Chapter 861

As the first assault boat was sunk by the Soviets on the Don river, the large-scale cross river battle of the German army began. The reason why goodrian's troops lagged behind Manstein in offensive degree was that they carried a large number of cross river tools in the second echelon of troops. Its fundamental purpose was to deal with the possible Don River defense line of the Soviet army.

In order to let a large number of armored forces under G group army cross the Don River quickly, the German army prepared a lot of bridge building tools. Unfortunately, it is not easy for German Tiger tanks or even tiger king tanks to cross the Don river, so the German army carries a lot of equipment.

The floating bridge that the engineers are building is mainly a bridge for armored troops to cross the river. They dock the ships side by side and fix them with cables and bolts. Then the engineering vehicles drop the steel deck on these pontoons and quickly build a solid floating bridge.

While the engineers were building the pontoon, some of the German assault boats had already arrived on the other side of the Don river. The German soldiers rushed up to the embankment on the other side and charged bravely to the Soviet garrison.

Not far away, another pontoon is also being built. This pontoon does not seem to have so many load-bearing requirements. Most of them are using inflatable rubber boats as the load-bearing part of the pontoon. Obviously, the pontoon was prepared for infantry to cross the river, and it was built faster. In a twinkling of an eye, it had extended to the center of the Don river.

More than a dozen German stuka-2 dive bombers circled in the sky, pouring their ammunition at any time to the Soviet positions. These planes covered the German army's six landings and helped the German army expand the positions they had occupied on the other side.

A submachine boat rushed to the beach on the other bank, and the bullets were all around the boat. However, the grenadiers in the boat bravely jumped out of the submachine boat, and the bullets hit their feet, and the sand splashed on them. However, these German soldiers still carried their own weapons and ran forward.

A soldier was hit by a bullet in the process of running and fell to the ground. But more German soldiers rushed to the place where they could hide their bodies and began to set up their weapons calmly. A mg42 machine gun was placed on the edge of a crater on the Bank of the river, shooting a tongue of revenge towards the slightly higher Soviet position.

"Suddenly! Suddenly, suddenly As the peculiar sound of tearing linen or sawing wood of German machine guns began to ring, the bullet chain in the palm of German Deputy shooter's hand began to jump to the body of the machine gun because of the pulling of the machine gun. The tracer missiles flew to the machine gun position of the Soviet army and shot out white smoke there.

More assault boats began to board 6 nearby, and more and more German troops attacked the two wings. The Soviet infantry position was insufficient because of the German attack, and many places could only rely on the terrain.

A German Grenadier leaned against a stone and replaced his assault rifle with a new cartridge. Then he turned over and jumped into the Soviet trench. He was the first German soldier to rush so close to the enemy's position. The Soviet soldiers in the trench were frightened by the German soldiers who jumped in.

There are not many Soviet troops in this section of the trench. The grenades that have been thrown just now have killed more than half of them. Now there are only two Soviets who can fight in the trench. As soon as the German soldiers lift their guns, the bullets are concentrated on the two enemies who are pulling the bolts of mosinagan rifles.

Two Soviet soldiers fell to the ground, and the second German soldier had also turned into the trench. Two German soldiers occupied this section of the position, and the Soviet defense line nearby suddenly appeared loopholes. Then more German soldiers entered the trench, and the Soviet troops were driven out of more positions.

A gap was made by the German grenadiers. This was something the Soviet army could not tolerate. They were still pinning their hopes on preventing the German army from attacking, so as to ensure that the Don River defense line could hold down the German army. So when the German army was not stable, the Soviet army launched a counterattack.

A Soviet soldier rushed to the trench occupied by the German army with his own weapons. Behind him, more Soviet soldiers also carried bayonet rifles. After digging their own traffic trench, they used the advantage of being familiar with the terrain to get close to the defensive position occupied by the German army.

They suddenly shot out from the side of the trench, trying to catch the German army by surprise, but the mp-44 assault rifle and G43 semi-automatic rifle in the hands of the German army instantly delivered ammunition, which was much better than the moshinagan in the hands of the Soviet army, so most of the Soviet soldiers who rushed out were knocked over at the corner of the trench.

