Tanks fell into the lake one after another. If it weren't for the sound of the explosive packs exploding, Sulka thought they would have made a pleasant "pop" sound.
But this is not important. What is important is that the tank cannot support it... Before this, Shulka had never thought that those tanks would have so many diving postures.
As the saying goes, "There are no two identical leaves in the world," and the situations in which tanks fall into the water are also different:
Some tanks simply fell into the water, presumably because the cracked ice surface could not support the weight of the tank, so there was a "click" and the entire tank fell steadily, creating a small vertical splash of water.
Some tanks break first in a certain direction due to the thickness of the ice layer, so the tank quickly begins to tilt, and then slides down into the lake... This way of entering the water causes the least splash, and it even only causes a ripple in the lake water.
Some tanks were not so beautiful when they entered the water. The moment the ice surface broke, it lost its balance and flipped over drastically. It fell into the water on all fours, causing huge waves of water to splash around.
Soon, the surrounding area quickly became quiet, because the tanks that could make noise were already at the bottom of the lake. A few of the more lucky ones were paralyzed in the shallow water with a turret popping out. Although they couldn't be driven, at least they could still.
catch my breath……
What followed was the screams of the German infantry. Most of the German soldiers couldn't swim. In fact, it wouldn't be of much use if they could swim. They suddenly fell into the cold water at this temperature, and their full equipment was rifles and rifles.
It was filled with bullets and grenades, so it was difficult to float let alone swim in this situation.
As a result, the entire lake seemed to be boiling, and there were struggling and thrashing soldiers everywhere. Many of them couldn't even shout for help, but just choked on the water.
Some of them were lucky enough to avoid falling into the water on large ice floes.
But this luck was only temporary. After a while, there were people who fell into the water one after another, grabbing the edge of the ice floe and climbing up... Before long, the ice floe lost its balance, and then the German soldiers lying on it fell sharply one by one.
Screaming and sliding into the water.
At that moment, the entire battlefield fell silent, with no sound of gunfire or artillery. Everyone, including the Soviet troops, forgot about the battle and lined up on both sides of the lake looking at the tragic scene in front of them.
It has no blood, mutilated limbs, or all kinds of scary corpses, but the level of cruelty is even worse than the bloody battlefield, because everyone knows...the fate of these people in the lake, they were either killed
Drowning or freezing to death, even if you climb ashore at this time, it will be useless.
Major General Felix stared at everything in front of him in stunned silence, unable to believe that this was true.
"What's going on?" Major General Felix suddenly grabbed the adjutant and asked loudly: "Why is there a lake here? I clearly saw trees and rocks growing here!"
"General!" the adjutant replied with a shiver: "Those may be enemy disguises, the purpose is to make us believe that there is no lake here!"
Major General Felix pushed the adjutant to the ground, then slumped back to the ground.
After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and ordered: "Everyone, attack around the lake. I will hang the Russians on the opposite side from the trees!"
"But general..." the adjutant replied: "The enemy's reinforcements are coming, and we..."
"Do as I say!" Major General Felix shouted hysterically.
As a German general and a well-trained German general, Major General Felix should not have made such an irrational decision.
Because the answer is obvious. The main force of the armored force has been destroyed, and a large number of infantry have even been lost. The German army has lost all its energy.
Now, they should immediately retreat to the defensive line to stabilize their position to prevent being attacked by the Soviet army.
But Major General Felix was so angry at the sudden heavy casualties that he didn't even report to Huot... He didn't know how to report it, and at the same time he also knew that if he reported it, General Huot would definitely
Order him to withdraw his troops.
He was unwilling to face such a situation, so he simply continued to order the attack.
Artillery shells hit the Soviet positions from across the lake, causing ice and snow to splash. Shulka, who was lying in the trench, even saw some strange scenes... Oval ice beads fell from the head and hit the trench.
It was beating around like hailstones.
At first, Shulka didn't know where these small ice beads came from. Even if the cannonball exploded, they wouldn't be blown into an ellipsoid shape.
Later, I asked the veteran to find out what happened.
"Comrade company commander, you must have never been shot in such a cold condition!" the veteran said.
"Of course!" Shulka said: "There's nothing strange about it!"
"Yes, this is the first time for many people!" the veteran explained: "We also felt strange about this phenomenon during the Winter War (Soviet-Finnish War), but after experiencing it a few more times, we soon understood...
The shell blasted the ice and snow into the sky, and at the same time, the heat of the explosion melted the ice and snow to form water droplets. These water droplets refroze into ice when they fell back to the ground, so..."
As he spoke, the veteran picked up a small ice bead and shook it in front of Shulka, and Shulka understood.
"Shulka!" the instructor jumped into the trench where Shulka was through the smoke of the artillery shells, and shouted loudly: "The enemy is coming up, they are surrounding us from both sides!"
This was beyond Shurka's expectation. He thought that the German army should choose to withdraw after suffering such heavy losses, otherwise they would not even attack Moscow. He was afraid that it would be difficult for them to maintain this section of their defense line.
Shurka took advantage of the gap between the shell explosions to raise his telescope and look to both sides. Sure enough, he saw the figure of the German army riding a three-wheeler flying in this direction... The three-wheeler can be said to be an artifact of the German army. Whether it is rapid maneuvering on the battlefield,
It is indispensable for communications or reconnaissance.
"What should we do?" the instructor asked, "Should we retreat?"
"No, there's no rush!" Shulka said: "It may only take them ten minutes to get here, and in the snow, we can't run far at all!"
"Defend in place?"
"Yes, we should defend on the spot!" Shulka said: "But if we change the direction, they are likely to surround us from the rear. We should have our backs against the lake!"
"I'm going to report to Comrade Captain!" the instructor said.
Venyakov agreed with Shulka's opinion, so the first battalion began to intensively build fortifications amidst German artillery fire.
"These bastards!" Shulka couldn't help but cursed in his mind.
He didn't understand why the always well-disciplined German army would do stupid things at this time, and the result of their stupid things might be the death of a battalion.