In desperation, Niklaus ran away instinctively. He didn't have time to think about it. The direction in which he was escaping was a dead end.
Now Yang Mingzhi has figured out the enemy's true and false strength. Their troops are so small that the attacking troops can completely annihilate them.
Only an hour into the battle, the German front collapsed. The destroyed armored vehicles were burning, but the Soviet army continued to pursue them without stopping.
The German camp also fell, and the defenders were wiped out. Ninelli and Vasilyev even captured the enemy's truck, including the gasoline barrels on it.
Their field artillery positions fell one after another, and the results of these two battalions were not insignificant. The Germans who lost their artillery simply lost everything!
"We can use their artillery to bombard them!" Ninelli had an idea. This time he was leading part of Doronin's artillery.
Five field guns fell into the hands of the Soviet army. Some of Doronin's men knew how to use field guns. After all, these veterans were bragging to the new brothers that eight months ago they served the 152th big pipe.
So on the way of the German army's retreat, they suddenly encountered artillery fire.
Niklaus heard the whistling of artillery shells. He looked back and realized that his artillery had also been captured.
"What the heck! Drive faster, let's get away from here!" He ordered the driver to slam on the accelerator while he held on to the jeep tightly, even so he almost fell off due to the bumps.
Not all soldiers were so lucky. Some climbed onto tanks in order to escape from the battlefield as quickly as possible. Some got into jeeps that escaped from the camp.
Pity those who climbed onto the tanks. Even the Germans were counterattacking with RPGs. In the panic, it was difficult to deal a decisive blow to the attacking Soviet army. On the contrary, the German armored targets were very obvious, and their huge bodies made it easier for the RPGs to hit.
Yang Mingzhi even ordered the recoilless artillery group to advance further and establish new positions to continue bombarding the enemy.
"I order all of you not to be afraid of blowing up your own people. Let the soldiers advance against our artillery fire and let the enemy rush towards the river." Yang Mingzhi ordered the artillery to work quickly. After the new positions were established, each team immediately
Adjust the angle.
The maximum range of this weapon is two kilometers, and it can shoot at small angles and still maintain combat effectiveness.
The artillery shells were fired one after another, and a large amount of smoke burst out from the position, which seemed to return to the battlefield in Borodino more than a hundred years ago. In that battle, the Russian army and the French army fought a decisive battle in the wilderness, and the two sides engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat.
In this battle, the Soviet troops also bayoneted one after another, and the injured German troops were wailing. They soon encountered the Soviet troops who had caught up with the last blow. In this battle, Yang Mingzhi did not want to survive. After all, he killed a large number of equipment.
The army of armored vehicles is an unprecedented benefit to the 284th Division, which is still in trouble.
Niklaus estimated that he had lost almost 60% of his troops. Anyone who was injured by bullets would soon die.
He really only had more than 400 people left. The morale of this army had collapsed and everyone was running away like crazy. But no one dared to escape into the forest, God knows what kind of ambush there might be.
And the data wouldn't let him do that. Yang Mingzhi's troops showed a huge concave formation, with the German army in the center.
These Germans were not good at running, and their desire to survive drove them to do things they simply could not do. In order to march lightly along the way, ordinary soldiers abandoned their equipment. Even so, the Soviet army still caught up little by little.
them.
Bullets were coming from three directions, and the fleeing half-track armored vehicles broke down one after another. For no other reason than the anti-tank attack destroyed their motives. The machine gunners on the roofs of the vehicles had no choice, and they fired wildly with machine guns.
They were quickly annihilated by fearless Soviet soldiers.
The pursuit started at around nine o'clock and continued for an hour. The pursuit was still going on.
At half past ten, the fastest German troops, such as Niklaus and his jeeps, arrived at the banks of the Dnieper River. Looking at the sparkling river, all the soldiers were in despair.
Someone asked Nicklaus: "What can we do! Do we have to swim across the river?"
"But even if people can swim across, tanks can't!"
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People were talking a lot, and 66 soldiers came from behind one after another, but in the distance everyone could still hear the frightening sound of urrahs.
Niklaus sat on the ground in a daze. He didn't understand why he was defeated so suddenly. From early morning to now, the entire defense line was easily breached, and even the elite armored units were easily crushed by the enemy.
"Battal Commander! What should we do?!" A tank soldier almost slapped Niklaus in the face.
After this roar, Niklaus finally came to his senses. Looking at the Dnieper River in front of him, he could only think of one solution.
He asked the people around him: "Do you know how to swim?"
Most people answered in the affirmative, but some people understood what the officer was thinking and immediately raised questions.
"Battal Commander, this water is too cold. It's still winter in Russia. If we enter the water hastily, we will freeze to death first if the Russians don't attack us."
"Then because the water is too cold, we can't go into the water." Niklaus stood up and made up his mind: "Gentlemen, to be honest, I can't swim. I won't force you now. Anyone who is willing to fight to the death can stay with me.
Hold fast here, and if you are willing to go into the water, you can quickly take off your clothes. I will cover you here. Don't expect to be spared by surrendering. If we fall into the hands of the Russians, we will only die miserably."
Suddenly, a tragic mood spread among the soldiers. Some people stood up holding rifles. Some of them were landlubbers, and some did not want to be cowards who escaped even if they knew how to swim.
As for other people, the situation was different. They took off their coats and even threw away their armed belts.
In southern Belarus in February, daytime temperatures of four to five degrees are common, and the water temperature of the Dnieper River is only one or two degrees. People who have no winter swimming experience will quickly lose body temperature in such low temperatures, and eventually their muscles will stiffen and sink to the bottom of the river. What can I do?
Many people just wanted to retreat, and in the end only a company size of people stayed.
Niklaus wanted to curse, but was very helpless. He looked back at the people who were taking off their clothes and shook his head helplessly. "You can run. As long as you are lucky enough to swim across this river, you will be safe, but I will die here."
He counted his last strength. There were only ninety men left, and there were five tanks and assault guns combined. Such troops could still resist the Soviet army for a while. He could no longer care about those who just wanted to escape.
, then held a rifle high to give the remaining soldiers a boost.
"Gentlemen! This is our last battle! We must show the courage of Germanic men. The Dnieper River is behind us. We have the river on our back to fight the last battle of our lives. We must prove our loyalty with practical actions! sieghei1!
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"hei1! hei1! hei1!" These German soldiers burst out with the final cry, but this slogan was quickly drowned in the hurrahs of the Soviet troops. (To be continued.) 8