A battalion of Russians was torn to pieces by an armored train, which made the Russians in the Soldau freight station lose the courage to resist, and a platoon of defenders and logistics officers and soldiers who managed supplies in the station raised their hands in the face of the Germans rushing into the station.

"Do you know Russian? Let those Russians find out the weapons and ammunition! ”

"Fergt! Your platoon stays here, find me Maxim and ammunition!" Don't want anything else! Then kill the Russians, we don't have anyone to watch over them! ”

"Hurry, hurry, action! We don't have time to grind around here! Captain Erhard shouted from the railway embankment next to the armored train.

At this time, the armored train stopped on the railway between the freight station and the passenger station, and the officers and men on the train opened the door and threw the empty bullet casings out of the carriage so as not to hinder the movement, and the smell of gunpowder smoke in the carriage finally dissipated somewhat.

"Captain!" Olzevisky stood by the door of the command car, leaned out of his hand and shouted: "Let your men move the walkie-talkie and batteries down first, and put a few forward observation points, we can't see the situation in the city, and the artillery on the car needs the infantry to provide parameters!" ”

"No problem, Lieutenant Colonel!" Captain Erhard trotted all the way over and said, "I've left a platoon here, and they're here looking for weapons and ammunition, and when we've established a defensive line, let your train pull us to the front." ”

"Yes, let your people move fast!"

Soldao is a small city with less than 10,000 residents, located on the east side of the railway line, the slightly elongated urban area is in a northeast-southwest direction, the length of the urban area is less than 2 kilometers, the widest point is more than 1 kilometer, and the railway station stretches out from the southwest urban area to the northwest, the distance from the freight station to the passenger station next to the urban area is less than 2 kilometers, and the railway line and the urban area intersect to form a V-shape.

The east side of the railway line and the middle of the V-shape are flat and empty green areas, except for a few small groves, which are basically unsheltered as far as the eye can see, and the view is very good, and any troops who try to cross the green space to attack the freight station will be mercilessly attacked by armored trains.

The main task of the infantry was to defend against the Russians attacking from the southeastern part of the city, so it was necessary to advance 300 meters southeast of the passenger station, where it would be able to block the Russians' access to the station from the city.

And at the junction of the city and the railway station, there is not much construction here, and the low and loosely distributed houses do not provide much cover for the Russians.

However, the Russians would not have given Captain Erhard's infantry time to build fortifications, and the Germans did not even have time to dig a foxhole, and the Russians arrived.

"The Russians are coming up!"

"! At least 2 companies! ”

If it was a complete fortification, the Germans didn't care about these Russians who only knew that they were rushing up in a dense formation with Mosin Nagant, but now there was no cover, and the Germans who could only lie directly on the ground felt the pressure of the numerical disadvantage for the first time in the face of the Russians' crowd.

"Fire! Don't let the Russians come over! Captain Erhard shouted, then pointed his G3 rifle at the Russian soldier in front of him and pulled the trigger.

The bolt of the semi-automatic rifle automatically bounced the metal bullet casings that emitted the smoke out of the shell window, and the chests of the Russian soldiers who were running bloomed bright red flowers, and the legs that had been forcefully opened suddenly lost the strength to support their bodies, and their knees fell to the ground with their weak knees, and the force of the forward rush slid on the grass for a distance with their bodies that had lost their strength and then fell to the ground.

The sound of this gunshot was like a signal, and in an instant there was a burst of gunfire on the German front.

The crossfire formed by more than a dozen MG4 light machine guns blocked the way for the Russians to charge, the machine gunners turned their guns slightly, and the long whips formed by bullets swept across the battlefield, and the Russian soldiers who shouted "Ula" to charge fell in rows on the green grass.

The Russian soldier who tried to return fire while running was hit by a bullet when he was still pulling the bolt after firing a shot, and the sparse sound of Mosin Nagant's gunfire was not even a return fire in the eyes of the Germans, and the German soldier with a semi-automatic rifle firing seemed to be shooting at a moving target, only needed to take a slight aim and pull the trigger, and the trajectory of the thrown bullet casings in the air was like the process of life dissipation.

