Shulka took out the map from his pocket and found the firepower deployment serial number on the map under the light of the flashlight... This is another evidence of Shulka's incompetence as a squad leader. He should have memorized the adjacent serial numbers.
Instead of not checking until needed during wartime.
But this is not actually Shulka's fault. It took less than ten hours in total from preparation for the battle to now, and during this period there were various trainings and rests. The point is that Shulka was thinking about strategically solving problems in the general direction.
It is inevitable that there will be some oversights regarding the squad leader's command.
Then Shulka observed the situation in the periscope again, and then called the regiment headquarters.
"No. 137 requests fire support from No. 121, No. 137 requests fire support from No. 121!"
This is a numbering to facilitate command and communication. The serial number of the fortification area is two digits, while the bunker and machine gun bunker are represented by three digits.
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, presumably looking for the bunker serial number that Shulka reported... This cannot be blamed on the headquarters. There are at least hundreds of bunkers under their command. It is impossible for them to memorize them all.
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Soon, a response came on the phone: "Request approved, one minute!"
"Yes, one minute!" Shulka replied.
This method of combat and coordination is obviously extremely clumsy and inefficient. Once the phone line is blown out, it will not even be able to coordinate with other bunkers, but the current conditions can only achieve this.
"Roger, one minute!" Matvey, who was in charge of directing the artillery, responded loudly.
The German tanks continued to cover the soldiers as they advanced slowly. They did not realize that they had fallen into the enemy's encirclement and were advancing step by step against the enemy's muzzles and muzzles.
Shulka's eyes were looking at the periscope and at the watch. The hands trembled and turned, like a heartbeat, like breathing, and then suddenly... several perforations on the right side of the No. 121 machine gun bunker were pushed open.
, bullets shot out in pieces from the perforations, and the dense bullets carried hot steam and shot back and forth on the position, like an invisible sharp sword slashing back and forth in the void.
The German troops were caught off guard by this side fire, and instantly fell into chaos. They fell down regularly like wheat being harvested. Some died on the spot, while others fell to the ground and screamed like slaughtering pigs.
But the Germans were indeed a well-trained force. They immediately fell to the ground to protect themselves, and then used radio to notify the tank to turn to suppress the right machine gun...and this was exactly what Shulka needed.
Due to communication reasons, it took a while for the tanks to stop. First, they turned the turret to align it with the machine gun perforation. One of the tanks also fired a shell in that direction, and then turned awkwardly to move the side armor.
Exposed to Shulka.
"Fire!" Shulka shouted: "Move quickly!"
Without saying a word, the veteran pushed aside the camouflage in front of the perforation, then manipulated the artillery to make some fine adjustments, and then only heard a "boom"... The target was less than a hundred meters away from the bunker, and a large area of side armor was
He was exposed in front of him, so he was hit with a shot without any surprise.
Shurka only saw an abnormal tremor in the periscope of the tank. It drove forward for a while and then stopped.
Speaking of this 37mm anti-tank gun, it can be said to be a kind of irony, because it is an imitation of the German pak36 anti-tank gun...
At the end of World War I, the Soviet Union's military industry was weak. They urgently needed assistance from modern arms manufacturing countries. Of course, the United States, Britain and other countries would not provide help for ideological reasons. At this time, Germany was not allowed to provide assistance under the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles.
Production, so the two countries quickly hit it off: Germany developed and produced anti-tank guns in the name of providing assistance to the Soviet Union.
So there was this 37mm anti-tank that Germany called pak36 and the Soviet Union called it m1930.
But now, the Soviet Union is using this anti-tank gun to hit German tanks, which is a surprise.
Another German tank discovered the danger at this time and hurriedly turned its muzzle...but it was too late, two more rounds were ejected from the chamber, and the tank soon emitted a burst of black smoke and paralyzed in place.
Shulka shouted: "Machine gun fire!"
Immediately there was a loud sound of gunfire, and the soldiers who had been prepared for a long time pulled the trigger the moment they pushed open the perforation cover and poured bullets on the enemy's head. Mud and water splashed and blood and flesh flew everywhere, causing the German army to flee everywhere and be defeated.
But of course, the Soviet machine gun positions formed crossfires and fired at the Germans from several directions. It was difficult for any Germans to escape.
In just ten minutes, the position was filled with corpses lying in various postures. The area was bright red, and there was even a pool of blood in the low-lying areas.
People are so fragile sometimes, they look majestic, but if they lose their cover, it only takes a few minutes... it is the difference between life and death.
The situation in other defense areas of the 333rd Regiment was basically the same. The German troops who broke into their encirclement were easily beaten back and suffered heavy losses. There were immediately more tank wreckage on the defense line that were smoking and even igniting raging fires.
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But other defense zones are not so lucky.
Because the bunkers were not camouflaged in other defense areas, the Germans could observe the location of the Soviet bunkers from a long distance.
They can even use telescopes to identify whether those perforations are artillery or machine guns... The artillery perforations will be larger than the machine gun perforations, which can be said to be a design error.
Of course, because the artillery has a larger caliber and a longer barrel, it needs a wider and larger perforation. The problem is that the Soviet army can artificially expand the perforation of the machine gun and design the two to be the same size. This can at least avoid the enemy.
Just look through the binoculars to know the location of the artillery and then formulate a targeted attack plan.
What's worse is that during World War I, the German army created the tactic of using commandos to attack the enemy's permanently prepared fortifications... World War I was mainly trench warfare. Both the enemy and ourselves built strong trenches and faced each other in groups of bunkers. At that time, the German army began
Research how to use infantry to break through these fortifications.
By now, this tactic of the German army has been developed and perfected.
They used tanks to cover the advance of infantry and engineers. After reaching the perforation hole, they let the infantry and engineers approach from the blind spot under the cover of tank fire. Then they threw explosives and grenades into the bunker from the perforation hole or fired at them with flamethrowers.
Fire erupts from the hole.
The Soviet army's bunker fortifications were helpless under this tactic. They could only watch helplessly as the Germans blew up their bunkers one by one: staying in the bunker was waiting for death, and stepping out of the bunker defense was courting death.