Seeing the German tanks withdrawing, there was a burst of cheers from within the Soviet defense lines.
Originally they thought it would be difficult to win this battle due to the huge disparity in strength between them and the enemy, but they did not expect to be able to repulse the enemy's attack so easily.
"Those tanks that looked so majestic just now have suddenly become homeless dogs!"
"I wanted to see what they looked like, but they ran away unexpectedly!"
"Come on! Comrade Leonyev, I just noticed that you are shaking!"
Leonyev smiled sheepishly and replied: "If I knew they would retreat like this, I would stop trembling!"
The soldiers laughed together, and some even touched Leonev's head.
But the instructor looked serious.
If he just has a serious face, that's fine. If he's not serious, that's weird. The problem is that his eyes are a little dazed.
"What happened?" Shulka asked.
"Nothing, Comrade Shulka!" the instructor replied, but then lowered his voice and replied: "The Germans blew up the train coming from Moscow to reinforce us!"
Shulka couldn't help but open his mouth for a long time and couldn't close it.
He should have thought of this a long time ago... If the Germans wanted to attack Tula, they would certainly not allow Soviet troops from other directions to reinforce Tula, including Moscow.
On the other hand, rainy weather may have made it difficult for German pilots to bomb railways at low altitudes, but bombing trains was much easier.
"Will they send another batch of reinforcements?" Shulka asked.
The instructor shook his head and replied: "Remember when we came here we passed through a tunnel?"
"They blew up the tunnel?"
The instructor nodded.
Shulka's heart sank to the bottom. This meant that not only the 50 anti-tank guns reinforced from Moscow would not be in place, but also the reinforcements would not arrive within five hours.
But Shulka no longer had time to think about that much, because someone shouted: "They are attacking!"
When I poked my head out of the trench, I saw German troops rushing up.
This time they did not prepare artillery fire but attacked directly... This was a wise move, because in this case the artillery shells could not solve the problem but might cause more trouble. On the other hand, they did not even confirm that Su
The location of the military defense line.
So firing a cannon is just a blind shot, so why waste hard-earned artillery shells?!
The tanks were still advancing in a row.
The difference from before was that the tank stopped when it advanced a distance of about three hundred meters, which was outside the trap.
Shulka knows why... they are used as fire cover units, which means they have to use infantry to launch a strong attack!
Shulka guessed right. Several illumination bombs rose into the sky (the sky was gloomy at this time, and the illumination bombs could increase visibility to a certain extent). Then the tanks fired rows of shells in the direction of the Soviet army, and then the German infantry crossed over.
The tank advanced.
but……
Did the Germans really just want to storm with infantry?
Shurka thought that this might not be the case. He raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of the railway. Sure enough, he saw a group of German infantry clearing obstacles along the railway... They blended in with the attacking infantry formations and looked inconspicuous.
Pay attention and you will assume that they are also part of the attacking force.
"Anti-tank guns ready!" Shulka said.
"Prepare anti-tank guns!" the communications soldier immediately conveyed the order through the phone.
"They want to use tanks to launch a surprise attack!" Shulka said: "They use infantry to attract our attention from the front, and tanks suddenly insert into our defense line along the railway..."
The instructor nodded and said: "Then, let them do it! See if your tank ambush can work!"
Just as he said that, the frontal battle started.
To be honest, even without tanks covering the front, the German infantry attack was quite threatening.
The reason is that the various equipment of the German army can coordinate closely and effectively.
The 50mm mortar is responsible for suppressing enemy machine guns and mortars... This is very important, and it is also a reflection of the high quality and high training of the German army.
This aspect is somewhat like the Japanese army versus the Chinese army in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War.
The Japanese army has an artifact that has been tried and tested many times in combat: the grenade.
When attacking, the Japanese army always used grenades to suppress the machine gun firepower of the Chinese army. Once the machine guns of the Chinese army were suppressed... nothing could stop the Japanese army's wolf-like tiger charge.
Later, the Chinese army also seized grenade launchers from the Japanese army and even made a large number of imitation grenade launchers. Although their performance was poor due to their rough manufacturing, they were still unable to fight back against the Japanese army on the battlefield.
It is said that even if the performance is not good enough, it will not be rendered "defensible".
The reason lies in "people" rather than in "weapons".
There are also grenade launchers that are different in the hands of different people, and the differences are very big:
The grenade shooters of the Japanese army have been carefully selected and have undergone long-term professional training. On the battlefield, they almost don’t need to look. They can hit accurately just by adjusting the angle according to their feelings. The grenade shooters of the Chinese army are not only unable to hit
The accurate reaction is still slow, so it is quite normal to be completely suppressed by the enemy.
At this time, the battlefield between the German army and the Soviet army was almost the same.
The German light force has a longer range and higher accuracy, while the Soviet shovel-type mortar is crudely shaped... A mortar, if its barrel is usually used as a shovel handle, is dug in the trench.
It was poked and poked, and sometimes it was hit with the butt of the gun a few times and stepped on with the foot. What kind of accuracy could one expect from it? It would be great if it could shoot out the shells!
So one shell after another hit the Soviet machine gun fire and mortar positions, and the hit rate was quite high.
Something happened to Long Legs at this moment.
He stepped in when the squad machine gunner was injured... Long Legs is the squad leader, and one of the squad leader's main responsibilities is to ensure that the machine gun is in combat condition during combat.
Although it is just a machine gun, Shulka, who once served as a squad leader, knows that it is not easy, because it not only needs to ensure the supply of ammunition, direct the shooting direction, but also the squad leader must be able to step up in times of crisis.
That's what Long Legs did, and then a mortar shell accurately hit the machine gun position, and the machine gun was blown into the sky and turned into parts.
When Shulka dug his long legs out of the mud, he found that he had lost his hands, and his face could not tell whether it was mud or blood. It was a ball of mud and completely devoid of human appearance. Only his mouth was still open and he was breathing hard.
"Comrade Company Commander!" Long Legs said with difficulty, "I don't have much time... do you understand? Do you understand... go find my mother... please..."
Long Legs stretched out his hand to take something out of his pocket, but found that he couldn't do it.
"I know!" Shulka said: "I understand, I will do it!"