Chapter 218 The German army retreats for the time being
Not only did the German offensive force encounter a head-on attack, but the frontline infantry artillery positions they were hastily establishing also became the target of public criticism. As soon as the soldiers unloaded the artillery shells, the Soviet artillery shells fell down.
As long as there are cannons, there is no need to worry about ammunition. The serious former military engineers in the blacksmith village are very good at making cannonballs.
Among the artillery shells that were dropped in this wave, the large-caliber mortars were shot with added materials - a large number of fragments.
Liguschkov understood Yang Mingzhi's guidance. The combat part was divided into two parts, and the fragments and picric acid were loaded separately. Therefore, after such a shell exploded, the fragments flew everywhere. This shell specifically designed to kill infantry directly wiped out an entire area.
German Army.
To make matters worse, there were also high-explosive shells mixed in here, and the German artillery shells exploded tragically. All the shells exploded at the same time, and the armored vehicle transporting the ammunition was completely shattered.
A huge mushroom cloud rose into the sky. The explosion yield was close to hundreds of kilograms of gunpowder. The impact broke into air waves and blew down a large number of German soldiers at once.
The thermal air also swept across the Soviet positions, and all the people fighting on the battlefield were shocked by the sight before them.
"Damn it, the Soviets in this city are not a mob at all. There must be people among them who are good at fighting!" Hoffman realized that he had made a huge mistake of underestimating the enemy's rash advance and regretted it very much.
He looked nervous, and Freud was also even more anxious.
"Now the enemy's fortifications suddenly appeared. Let's give them some artillery fire first, and we can still take advantage." Floyd was about to give the order to the artillery battalion, but was immediately stopped by Hoffman.
"Can't!"
"Why? Our people need fire support!"
"No! We don't have many artillery shells to begin with. What's more, the artillery fire will accidentally kill our people!"
"But it will also kill the enemy, won't it?" Floyd said coldly.
"This is not honorable at all! This is the first time that our army has participated in regular combat. Naturally, our enemies are still guerrillas, but their fighting method is completely regular combat! Do you want to deprive the Teutonic warriors of their glory?
!" Hoffman couldn't control his emotions and grabbed Floyd's collar.
The two looked at each other, but Floyd made a compromise and said viciously: "If you refuse to use our strongest firepower, the enemy will no longer be bombarded by heavy artillery, and many of us will die."
"Enough! We only have twenty heavy artillery pieces left. Judging from the current situation, these shells have very little effect on the enemies. It is too easy to hit our people when firing. The boys are almost as good as the Soviet Union.
People are fighting hand to hand."
The two had some differences, but the quarrel could not solve the problem. At this time, the front line was in a state of anxiety. A commander who ordered an easy retreat after just one contact, or believed that his own people could not win the battle, would be a disgrace to the German army and would be subject to a military court.
As for the German troops on the front line, they no longer dared to expose themselves too much after suffering setbacks. Almost all the soldiers were crawling forward. Most of them were recruits. This was the first time they had experienced real combat, facing the enemy's machine gun positions.
Many people even forget about life and death.
The two German battalion commanders realized that they could not keep lying in the snow and shooting at the Soviet troops. Bullets were flying overhead, which was a waste of bullets.
The Soviet army deployed a large number of machine gunners on the front line. After the war became less intense, they also found that their ammunition was consumed very much.
The Soviet soldiers began to transport ammunition to the front line through the communication trenches, but hundreds of German soldiers suddenly stood up, and two German battalions suddenly began to attack.
"What a group of crazy people. Their courage is very good. Did their commander put armor on all his men?" Rosakov said to himself while staring through the telescope.
"I think they are still crazy. The Germans are counting on the Serious Disease Group to overcome our defenses, but they don't know that our defensive positions have more than one layer," Krafsky said.
On the entire offensive front, the German armored vehicles were the first to be eliminated, and they were even attacked by anti-tank guns.
Two battalions of German troops advanced under the cover of five half-track armored vehicles. Each armored vehicle was actually equipped with three machine gun groups. The powerful machine gun firepower gave the Soviet position huge resistance. Many Soviet troops were hit and died on the ground.
In foxholes and trenches.
