Chapter 29: Ambush Warfare
Yang Mingzhi looked over there in horror, the last thing he wanted to happen actually happened like this. He slammed the ground and shouted: "Mortar position, fire at me a hundred meters in front of me!" ”
Artillery support arrived quickly, but some shells hit the trees due to the obscuration of the woods.
The Germans were still advancing frantically, as if they had noticed a huge flaw here.
Yang Mingzhi ordered the soldiers not to retreat even a single step, because it was very troublesome for the wounded soldiers and the field hospital to move their nests. Fortunately, at this critical moment, the positions on the other two sides sent troops to urgently reinforce in the direction of Yang Mingzhi. Yevlov also sent four light machine gun squads for urgent reinforcements, and after these DP light machine guns joined the battle, the Germans encountered a strong resistance.
But even this was difficult to stop the German man-wave charge.
Yang Mingzhi was in a hurry, he looked left and right, and ordered the soldiers to give the order to use grenades en masse.
Grenade sea tactics, which the Chinese army likes to use the most. What's more, in the previous battle to block the 20th Motorized Division, the Soviet army had learned this tactic.
So the soldiers immediately understood their commander's intentions, and the old way was to count three and throw the grenades.
Soon, there was a series of explosions in front of the position. It is easy for a soldier to throw a grenade thirty meters, these are mainly defensive grenades. Moreover, in line with the habit of old Maozi, the power of their grenades is somewhat exaggerated, and once a strong soldier throws this weapon, it is easy to deal a fatal blow to the German army.
The soldiers of the Führer's regiment were very tenacious, and the Soviets were no cowards. A large number of grenade attacks killed and wounded many Germans, and their offensive was forced to weaken, so they began to rely on mortars to name Soviet positions.
"I've had enough, what are our artillerymen doing!" Yang Mingzhi angrily pulled up a soldier and ordered him to notify the artillery support. As a result, the man quickly returned and said the phrase "we have run out of shells."
What a hell this is, Yang Mingzhi still remembers that there are still a lot of mortar shells, is it all used up. In fact, this was the case, the artillery pressure was also very high, and the three defense groups were all attacked by the Germans, and they were all asking for artillery support. Yevlov didn't care so much, and ordered the shells to be fired casually, but the result was to lose sight of one or the other.
Yang Mingzhi's hatred for the German mortars was itching, and some of his own foxholes were being named. Suddenly, he heard a rapid falling sound, and subconsciously covered his wife beside him. A shell exploded in front of the position, which kicked up a huge amount of earth.
"Damn! It's been exposed! Yang Mingzhi shook off the dirt on his body and ordered the use of secret weapons.
The only remaining RPGs were intended to deal with German armored targets, but at this time German vehicles had not yet appeared. The two bazooka fighters were transferred by Yang Mingzhi, and the rockets were aimed at the German mortars in the distance, and the rocket-propelled grenades equipped with high-explosive warheads carried through the trees with white smoke, directly and completely destroying the heavy weapons of the German army.
Yang Mingzhi was overjoyed and immediately ordered the troops to carry out a counter-charge.
"Ulla! For Stalin! Ulla! Slav! “
Carambola only felt that her husband was crazy, and he stood up without fear of life and death, and led hundreds of people, including reinforcements, into the counterattack. The soldiers were mainly equipped with Bobosha, and everyone formed a powerful barrage, regardless of the huge amount of bullet loss, frantically counter-charged the Germans.
The Germans were forced to retreat, and they had no time to care about the corpses of their own soldiers. The Germans were still resisting stubbornly, and some of the Germans who had not had time to withdraw simply joined the Soviet army.
At the same time, Yang Mingzhi also found that the Germans did not have many troops, and he saw that they were cheap, so he hurriedly ordered the charging troops to retreat, because he was worried that this was still a ploy to divert the tiger from the mountain.
Since the retreating Germans had encountered a strong resistance, they immediately reported to the regimental headquarters waiting in the mountain pass, hoping for fire support.
The regimental commander was very worried about the situation of his own people, he could no longer care so much, and urgently ordered the troops to advance, intending to go up the hill through the village and attack the back of the Soviet troops.
A company of the Soviet army, which was so responsible for the ambush, discovered the movements of the German army and immediately reported it to the division headquarters by radio.
"Okay, you continue to lie in ambush, and when the enemy's large forces enter the encirclement, you attack from behind." Yevlov ordered, and he soon received new information that behind the enemy's armored vehicles there was still about a battalion of German troops advancing.
So he roared loudly into the radio: "The main force of the enemy is coming, and all of you have been met with a feint. Don't get any more entanglement with the Germans, their main force has already foolishly entered the encirclement! ”
The main forces of the Führer's regiment smoothly entered Rosaskaya, and Yevlov could already see the armored vehicles that were coming in.
