Chapter 675: Let the cannon fodder go
Two MG13s were ejected, and the powerful rate of fire fired a lot of bullets, and two unlucky guys were killed on the spot by bullet penetration. The few remaining people www.biquge.info pen & fun & pavilion didn't hesitate to pull up their pants and staggered back to the forest in embarrassment.
The German soldiers who were watching finally breathed a fierce sigh, and now they were already waiting for the order to attack the whole army.
When he saw these six Granatwerfer 34 eighty-millimeter mortars, Saffir's confidence was greatly increased.
He confidently said to Speer of the 707th Division: "We generally lack heavy weapons, and at present these six guns are heavy weapons, although they are only 80 mm caliber, they can still bomb fiercely." I think you make a lot of sense, that damn sniper can only hide in the high ground over there. In this way, when our troops attacked, the artillery took the lead in fire support. ”
Speer shrugged and looked enviously at the thick tubes. "Your Excellency, as long as you can interfere with the enemy's sniper mobile gunners, the pressure on our army to attack will be much less. Presumably, you're planning to let our army rush over in one go? ”
Safir was silent at this question.
Looking at the landscape here, the Soviets hid in the forest opposite. They could have continued to escape, but apparently they chose to defend in place. Can't run? Or do they feel they have a big advantage and can continue to fight?
Thinking about it, Speer felt that both speculations were justified. Look at the topography here, there is this damn gap between the two forests, not a kilometer away, but the Soviets set up a machine gun, and the troops charged in a grand manner, what is the difference between all this and World War I.
Safir proposed: "I should have the support of tank troops at this time!" It's a pity that there was originally a tank battalion in the 715th Division, but it was destroyed by this group of Soviets! It's hard to imagine that they are still armed with rocket weapons, and it will be difficult to make a breakthrough even if they send tanks. Now that we are going to attack, I'm afraid we can only rely on flesh and blood. ”
"But you don't think that's a reason for us not to fight, do you?" Speer asked seductively.
A smile appeared on Safir's lips: "Now that you know everything, you still ask me?" What can I do now, you also know that we are facing the Soviets 284th Guards Division. Part of the group was already very tired, and their firepower had just been exposed. According to me, our army can really defeat them if it is difficult to charge once, even if it costs many casualties. But looking back at our previous battles, the one who could make our army suffer such heavy casualties was the damned Soviet Army's 284th Guards Division. Put this group of tired veterans back, they will not hesitate to train a large group of Diao people into elite soldiers, and our hard life will only get worse. ”
"So you mean we're going to kill them at any cost?"
"That's right. Is there any other way now? Safir said regretfully, "The more we give now, the better life will be in the future." This is the rear of the war, the Soviets are airdropping into the swamps, if their strength continues to grow, will the entire southern part of Belarus be occupied by us, or will it still be the Soviets? ”
"Then what else is there to say, let's act." Speer said firmly. However, he also took into account the real situation of the troops, that is, the real German officers and soldiers could not achieve an overwhelming superiority in numbers. The troops are filled with thousands of Eastern volunteers, and the combat effectiveness of this group of people is indeed worrying, but it is still very suitable as a target to attract firepower.
Based on this situation, the Germans quickly began to develop operational plans.
They chose to split their forces in two, one to attack head-on, and the other to seize the high ground where the sniper was lying.
There is no doubt that the soldiers of the Eastern Battalion played the role of a frontal attack, and whether these Belarusians, Poles, and Estonians were the reason or not, when driven to the battlefield, they really had only one option to survive, and that was to win!
If anyone retreated, the German machine gunners deep in the forest would not hesitate to shoot at the retreating troops.
The main German forces will storm the heights occupied by the Soviets with mortar fire, and plan to occupy them as a tactical breakthrough, condescendingly continue to drop firepower in order to deliver thunderous blows on the flanks of the Soviet troops.
This plan looked very reliable, the Eastern Battalion fighting head-on was a feint, and the Germans attacking on the flanks were the main force. However, the victory of this method of operation was also based on the heavy losses of the Eastern Battalion.
Speer couldn't help but raise some doubts, because he really had no confidence in the group of Belarusians and Poles he commanded.
"That's the plan, even if those guys are all dead, we can continue to recruit. You must know that there are many people in the prisoner of war camps who are on the verge of starvation, and they can only obey the orders of the Third Reich if they do not want to die, so that we do not worry about cannon fodder at all. Let the Soviets go to a bloody war with the Soviets, and we will reap the benefits. Safir explained again, and Speer had no choice but to recognize this reality.
This really hurt the German officers in the Eastern Battalion, who actually led a group of cannon fodder to fight!
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The battlefield fell into a terrifying silence, the sun hung high early, and at this moment a warm wind blew from the south, making the branches rustle. The air smelled of earth and the smell of blood.
Balzen continued to observe with his binoculars, he knew that the Germans had not left at all, the battlefield was so quiet, maybe the enemy was actively preparing for an attack?
The vast number of soldiers had been expecting the Germans to attack as soon as possible, and the two armies had to break off after a long battle. Everyone leaned against the tree, or lay on the ground. The gunshot just now, a few soldiers who went to search for the corpses died, obviously they brought a lot of laughter to everyone.
The fighters were nervous for a while, but the opposite side did not continue to fire.
Gradually, the wait has turned into a kind of boredom, and even some fighters began to wonder if maybe the enemy withdrew first?
That is, in the trance of many people, a series of muffled sounds came from afar. Then, the air was filled with the hiss of shells.
"Damn! They actually shelled!? Balzen couldn't help but look at the sky, and it seemed that several black shadows were moving at high speed.
He didn't choose to dodge, and many people didn't instinctively fall to the ground, but hurried to check their weapons one last time and get ready for battle.
Only a few young girls, the moment they heard the whistling sound, immediately lay on the ground, just holding their ears, and the loud sound of the shells exploding made their nervous faces pale.
"So far, they still don't know how to dodge the cannon, and this cannonball is not coming at us at all!" Natasha glanced at the girls, and there was a little more disdain in her heart.
"Alright, Natasha. This should be the enemy's artillery preparation, and their offensive is about to begin! Carambola shook her neck and beckoned her sisters, as well as Igor, who was still fiddling with bullets, to go to the front.