Chapter 447: The Battle for Warsaw (3)
The German offensive was not all smooth sailing, and when the tanks approached the forward positions of the Soviet troops, they were hit by the Soviet Type 72 anti-tank infantry guns, and suffered heavy losses in equipment and crew.
Obviously, the infantry suffered heavy losses while attacking and advancing, especially when entering a kilometer range, and the Soviet mortars exerted great power at the same time, so that the German offensive slowly turned into a forward battle.
However, the arrow had to be fired, and Hoffman repeatedly reiterated on the phone that he did not want casualties, as long as the forward position of the Soviet army caused a lot of ideological pressure on William Loeb and Rommel, and had to drive the soldiers from the ground to get up again and again and continue to charge.
Armored vehicles played an indispensable role in the advance of the bullets, but in the face of Soviet anti-tank weapons, they turned into a pile of scrap metal. Fortunately, the power of the Soviet anti-tank artillery was not as invincible as it usually boasted, and although an unavoidable obstacle was set up in the way of the German army's advance, it also once again exposed many weaknesses of this weapon.
Bullets rattled and sparks flew on the armored vehicles, and even small-caliber artillery often went head-to-head with Type 4 armored vehicles. Captain Marvin looked through the smoke of gunpowder and looked at Speer and Siegfried on the battlefield with a telescope, and ordered all the tanks to refuel and move forward.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and when Marven looked back, the armored car that was just two cars away from him was torn off the turret by an anti-tank gun, and then the tank caught fire.
"Keep up the speed! Note, in the direction of 10 o'clock, self-aiming shooting, right! Don't go over! Fool, keep moving at an even pace. Marven kept yelling loudly.
Suddenly, a 67-mm shell hit the steel ring and armor on the right side of the tank, and the armored car shook violently, and the air wave almost lifted him out of the car, so frightened that Marven quickly retracted into the car and pulled down the top cover.
"Damn, we were hit. Fast! Fast! Aim for that dirt platform and kill it! โ
The engines of the armored vehicles roared and climbed with difficulty through muddy depressions.
"Put! Put! Put! Marven roared in a series of rages. With the shaking of the body, 88-mm shells whistled out.
"If you don't hit, Buschman, Lambert, adjust the Zhuyuan immediately! Oh God! That's through Soviet tanks in camouflage! Fuck me! When did their tanks appear? Marven was stunned.
At this time, Speer and Siegfried encountered the same situation, and Soviet tanks suddenly appeared on the battlefield as if they had come out of the ground. The two sides immediately engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and engaged in close-quarters combat in the slippery hilly terrain.
The infantry was stunned by what they saw, and most of them quickly retreated.
"Retreat! Hurry up and retreat! "Werther, who was promoted from the firing line, is now the commander of the third battalion major.
In order to carry out the attack effectively, Marven also loudly ordered the infantry to withdraw. Because of this kind of short-distance confrontation between the two sides, if it is mixed with the infantry of the own side, it will undoubtedly affect the normal play of the tanks of the own side.
However, because the battlefield was chaotic and the guns and artillery were constantly fired, many soldiers could not hear the order at all, and still buried their heads in the attack.
The Soviet tank is an improved version of the German Type II and Type III, which has changed a lot from the original, and its powerful power is even comparable to that of the German Type IV tank.
"Hurry up, right, right, reload! Oh! Oh my God, what the hell is this tactic, damn the Soviets......" Marvin lay on his stomach at the skylight hole and kept directing this melee with a walkie-talkie.
Suddenly, another 67-mm shell hit the left side of the armor. The body shook violently a few times and stood still.
"What's going on? Shergen! Marven retracted his head into the car.
"We've got another shell, Captain. There was a leak in the engine's oil pipe. โ
"Hurry up and replace it, we can't be trapped here waiting to die! Fast! Franklin, don't stop to look at the strange, hurry! At 12 o'clock, yes, it's coming towards us, take it out...... Right! This is a great opportunity! Put! "Marven's small stature has a tall voice.
With a loud bang in front of him, a Soviet-style tank was hit and caught fire.
"Well done, brothers, oh, no, at 9 o'clock...... Has the pipeline been replaced? Can you fucking hurry up? Quick, get rid of that guy before he does! Fast! โ
Almost at the same moment, both sides opened fire......
"Oh! My God! Marven shook his head and said, "I'm still here?" โ
"Yes, Captain. They missed a little bit, but we were very lucky to hit it. The soldiers laughed.
"Okay, hurry up and reload, and if you see it, hit Lao Tzu hard, don't always wait for me to give orders! Shergen, has the pipeline been replaced? Marven also feels quite lucky.
"Come on, Captain. It was fixed right away. โ
"Isn't it just a change of oil pipe, you're fucking slower than women giving birth, this is the rhythm of waiting for death!" Marven said angrily.
