A strange scene finally happened on the battlefield. The Soviet and German armies were actually very afraid of each other!
The Soviet army wanted to blow up the bridge to force the German army to stop attacking southward for a period of time due to transportation problems. The German army wanted to blow up the bridge to force the Soviet army to stop at the bridge head and not threaten the train station.
The tactical target of both sides is the stone bridge. If it collapses, it will be of great benefit to both sides. At least both sides think so.
"Damn it! Why are these *** trying their best to defend the bridgehead! RPG shooter, kill them!"
While Balzen was shouting, he saw five missiles flying away.
The grenade exploded, causing some enemy casualties. However, the gap that had just been opened was quickly filled by soldiers wearing reflective helmets. The ruthless bullets continued to fire wildly, and the emerald green tracer bullets formed a series of deadly "laser"
". The German army actually assembled more than thirty machine guns, and the MG4 almost flew at once. The ammunition seemed to be inexhaustible!
The German army also bombarded the Soviet army from time to time with small 50mm mortars, which were only as powerful as two M4 grenades. Frequent bombardment further suppressed the Soviet army.
"They are really tough and difficult to fight!" Rudnev, wearing a leather jacket, approached Balzen.
Balzen was about to answer something when suddenly more than twenty bullets hit the corner where they were hiding, shattering fifty pieces of stone and scratching Balzen's face.
It turned out that Rudnev, who was wearing a leather jacket, was too obvious and was hit by a long burst of fire from the German machine gunner. The two of them were closely scratched. It was simply great luck.
Balzen staggered into the queue, covered the left side of his face and shouted loudly: "Idiot! You are a captain, are you seeking death by joining the front line?"
"Bah! Am I someone who is afraid of death? Comrade Balzen, I have just received a death order from the commander of our corps and must seize this bridgehead."
"Yes! We still want to blow up the bridge. But look, what else can we do? These Germans are simply crazy. It turns out that they abandoned their positions just to gather here and defend."
"You can't capture it?"
"The solution? Our RPG warheads consume too much."
"Can't we use artillery?"
"Recoilless rifles!" Balzen yelled the term loudly: "Comrade Rudnev, our army has provided you with some recoilless rifles, why didn't they follow up the fight?"
"What? Isn't the artillery a backup?"
"Bah! I need to contact Kovpack himself! Damn it, I sent people to him to organize all the recoilless gun groups. Doesn't he agree? If we want to break the German bridgehead, we must concentrate all the guns!
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Originally, it was quite dangerous to place recoilless rifles on the front line of battle. Only a well-trained team would have the courage and skills to achieve the results of bombarding enemy positions on the front line.
The Soviet assault once again encountered resistance. After all, this was a street battle, a fierce battle in a narrow area. A small group of well-trained machine gunners, manning a few machine guns, could achieve the tactical effect of one man blocking the enemy and ten thousand others unable to open the door.
To deal with this, either use mortars or direct-aimed bombing with various types of artillery.
Since mortars are difficult to deploy from the front, recoilless rifles that can bombard flexibly are necessary for combat operations.
After some urging from Balzen, the entire recoilless rifle group of the Kovpak Corps began to assemble towards Rudnev's headquarters.
In terms of how to break the formation, Balzen, a highly skilled man, was bold, that is, his subordinates directly carried the launch tubes on their shoulders, and started bombarding them like operating RPG launch tubes.
Later generations of Swedes conducted in-depth research on recoilless rifles, and shoulder-fired recoilless rifles were purchased by many countries. But Balzen's decision was shocking, because the Soviet Union already had multiple models of recoilless rifles, but let soldiers
Carrying the gun barrel on his shoulder, he launched a bombardment, which shocked Rudnev and was full of expectations.
While the Soviet army continued to try to break through and countless bullets flew towards the bridgehead controlled by the German army, the German army was also conducting active operations.
The commander of the German 100th Army, Gunter, met in a warehouse at the train station with the commander of the 74th Division, Borismann, who also passed the stone bridge.
Both senior officers survived the rocket fire. Of course, everyone was disheveled and all exposed skin was covered with dust.
Half of Hangte's face had been wrapped with gauze. At first glance, it seemed that his face had been scratched by a bullet. Only Yin Hong at the ear proved the location of the wound.
There was a lot of gunfire outside the warehouse, and German men were withering. In the city, especially near the train station, many civilians subconsciously ran away, and some horses even fled to the north.
Based on the current situation, regardless of Borisman's possible objections, Gunte drafted several orders and sent them to his subordinates.
However, before he could take action, the 70th Division attacking Lechica sent a successful report of capturing the city.
