In just ten minutes, the amphibious landing ship crossed its own defense line and entered the boundary between ourselves and the enemy.
At this time, the Soviet army was launching a new round of offensive against the German army... This was of course an order from Trufano. The attack by the troops close to the Don River could attract the attention of the German army and cover the 8th Infantry Regiment's assault along the Don River.
, on the other hand, they were flanking the enemy with the 8th Infantry Regiment.
Due to the gunfire coming and going at the junction, the enemy did not hear the sound of the motor in the direction of the Don River for the time being... Even if they heard it, they would think it was the motor sound of the tank, which was difficult to hear amid the sound of gunfire and shouts of death.
Discuss.
This is a very strange feeling. Although the battlefield is close at hand, Sulka and others seem to be outside the battlefield and observe the bloody fight between the enemy and ourselves a hundred meters away from a third party's perspective.
Under the bright light of the flares, Shulka could even see soldiers entangled with each other and wrestling in the mud, rows of infantrymen who had fallen to the ground in pieces after being hit by machine gun bullets, and handfuls of soldiers that had just been pulled out of the opponent's body.
A bayonet dripping with blood...
But of course, this was just a feeling. Shurka knew that not only was he not outside the battlefield, but he was even within it. It was just that the enemy had not noticed him for the time being.
Shulka didn't move, and neither did his men. The fleet just swam slowly upstream into the darkness amidst the dense gunfire and cannon fire...
Richter was a captain of the 7th Regiment of the German 91st Infantry Division. He led his men and retreated from the battlefield after just repelling an enemy attack.
This is a tactic of the German army. In order to maintain the morale and combat effectiveness of frontline soldiers, they will take advantage of the gaps between enemy charges to change defenses so that the troops can take turns to rest.
Captain Richter suffered a stab wound on the shoulder. The Russian bayonet pierced his shoulder blade hard. If there was not a bullet left in his pistol, I am afraid that the next stab would have killed him.
Richter's life was at risk.
"Okay, Captain!" The medical soldier said to Richter after bandaging him: "With all due respect, Captain! You should return home to recuperate from such an injury, because it is difficult for you to continue to command the battle!"
"You don't understand, Lehman!" Richter smiled weakly: "Do you think I don't want to go back to China? It's because we can't go back!"
"You mean... we have been surrounded?" The health soldier showed a little fear in his eyes.
"No, that's not what I'm talking about!" Richter struggled to take out the cigarette from his pocket with his right hand, hid in the trench and lit it, then replied: "You should know that Karachi is very short of troops! Like
With my injuries like this... they won't allow me to return to China to recuperate! What's more, it may not be safer than here on the way back!"
From these words, we can know that Richter had a comprehensive understanding of the battlefield situation.
This is also a characteristic of the German army. They often know from top to bottom what their strategic goals are and what they should do in special situations or when no one is in command.
The Soviet army was often the opposite of the German army in these aspects.
The health soldier felt relieved now. He wanted to say something but was stopped by Richter.
"What's the sound?" Richter sat up straight.
"Sound?" The hygienist also listened attentively like Richter, and then he heard it too. The sound of gunfire was mixed with the sound of some motors.
"Maybe it's an enemy tank!" said the medic.
"No, the enemy tank is far away from us! It is impossible to hear the sound of the tank's motor here!" Richter denied: "And..."
As he spoke, Richter turned around in various directions, and then said with a terrifying expression: "The sound is coming from the direction of the Don River!"
"That's impossible, Captain!" the medic said: "The enemy's shallow-water heavy artillery ships are not deployed in the Don River, they are in the Volga River!"
Richter listened for a while longer, and then the sound became more obvious, so Richter shouted to a mortar operator: "Weiss, let's fire a flare! Hit the center of the river!"
"Yes, Captain!"
With a "bang" sound, a flare was launched into the air and gradually lit up.
The bright light soon illuminated the river. Richter and his men were stunned by the scene under the bright light: they saw amphibious landing ships slowly moving towards their position, and the ships were crowded with Russian soldiers.
, without exception, they all held up their guns and pointed the muzzles at this side with a murderous look on their faces.
He was stunned for only a second before Captain Richter reacted immediately.
"Enemy attack!" Captain Richter shouted: "Organize defenses and don't let them come ashore!"
The German army moved quickly and immediately grabbed their equipment and spread out along the river bank...
But everything was too late. The battle started almost at the moment Captain Richter gave the order. The machine gun on the bow of the amphibious landing ship fired bullets at the Germans. At the same time, the amphibious landing ship fired another
Speed up and rush towards the shore.
At the same time, Shulka ordered the artillery through the walkie-talkie: "Fire!"
This is an artillery regiment assigned to the commandos by Trufanov. This artillery regiment has already adjusted the firing elements under the guidance of artillery observers... It is not difficult to do this, because during the test firing, the Germans even
It was thought that these shells were misdirected and missed.
As a result, a burst of artillery fire hit the German troops on the shore who were busy organizing defenses, and immediately blew up the German troops into the sky in pieces.
Of course, the German defenses on the river banks could not be organized.
In fact, the German army has always had defenses on the river bank, and these defenses were even built by the Soviet army, because on the other side of the river at this location is Paulus's 6th Army, which is German.
When the Soviet army reached here, it was necessary to build several trenches or dig several bunkers across the river, otherwise the enemy would be able to fire machine guns from the other side.
But if the German army occupied this area, they would not have to worry about this. Even because the enemy on the other side was our own people, if the enemy entered this river area, they would be attacked by the German army from both sides, so they were relieved that these trenches and bunkers were not reinforced.
As a result, a burst of artillery fire basically blew up these bunkers until only a few small ditches remained.
The amphibious landing ship took advantage of this moment to rush towards the river bank defense line, and the German defense line quickly collapsed.
If the German army wanted to block the Soviet charge from the Don River this time, the German army on the east bank of the Don River should have reacted immediately to suppress fire, or use artillery fire to stop and fire in time.
But the German army had neither.
The former was because the German army failed to detect the enemy situation in the Don River in time in the dark, and the latter was because the reaction time of the German artillery was too short... Although the German infantry and artillery coordination was very close, it was still not enough to fire the shells when the Soviet troops landed.
Get out of the fire wall.
Therefore, what awaits the German 91st Infantry Division is failure. (To be continued)