The enemy was advancing rapidly in a skirmish line, and they were already within range of the Soviets.
Suddenly there was a burst of gunfire, and the Soviet soldiers in ambush quickly opened fire. Several light machine guns were ambushed in the farmhouse, firing through the wooden windows. A heavy machine gun was also deployed in the village, causing the German soldiers to suffer heavy losses without being prepared for them.
But they were German after all, and relying on the cover of armored vehicles, the enemy's powerful firepower was fully deployed. The powerful fire that erupted from a dozen general-purpose machine guns completely suppressed the fire of the Soviet troops.
The soldiers were still resisting, and the Germans were pinned to the entrance of the village, they were in a dilemma, and the mountains were full of gunfire and explosions.
The commander of the Führer's regiment decided to go into battle immediately, he ordered armored vehicles to rush to the village buildings in columns, and at the same time ordered the follow-up troops to immediately set up mortar positions.
The German drama set up very quickly, and twenty mortars began to carpet bombard the village. Their ammunition reserves were very abundant, and the soldiers carried the ammunition boxes next to the firing yuan, and the shells rained down on the village.
Under the intensive bombardment, all the Soviet soldiers who were still shooting were wounded or killed. Some are still not afraid of life and death shooting, while others are retreating to the hillside.
Seeing that the Germans had completely entered the encirclement, Yevlov immediately ordered all the troops to shoot.
Yang Mingzhi allowed RPGs to be used in this battle, with the aim of destroying the German armored vehicles.
This was the first time that the head of the Führer, Otokum, had seen such weapons, and they came from the dense forest on the hillside not far away, and hit the armored vehicle directly with their white tails, followed by a tragic explosion.
The blast even interfered with the German mortar field, and many soldiers were blown down.
At this moment, there was already a lot of gunfire on the hillside, the Soviet troops were shooting condescendingly, and the Germans suffered heavy losses from blows from three directions. Quite a few have retreated on their own, and some are relying on armored vehicles to fight back.
The Heavy blindly shot down the hill, but unfortunately they were the target of the sniper's roll call.
Otokum hid behind an armored car, bullets crackling against the body. The soldier in the machine-gun tower had already been shot by the Soviets, and he pulled the telegraph operator and roared frantically at the walkie-talkie.
The German radio used special channels, which were transmitted by atmospheric reflection to the stations of the Reich divisions outside the forest.
The division commander received shocking news that the head of his Führer Regiment was roaring in plain language: "We are in ambush!" Heavy losses! Request support! Request support! We are in Rosaskaya! ”
It's a pity that the Imperial Division can't complete a good support, the division commander urgently looked at the map, and the place where his subordinates were attacked was more than 20 kilometers away from the station, and they were simply out of the range of artillery.
"I command you to withdraw from the battle quickly. All quickly withdrew from the battle. ”
The orders from above were very cruel to Otokum, which meant that the troops on the hillside were almost abandoned. What they have just reported on the radio is that the offensive of the Soviet troops is very fierce, and the troops are already half-surrounded.
In the end, Outokum made a difficult decision, and he ordered the troops to retreat.
Yevlov saw that the enemy's armored vehicles were moving towards the mountain pass, and the enemy was trying to flee. "Order the troops, charge!"
At his command, the Soviet soldiers in ambush took their bayonets and shouted that Ulla rushed down the hillside. The overwhelming momentum really frightened the Germans, who tried to maintain an orderly retreat.
Armored vehicles are the main targets of anti-tank sought-after, rockets are almost exhausted for RPGs, mortar shells are exhausted, and for armored vehicles it is necessary to shoot at their driver's position with anti-tank guns equipped with armor-piercing shells.
In the end, the hand-to-hand encounter that Yevlov had envisioned did not happen. On the way to the charge, Soviet submachine gunners played a very important role. The German mortar positions retreated slowly, also because they pulled too much hatred. Bullets rained down on them, and many were shot.
Otokum had no time to take care of the retreating troops, and he found that the enemy forces were too large.
He cowered in the armored car and did not forget to send a message to the division headquarters: "Telegrapher, go and report, just say that we have discovered the main force of the Soviet army in the encirclement." They have already entered the forest, trying to break through. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the armored car encountered a huge bump. A company of the Soviet army, which had been ambushed in advance, took the opportunity to chase and attack the poor guys. A grenade went down, and many German soldiers were killed, and then many died in the sudden cold gun.
Of course, the retreating German army still had more than 700 troops, and they only suppressed the Soviet company with firepower. After paying a certain price, throw away some inconsequential burdens and retreat wildly along the road.