The 200-metre open field in front of the bushes defended by the Germans became a death zone, and the Russians' uniforms turned the grass, which was still somewhat green, into the lifeless yellow of winter.

However, the ferocious fire of the Germans did not make the Russians retreat, and the sound of "Ula" that resounded on the battlefield did not disappear because of the terrible casualties, and more Russian soldiers shouted slogans and stepped on the corpses to continue the charge!

"Damn it! Here comes 2 more companies! ”

"Oh! Oh, God! There's more to fuck in the back! ”

"We've fucking poked a hornet's nest!"

"Suppress the shot! Suppress the shot! ”

"Shit! Makqin of the Russians! ”

The appearance of the Maxim heavy machine gun made the situation of the Germans immediately become dangerous, the bullets kept flying over the heads of the Germans, the bushes were broken and the branches were broken and the sound of bullets being fired into the dirt in front of them made the Germans wish that their bodies could be pressed into the ground, and the stray bullets began to cause casualties among the Germans.

"We need fire support! We need to "support the upper body with our hands, raise our heads and look at the Russians rushing in front of us Before we finished shouting, a stray bullet hit his head, and the lifeless body slapped on the ground, and the guy next to the corpse reflexively lowered his head violently and slammed his head on the ground.

"Be hidden! Beware of concealment! If you don't want to eat guns, lower your heads! ”

"Kill that son of a bitch!"

"It's useless! Our bullets can't penetrate their shields! ”

The shield of the 1910 Maxim machine gun mounted on the Sokolov wheeled gun carriage blocked the bullets fired by the Germans, who left only a few pits in the steel plates several millimeters thick and provoked even more ferocious return fire from the Russians!

"Keep shooting! Keep shooting! Hold that bitch's machine gun down for me! Captain Erhard, who was running back and forth from his position, shouted, and then a tooth-aching metal scraping sound came from his head, and Erhard fell on his back, and the steel helmet on his head fell to the ground and rolled half a meter away.

"Oh! Damn it! The captain was shot! ”

"Captain! Captain! Damn it! ”

Erhard lay on the ground, his dilated pupils staring at the sky unfocused, motionless, and the voice of his subordinates calling for him was ethereal and distant, as if it were the call of distant heaven, until a large face full of anxiety covered the blue sky, and he suddenly came back to his senses.

After the whole body twitched violently like an electric shock, his eyes regained focus, and he turned over and lay on the ground again, cursing loudly: "Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! It was as if this would dispel the fear of death that had been wrapped around my heart for a moment.

"I'm fine! Give me my helmet! ”

Taking over his helmet, he could see a shocking groove on the left side at a glance, which was the mark of a bullet, and Erhard couldn't help but curse again: "Shit! Then he slammed the helmet that had saved his life on his head.

Before Erhard could give the order again, a crisp crack of bone reached his ears, followed by a miserable cry: "My hand! My hand! ”

The hand that had just handed him the helmet was covered in blood, and the index finger and thumb severed by the bullet hung from the palm of the hand under a skin connection.

"You'll be fine! You're going to be okay! Climb to the back yourself! When the battle is over, we'll heal your hand! Erhard could only shout out words that he didn't believe

People are constantly being shot, but now no one can pay attention to the fallen comrades next to them, they don't even have time to drag the wounded off the line, the front is densely packed with Russians, if you rush up, you will die!

"We need fire support! If the mortars don't fire again, we're all going to fucking die! Erhard crawled to the battlefield phone and yelled at the forward observers.

"This is the observation point! Shelling mission! Secret position 2800! Coordinates three, five, four, five, six, bundle-like scattering! Two hundred! Enemy infantry on the offensive! Call for full firepower! There was no need for Erhard to shout, the observers were already yelling hysterically.

