There was only one gunshot, and what Yevgeny thought was a German retaliatory barrage did not appear. He suddenly looked back and found that the captured German officer had fallen to the ground.
"Damn! Untimely sniper!" The excited Yevgeny hammered the ground hard, realizing that his own army would definitely anger the German army.
The sound of gunfire disappeared in an instant, and the German officers and soldiers who were always paying attention to the situation were shocked by what happened in front of them.
Griffin was stunned. After being stunned for more than ten seconds, he shouted heartbreakingly: "Everyone! Shoot!"
Griffin didn't fire just now. Since Mueller was going to die sooner or later, it was better to kill him then. Fortunately, now that Mueller was dead, the Russians who kidnapped him had almost escaped.
More than a dozen machine guns fired in the direction of Yevgeny, and bullets flew into the soil around him. Two of the accompanying soldiers died on the spot. Others, including himself, wanted to crawl into the soil.
As for the gunshot, it was none other than Natasha.
This girl received the order to assist Yevgeny in escaping. Since she saw Yevgeny running wildly again, all enemies that appeared at that time would be targets for shooting. She held the SVT40 and kept aiming at the German officer. At the right moment when she thought it was appropriate,
The officer's head was blown open at once.
Mueller's head exploded and his body collapsed on the black soil smelling of gunpowder smoke.
The German machine gun fired in retaliation. With the performance of the firearm and personal ability, Natasha began to name the German machine gunners from a distance of nearly a kilometer. Her shooting skills were amazing, and the bullets even penetrated the helmets of the German soldiers. She
Knocking out three German machine gun positions in a row did not stop the Germans from firing, nor did it cover Yevgeny's retreat.
At the critical moment, the Soviet artillery showed its power.
Ten rockets rose from the ground like white dragons and flew towards the German positions. Their sharp roars made the German soldiers feel frightened. They reflexively squatted in the trenches and huddled up, holding their heads and praying.
With God's blessing.
When he saw the "white dragon" speeding towards him, Griffin finally realized that the Soviet envoys just now were not lying. They really had some powerful weapons.
The powerful power of the rocket launchers created ten more large craters in the German positions. Some of the trenches that had just been repaired were destroyed in the explosion. Nearly a hundred people were killed or injured in the rocket launcher attack.
The Soviet counterattack did not cause greater losses to the German troops, but the mental fear the shelling brought to the German soldiers was immeasurable.
The German officers and soldiers were frightened. Many of them shouted that they had been attacked by the legendary Katyusha rocket launchers. Especially the defeated troops of the 634th Division. Although they could block the Soviet charge, they could still maintain good combat effectiveness.
If you are simply bombarded by rockets, your strong heart will collapse.
In addition to the rocket launchers, there were also ordinary 75mm artillery shells, and the shells were fired fifty more times. At this point, the Soviet army's covering counter-artillery bombardment ended. Taking advantage of this time, Yevgeny and the frontline snipers safely evacuated the ambush.
The panting Yevgeny leaned against a pine tree. He was covered in sweat, and his right hand holding the pistol was even shaking. Looking at the Ruger pistol, he threw it aside in disgust in the next second. This scene happened to be rushed over
The Rosakov saw.
"Yevgeny, you madman! I thought you were dead!"
"Yeah! I almost died." He just stood up and gasped, but he never thought that Rosakov would actually tighten his collar.
"Yevgeny, you are really a madman! If you die, I will have to go to the military court with you! Thank you leader, you are back alive."
"Hey, if I don't come, how can I report important information to the commander?"
Everyone knows that now is not the time for nonsense. Officers should be pragmatic. Even criticizing the officers' risky behavior should be done later.
As soon as Yevgeny returned safely, he informed the regimental commanders of what he saw and heard. In this way, the senior Soviet officers in Homnich basically understood the German military layout and various detailed intelligence.
"Really, your adventure has really achieved great results. Brother, if you tell the commander about this, he will have to punish you with confinement!" Lavrenti said happily.
