Chapter 1516 The Battle of the Settlement (Part 2)
The sudden fierce exchange of fire did not frighten the regiment leader Sean. He and his officers and soldiers tried to remain calm in the extreme predicament. They still fully occupy these buildings.
A large number of wooden houses were indeed good cover. More than a thousand German troops relied on the wooden houses to build machine gun positions one after another in an assault, responding to the Soviet charge with a barrage of flames.
It must be said that the reaction speed of the German 700 Division troops was indeed very fast. The blockade began one minute after encountering the attack.
The female soldiers who attacked the Soviet Union suddenly suffered heavy losses.
Continuing the charge rashly will only lead to the sacrifice of more sisters. Joshua, who gritted her teeth and persisted, lay on the ground to hide. She could only hope that the recoilless rifles in the army would knock out the German firepower points one by one.
At the same time, Sean felt that the most dangerous moment was being carried away by his men. He breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but sigh: "These guerrillas are really different from the past. Their fighting mode is too much like a regular army.
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Sean admired the heroic fighting of the Soviet army. How would he feel if he knew that the all-out attack was actually a large group of women?
Most soldiers of the German Wehrmacht, even though the war has developed to an extremely cruel stage, have a natural resistance to the killing of women on the battlefield. They all know that the Soviet Union recruited hundreds of thousands of women to serve as front-line combat troops, and female soldiers
Fighting is no longer uncommon.
However, they fully believed that their enemies were a group of rough-skinned, thick-bearded Soviet men who looked similar to the guerrillas they had captured in the past, except that the guerrillas they faced this time were more difficult to deal with.
At present, Sean still doesn't know that he is actually walking into a pocket formation. Because a powerful Soviet army is coming from the north, he takes it for granted that that is the main direction of the Soviet army's attack.
Enduring the artillery fire and the astonishing roar, Sean grabbed the signal soldier and shouted: "Karl! Tell all the battalions entering the construction area to push their troops to the north! Countercharge the enemy and push them down."
The German army's information transmission was so fast that the three battalions immediately made tactical adjustments. The German army's original Z-shaped formation became a straight line. They formed a skirmish line and endured the Soviet artillery shells and bullets, step by step.
One hole after another kept pushing the front line to the north.
After all, Sean's unit really has a general-purpose machine gun for each infantry squad, and an 80mm mortar for each infantry platoon.
During the fierce battle, Joshua increasingly felt that her troops could not withstand the German counterattack.
Fortunately, she was happy to see that the sisters under her command, who had experienced countless brutal battles, had tempered their courage and willpower as much as men. Although her own front was forced to retreat by the German army, the troops
Still resisting tenaciously.
During the crisis, she put on the headphones herself, joined the frontline headquarters, and screamed at the top of her lungs.
"I am the first regiment of the female corps! We encountered a crazy counterattack by the German army, and our unit has endured almost all the pressure! Requesting reinforcements! Requesting reinforcements!"
At the same time, Yang Mingzhi's headquarters and Sashanova's female regiment were indeed late to intervene in the battle due to the distance between the camps.
After receiving Qiao Shuya's urgent request for help, Yang Mingzhi realized that there was indeed some negligence in his troop formation.
"Damn it! These Germans are really crazy. They can actually launch a counterattack?! They are really an elite group?!"
After Yang Mingzhi stabilized his emotions, he shouted into the intercom: "Joshua, your troops can no longer retreat. I order you to hold on to the current defense line, even to the last person. I allow you to shoot on the spot for any purpose."
Deserters on board. Remember! This is a death order!"
"yes!"
Joshua gritted her teeth, retreating again and again would definitely make the commander's plan fail. She summoned a few messengers, and immediately repeated the commander's death order: "You guys inform each battalion to hold on to the current position. Who is it?
If you dare to retreat, you will be shot directly!"
Of course, Yang Mingzhi would not expect Joshua's more than a thousand people to hold on to the current defense line. After all, they are a group of women! Maybe they can hold on for fifteen minutes, but as time goes by, a collapse will definitely occur.
Yang Mingzhi hurriedly sent orders to other troops. In addition to ordering Sakhanova's troops to speed up their advance, he also ordered Womansky's troops to immediately reinforce Joshua, who was in the midst of a fierce battle.
When Sean's troops were attacked by the Soviet army, he not only ordered his fourth battalion to directly attack the flank of the Soviet army, but he also sought support from the Krieger Regiment of the 734th Division.
"Hurry up and support me. Attack the northern area of the construction area, which is the Russian flank. Try to bring in armored vehicles and assault guns."
"Okay, our troops are already on the way to attack. We only have armored vehicles, and I will try my best to drive them in."
After the brief communication ended, the regiment leader Krieger felt really uncomfortable. He expected that there would be a fierce battle, but he never thought that the battle would be so tragic.
