The tank came up with a rattle, and the German soldiers hurriedly took out anti-tank grenades from the ammunition box.
The PWM anti-tank grenade can be said to be the German anti-tank weapon.
After all, there are almost no effective individual anti-tank equipment in this era... When everyone still commonly uses cluster grenades, explosive packs and even Molotov cocktails to deal with enemy tanks, the PWM anti-tank grenade is undoubtedly a very effective anti-tank weapon.
Although its attack range is not far, if the infantry has a large number of such anti-tank grenades, it will still be very scary to the attacking tanks.
Just imagine, every time a tank approaches its trench, several anti-tank grenades open small parachutes from a high place and then land on its armor and make a burst of explosions, and then each tank is paralyzed in front of the position.
But this situation will not happen when the 1st Guards Tank Brigade attacks, because they have rocket launchers, anti-infantry rocket launchers...
Just as the German soldiers were holding anti-tank grenades and getting ready to throw them, they suddenly heard the screams of rockets coming from the smoke, followed by a burst of "boom" and screams.
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Anti-infantry rockets are often not lethal because they explode like steel balls like the German S-type jumping mines.
But this is often the most effective, because the steel balls are shot everywhere in front of the trench and even bounce off the tank armor or rocks, just like a piece of soybean is scattered, they can come from all kinds of unexpected directions.
, shooting into the enemy's trenches at an angle.
It only takes a few steel balls to hit the enemy, and the enemy will at least temporarily lose combat effectiveness or have a reduced reaction ability.
At this moment, the tank broke into the attack range of the enemy's anti-tank grenade.
Of course, the Soviet army would not give them a chance to throw anti-tank grenades. They took advantage of the fact that the German army was at a loss to throw rows of grenades into the trenches, and then rushed forward with a shout.
The bayonets were red, and bullets and shrapnel were flying everywhere.
The German 46th Infantry Division fought bravely. In this situation, they still did not retreat even half a step, but relied on trenches and fortifications to engage in close combat with the Soviet army.
If they were facing other troops, they might be intimidated by their arrogance and persistence, but their opponents were the battle-hardened 1st Guards Tank Brigade, which marched from Brest Fortress to
For the heroic troops of the Battle of Moscow, such a bloody battle was just a piece of cake for them.
Especially at this time, the Soviet army's equipment was still dominant: tanks, rocket launchers, Bobosha submachine guns...
Row after row of German soldiers fell under the fire, corpses were crushed under the tracks of the tanks, and the anti-tank guns were blasted into the sky by rockets before they could even fire.
This battle was easy, at least for Shulka, because he only needed to use the cover of the tank and lean out to knock down a few enemies.
Some of them are Romanian soldiers.
Shurka sometimes didn't know how to face them. After all, these Romanian soldiers had done the Soviet army a great favor. Killing them at this time felt like "burning the bridge across the river".
If there is any party on this battlefield that is the most miserable, it is undoubtedly these Romanians who are caught in the middle and are not human beings. Their death may not even be called "sacrifice" because it never
To a certain extent, it is "escape" and "rebellion".
However, the war is so cruel. Every Romanian soldier fell under Shurka's gun, unless one of them raised a white towel and shouted: "Don't shoot, I am a Russian!"
At this time, the Soviet soldiers would lead it to the back and put on the Soviet military uniform to avoid being accidentally injured by others.
Walking further back, all you see are the corpses of German soldiers.
There were very few wounded, because even if they were injured, they would crawl in the trenches looking for grenades and explosive packets. Some of them even succeeded and detonated the tanks as they rolled over the trenches.
There were even fewer prisoners, and only a few soldiers who looked like children were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands, shivering under the control of the Soviet soldiers.
This is not because the Soviet army did not take prisoners; in this battle, prisoners could be taken.
It was because not many German troops surrendered, even though they knew there was no point in continuing to resist like this.
It can also be seen from this that the 46th Division is not a force that is greedy for life and afraid of death.
They have been treated unfairly in history... Because of Sponneck, they were banned from all combat rewards, medals and military rank promotions.
And they didn't even know what happened, because the order was given by Lieutenant General Sponeneck, and most of the officers and soldiers didn't know that it was "disobedience."
Sponneck's headquarters was located five miles behind the defense line, and he received the telegram from the front line as soon as possible.
"General!" the adjutant reported anxiously: "The Russians have broken through our defense line, retreat quickly!"
"Yes, we do have to retreat!" Spanek replied, looking at the map: "But we can't just retreat. Otherwise, the troops behind us will be caught off guard by the enemy... Zhankoy is only a hundred years away from here.
It only takes them one day to get there, so we need to buy time for them!"
Therefore, Lieutenant General Sponneck led the remnants of the 46th Division to lay ambushes and retreat while laying mines.
This caused some minor trouble for the 1st Guards Tank Brigade.
The reason why it is said to be a "little trouble" is because laying mines is of little significance, and the 1st Guards Tank Brigade has mine-sweeping tanks.
The trouble mainly came from the German ambush. Suddenly, several people appeared from the snow on the roadside and threw anti-tank grenades in the direction of the tanks, or fired a few cold shots from a distance.
Objectively speaking, Lieutenant General Spenneck's tactics are the most beneficial to the entire battlefield. He can see the overall battle and proactively buy time for other troops.
However, the efforts he made seemed to have little effect, because the Romanian 8th Cavalry Brigade was stationed behind them.
Most of the cavalry in this era have been converted into armored units. They no longer ride horses but tanks and armored vehicles. They are just called cavalry.
The reason why the Soviet Union still has cavalry is mainly for maneuvering in the snow, and the cavalry's performance on the battlefield is still very poor... After the emergence of machine guns, the cavalry actually has no meaning of existence. The greater role of horses in the army is to
Transport some supplies.
The Romanian cavalry brigade is a true cavalry, that is, a cavalry equipped with war horses and even sabers, hoping to charge the enemy as quickly as possible.
Its nature determines that such a unit is more suitable for offense than defense... In fact, offense is not suitable either, because they are all targets.