One after another, the tanks fell into the lake, and if it weren't for the sound of the explosive packs exploding, Shulka thought they would have made a pleasant "flutter" sound.

But it doesn't matter, the important thing is that the tank can't hold up...... Before that, Shulka had never imagined that those tanks would have so many diving positions.

As the saying goes, "no two leaves in the world are exactly the same", and the situation of the same tank falling into the water is not the same:

Some tanks fall very simply into the water, presumably because the cracked ice surface can't support the weight of the tank, so with a "click", the whole tank falls down steadily, setting off a vertical and beautiful small splash.

In some cases, the ice broke in a certain direction because of the different thickness of the ice, so the tanks quickly began to tilt and then slid down into the lake...... This way of entering the water causes minimal splashing, and it even causes only a ripple in the lake.

Other tanks are not so beautiful when they enter the water, they lose their balance and flip sharply the moment the ice breaks, and their whole four feet fall into the water, setting off a splash like a huge wave in all directions.

Soon the surroundings were quiet, as the tanks that made noise were already at the bottom of the lake, and the few lucky ones were paralyzed in the shallow water and had a turret popping out, which could not be driven but at least could catch their breath......

This was followed by the screams of the German infantry, most of the German soldiers could not swim, in fact, swimming could not play a big role, suddenly fell into the cold water at this temperature, and the whole body was equipped with rifles, bullets and grenades, in this case it was difficult to float, let alone swim.

As a result, the whole lake seemed to boil, and everywhere it was full of struggling and thrashing soldiers, many of whom could not even cry out for help, but only choked on the water mouthful.

Some of them were lucky enough not to fall into the water on a large ice floe.

But this luck was only temporary, and before long one after another people were around and grabbed the edge of the ice floe and climbed up...... It didn't take long for the ice floe to lose its balance, and the German soldiers lying on it slid into the water one by one screaming.

At that moment, the entire battlefield fell silent, there was no gunfire or cannonball. Everyone, including the Soviet troops, forgot about the battle and lined up on both sides of the lake to see the tragic scene in front of them.

It had no blood, no stumps, and no horrific corpses, but it was as cruel as the bloody battlefield, because everyone knew it...... The fate of these people in the lake, they will either drown or freeze to death, and even if they climb ashore at this time, it will not help.

Major General Felix stared at all this in front of him in dumbfounded silence, unable to believe that this was true.

"What's going on?" Major General Felix suddenly grabbed the adjutant and asked loudly: "How can there be a lake here?" I saw trees and rocks growing here! ”

"General!" The adjutant replied with a shudder: "Those may be enemy disguises, designed to convince us that there is no lake here!" ”

Major General Felix jerked the adjutant to the ground, then sat back down on the ground.

After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and ordered: "Everyone, attack around the lake, I will hang those Russians on the opposite side on a tree and hang them!" ”

"But the general......" replied the adjutant, "the enemy's reinforcements are coming, and we ......"

"Do as I say!" Major General Felix shouted hysterically.

As a German general, a well-trained German general, Major General Felix should not have made such an irrational decision.

Because the answer is obvious, the main forces of the armored forces have been destroyed, and even a large number of infantry has been lost, and the Germans have lost all their strength.

Now they should immediately retreat to the defensive line to stabilize their positions in case they are attacked by the Soviets.

But Major General Felix was so carried away by the sudden and tragic casualties that he didn't even report it to Hoth...... He didn't know how to report it, but he also knew that if he did, General Holt would definitely order him to withdraw.

He didn't want to face such a situation, so he simply continued to order the attack.

Shells from across the lake smashed into the Soviet positions, snow and ice splashed, and Shulka lying in the trenches even saw some strange sights...... Oval beads of ice fell from the head and jumped around the trench like hailstones.

At first, Shulka didn't know where these Xiaoice beads came from, and even if the shells exploded, they wouldn't just blow them into an ellipsoidal shape.

Later, I asked the veteran to find out what was going on.

"Comrade company commander, you must not have been shot in such a cold situation!" The veteran said.

"Of course!" Shulka said: "There is nothing strange about it! ”

"Yes, many of them are first-timers!" The veteran explained: "We were also surprised by this phenomenon during the Winter War (Soviet-Finnish War) before, but after a few more experiences, we quickly understood it...... The cannonballs blasted the snow into the sky, and the heat of the explosion melted the snow and ice into droplets, which froze again when they fell back to the ground, and ......"

Saying that, the veteran picked up a Xiaoice bead and shook it in front of Shulka, so Shulka understood.

"Shulka!" The instructor rushed through the smoke of the shells and jumped into the trench where Shulka was located, shouting: "The enemy is coming, they are surrounded from both flanks!" ”

This was not surprising to Shulka, who thought that the Germans should choose to withdraw after suffering such heavy losses, otherwise they would not attack Moscow, for fear that they would have difficulty holding on to this part of their line.

Shulka took advantage of the explosion of the shell to raise the telescope and look to the sides, and sure enough, he saw the figure of the German army riding three wheels speeding in this direction...... The side three wheels can be said to be the artifact of the German army, whether it is rapid maneuvering on the battlefield, communication or reconnaissance.

"What should I do?" The instructor asked, "Should we retreat?" ”

"No, there's no hurry!" "It might only take them 10 minutes to get here, but in the snow, we can't get far!" ”

"Defend in place?"

"Yes, we should defend in place!" "But in a different direction, they will most likely surround us from the rear, and we should have our backs to the lake!" ”

"I'm going to report to Comrade Captain!" Said the instructor.

Venyakov agreed with Shulka, and the first battalion began to intensively build fortifications under German fire.

"These bastards!" Shulka couldn't help but curse in his heart.

He couldn't understand why the Germans, who had always been disciplined, would do stupid things at this time, and the result of their stupid things might have killed a battalion.