At least one thing Major Luca guessed right was that they were in danger this time.
However, the Soviet army did not even realize this at this time.
On a rainy night, coupled with the "rumble" of tanks and the explosion of mines, the Soviet tank crews and even the infantry following behind did not realize that they had reached the end of the mine clearing row and even caught up with the engineers laying mines.
The troops were advancing unhurriedly like this, and Shulka even fell asleep in the back compartment of the car, until a few flares suddenly rose in the sky, and then gunshots rang out in the darkness ahead.
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Before Shulka even opened his eyes, he ordered: "Get off!"
The soldiers jumped out of the cars one by one and ducked down to hide behind the tanks.
Shulka's first reaction was that there was an ambush, but when he heard the gunfire, he realized it didn't look like it.
If it was an ambush, the gunfire should have come from both sides of the road, but now the gunfire came from the front.
front?
Shouldn't the front be a minefield?
The next second Shulka knew what happened.
"Comrade Second Lieutenant!" Shulka said to Davikov who caught up to see the situation: "I think we should attack. We may catch up with the German engineers!"
"German engineers?" Davydov couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, then nodded and said through gritted teeth: "Very good, I didn't expect that we would have a chance for revenge!"
This situation does not happen often, when the mine clearing party bumps into the engineers laying the mines.
And the engineers who lay mines are really hateful. This is a bit like the "discrimination" between the warring parties against snipers.
Snipers often do not compete head-on with infantry. They always kill a few people and then disappear from sight. This behavior is considered "sneaky" and "disgraceful", so usually both warring parties will capture each other's snipers.
They executed or even tortured them to death.
It is for this reason that experienced snipers will replace their sniper rifle with an ordinary rifle when they estimate that their position will be captured.
In this respect, the enemy's engineers laying mines are somewhat similar to snipers, because they are also "sneaky" and do not come into direct contact with the infantry.
Even minelayers are more hated than snipers, because landmines often make it difficult for the entire army to move, and everyone is holding back their anger. More importantly, landmines only hurt people but not kill people, especially the German "S" type jumping mines...
…This thing made the Soviet soldiers hate it even more.
These so-called "hatreds" are actually unreasonable, whether they are directed at snipers, engineers, or political commissars of the Soviet army.
Both warring parties are trying their best to kill each other, which is normal because this is the battlefield.
But at the same time, those who fight on the battlefield are soldiers, and soldiers have seven emotions and six desires. Especially under such pressure on the battlefield, they will artificially release pressure on certain specific arms. Over time... this kind of unreasonable behavior will naturally form.
It’s an “unwritten rule or habit”.
This is also the case now.
When Davydov heard Shulka say that there might be enemy sappers on the other side, he said to the soldiers around him: "Did you all hear that? The ones shooting at us on the other side were probably German sappers, those laying mines on the road!"
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"They actually picked up guns? I thought they could only lay landmines!"
"Do you know what to do?" Davydov asked.
"Of course, Comrade Second Lieutenant!"
"Go forward!" Davydov ordered: "Kill them all!"
Then the tank slowly pushed forward again. The roller in front of the tank was still rolling forward to clear mines. The mortars at the rear were already firing rows of shells at the enemy position... The 9th Army was also a mechanized force that fought all the way.
, since the war started, they have also figured out how to coordinate in actual combat.
In fact, coordination is not a very complicated thing, but recruits often don't know when to do what. After fighting a few more battles, they will know and do what they should do spontaneously, even if no one orders them.
Then there were a few "boom" sounds, and the tank ran over several more anti-tank mines.
There must be a reason why the anti-tank mines were so densely laid. Schulka thought they had just been laid by German engineers, which meant that they had reached the end of the minefield.
Sure enough, as the tank continued to move forward, there was no sound of the mine exploding.
"Enemy found!" The actor who stuck his head out to observe shouted: "One hundred meters!"
"Mortar!" Davydov ordered without thinking.
The mortar mentioned here is a shovel mortar. This kind of equipment with a short range is especially useful in this situation of low visibility... You can't see it from a distance anyway, it's all a blind shot, but a short-range mortar has
Accuracy.
A mortar hit hard, and there was an explosion and screams from the other side.
This was an asymmetrical battle, and the enemy's firepower was completely suppressed by the Soviet army.
Because just as Sulka guessed, the German army was an engineer, but the other troops were Romanian troops, and the Romanian troops even started to run away after firing a few symbolic shots... They had reasons for doing so, and lacked counterattack
Tank equipment.
But the German army did not do this. Although they were engineers and lacked anti-tank equipment than the Romanian army, they rushed forward with explosive packets and anti-tank grenades.
However, this had no effect. These infantrymen who rushed forward were quickly defeated one by one by the Soviet infantry following the tanks.
Illumination bombs rose into the sky one after another, illuminating the entire battlefield in white.
At this time, the tank will occasionally stop, then turn the turret to aim forward, and fire a shell at the target with a "boom".
The tanks were attacking cars on the road... As soon as a shell passed by, a car ignited a fire in the middle of the road, which also illuminated the target for Shulka and others.
The battlefield surprised them. There were enemies everywhere who were in chaos and trying to escape.
"Romanians!" Davydov said: "Of course there are German engineers, but we have already broken through their defense lines!"
Shulka knew this because at their feet were the corpses of German soldiers.
"Boys, what are you waiting for?" Davydov shouted: "Come on!"
"Come on!" the Soviet soldiers shouted and rushed towards the Romanian army...
This is the law of the jungle on the battlefield.
If you belong to a team that is capable of fighting or has a good reputation, then your opponent will always be cautious and adopt conservative tactics.
But if they know that the opponent is a weak force, they will let go and kill them.
Just like now, after the Soviet soldiers discovered that the Romanian army was on the opposite side, they launched a charge with confidence, just like a pack of wolves unwilling to let their food escape from their mouths.