In a foxhole near the bridgehead of the railway bridge, code named "cover", borol rests against the wall of the foxhole with his rifle in his arms. Next to him, Donald and the mechanic and electrical worker snored slightly, ignoring the cold wind blowing over their heads.
It was a normal time. In the afternoon, they sniped a battalion of Soviet troops who came to seize the railway bridge. After a fierce battle, they successfully repulsed those temporary mobs. The attack planes hovering overhead made the Soviet army not have any idea of a strong attack at all, so it had to send some small troops to die.
However, it is obvious that the Soviets did not intend to send troops to recapture their railway bridge early tomorrow morning. Just when borol and others were sleepy, a heavy shell landed not far in front of the German bridgehead.
The huge explosion and the huge black smoke column more than ten stories high awakened all the drowsy German soldiers. They were lying in their foxholes and trenches, looking not far away at the location of the huge explosive shell. The second shell also landed not far away, huge waves mixed with cold wind, like a knife in the face of everyone.
Shaking, shaking, as if from a distance. Just like an earthquake, these large caliber shells tore the earth nearby and shook the hearts of all the German troops. These big guns are 203 mm caliber big caliber guns, which are already super heavy guns in the German army. However, it is obvious that in the opposite Soviet army, they are now used as ordinary weapons in the battle for bridgehead.
"It's more destructive than the 155mm howitzer of the United States. It's a 203mm Soviet heavy artillery." Holding his helmet on his bare wrist, Donna squinted at the huge plume of smoke rising in the distance. He had not seen the Soviet artillery fire all over the sky, and now he finally knew that the other side was a world-class opponent, at least in terms of artillery power.
Borol also narrowed his eyes to face the shockwave. The sand crackled on his helmet, but he didn't seem to be afraid of the big caliber shells: "it's said that this unit is the one who turns around and runs away near marlin. The commander's name is rokosovsky... General Liszt said it's a difficult opponent."
As he spoke, he raised his telescope in front of his chest. On the far side of the road subgrade, Soviet soldiers were climbing over barriers like fences in the afterglow of the sun. Some unseen tanks were driving up the road, which looked much thicker than those tanks that had fought before.
"Are you sure general Liszt is not making excuses for his troops Donna took a look at borol beside him and asked in a joking tone.
"Yes! I'm sure! And I'm sure it's a tough group of opponents! " Borol put down his telescope and said with some depression: "go to inform the forward machine gun position over there, don't open fire easily! They are preparing to attack before the artillery fire is over! The cooperation between infantry and artillery is quite good, not for nothing
"My God!" As soon as Donner heard his battalion commander say so, he quickly rolled around, retreated to the traffic ditch behind him, bent over and ran out. It's not an ordinary character that can make borol attach so much importance to his opponents. Maybe less than an hour before sunset is the time to really test them.
"Damn it! It's really a good time to choose... It seems that we didn't fight in vain in the middle war. " Borol looked up at the sky in the distance. The German plane had already returned because it was getting dark. Now the most lethal air strike in the German team has lost its due role.
Rokosovsky is not Khrushchev's kind of half hanging military commander. He is a regular military commander and has a very high quality of combat command. When he was in the middle of China, because he was the main offensive force, his troops did not suffer less from the German air attack, so he also accumulated the most abundant air defense experience.
So his troops launched a real attack just before dark, intending to completely destroy the German troops guarding the bridge with one impact. Although there are risks, it's much better than risking German planes all over the sky and fighting for losses without any effect.
Before borroldo thought about it, the Soviet Red Army began to extend its artillery attack, one after another shells fell on the German positions, blowing up all the people could not lift their heads. Shrapnel flew everywhere, and casualties began to appear among some hapless soldiers. Borol tried to lean his face against the soil, and closed his eyes to listen to the sound of the shells as they flew by.
Compared with the main force of the Soviet Union who was preparing to attack, the German Paratroopers were the super trumps who had been fighting for a long time; They feel the tremor of the earth as well as they enjoy the massage.
