772 veterans and recruits
"Boom!" A shell hit a house, knocking off the roof, shattering the walls and spreading with the shock wave, sending smoke and dust into the distance.
In another crater next to the house, in the loose dirt, Soviet soldiers struggled to crawl out of the dirt that had been buried over them, squinting at the smoke to shake off the dust from their bodies.
It is not known if there are any soldiers alive in the collapsed house, there are at least 3 soldiers stationed there - there must be no one now, just corpses in the rubble.
"Check it out! Is there anyone who needs help! Inside the crater, a veteran shouted at a recruit, ignoring the rolling smoke and dust around him.
The recruit, visibly unwilling to climb out of the safety crater, shook his head and refused, "What are you kidding?" ”
The Germans are shelling...... Getting up at this time is no different from sending you to death.
At least in his opinion, hiding at the bottom of this crater is a good choice. And it is obviously dangerous to go to a place where the explosion has just exploded and is still steaming.
"Boom!" Not far away, another low bungalow was hit by a shell, the walls shattered and collapsed, and it was not known if there were any poor people with bad luck inside.
The huge explosion hit the hearts of the Soviet defenders like a hammer after a hammer. The German offensive began again, and this is how it began yesterday.
"Prepare for battle!" In the distance, a Soviet officer shouted to his men that directly in front of him, German soldiers were fighting from the other end of the mound.
"Machine gun squad ready! The Germans attacked! Pointing to a German target in the distance, the platoon commander shouted an order from the crater.
"Boom!" Just behind the position, another shell exploded, blowing up the dirt with a deafening sound.
"Get ready to fight! The Germans rushed up! The veteran was in the trench, shouting to a few recruits around him.
Their communication could only be done by shouting, as the shells exploded from time to time, and the sound of gunfire was enough to drown out the whispers.
"Save bullets! We don't have much left! He took the trouble to remind everyone around him that it was his responsibility.
After all, he was the only one who fought with the Germans, and the rest had no combat experience at all.
Previously, these current soldiers were teachers, carpenters, and post office employees. Now they are all soldiers, and untrained soldiers.
Being able to assign a veteran with combat experience, and the age of these recruits is generally higher than 20 years old and less than 40 years old, which means that this unit is the main force of the main force.
For the Soviet army, which recruited everyone in the vicinity to serve as soldiers, more than 80 percent of the army were soldiers of appropriate age, and it was already called a "guard".
Because more of the troops are the elderly, children, and some even women who have not been trained......
It's a pity that these young soldiers have never seen a real battlefield at all, and they haven't even been trained to deal with such a battlefield.
So, when the German artillery fire fell, the recruits were helpless - like sheep, huddled in the trenches and craters, unwilling to move a single step.
"Poke out your heads, and take aim for ...... Then fire! Don't shoot indiscriminately, you know? The veteran continued to shout loudly with his Mosin Nagant rifle in his arms.
He also knew that in fact, the people around him couldn't listen to what he said at all. These people have been frightened stupid by the artillery fire on the battlefield and can only rely on instinct to act.
Looking at the weak quail-like recruits around him, the veteran shook his head helplessly—he didn't have time to take care of these children.
A stray bullet hit the edge of the trench, sending up a faint puff of white smoke. Obviously, the Germans had already entered the firing range, but the Soviet positions were still covered by German artillery fire.
No one wants to poke their heads out, because there are still shells falling from the sky and bullets flying everywhere. The explosions came one after another, leaving every Soviet soldier in despair.
"What a bunch of idiots...... The shells won't blow up here at all, but when the Germans get closer, we'll all die here. He poked his rifle out of the rim of the crater and muttered quietly.
He then aimed at a German soldier who was following the tank in the distance, pausing to breathe and steady the muzzle of his gun.
He then pulled the trigger and let the bullet fly towards the target. The next second, he didn't care to see if the enemy had been shot, he retracted his head.
"Did you see what I was doing? Aim, fire, retract! Do you get it? The veteran pulled the bolt of his gun and reinserted the bullet into the chamber as he looked back at the recruits behind him.
The recruits all nodded numbly, not knowing whether they understood or not. They were drafted into the army only ten days ago, and they got their weapons only a few days ago.
Before that, they had no access to rifles at all, let alone use them to kill. Everything was too foreign to them, so strange that they couldn't get used to it.
"Let's get started! Attacking the enemy only takes one shot, and you'll be familiar with the feeling and get used to it! The veteran is a person who has come over, and he patiently added.
So, in this huge crater, all the recruits lay on the edge of the pit and poked out their rifles.
"Phew!" A recruit didn't dare to aim, so he fired a shot, then retracted to the bottom of the crater with his eyes closed.
He was actually quite fine, and there were still people who were trembling and didn't even dare to fire their guns, just lying next to the pit wall with their eyes closed, not knowing what they were waiting for.
"Phew!" This time a bullet flew from the opposite side, and a shot hit the forehead of a Soviet recruit, piercing the front of the steel helmet he was carrying.
I don't know if it was a German sniper, or if everything was just a coincidence, anyway, the bullet flew over and hit its target.
The hapless Soviet soldier who was hit by a bullet fell on his back and fell to the bottom of the pit. The Soviet soldier who had just opened fire with his eyes closed was stumbling to reload his rifle when he suddenly saw a corpse roll at his feet.
"Ahh He was so frightened that he let out a scream, but the Soviets on the edge of the pit wall were still fighting, not as chaotic as before.
As a Soviet veteran described, knowing that with the first shot, he could adapt to the environment.
There were really a lot of Soviet soldiers who adapted to the environment here, and they quickly adapted to the tactics of the German army, as well as the implementation of tactics.