"That's it!" Shergen immediately operated a few times and stepped on the accelerator a few times.
"Good! Attention to all units of the Fifth Company, all units of the Fifth Company, listen to my orders, and retreat on all fronts! Get out of here! Fight and retreat! At the same time, Marven issued instructions to the whole company.
"I heard you right, Captain. We've never been in the habit of being chased and spanked by the enemy. Shergen was puzzled.
"That's right! Sergeant, stop talking nonsense, if you don't want to die, obey the order immediately. Oh! Wrong! I'll tell you to step back, back off! Understand, it's not for you to turn around and run away! Set off smoke bombs...... "Marven spoke without the slightest room for negotiation.
At this time, Speer and Siegfried were also fighting and retreating, leaving a large area of open space for Soviet tanks.
The Soviet tanks, believing that the Germans were defeated in the siege, were not at all ambiguous, rushed out of the thick smoke and closely pursued them.
"Great, Lambert, Buschman, reload!" Marven shouted happily.
The Soviet tanks, which had just emerged from the fog, had not yet figured out what was going on, and were immediately met with head-on fire from the Germans. Speer and Siegfried did the same, using the same tactics of probing the Soviets, and quickly turned the tide.
"Brothers, continue to retreat ......"
"Still retreating? Captain. โ
"Yes, don't talk nonsense, don't be verbose, the sooner the better! Don't you see Speer they're retreating too? We need to retreat faster than they do! "Marven is like a madman.
"I've never heard of such a war." Lambert said with a smile.
"Shut your foul mouth, sergeant, and you'll understand what's going on in a moment." Marven simply ordered his troops to retreat and set off smoke grenades between the two armies.
At this moment, a large number of German DO234 bombers roared at a low altitude and bombarded the Soviet tanks in the open field......
This action of the German army seems simple, but in fact there is a deep mystery, first using tactical retreat, not only to get rid of the siege of the Soviet army, but also to successfully lure the Soviet tank out of the protective range of the anti-aircraft gun, and then call the fighter-bombers to strike and damage the Soviet tank. A small action that is very easy and natural, and quickly solves a big problem.
Lambert, Shergen and others witnessed the thrilling scene just now, and immediately admired the strategy and tactics of the veterans.
At this time, Fritz Witt and Volker Shapiro again commanded the infantry and swept towards the Soviet positions. Marvin, Speer, and Siegfried commanded tank clusters to rush to the front, covering the infantry to seize the forward positions of the Soviet army.
"What a bunch of wine bags and rice bags! The Germans couldn't see what kind of war they were fighting with such a simple plan to lure the enemy! "Tukhachevsky soon got bad news about the defeat of the tank.
Nikonovich, Ivanov, Dardnov and several other front commanders were also very surprised, not because of how much their tanks had lost, but because of the strange tactics of the German army.
In a fit of rage, Tukhachevsky urgently informed his troops to deepen the trenches and hold their positions, and no one should go into battle without an order from the command.
"Your Excellency the Marshal, it is not possible to deal with the excellent German tanks, I have thought of a way, but I don't know if it is feasible." Budyonny, commander of the 1st Cavalry Army, said very cautiously.
Tukhachevsky seemed to see a lifesaver at once, but he was a little skeptical.
"Tell me what you think, honorable General Budyonny."
"Oil Bottle Bomb!" Budyonny said.
"This is very new, tell me more about your 'oil bottle bomb'." Ivanov said curiously.
"Dig deep trenches, build tree branches, cover them with loose soil, lure German tanks into the area, sink them in, and then drop glass bottles full of diesel fuel at these steel behemoths...... Then he threw the torch made of pine branches at them......"
"This is a good idea, and I have heard that this is what the current German president, Mr. Grener, used in his early years against the Federalists in Potsdam, and we can let them do it again." After Tukhachevsky finished speaking, he laughed.
At this time, Nikonovich, Ivanov and Dardnov also seemed to understand what was going on. But the commander-in-chief of the cavalry of the North-Western Front, General Nikonovich, was not optimistic, believing that such a formation could only be used once at most and did not solve the fundamental problem.
"It's better to use it once than to have nothing to do. Secretary Nina Ivanovna Ivanova, please immediately call the military chief of the first level of the front regiment to convene an emergency meeting at the headquarters, and act quickly! Tukhachevsky turned and took his hat off and slammed it on the table, as if he felt it was a hammer deal.
"So what now? Your Excellency, General. The Germans have already begun to advance on Vyshkรณw, and if we do not find a way to stop this momentum immediately, we are afraid that we will lose the danger of the Sibug River. Budyonny said worriedly.
"You immediately go and organize the Type 72 anti-tank infantry guns to strike at the advancing tank groups of the German army, so that the soldiers in the forward positions can resolutely resist, and at the same time extend the mortars to 500 meters beyond the position to hit the German infantry." After Tukhachevsky finished speaking, he asked Budyonny to execute immediately.