Subsequent German troops began to reinforce the attacked troops, and the reinforcement road they chose was close to the ambush of the Soviet reconnaissance battalion.
Balzen also received the order. Although his troops were engaged in reconnaissance and security missions, friendly forces were in danger at this time and they must risk their lives to fight.
At this moment, Yang Mingzhi could not care about so much. He just hoped that all the troops could enter the battlefield as soon as possible.
Ever since, our hero sniper Natasha has started her new performance.
From the standpoint of the Germans, they were running in skirmish lines towards the area under heavy artillery fire. Many of them even fell into the mud pit because they ran too fast. Soldiers covered in mud continued to run wildly with their guns on their shoulders.
The attack occurred without warning, and countless bullets were fired from the lush reeds.
It was the fourth battalion of the German Sean Regiment that was blocked. In a brief exchange of fire, this battalion suffered nearly fifty casualties. The living people did not dare to act rashly, and the battalion commander even witnessed with his own eyes that several soldiers who tried to break through were just
Just when I poked my head in, I was hit by a bullet from nowhere.
The person who made such a precise sniper was none other than Natasha.
The bullet casing that was ejected from the gun was still steaming. She remained motionless, searching for the reeds not far away. Hundreds of German soldiers were nailed to the spot by only a hundred people from the reconnaissance camp. They could only try in vain.
Use a machine gun to fire wildly at an area. What you can hit depends entirely on your luck.
Therefore, the reconnaissance battalion paid a very small casualty price, and they temporarily prevented the German flank attack attempt.
The German battalion commander reported to the regimental commander in an aura: "Our offensive was attacked by ambushed guerrillas. My battalion suffered more than 40 casualties, and our unit was unable to attack immediately."
Sean was shocked. He held up the walkie-talkie and yelled: "Idiot, you charge me as hard as you can. Are you afraid of the enemy?"
"No! The Russians are hiding in the reeds! I...I can't find them. I can't even see their camp clearly now."
"It's really awesome. I order you to attack at all costs."
"yes!"
The battle was extremely fierce. The German battalion commander took off his large-brimmed military hat and put on an infantry helmet. When the soldiers saw their battalion commander doing this, they fully realized that the most arduous battle had come.
The battalion commander personally held an MP40. He raised his right fist and called on his subordinates: "Gentlemen! We attack with all our strength under the regiment commander's order. Behind us are the troops of the 734th Division. We cannot let them laugh at us. We must implement the regiment commander's order." Order! Now follow me and charge!"
This encouragement was indeed effective. More than 500 German officers and soldiers got up from their hiding places. They raised their rifles with bayonets and began a crazy charge under the cover of more than 40 machine guns.
At this scene, Natasha couldn't help but widen her eyes. Sweat was streaming down her forehead, and the girl's heart was trembling, because she was surprised to see that the Germans could actually launch a "German version of the Ula Charge."
When the situation reached a critical moment, Igor stuffed his notebook back and held his submachine gun in his arms.
He plucked the cotton from the girl's ears again and yelled: "Natasha! It's too dangerous now. I want to join the fight. You still have three magazines, and the rest are some scattered bullets. Aim and shoot!"
"good!"
"Be careful, once I feel the crisis is too great, I will force you to retreat. I forbid you to fight!"
"As you command!"
At this moment, the officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion only had time to think about their own battle. They never expected that the general offensive of their own large forces had already begun, and the German troops entering the settlements were being surrounded on three sides!
Natasha ignored the mud splashed by the German bullets not far away from her. She knew that it was just a blind beating. At this time, if she wanted to protect herself and kill the enemy as much as possible, it was best to lie down and shoot calmly.
The charge launched by the German battalion commander soon suffered a major blow. The battalion commander himself also charged for more than a hundred meters. At this time, he finally realized that the Soviet guerrillas had been staying in the soft mud filled with reeds. The reason why it is difficult to find traces of them is because they actually covered themselves with fresh reeds. It would be amazing to be found lying on the ground.
The battalion commander had no time to admire the enemy's exaggerated disguise. Now that the enemy had been discovered, the troops had a clear attack target.
He raised his fist and called: "Gentlemen, pay attention to all the reeds, that is the Russian disguise! Shoot at the reeds!"
More than a dozen bullets flew past Natasha's head, and she remained unmoved, as if her body was also part of the gun. She named the charging enemies one by one. She didn't need to aim at each one's head, she just had to hit them and drive them away. , in this case it is equivalent to destroying an enemy.
And when the strange fist-waving enemy appeared again, she took aim without hesitation and fired a fatal bullet.
The bullet hit the German battalion commander's chest very cleanly, breaking two ribs, pierced through the lung, and continued to break his spine - the officer died on the spot.
