What happened at the same time as the artillery bombardment was the Soviet army's full-line attack, at least in the eyes of the German army.??
Claiborne was confused on the spot, "Did our artillery kill their people, so their reinforcements came to seize the position?"
In the chaos, he could hardly direct, and even failed to care about the hand-to-hand fighting that broke out on the other side. At that moment, he had to avoid artillery fire with Schumacher.
The soldiers of Lavrenti's camp rushed into the position one after another. Even if they felt physically and mentally exhausted, the soldiers still had a great advantage against the unprepared German army. However, he also knew very well that the energy of the soldiers was limited, so he still ordered the troops to use firearms to deal with the enemy as much as possible.
In the northeastern part of its offensive front, many machine gun teams were also firing desperately. Their biggest role was to create the illusion of an all-out attack by the Soviet main force. Of course, the bullets had better form a barrage and hit some unlucky ones who couldn't open their eyes.
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The current Yevgeny was still waiting until his artillery stopped firing.
He supervised all this, and when he saw this, he quickly asked: "Have you fired all the artillery shells?"
"At least my group has no more shells!"
Yevgeny looked at each artillery position, and it was indeed the case. "Very good, it's time to attack!" He stood up and calmly ordered the dormant officers and soldiers of the battalion to attack.
The combat strength of a thousand men was neither too much nor too little. These German troops were squeezed into a small area. After suffering many casualties, they finally began to counterattack.
But since the Soviet army had already invaded the position, a purely defensive battle was no longer possible.
When the bombardment ended, there was only an unusually dense amount of gunfire all around. Just as Claiborne recovered, he suddenly noticed dense shouts coming from the southeast.
"Oops! The Soviets are planning to surround us!" Claiborne slapped his thigh and stood up. A bullet whizzed past his ear, causing the guy to immediately lie down in the trench.
Schumacher, who was squatting, asked loudly: "Is the enemy planning to eliminate us all? What is your solution? We are now surrounded!"
"I know! I know everything! Now we either hold here or we run! Or we call our artillery."
"Artillery! Are you kidding?" Schumacher shouted in despair: "The enemy is too cunning. This coordinate is simply outside the range of our howitzer!"
"Doesn't this mean that we are going to be doomed!?" Claiborne clearly realized that he had encountered the most critical moment in his life. In his opinion, the Soviet army had fully attacked from the rear and front, and he was like a sandwich.
Like a biscuit, I was really attacked from both sides at the moment.
Neither he nor Schumacher are cowards, and the soldiers under their command are also young people, who are in their prime and most capable of fighting.
Claiborne, who was lying in the trench, clutching his pistol tightly, ignored his sloppy appearance and ignored the whizzing bullets. He stood up like a hero and said coldly to his comrades: "We are soldiers of the Third Reich. Even if
Even if we are surrounded, we must live up to our honor. Even if we die in battle, we will not be ashamed of our loyalty, so I decided to fight to the end."
Schumacher smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Then let's fight. It's just that my subordinates can be as calm as us and have the consciousness to fight to the death."
If all the German troops were willing to fight to the death, even if they suffered more than a hundred casualties, they would still be able to organize an effective defense. However, people's instinct for survival prevailed, and because the command system was stagnant for a time, the German troops were actually fighting on a squad-by-squad basis.
Fighting, especially the soldiers who fought hand-to-hand with Lavrenti's troops, fought on their own!
The level of German equipment in these two battalions is far inferior to that of the front-line troops. Their biggest task is to ensure security in the occupied areas, and the enemies they deal with are mainly guerrillas. This is because of this thinking, their automatic firepower is too small in quantity and performance is poor.
Oops.
They are equipped with some Czech ZB26s and the German army's own old-fashioned mg13s. The number of commonly used mg34s is only five, and the firepower density is relatively poor.
But they did start to shrink their troops. Hundreds of people huddled together, and their firepower should not be underestimated.
After the brief hand-to-hand battle, Lavrenti knew that this style of fighting was purely a dangerous move that would kill one thousand enemies and only damage eight hundred. The remaining soldiers began to expand the results, but the German troops who were grouped together were also pinned to the ground.
"Oops! If we can't let the enemy escape, we won't be able to bite it at all! You Germans, why haven't you escaped? Do you really want to fight us to the death?" Lavrenti cursed. At this time, if the troops were equipped with a large number of recoilless rifles,
With guns, all the problems are no longer a problem. If there were a large number of RPGs, there would only be two left.
The quantity of heavy weapons and equipment is poor. With only light weapons, it is impossible to fight a tough battle. Even the most elite troops must pay a huge price to win.
After some command, Claiborne and Schumacher finally conveyed the order to each company. Regardless of the losses of each company, they all gathered at the battalion headquarters. The military orders were like a mountain, and these soldiers must obey them. The scattered people suddenly gathered together.
When the firepower is organized, the chaos ends.
The Soviet and German armies fought fiercely in the forest, and the attacking Soviet army could no longer take advantage.
"Everyone, hold on, the Soviets won't be able to advance for a while! As long as we hold on a little longer, reinforcements will arrive!" Claiborne's words stabilized the mentality of quite a few soldiers.
He indeed kept his promise and immediately ordered the telegraph operator to report to the regiment headquarters, and then the division headquarters was informed of the situation.
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"As expected, the Soviets still have troops in the forest. Our army's occupation of their camp seems to have encountered their counterattack! Order the artillery regiment to implement artillery cover!" Hertzman waved his hand and pointed to the approximate coordinates reported by Claiborne.
It's about to explode.
But the chief of staff immediately stopped this unrealistic order.
"What? Do you think the artillery fire will hit our own people? Rostad, as chief of staff, of course you have many things to consider, but don't doubt the bravery of our soldiers."
"Forget it! This is not a question of bravery or not." Rostad took a compass, lined up at the artillery regiment's position, and drew a circle with the center of the circle. "Division Commander, this is the range of our artillery fire. You
Do you understand? We will still send infantry for reinforcements honestly!"
Hertzman clearly realized that his artillery fire could only reach the forest and could not kill an enemy at all. "These Soviets are really cunning. Unless I order the artillery to move their positions, they can help my people, but then it will be too late."
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In fact, he didn't know how many troops the Soviets had, and he also knew that the refueling tactic was not a clever move. It was just that his own people were surrounded. He was very aware of the style of his enemy, the 284th Guards Division of the Soviet Army. Whenever he was surrounded, he would attack them.
In a battle of annihilation, the two main battalions were completely wiped out, so the losses on this day were crazy. 8