943 craters
In the majestic song, a group of Soviet soldiers sank forward one after another, one by one, firmly moving forward.
As they walked, the troops were stopped by a huge crater, and the formation began to become chaotic.
"Ahead is the blockade of the German army! Comrades! Speed yourself up! Don't be afraid! Victory belongs to the Soviets! The commissar stopped himself, stood by the huge crater, and encouraged his soldiers.
"Speed up! Get through here as soon as possible! It's safe over there! Come on! Come on! The commander of this Soviet unit was more pragmatic, reminding his soldiers to get through the blockade as soon as possible.
In the distance, you can still faintly hear the singing, and everyone starts to step forward, and there are people who go around the crater, and there are also people who walk directly along the crater wall to the crater.
At this moment it seemed that the artillery of the Germans was resting, so the whole blockade zone seemed quiet. It's just that this quietness is a little weird set off by the steaming craters.
In fact, it seems to be safer here than on the front line, because after all, there are not many shells to fall, and there are no more lethal machine gun strafing and cold guns here.
At the first distance of more than 100 meters, everyone walked very happily, because the German artillery never made a sound.
Everyone even began to think that this time the transportation would go smoothly and there would not be any big twists and turns.
It turns out...... The Soviet commanders and the soldiers were too optimistic. Moreover, they were too early to be optimistic.
Just after marching more than 200 meters, a shell fell from the sky and landed right in front of a Soviet soldier.
It was a 155 mm howitzer shell, slammed into the soft dirt that had been blown up by the shell, and it was still steaming.
Looking at the shells in front of them, the Soviet soldiers even forgot about lying down. He just stood there dumbfounded, staring at the steaming cannonball in a daze.
The "dumb ......" for a long time, but no signs of explosion were found in this shell, and the Soviet soldier in the distance whispered.
And the Soviet soldier standing in front of the shell was thanking God again and again in his heart at this time - he almost died, and he almost died without even a corpse.
"Dumb! Keep going! Fast! The Germans began shelling! The Soviet commander was so depressed that he shouted orders his soldiers to move quickly.
It was not a time when the Soviet army did not transport supplies, and it did not catch up with the German artillery bombardment - unfortunately, it turned out that not everyone has such a thing as luck.
At least he didn't have the good luck that the Germans routinely began their own shelling while his troops were transporting supplies through the blockade area.
"Yo...... Rumble! "With a long chirp of torn air, a shell landed in the bombardment blockade.
This time there was no such good luck, and the shells exploded in the crowd, engulfing several soldiers with weapons and ammunition on their backs at once.
"Spread out! Disperse! A company commander nervously ordered his soldiers that he had never actually been on the battlefield here, and that the others were too new to be recruited.
Hearing the deafening sound of artillery, many people were overwhelmed: many of them had even been drafted into the army without firing a shot, how had they ever seen such a terrible sight?
Not far away, the earth was blown away by the shells to a height of tens of meters, and the screams of the wounded soldiers filled the middle of the explosion.
The calm lockdown area suddenly became a purgatory-like place, or rather, it was like a raging monster that had been awakened.
When it woke up, it opened its massive mouth and began to devour all life around it.
A large tree was uprooted by German shells, an arm was blown into the distance, and a man was blown in two...... All life here is devastated, and the spirit is scorched and tortured.
"German planes! German planes! A Soviet soldier pointed to the sky and shouted in a terrible voice: "German reconnaissance plane!" ”
The Germans, who had air supremacy, were of course unwilling to waste their ammunition, and it was a very cheap way to let reconnaissance planes monitor the nearby blockade zone.
In fact, reconnaissance planes are not patrolling in the vicinity all the time, and even patrolling does not guarantee that they can always find small targets on the ground.
It's just that the Soviet side was afraid that the recruits would break up and flee, so they could only organize formed troops to pass through the blockade area together, so they gave the Germans a chance to discover them.
"Lie down! Cannonball! "A howl of shells was heard getting closer and closer, and a platoon commander who led the team shouted hysterically.
He is a soldier who has participated in military training and has had complete combat training, so he can serve as a platoon commander in this recruit unit.
In the past, soldiers like him were unqualified supplementary soldiers, but now a well-trained soldier like him can be regarded as an excellent backbone of the army.
"Boom!" No sooner had he shouted than an explosion exploded at the edge of a crater not far from him.
Several Soviet soldiers in the vicinity fell to the ground, unable to get up and continue the march.
Inside the crater, the recruits have collapsed quite a bit. They clung to their weapons, cried and prayed loudly, and closed their eyes in despair for death.
"Get up! Keep going! Lying down here can only wait for death! The platoon commander jumped into the crater and saw several soldiers he didn't know crying and shouting.
The platoon commander's own unit had long since lost sight of where it had gone, and when the shells fell, everyone was completely confused as soon as they ran.
So these soldiers in front of him, in fact, he didn't know them, and he had never seen them. Who knows which platoon they are? Or maybe they were soldiers from another company or even another battalion......
"We're right here, not going anywhere! After a while the German shelling stops, we'll go out again. One soldier waved his hand and refused.
In this situation, I don't know when, or if there will be a chance to leave here, so I don't have to worry about any threats such as punishment at all.
The platoon commander looked at the recruits in front of him, and reluctantly climbed out of this crater and turned into another crater.
"I said we should leave ......here with him," a timid recruit questioned, grim-faced.
"You should have said it sooner next time!" The soldier who had just refused the platoon commander's order snorted coldly and said sarcastically.
As soon as he finished speaking, a shell landed beside him, and then exploded, and in the crater, another crater was blown out......