"Yes, General." Budyonny gave a military salute and turned to leave.
Seeing this scene, Rommel immediately consulted the commander-in-chief of the army, Rundstedt, and the chief of the general staff, Hoffmann, and stopped the offensive.
As it was getting late, all the attacking units of the German army began to retreat from the Soviet forward positions in an orderly manner and began to rest during the war.
As soon as the Germans left, the Soviets began to quietly dig the ravines. According to Tukhachevsky's improvised drawings, more than a hundred kilometers of ravines were dug in the vast forward positions and surface camouflaged.
At the same time, Secretary Ivanova organized the staff officers of the agency to purchase a large number of glass bottles in the city and prepared a large number of "oil bottle bombs" filled with kerosene.
That night, the rain became heavier and heavier, accompanied by rumbling thunder. Because of the retreat of the German army, General Ivanov had a little respite, but he still did not dare to take it lightly, especially when the weather was prone to thunderstorms, it was easier to be attacked by the enemy.
Tukhachevsky, exhausted all day, finally fell asleep on his desk. Ivanov did not dare to disturb him, but quietly extended the guard post outward for ten kilometers, and rushed to the front line in the dark, accompanied by the guards, to check the progress and quality of the construction of the ravine, and then returned to the headquarters to rest for a while.
The temporary retreat of the Germans did not make Sivari, Stepan, Valentin and Sergei feel how safe the front was, and as young soldiers, they had a different view of the old tactics of the command.
"It's such a mess at the top, what would you do if it were you? Lieutenant Sergei. Sivari asked.
"Oh, that's easy, I'll take my brothers from the cavalry battalion and attack the German devil's barracks tonight! What about you? Sergei replied with a smile, and then gave a rhetorical question.
"Although I didn't think about attacking the German barracks tonight, at least I don't approve of being beaten and transported to battle every day. We should be proactive, preemptive, and constantly launch surprise strikes of all sizes against the Germans, so that the Germans do not know where we will start every day and are busy coping. Siwari said.
"You're quite right, Lieutenant Sivari. A mobile attack by a squad of dozens of people can make millions of people uneasy, and the key is that this squad takes the initiative. Sergei very much agreed with Sivari's idea.
"Why don't you speak?" Sivari said, looking at Stepan and Valentin.
"I think that being trapped in Warsaw is a dead end, and if the commander-in-chief were to change to me, I would take the initiative to abandon the city, avoid the strengths of the German weapons, take the initiative to engage in melee combat against the German army, and attack from the weakest point of the German defense, and break through each ......" Valentin's idea was actually similar to Sivari's war strategy.
"Tell me about it, Lieutenant Stepan." Sergei took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth.
"I think differently from all of you, if the commander-in-chief were to change to me, I would not care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, but took the initiative to abandon Warsaw, lead the Soviet army to advance westward, tear through the German defense line west of Warsaw, and go straight to Berlin!" Although Stepan's words were said relatively calmly, the effect was very shocking, and everyone agreed.
"Not to mention, Lieutenant Stepan's idea is really worth trying." Sergey said.
"Actually, several of us all have the same idea, that is, to try to get rid of the situation of being passively beaten, and use sports warfare to drag down and break the Germans." Stepan said.
"But we are soft-spoken, and no one listens to what we say, and those self-righteous old people are so tired all day long, sooner or later everyone will become the funeral objects of Warsaw, wait and see." Valentin said worriedly.
"I think we should write a letter to the command together to let them know what we think." Sivari sat up and said.
"I think it's okay, then I will ask Lieutenant Sivari to write, and we will join the summer." Sergey put the cigarette case on the edge of the bed and immediately looked for a pen and paper in his bag.
"Alright, brothers, don't think those old fellows will listen to us, if you really have any good ideas and opinions, you can talk to Commander Budyonny. Maybe he'll be interested in our idea. "Sivari has a sense of identification with Commander Budyonny.
"Actually, I have long seen that Commander Budyonny is not in favor of holding Warsaw to the death, but he is only a corps commander, and the real power is in the hands of General Tukhachevsky, Commander-in-Chief of the Western Front, and even the Commander-in-Chief of the 14th Army and the Commander-in-Chief of our Army Group have to give him three points." When Valentin said this, he felt a little disappointed.
"If it doesn't work, our North-Western Front can make a hole in the south under the leadership of General Nikonovich and move to Czechoslovakia, far from the land of right and wrong. Just by virtue of the characteristics of our cavalry, we can also do a lot of things. "Stepan's idea is always refreshing.
"That's also impractical, without the rear, where will the supplies come from? How is the campsite arranged? We're not going to fall into the grass, are we? Sivari laughed as he spoke.
"Okay, let's rest, it's not too early, and I don't know if everyone can get together tomorrow to talk and laugh." Sergei yawned, he felt quite tired.
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