The maximum firing range of the recoilless guns of the Soviet army was only two kilometers, and the artillery had to follow the attacking troops, constantly changing the gun position.

These mobile artillery groups, one carrying a barrel, one carrying a tripod, followed by fighters carrying ammunition boxes. Some artillerymen, who did not want to miss the fighters, simply knelt on the ground, wrapped their hands with strips of cloth, carried the hot barrels on their shoulders, and asked their comrades to reload.

In a sense, the rocket-booster grenade is also a recoilless gun, and it makes sense for the artillery to operate in this way, that is, the range of the shell reaches a gratifying distance because of the larger charge of the projectile.

A large number of shells flew over the heads of the charging Soviet troops, and the two main regiments of the 284th Guards Division finally launched a general attack on a five-kilometer-long front. Together with their allies, they kept compressing the offensive front, gradually forcing the Germans back to a point on the riverside.

Quetzal was panting and standing on the muddy banks of the river, not having the slightest confidence in swimming across the river.

Because, even a person with sufficient physical strength must be out of breath when he reaches the shore if he has to swim a distance of more than 200 meters in the water. Moreover, this is a large group of routs that almost always collapse mentally and physically.

However, the only way to escape is to swim across the river.

More than 1,000 German officers and men did not hesitate to accept the orders of their regimental commander, and when they arrived at the riverbank, they began to take off their shoes.

Many of them were already standing in the mud, which was not cold, and they had thrown away everything they could discard, and all they had was a pair of black panties and dog tags around their necks.

Firearms are the life of soldiers, and by this time they had become a mere slogan. There is only one life, although it is embarrassed like a water dog, swim to the other side and then flee all the way north, and can be rescued when it reaches its own defense line.

It sounds like a reliable way to escape.

The situation was no longer under Quetzal's control, and there was no need for him to give orders, hundreds of people had already waded across the muddy fields on the banks of the river and jumped into the Dnieper.

There was a huge splash on the surface of the river, and more people jumped into the water and joined the swimming army.

"Hehe, it seems that you all still have some physical strength, as long as you swim over, you will be rescued!" Looking at his subordinates, Quetzal felt sad in his heart.

He had already taken off his military boots and military pants, and when he was unbuttoning his shirt, he was suddenly stunned.

He pondered that even if he had successfully swam across the river, he would have been barefoot in a pair of underpants and would flee north with hunger as a companion. I'm afraid that I can run a marathon on the way to escape. People run marathons and have sufficient supplies, and it is a miracle in the world that they are not tired to death.

Even if he made it to the line of his own troops alive, would he be killed by the defenders as if he were a Russian? Or they passed through their own defense line safely and soundly, and they wiped out 5,000 troops in a battle, and they were afraid that they would be shot after debriefing.

Besides, Quetzal didn't think he would make it to the other side alive.

At this time, more than thirty soldiers, still wearing military uniforms, ran to the hesitant quetzal with weapons.

A second lieutenant at the head looked worried: "Regiment commander, we don't know how to swim at all, do we have to carry out the order and swim across the river?" We're going to drown! ”

Quetzal stared into the eyes of the warriors, and all of them had worried faces.

He sighed deeply: "This is God who wants to destroy me!" Since you can't cross the river, stay here and fight the Russians to the last man. ”

"Let's stay?!" The lieutenant's eyes widened and he shuddered.

Quetzal's words directly cut off the possibility of these landlubbers escaping, and some of the fighters completely broke down. A soldier who was still holding an MG34 went berserk on the spot, and he turned his gun on his own people, who were taking off their uniforms.

The 75 rounds were fired in an instant, and more than 20 people were killed and wounded.

Seeing this, Gertzal let out an astonishing roar, and he pulled out his Luger pistol with a burst of blood, and fired all the bullets at the heavy.

He continued to raise his pistol and commanded loudly: "Everyone listen, put down your weapons if you are afraid of death, take off your military uniform and go swimming!" If you are not afraid of death, stay with me, we will fight with the Russians! ”

At this time, the regimental commander became the model who remained, and the battalion roar of the German army quickly ended.

For the Soviet army, Lavrenti, who had marched into the army, felt more and more familiar that the battle was now more and more familiar. He suddenly remembered that in January of this year, the troops also blocked a group of German troops in the Dnieper, forcing them to jump into the water.

It's just that at that time, the river water was cold and biting, and there were some ice cubes mixed in the river, and many enemies were directly frozen to death.

Now that the summer solstice has passed, the hottest time in Belarus has arrived, and the fleeing enemy can indeed swim in the river. According to the physical fitness of the Soviet army, swimming over 200 meters is not too tiring, so the Germans at least have the possibility of escaping.

Lavrenty and Roshakov, each of their own regiments, gave the same order, that is, to run quickly, to destroy the Germans before they crossed the river, or to force them to surrender en masse.

When the Germans began to cross the river, their total strength was still one thousand and one hundred people. A large number of wounded were not treated at all, and the wounded on the way to escape. They are believed to have all been killed by the Soviets. It is also true that not all Soviet soldiers mercifully stopped the attack and found that the enemy's wounded were directly stabbed to death to relieve them.

In the shortest possible time, Quetzal built a thin line of defense at the German crossing. Only more than 300 people remained, including only five MG34s, and the reserve ammunition was even more pitiful.

For this reason, Quetzal also used dense reeds according to local conditions to ambush his troops as much as possible on the mudflats at the crossing of the river. He knew that a large number of his subordinates would succeed in crossing the river, and that if anyone managed to escape to his own lines, he would inform his superiors of the tragedy. Then the division commander will definitely affirm his spirit of killing, at least he died in battle!

More than 600 people have already jumped into the Dnieper, paddling with all their might in the cool water.

It's a pity that some soldiers' physical strength is already on the verge of collapse, even if the adrenaline is rushing, the excessive overdraft of the body finally triggers the collapse. Some people cramped or even fell into a coma due to overwork, and after their last struggles, they did not resurface.

They had to swim across a wide river of nearly 300 meters, and more than 50 people had already drowned, but fortunately, some people had successfully crossed the river.

Quetzal faintly heard a cheer, and he suddenly turned his head and raised his binoculars, and saw some people waving on the other side of the river.

"You're so lucky! What a group of excellent marathon runners, let me continue to run for my life, don't make any more publicity! In his own words, Quetzal shed tears of relief.

The situation seems to be better than he thought, more and more soldiers are coming ashore, they must be out of breath, at least there should be no more encounters with Soviet troops there!

He continued to observe, oblivious to the noise of guns around him. Suddenly, three huge columns exploded on the surface of the water, and he could clearly see that some of the swimmers had been blown away!

"Ahh It's an ambush! There are ambushes there too?! Quetzal sat down on the ground in astonishment, and witnessed the horrific scene with the remaining Germans.