These soldiers survived from the most cruel battlefield. Everyone has the ability to live to the end. Instead of being intimidated by the dense artillery fire, they quietly waited for the moment when the enemy came to kill them.
"Suddenly! Suddenly At the front end, a tentative machine gun position suddenly opened fire, and the bullet instantly knocked down the Soviet soldiers who were close to hundreds of meters away. The machine gun position suddenly opened fire, and then suddenly stopped shooting, as if it had never appeared before.
Then the Soviet soldiers began to fight back towards that position fiercely, and some tanks even sped up, blocking the firing angle of the machine gun position with their huge bodies. Unfortunately, the German Gunners had already shifted their positions and had already returned to another fire point, waiting for the time of full-scale firing“ The machine gun positions with protruding wings, let go of the opponent's tanks, concentrate on dealing with the infantry behind those tanks... Hand over the enemy's heavy tanks to the people in our main positions. " Borol gave the order to fight, and then signaled the anti tank team to take position“ Suddenly! Suddenly When the Soviet tanks were close to the bridgehead, the German machine gun positions on both wings finally opened fire. The two sides exchanged fire in a very close position. The German army had an absolute advantage in the firepower density of the poured ammunition. For a time, the long guns and short guns fired together, which made the Soviet infantry following the tank dizzy. This time, the German army's firepower was fully opened. Compared with the German army's general group army, the German Paratroopers, which are more advanced in weapons, let the Soviets see how much weight their opponents have. One by one, Soviet soldiers screamed and fell down. Even the Soviet tanks that had been released finally realized that something was wrong“ Bang An iron fist rocket flew out of the foxhole in the corner and directly hit the tail of a rampaging T-34 tank. The rocket penetrated the rear armor of the T-34, ignited the engine inside and made the tank burn quickly. Soon it exploded and became a burning wreck on the position. On the other side, the German anti tank team was not so lucky. They aimed at the front armor of Stalin's tank and fired a rocket, but only made the giant shake, not even stop. Tiequan, a kind of individual anti tank weapon developed before World War II, finally showed its own weakness in front of Stalin's tanks“ blamed! That new tank is really strong! It is worthy of being the new equipment used by the Soviet Union against our Tiger tanks! " With binoculars in his hand, borol saw that his troops in the peripheral positions were fighting fiercely with their opponents. He said anxiously. His troops are suffering casualties, and the fighting has been in a tragic situation from the beginning“ Return with mortar! Try to delay! The parachute chariot behind our defense line can't be easily exposed. It can be delayed for a while, just for a while! " After thinking about it, he asked Donner to withdraw the company with the biggest loss, and then use the mortar of the battalion to block the attack. The other side obviously did not want to let borol withdraw his troops easily. Some Soviet infantry were crazy biting the German troops under the cover of tanks. Although the other side suffered more losses, they also caused a lot of casualties to the German Paratroopers. Within 20 minutes of the beginning of the battle, 35 soldiers have been killed in borol's forces“ Bang Another hidden iron fist anti tank team launched an attack. With the lessons learned just now, their priority now is to attack the thinly armored T-34 tanks. The heavy Stalin tanks are now in a state of complete stocking on the German Paratroopers. A Stalin tank machine gun fired violently, and two German anti tank soldiers who were moving backward fell to the ground. Not far away, a Soviet antiaircraft gun suddenly opened fire, and the shells hit the Stalin tank like raindrops. Because it was the fragile side of the tank, the dense antiaircraft gun shells finally achieved the goal, successfully interrupted the track of the tank, and destroyed the supporting pulley and power wheel. An anti tank team, who had been preparing for a long time, finally found a chance. They fired a rocket and hit the paralyzed Stalin tank accurately, making the tank which had been raging on the German position for a long time blow up into a pile of scrap iron. Borol frowned, for the battle had just begun.