922 different Soviet troops
The tanks of the Soviets came up! On the flanks, one T-34 tank after another appeared in front of the Germans.
Rokossovsky's last mobile force, accumulated for so many days, finally came out of the nest.
Another reason that made the Soviet army determined to attack desperately was that General Rokossovsky personally sat on a command tank and attacked with the soldiers.
This is the best way Rokossovsky can think of to determine his own end.
If this attack is successful, he can continue to live. If this counterattack fails, then he will die here with his own soldiers.
He didn't think about getting out of here alive, after all, if Moscow was surrounded, he, the commander of the periphery, would not need to continue to exist.
The T-34 tank, with its turret held high, began to slowly unfold on the flanks of the Germans, and soon a fierce tank offensive and defensive battle began.
"The Russians are attacking our flanks! The troops on the front also did not retreat! Pressing the radio and listening to the voices inside, Joseph, the radio operator, said to Karjus on the intercom.
Except behind them, they were surrounded by Soviet soldiers, and perhaps they should not have stuck to Red Tekach, but should have retreated to a safe enough place.
"Suddenly! Dodo! On the defensive position in front of which Karjus watched, the German machine guns roared again.
The Soviets did not retreat, and when they attacked on the flank, they rushed up like ants.
The German soldiers could not sit still, and they opened heavy fire, hoping to suppress the Soviet soldiers as usual.
Unfortunately, it's not quite the same as usual. This time the Soviets did not retreat, they still desperately attacked forward.
Then a Soviet tank appeared in the eyes of the German infantry on the front, and on the frontal line of defense, Soviet tanks also went on the offensive.
"Retreat! Machine gun position No. 1 moves first! Take away all the ammo! Grenades included! "One of the platoon commanders in charge of the frontal defense saw the tank and shouted loudly.
His task was to hold his ground until the opposing tanks began to attack and then retreat.
The frontal defense force consisted of only about thirty men, and now almost half of them were wounded. It was not easy to hold out to this point, and the soldiers withdrew from their positions and retreated towards where Karjus was.
Some soldiers had bandages on their heads, others on their arms. The German grenadiers stubbornly held their positions for more than an hour, and the Soviet soldiers were not able to push any further.
Now, abandoning their positions, step by step, they fled to the second-line defensive positions where Karjus was.
"Cover them! Get your machine guns ready! Carjus lowered his binoculars and commanded William in a loud voice.
Then Karjus himself pulled the bolt on the machine gun and made a nice "whoop".
"Coaxial machine gun! Get ready to strafe! The Russians are coming up! Karjus gripped the grip of the commander's machine gun with both hands, his eyes looking ahead through the crosshairs.
The retreating German soldiers entered the foxhole near his tank, some of them consciously set up their machine guns, and some of them pointed their G43 rifles in the direction they had retreated.
"They're coming!" The bloodied German platoon commander held the steel helmet on top of his head, leaned against the tank's tracks and shouted, and then ran to his command position.
Everyone was ready for battle, and Karyus could already see the layers of bushes shaking violently on the opposite side.
Suddenly, a Soviet soldier rushed out of the bushes. Then the second, the third......
Immediately afterward, a T-34 tank smashed a small tree that was not destroyed by artillery fire, and appeared in Karyus's field of vision menacingly.
"Tyr! See? Instead of firing, Karjus asked Tyre, the gun commander inside the turret, with the intercom.
"I saw it! Due north, a T-34 tank! I can aim for it! Tyre was going to use a coaxial machine gun to shoot the oncoming Soviet soldiers, but when he saw the tank, he gave up on the idea.
William had already loaded the main gun of the Leopard tank with an armor-piercing shell, because it was the enemy's armored units that were waiting for them here.
Obviously, now the goal they are waiting for has appeared, and it has appeared, as a matter of course. Karyus was not the slightest nervous, and gave the order to fight softly: "Fire!" ”
"Suddenly! Dodo! After he finished shouting, he pulled the trigger of the captain's machine gun in front of him.
The flames from the muzzle blew open the branches camouflaged in front of the tank's turret. The bullets rushed towards the enemy directly in front of them, and the Soviet troops were stunned at once.
"Boom!" While the Soviet infantry was still dazed, the long main gun of the Leopard tank spewed even more flames.
A puff of white smoke erupted from the muzzle, and a deadly armor-piercing projectile flew out, all the way to the distant target.
"Boom!" The front armored version of the T-34 tank, which was accompanying the majestic advance of the Soviet infantry, was suddenly pierced by a huge force.
The force even smashed cracks in the heavy armor of the T-34 tank, and then the T-34 tank exploded in a huge explosion.
"Leopard tank!" A Soviet soldier pointed to the still shaking bushes in the distance and shouted loudly to his companion.
He had just finished shouting when a bullet hit him in the head. Bullets piercing the steel helmet pierced his skull, carrying his brains and blood all over the place.
As if ghost-like, the German machine guns on the flanks roared violently again, and the Soviet soldiers who rushed out of the bushes fell many at once.
"There are German tanks! Call for artillery support! Fast! "The Soviet troops who participated in this offensive were not those recruits who were hunted down by the Germans, they were the elite of the Soviet army, the real remaining essence.
Therefore, they did not panic after seeing the German tanks, but after lying down, they organized a return fire and called for support.
The second T-34 tank rushed out of the anti-ramp. Then the third and fourth followed. Before the arrival of Soviet artillery fire, Soviet tanks launched their own charge.
Obviously, in this offensive, the soldiers invested by the Soviet Union are more combative. After a short engagement, Karjus realized this.
When his machine gun fires past, they will immediately lie down, wait until the strafing has passed, and then immediately get up and move forward - they are well-trained soldiers, Karyus is sure.