Chapter 705

There is a small snowflake in the sky, and the temperature has dropped to the point of chilling. The exhaled air forms a shallow white fog on the mouth. The cold helmet buckle on the head is no longer muggy, on the contrary, there is some coolness.

In the 1920s, Germany's M35 type helmets were distributed to the front-line national defense forces. Two types of helmets were produced. One is a low-cost export model woven with ropes, which is mainly exported to the neighboring servant countries. The early products only have one sales channel, that is, far away China; One model is a high-end model lined with leather, with perforated rivets on both sides, rain helmet eaves and rolled up delicate edges, which is warm in winter and cool in summer.

However, with the rapid expansion of the German army, helmets have become a hot commodity. Some non front-line combat troops in concentration camps are only provided with a group of helmets for patrol soldiers to wear temporarily. The rest of them can only wear cloth soft caps, so the distribution of helmets is mixed up.

Now on the German front line, only platoon leaders are qualified to use the exquisite M35 early helmets, while the vast majority of soldiers use "new models" without air holes. Facts have proved that new cars are not necessarily better, and new equipment is not necessarily strengthened.

When winter came, the German army on the eastern front made very careful preparations, including a white camouflage wrapped in a steel helmet, and a windproof hood to keep out the cold. However, the equipment is not very comfortable to wear, and its function is not perfect. At least, the German grey green multi kinetic tactical vest can only be worn on the outside of this blouse.

Of course, some of them are always better than none. At least after the first snowfall, the German troops on the front line have a decent camouflage. Compared with the famous grey green military uniform, it gives the grass-roots soldiers more chances to win.

Now another snow is coming, the whole east line of the sky is overcast, cold current transit, with a sharp cold wind, blowing in the steel casting cannon muzzle, making a whirring sound. The position was silent, as if holding his breath, waiting for the terrible time to come.

"Hoo A German soldier, about 35 years old, pressed his left hand on his assault rifle, held a half smoked cigarette in his right hand, and puffed out a puff of white smoke. His eyes were deeply sunken in his eyes, staring at the muddy soil not far in front of the position, and the woods beyond, It's an area where the Soviets are frequent.

There is a mg42 machine gun position beside him. About 100 meters to the right is a bush. There is a 75mm long barrel anti-aircraft gun, which can destroy most of the Soviet tanks 1000 meters away. Of course, the exception is the kv-2 tank.

This trench also extends to a prominent position not far ahead, where it is prepared for snipers who occasionally come forward and anti tank teams in large-scale operations. All of them are carefully camouflaged, and most of them are squatted with soldiers equipped with iron fist bazookas. At this time, they are also waiting for the battle.

The order of the highest level of combat readiness has been issued. Half an hour ago, all the platoon units in the front line have received more base ammunition. Everyone is required to stay in the cold combat position. The squad leader and platoon leader are repeatedly emphasizing the matters needing attention in combat, as well as the combat tasks to be completed in each position.

The smoker is a veteran. His identity can be seen from his precious assault rifle. As a sergeant, he is the backbone of a combat class. His task is to stabilize the whole cover position near the machine gun. Smoking is not allowed, but because the squad leader is on the other side of the position, the recruits around dare not stop him from committing suicide.

In front of the whole position, the snow water and soil were mixed together because of the slight temperature rise more than ten days ago, and because of the cooling and freezing in recent days, then they were covered by the new snow. It didn't look white, but also mixed with a lot of black mottling. Many places have been mined several months ago, and now no trace can be seen. The reserved passageway can only be distinguished according to the map, and there are no signs or signs at all.

The sky is still gloomy, the speed of snowflakes falling is very slow, there is not much wind around, so when the falling snowflakes fall on the white helmet bit by bit, it gives people a feeling that time has been slowed down.

However, the speed of the bullet will not slow down because of the slow landing of the snowflakes. Just as the German veteran was puffing away, a bullet came from the distant woods and hit the chest wall of the trench less than 30 cm away from him, splashing a piece of white ice and snow.

