Chapter 468: T34
Rows of Soviet soldiers fell, including Captain Vladimir, who rushed to the German position and was knocked down by a grenade...... As Vladimir said, the Germans were heavily defended, with mortars and machine guns at a distance and rifles and submachine guns at the closest, and those who were lucky enough to rush to the trenches would be bombarded by German grenades.
Under this firepower and the measured and methodical defense of the German soldiers, the Soviet soldiers poured up in groups and fell in batches, and in a short time the river was filled with the corpses of Soviet soldiers.
Without waiting, the Germans immediately launched a counteroffensive...... At this time, even a fool could see that the Soviet army's attack just now was the end of the crossbow, and even the artillery shells and machine gun bullets were left because of this attack, and this was the perfect time to launch a counteroffensive.
The German offensive was different from that of the Soviets, they were leaping forward under the cover of each other, without shouting or artillery fire, with only a few simple commands.
However, from the movement of the German leap forward and the coordination between each other, the Soviets could feel a threat and pressure of death, which made the Soviet soldiers have the urge to flee at the first time, and several of them really did so.
Yegorshi angrily shouted at the fleeing Soviet soldiers: "Don't escape, you cowards! ”
As he spoke, Yegorshi raised his pistol and fired a few shots at the deserters, but Yegorshi's marksmanship did not dare to be complimentary, and several deserters stumbled away from the battlefield.
"We have no more shells, Comrade Commissar!" One of the soldiers shouted: "We don't have much left, and most of them are artillerymen and machine gunners!" ”
"We should retreat!" Another soldier shouted.
"No one is allowed to leave!" Yegorhi brandished his pistol almost hysterically and shouted: "Stop them!" There are still rifles after the shells are finished, and bayonets after the bullets are finished! ”
But it was too late, and the Germans fired a 50mm mortar shell at the Soviet position, followed by a wave of grenades, and the Soviets had almost no chance to breathe or fight back...... The Germans immediately rushed up and fired a burst of MP40 fire.
Stunned by the grenade's explosion, Yegorshi struggled to get up from the ground and tried to resist, but the butt of a rifle smashed him to the ground.
Yegorshi fell, and the rest of the Soviet soldiers raised their hands in surrender in shock.
"The Soviets don't look like there's anything to be afraid of!" After escorting the prisoners back to their positions, Vilna quipped while controlling the Soviets and making them crouch behind the trenches: "Look at their appearance, I don't understand how they defeated our army!" ”
"It's just a battalion!" "And it's just ski camps equipped with small arms," Dominic said. What if they are a regiment, a division, or even more such people attacking us? ”
Dominic had fought the Soviets before, so he knew exactly what it would be like to fight them.
Werner was stunned when he heard this, and then asked rhetorically: "Will they?" Completely ignoring casualties? ”
"Otherwise......" Dominic spread his hands: "What do you think the Soviets are like?" ”
Dominic's words were quickly verified......
The German soldiers rubbed their hands and feet in the wind and snow, this kind of cold is really not something that people can bear, they will always be shivering from the cold, the food is as hard as stones, and sometimes even the bolts of guns will be frozen, so they have to break it and check it from time to time.
"Dominic!" Kuhn couldn't help but ask, "You've dealt with them before, can't you share some experience to deal with this abominable weather?" ”
"Lieutenant!" Dominic replied: "It was July when I was fighting here, and it was still summer. ”
"Tell me what you know!" Kuhn said.
Dominic turned back to Yegorshi and raised his head at the captive, and said, "I only know that if you meet such people with red collar badges, they usually don't end well!" ”
"Why?" Kuhn asked.
"Because as long as they are there, the Soviets will not surrender!" Dominic replied: "The best way to defeat the Soviets is to kill these red-necked ones first!" ”
"I made a note of it!" Kuhn slapped his sniper rifle.
At this time, there was a sudden strange "whoosh" sound in the sky, and Dominic yelled "get down".
The soldiers hurriedly buried their heads in the trenches, and then a violent explosion "boomed" and the front and back of the trench were blown into flames.
Ten seconds later, there was a dead silence again.
"What's that?" Kuhn couldn't help but ask.
"No, I don't know what it is!" Dominic said, "We've been bombarded with this stuff before!" ”
Qin Chuan knew what it was...... That is the famous Soviet "Katyusha" rocket artillery.
This equipment is still the secret weapon of the Soviet Union, so the Germans do not even know what artillery can launch such a dense bombardment of their positions in a short period of time.
It should be said that Qin Chuan and others were very lucky, the Soviet army at this time was closed due to heavy snow, so the logistics were not smooth, otherwise dozens of "Katyushas" lined up on the opposite side and fired towards the first corps...... I'm afraid that in an instant this infantry regiment will be gone.
However, this also seems to indicate that the enemy's main forces are not far from here.
Sure enough, a few minutes later, the sound of a "rumbling" motor was heard.
"Tank!" The German scouts on the other side of the bank who were in charge of the lookout shouted as they ran back: "They have tanks, at least two regiments of troops!" ”
"Prepare for battle!" Colonel Slain ordered loudly.
The motor is getting louder and louder, and a strange tail smell wafts through the air...... Soviet tanks used diesel, which tasted somewhat different from the gasoline smell of German tanks.
Then, a gun barrel appeared on the other side of the river, then the turret of the tank, and finally the whole tank appeared in front of the German soldiers.
It was a T34, a tank with better performance than the existing "three" and "four" tanks of the German army...... It can also be said that it is a miracle that the Soviet industry can be described by the word "rough" in every way, they always strive for quantity rather than quality, but they just have a way of cobbling together something that looks rough and something that is good and functional.
The T34 tank is one of them, and so is the "Katyusha".
"Boom!" With a single shot, the T34 fired a shell at the Germans on the other side of the river, and then two more came out to join the battle......
Originally, the German soldiers thought that the Soviets would attack under the cover of the T34, but they did not expect a roar from the opposite side, and the Soviet soldiers crossed the tanks and rushed towards the German positions like a tide.