Under the cover of firepower from several tanks deployed side by side in an offensive formation, Shulka led a platoon and rushed to the front of the building.
The door was badly beaten, and the Cossack kicked it open and threw a grenade inside.
At the same time, the veteran led another platoon dozens of meters away and fired a burst of rifles at the window of the building. There was also a machine gun that fired fiercely at the window.
They often shoot at empty windows without seeing anyone... This is not a waste of bullets but a form of coordination.
It is very dangerous when Shulka and others approach the building, especially when they are close to the door. The enemy only needs to throw a few grenades from upstairs to cause massive casualties to Shulka and others.
But if the window is "swishing" with bullets, then the German soldiers will have no chance to get close to the window or lean out to check the situation, which ensures the safety of Shulka and others at the top.
Then, after the grenade exploded, Shulka and the Cossacks rushed in with guns raised.
"Bang bang" there was a burst of gunfire, and several German soldiers were knocked to the ground before they could take any action.
Even though the Cossacks are usually unruly in the team, they are not ambiguous at all when fighting. He rushes in front with a ppd submachine gun. Before anyone can jump out, the gun is stretched out and "squeaks" are fired by a bunch of bullets.
...There were indeed several screams coming from the stairs.
Immediately afterwards, the Cossack ran up the stairs a few steps, quickly threw a flaming grenade upstairs, and then escaped back... It seemed that only a submachine gunner could do this. The submachine gun had a shoulder strap hanging on half of his shoulders.
, a soldier with good quality can quickly let go and then pull the grenade and throw it upward.
This scene made Shulka stunned.
The bullet followed the Cossacks running back to the corner. The German soldiers upstairs did not even realize that there was a grenade smoking behind them...
Needless to say what happened next, after a "bang", several German soldiers were blown down from the upstairs.
Later Shulka asked the Cossacks to teach this action to the entire company's submachine guns. Later, he found that it was really difficult to learn: it had to learn to throw grenades with his left hand... The submachine gun was hung on the right shoulder and it was not convenient to throw it with the right hand, so it had to be thrown with the left hand.
Hold the string with your right hand, then throw it upward.
Throwing upwards is the most difficult, especially from downstairs to upstairs. If you are accidentally blocked by something, you will be knocked back to the first floor and explode...
Anyway, you have to practice it over and over again.
Shulka raised his gun and fired several shots at the ceiling. He determined the location of the enemy from the vibrations in the ceiling, and knocked the two Germans to the ground.
Soon, a building was cleared, and the "No. 1" Bridge could be seen from the top of the building.
The machine gunners who followed from behind placed their machine guns at the windows and fired a burst, capturing the bridgehead.
The tank continued to drive forward, chasing the German troops stationed at the bridgehead, and then drove onto the "No. 1 Bridge".
Tank No. 239 stopped downstairs. Fedosiev got out of the tank cabin and shouted upstairs: "Move quickly, Comrade Shulka, they will kill all the enemies!"
But at this moment, several illumination bombs rose into the air, illuminating the area as if it were daytime. Then there were only a few "boom-boom" blasts, and a T34 driving onto the bridge immediately burst into flames.
After a while there was another roar of artillery shells.
Shulka heard that the sound of the cannon was wrong and quickly ordered: "Hide!"
"Boom boom" several shells exploded, causing the building to shake, and tiles and dust falling "swishing" downwards.
"Get out of here!" Shulka reacted quickly, grabbed the rifle and ran downstairs.
But after running a few steps, he found the Cossack lying on the ground unable to move.
Shulka dragged him out of habit, but when he didn't, the Cossack screamed and shouted: "My legs are caught, comrade Second Lieutenant!"
Looking lower through the light of the flare, I saw that the Cossack's knees were pinned to the floor by a collapsed beam.
"Get out of here, Comrade Second Lieutenant!" said the Cossack: "Leave me alone, this building will collapse soon!"
The Cossacks were right. To a certain extent, this building was a trap set by the enemy. They had already aimed their cannons at this place, just waiting to blow it up when it fell. Those few shells just now were just the first batch.
That's all.
It seemed that the Cossacks could not be saved. Even if Shulka called back the evacuating soldiers, he would not be able to raise his head from this rafter, and there was not enough time.
Shulka did not hesitate, and of course he did not leave the Cossack alone. He just said to the Cossack: "Be patient!"
"What?" The Cossack didn't understand what Shulka meant.
Before he finished speaking, Shulka stepped hard on the Cossack's pinned foot. There was a "pop" sound, and at the same time, a scream came from the Cossack.
There was a hole in the floor that was already tattered by bullets. Shulka successfully pulled out the Cossack's feet, lifted him up and ran toward the stairs.
"Ugh..." The shells followed closely behind the two people and exploded in groups.
Shulka and the Cossack almost rolled down the stairs, rolling up one floor and then another. When they finally escaped from the house and were dragged away a little distance by several subordinates, the building was "bombed" as soon as they saw it.
With a sound like building blocks, the whole thing collapsed into ruins.
At this time, both Shulka and Cossack were covered in blood and dust.
The Cossack gasped and looked at Shulka's silly smile of "hehe".
After laughing for a while, the Cossack said with surprise: "I thought you would definitely leave me, comrade company commander!"
"Why?" Shulka asked.
"Because..." Cossack was a little embarrassed to say.
"Because you're always misbehaving?"
"Yes!" said the Cossack: "You can say that I have always been against you, haven't I?"
"Maybe!" Shulka said: "But you are still my soldier, and you are a soldier who can fight. Keeping you means we can kill more Germans, don't you think so? So, I am
I saved you for the sake of the Germans!"
The Cossack laughed heartily.
The medic came up and checked Cossack's leg. Cossack asked: "Is my leg okay?"
The medic asked Cossack to try to move, and then told him: "It's okay, it's just a little skin injury!"
The Cossack breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked Shulka strangely: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, how do you know that my bones are harder than the floor?"
"What?"
"I mean... your kick might have broken my leg bone instead of the floor, right?"
"Oh!" Shulka replied: "Yes! In fact, I know which one is harder!"