Chapter 148: The Germans' Counterattack (5)
A group of Fort Oning's soldiers rushed to the tarmac, where they were going to stick some time bombs on the planes parked on the tarmac and blow them up. But when they rushed onto the tarmac, they found that these planes were all inflatable models. If it weren't for some rope to hold them firmly to the ground, maybe a strong gust of wind would have blown these "planes" all over the ground.
"Hell!" Hughes, the German second lieutenant who led the squad, scolded. But he also knew that now was not the time to curse, and he looked around and saw that the fighting near the hangar was the fiercest. So he ordered: "Follow me, go around from here to the hangar!" ”
The vicinity of the hangar was the most heavily defended. But the hangar was also the focus of the German attack, and Skorzny personally led the attack on the hangar, and in order to quickly capture the hangar, his detachment concentrated nearly half of its manpower, and more than half of the MG-42 machine guns, and all the 60mm mortars.
At first, Skorzny was progressing fairly well, but just as he had already stormed the side of the hangar, it became more and more difficult to move forward. Although they killed a lot of (river crabs) along the way, there were always more hairies thrown into the battle. According to calculations, the Ludean army should have wiped out 8 percent of the Soviet troops that could be used to defend the hangar. However, instead of weakening, the Soviet resistance became stronger. Skorzny's heart is starting to grow hairy now. He already knew that something was wrong, that something must have gone wrong with his intelligence, and that the Soviet army had much more troops than expected.
Indeed, the Soviets must have been far more numerous than expected, and after the initial confusion, their resistance is now becoming more and more disciplined. And Skorzny knew that in twenty minutes at most the first support of the Soviets would arrive, and besides, there would be armored forces in that ranks.
Now, I hope that the other detachments can quickly come to support after completing the mission and stab the Soviets in the back.
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Hughes and his team of more than forty people quietly touched the hangar from the direction of the tarmac.
"As soon as we cross this open field, we can give the Soviets a hard blow from behind." Hughes thought as he crept forward with the team.
However, at this moment, something happened suddenly! Several snow-white beams of light suddenly appeared, illuminating Hughes and his detachment at once. The intense light of the high-power anti-aircraft searchlight made Hughes and others completely lose their vision at once.
"Ambush!" Hughes immediately closed his eyes and threw himself forward to the ground, shouting, "Lie down!" ”
But by this time, the anti-aircraft machine guns and 37-mm anti-aircraft guns of the Soviets had already rained down.
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With his back against a low wall, Skorzny noticed Hughes's ambush, which showed that the Soviets still had some strength left. Hacking into the hangar is even less likely. Now perhaps the question of retreat must be considered.
According to the original plan, as soon as the anti-aircraft fire and fighters on the airfield were destroyed, German transport planes would immediately land on the airfield, and then the commandos could withdraw in the transport planes. And if the attack fails, then the assault force will have to disperse and break through to "point B", which is a small flat in the forest, where there will be a few biplanes, which can carry away some of the wounded, and the rest of the people, relying on their own two legs, can only rely on their own two legs to see if they can use the cover of this large forest connecting the controlled areas of the Soviet Union and Germany to return to the German-controlled area. Looking at the current situation, it is time to think about retreating.
But the retreat was not so easy, and if nothing else, if the searchlights were not killed, the assault team would have been under Soviet attack until they crossed the large open field outside the airport and entered the forest. If you really want to retreat under the searchlight, God will bless you if you can retreat into the forest for a tenth of these people. The searchlight must be killed!
"Mortar!" Skorzny shouted.
A mortar shell flew past, but failed to hit the searchlight. These searchlights were unplanned, so the Germans did not have figures for its location. At the same time, in the dark night, the overly dazzling searchlight makes it easy to make errors in the measurement of it. It's like driving at night and a car with high beams on the opposite side of the car will interfere with your judgment of the distance between it and you.
"Shit! So much off! "Skorzny was in a bit more remote from the mortars that had just fired, which made it easier for him to judge the distance and where he landed.
After quickly firing two shells, the two gunners immediately picked up the mortars and shifted their positions. As soon as they left, mortar shells from the Soviets fell whizzing down - now the Soviets are getting better organized.
