"Attention all battalions, our people are the first to come, don't open fire rashly."
Under Lawrence's proper order, the own incident did not happen. Lawrence even showed the military flag, the iconic black cross coat of arms, which surprised the fleeing people.
The rout troops suddenly arrived at the military flag. For a moment, I couldn't believe my eyes. However, those who came were really the so-called reinforcements. Although I didn't know the strength of the reinforcements and their combat effectiveness, the reinforcements finally arrived. All the rout troops suddenly burst out with a powerful force.
With their vitality, their running became more powerful, like a sprint of 100 meters, and they penetrated into Lawrence's position.
The brothers who escaped were obviously exhausted!
The officers and soldiers of Lawrence's regiment, who had just settled down, met the defeated troops. When they saw these people, they actually got into the position and fell to the ground one by one, as if they had lost all their strength. Only the violent rise and fall of their chests proved that they were still alive.
The remaining officers and soldiers of the Muller Regiment and the Griffin Regiment fled for their lives completely spontaneously after losing their commander. They ran in a very embarrassed manner. Fortunately, they found reinforcements after all.
They paid a huge price for their crazy run just now - they were so tired that they could hardly stand up.
Many officers and soldiers of Lawrence's regiment took off their water bottles and handed them over without hesitation. However, many exhausted guys drank water wildly and choked their throats. Some people fainted and died in Lawrence's position due to excessive exhaustion.
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Looking at the soldiers who were going to be reinforced, Lawrence was really disappointed.
"I'm really unlucky. I wanted to reinforce you, but you were defeated by the Russians."
Lawrence asked some important matters of the soldiers who were in better condition, such as where the commander of the unit was. The soldier answered very simply: "I am a corporal of the 508th Regiment. Our regiment leader Muller died yesterday. There are still some among us."
Brothers of the 634th Division, their regiment leader Griffin died in battle today."
In other words, the defeated troops had no commander at all, so they fled frantically for their lives. Lawrence basically understood the reason.
But Lawrence had no time to order his own people to take care of the newly arrived troops. The Russians were not far away, and a large number of people were running wildly. Since Lawrence entered the Soviet Union, he had never been face to face with the Soviet army like this.
"Oh my god, why do I feel like I'm in a fight?!"
Lawrence rubbed his eyes. He indeed saw that the data had simply used the human wave tactic. He estimated that at least more than 5,000 people were running wildly in the wilderness and grasslands between the forests. The momentum was really like an infantry charge in World War I.
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"Since you are so unafraid of death, don't blame me for being rude." Although Lawrence was facing a large number of Soviet attacks, he knew that he had some advantages.
Lawrence was already prepared. Faced with a large number of attacking Soviet soldiers, he immediately revised his defensive arrangements.
He ordered the infantry battalion serving as rearguard to arrive at the front line immediately. In addition to protecting all the carriages and supplies, the baggage battalion also dragged all the broken soldiers who were lying in the line panting violently to the rear.
At this moment, due to receiving the routed troops, the troops commanded by Lawrence suddenly reached 3,300 people (400 German soldiers died in the process of escaping). He did not feel at all that he had an advantage, and he himself was even more
Taking the risk to reach the front line is to take the lead and give the front line soldiers the confidence to win.
He shouted vigorously: "Gentlemen, don't be afraid! We have suffered losses from these Russians before, but this time, we have the upper hand. They are stupid enough to use flesh and blood to break through our positions. Gentlemen, use your
The machine gun tells them who the brave is!"
The muzzles of machine guns are facing south, which is the direction in which the Soviet army is rushing. The number of machine guns has exceeded fifty. Even if almost all of them are ZB26s, once they fire collectively, the firepower is very impressive.
Lawrence pulled out the walkie-talkie from the radio station carried by the communication soldier again. He ordered all battalion commanders under his command: "Gentlemen, restrain your own people, whether they are your subordinates or friendly forces who have just entered our position. I do not allow anyone to
Retreat, and if there are any deserters, they will be shot directly."
The regimental commander's attitude was very resolute. The battalion commanders were out of their duty as soldiers or out of practical considerations. No one gave in. Everyone knew that the only way to survive now was to stick to the position.
On the one hand, the tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers whose eyes were red from the killings have entered a state of madness. To describe them in one word, they are "berserkers".
They are "berserkers" in the spiritual sense. Individual soldiers completely forget that they may sacrifice themselves, kill the enemy, perform meritorious service, and avenge their compatriots. This belief drives them to pursue all the way. So much so that they suddenly find that there is a German position ahead, and the vast number of soldiers
They also spontaneously moved in that direction without listening to the orders from their superiors. Moreover, the situation fell into chaos, and orders from superiors could not be issued at all, and it was almost impossible for each battalion and company to receive orders.
In fact, regimental officers such as Lavrenty and Roshakov were rarely calm when they led troops in pursuit.
Only the well-trained paratrooper brigade began to consolidate its troops after noticing the presence of German positions in the distance, so-called preparations for attacking the positions.
Brigadier Tepunov alerted Lavrenti: "Comrade, we see a German position in the distance. That should be the so-called reinforcements of the German army."
"Yes, I noticed it too." Lavrenti's answer was very straightforward. His hesitation was filled with the desire to fight. He declared in a high-profile voice: "The great and invincible Soviet Red Army is not afraid. I will take the lead in the charge.
Soon, the red flag will be flying over the German positions, and we will achieve new victories."
Tepunov was not moved at all, and even cursed loudly: "Idiot! You charged so crazily and let our soldiers die in vain!"
Lavrenti seemed not to understand and responded: "I will continue to charge! I can't care about so much anymore. For the sake of the motherland, Ula!"
The communication ended, and Tepunov gritted his teeth. He looked around. Other troops were charging, but it seemed that only the paratrooper brigade had stopped.
Tepunov estimated that if he just stopped like this, after a while the troops would be attacked head-on and the spirit of the whole army would calm down. After the troops withdrew, he would definitely be criticized by spittle stars for standing still.
Out of public opinion, honor and disgrace, and the importance of friendly forces, Tepunov said cruelly: "Comrades, keep charging! Form an offensive formation, with the RPG hand in front, and be careful of the enemy's machine guns!"
Tepunov and Zalaski led the paratrooper brigade to continue the attack. However, as soon as they set off, the friendly forces were already at war with the Germans.
What Tepunov least expected to happen finally happened in front of him!
When the German army decided to attack the Soviet army and ran only 200 meters away from the position, fifty machine guns opened fire at the same time. In just five seconds, they fired more than a thousand machine gun rounds at the Soviet army! After this, the German army quickly
Changing the magazine, although the magazine of the ZB26 only has 20 rounds, the German army equipped with a large number of machine guns and a relatively dense formation, the firepower density is still amazing.
Due to the previous arrangement of the Soviet army's formation, the fastest unit of the Soviet army was Peronisky's Independent Regiment, also known as the 1st Independent Regiment. The officers and soldiers of this regiment had great fighting enthusiasm, and the charging soldiers were defeated.
They charged in a triangular offensive formation, but the German firepower was very powerful. In just two minutes of exchange of fire, the Soviet army paid a heavy price with nearly 200 casualties and fell to the ground.
A large number of soldiers were shot like mowing grass and fell to the ground needlessly. When the surviving people saw this tragedy, their minds, which were overwhelmed by the blood, instantly cooled down. They all fell down like frightened marmots.
In the grass, continue the fierce battle with machine guns and recoilless rifles.