The soldier pulled the trigger of the recoilless gun. As its name suggests, there is almost no recoil.
The powder pack exploded, pushing the shell out. At the same time, part of the gunpowder gas also spurted out from the nozzle at the rear end of the barrel. Two magnificent flames were placed in front of Natasha. This weapon is so amazing. At night, the huge
The fire brought a shocking light and shadow effect. Natasha understood that this is power!
The recoilless rifle is a kind of cannon. The elevation angle is slightly adjusted, and the shells hit the German camp in a low and flat parabola. Three shells exploded immediately, and the fire became a perfect sight, guiding the infantry to attack the enemy camp.
After that, the mortar shells hit the enemy camp in an extremely high parabola, almost vertically. These shells using picric acid as explosive were even more powerful.
Doronin knew that all the shells hit the target, but he still didn't know the results of the first round of shooting. Don't worry, there are still two rounds of shelling to continue.
After three rapid fires, the mortar soldier immediately fired the second one. The recoilless gun was more difficult to serve, so the soldiers immediately wiped the barrel of the gun clean before feeding the projectiles and charges.
Doronin looked nervously at the three recoilless guns and asked, "How is it? The temperature of the barrels is not very high, right?"
"No problem at all, it dissipates heat very quickly on such a cold day!"
The soldiers were also worried that overheating of the gun barrel would cause the untimely explosion of the charge pack. Fortunately, the low temperature caused the gun barrel to cool down quickly. The second round of shelling of these recoilless rifle guns was carried out immediately. After each gun fired three times, the artillery must go to rest.
This is not a long-range army that "can't defeat the enemy", but if it continues to bombard, it will hit its own people.
Balzen led his troops to charge with a smile, and the artillery fire was accurately bombarding the enemy. No matter what, this German infantry battalion would suffer heavy losses.
The mortar shells were loaded with high-energy explosives such as picric acid, and the recoilless gun shells added fragments. The two were mixed together, creating shock waves and countless flying fragments, catching the sleeping German army by surprise.
Holstaufen was awakened by the violent explosion, and the air wave knocked him off the cot and fell to the ground. He took a sip of snow, woke up immediately, and shouted loudly: "It's an enemy attack! It's an enemy attack."
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Many German soldiers were killed and wounded on the spot. Of course, the power of Doronin's bombardment was far less powerful than the previous aerial bombs of the German Air Force, and he did not kill more enemies.
Most of the German soldiers are still alive and well, but because their tired bodies have not had a good rest, their combat effectiveness cannot be as high.
These people were at least young and strong and had received systematic military training. After encountering an enemy attack, they quickly put on their clothes and nervously devoted themselves to self-defense.
Suddenly, the majority of German soldiers heard another sound in the howling north wind-Ula! Not only had the Soviets just conducted an artillery bombardment, but were their infantry advancing along with the artillery fire?!
The Soviet tactics were nothing more than artillery bombardment followed by infantry charge. This kind of artillery and infantry action almost simultaneously was indeed not the classic Soviet tactics that Holstaufen knew.
Some alert German soldiers immediately set up their machine guns. They were still sleepy-eyed, but the Soviets were already in front of them!
Regardless of Balzen's orders, his men knew very well how to deal with these firepower points. In addition to the precision shooters who blew the heads of the enemy machine gunners with good marksmanship, the soldiers who were like "human mortars" accurately threw cluster grenades at the enemy.
machine gun position.
After paying a small price, Balzen took out the three machine gun fire points blocking the road. As for the infantrymen who simply wore coats and did not even have time to wear classic German helmets, the barrage of gunfire was enough to turn them into honeycomb briquettes.
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Balzen's frontal attack was overwhelming, but the troops on the left and right had to pay a high price for their attack.
This was Anatoly's first night attack, and his men could not learn the three-by-three infantry offensive tactics like Balzen did. Worse, they only re-planned the ten-man large squadron system.
The training has not yet been carried out! So he still ordered his men to fight in the traditional Soviet offensive mode, which the majority of soldiers fully understood.
The Soviet army on the left wing continued to attack in a skirmish line. In this way, the German machine gunners who woke up fired the laser bullets from their machine guns, strafing the Soviet soldiers.
A large number of soldiers fell, and those behind immediately made up for them.
This battle is crucial to Anatoly and his soldiers. This is a battle to wash away the shame. Therefore, even if he is unfortunately hit by a bullet and dies, it is a sacrifice for the country. The so-called shame of being a prisoner will also be washed away.
Or someone can regain glory.
They fearlessly shouted Ula and ran towards the enemy's position.
In the end, only part of the Germans woke up. They withstood attacks from three directions, and were quickly defeated by the Soviet army from all directions.
Holstaufen had to face a tragic reality, that is, he encountered the main force of the Soviet army.
"What the hell, the air force's bombing was meaningless, but it really attracted their main force. Damn it! As bait, we are indeed destined to die?!" In grief and anger, he was at a loss.