Corresponding to the better organization of the Soviets, the situation of the Germans became more and more difficult. Although the Soviet army was outnumbered, relying on the surprise attack and the powerful firepower of the assault rifles in their hands, the more well-trained Orningburg troops had always had a clear advantage. But the advent of searchlights completely changed the situation. The searchlight not only exposed the figure of Fort Orning's troops hidden in the dark. Its dazzling lights made it almost impossible for the soldiers of Fort Orning's troops facing it to see anything.
"Sniper!" Skorzny shouted.
Mursi, a sniper who was following Skorzny, began to shoot at the searchlight.
With the sound of gunshots, one searchlight went out, followed by another.
"Well done! Mursi! I'm going back to give you credit! Skorzny grinned, "Get rid of the rest!" ”
"Scarface! Those two are too far away to hit! In the fierce battle, Mursi accidentally called out Skorzny's nickname.
"Can't hit? Damn it! Skorzny knew that Mursi was not talking nonsense, and the remaining two lights were indeed a little farther away, at least, estimated to be about 1,400 meters away from him. The range of the K-98 rifle is far from reaching.
At this moment, several mortar shells fell near one of the searchlights. The searchlight went black immediately.
"Well done!" Skorzny shouted, "Kill the rest of the lamp!" ”
However, things did not always work out that way, and just as the German mortars were about to fire at the last searchlight, the whistling of shells falling from the sky was suddenly heard.
"Lie down!" Several German troops, who were surrounding the mortars, intending to fire at the last searchlights, immediately flew out in all directions. Almost at the same time, a volley of shells exploded around the mortars of the Germans.
"Damn it!" Skorzny clenched his fists. But at this moment, the searchlight on the opposite side suddenly went out.
"What's going on?" "Could it be that someone else has touched it somewhere else?" But he immediately dismissed the speculation because there was no gunfire.
"There must be a breakdown, no matter what, it's too late to take the airport now." Skorzny made an immediate decision; "Retreat according to Plan B!"
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"Damn, why is the searchlight black?"
"Battalion commander, the line is out of order!" A short man replied in a loud voice.
"How long will it take to fix it?"
"I don't know!"
"If you can get it in two minutes, I'll give you credit, and if you can't fix it in five minutes, I'll send you to a military court!"
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"Damn, where are the flares? Still haven't found it? ”
"Commander, our flare is on the broken down car, which is still on the road."
"Isn't there that the 21st regiment?"
"The 21st regiment was in chaos, and the regiment commander, political commissar, and warehouse keepers could not be found. We're just looking for it in the warehouse now! ”
"Hurry up! Hurry up! ”
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"General, the gunfire has thinned out. The battle seems to be over. "A couple of Yankees crouched in a drainage ditch next to the airport.
"I just don't know how it turned out." In the dark, someone whispered.
"The Soviets won." "Because there wasn't a big explosion in the hangar." ”
Ron's argument was agreed upon, because if it was the Germans who won, and the Germans would certainly not have been able to occupy the airport for a long time, then they would have blown up all the planes in the hangar at once. Now there is no big bang in the hangar. This phenomenon directly illustrates the victory or defeat of both sides.
"The Germans are really ...... It's crazy enough to make such a move. Fortunately, Maozi is quite powerful. I didn't flash it for anyone. A U.S. military pilot said.
"It's not that Mao Zi is bad, it's that the Germans are too unlucky. In the words of the principal, it is 'bad character'. You see, this afternoon the airfield just added an anti-aircraft artillery regiment and a searchlight battalion. The Germans certainly did not know about this change in forces. They thought the airport was an anti-aircraft artillery regiment. If the Germans had done a day earlier, or those reinforced troops had come a day late, we would have been in trouble. ”
"Did the Germans withdraw?" Squadron Leader Harry quietly poked his head out of the gutter and looked out. "I can't see anything clearly, let's hide here again." Harry said.
"If you hide again, if you go out now, you will definitely be beaten by Mao Zi as a German."
At this time, a sound of footsteps came. Everyone tensed, and Ron tightened his grip on the M1 carbine, quietly poked his head out, and looked in the direction where the footsteps came from.
Illuminated by several embers of fire at the airport, Ron saw a group of Germans passing not far away.
To shoot or not to shoot, that's the question. is to silently watch the enemy slip away from under his own gun,
They still relied on the M1 carbines, who could not penetrate the cotton clothes at all, and the most well-trained German special forces armed with assault rifles, to fight the enemy and hold them back, so that the Soviets could rush over and encircle them.
Which of these two choices is more noble? Smarter?