Chapter five hundred and seventy-eight shelling under the night
The forest was already a mess. In the distant German position, Lotharheim had prepared two battalions as reserves. The fastest updated The battle in the forest must have been particularly fierce, and he was a little worried for a while. "If we continue to send people at this time
, the casualties must be huge, just wait."
However, not long after, an emergency call from Lawrence on the front line hit the regiment headquarters directly. He yelled at the radio at the top of his lungs: "The enemy's firepower is too strong, and we have unknown casualties! We are running out of bullets! Support us quickly!"
What else could Losaheim do? The development of the battle situation had exceeded his expectations. He asked loudly: "Lawrence, your enemy only has a hundred people! Your battalion can defeat them."
"Go to hell!" A lot of noisy curses came from the other end of the walkie-talkie. Lawrence dared to say anything in the deep danger. "Only idiots believe that there are only a hundred enemies now. As a regiment leader, you are an idiot!
If we don’t help, we will be completely wiped out!”
Of course Lotharheim was angry after being seriously offended by words. But the cry for help that could make Lawrence tear out his throat could only mean that the front line was tight. He immediately shouted: "Hold on, I'll send two battalions to reinforce you."
!Send artillery to cover you!"
"Don't! Let your artillery go to hell! You will blow us up together with the enemy! I have suffered heavy losses and must withdraw now! Then you can bombard our position, we are in the D050 area!"
Lotharheim is now very messy. The firepower of a hundred enemies will not be very strong. An extremely fierce gun battle is breaking out in the forest in the distance. Lawrence's people can't even stand it anymore, and they turn back the same way.
The war situation did not develop according to his plan at all. Since the hidden Soviets actually had more troops, they simply followed Lawrence's wishes and opened fire on possible areas!
This infantry regiment does not have many heavy artillery. There are ten 75mm field guns in total. Its power can only cause huge damage to enemies in dense formations. When there are a large number of obstacles in the environment, such as rocks and vegetation, the power is much weaker.
Already.
The artillery received an urgent order to fire, and the German army also set up a coordinate system for the convenience of defense. In line with their rigorous style, this area was divided more carefully.
Each gun position quickly adjusted its direction and firing angle, and Lotharheim also issued an emergency retreat order to both "Fisherman" and "Bait".
The artillerymen shook the turntable desperately, and artillery shells were taken out of the ammunition boxes one after another. These professionals were in their respective positions, obeying the regimental commander's instructions at any time.
Losaheim and his followers hurried back to the regiment headquarters. The artillery must have been ready by this time. On the other hand, the gunfire in the forest was also much weaker.
He clearly realized that maybe the group of Soviets had also started to flee for their lives. He immediately picked up the phone number from the regiment headquarters and shouted to the artillery battalion: "Now fire at high speed, each gun fires ten rounds at the fastest speed."
The field artillery operated by the German army was exactly the same model as the one captured by the Soviet army before. After the preparations were completed, the artillery positions began to resolutely execute the orders.
You must know that the high-frequency firing of artillery will cause great damage to the barrel. The artillerymen have received a dead order, and they are delivering firepower towards the target as quickly as possible.
The artillery fire began to roar, and the German positions were lit up under the night! The fire brought by the cannon was extremely dazzling, and it was accompanied by a deafening roar that could be heard for dozens of miles around!
When a shell is fired, the shell immediately pops out, and the soldier holding the next shell eagerly stuffs it into the turret. This action is done in one go, and people simply become "human flesh automatic loading machines."
The ultra-high efficiency brings ultra-violent firepower density and continuous roaring sound.
More than a thousand people led by Balzen were retreating quickly. Lavrenti, who was serving as the rearguard, fought with the invisible enemy for a long time and finally began to retreat.
Only a small group of enemies served as the final cover. After determining that the enemies might disappear, they were also ready to evacuate.
But at this moment, the roar of artillery fire was heard by everyone.
Lavrenti became instinctively frightened, and he yelled at everyone at the top of his lungs: "Fools! Run for your lives! Get away!"
He couldn't help but roar, and almost everyone started running wildly under the moonlight one by one like a cat with blown hair. Even though the light was too dim, they, who were good at forest warfare, still maintained a high speed.
It's a pity that the shells came too fast!
Continuous explosions erupted in the forest, and Lavlenji's men no longer had to worry about not being able to see the road ahead. Behind them, the forest had been exploded into a raging fire.
Many red pines were blown down, and these tall and tall trees rich in rosin became excellent fuel. A large number of birches were cut down by the shock wave, and the heat wave blew around. It can be said that Camp Lavrenti was scorching.
Retreating from the grill.
The veterans in this battalion have experienced various fierce battles and have high psychological quality. However, many people who were transferred from the militia could not accept the sudden cruel scene for a while. Fortunately, the veterans set an example and coupled with the hard suppression, they retreated.
That's why it didn't turn into a retreat.
But Lavrenti still suffered considerable losses. The last covering troops were covered by continuous explosions, and they were reduced to ashes in the fire.
At the critical moment, Lavrenti could no longer take care of them. The bombardment did not last long and the casualties were not serious. The worst thing is that it has not rained in this area for a while.
The climate is somewhat abnormal, and these ignited red pines are burning crazily, and the fire is getting more intense.
The fire was slowly getting bigger, the sky was illuminated red, and the light covered up the moonlight.
The air here is particularly clear. The strange things happening on the front line even caused the personnel staying behind at the Soviet radio relay station who were ambushing in the ruins of Homnich to see that the sky in the distance was unusually red. Considering that they had just heard the dull
With the roar, the land of fire must be a battlefield!
After a while, Balzen, who was retreating, shouted at the top of his lungs into the intercom: "Tell the division headquarters! We encountered artillery fire! The enemy designed a trap, and most of our troops successfully evacuated with unknown casualties!"
The information was reported truthfully, and the three people guarding the division headquarters in Blacksmith Village were immediately shocked by the information, and their tired expressions disappeared.
Yevlov even threw the iron cup directly to the ground and cursed: "Damn Nazis, they actually used artillery to bomb us! And that damn prisoner of war escape plan, what else is there to say now, it's just a joke from beginning to end
scam!"
Yang Mingzhi was also greatly surprised. He bent down to pick up the division commander's cup and patted him on the back. "Yevlov, please calm down! The battlefield is at least 70 kilometers away from us. It is difficult for us to make any changes to the battlefield.
Reasonable control. Now at least Balzen's army is safe, now we should think about how to deal with it!"
"Then tell me! What should we do?" Yevlov pinched his waist, his anger weakening a lot.
Even if the enemy was setting a trap, they should have sent out infantry. The so-called escape of prisoners of war may have been a good show of "lubing the snake out of the hole" from the beginning. They didn't know where the Soviet troops were. In order to fight head-on (at least a head-on firefight was relatively difficult for them)
Favorable) came up with this clever move. So when they discovered that the Soviet troops were huge, they decisively used artillery bombardment.
Yang Mingzhi had the final say in his own inference, and both Yevlov and Yelentina found it reasonable. In the end, the order given to Balzen was also very simple: retreat beyond the range of German artillery and rest immediately. (To be continued.