Several German soldiers noticed the tanks on the railway bridge, and they all ran in the direction of the tanks...
This is human nature. Surrounded by the Soviet army and defeated, they had only one way to survive, and that was to run behind the tanks.
The Soviet troops did not fire or stop them.
These Soviet troops were from the naval infantry battalion. They had a higher level of education and rich combat experience, so they knew what to do at this time... follow the German soldiers close to the tanks.
Captain Walter waited for a while and realized something was wrong, so he shouted to Han through the walkie-talkie: "What's going on! Why don't you shoot?"
"But, Captain!" Hann replied: "They are our own people!"
"I said it, Hann!" Walter ordered firmly: "No matter who it is, fire!"
Captain Walter seemed to have thought about this situation before.
But this is not surprising at all. When the enemy and we enter hand-to-hand combat, of course you will chase each other and rush towards the tank. Any experienced commander will first think of this problem.
Seeing that Han still didn't take action, Walter shouted in a more serious tone: "Fire, this is an order! This is an order!"
Hann knew that Walter was right, so the machine gun rang out, and the black figures fell down in rows. Among them, the tank gun also fired a grenade with a "bang", destroying the dense crowd on the railway bridge.
The crowd went crazy...
As a result, the impact of the crowd was finally blocked, and then there were a few scattered machine gun shots, which were killing the injured target who fell to the ground.
Walter breathed a sigh of relief and then ordered: "Save ammunition and try to use artillery shells instead of machine guns!"
"Yes, Captain!" Hann replied.
At this time, the machine gun is more useful than the tank gun, because the machine gun can shoot quickly and accurately, but the tank gun responds slowly. Even if it hits the crowd, there may still be fish that slip through the net, and as long as there is one fish that slips through the net, the tank is likely to be finished.
Therefore, at this time, machine gun bullets are more expensive than artillery shells.
In fact, the German reinforcements had already arrived at this time, or the vanguard, which was a guard company sent by Major General Jonas. They were all equipped with tricycles, cars and armored vehicles. They rushed to the bridge as soon as they received the order.
And because the traffic on the south bank of the Tsaritsa River has not been extensively damaged... In fact, this is because there are fewer buildings on the south bank of the Tsaritsa River. It is relatively easy to repair a bomb crater on the road. All you need to do is fill the crater.
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The real trouble is that there are tall buildings beside the road, and then the buildings are blown down, and the fallen bricks, tiles, concrete, etc. block the road.
If there are two buildings, that's fine, but if there are one, the road will be completely blocked and cannot be used.
Because there are no large buildings on the south bank like Stalingrad, traffic damage is very limited.
This allowed the guard company to arrive at the railway bridge in just ten minutes.
But the Soviet army was also well prepared. A sniper company had been deployed along the terrain on both sides of the road, plus a mortar platoon.
As a result, the German guard company suffered heavy casualties before it had time to deploy.
"Comrade Shulka!" When Shulka was commanding the troops to block the German army, Captain Kharichev ran up and lay beside him, saying, "How is the situation here?"
"You've seen it!" Shulka replied: "They didn't come up, but we have to speed up!"
Of course, we must speed up, because as time goes by, the number of German reinforcements will definitely increase, and so will the artillery fire.
The worst thing among them should be the artillery fire. If the German artillery comes to their senses and redeploys, a large number of artillery shells will pour in and turn the bridgehead several times...The Germans already know that the bridgehead is lost, and at the same time
It is difficult for artillery shells to hit the railway bridge, and even if it hits, it will be difficult to blow up the railway bridge, so they will have no scruples when fighting.
"We are blocked!" Captain Kharichev replied with a look of embarrassment: "I came here to tell you this, we may need more time!"
"We don't have more time, Comrade Kharichev!" Shulka turned around and asked, "What's blocking you? Aren't the enemy tanks already on the bridge?"
"It's a tank, Comrade Shulka!" Captain Kharichev was a little embarrassed about the inability of his troops to fight: "Two of them returned and were stationed on the railway bridge. We rushed several times but failed to rush up!"
"On the railroad bridge? You mean the tanks were on the railroad bridge?"
"Yes!"
"Then why don't you blow them up?"
"We can't get close!" Captain Kharichev said: "They blocked the bridge with fire!"
Shulka rolled his eyes and asked: "That's the railway bridge, Comrade Kharichev, there are many steel beams above it!"
"I know this!"
"Then, why don't you crawl along the steel beam?"
"Climb over?" Captain Kharichev looked at Shulka in confusion: "How can you crawl over from above?"
No wonder Captain Kharichev was confused. Climbing from above was not only slow, but the target was also obvious. It was clearly the target of the enemy.
"Why not?" Shulka replied: "That's an enemy tank!"
Captain Kharichev suddenly understood... The tank uses a coaxial machine gun, which has an elevation problem. In addition, the turret cannot rotate due to the obstruction of the barrel and steel beams on both sides, so the shooting surface is very narrow, especially on the upper left side of the barrel.
There will be an obvious shooting dead zone.
(Note: The Tiger parallel machine gun is on the right side of the barrel)
"Yes, Comrade Shulka!" Then Captain Kharichev laughed: "Why not? I'm going now, it's time to send these guys to hell!"
"Wait!" Shulka stopped Captain Kharichev who was about to leave: "I think you should bring a few snipers with you, they will be helpful!"
Saying this, Shulka raised his head towards Vasily.
Of course, snipers were helpful. When they arrived at the bridge, they immediately found a relatively high position, mounted their rifles, and pointed their muzzles at the tank hatch.
Then several navy soldiers climbed onto the steel beam under cover of darkness and advanced along the staggered steel beams.
Due to the cover of steel beams, it was difficult for the Germans inside the tank to detect it.
But in the end the Germans discovered the problem: Car No. 7 fired a flare, and Hann reported to Walter in panic: "They are approaching us from above, and they are crawling along the steel beams!"
"Kill them!" Walter ordered.
"I can't do it!" Hann replied: "They are in the blind spot..."
"Pick up your submachine gun!" Walter ordered: "Move quickly!"
This may be a way to fight outside the cabin.
But they don't know...snipers are waiting for them outside. (To be continued)