A German soldier pushed aside the Bush in front of him and carefully looked at the Soviet troops not far ahead who were gathering in chaos. The white camouflage cloth on his helmet has been removed, revealing the mesh on the helmet. He followed his troops all the way, chasing and killing the retreating Soviet army.
There is a large-scale floating bridge here. There are many such temporary floating bridges on the Don river because of the need of the Soviet Army's retreat. As long as the Soviet Army crosses these floating bridges, it will immediately blow up the bridge deck to prevent the German army from pursuing.
From the function of writing, it seems that these floating bridges are very convenient, and they are the life-saving straws of the Soviet army. But in the actual operation process, this temporary crossing tool was destroyed more than half because of the interference of the German air force. Although the Soviet army tried to cover these temporary river crossing pontoons with anti-aircraft guns, countless troops were still crowded by the pontoons and could not escape immediately.
If the bravest soldier in the world is the German armored forces? The German tanks, who dare to attack thousands of enemies with just a few tanks, are very brave, but they are not the world's favorite service.
Because there was always a group of people who liked to drive in front of the whole German armored force. They are the eyes of the armored forces, they are the Scouts of the whole group army, they use their lives to create fighters for the armored forces, they use their most valiant attacks to prove that they are the most courageous soldiers in the world. These are the reconnaissance units of the German armored forces, which are closest to the enemy in every battle.
The German soldier put down the Bush he was holding, quietly retreated from the roadbed, carefully jumped over the ditch, then retreated to the armored reconnaissance vehicle of his reconnaissance unit, and walked to the armored vehicle commander: "sergeant, there are about 4000 enemies, I saw some heavy weapons, 122 mm howitzer, There are also some trucks and T-26 tanks. There is no sign of deployment. They are retreating and people are crossing the river every minute. "
While introducing the situation on a piece of white paper, the soldier outlined a brief battlefield situation map with a pencil. At present, the German army has the highest degree of cultural popularization among all the armies in the world. Recruits have to receive various cultural training. Most of them have to get a junior high school degree or above before they can be promoted to sergeants in the German army.
So in a few seconds, he intuitively drew the scene of the Russians crossing the river in disorder on the white paper spread on the front engine compartment cover of the armored vehicle. The guns were piled on the Bank of the river, waiting to carry the car across the river. The crew of the tank were not around the tank, but gathered together, arguing with the infantry about which army could use the pontoon first.
When the enemy was in the clear and we were in the dark, the sergeant of the investigation unit immediately became active. The unit had no decent peripheral guard, and even no basic defensive positions were set up. The whole unit was crowded in a regiment, which was a bit more fragile than the unit in the March state. At this time, if the German army had the strength to cut into the Soviet position, it might make the Soviet Army collapse directly.
But what does he have now? A 20 mm caliber machine gun may pose a threat to the T-26 tank at a certain distance, but if it faces thousands of Soviet soldiers at the same time, it will not be very pleasant. Once the armored vehicle is trapped in the enemy's siege, it can be imagined that it is waiting for the fate of two or three German soldiers.
"I'm Sergeant Edward of detective company! Yes, my current coordinates are 07-55 on page 7 of the battle map! 08-57 has an enemy pontoon. Request air support Sergeant Edward climbed into his armored car and radioed for air support.
"This is the ground to air combat coordination office. I've heard your request. Confirm that the requested bombing location is page 7 08-57 of the operational map! The location is 08-57 of page 7 of the local page In the earphone, the voice of the operator of the coordination department came. After confirming the bombing target, the contact was interrupted.
The sergeant on the armored car stood on the roof of the car with the high-power telescope hanging on his chest and looked in the direction of the Soviet army in the distance. Finally, he went back to his turret and only showed his head. The Scout standing on the other side said, "I'll go and make a surprise attack to see if I can buy some time for the guys in the air force, You and Kent set up a cover position on the other side of the road, and if we go back, give us some cover. "
"I understand!" The German soldier nodded, carried his assault rifle, bypassed the activated four wheeled armored vehicle and sat in the sidecar of a BMW motorcycle with sidecar. The motorcycle also started, and the man in the driver's seat was Kent.
