Fear is normal, let alone these new recruits who have just entered a state of war from a peaceful society. Veterans, including Shulka, will have chills in their hearts after every battle... When it is really a matter of life and death,
No one can face it calmly, and if they do, they basically gave up because they collapsed.
From this aspect, soldiers do not actually care about victory or defeat in the battle, or whether the battle situation is favorable or unfavorable to them. They are more concerned about whether they can survive the next battle.
Shulka thought that he should say something at this time, such as to improve morale, but he did not have this chance, because at this time he only heard a loud "boom", followed by the sound of artillery outside.
"Get out of the car!" Shulka ordered loudly.
This is common sense when carrying a car... The car has no protection, even an enemy's rifle can penetrate the car, and a single shell can blow the entire car into the sky, and it is still a good target.
Therefore, if they do not want to be blown into parts like a car, the soldiers in the car must be ready to jump out of the car at any time and disperse.
Shurka was in a state of semi-collapse when he jumped out of the car.
Because he knew in his heart that a battle like this that broke out without warning was very likely to have entered the enemy's trap... As mentioned before, there was a reconnaissance force in front of the main force, and the reconnaissance force did not find the enemy, which meant that
The enemy had spared the reconnaissance force.
Then, the result of falling into the enemy's trap is that the enemy may have blocked the rear compartment with a machine gun, and the moment the infantry jumps out of the compartment is likely to be the time when the machine gun harvests lives.
Therefore, Shulka rolled on the ground before his feet even touched the ground and rolled to the other side of the road...Shurka was not familiar with this action, so much so that he even hit his arm while rolling. In the next few days,
It hurts whenever I move.
Facts have proved that Shulka was overly concerned. There was no sound of machine gunfire, and there were no large numbers of shells covering the car... Only two T26s were hit by shells and smoked, and one of them made a loud bang a few seconds later.
The whole thing has become a part state.
"Anti-tank gun!" Shulka heard battalion commander Venyakov shouting not far away: "First Battalion, follow me!"
As he spoke, Venyakov waved his pistol and led his troops to cover the direction from which the cannon fire came from the flank.
Although the quality of Soviet commanders was generally poor, Captain Venyakov's choice was the right one.
The main target of anti-tank guns is tanks. Its advantages over tanks are that it has a wider field of view and a larger gun body, and it can also be hidden in trenches and supplemented with camouflage.
This allows the anti-tank gun to detect the tank in advance, but it is difficult for the tank to find its position, especially on this rainy day.
Therefore, a better way to deal with it is to charge with infantry.
But soon Shurka and others discovered that this was not a good choice, because the enemy attacking from the flank was not the ambush anti-Krath artillery but the Romanian 1st Armored Division...
Shulka, led by Captain Venyakov, rushed forward with bayonets drawn. As they rushed, they felt something was wrong and their speed gradually slowed down because they heard the "rumbling" sound of the tank's motor.
"Stop!" Captain Venyakov ordered loudly, and then motioned for everyone to get down...
After waiting for a while, I saw the blurry shadows of several tanks appearing in the rain curtain, and then several more, followed by groups of enemies advancing forward.
"Hell!" Venyakov cursed, and then ordered: "Retreat, all retreat."
The soldiers immediately got up from the ground, turned around and ran away, including Shulka.
Shulka even thought that he and his comrades were doomed, because it was an enemy tank. A few "rumbling" shots could catch up with them, and a few rows of machine gun bullets could beat them into chaos... although they could not be beaten.
Defeated, but at least half of the battalion could be killed.
But what is surprising is that the battle situation did not develop as Shulka imagined. Shulka and his party escaped back to the road without any danger. The Soviet army even had time to mobilize a few tanks and cooperate with anti-tank guns.
A line of defense was formed along the road.
Later Sulka learned that this was because the Romanian 1st Armored Division was attacking from the flank.
Romania is a "little entente" in Central Europe and the most important oil-producing country in Europe, but this has also led to its industry being very backward... This is also the so-called "resource trap".
The "resource trap" does not refer to countries with few natural resources, but to countries with more natural resources, especially oil.
These countries only need to dig a hole in the ground to sell the oil that flows out, so people will not choose to work in other factories... After all, it is easy to make money from oil and the wages of workers are higher.
The consequence is that no industry other than oil can develop.
The same is true for Romania, so it can only import equipment from other countries.
The tanks mainly come from France. They were originally Renault ft light tanks, but because they were too old, they were only used to maintain domestic security.
When it entered the war, its 1st Armored Division was equipped with the 1st Tank Regiment equipped with R2 tanks (35t imported from the Czech Republic), and the 2nd Tank Regiment equipped with Renault R35 (imported from France).
This was originally no problem. The two tanks totaled more than 100 tanks, including 126 R2 tanks and 75 R35 tanks (34 of which were captured by the German army when they occupied Poland and were handed over to Romania).
That is to say, there are a total of two hundred tanks. Even if their performance is poor, it is still very likely to succeed in attacking the 131st Motorized Division from the flank. After all, the 131st Motorized Division only has more than a hundred tanks, and most of them have poor performance.
How about t26.
The problem is that the Romanian armored forces are too slow and they are not suitable for assault.
This is entirely influenced by France... Of course, when you import tanks from France, you have to accept French tactical ideas, so like the Soviet Union, tanks are dispersed among the troops and used with infantry.
What's even more fatal is that at this time, Britain, France and other countries still believed that since tanks were used to cooperate with infantry, the speed was a waste. Higher speed would only make it impossible for the infantry to keep up.
Therefore, the top speed of the R35 tank on the road is only 20 kilometers per hour, and the top speed off-road is only 14 kilometers per hour.
The speed is 14 kilometers per hour, and it is the highest... This is the level of a bicycle, not to mention it is in the mud on a rainy day.
This is also the reason why Shulka and others had no time to escape when they met head-on.
"Get ready to fight!" Shulka heard Captain Venyakov shouting an order. The soldiers relied on the ditch next to the road to raise their rifles, and the anti-tank guns stuffed shells into the barrels and got ready to fire.
The tank followers also conveyed the order to the tanks, and one after another, the tanks turned their black muzzles into the rain curtain on the flank of the road.