthrough attempt.
"Ah! It's really crazy! Crazy!" Roshakov was so shocked that he threw the telescope directly because he saw that his men looked like a group of executed prisoners, helpless and pitiful, being easily slaughtered by German firepower.
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The only tank was also attacked by the concentrated firepower of the German army, because the crew of the knocked unconscious Panzer IV suddenly came to life.
Chekov gritted his teeth and insisted on continuing to advance. He knew that if he rushed into the German position, the morale of the following troops would explode and the unfavorable situation would be reversed.
However, through the turret periscope, he saw the German Panzer IV tank still smoking, and the short-barreled turret actually began to rotate.
"It's an enemy! Driver, reverse the car immediately!"
The BT tank moved very quickly, and the driver accelerated and reversed instantly, causing Chekov's forehead to hit the inner wall of the turret. His forehead was injured and bleeding. His blood was not in vain, as a shell exploded ten meters from the front of the tank.
If hit by this shell, the entire vehicle and all personnel inside would be destroyed.
Facts have proved that the Soviet artillery bombardment only destroyed the puppet army's positions, and the German army's positions remained strong. Those so-called destroyed tanks were not really destroyed, and they became the German army's combat effectiveness again.
In this tentative attack, the Soviet army could not enter the German positions at once, and even the planned full-scale attack became impossible.
The prerequisite for a full-scale offensive is that the German army has been severely hit, making it difficult to stop the defense. The German army's defense is obviously very good, and the Soviet army has paid an extremely heavy price of more than 300 casualties. Do they still want to continue the attack?
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Chekhov no longer cared about that much. Just relying on the 37mm small water pipe and poor armor of the BT tank to fight against the No. 4 whose front was forcibly strengthened to 90mm was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg!
He ordered the tanks to continue to reverse, which became a symbol of retreat. Before Roshakov could give the retreat order, all the frontline troops retreated. He noticed that it was his own tanks that caused all this.
Roshakov knelt down and continued to watch, gritting his teeth and growling: "Chekov, you coward, I haven't given the order to retreat yet!"
Anyway, the retreat had already taken place, and it no longer mattered whether it was ordered or not. The retreating unit was the second battalion of his infantry regiment, and friendly forces were watching every move of the unit. This blatant retreat embarrassed him.
Rosakov couldn't help but draw his pistol. His anger was not only directed at the enemy, but also at his battalion commander, tank commander Chekov, and even artillery regiment commander Doronin.