"I still need to report. I have already gone to persuade him to surrender. As you can see, we failed. Really, I promised the German commander not to kill him, but you guys actually shot that man to death! Tell me.
Me, who did it? Lavrenti, do you know?"
"I don't know! Roshakov, did you order that German officer to be killed?"
Roshakov was very surprised by this result, "Although I don't know which soldier killed that officer. Since a German regiment commander was killed, isn't this a meritorious service? I don't know which comrade will receive this honor."
"Let me tell you!" Balzen said softly and proudly: "Natasha did it. It was Comrade Spiroskina, the hero of the Soviet Union who is beloved by Comrade Commander."
"Oh, it's him!" Yevgeny suddenly lost his temper and instantly forgot his fear of being suppressed by thousands of German troops. "Since it's her, I won't say anything. When reporting to the commander, be sure to add
Previous article. Sniper Natasha killed William Mueller, commander of the 508th Regiment of the 805th Division. That officer’s name and identity are so precise, please report it.”
The new round of shelling had just ended, and the German soldiers crawled out of the soil one after another. The soldiers were deceived by the Soviet army. First, they were deeply angry, and then they felt sadness for their miserable situation. The day was about to pass.
Where are the reinforcements? The saddest thing is the officers and soldiers of the 805th Regiment. They have the largest number. Now they have to face such an embarrassing situation, that is, one of the regiment commander and deputy commander was despicably shot to death, and the other
It was blown to pieces by artillery shells.
According to the regulations of the German army, when a senior officer is killed in action, the person with the highest military rank takes over as commander. Currently, the highest-ranking German military officer here is Griffin, the commander of the 634th Division. He naturally took over the command of the 508th Regiment of the 805th Division and became the commander of the 508th Regiment of the 805th Division.
The sole commander of the current position.
After this encounter, the German army also basically understood the reality of the Soviet army on the opposite side. The Soviet army's real rocket bombardment fully proved its strength. Therefore, the envoy's claim that there were 10,000 Soviet combat troops here was not bluffing.
Griffin took the time to report the battle situation to his superiors, and Roshakov of the Soviet Army also took the time to report.
The telegrams were transmitted to different headquarters, giving the top commanders of both the Soviet and German armies a shock at the war situation.
Wagner, the commander of the German Army Group, finally realized that the failure of Operation Ruhe was inevitable. He had already made plans for reinforcements. Sadly, how many mobile troops did he have on hand? As of noon on July 12, there were more than twenty
The village and ten checkpoints were attacked by Soviet guerrillas. They were not enemies from the south, but from the north.
The combat effectiveness of the new guerrillas was beyond Wagner's imagination. Although they were not as incredible as the so-called 63rd Group Army in the south, their tactics were more captivating. In the villages they attacked, all the German and police garrison troops were basically dead.
The grassroots troops stationed in the occupied areas are being defeated one by one!
Therefore, the biggest reason why the reinforcements did not rush to Homnich to rescue the siege on this day was Wagner's entanglement. Do we really need to send troops to rescue the siege? Or should we order the commander of the 634th Division to lead the remaining troops to withdraw?
, let the planned reinforcements go to the rear to suppress the bandits?
After much deliberation, Wagner made a difficult decision. Out of the so-called honor of the German soldiers, he issued a death order to the troops in the south: "You are soldiers of the Third Reich, and among you are soldiers of the Waffen-SS. I
In the name of the commander of the group army, and on behalf of Mr. Kube, I order you! Hold on to the current position and continue to hold on. After the main force has eliminated the guerrillas in the rear, we will launch an all-out campaign against the enemies in the south."
Griffin received a reply, and he temporarily accepted the command of General Wagner. He knew nothing about this general, and this telegram simply ordered them to fight to the last man. Griffin has always had the consciousness of a soldier dying on the battlefield, but
He didn't want to see a coward die in battle. But what else could he do? This was the order. Everyone who survived might have to endure the enemy's bombardment. All his howitzers were destroyed, and his side no longer had any long-range weapons.
The ability to fight back is like a fish on the chopping board, the only thing you can do is get a knife!