Chapter 112: Breakthrough (Fifth Watch)

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At least one thing Major Luca guessed correctly was that they were lucky enough this time.

However, the Soviet army at this time did not even realize this.

The rainy night, coupled with the "rumble" of tanks and the explosion of mines, did not realize that the Soviet tank crews and even the infantry following the rear did not realize that they had cleared the mines to the end and even caught up with the mine-laying sappers.

The troops moved forward unhurriedly, and Shulka even fell asleep in the back of the car, until a few flares suddenly rose in the sky, and then a burst of gunfire rang out in the darkness ahead......

Before Shulka opened his eyes, he ordered: "Get out of the car!" ”

The fighters jumped out of the car in groups and ducked behind the tank.

Shulka's first reaction was that there was an ambush, but when he heard the gunshots, he realized that it didn't look like it.

If it was an ambush, the gunfire should have come from both sides of the road, but now the gunfire is coming from the front.

Front?

Shouldn't the front be a minefield?

The next second, Shulka knew what was happening.

"Comrade Second Lieutenant!" Shulka said to Davikov, who had come to see the situation: "I think we should attack, we may catch up with the German sappers!" ”

"Sappers of the Germans?" Davydov couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, then he nodded, gritted his teeth and said, "Very good, I didn't expect that we still have a chance to take revenge!" ”

This is indeed not the case, and the demining side crashes headlong into the mine-laying sappers.

And the sappers of the mine are really hated, which is a bit like the "discrimination" of snipers by the warring parties.

Snipers often do not fight the infantry head-on, and always disappear from sight after killing a few people, which is considered "sneaky" and "dishonorable", so it is common for both warring sides to execute or even torture each other's snipers to death after capturing them.

It is for this reason that experienced snipers exchange their sniper rifles for a regular rifle when they estimate that a position will be captured.

In this respect, the enemy's mine-laying sappers bear a slight resemblance to snipers, as they are also "sneaky" and do not make direct contact with the infantry.

Even minelaying sappers are more hated than snipers, because mines often make it difficult for the entire army to move an inch, and more importantly, mines only hurt people and do not kill people, especially the German "S" type jumping mines...... This thing made the Soviet soldiers hate it even more.

These so-called "hatreds" are actually unreasonable, whether they are aimed at snipers, sappers, or political commissars of the Soviet army.

Both warring sides are trying to kill each other in any way they can, and that's normal because that's the battlefield.

But at the same time, it is the soldiers who fight on the battlefield, and the soldiers have seven emotions and six desires, especially under the pressure on the battlefield, they will artificially release pressure on some specific types of troops, and it will take a long time...... This kind of unreasonableness naturally forms an "unwritten rule or habit".

The same is true now.

As soon as Davydov heard Shulka say that there might be enemy sappers on the other side, he said to the soldiers around him: "Did you all hear that? It is likely that the German sappers who are shooting at us on the opposite side, those who are laying mines on the road! ”

"They actually picked up guns? I thought they would just lay mines! ”

"Do you know what to do?" Davydov asked.

"Of course, Comrade Ensign!"

"Forward!" Davydov ordered: "Kill them all!" ”

Then the tank slowly advanced again, the mill in front of the tank was still rolling forward to clear the mines, and the mortars in the rear had already fired rows of shells at the enemy positions...... The 9th Army is also a mechanized unit that has been killed all the way, and they have also figured out how to coordinate in actual combat until now.

In fact, coordination is not a very complicated thing, but recruits often don't know what to do when to do, and after a few more battles, even if no one gives them orders, they know and do what they need to do.

Then there were a few "booms", and the tank rolled over several more anti-tank mines.

There must be a reason why the anti-tank mines were so densely laid, and Shulka Jean thought that the German sappers had just laid them, which meant that they had reached the end of the minefield.

Sure enough, the tank continued to move forward without the sound of mine explosions.

"Spot the enemy!" The actor who poked his head out to observe shouted: "One hundred meters! ”

"Mortar!" Davydov ordered without thinking about it.

The mortar in question is a shovel mortar, which has a short range and is especially useful in low visibility situations...... You can't see it from a distance anyway, it's all blind, but short-range mortars have accuracy.

A mortar slammed into it, and there was a burst of explosions and screams from the opposite side.

It was an asymmetrical battle, the enemy's fire was completely suppressed by the Soviet troops.

For, as Shulka guessed, the Germans were engineers, while the rest of the troops were Romanians, and the Romanians even began to flee after a few firing of symbolic shots...... They have a reason to do so, the lack of anti-tank equipment.

But the Germans did not do this, and although they were sappers and lacked anti-tank equipment than the Romanians, they rushed forward with explosives bags and anti-tank grenades.

However, this did not help, and the infantrymen who rushed up were quickly knocked down one by one by the Soviet infantry who were closely behind the tanks.

Flares rose into the sky one after another, illuminating the entire battlefield in snow-white light.

At this time, the tank will occasionally stop, then turn the turret to aim ahead, and with a "boom" it will fire a shell at the target.

A tank is a car on the road of attack...... As soon as the shell passed, a car caught fire in the middle of the road, which also illuminated the target for Shulka and others.

The battlefield took them by surprise, and was full of enemies in chaos rushing to escape.

"Romanians!" Davydov said: "Of course, there are German sappers, but we have broken through their lines!" ”

Shulka knew this, because at their feet was the corpse of a German soldier.

"Young men, what are you waiting for?" Davydov shouted: "Rush! ”

"Rush!" The Soviet soldiers shouted and killed the Romanian army......

This is the law of the jungle on the battlefield.

If you belong to a team that can fight or have a reputation, then the opponent will always be careful to adopt conservative tactics.

But if they know that there is a weak army on the other side, they will instead let go of their hands and feet to kill.

Just like now, when the Soviet soldiers found out that the Romanian army was opposite, they were relieved to charge, just as the wolves were unwilling to let their food run out of their mouths.