Fire from buildings on both sides of the road lit up the street. The team ran forward behind the tank, and three of our commanders were in the middle of the team.
After running along the street for a while, I was surprised to find that the soldiers in front of me and behind me were always in a square and neat formation. They were always running in order. Moreover, the sound of the steps was almost uniform, which covered up the roar of the tank motor.
I haven't trained troops, but I know what it means. On the battlefield, only well-trained internal affairs units can reach such a level. If other combat units were replaced, they would have been running in chaos for a long time.
Soon the troops ran to a crossroad. There was a burning tank in the middle of the road. From the appearance, it was our T-34 tank. Around the car were several bodies in black tank uniforms. It was estimated that they were killed by German Gunners when they escaped from the destroyed tank.
The leading tank slowed down and carefully tried to make a detour to the left of the burning tank. Although the tank slowed down, the soldiers didn't slow down. They went around from the right side and kept pace with the tank. A few steps away from the burning tank, I felt a heat wave coming towards me. I gave a wry smile. I could feel the heat from such a distance. If there were still people in the tank, it would be more or less dangerous.
As I hesitated to go around the tank on the left or right, I suddenly heard a sound like tearing linen from a distance. Without waiting for me to understand what this familiar voice is, the soldiers running in front of the team have collapsed with a scream. At the same time, someone next to me gave me a big push. I was unprepared and staggered forward for several steps. Then I slipped and fell heavily into the gap between the two tanks. At the moment when he fell to the ground, he heard a series of cry: "lie down, lie down! Lie down, lie down!... "
As I lay on the ground, I heard the shouts of the soldiers and the sound of gunfire like peas. Then I remembered that the sound of tearing linen I had just heard was from the German mg43 general purpose machine gun. As soon as I looked up, I found that the T-34 tank was making a turn. Seeing the track that was getting closer to me, I quickly got up, stepped back and squatted to the tail of the abandoned tank. This position is a safe place for me. Although I can feel the high temperature from time to time above my head, it is at least better than being crushed by my own tank or killed by German bullets.
I looked out carefully and saw that the soldiers had already found a hiding place. Some of them, like me, bent down to hide behind the tank; Some squat behind the walls of roadside buildings, some even lie on the ground directly, raise the muzzle of the gun and shoot at the enemy. Among the dozen soldiers who were shot and fell to the ground just now, except for two or three who were rolling and groaning on the ground, the rest were lying there motionless and probably died.
I looked around to see where major dolov and captain Yushchenko were. Just then, an object with white smoke flew over and plunged directly into the middle of the crowd. After the violent explosion, several soldiers with the rising fire, dancing to fly into the air, and screamed down.
I carefully looked out, dozens of meters away is a small church, there are two golden domes, the left dome is below the bell tower, the explosive object is flying from there, and at this time, the German machine gun is still desperately shooting at us.
The tank that had just turned had completed its turn and aimed at the target. Maybe the shooting was too hasty, the gunner didn't aim well, the shell hit the dome on the right, after the gravel splashed, the enemy's machine gun was still tilting to us, with lethal bullets.
Major dolov bent over and ran quickly. He squatted down beside me and said in a loud voice, "Comrade division, it's too dangerous here. Please go back to the command car as soon as possible."
Although I saw a few soldiers bombed into the sky just now, I regretted in my heart that I should not rush to the city to show my hero before the battle was over. Originally, I wanted to find a chance to sneak to the safety zone and wait for the end of the battle. But when I heard dulov say so, I felt that leaving at this moment would damage my image in the eyes of the soldiers, so I had to harden my head and say, "no, I'll stay here and watch you destroy the enemy."
"Comrade teacher!..." Dulov was just about to persuade me again when the sound of the nearby tank's shooting interrupted him. It hit the pillar of the bell tower, and the dust and smoke immediately surrounded the small space. After the explosion, the enemy's machine guns were dumb.
"Comrades! Follow me Just now, Captain Yushchenko, who didn't know where to hide, stood in the middle of the road with a pistol raised high and yelled, then rushed to the church. The soldiers rushed out of the hiding place, shouting with weapons and charging forward with their commanders. After two rounds of firing, the tank moved slowly, following the soldiers.
When the charging troops were twenty or thirty meters away from the church, the firepower on the clock tower revived again. Several soldiers fell on their backs without saying a word.
The elite is the elite, and the combat effectiveness of the Ministry of internal affairs is better than that of other troops, which can be seen from the reaction of the soldiers. As soon as the German guns were fired, the rest of them, except for the fallen soldiers, spread out quickly, sought shelter and fired back.