Even so, the Soviet army continued to resist tenaciously in the face of the flying bullets of the German army, because they ordered that the machine gun positions on the front line should be maintained until the infantry retreated to the second line of defense. At this moment, the infantry was retreating along the communication trench.
However, the Soviet anti-tank gun made a decisive contribution at this moment.
This 37mm tank gun-modified combat defense gun is covered with debris and covered with some snow. At first glance, it looks like just a big snowdrift. In fact, it is the most terrifying anti-vehicle weapon.
"Aim at the enemy's leading armored vehicle and fire!" the artillery squad leader gave the order, and the soldiers pulled the running bolt.
The shell directly hit the cab of the armored vehicle, and the violent explosion blew all the people on the vehicle off. Not all of them were injured or killed, and many of them were knocked unconscious by the explosion.
This meritorious anti-tank gun, which had made great achievements in attacking German armored trains, was like a roll call at this moment. It fired accurately one after another, and the armored vehicles that assisted the infantry in the attack were scrapped one after another.
The German army also launched a counterattack, but a large number of bullets were blocked by debris, and the artillery was unharmed.
Even so, the German army's onslaught continued. Soldiers carrying mortars immediately established positions. These small-caliber mortars, which were more powerful than grenade launchers, were specifically designed to bomb firepower points. The Soviet army suffered a very serious blow.
The machine gun fortress covering the retreat of the infantry was attacked by the Germans, and many positions were destroyed. The soldiers who were lucky enough to survive were still fighting. The lightly injured ones picked up all available weapons and continued shooting, while the seriously injured ones carried grenades and waited for the battle.
The invaders will perish together.
The German troops of these two battalions marched very bravely. They suffered heavy losses but did not dare to retreat. No matter how stupid you are, you know that victory or defeat depends on this. The offensive of more than 800 people continued, and they finally broke into the Soviet Army's third enemy.
A line of defense.
"Oops! A gap has been breached in our defense. Should we let the reserve team come in at this time?!" Krafsky asked.
"Wait a minute, we haven't exposed all our troops so early. These Germans are very brave, but they have already entered a concave siege. Comrade, think of the Battle of Cannae!"
When Roshakov said this, Kravsky was happy.
The Soviet army has a record of this, and as long as the main force retreats to the second line of defense, their good show will be staged again.
The grenade rain tactic is almost a common tactic of the 284th Division. This is also the reason why the Blacksmith Village produces grenades on a large scale. On the second line of defense, the soldiers threw grenades on a large scale. The eight hundred warriors of the advancing German army, even if they were like
The Teutonic warriors were not afraid of death, but they fell helplessly under the attack of a large number of grenades falling from the sky. There was no other reason. On the offensive road, the flying fragments were denser than raindrops, and everyone was riddled with holes.
In this way, the offensive of these 800 men came to an end. Coupled with the shelling from Soviet mortars, the German army was forced to retreat.
Seeing this, the German army's momentum was almost suppressed.
Roshakov nodded with satisfaction: "Now we don't have to dispatch the reserve team. These people won't force us to dispatch tanks."
"Yes, these German troops are indeed secondary troops, and their combat effectiveness is not good." Klavsky breathed a sigh of relief. If this battle continues like this, the city can be defended. "Let's go, comrade.
I guess the Germans will retreat soon, and then they will bombard us!" The two immediately got into the basement.
Just as Klavsky had guessed, the two German regiment commanders received information that the frontline offensive was blocked.
It was difficult for the two to accept this reality, but it was true because their soldiers had begun to retreat on their own.
If the fight continues like this, the mission of annihilating the enemy will not be achieved and the soldiers will be consumed. Is it possible to change the heavy baggage troops into the front-line combat troops of the 715th Division?
Hoffmann immediately ordered his frontline troops to retreat immediately, as did Klavsky.
Regret? Anger? Unwillingness? Faced with a large number of vehicle wreckage and a large number of corpses of comrades in the wilderness, the German soldiers retreated with complicated emotions.
The Soviet soldiers guarding the city looked at the backs of the retreating German troops. Most of them stopped shooting. The first day's battle seemed to be over. When victory came, not many people were happy. Instead, they waited quietly. Until
The Germans launched another shelling attack. (To be continued.) 8