It was on this morning that the 70th Division took the lead in launching a general offensive regardless of when the reinforcements from the 71st Division arrived. Although they encountered certain resistance in the street fighting, the German army had already prepared a large number of troops, and the battle line continued to approach the river.
The company commander who was guarding Lechicha, who was promoted through assault, was truly a man of mercy, and died gloriously in the final battle.
There were only a hundred Soviet troops, and the front line was continuously compressed, and their casualties were increasing. With the death of the commander, the entire front line finally collapsed.
Only twenty-five soldiers fled towards the river. They abandoned a large amount of equipment and fled to the river with only their rifles. They saw the gunboats waiting on the river.
When the German pursuers cautiously arrived at the riverside, they were immediately fired upon by two water-cooled Maxims from the gunboats. After a blockade, the Germans had to evade tactics. When they launched a counterattack again, they tried to use the 80 rifles that had just arrived.
When the millimeter mortars were bombing, the gunboat with the red flag flying had already carried the last remnants of the Soviet army and headed south!
At this point, the battle in Lechica finally ended. The final battle was uneventful, and the Germans gained control of the entire city at the cost of more than fifty casualties. Up to five thousand soldiers stood on the devastated ruins, finally relieved.
Screaming to the sky with a heavy burden.
The division commander Genus breathed a sigh of relief and happily reported the victory to the army commander, only to receive an alert that Mozyri was in danger.
"Commander? Is this true? Did the 74th Division collapse at the first touch and lose the Nancheng District of Mozyri?"
Khante replied in the affirmative, and then shouted at the top of his lungs into the telegraph microphone: "Now that Lechica has been captured, you immediately send people to defend it and organize the large forces to return with all their strength."
"As you command!"
Genus felt that there was something fishy about this matter. Just imagine, if his main force rushed back and the escaped Soviet army suddenly attacked again, wouldn't Lechica miss again? In just three days, the two sides carried out at least one attack on the city.
After three large-scale tug-of-wars, wouldn’t the Soviet army attack?
As a soldier, Genus knew that he should not have too many thoughts. At present, he must separate the best troops to rescue Mozyr.
How to save the situation in Mozyr, Hangte Assault thought of three measures:
First: Capture the troops in Lechicha, divide the troops and return to defense, take the lead in fighting, and try to drive the Soviet troops out of the Henan city. It is best to inflict heavy losses.
Second: The 71st Division is reinforcing the mobile troops in Lechica. After arriving in Lechica, it will set up defenses on the spot. The remaining troops of the 71st Division will leave the current defense line, pass through the Nalovla shoal on the Pripet River, and return to Mozyr.
In the south, block the Soviet army's southward retreat and try to inflict heavy damage.
Third: Blow up the bridge.
For the first two items, Hangte knew that his subordinates would obey them faithfully, and that the 70th Division, which had returned to defense, would be able to participate in the defensive battle in three or four hours at the earliest.
The most critical thing is the third one. Because the two guard battalions are responsible for guarding the bridgehead, the Hangtai is left with more than 20 guards armed with submachine guns. To blow up the stone bridge, a large amount of explosives is needed.
The only person who accomplished this was Borisman, the commander of the 74th Division.
After the two senior officers met, Hangte told Borisman the two orders he had just issued.
"That's great. If your main force returns to defend and reinforce, the enemies who dare to attack the city will be wiped out!"
Borisman's words were not flattery. He was truly 100% satisfied with Hunter's decision.
"Then, my third decision, we must blow up the bridge."
"Blow up the bridge? That's what I'm planning to do!"
Hangte was originally a little worried that the friendly forces would not agree, and planned to use the gap in military rank to force him to do so. He never thought that the friendly forces would be so cooperative, which is both gratifying and sad at the same time.
The 74th Division planned more than just blowing up the bridge. Borisman continued: "Since you strongly support it, I will send people to get explosives. Since we want to prevent the enemy from crossing the river, we must do something extreme."
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"Absolutely something? What is that?!"
Borisman pointed to some fuel tankers on the outdoor railway track: "Those are gasoline. Pour it into the river and splash it on the river bank. We form a wall of fire!"
"Just do it!"
Originally, those oil tankers were supplies for the 100th Army. When life and death were at stake, Borisman did not care about them.
Both sides planned to blow up the bridge, and the German army was obviously faster than the Soviet army.
Natasha's helmet was tied with a piece of gray linen, and her firearm was also temporarily tied with some rags. The entire image was disguised as indescribable debris in the ruins.