Instead of moving with the armored car, the two men hobbled along the muddy field. After rushing onto the road, they went to the edge of the Bush on the other side and aimed the machine gun on the motorcycle across the Bush at the position where the enemy might come. Then they lay down not far away from the motorcycle, waiting for the sound of distant exchange of fire.
Without keeping them waiting for a long time, just as the Soviets were in a mess and preparing to escape the Don river, a German armored car quietly came behind them and aimed its black holes at these unprepared Soviet recruits.
"Hey! You see, it's like a German armored car. Where did it come from? " A Soviet soldier, carrying his moshinagan on his back, happened to see the armored car with German gray running over an undeveloped Bush and coming towards them. As he asked his companion, he nudged his friend behind him. After hearing what he said, all the Soviet soldiers around looked in the direction he said. Only then did they find that there was a German armored car that was approaching. The huge iron cross painted on the front of the car with black solid and white edge showed that it belonged to the enemy. What should we do at this time? Shouldn't we fire at once to counterattack the sudden appearance of the enemy? Why did everyone just watch the armored car getting closer and closer, but no one took off his rifle from behind? The first Soviet recruits to see the German armored car thought a little confused. However, before he could give you a correct demonstration, the short 20 mm machine gun on the German armored car, accompanied by the turret of the Mg 42 machine gun, suddenly began to shoot. The flame of the machine gun sprayed out, and the tracer bullets swept into the dense Soviet crowd. At that time, blood splashed everywhere. The soldiers began to fall one by one before they knew what had happened“ virtue! German Finally, a German soldier who was not stupid called out a warning that should have been called out for a long time. Unfortunately, the cry did not remind the nervous and flustered crowd of what they should do. On the contrary, because of this hysterical cry, the already desperate crowd became more chaotic, so the crowd began to trample on each other, and the officers could no longer restrain their soldiers. The Soviet Army close to the pontoon began to rush to the pontoon, and the soldiers who had already got on the pontoon began to rush to the other side of the river. The slow runner was pushed down into the river by the pursuers, or fell directly on the pontoon, and was trampled into a mess of mud by the later runners. The gunfire began to gather. It was not the Soviet Union's counterattack against the German attack, but in order to stabilize the position, or to fight for the qualification of going up the pontoon, one's own people desperately opened fire on one's own people. It's completely out of control here, and everyone wants to get rid of the German army as soon as possible. As for how many German troops are behind him, no one wants to know. We all just know that the German army seems invincible. We all seem to want to go to the other side first and then worry about these messy things. The German reconnaissance battalion's four-wheel armored vehicle No. 224 passed the crowd quickly, with the turret facing the cowardly enemies like lambs. It was easy to put merciless bullets into the vulnerable area. Although the battle is not over yet, it seems that the process has been easier than Sergeant Edward expected. I don't know how many times“ Boom! Boom The 20 mm machine guns fired continuously, destroying one by one the Soviet T-26 tanks which were parked on the shore and had no operators. In fact, the Soviet armored soldiers who had been scared out of their courage had no intention of going back to their tanks, because almost all the Soviet people knew that the so-called T-26 tanks, Against the German armored forces, it was no different from the coffin. Some bullets hit the side of the armored car. The Soviet counterattack finally began, but it seemed that everything came too late. The Soviet soldiers with rifles had no way to deal with the German armored vehicles, which had been thickened. The equipment they could deal with the armored vehicles was now a pile of burning scrap iron“ Bang Edward opened the hatch above his head, stuck out his head, and put together a simple sentence with the words he learned from the Russian Manual: "surrender! Or die His voice was so loud that the Soviet soldiers, who were scared and huddled opposite the armored vehicles, did not know how to deal with it. The German army did not allow them to put down the number of weapons they had. Many people seemed to be taking a chance“ Surrender! Or die With a lot of confidence, Sergeant Edward called out again.