Another tank, a few German prisoners, and a group of soldiers wearing German uniforms... Although these uniforms made them look a bit like zombies, Shulka believed that this was enough to deceive the enemy.
After all, this was at night, and more importantly, they didn't need to completely deceive the enemy.
Just like now, the Germans saw through it when they were more than thirty meters away from the enemy.
But this does not affect the outcome of the battle.
Following Captain Venyakov's order, the tank opened fire. Two shells "bombed" near the German defense line, and then the machine gun on the tank "squeaked" and spewed tongues of flame at the Germans.
While the tanks were suppressing fire, the Soviet soldiers invariably pulled out grenades, lit them and threw them towards the German positions... Close combat grenades are the most deadly weapons, especially rows of grenades, which are in the enemy's trenches.
Even if the enemy is not killed by the explosion, the damage caused by the explosion will be affected by the sound and shock wave and temporarily lose the ability to fight. If you launch a charge at this time, it will not be called a charge, but to those who were blown away and lost their minds.
Hit the enemy with a knife or a bullet.
This was the situation at this time. After a burst of explosions, the Soviet soldiers rushed forward with bayonets drawn.
Shulka rushed to the front. This was a very bad experience. He had never rushed to the front of the team, not even that time when he blew up a tank.
Because the bombing tanks can at least lie on the ground and crawl forward under the cover of corpses, but now they have to hold the gun and rush forward as fast as possible. There is no cover in front. As long as there is an enemy on the opposite side, raise the gun and gently
Pull the trigger and Shulka is finished... Human life is so fragile sometimes.
Fortunately none of this happened.
When Shulka rushed into the trench with his rifle, the first person he faced was a wounded officer. His military cap had been blown off, so Shulka could see that blood was bleeding from his head, and it was not fully recovered.
After regaining consciousness, he hurriedly touched something on his waist.
Shulka hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and plunged the bayonet into the officer's chest.
Blood spattered, the officer screamed, and his whole body curled up like a shrimp and kept twitching.
Sometimes, it's more difficult to kill a helpless enemy than a well-matched opponent.
The difficulty comes from psychology:
If your opponents are evenly matched, then you know that in this fight you will either die or I will live, and if you don't kill him, he will kill you, so you can feel at ease and do your best to do it without any guilt in your heart.
But it would be different if it was an opponent who had no power to fight back... While killing him, Shulka felt a slight chill in his heart, as if his humanity was escaping from his body bit by bit.
Shulka could only tell himself again and again that this was the right thing to do. He was touching the pistol at his waist. If he didn't do this, he would kill his comrades.
The second opponent was a German soldier. He was crawling on the ground as if he wanted to escape from the battlefield, and he didn't even have his rifle with him.
When Shulka plunged the bayonet into his back, he could clearly feel the tremor from the severe pain on the other side.
Shulka did not dare to look further, and continued to charge forward with his bayonet drawn.
Soon, the third enemy appeared in front of him...it was a German soldier with his hands raised in surrender.
Shulka knew he should kill him, because from the beginning he had been ordered to take no prisoners.
This order was right, because they were surrounded by enemies, and taking prisoners would not bring any benefit except causing trouble and danger to themselves.
But Shulka could not take action after all, and chose to ignore the German soldier and passed him.
Shulka could even feel the grateful gaze of the German soldier.
However, this was unnecessary, because the next second, the thief who was following Sulka stabbed his bayonet into his neck without hesitation.
Other Soviet soldiers hiding in the dark also shouted and rushed forward. They passed the first battalion and got to the front and continued to advance... This was also agreed before the war. The main task of Shulka's first battalion was
It is to break through the first line of defense of the German army, and then the second and third battalions will take over.
This was done because the soldiers of the first battalion were still wearing German military uniforms. If they continued to fight like this, they would easily be injured or even cause confusion. More importantly, they were holding German equipment and ammunition collected from corpses. Continue
It is easy to encounter the problem of insufficient supplies in combat.
So Shulka had some time to rest... Although the battle had just begun, to Shulka it felt like a century had passed.
But before he could take a breath, battalion commander Venyakov ordered: "Take off your uniform and put your weapons back on!"
They wore two layers of military uniforms, and they only had to take off the outer German military uniforms.
On the other side, Major Muller, who was still waiting for the enemy to attack, also heard gunshots and explosions on the other side.
When he was confused, the adjutant who took the call took the phone and reported to Mueller a few meters away: "Major, they successfully broke through from the south!"
"What?" Major Muller was stunned, and then immediately jumped up from the trench: "Reinforce the south immediately, they don't want to escape from my hands!"
After a pause, Major Muller ordered the adjutant again: "Notify the general and ask him to organize other troops to surround them!"
Major Muller may be right, because the Soviet army is still in their encirclement at this time... The breakthrough to the south is only one level of breakthrough, and then they have to pass through the German front line to return to the Soviet controlled area.
Therefore, as long as they are well organized, the German army will still have a chance, and it can even be said to be easier, because the Soviet army has left the bunkers it was firmly entrenched in and became a roaming army.
But Major Muller simplified the problem. The Soviet army certainly had follow-up plans if it could reach this point.
"We can use mines to delay the pursuers behind us!" When formulating the plan, Shulka asked: "Do we have mines?"
"Of course!" Major Gavrilov replied: "There are plenty of mines in the ammunition depot!"
Landmines are necessary for a line of defense, and the "Stalin Line of Defense" certainly has a lot of them.
"The problem is that we can't bring many landmines!" Political Commissar Fuming said, "Because we don't have cars!"
"It doesn't take much!" Shulka said: "It's enough to let them know there are landmines!"
Shulka was right. When Major Muller's reinforcements stepped on several mines and one of the tanks was blown up by an anti-tank, they found that they could not pursue them... because they were not sure how many mines were buried underground.
If we continue to chase like this, we will probably suffer heavy casualties and still be unable to catch up with the enemy.