The girl accurately killed enemy snipers while changing places from time to time. She is an experienced veteran, and these frequent changes of positions prevented her from being injured. As for some of the people in the Kovpak army who were not smart enough,
Because he always lay down in one place and fired, the enemy fired a long burst, and a large number of heavy machine gun bullets smashed through the rocks, instantly killing the hidden soldiers.
There was only one Natasha, and the German machine gunners came one after another. The crazy ideological awareness they displayed of fighting to the death greatly shocked this girl who was not yet seventeen years old.
"It's been a long time since I've encountered such a fierce enemy!" Natasha, who was completely safe hiding behind a wall, expressed her admiration to Igor beside her.
"They are indeed very strong." Igor said as he gave her three loaded magazines. "You must be careful, you have also been targeted by them. I advise you not to take too many risks. Just wait until there is no chance."
Let the recoil artillery unit arrive."
"I...I think I should keep fighting."
After saying that, Natasha rolled over a few times and entered the battle. However, this time, she saw a group of people suddenly appear on the stone bridge 200 meters away.
"What are they doing?" Natasha stared at the scope and saw some enemies stacking boxes on the bridge. "Could they want to blow up the bridge?" This thought suddenly came to her mind.
Before she could figure it out, the German army had made a new move. A large number of defending officers and soldiers suddenly began to retreat in an orderly manner, as if they were about to abandon the bridgehead.
Balzen and Rudnev naturally wanted to seize this opportunity, even if the recoilless rifle had not yet arrived.
The Soviet army organized a new round of attack, but was suppressed by German machine guns. What was even more disgusting was that the German army suddenly deployed some troops on the opposite bank of the river. Just now, there were still no such enemies.
On the surface, the German army was trying to retreat through the stone bridge, but in fact the German army increased its troops on the other side.
Some soldiers with sharp eyes saw the German troops on the other side holding leather pipes and watering the grass on the riverside. Such bizarre behavior made people scream and puzzle.
"It's so baffling? What on earth are they going to do?" Balzen frowned, and as a new round of assaults came back, he was at a loss.
"I don't understand either!" Rudnev said, "We'd better wait until the recoilless gun team arrives."
"That's fine! I want to see what the German army is going to do."
Balzen had only one purpose, to blow up the stone bridge. As a result, the abnormal behavior of the German army, especially the pile of wooden boxes on the bridge deck, made him more and more suspicious. As the German army's actions deepened, he saw two
The German soldiers were holding coils and retreating to the other side of the river.
Suddenly, Balzen understood everything.
He held his head, his expression extremely complicated.
"These enemies, are they going to blow up the bridge? If they do that, why are we still charging so hard?"
"It looks like they are going to blow up the bridge." Rudnev said, "Isn't our plan to blow up the bridge? This is definitely a big news!"
"Yes! I don't think there is any need for a fierce attack. The German army will help us complete our mission. Comrade Rudnev, you'd better cover your ears!"
Everything was as Balzen expected. When many Soviet soldiers watched helplessly as all the enemies passed through the stone bridge, no one dared to attack without permission because they had not received the order to attack.
The enemy left the bridge, and suddenly, in full view of everyone, a violent explosion occurred!
After all, the 74th Division had a certain amount of explosives in stock. Borisman ordered fifty kilograms of TNT to be placed on the bridge. After completing the set of detonator electrodes, people hiding a hundred meters away took great risks to remove them.
detonate.
After all, it was a stone bridge, and the upper reaches of the Pripet River were not wide. Such a dose of explosives actually destroyed the structure of the stone bridge, and the channel connecting the city was gone. Thick smoke rose from the river, and then a large amount of rubble covered the sky.
came and caused some damage to both the Soviet Union and Germany.
"Haha! They really blew up the bridge!" Balzen stood up suddenly, "Comrade Rudnev, you can inform Comrade Kovpak that there is no need to continue the fierce attack. Our tactical goal has been achieved."
"Okay, I'll notify you right away!"
"No! Wait a minute!"
Just as Rudnev, who was sitting in the ruins without a hair exposed, was about to hold up a walkie-talkie to speak to his boss, Balzen stopped him.
"What? Any other questions?"
"Put your head out a little and take a look. These ***, they are actually setting fires!"
When Rudnev cautiously revealed a pair of eyes, his pupils narrowed sharply, and a terrifying shadow flashed in the reflective pupils - the Pripet River was burning.
The bridge collapsed, and the dust had not yet settled. Fires shot into the sky on the river bank. What was the source of the fire? Soldiers with a little common sense realized that it was gasoline from the smell that suddenly began to permeate the air.
Balzen's old face was so hot from the flames that he was half exposed, not worried at all that he might be hit by a stray bullet. He was completely shocked by the sight in front of him: "These ***, are they creating a wall of fire for fear of being shot?