The German veteran was so scared that he quickly lost his cigarette. As soon as his knee softened, he retreated into the trench. He felt the helmet on his head to make sure that he was not hit by the bullet. Then he was a little relieved. But before he looked up, more intense gunfire came from the woods, and the Soviet attack began without warning.

The old soldier changed his position, showed his head and looked at the distance, only to see that about hundreds of Soviet soldiers rushed out of the woods, some waving guns in their hands, and others were firing with guns. The scale is definitely the biggest in two months, and the number is not like a tentative attack.

"Hold on! Automatic weapons don't fire! The rifle began to fight back! " The old soldier yelled, and then several German recruits with Mauser 98K rifles aiming for half a day on the German position started fire. Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang. For the soldiers of both sides, this kind of exchange of fire is similar to appetizer. The machine guns didn't fire and the heavy guns didn't roar, so the whole scene is not so hot. Only the occasional bullets on the trench soil remind us to pay attention to safety. Other things just test whether our usual shooting training can reach home or not. Obviously, the German soldiers have deeper shooting skills, and the German Mauser 98K accuracy is a little better. After all, Germany's mechanical processing is much better than that of the Soviet Union, and the relocation of Soviet military enterprises also directly affected the quality of Soviet gun production. Of course, the accuracy of the two kinds of weapons is not much different. The main factors that affect battlefield performance are post maintenance and so on. The firing of German soldiers was very efficient. Some of them were similar to the three-stage firing. Some stood up to aim and fire, while others squatted down to pull the bolt to complete the ammunition feeding action. Moreover, they had the cover of the trench position, so they had killed at least a dozen Soviet soldiers with almost no casualties. As time went on, the Soviets got closer and closer to the German position. An unfortunate Soviets ran forward and encountered the trigger device of an S-shaped mine. The mine, known as "bouncing Betty" in the German national defense forces, immediately sensed the vibration from the outside world and no doubt began to work. With a little bang, the jumping thunder flew up from the cold soil and exploded in the mid air of about 1.5 meters, shooting dense metal balls. As a result, a violent storm of metal was immediately set off around. More than a dozen Soviet soldiers were hit by these metal balls. The ones close to them were bloody and the ones far away were covered with wounds and fell down, with endless screams. With the explosion of this mine, a forward machine gun position in Germany began to roar fiercely, which was quite like taking advantage of the fire. The sound of tearing linen made the Soviet soldiers despair. Although they were very close to the German position, they suddenly could not move forward. The bullets swept towards the Soviet Red Army like hailstones. They rushed to the front of some Soviet Red Army soldiers in long cotton padded clothes. They were shot and fell in the snow. The blood dyed the white ground red and flowed into the black soil crevice. The withered grass trembled back and forth in the wind, patting the cheek of the Soviet Red Army that had fallen to the ground. Unfortunately, the open eyes on this face could never be closed. When the second mine exploded, the Soviets were obviously aware of the danger of breaking into the minefield. They began to slow down their charging speed, but they didn't seem to be willing to retreat back. So they moved forward cautiously, hoping to reduce the casualties caused by the mines“ Bang Another S-shaped mine flew up. With the sound of "boom", many Soviet soldiers fell in a pool of blood. Finally, the gunfire began to thin out, and the Soviets no longer advanced, but retreated while shooting. It didn't take long for a seemingly fierce battle to be defeated by the German team. Even some of the German team's firepower points didn't have time to open fire“ Boom Before the German soldiers began to celebrate their victory, a large caliber shell hit the position not far from them. Everyone was trained to squat in the trench with their helmets, praying that the shells would not fall in the middle of the trench. One after another, explosions began to take place. It seemed that there was no end to the Soviet shelling. With the sound of the explosion, black plumes of smoke rose up on the whole position, which could be seen clearly from a kilometer away. Not far away from a solid observation post, next to the mirrors of two artillery teams, a German officer grabbed the phone and loudly reported the battle to the distant military headquarters: "yes! There are heavy guns bombarding our positions! The scale of the Soviet attack is bigger than expected! We don't need support for the moment, but please prepare the assault gun troops. I think they can be used. "