"Igor! I think I killed the officer!"
"That's right! But I don't have time to give you statistics. I've already kept it in mind! Don't stop, keep shooting!"
Natasha quickly stuffed the cotton into her ears, because right next to her, the strong and brave Igor had already fired all the bullets from a German submachine gun. The continuous noise was really terrible.
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Even with a large number of machine gun cover, the rushing German soldiers were suppressed again. They suffered more than a hundred casualties and consumed a lot of ammunition, but still failed to break through the defense line of the elite soldiers of the Soviet reconnaissance battalion.
At the same time, the German commander Sean suddenly realized that he had received another violent blow on his back.
Sashanova's troops arrived belatedly, but when they joined the battle, the timing was so favorable. The female soldiers directly attacked the settlements, and after paying a certain amount of casualties, they took over the small number of people entrenched in the settlements.
The enemy drove out and directly announced their strong presence to the main force of the German army in the fierce battle with bullets and artillery shells.
Yang Mingzhi's frontline headquarters followed Sashanova's troops in advancing, but he himself did not directly participate in the battle.
Another good telegram came from Joshua on the front line, that is, after Warmansky Jr.'s troops joined the battle, the German offensive momentum was well suppressed.
Yang Mingzhi stood in the reeds, not far away from the battlefield with heavy artillery fire. His current position was actually quite dangerous. If the Germans fired mortars at the maximum range indiscriminately, he himself might also be killed.
From the reports of Joshua and Balzen alone, Yang Mingzhi estimated that the number of German troops surrounded by the Soviet army was either two or three battalions, or that the German army's firepower was quite strong. He estimated the possibility of three battalions.
Highest.
Even with three battalions, the strength of the Soviet army is three times that of the German army. How can the current fierce battle be invincible?
The tactical point of this battle is to severely damage the enemy in the first battle.
Yang Mingzhi was very worried that the German follow-up troops would be reinforced at a very fast speed. He immediately issued another order to the troops participating in the siege: "Every regiment listens to the order, shrinks the encirclement, compresses the German formation, attacks with artillery shells and grenades as much as possible, and does not charge rashly."
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In fact, without his order, various troops were already shrinking the encirclement.
The besieged Sean was facing attacks from three directions. The worst thing was that the Soviet army suddenly appeared from behind and took back those buildings in just twenty minutes. Now, it was the newly arrived Soviet army who took advantage of
The building served as a bunker, firing wildly at the German troops in the soft mud filled with reeds.
However, the situation was not desperate for the Germans. Sean was fortunate that the large number of lush reeds provided some cover for his troops. If they continued to fight like this, the troops would consume too much ammunition.
In order to operate lightly, these three battalions did not carry much ammunition. For example, the machine gunners of each squad, the MG34 basically only had one magazine and three magazines (510 rounds), while the machine gun group equipped with the ZB26 only had a full magazine.
Only ten (200 rounds).
Sean knew that the only condition for the troops to hold on was to have sufficient ammunition. It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon. Once the battle dragged on into the night, the German army would be even more at a disadvantage.
Sean received a report from the fourth battalion under his command. The correspondent expressed grief and anger that the battalion commander was killed by a Soviet sniper, and the deputy battalion commander was disbanded.
The news was like a bolt from the blue. He asked on the walkie-talkie: "Where are the people of the 734th Division? Didn't they participate in the war?"
The correspondent reported the truth helplessly: "They did not participate in the war! They may still be on the way."
"What the heck! That idiot can kill us!" Sean half-knelt in a reed bush. He asked the communications soldier to contact Krieger, the commander of the 734th Division. To his surprise, the communication was extremely smooth.
Obviously, the friendly forces did not encounter fierce fighting at all.
Sean had lost any patience. After confirming that the caller was Krieger himself, he yelled: "You are just a bunch of stupid pigs! You are too lazy. Do you have to wait until our entire army is annihilated before you can participate in the fierce battle? Don't you?
Is this bastard planning to collect my body?"
Krieger himself also looked aggrieved. There was indeed heavy artillery fire not far away. He and his subordinates hoped to intervene in the battle as soon as possible. However, the poor road conditions in this muddy land seriously restricted the progress of the troops. Many soldiers had to never move forward.
I pulled my calf out of the mud at the knee. In such an environment, anyone who can walk two kilometers in an hour is considered an expert.
People are like this, and those armored vehicles are even worse. Since the half-track armored vehicles are lighter, the situation is better. They are struggling to move forward in the mud. If they can't move anymore, there are a large number of soldiers to help them push out of the mire.
But since the No. 3 assault guns all fell into the mud one by one, Krieger suddenly lost any hope for them.
Krieger could only reply helplessly: "Please bear with it, my troops will arrive as soon as possible."