Just when the Russians almost rushed in front of the Germans, the sound of mortar shells piercing the air as they fell was finally heard in the air, and the rapid fire of the four mortars did not count the ammunition consumption, so that the not too wide open space in front of the Germans was blocked by the fire and smoke of the explosion, and the sudden shelling finally stopped the Russians 50 meters in front of the bushes.

But the frontal attack was blocked, but the Russians did not give up, and the Germans were horrified to find that more Russians on the left flank had attacked!

"Where did they come from!"

"Stand back! Back off! They want to outflank us! ”

Just when the Germans were about to retreat in order to adjust the front, the sound of metal grinding and the roar of engines appeared in the flanks and rear of the German front, and this ugly sound was like heaven in the ears of the German soldiers!

"Our assault guns!"

2 assault guns No. 2 covered 1 platoon of infantry diagonally into the flank of the Russians! The Russians who wanted to flank were flanked!

The Russian machine gunner immediately turned his gun on the two steel monsters he had never seen before, and pulled the trigger fiercely, and the dense bullets clanged on the hull of the assault gun, and the flying sparks were like festive fireworks.

However, this did not stop the assault guns from moving on, and the gray bodies drove past the flanks of the German line and drove straight to a distance of less than 200 meters in front of the Russian machine-gun fire.

As soon as the driver stepped on the brakes, the body of the assault gun rushed forward slightly, and then returned to stability under the action of the vertical coil spring, and then the 75mm gun let out a huge roar, and the sound of the cannon echoed over the green field, and the huge explosion instantly lifted the green turf into the sky, revealing the black-brown dirt below, and the flying dirt was mixed with the scattered parts of the Maxim machine gun and the stump and broken arms of the Russian soldiers.

The violent wave of air even threw a Russian soldier next to him into the air, flew out of the air for several meters and slammed it to the ground, and the unrecognizable tragic situation destroyed the morale of every Russian soldier who saw this tragic scene.

"Fucking nice!" And the German infantry was full of excitement and ecstasy when they watched the scene!

Each stop of the assault gun meant that a 75-mm grenade would explode in the middle of the formation of the Russians. The infantry next to the assault gun used the solid hull as cover for the continuous fire of the Russians, and it was even more tempting to climb up to the rear of the assault gun's hull and stand above the engine and operate the MG4 light machine gun erected in front of the commander's hatch to strafe back and forth.

The addition of this new force changed the situation on the battlefield in an instant, and the Russians finally could not resist the fire superiority of the indestructible steel monster and the German infantry that had stabilized the line.

"Fire! Keep firing! Hahaha! The Germans, mixed with mixed emotions of excitement, rejoicing, fear, and venting, let out an insolent laugh at the Russians who had fallen into chaos.

"Hit me hard! Don't let them run! Captain Erhard, whose face was covered in mud and grass clippings, swept away the embarrassment of the almost collapse of the front just now, and excitedly pulled the trigger on the Russians who began to flee in twos and threes.

"Run! Run! Run! "Some people kept pulling the trigger while shouting for the Russians to run quickly.

"1, 2, 3, 4......" Some people seem to be counting the prey they have hit as if they were hunting.

The Germans, who had just been crushed to the ground, even got up and half-knelt and opened fire on the Russians' backs, as if they wanted to vent the shadow of death that had just hung over their hearts by bringing real death to the Russians.

The Russians retreated into the city, the gunfire finally stopped, the Germans did not pursue, and even if the attack of the Russians 2 battalions was routed, it was not a wise move to launch an attack and rush into the city.

The assault guns that had rushed to the edge of the city began to slowly retreat, and the tracks drove past the layers of corpses, the crushed flesh, weeds, and dirt mixed with blood, staining the late autumn green space a black and red color.

The armoured train, which had obtained the coordinates through the radiotelegraph machine, began to roar with 105mm howitzers, and the rising smoke and flying masonry in the city meant that the Russians who had retreated into the city could not escape death, but this had nothing to do with the infantry who began to wield their tools and dig trenches before they had time to rest.