Chapter 415: Impact
After a long distance of two or three kilometers, turning a few corners between the high grounds, the 1st Guards Tank Brigade turned out of the col.
The German 46th Division laid out a very high level, they used the terrain to build a semi-circular defensive line one kilometer away from the mountain pass, machine gun positions, anti-tank gun positions, etc., formed a crossfire aimed at the mountain pass, and the troops rushing out from here will naturally fall into their pocket formation.
It is conceivable that if the attack is normal, even if the Soviet army has T34 tanks, it will still not be able to withstand the bombardment of anti-tank guns from different directions at the same time, so one will be destroyed if it goes out, and the result will become a tank refueling tactic to use as a target for the enemy little by little.
But now it's different.
When Shulka walked out of the col after the tank, he found that the Romanian army had already fought with the Germans in front of him...... At this time, the Germans were ruthless to the Romanians, and the machine guns fired at them, sweeping rows and rows of Romanian soldiers to the ground, and at the same time mortars bombarded them one after another.
On the other hand, the Germans somehow found a loudspeaker and shouted in Romanian: "Soldiers of the 4th Mountain Brigade, General Agapia orders you to organize a defense on the spot, and any retreat will be severely punished!" There is only one way for you to survive, to pick up your weapons and keep the Russians at bay......"
But the Romanian soldiers, of course, would not listen to the Germans for this.
Sometimes the betrayal of an ally is more hateful than that of an enemy, and this is the state of the Romanian soldiers at this time...... Although the Germans were not actually "betrayed", the Romanians did not know and certainly did not believe this.
They are like red-eyed gangsters, and they have to pull on their backs before they die no matter what, especially when they see T34 tanks driving out from behind.
At this time, the T34 tank can be said to be famous, and the reason goes without saying, the German army has almost no tanks or even anti-tank guns that can deal with the T34.
You must know that among the allies of the German army, the tanks and tactics of the German army can be said to be god-like, of course, this is related to the German "blitzkrieg" sweeping across the European continent.
However, now, the German army, which exists like a god, is helpless against the T34 and has even been defeated by the T34 repeatedly...... You can imagine what kind of shock this T34 can produce among them.
In this situation, almost no Romanian soldiers believed what the Germans propagated: "There is only one way to live, and that is to stop and block the Russian troops!" ”
In the eyes of the Romanian soldiers, the T34 blocking the Russians with flesh and blood is no different from a dead end, but only by breaking through the German defense line can there be a chance of survival...... In addition, there were "spies" among them, so with a hula, the Romanian soldiers pressed towards the German positions like a piece of muddy water.
The 1st Guards Tank Brigade was in the rear, and they even used tank guns, mortars, and machine guns to provide fire cover for the charging Romanian soldiers...... At this point, it is no longer clear who is friend or foe.
"General!" The communications corpsman reported to Sponek: "The Russians are rushing up, their armored forces! But we could not organize a defense, because the Romanians were attacking our positions! ”
Sponek was silent for a while, then ordered: "Order the artillery to get ready!" ”
"General!" The adjutant looked nervously at Sponek.
"Execute the order!" Sponek said.
"Yes!"
Although the Germans had been shooting at Romanian soldiers before, they had always left room for machine guns and mortars, which could only be regarded as light weapons, and the Germans were more trying to scare those allies into staying where they were to resist.
But if all this is useless, then only artillery can be used.
"Artillery ready!" In less than a minute, the news came from the communications corps.
Spenek hesitated.
The reason why he hesitated was not because he was soft-hearted, but because of the series of side effects of the artillery coverage of the allies, such as the cooperation with the Romanian army would certainly not be as close as before, and the Romanian army would always be left behind or perfunctory in the future.
This could not be remedied by diplomacy or other interests, even if the Germans were right in this matter.
The impact will even continue to grow, as other allies will "chuckle" when they hear about it...... If the Germans could do such a ruthless attack on the Romanian army, would they one day do this to them?
There is even a good chance that these could be exploited by the Russian army and further divide the German allies.
Therefore, Shulka's victory using this discord is not only on this battlefield, but also on the subsequent shaking of the entire German allies.
But after careful consideration, Sponek decided that it was more important to defend the line than this, after all, the current line of defense was not just a line of defense, it could be said to be the guarantee of the safety of the German army in Crimea.
Thinking of this, Sponek squeezed out a word from between his teeth: "Fire!" ”
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
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"Whew!" In the whistling of shells, the howitzers smashed into the front of the German positions in pieces and then kicked up clouds of smoke and dust that radiated upward.
This was the immovable blocking fire of the German army, that is, their artillery had calculated the Zhuyuan early in the morning and tested it, so the shells were very accurately smashed within a kilometer in front of the German defense line.
Shells after shells flew into the air with groups of Romanian soldiers.
The whole sky was blackened, and there were corpses, stumps, and dust flying everywhere, and the sunlight was blocked by them, and the whole battlefield was plunged into darkness.
However, Spinek made this decision too late, and he should have made the decision to bombard the Romanian soldiers with artillery earlier.
At this time......
"Fire!" Katukov ordered.
Artillery fire from Soviet positions rang out, and these shells went straight to the German artillery positions, and in a few minutes the German artillery fire was dumbfounded.
With Lieutenant Colonel Zahakavich's order, the tank "rumbled" up in the smoke.
Because the German artillery fire suddenly stopped in the suppression of the Soviet army, the German army was not psychologically prepared, and by the time they reacted, the sound of the motor of the Soviet tank was already close at hand.
"They're coming!" The German commander shouted in panic as whistles rang out, and one by one the German soldiers poked their heads out of the trenches and raised their weapons.
But it was too late.