With a "boom", an escaping ft light tank was blown into the sky by T34.
The thinnest part of the ft light tank's armor is only 6mm, which is not even as thick as a half-track armored vehicle. It is just a thin layer of iron that even a machine gun can penetrate.
Of course, no one would be stupid enough to use armor-piercing bullets against such a tank. The anti-infantry grenade exploded directly inside after being fired... This kind of situation is rare. More often, the internal ammunition explodes after the armor is penetrated.
Now, the grenade exploded directly inside, and the entire tank burst into flames from the inside and then disintegrated into parts.
The Romanian soldiers did not flee immediately. Soldiers who can become mountain troops are usually selected from the infantry. The reason is that mountain combat requires better physical fitness, combat skills and even rock climbing techniques. In addition, they need to learn mountain survival, etc.
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The Romanian Mountain Brigade was no exception. They were well-trained and immediately switched from offensive formation to defensive formation. They lay down on the spot and relied on rifles, grenades, etc. to fight the Soviet army.
However, this is only for good morale. At this time, they should flee rather than defend.
Because as a mountain brigade, they have very little anti-tank equipment... There is rarely a need for anti-tank in mountain operations.
In fact, even if they have anti-tank equipment, they usually have nothing to do with the T34.
Therefore, all they could do was wait for the tanks to cover the Soviet troops and drive in front of them, and then pour bullets, grenades, and mortar shells on their heads.
Blood splattered and screams spread.
Every time the tank takes a step forward, it is like knocking down a row of corpses, and this situation continues... After all, humans are made of flesh and blood, and they cannot compete with steel and tanks anyway.
Finally, the Romanian soldiers realized that there was no point in resisting like this. Perhaps it was also at this time that the order to retreat finally reached the front line, so they all got up from their hiding places and ran away.
To the surprise of the Romanian soldiers, the Soviet soldiers behind them did not seem to be in a hurry to chase them, which allowed most of them to escape back.
Some Romanian soldiers even raised their hands to surrender, but were kicked and kicked by the Soviet soldiers and chased away.
"We don't want prisoners!" Katukov said to the soldiers of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade: "Of course, not wanting prisoners does not mean that we need to kill them. The Romanians who escaped are more useful to us, do you understand?"
Seeing the puzzled faces of the soldiers, Katukov explained: "Because they can take bullets for us, the Germans will be at a loss when they see friendly troops like them. Do you understand?"
"Understood!" The soldiers all laughed.
Of course, there is another reason for this, that is, when the Romanian soldiers flee, there will be many Soviet soldiers wearing naval infantry brigades among them. If the tanks and machine guns of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade are aimed at the rear of these deserters,
With guns and cannons on his back, I am afraid that the friendly troops of the Marine Infantry Brigade will be almost dead before they have time to make a difference.
The Romanian soldiers who were fleeing did not realize this, or they spotted some unfamiliar faces but had no time to pay attention.
The Soviet soldiers chased them very fast. From time to time, machine guns and rifles were fired at the heads of the defeated soldiers. The Romanian soldiers were so frightened that they rolled and crawled and ran away desperately. They only regretted that they did not have more legs.
The first to be overwhelmed was the follow-up force of the Romanian army, which was another regiment of the 4th Mountain Brigade. It was originally used as a reserve force to attack Feodosia. Who would have thought that they would start to retreat before they could attack... This is like
He was about to throw a punch, but was blocked abruptly.
Under the huge contrast, the entire Romanian army began to retreat, and the black mass surged towards the road like a sea of water.
But as a few shells lifted a group of soldiers into the sky, the deserters naturally dispersed towards both sides of the road.
The soldiers of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade followed leisurely behind. They were giving the Marine Infantry Brigade time.
Sure enough, after a while there was a burst of gunfire from the high ground.
Shulka could imagine such a scene. The German soldiers thought that those who "escaped" back were friendly troops, and they even covered these "friendly troops" into the trenches.
Unexpectedly, after entering the trenches, these "friendly troops" raised their guns and started fighting randomly.
The German troops who were attacked naturally chose to fight back. This is a normal reaction for any army or even any individual.
But once he fought back, things quickly deteriorated.
Because the Romanian soldiers thought that the Germans were using this method to "punish" them for escaping, and because they did not understand each other in the language, both real and fake Romanian soldiers took up guns and fought with the Germans.
Even the commanders on both sides received different information.
Agapia, who was escaping in the jeep, received a report from his subordinates on the radio.
"General!" the staff officer reported to Agapia with an angry tone: "The Germans are using brutal methods to prevent us from retreating! They are shooting at our people!"
"These bastards!" Agapia scolded: "What do they think of us? Not only did they force us to attack Feodosia, but they also shot at us!"
Major General Agapia had always resented Manstein's refusal to allow the German infantry division to allow the mountain brigade not suitable for urban combat to attack Feodosia.
Of course he didn't know that Manstein had his own reasons.
From the perspective of Major General Agapia, it is easy to connect this with the situation at hand... The German army used the Romanian army as cannon fodder.
In fact, the German commanders also know the fragility of the alliance, so they are more often careful to maintain the stability of this alliance, such as arranging some relatively simple and safe tasks for allies... They are actually unable to complete difficult tasks, so
Tough battles, bitter battles, tough battles are often fought by the German army themselves, and this can also serve as an example.
But God is not as good as man, and even this cannot completely eliminate the suspicion between them. As long as Shulka makes a little effort, the contradiction between them will soon be exposed.
The intelligence obtained by Lieutenant General Sponneck was another story.
"General, they are crazy!" the adjutant reported to Sponneck with a telegram: "Romanians, they are attacking our defense lines!"
"What?" Sponeneck, who was looking at the defense map, couldn't help but raised his head in surprise: "You mean the Romanians, they are attacking us?"
"Yes!"
"Rebel? They surrendered to the Russians?"
"I don't know, General!" The adjutant was a little at a loss.
"Contact their commander immediately!" Spanek ordered.