A Soviet soldier rushed to the corner, carrying the * * sand submachine gun in his hand, and began to fire at the German army. At such a close distance, the barrage formed by * * sand submachine gun played a very good killing effect. Three German soldiers immediately fell to the ground, and blood could not stop flowing from their bodies.

"Suddenly! Suddenly A German Grenadier did not let his comrades in arms die in vain. He knelt down on the wall of the trench, carrying his assault rifle, and shot hard at the corner.

The Soviet shooter with the * * sand submachine gun was hit by the bullet and fell to the ground with a scream. The two Soviet soldiers who rushed out with him were also hit by the bullet and fell on the bodies of their comrades in arms.

The rest of the German army did not plan to fight with the Soviet army for bayonets. Under the cover of several grenadists with assault rifles, they threw two grenades, which killed the Soviet army who crowded around the corner to charge the German army. With the explosion of these two hand grenades, the Soviet army retreated“ We must take back the lost position! We can't step back! " A Soviet commander saw his troops retreating and yelled angrily: "organize another attack! All soldiers must not retreat! I'm going to take people up myself! If we don't drive the German troops down the river, all of them will die on the East Bank of the Don river It didn't take long for the second Soviet counterattack to start again. Under the German artillery fire, thousands of Soviet soldiers rushed to the German defensive position with rifles. A newly arranged mg42 machine gun began to roar. Bullets flew into the dense crowd of the Soviet army and knocked down many Soviet soldiers“ Comrade commander! The enemy's machine guns are coming up! There's no way we can rush through! " A Soviet soldier, holding his helmet, retreated into the trench where he was leaving, and reported loudly to his commander. His tone was full of pessimism and despair. After all, they were asked to stick to this position and not to step back“ Bang The commander didn't talk nonsense with him. He raised his pistol and punched the soldier in the chest: "I gave orders! No retreat! How dare you come back? " The soldier stares at his officer in disbelief, and then slowly falls down. Finally, he lies straight at the bottom of the muddy trench and closes his eyes in despair. From the beginning to the end, he doesn't say anything, because he can feel the life passing from his body. No matter what he says, he can't change everything in front of him“ Come with me! Don't take back the position! Never retreat The Soviet commander waved his pistol and yelled wildly. He was surrounded by Soviet soldiers who followed him forward. They charged forward regardless of life and death, trying to get close to the German position. A German covered shell landed in their crowd, blowing up the soldiers around them and the limbs and arms of all kinds of soldiers. But the Soviet army was still desperate to move forward, facing the German bullets. However, on the beach, more German assault boats arrived, and dozens of German soldiers joined the front friendly defense positions. These new machine guns brought by the German army still had enough ammunition. They strengthened the defense positions and opened fire fiercely towards the charging Soviet army. However, the Soviet Army on the other side didn't want to retreat. They desperately wanted to compress the German army's position. In some places, these Soviet soldiers who were short of ammunition even fought with the German army and won the white-edge battle. They allowed the German army to shoot, rushed into the trench regardless of the loss, and killed the German soldiers inside with slender bayonets. The fighting was bloody. Many local German troops were annihilated by the Soviet army. At one time, the Soviet Army recaptured two-thirds of the front positions of crossing the river. However, at the end of the day, the Soviet army was still unable to mobilize its forces to hold on. As a result, their counterattack was defeated. Although the Soviet army launched an all-round counterattack in this area, the last German army, which occupied part of the Soviet trench, relied on simple fortifications to resist the counterattack of the Soviet Red Army. The two sides fought for each other's positions. As more German troops rushed to the river bank, the large-scale counterattack was finally defeated. The Soviet commander eventually fell on the road of the charge. He was hit by a howitzer shell and died in a trench with the surrounding infantry. A simple pontoon connected the Don river, and the German infantry began to cross the river on a large scale under the cover of the air force. On the Bank of the river, a German division commander reported the result of the battle to goodrian: "general! Although the Soviet army fought tenaciously and wanted to defend the Don River defense line, their troops were insufficient. Our army had already controlled the river crossing area and was organizing troops to cross the river on a large scale. "“ Good Goodrian replied, "order the troops to speed up the attack! I'll be outside Stalingrad in two days! "