Several soldiers shouted angrily at their commanders, "What should we do?! Should we retreat! Or fight to the death?"
Holstaufen was stunned for a moment. He could hear either the sound of gunfire or the roar of the Soviet Ulla. Instinct made his feet tremble, and his mind was filled with thoughts of escaping.
"Retreat... of course, retreat!" After learning from the painful experience, now hesitating and waiting for everyone is to be annihilated. "Those who are still alive, retreat with me!"
It was impossible to give orders to everyone, not to mention that some German soldiers were still fighting the Soviets, and the two armies even engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat.
Holstaufen and some of the men around him started their flight towards the north of the city, but quite unexpectedly, they encountered new enemies.
That was Alexander, and the eleven soldiers who endured plane bombings with him.
When Doronin's bombardment had just ended, the shaking of the earth and the loud noise directly woke them up from their hibernation. Two full days had passed since Homnage was occupied by the Germans again!
Alexander knew the tactics of his 284th Division very well. The artillery bombardment was fired more than ten times. This was not a harassment war! He ordered a soldier to go to the hole that had been dug and remove the debris for cover. The soldier said this
After doing it, half of his body popped out, and he was pleasantly surprised to hear the most familiar and exciting voice.
The soldier immediately retracted and shouted loudly: "It's friendly forces! It's the division commander and the others, our main force is coming."
Alexander was overjoyed, "Great, this is what we have been waiting for. Comrades, the time for revenge has come. We take up arms and crawl out of this groundhog-like hole. It's time to give the Germans a little more power!"
Half of these twelve people were equipped with submachine guns, and there was also a DP light machine gun. They left this dirty "cave" that must have been filled with a lot of feces and urine, and threw themselves into the counterattack with a very slovenly appearance.
Under the moonlight, Holstaufen actually led more than fifty people to escape. This unfortunate scene happened again for him, and the escape direction was exactly the same.
What was even more unfortunate was that they encountered the same obstruction again. But this time, his people were too tired and nervous.
Alexander actually had an encounter with these people. The frightened German soldiers encountered the obstruction of the Soviet army in the north of the city, and suddenly became confused again.
"Damn it! They have already surrounded us?!" Holstaufen watched helplessly as several of his warriors who rushed in front were knocked down head-on, and those behind him, including himself, simply fell to the ground.
Alexander was surprised, "Comrades, we can't let go of this group of Germans who suddenly jumped out. We only have twelve people, and maybe we will all die in the battle. Even if we die in the battle, we have to hold on for time!"
We can’t let this group of people escape!”
Others understood, and in this way, the Germans really had tigers in front of them and pursuers behind them. A few more German soldiers leaned out and encountered a tenacious blockade by Alexander and others.
Embarrassed and frightened, Holstaufen's men were in complete disarray until Balzen's main force caught up.
If God had given him a chance, Balzen would never have rashly entered this damn city with his entire army, and there would not have been the tragedy of being surrounded by people today.
After the Soviet army entered the city, they immediately started street fighting with the German army. Hand-to-hand combat broke out. The unprepared Germans were completely unable to deal with the Soviet army's spears and engineer shovels.
Some Soviet soldiers rushed into the perimeter of the German battalion commander, and fired with submachine guns. Every tent was riddled with holes, or grenades were thrown into it. Some of the results achieved, especially the placement of soldiers
There were several tents of wounded German soldiers. The massacre started immediately. The Soviet soldiers did not hesitate to shoot at the wounded. But most of the German soldiers walked out of the tents and went into the fight. Of course, these Germans were immediately overwhelmed by their strength and firepower.
Kill the Soviet troops.
Holstaufen and his last twenty men were trapped in a tight siege. At this moment, he had a premonition that the rest of his battalion might have been wiped out!
At this most critical moment, he ordered the radio operators who were not yet finished to report to the division headquarters immediately. At this time, the radio operator also realized that his end was coming, and he tragically sent the final message in desperation - Infantry Battalion
Total destruction, the enemy's main force is in Homnich, and the air force drops bombs on us!
The Germans also made a tragic request to "shoot at me". The cruel news reached the 722nd Division Headquarters, but the division commander Floride did not wake him up quickly.
He couldn't believe this information. After being quiet for a while, he nervously went straight to the table with military maps at the division headquarters and ordered: "Wake up all the deputy division commanders and staff!"
However, Holstaufen was already dead at this time. He was not captured, and all his soldiers, including his, fought to the end, and killed many Soviet soldiers before he died.
Holstaufen, he chose to commit suicide. When Balzen saw his body, there was only a small hole in the temple on the right side of his head, but the left side of his head was missing. His white-gloved right hand was still holding Lu
rifle. The last fighter of this German infantry battalion committed suicide as the end of the entire unit.
"This man is a real soldier. Even if he commits suicide, he will not let us capture him." Balzen couldn't help but admire this enemy. The officer and his soldiers all died.
This night attack lasted only an hour. Balzen achieved the final victory and Homnich was once again occupied by the Soviet army. (To be continued.) 8